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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • While Olympic leaders and human rights advocates are encouraged by signs that Saudi Arabia may bow to pressure and send female athletes to the Summer Games, women athletes in the ultraconservative kingdom are worried about a backlash at home.
Under pressure from the International Olympic Committee to end the tradition of sending men-only teams to the Olympics, Saudi Arabia said on Monday it will allow women who qualify to compete at the London Games.
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The announcement came as the leadership's favored candidate, equestrian Dalma Rushdi Malhas, was ruled out of the Olympics — sending officials on a hunt for other female athletes they could include on the Saudi team and avoid IOC sanctions a month before the start of the games.
Women who play soccer and basketball in underground leagues around Saudi Arabia support those efforts, yet they also fear the hardline Muslim leaders will punish them for being pressured by the West and will crack down on women's clandestine activities after the Olympic flame goes out in London.
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Female athletes like Abdullah fear that sending inadequately prepared athletes to the London Games could do more harm than good to their cause of making sports "part of our lifestyle" and achieve change for millions of women, who's public lives are severely restricted in the kingdom.
"If they do well, it will be OK, but if they have weak performance, they will turn to us, and say, 'See, you pushed, you went, and you lost. You shamed us,'" Abdullah said.
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Saudi Arabia is the home of Islam's holiest shrines, and women bear the brunt of their nation's deeply conservative values. They are often the target of the unwanted attention of the kingdom's intrusive religious police, who enforce a rigid interpretation of Islamic law and make sure that men and women do not mix in public.
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Bessie Barredo and her three daughters have moved their Petal Attractions store closer to the center of town and have changed its focus from flowers to flowers and coffee, ice cream, pastries and antiques.
"People say that when they come in the place they feel a kind of warm family atmosphere," said Barredo, who opened up originally as Mailboxes Plus in 2004 on Second Street.
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High and low end retail stocks, Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) are rising on good news while middle market retailer J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) plunges. I know, you're way ahead of me: Nordstrom is the good, Dollar Tree the better, and J.C. Penney the plug-ugly.
Let's start with the bad news first. J.C. Penney has a $552 million loss as reported on February 27 for Q4 and same store sales were down 28%. This now makes losses for four straight quarters and CEO Ron Johnson has manned up and said," We also made some big mistakes and I take personal responsibility for this." (from Seeking Alpha earnings transcript). That's cold comfort for shareholders who have a 13% loss after this earnings release.
But as they sing in Spamalot, "..always look on the bright side of life." On February 27 Dollar Tree reported better than expected earnings beating on both top and bottom line causing the stock to surge 12%. Margins drastically expanded by 16.2% and CEO Bob Sasser raised guidance.
As for Nordstrom, it announced an $800 million share buyback to be paid for with cash on hand and raised its dividend by more than 10%. The question now is: is there upside left on the barbell ends of retail and what do you do with J.C. Penney.
Pull The Plug
Pull the plug on Penney's. Cut your losses. Bite the bullet. Rip off the Band-Aid. Pick your cliché but do it.
Ron Johnson said on the earnings call that 2013 is going to be the year for J.C. Penney, but that rings hollow to investors who have already endured steep losses (down 45% before the earnings release). Even while I secretly root for this underdog I would not buy the stock. Johnson said on the call the stores are brighter and cleaner and I agree. I've said so before. He said J.C. Penney is starting off 2013 with clean inventory and new marketing strategies. At the after-hours price of $18.33 with -$2.31 in earnings you can't afford to smoke his hopium... not when the short interest at 43% is more than willing to pressure the stock further. Analysts have been taking the name down further with downgrades as they grow increasingly impatient with turnaround plans. Veteran retail consultant Walter Loeb, formerly of Morgan Stanley, said quite plainly in a blistering Forbes column, "We have been had."
The understatement of the year from the call was, "As we all know, our marketing didn't connect very well with our customers last year." In J.C. Penney's favor they did hire Sergio Zyman from Coca-Cola to head marketing (famous for both successful Diet Coke campaign and New Coke fiasco). They are bringing in new retail partners like Joe Fresh, a hot Canadian clothing brand, Cosabella lingerie, and Nanette Lapore women's apparel and plan an ambitious opening for their Home department in the spring with the comeback in housing. They have upped their line of credit as well as diversifying lenders.
It sounds so, so good but other retailers are much, much better.
Better Than The Best of the Rest
Dollar Tree isn't just better than J.C. Penney, it's better than most of its discount cohort. It's certainly better than Big Lots and Dollar General even though the stock performs well (have analysts actually shopped inside a Dollar General?). Dollar Tree, to my mind, ranks right up with Family Dollar. If Family Dollar wasn't a Dividend Aristocrat I would rank Dollar Tree higher than Family Dollar.
CEO Bob Sasser didn't have to apologize on their Q4 conference call. Sasser also boasted (rightly so) of their first $2 billion quarter, one dollar at a time, for a 26.3% increase in sales from the year ago quarter. Earnings were $2.68 per share for an increase of 33.3% from the year ago quarter. Sasser also announced plans to expand frozen and refrigerated food offerings to 475 more stores and Canadian expansion ambitions from 140 stores currently to a possible 1,000 stores.
