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Just weeks away from the 2012 NFL Draft, Sporting News examines talent depth at every position before the first pick is made. The draft's first round will be April 26, followed by rounds two and three on April 27—both in prime time. Rounds 4-7 will be called April 28.
First up: cornerbacks, where four players have a chance to be selected in Round 1.
1. Morris Claiborne (5-11, 188 pounds), LSU. Claiborne is a better cornerback prospect than 2010 teammate Patrick Peterson. — Claiborne dazzles on pro day | Combine workout solidifies status as best CB prospect |
2. Dre Kirkpatrick (6-2, 186), Alabama. Kirkpatrick is raw, but his combination of size, speed and athleticism gives him tremendous potential. — Kirkpatrick puts on a show at Alabama workout | Ideal for covering big NFL receivers | Potential red flag?
3. Brandon Boykin (5-10, 182), Georgia. Boykin's play-making ability reminds us of three-time Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield.
— Counting them down: SN's Top 40 prospects
4. Janoris Jenkins (5-10, 193), North Alabama. Jenkins would be challenging Claiborne to be the first cornerback drafted if not for character concerns. — Scouting report: Tons of talent, loads of baggage
5. Josh Robinson (5-10, 199), Central Florida. Little known when he declared for the draft, Robinson grabbed everyone's attention with an amazing Scouting Combine performance. — Get SN's exclusive breakdown on Robinson
6. Stephon Gilmore (6-1, 190), South Carolina
7. Chase Minnifield (5-10, 183), Virginia
8. Jamell Fleming (5-11, 206), Oklahoma
— 2012 Draft details: Team-by-team picks | Selection order
9. Dwight Bentley (5-10, 182), Louisiana-Lafayette
10. Alfonzo Dennard (5-10, 204), Nebraska
11. Donnie Fletcher (6-0, 201), Boston College
12. Shaun Prater (5-10, 190), Iowa
13. Casey Hayward (5-11, 192), Vanderbilt
14. Jeremy Lane (6-0, 183), Northwestern State
15. Jayron Hosley (5-10, 178), Virginia Tech
16. Leonard Johnson (5-10, 196), Iowa State
17. Trumaine Johnson (6-2, 204), Montana
18. Micah Pellerin (6-0, 194), Hampton
19. Keith Tandy (5-10, 200), West Virginia
20. Conroy Black (6-0, 186), Utah
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Morris Claiborne. His athleticism and ball skills enable him to excel covering receivers in man coverage.
Best in press technique
Janoris Jenkins. He's quick to jolt receivers with his punch, which slows their release. Jenkins plays physical throughout route.
Best in zone coverage
Josh Robinson. He does an excellent job of reading the quarterback and closes fast on passes.
Toughest against the run
Dre Kirkpatrick. He attacks the line of scrimmage and is a strong and physical tackler.
Playmaking potential
Brandon Boykin. His ball skills and kick return ability give him the tools to make big plays on defense and special teams.


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Argentina announces a new debt swap outside US law
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president revealed Monday night how she'll try to defy U.S. courts that have ruled against her government in a decade-long, billion-dollar legal fight over debts that have been unpaid since the country's world-record, $100 billion default.
Rather than comply with Friday's unanimous ruling ordering her government to pay $1.4 billion in cash to a group of plaintiffs she calls "vulture funds," President Cristina Fernandez is proposing another debt swap: offering new bonds to be paid in dollars in Buenos Aires to anyone still holding defaulted debt.
Fernandez made the announcement in a surprise address to the nation, saying the U.S. federal appellate judges were unfair to label Argentina a deadbeat. She said Argentina has made $173 billion in debt payments since 2003 and will pay $2 billion more on Sept. 12.
"Rather than 'recalcitrant debtors,' we are serial payers," she said.
The proposal she is sending to congress Tuesday is her long-awaited "Plan B" for answering court rulings requiring Argentina to first pay cash to a small fraction of "holdouts" who sued rather than join the more than 92 percent of bondholders who provided Argentina with billions of dollars in debt relief in 2005 and 2010. Those who joined in the debt swap have been paid ever since.
Friday's court ruling seemed to leave Fernandez with no wiggle room: If she keeps refusing to pay the holdouts, Argentina's payments to those who accepted previous swaps will be embargoed by the U.S. financial system, forcing the country into another default.
Argentina has filed a long-shot appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but meanwhile Fernandez is proposing that any bondholders who haven't been paid, or who fear that their current payments will get held up, can trade their New York-law bonds for new bonds whose contracts will be enforced under Argentine law.
"We can't keep the country under a 'Sword of Damocles,'" she said. "The first decision we made is to ask God to shine down on the United States Supreme Court."
"We've made two more decisions: Tomorrow we're going to send a proposed law to Congress ... to open for the third time the debt swap, for the 7 percent that haven't entered. We want to face up to the promises of Argentina."
She said bondholders who have worked with Argentina will be able to trade their current bonds for new ones under the same payment terms, but paid in Argentina rather than New York.
"Those who have Argentine bonds, we are going to replace these with similar bonds, in foreign currency, and under the same terms, but paid here in Argentina," she said.
Analysts have predicted that any attempt to pay bondholders in Buenos Aires rather than comply with the U.S. courts will fail, reasoning that few bondholders who now can turn to courts in New York in any dispute with Argentina's government will be willing to risk a change that makes Argentine courts the final arbiter.
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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 19 Nov 2009
Developing a social media strategy for the Museum - why are we in these spaces and what will we actually do in them?
Our task is to have a more strategic approach to working with social media across the Museum. To kick-off the conversation we had a workshop today (18 November) with around 25 staff to progress this.
The aims of the workshop were to:
We got well down the path with some terrific discussions around the aims, with notes from each working group found here, which we based on questions posed in Russ's presentation (also available on the right hand side of this page).
After most people left, a small group of us developed the key aim for the Museum in social spaces as:
Through using social media we aspire to:
Our operating principals are that we:
So, how does this sound? Did I get the gist of the conversation? Where do we go now? Thoughts please?
Just came across the MuseumNext blog with videos about developing a social media strategy (go down the page a bit). Looks good!
Thanx for rising to the challenge and commenting Jareen! I'm very much looking to working further with you guys too. When we have something drafted be great to share with you. At this stage we'll probably keep using the blog + Museum 3.0 to get feedback and share ideas and learnings.
Thnx Nancy, your support is appreciated and we admire your work. I also posted a link to your site right at the bottom of this discussion. Look forward to productive conversations.
By the way "RT @erikajoy: my survey 'how social media affects curators' here" This may throw up some interesting ideas.
Thanks so much everyone for your comments and rising to the challenge – I'm really stoked!
FYI - my 5 minutes to read and post comment turned into 20 :(
Lesson two... Listen to Sophie Lieberman's advice!!!!!
lesson one is using social media - never type your response directly into the comment function etc... because if you hit the wrong button you will loose your well thoughtout response.
so, thank you for yesterday it was a good time to reflect and to think about who we are and what we do (and why). one of the things I value most about working for the Museum is that we are able to do this as a regular part of our jobs - i think this reflection is part of our success. that we are now doing this so openly is exciting and invigorating.
my comments are two. I as struck by Bliss' observation that after a long invetment her use of social media has finally become manageable. we need to remember that using social media tools is an investment and dividends may be some way off...this involves wider thinking about what we value and how we allocate/use our resources.
relatedly Matt noted that we are a big institution with a brand to 'protect' - this makes using social media tricky in some regards as the pace of change and response and the individual relationships that it promotes (and that make it so vaulable) can be difficult to achieve. indeed, this could have very significant implications for how we do what we do, our organisational strutcture and preconceptions about authority, ownership, voice, audience etc...
i dont see any of the outcomes of using social media as bad - indeed it think this is a really exciting time for us and i embrace this challenge wholeheartedly - but we may find that we wind up somewhere very different than we expect as we explore all the possibilities that social media raises.