Dollar Tree is trading at an 18.24 P/E with a PEG of .95. It is off almost 20% from its 52 week high even after the earnings boost. All corporate governance risks are low and the return on equity is 38.76%. The company is rolling out new Deal$ stores which offers items at a discount but more than a dollar. Sasser says it's early days but the Deal$ stores are doing well so far.
Good Will
Oh-so-shareholder and customer friendly Nordstrom is spreading even more good will about with this share buyback and dividend hike. Unsurprisingly, Motley Fool rates it one of the 25 Best Companies in America for 2013. The company is not just a high end retailer as its Nordstrom Rack stores are a destination for the less affluent but still aspirational shopper.
This name should be a darling of socially responsible investors with some of the best treated and paid employees in retail. Corporate governance risks are low in all categories as well if that is a social responsibility metric one values. This is even more important when you have legacy family members involved with a company that could skew shareholders' rights. Not so at this 112 year old company which still has several Nordstroms in executive positions including Blake Nordstrom as CEO but shareholders' rights are highly respected. Various Nordstroms own 18 million shares for close to a 10% stake.
Nordstrom stock is barely up 1% over the last year which is incredible for such a well-managed company. It's down 10% from its 52 week high. There aren't many better bargains in retail with a forward P/E of 12.71 with a 2.00% yield at a 30% payout ratio. Analysts expect 11% five year EPS growth.
Better And Better
High end Nordstrom and low end Dollar Tree are in the bargain basement here underperforming the S&P 500 for no good reason. Snatch them up before some agile shopper gets them and just put that J.C. Penney down. It's not a steal even at $18.00. To use their new marketing motto, Compare.
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It's crunch time and even though the weather is cooling down, the Indians are heating up.
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Fans of all ages are filed into the ballpark to check out the next to last home game of the regular season.
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In fact, 2007 was the last time the Indians made the playoffs and the team is so close this year fans can taste it.
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Private investment is key to develop the UAE's budding film industry, concludes expert panel
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Dubai, December 14, 2005: A panel discussion that brought together financial experts and film industry players was held at the 2nd Dubai International Film Festival yesterday. It concluded that private investment would be the single most significant source of funding to drive film industry development in the UAE. Other avenues that aspiring film makers could successfully explore included regional TV channels, grants from the government and venture capital. The participating financial specialists at the panel discussion included Avinash Gupta, Director, HSBC Investment Banking and Gregory Hunt, Consultant. It was moderated by Eddie O'Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East Economic Digest. Throwing the discussion open, Eddie commented that going by the past record of the government, it should come as no surprise if in a few years time Dubai boasted a vibrant film industry. "Dubai Media City and the upcoming Dubai Studio City will provide the infrastructure and attract global talent to set up operations rivalling the best in the world. Its geographic proximity to Bollywood, where more than 700 movies are made every year, could give it an increased flow of business for high quality post-production." Avinash Gupta was of the opinion that the risk-return profile of the film industry per se did not fit with the bank operations. "Banks manage their depositors' money. They are not the right place for film makers to look for funds. Instead, the booming private equity and venture capital sector that manages an estimated US$5 billion of high net worth individual funds in the UAE would be an ideal source of funds to develop the industry here," he said. According to Greg Hunt, "Governments around the world have encouraged cinema in their countries by providing grants and tax write-offs to the industry. A very important place to look for feature film and documentary financing is amongst the mushrooming TV channels that are hungry for original content for differentiation in the market. Shop-front style media operations can gain depth by exploring these avenues," he said. "The Arab world is brimming with creative talent, as evidenced in the offerings at the 2nd Dubai International Film Festival. This talent needs support in the form of commissioned projects and funds. In sum, the ingredients for a strong film industry are all here, it remains to be seen how soon they come together to form the region's cinema hub," concluded Eddie. -Ends- Note to Editors: The second Dubai International Film Festival 2005 (DIFF) opened at 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 11 and will continue until Saturday, December 17, 2005. 98 participating films are now showing at the Festival venues of the Madinat Arena, the Madinat Theatre in Souk Madinat Jumeirah and CineStar Cinemas at the Mall of the Emirates. A series of interactive panel discussions between the public, filmmakers and industry specialists will be held at the Knowledge Village auditorium. Tickets, and an entire schedule of the Festival films and events, are available through the Dubai Film Festival website www.dubaifilmfest.com, or via the DIFF Call Centre on 04-367-6701. The Festival is presented by Dubai Media City and its Founding Sponsors are Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Properties, Emirates, Etisalat and the Madinat Jumeirah – the Arabian Resort. The Festival's Gold Sponsors are Bin Hendi Enterprises, National Bank of Dubai, Showtime, The Kanoo Group and The Palm Jumeirah; the Silver Sponsors are Filmworks, Motivate Publishing and Sony.


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By Glenna Shaw
Glenna Shaw discusses three things you can add to your presentation to compensate for auditory limitations, such as hearing impairments, background noise, poor sound equipment, or presentations delivered in a different language. By adding captions (words at the bottom of your slides that communicate dialog), subtitles (words at the slide bottom that translate dialogue), or annotations (words on your slide that either communicate or translate dialog), you can increase the reach of your presentation and ensure that your message is delivered clearly.