Realised how little I know about scoial media (felt on occasions that I was listening to a foreign language), as have had little need so far to use it in my job (and no time outside of it!). This is changing very quickly though, and I think it will be a very valuable tool - but can we please have a Social Media 1.0 for Dummies??
It was a great workshop and a good time out to think. I was struck by how in this world it seems you sometimes (not always!) need to do something for a while before it starts 'paying dividends' - so that whatever KPI we have for social media they may need to run over a couple of years rather than just one. I think that's probably only true at the beginning, but the beginning is where we are at the moment.
Lynda, a great workshop that resulted in a great 'aim' or vision. After each of these meetings I have come away with a little more understanding of the possibilities of social media and a little more confidence (small steps for me, very boring I know). Next year I would like to explore the opportunity for a Eureka Ambassador to be used within the realm of social media. I also think that the document you and Russ are planning on developing outling how as an organisation we should engage with our online communities will be a really useful guide and something that we should continue to add to as we get more experience. (Just as an aside this is my first ever 'comment')
Here's the link to the Smithsonian's web and new media strategy. They also developed this collaboratively. It's a good read.


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Pizza & Popcorn! Menu for Friday Night Pizza and a Movie
Pizza? Check! Popcorn? Check! Netflix movie? Check! There were far too many of those Oscar movies that we didn't see, and this Friday seems like the perfect time to remedy that situation. Send out the email alert: it's time for a Pizza Night.
The Menu:
- Homemade Ginger Ale
- Jameson & Ginger Cocktails
- Homemade Thin Crust Pizza
- Classic Margherita Pizza
- BBQ Chicken Pizza with Caramelized Onions
- Southwestern Pizza with Black Beans and Corn
- Fennel and Radicchio Winter Salad with Pecans
- Cheesy Spicy Popcorn
- No-Bake Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies
Southwestern Pizza with Black Beans and Corn
The Scene:
It's Friday night. The weekend is stretching out before you. Time for pizza and a movie in the comfort of your living room. No need to plan ahead — text your best movie-watching amigos with the "when" and "where" details before you leave work on Friday and pick up the ingredients on your way home.
Make It Happen:
Nothing in this menu absolutely has to be done ahead, even the pizza dough, but if you do find yourself with a free evening, you can prep the salad (it will keep fabulously in the fridge) and make the no-bake nutella cookies (ditto on the refrigeration). You can make the ginger ale syrup to mix with sparkling water later — or you can actually go the whole nine-yards and ferment it!
We love our quick-fix pizza dough, linked above, and even picking up dough at the store is fine by us. But Peter Reinhardt's overnight pizza dough also makes a stellar pizza. Here's more about it if you feel so inclined: Peter Reinhardt's Best Pizza Dough Ever.
On to movie night! Step one: Get the oven cranking. It will have time to get nice and toasty as you prep everything else. Get the pizzas and their toppings ready to go next, assembly-line style. While those are baking, you can make the salad, the popcorn, and the cookies (if you haven't already done so).
These recipes also lend themselves to group participation, so get your friends and family members in on the cooking action. It's Friday night, so pour the first round of drinks while you're getting the food together and let the evening roll onwards from there.
What are your favorite pizzas for movie night?
No-Bake Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies
Related: Movie Night: 10 Make At Home Snacks
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The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.15% dropped 129.79 points, or 3.1%, its worst one-day percentage decline since November 2011. The Nasdaq Biotech index NBI, +0.78% as well as iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF IBB, +0.86% dropped 5.6%.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.22% ended the day 39.10 points, or 2.1%, lower at 1,833.08, falling below its 50-day moving average and dangerously close to crossing its 100-day moving average. Selling was so indiscriminate that only about 2% of 500 members of the index closed higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.49% fell 266.96 points, or 1.6%, to 16,170.22, its worst one-day percentage drop in more than two months.
The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks RUT, +0.22% fell 32.30 points, or 2.8%, to 1,127.66. Panic-selling was evident from the jump in the volatility. The CBOE Vix index VIX, -9.21% of implied volatility on the S&P 500 jumped 15% to nearly 16.
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Stocks began the day lower after downbeat trade data from China rattled nerves, feeding concerns about slowing global demand. Before the opening bell, investors gave a tepid and short-lived welcome to a jobless claims report. New application for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in almost seven years, suggesting that the U.S. labor market might be experiencing a spring revival.
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A revealing biography of the man who shaped modern art into what it is today probes the excesses, contradictions, and often shocking lifestyle of Andy Warhol
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Bob Colacello ran Interview magazine from 1971 to 1983. Since then he has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The first volume of his Reagan biography, Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path To the White House, 1911-1980 was published in 2004 and a collection of his photographs of the Factory years, Bob Colacello's Out was published in 2007. He lives on Long Island.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
The Beginning
When I first met Andy Warhol, the only thing I wanted to be was a Factory lifer.
It all started with a phone call, one cold day in April 1970. I still have a mental Polaroid of that moment—the fruit bowl on the kitchen table filled with a mix of real and plastic apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes. After graduating from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, I was back living with my parents in Rockville Centre, Long Island, and commuting to the city, where I was getting a master's degree in film criticism at Columbia under Andrew Sarris of the Village Voice.
We were just finishing dinner when the phone rang. A man with a strange voice introduced himself as Soren Agenoux, the editor of Andy Warhol's new film magazine. He had seen a review I had written for an alternative paper—remember alternative papers?—called New Times. Would I be willing to write reviews, he asked, for inter/VIEW (which is how it was originally spelled).
Would I be willing? Would Lana Turner wear a sweater?
My father, who had been through World War II instead of college and had worked his way up from clerk to executive at a Wall Street commodities firm, was less enthusiastic. "I worked so hard all these years to get you kids out of Brooklyn and put you through Georgetown and now Columbia, so you could end up working for that creep Andy Warhol?" he shouted. My mother, who sold evening dresses at Saks Fifth Avenue's Garden City branch, tried to calm him down. "Didn't I read somewhere," she said, "that Andy Warhol painted Governor Rockefeller's portrait?"
"Are you kidding?" I exulted. "Andy Warhol is the most important artist and filmmaker in the world today!" Like much of my generation I idolized Mick Jagger, Timothy Leary, Marshall McLuhan, and Jean-Luc Godard. I was also wild about William (Naked Lunch) Burroughs, Jean (Our Lady of the Flowers) Genet, and Susan ("Notes on Camp") Sontag. But above them all there was Andy Warhol, the soulless soul of cool, the heartless heart of hip.
The thing is, I grew up Pop. Plainview, Long Island, where I lived from eight to sixteen, was Pop Art come to life: a former potato field covered with split-levels and the occasional shopping strip, two new cars in every garage, two new mortgages on every house—all the seductive banalities of the postwar American dream. The highlight of Plainview social life was the fiercely fought Christmas and Chanukah lights competition, which my parents once won.
As a teenager, I had come across Warhol's Marilyns and Elvises in Time and Life and decided, If this is Art, I like Art. Later, when The Chelsea Girls, Warhol's three-hour, split-screen psychedelic movie extravaganza, came to Washington, D.C., I sat through it three times—the last high on acid—with some Georgetown buddies from a band called The Brave Maggots. One afternoon in Madrid, during my junior year abroad, I lit up a joint and penned a poem entitled "One Nite in Madrid Remembering the U.S. of Andy." I'd even written in Andy Warhol for President in 1968, the first year I was old enough to vote.