PowerPoint continues to grow as a medium for the dissemination of ideas, from traditional presentations to education to performance art. This is a wonderful thing since it makes loads of information readily available to a global audience. But what if your audience has an auditory limitation such as a physical challenge, a noisy environment, nonfunctioning sound equipment, or speaks a different language? The easy answer is to add visual dialogue to your presentation. The not so easy answer is how to do it well.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms apply:
In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Under this act, once you add sound to your presentation, PowerPoint is classified as a Multimedia product: products that involve more than one media and include, but are not limited to, video programs, narrated slide production, and computer generated presentations. In order to meet the requirements of Section 508, presentations must adhere to the following standards in relation to hearing impairments:
For more on other Section 508 requirements, see Creating accessible presentations.
There are three basic methods to include visual dialogue with your presentations:
Converting the presentation to a video with captions is the ideal method, but cannot be accomplished without third party software. Using the notes portion of the slide to display transcripts on a web page with frames is the easiest but least desirable method since it is not synchronized with the dialogue. There are a wide variety of techniques to use custom animations, however, creating the effect of traditional captions that scroll up from the bottom of the screen in sequence with the dialogue requires a bit of thought.
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Add Caption Space to Slide MastersCreate Scrolling Effects for Caption Placeholders Add Caption Placeholders to Slide MastersAdd Captions to SlidesApply Custom LayoutsAdd Text to Caption Placeholders Remove Superfluous CaptionsIncorporate Custom AnimationsInclude Sound EffectsRecord Narrations and/or Rehearse TimingsCreate a Custom Caption TemplateHaven't Upgraded to PowerPoint 2007 Yet?
Unless you're going to use annotations for all your visual dialogue, the first thing you need to do is reclaim space on your slides to add captions/subtitles at the bottom of the screen. The best method to do this is using the slide master and custom layouts.
You're now ready to create the custom animations that will allow your captions to scroll up from the bottom so they can be synchronized with your narration.
Tip Holding down the CTRL key with the arrow keys let you move objects in smaller increments.
Each caption placeholder will hold approximately 3 lines of text. Resize the screen as needed to see what you're doing. I created a total of 10 caption placeholders in my example. This will give me approximately 30 lines of text for my captions per slide. You have to be exact on the placement of the motion paths since they control the appearance of the text. However, you can spread the actual caption placeholders out more or less to accommodate editing them easily.
To add the captions to your remaining slide master layouts, click outside the area directly above and to the left of the caption background rectangle.
Now that you've created your custom layouts with custom caption placeholders, you're ready to use them with the slides in your presentation. When you create a new slide using one of your custom layouts, your caption placeholders will be in the slide and ready to be filled out.
Your caption placeholders may not appear on any or all of your existing slides. This is especially true if you're working on a presentation that was created in PowerPoint 2003. Apply your new layouts to any slides that do not show the caption placeholders. Make adjustments to the appearance of slides, if needed, to accommodate room for the captions.
This is the fairly easy part.
Starting with the first placeholder under the slide, type your text into each of the caption placeholders. Be careful not to enter too much into any one placeholder. If you've entered your text in your notes section, copy and paste the text from your notes into the placeholders in chunks. Don't worry about having too many caption placeholders yet. Complete all your slides.
If you have too many caption placeholders, you won't really remove them since they're on the master layout. Instead you'll keep them from showing up by removing their custom animation.
Now your empty caption placeholders will not show during your slide show.
You probably have your own custom animations that you've added to your slide show so you'll need to "weave" these into the animations for the captions.
Keep in mind that the captions are set to disappear on next mouse click so you may need to change this setting and add exit animations for the relevant caption text.
In the example below, I have an animation applied to the picture of the children.
Make sure you test each slide to be sure your custom animations work properly.
If you have sound effects in your presentation, add a description for them within your captioned text. Enclose the description in brackets [] to indicate that it's a sound, for example [wind blowing].
Note This may not be necessary for a presentation to be 508 compliant because it may not add/detract from the content of the presentation, but it's a considerate thing to do.
If this is a new presentation, record your narration and make sure you incorporate timings in your narration. Record-over is an add-in that you might also consider.
If this is an existing presentation and you don't want to re-record the narration, you can record and save timings only. This is done with the Rehearse Timings feature. This is also handy if you want a presentation with a fully readable visual dialogue whether or not you choose to narrate the presentation.
Now that you've created your custom caption placeholders and layouts, you may want to save them as a custom template so you can reuse them. You can customize this template with many different designs while maintaining the integrity of the caption placeholders and layouts.
You can still add captions, but they won't be as flexible. Follow the same directions, except instead of creating custom placeholders, create textboxes on an individual slide and copy them to all your slides.
Since annotations a placed directly on a slide, they are particularly easy to do in PowerPoint.
First decide how and/or why you'd like to include an annotation and add it to your slide. For example, in the slide above I had a picture of children animated to peek in. I also have a sound effect of children laughing when this effect is played. So I might like to add an annotation that visually shows the children laughing sound effect. To do this I can add and animate a call out shape with the words [children laughing] in brackets to show there's a sound effect to go with the animation.
Annotations do not have to be in a shape but it helps to highlight them if you're going to use them. And you will need to accommodate them through the use of custom animations.