In September 1969, I went to the New York Film Festival opening of Lion's Love, a French film made in Hollywood, starring Viva, the best-known of Warhol's Superstars. I was overwhelmed by Viva's public appearance that night. The audience gave her a standing ovation and she thanked them, as I wrote in my report for Sarris's class, "by throwing grandiose kisses from her box in Alice Tully Hall . . . and then doubling over in laughter at her own stardom." How cool, I thought; she not only loves being a star, she's also hip enough to know it's all a joke. She was having her cake and eating it too.
That same fall, at the end of the decade when he had conquered the worlds of Pop Art and Underground film, Andy Warhol decided to start a magazine. His initial impulse was jealousy. The overnight success—Andy's favorite kind—of Rolling Stone and Screw drove him crazy.
"Jann Wenner is so powerful. Al Goldstein is so rich," he moaned to his three right-hand men: Paul Morrissey, who directed Andy's movies; Fred Hughes, who sold Andy's paintings; and Gerard Malanga, who needed something to do. "And both Rolling Stone and Screw use such cheap paper. Let's just combine the two ideas—kids and sex—and we'll make a fortune." By "we'll" he meant "I'll."
Andy later liked to say in interviews that he'd started a magazine "to give Brigid something to do"—her father, Richard E. Berlin, the retired chairman of the Hearst Corporation, had started out as a magazine ad salesman, and he hoped that she'd inherited his talent. Gerard says the immediate reason was to get press passes for the New York Film Festival.
When volume one, number one appeared in November 1969, inter/VIEW was a youth-oriented magazine on newsprint like Rolling Stone, full of nudity like Screw. Resemblances stopped there. inter/VIEW's beat was film, not rock, and the sexy movie stills came from Fellini's Satyricon, not Deep Throat. That avant-garde quality, as well as a kind of striving for elegance and seriousness, was implied in its tag line, "A Monthly Film Journal." It was an obvious choice since the Factory's principal business by the late sixties was making movies. It was also a clever and timely choice. Film directors were replacing rock stars as role models for American college students.
Reclining naked on the first cover was Viva, flanked by her Lion's Love co-stars, James Rado and Jerome Ragni, of Hair fame, also naked. The cover tells a lot about the Factory's—and Andy's, always Andy's—hopes and ambitions for the new magazine in the new decade. Lion's Love, directed by Agnes Varda, was an intellectual film trying to be commercial, an indication of where the avant-garde was heading. It was supposed to carry Viva up from the Underground into the big time, just as the cover nudity was supposed to make inter/VIEW an instant newsstand hit. It didn't, inter/VIEW wasn't, and Warhol went on being jealous of Wenner and Goldstein. One of the cover's promises did come true, however: the banner proclaiming "First Issue Collector's Edition." Today, a copy of volume one, number one sells for $800 at New York's Gotham Book Mart.
Holding a copy now, the cheap newsprint yellowed and torn, one can almost feel the sixties turning into the seventies, and the Factory both resisting and anticipating the change. On one hand, there was an homage to "Peter Fonda as Scorpio Rising" and film reviews by waning Superstars such as Taylor Mead and Pope Ondine. But there were also hints of the coming disco decade, of the reactionary nostalgia for the glitz and glamour of thirties Hollywood that would swamp the revolutionary spirit of the sixties and make it all right to be stylish and irresponsible again. George Cukor, the ultimate Old Hollywood director, was worshipfully interviewed, and campy Busby Berkeley stills illustrated a think piece by future New York Review of Books writer Jonathan Lieberson.
True to its title, most of inter/VIEW Number One was tape-recorded question-and-answer sessions, transcribed with every "Ah" and "Well" intact. The tape recorder was Andy's favorite toy and tool, since the movie camera had been taken over by Paul Morrissey to make Flesh. While Andy was at home recovering from the famous 1968 assassination attempt, he taped all his phone calls on a reel-to-reel recorder, and when the smaller models came on the market he carried one around wherever he went. "My wife," he called it, sometimes introducing it as "my wife, Sony."
The transcription technique appealed to Andy conceptually because it seemed modern and real, two qualities he consistently valued above all others. For Andy, modern meant mechanical—silkscreen, movie camera, tape recorder, video, any machine that came between the creator and his audience. Tape recording was the literary equivalent of cinema vérité, and nobody's cinema was more vérité than Andy's. For him, directing meant putting a camera on a tripod and letting the film run. Why couldn't writing be reduced to transcribing? He had already taken the idea to its extreme with his tape-recorded novel, a, published by Grove Press in 1968. Nobody read it, but Andy had staked out the territory. inter/VIEW was the logical next step. Andy also liked tape recording because it was cheap—good writing costs good money. Any college kid could turn on a tape recorder, ask a few questions, then type up the tape.
The original inter/VIEW masthead listed four editors: Gerard Malanga, who now had something to do; Paul Morrissey; John Wilcock, the aging hippie publisher of the aging hippie paper Other Scenes (who was given the title in exchange for free typesetting); and, at the bottom, Andy Warhol. Malanga was the day-to-day manager, with Morrissey hovering over his shoulder, and Andy communicating his ideas through his secretary and chief transcriber, Pat Hackett, who was listed as assistant editor. There was no advertising department—Brigid Berlin had apparently refused to walk in her father's footsteps.
A poet by calling, Gerard still favored the all-black look of the sixties Factory, heavy on leather, though his personality was more romantic than sadistic. He was Warhol's first art assistant/social director and the star of many early Factory films, but by 1969 he was being eclipsed off screen by Fred Hughes, a well-connected Texas dandy, and on screen by Joe Dallesandro, a disconnected New Jersey street tough. It was Malanga who came up with the artsy configuration of the inter/VIEW logo, which Andy liked because it was "so spacey." The official corporate moniker, Poetry on Film, Inc., was pure Gerard. He also contributed the premiere issue's only poem, an elegy to the murdered movie star, "The Permanence of Sharon Tate."
By volume one, number four, after months of fierce infighting among the right-hand men—with Andy in the background, watching, prodding, instigating, manipulating, and denying he was doing any such thing—Malanga went to Europe and Morrissey topped the list of editors. There was also a new managing editor: the improbably named Soren Agenoux (Soren as in Kierkegaard, Agenoux pronounced "ingénue"), a film buff whom Paul had met through Terry Ork, an inter/VIEW contributing editor who worked at Cinemabilia, a tiny Bleecker Street shop crammed with old movie stills and posters, some of which were used to illustrate inter/VIEW in exchange for the magazine's sole ad.
When Soren called me at my parents' in the spring of 1970, he wanted a review of Antonio das Mortes, a wildly radical Brazilian film, which had then been seen by only a handful of people in all New York. Fortunately, I was one of them. Soren said he needed the review the following afternoon. I said he would have it and ran upstairs to my bedroom, which was still decorated with souvenirs of family vacations in Miami Beach and Montauk Point. I was certain this review was my ticket into other rooms, rooms where everything was extreme and nothing was mediocre, rooms where Art ruled and Andy was God.
I typed past midnight and got up at seven to type some more:
I have not been to Brazil, but from 8mm movies my father has taken on business trips there, from memories of National Geographic, from ornate dreams provoked by the exotic word itself, Brazil has existed within my head as a savage, mysterious, brilliantined hallucination: a black nun in white habit, Amazonian lips painted fiercely fuchsia. Glauber Rocha's Antonio das Mortes presents a vision of Brazil which overwhelms even an imagination as excessive as my own.
My mother drove me to the railroad station. I could barely sit through classes. The subway ride downtown went on forever. I got out at Union Square and walked past the junkies to 33 Union Square West, a twelve-story gray stone building with French windows and carved balustrades. The ground-floor store was boarded up in dirty sheet metal. The chipped marble lobby smelled of urine, the cracked glass directory (Andy Warhol Films on six, inter/VIEW on ten) also listed the names of Saul Steinberg, famous for his New Yorker covers, and the Communist Party of America. I ascended to avant-garde heaven.