Since subtitles are typically used for a foreign language, simply translate the text within your captions to the desired language and use the same techniques described in Open Captions for Presentations. Alternatively, you can also use annotations for your subtitles or a combination of the two.
Since the ideal is that it should be the viewer's chose to view the presentation with or without captions and/or subtitles, you can accommodate this by distributing your presentation with both options: with captions/subtitles and without captions/subtitles.


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The soil beneath our feet is as important as the air we breathe and the water we drink.
By Kathleen Weflen
One of the most incredible things on Earth is earth—the soil that covers almost our entire planet. Even under the oceans, scientists have discovered mountains, valleys, and plains of earth. To find a surface without soil, you would have to travel to the icecaps atop the highest mountains or at the North or South poles.
Soil supports life above ground. Land plants grow with their roots reaching into soil for nutrients and water. Humans and other animals, in turn, eat plants.
Soil also supports life underground. Six billion people live on Earth, but scientists estimate that more than 6 billion microscopic creatures live in just one handful of healthy soil!
What is this mysterious substance underneath the grass? Where does soil come from, and how does it work?
Natural forces form soil very slowly. Most soils in Minnesota have been forming for more than 10,000 years. Here's what happens.
A scoop of soil from your back yard looks and feels different from a handful scooped up some other place, such as a lakeshore or a field. If you use a magnifying glass to examine mineral particles from each place, you can see the difference in the particle sizes.
Soil mineral particles are called sand, silt, or clay. Sand particles are the largest. Sand feels gritty. Silt feels as soft and silky as flour, and a silt particle is about the same size as a speck of flour. You need a magnifier to see clay particles, which are the tiniest. They feel smooth and sticky when wet.
Like your skin, soil has pores, which are the spaces through which air and water move. To imagine how sand, silt, and clay particles fit together and form spaces, fill a glass jar with pebbles of various sizes and study the "pores." Add water and notice how air bubbles up as water runs into the pores.
The size and proportions of particles in soil give the soil its texture, which is the way the soil feels when you rub it between your fingers. Soil scientists group soils according to texture. Three common types are sand, loam, and clay soils.
Sand Soil. About 75 percent of its particles are sand. Because sand particles are large and often about the same size, they don't squish together very well. Sand soil is porous—full of pores that allow water to enter and drain quickly.
Loam Soil. This kind of soil contains silt, sand, and clay. The particles can pack together well. The more silt in this mix, the fluffier and more crumbly it becomes (like a cake). When moist, a clump of this soil feels as light and bendable as Silly Putty.
Clay Soil. Because clay particles are smaller, they pack together with less air space. Water takes a long time to move through the tiny pores. Soil with 50 percent or more clay particles is heavy and sticky when wet.
Flowing water can pick up sand, silt, and clay particles, carrying them along in currents. As a current slows, it drops the largest particles (sand) first. Next, silt falls away. Tiny clay particles easily stay suspended, like cocoa powder stirred into milk. Clay particles usually sink last. In lakes and rivers, they fall to the bottom in the deepest places when waves or currents calm down.
Walking along Lake Superior, you can see how waves have sorted sand and rocks according to size. One beach may be all sand, another has only pebbles, and another is just large rocks.
People call earth different names. Soil scientists prefer to say soil because it simply means the surface layer of earth that supports plant life. Dirt has many meanings. It comes from the Old English word drit, meaning manure. The first dictionary definition of dirt is "any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement [poop]." When manure or poop decomposes, it can become part of the soil. No wonder the word dirt can also mean soil.
Soil scientists dig into the earth to examine layers of soil called horizons. Together, the horizons create a soil profile, a kind of picture of how the soil formed, layer by layer, over time.
Horizon O is humus. Atop the soil, like frosting on a cake, humus is a dark, moist mix of decomposing plants and animals (organic matter).
Horizon A is topsoil. This layer is alive with critters and rich in mineral particles and decomposed organic matter. Minnesota farmland has topsoil up to 3 feet deep. Topsoil in forests is only 2 to 3 inches deep.
Horizon B is subsoil. This layer has fewer roots and creatures than topsoil does, but you can still find earthworms here. Water carries in mineral particles from above.
Horizon C is the parent material. This layer remains exactly as the glaciers deposited it. You'll find no plants or animals here.
Horizon R (not shown) is bedrock. This prehistoric layer of unbroken rock supplied minerals to the soil layers above. In a few places, such as along the North Shore, you can walk across bedrock. In most of Minnesota, bedrock is buried deep under the topsoil, subsoil, and parent material.
What you see growing above ground is a clue to the soil below. Sugar maple trees, for example, need to keep their roots moist but not soaked. What kind of soil holds moisture best? Silt loam soil. Pine trees, on the other hand, prefer well-drained sandy soil.
Loam soil works best for growing corn, wheat, potatoes, and other food crops. It contains silt, clay, and sand, so it holds lots of water and nutrients yet it drains well. Most southern Minnesota farms have loamy soil.
If you were a painter mixing up soil colors, you would start with mineral particles as your base. Sand particles, for instance, come in many colors. Add air, water, and organic matter in varying amounts, and you change the color of the soil.
Iron colors much of Minnesota's soil. Just as oxygen reacts with iron and turns a nail rusty, iron in soil reacts with oxygen, creating shades of red and orange. To get yellows or browns, add organic matter.
Water can displace oxygen in soil pores and thus change soil color. The longer and more deeply soaked the soil is, the less oxygen the soil has in its pores. Soil without oxygen turns blue or blue-gray. Blue clay soil and blue sand soil have lots of moisture and little or no oxygen.
Countless organisms must live and work together to keep enriching soil. Pick up a pinch of topsoil and you may be holding a billion microscopic organisms called microbes. Soil creatures, large and small, form a community called a food web. Their eating habits vary: Some get nutrients by decomposing organic matter, some shred, and some eat more or less as humans eat. Here's a look at some of them.
Bacteria. These microscopic organisms decompose all kinds of organic matter, releasing nutrients that plants can use. Sniff a handful of earth. The familiar, fresh aroma of moist, healthy soil comes from a substance released by actinomycetes, a group of soil bacteria.
Fungi. You can almost always find mushrooms, molds, and other fungi in the woods. Fungi decompose dead wood and other organic matter. A teaspoon of forest soil may hold tens of miles of fungal threads called hyphae.
Certain fungi form massive webs of hyphae called mycorrhizae around roots of certain plants. The mycorrhizae take up soil nutrients and water and pass them along to the plant. The plant roots, in turn, share carbon and energy captured from the air and sun.
Arthropods. Beetles, spiders, mites, millipedes, and other arthropods are invertebrate animals (no backbone) with jointed legs, segmented body parts, and an exoskeleton. They shred plant debris.
Annelids. Annelids are segmented worms, such as earthworms. They are important links in the soil food web. Besides shredding, they dig tunnels that let in air.
Nematodes. Scientists estimate that the world has half a million species of nematodes, or roundworms. Most live in soil. Some of these unsegmented worms eat fungi, some eat bacteria, and some prey on smaller nematodes. All release nutrients back into the soil.
Tardigrades. In 1994 two German researchers discovered tiny tardigrade fossils more than 500 million years old. About 400 tardigrade species exist today. Known as water bears, most live in watery films on mosses, leaf litter, lichens, and soil. If you look at this tiny, eight-legged creature under a magnifying lens, you can see it lumbering along like a bear.
If its watery world dries up, it withers and wraps itself in a kind of skin. When water returns, the water bear perks up. One book tells of a dry piece of moss that sat on a museum shelf for 120 years. When someone moistened the moss, guess what came lumbering along!
Many vertebrate creatures (with backbones) move between the world underground and the world above. Some tap into the underground food web. Robins, for instance, tug up earthworms.
Various mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians spend time underground. They dig burrows for hunting, traveling, nesting, and hibernating. What have you seen disappear into a hole in the ground?
What moves tons of earth? Steam shovels, road graders, and earthworms. An earthworm gobbles up leaves and vegetable matter. It pushes them through its intestinal canal; then poops crumbly soil, called castings. In a year, all of the earthworms on an acre of farmland can move at least 20 tons of earth above and below ground.
Though earthworms enrich farm soil and lure fish to your hook, don't throw leftover bait worms into the woods. Scientists recently discovered that earthworms are hogging all of the leaf litter in some hardwood forests. Certain insects, fungi, and plants also need leaves to live.
A few months after the British scientist Charles Darwin returned from his famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands in 1837, he went to visit his uncle in the country. As they walked in the garden, the uncle pointed out a spot where he had spread ashes and lime several years earlier. The spot had become buried in soil cast by earthworms. Astonished to see that worms could make so much soil, Darwin went home, lined the shelves of his study with glass-covered pots full of earth and worms, and began a series of experiments that lasted 40 years.
How did earthworms form soil? Darwin wondered.
Studying the worms' digestive system, Darwin wondered if they could taste and smell food. He observed them digging deep into the soil to reach cabbage and onion bulbs. He fed them and saw that they preferred green cabbage to red. They liked celery better yet and carrots best of all.
To see if worms could see, Darwin went to his study in the dark and shone light from candles, lanterns, and other sources on the worms. His findings agreed with those of today's scientists: Earthworms cannot see, but they sense light and dark. They crawl up above ground at night when birds and other predators probably can't see them.
To test the worms' hearing, Darwin watched for a response to sound when his grandson blew a whistle, his son tooted a bassoon, and his wife played the piano. Seeing no movement, he concluded the worms were deaf. However, when Darwin put the pots on the piano and plunked a key, the worms apparently felt vibrations and burrowed deeper into the soil.
With one long experiment, the scientist demonstrated his patience. Darwin spread a layer of chalk on a grassy field and waited 29 years to come back and dig a trench to see how deep the earthworm castings piled up. He found the chalk below 6 inches of soil!
Wind and rain are blowing and washing topsoil from the land every day. This natural process, called erosion, first caught the attention of Americans during the 1930s. Then rain seldom fell, and winds whipped tons of dry earth into black clouds that rolled furiously across the land. The storms, known as dusters, started in the Great Plains states, which came to be called the Dust Bowl.
The Dust Bowl was farm and cattle country, but first it had been prairies. When European settlers came to Minnesota and other Plains states, they plowed prairies and planted wheat and other crops. For centuries the deep-rooted prairie grasses and wildflowers had held most of the soil in place, so that strong winds and hard rains could not carry it away. Farm crops simply could not hold it as well. Bare soil (plowed and unplanted) could not stay in place at all.
When farmers lose topsoil, they also lose the nutrients and microbes needed to grow food. The lost soil often ends up in lakes and streams, where it muddies the water and makes life more difficult for plants, fish, and other critters.
Today conservationists try to slow down erosion by plowing less, keeping the land covered with plants, and planting trees to break the wind.
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Kathleen Weflen is editor of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer.
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Following the phenomenal response to the recent Back to Front tour dates, and recently being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Gabriel has confirmed a further series of Back to Front arena shows in the UK and Ireland.
It is testament to the enduring appeal of Gabriel's 1986 album that the 'Back to Front' tour has caught the public imagination so strongly once again. The new shows will continue to feature the original 'So' live band (bass-wizard Tony Levin, guitarist David Rhodes, keyboardist David Sancious and drummer Manu Katche) and span Gabriel's illustrious career, including a performance of 'So' in its entirety.
As well as celebrating the 'So' album the tour has also been an opportunity for Peter to play some new material live for the first time. Tracks like 'Daddy Long Legs' and 'Show Yourself' (from the film Words with Gods) both featured regularly during the 2013 tour to fantastic audience reactions. The theme of showcasing new material, alongside the old, is sure to remain in the forthcoming shows.
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Ballo Italian Restaurant and Social Club
- Address:
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd.
Uncasville, CT 06382Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $31 to $50
Ballo Italian Restaurant and Social Club
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.balloitalian.com/
- Phone: 8608621100x
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday - Saturday:12:00pm - 2:00am
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Shaun Golan
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Cafe, Dancing, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Ballo Italian has two private dining rooms available for 8 to 20 people. Both rooms are furnished with fireplaces, flat screen TV's & conference phones for your convenience. Ballo is also available for large corporate functions up to 600 people & VIP private affairs. To inquire please contact one of our managers.
- Private Party Contact: Jason Barlow 8608621100x
A word from Ballo Italian Restaurant and Social Club
BALLO Italian Restaurant promises an Italian experience with intense design combinations, exceptional service and a fresh, authentic menu of Italian favorites and new creations. BALLO, which means dance in Italian, will also be home to one of the most innovative late-night concepts. BALLO at Mohegan Sun was inspired by San Galgano - a Gothic abbey built in the 12th century, located in the hills of Tuscany.Continued
Once in the high-impact, high-energy abbey, guests can enjoy a massive by-the-glass wine list, specialty BALLO cocktails and freshly prepared Italian fare from the open pantry while sitting in a cathedral-like room replete with Italian fixtures, fabrics and dramatic lighting. Move further into BALLO and visitors can sit at one of the largest carrera marble bars ever built or have dinner in the main dining area. Arches, stone, sensual draperies and bold materials will accent this exuberant dining experience. But the food at BALLO is the real celebration!
Once in the high-impact, high-energy abbey, guests can enjoy a massive by-the-glass wine list, specialty BALLO cocktails and freshly prepared Italian fare from the open pantry while sitting in a cathedral-like room replete with Italian fixtures, fabrics and dramatic lighting. Move further into BALLO and visitors can sit at one of the largest carrera marble bars ever built or have dinner in the main dining area. Arches, stone, sensual draperies and bold materials will accent this exuberant dining experience. But the food at BALLO is the real celebration!
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266 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.7
- Ambiance4.4Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (168)romantic (125)fit for foodies (117)good for groups (114)notable wine list (94)vibrant bar scene (63)hot spot (54)late-night find (43)great for lunch (35)neighborhood gem (15)kid-friendly (9)great for brunch (7)scenic view (6)great for outdoor dining (4)Show More
- Finally A WinnerLorieDined on 9/20/2014This is the only restaurant that I truly enjoyed! I considered myself to have a very high standard when dining. I love to Cook and eat. I am fortunate to have been to Italy many times and can say with confidence that the quality and authenticity are on spot. The fried pork bellies melt in your mouth. Tagliatelle with shrimp cooked to perfection. Our waiter was pleasant and prompt. The blood orange Cosmo delicious perfectly blended. I will be backSpecial Features:
- Dinner at BalloOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/20/2014Reservation was perfect, just before the late night crowd. No waiting. Food was fabulous, I had the "mac & cheese". Not your Mama's mac & cheese for sure. Wonderful presentation. All meals were delicious and we had a great time celebrating Mark & Kym's Anniversary!! Thanks.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing service!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/19/2014Our waiter was so professional, yet knew how to find the humor in our silly jokes. He was kind and just amazing at his job. I've never had a waiter who cared so much about making a birthday special! On top of the service from him, we were also greeted by numerous people of your staff and it made our group feel special. The food was fantastic and fit for any special occassion. Thank you!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Meal, great serviceJonPDined on 9/17/2014Let me first say that dining at Bollo is not something you will do on the cheap. Having said that, in this case, you are getting good to great food for the money. You should never forget to order the table side mac and cheese. Not on the menu but the best adult mac and cheese ever. My party had the rib eye special X 2, the pork chop and chicken parm. The steaks were spectacular. The pork chop was perfectly cooked and very tender yet there was little flavor. The sauteed vegetables with sauce gave good flavor but overall the dish was unremarkable. The chicken parm was excellent. You have to get a side of brussell sprouts even if you do not like them, wonderful. Our server was as good as it gets. Ballo an excellent casino choice.Special Features:
- Great food and serviceFLOATVIPDined on 9/14/2014This restaurant did a great job with my wife 70th birthday. The food and waite staff was excellent. We will go again when we are in this area.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic food & serviceBrooklynGraceDined on 9/13/2014Everything from drinks to appetizers to dinner and dessert were perfect. Even the side of veggies...Brussel sprouts w/pancetta & honey...to die for! Large servings of delicious food. Our waiter David was exceptional! Took care of our birthday girl and nut allergy concerns with great care. Highly recommend Ballo!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not impressedCcherDined on 9/13/2014Quality of food was not impressive. Lobster tails not cooked enough Food was just so so Didn't finish food Ravioli was very good I personally would not hi backSpecial Features:
- Mario knows how to cook!OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 9/13/2014The food was fabulous as always. There were four of us dining and ordered the antipasti for the table...YUM! I tried the pizza this time and the flavors on the truffle pie were mouth watering. My husband got the veal parmesan and was steadfast as always.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous!pickyeaterDined on 9/13/2014Celebrated a special occasion at Ballo. The food was absolutely delicious, the ambiance was perfect and the service was impeccable. The entire experience was an A+!!Special Features:
- Soooo good!mandie15Dined on 9/13/2014My first time at Ballo will certainly not be my last. Michael our server was fun and informative. The home made pasta was delicious; and cannoli in a box ??!!!! Great!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Night, Server too attentiveJayrotDined on 9/12/2014Wife's Birthday Dinner. She had a great signature drink from the bar. A Blood Orange Cosmo. She loved it. Started with a Caesar salad, then had the strip steak with prosciutto and mushrooms. Also had the surf and turf. Filet Pizziola and grilled Lobster tail. Fabulous!. They comped a cannoli dessert for the birthday celebration. Coffee is great too. The only slight drawback to the evening was that the server was almost too nice and too attentive. He needs to find a happy medium. All in all a great night.Special Features:
- Ballos X 3RichspotDined on 9/11/2014This was are 3rd time at Ballos and enjoyed great food and service all three times. Homemade ravioli with a side of meatballs was fantastic. Calamari enough for 4 people. Pork belly app. also fantastic. Wine by the bottle a little pricey but you are at the Casino. Can't say anything about desert because we were to full to try. Wait staff topped the evening off.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 9/8/2014ANOTHER great meal had by one and all. Expected Adam to be in a suit tonight but he asked to serve a private event and he handed us off to Casey who guided us through our meal with ease. Melon and prosciutto started the night off and as usual it was great. Had to have the roasted beets salad (which just was added back to the menu this past weekend) and it was at least as good as remembered. Home made tagleatelle with shrimp scampi was piping hot and delicious. The PEI mussels with roasted garlic, white wine and tomato is by itself worth the trip, trust me. I love this restaurant and how they treat their guests. I am NEVER anything but impressed with both the service and the food. Already thinking about when I can return.Special Features:
- 2goodDined on 9/7/2014wonderful!!!!! as always........Love to go to Ballo'sSpecial Features:
- Great ExperienceStephenRDined on 9/6/2014Figured we would try a new spot for a special occasion and Ballo was perfect! The cocktails were fantastic and the food was really great. I wanted to try several things on the menu, so we will definitely head back soon.Special Features:
- Great experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/6/2014We went to Bello's for my 40th birthday and it was wonderful. We sat in the back room where the ambiance was fantastic- the lighting, the decor- all fantastic. The food was excellent and our waiter was wonderful. I had the scallops- amazing. They even brought out a birthday treat after dinner. Great experience! I really recommend it!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AndyDined on 9/6/2014The food and service was great. Lots of different items on the menu.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- don1Dined on 9/6/2014The food was excellent and the staff were extremely helpful and knowledgeable of their products. We had a few different appetizers and our meals over an hour and a half. We were not pressured to leave and even offered desert and coffees after. I would highly recommend them to anyone and will go back in a few weeks for my birthday.Special Features:
- PastaMarIlyn6440Dined on 9/6/2014You would think they would have a could selection of pasta, I ended up with steak. Small menu choice! Salads should b bigger for the price!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- geneDined on 9/6/2014The place was packed. The food was served cold. I was looking forward to good meal and was served a cold dinner
- Great DinnersChrissyDined on 9/2/2014We enjoyed our dinners at Ballo. The menu is varied with excellent service. Good quality and moderate prices for entrees. Recommend to give it a try!Special Features:
- Some Hits and Some MissesFredVIPDined on 9/2/2014The Restaurant is inside the Mohegan Sun Casino. An antipasto for the table was nice and generous enough for the 3 of us - would have done for 4 too. The entrees were OK - but a chicken Parmigiana suffered from being a tad cold - with cheese that was only partially melted. The side dishes of Brussels sprouts and Polenta were better - but 2 diners thought them on the sweet side
- better than expectedmmmmgoodDined on 9/1/2014everything was just so good, and little bit different...big, but nice décor...food really well thoughtout and delicious and nicely presented. we were really satisfied...service was great.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/30/2014Great place and great food I will recommend many friends. Awesome timeSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Reasonable and goodUnknownDined on 8/30/2014Considering the moderate prices in this type of restaurant, the wine list was much too expensiveSpecial Features:
- Great start to the eveningTatoDined on 8/29/2014Waiter was friendly and knowledgeable, food selection was good and the food itself was equally as good. Nice wine recommendation. Portions were a perfect size and meals came in reasonable time. Would definitely go back if I was in the casino...probably wouldn't make a special trip just to eat there.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/29/2014Food too salty; steak tasty, but too fatty-Has been better on other occasions.I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Must!!Recess4456Dined on 8/29/2014First experience with Open Table and dinner at Ballo. A true pleasure they both were!! Booking wit Open Table was easy and a reminder and confirmation number was sent to me the day before. Ballo was a real treat. Every employee; manager, hostess and server made our dining experience memorable. Both food and drinkwere excellent!! I highly recommend Ballo. Look forward to returning.Special Features:
- MarioDined on 8/29/2014Have been to Ballo for dinner numerous time and everything has been excellent and we brought my brother and sister-in-law and they also thought it was excellentSpecial Features:
- Fran the waitressEasterDined on 8/27/2014Our waitress for a woman named Fran....she made some awesome suggestions that we decided to try. Each one was better than the last. She was a soft sell and extremely articulate and each time she walked away from our table four of us in my party commented on how wonderful she was. When we return to Mohegan, we will go back to that restaurant. She is a credit to Ballo's.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing!!!YumaliciousVIPDined on 8/24/2014Service, food, and ambiance... Amazing!!! We had the pleasure of Mike (waiter) to make our visit memorable. Mike was charming, helpful, and a great sense of humor! Appetizers, entrees, and librations...are sure to please every taste! We will be bringing friends next time!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic, again!!Blackie21Dined on 8/23/2014What is there to say. A beautiful restaurant in the middle of a casino. Best Italian food around. My dad had the linguini with clams and proclaimed it outstanding. The eggplant pizza was to die for. Service is the best. It was my dad's birthday and they came out with a candle on the cannoli and did not charge us. This is my go to restaurant for special occasions or just hanging out at the beautiful bar. BRAVO!!Special Features:
- Classy Casino SpotIrishturtlesVIPDined on 8/21/2014You won't be disappointed... I've eaten here several times at it's always top notch...Special Features:
- Best at Mohegan SunRestaurantRussDined on 8/21/2014We have been here several times. Great food, atmosphere and this particular time exceptional service. This place has a great atmosphere even though part of the casino. Dining area quiet and spacious. Selection of entrees was good and they have small pizzas which are great for group appetizer as well. If its not right they will make it right. For us this trip everything perfect.Special Features:
- Another great dinner at Ballo'sefh0207Dined on 8/19/2014Service was great, as always. Our food selections were delicious and the waitress was very good at describing portion sizes.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A winner at MoheganWhycoMelDined on 8/19/2014We had an excellent meal and an enjoyable time. Our waiter Adam was wonderful and made some excellent recommendations. Highlights were the prosciutto with melon and the pork belly appetizers. I didn't have it but my dining companions said the seemingly home made ravioli was good as well, and when one of their dishes was not hot enough the situation was remedied immediately.Special Features:
- One of our favoritesBobbyBDined on 8/19/2014Always superb - food and service. We return regularly because Ballo is always consistent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great timeJamieJDined on 8/17/2014My wife and I came for her birthday and had an outstanding dinner and dessert. Wait staff helped with the surprise dessert and was very pleasant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OUTSTANDINGOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 8/16/2014Celebrating our anniversary, we had to be here...Simply put it was a great night. From the moment we walked in until the moment the night was over we had a great experience. On a packed night it felt like it was just a my wife and I, the service and food were that good. Adam really took care of us tonight with a meal that was paced to perfection. The evening began with melon and prosciutto which was out of this world. Then onto fried calamari served piping hot and crispy. Dinner tonight was chicken parmigiana and ricotta gnocchi both to die for. The entire evening was tied together when Adam brought over some of the best gelato and cannolis you will ever have. What a special night with the women of my dreams, thanks Adam and BallosSpecial Features:
- we would go back againVirgochicDined on 8/16/2014We were in a private dining room. Very romantic setting. Food was pretty good wine was great . Our waiter Steve was super!Special Features:


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Amount per serving
- Calories: 230
- Fat: 13.1g
- Cholesterol: 17mg
- Sodium: 356mg
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 sweet onion
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 8 portobello mushroom caps
- 4 (1-ounce) slices part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Cut each bell pepper into 8 strips; cut onion into 8 slices.
- Combine vinegar and next 5 ingredients in a shallow dish or large zip-top plastic bag; add bell pepper and onion. Cover or seal, and chill 30 minutes. Add mushroom caps; cover or seal, and chill, turning occasionally, 30 more minutes.
- Remove vegetables from marinade, reserving marinade; set mushroom caps aside.
- Grill remaining vegetables, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) 10 minutes or until partially charred.
- Place 4 mushroom caps upside down, and top evenly with grilled vegetables and cheese slices; place remaining mushroom caps, right side up, over cheese.
- Grill, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) until cheese melts, turning once. Serve with reserved marinade.
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