At the gates, looking more like Lucifer than St. Peter, was Soren Agenoux, with his stringy hair rubber-banded into a putative ponytail, his rotting teeth, his filthy fingernails, his bony body clothed in fading black turtleneck and jeans, his spiked belt, and his pointy boots. I sat on a pile of inter/VIEW back issues in the grubby supply-closet-sized office while Soren read my review.
He loved it, especially the part about the Amazonian nun. Then he told me they paid $25 per article. He must have seen disappointment cloud my face, because he hastily added, "Would you like to meet Andy?" Would I like to meet Andy?
We took the elevator down to the sixth floor and got out into a bare white foyer with an unpainted steel door at one end. The door had a small glass window at eye level and was locked. Soren peered through the window and knocked. After a few seconds, we were buzzed in. A few feet ahead of us, at a small Art Deco desk "guarded" by a stuffed Great Dane said to have belonged to Cecil B. DeMille, sat Andy Warhol. He was wearing a brown printed-velvet jacket, Levi's 501s, and expensive lizard boots. Only a black turtleneck echoed his sinister sixties look. He was eating lunch, vegetable purées, out of plastic containers with a plastic spoon.
He was also opening the mail, although several preppy-looking assistants were standing around doing nothing. He did it systematically. First he brought each piece right up to his pink welfare glasses and examined it intently, as if he were trying to see through the envelope or analyze the handwriting or determine the quality of the paper. Then he tore the canceled stamps off each and every piece, domestic and foreign, and stuffed them into a large manila envelope. (This, I later learned, was his "stamp collection.") As he did this he sorted the mail into separate piles. Invitations. Bills. Checks. Everything else, from press releases to fan letters, he dropped into a cardboard box at his feet. (When a box was full, it would be sealed, dated, and stored away as a "time capsule.") I was struck by the slow, methodical rhythm of his movements, the movements of a faltering child or a careful old man. At the time he was forty-two.
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O'Gorman, Tea Area To Play For State Soccer Titles
Sioux Falls O'Gorman will face Aberdeen Central for the girls championship while Tea Area will take on the Golden Eagles for the boys title Friday at the South Dakota state high school soccer tournament in Aberdeen.
On Thursday, the Knights defeated Groton Area 3-1 behind a pair of goals from Alyssa Weidler. Aberdeen Central shutout St. Thomas More 3-0 in the other semifinal matchup.
In the boy's semifinals, Tarin Smallfield scored two goals to lead the Titans over Sioux Falls Christian 4-2. Lee Wynja and Collin Fligge scored for the Chargers. Four different players scored for the Golden Eagles in their 4-2 victory over Groton Area.
The boys championship is scheduled for 5:00pm and the girls title game is set for 7:00pm Friday at Clark Swisher Field in Aberdeen.


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Wicked & Wonderful Plants: My Personal Arsenal
This evening I wrote a note reminding myself to go see the "Wicked Plants" exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers before it closes (in November, but I'm easily distracted), and realized that several of my very favorite plants are also very toxic. I present my best-loved dangerous beauties, in sinister black & white...
- Hellebore- a wicked name for a wickedly beautiful plant. I was thrilled to see that Margaret Roach of A Way To Garden is just as intoxicated by them as I am. She's produced some hellebore porn and while listing their many attributes (deer-resistant, early-bloomers, shade-tolerant), refers to them as "sexy perennials". Sexy, but dangerous, of course.
- I fell in love with Angel's Trumpets when I lived in Portland, OR. Someone brought a clutch of them to a party, telling the hostess to sleep with them next to the bed, as they would provide her with particularly vivid & lovely dreams. I'd like to try it someday, though I'm a bit frightened to tell you the truth. Angel's Trumpets give a hint of their dark powers, I feel: the flowers are gorgeous and ethereal, but the plant itself is gnarled and witchy. Something's going on here..
- Sweet potato vines sound so innocent, so sweet & delicious. And they have such exquisite morning glory-like flowers (not surprising since they're both in the ipomoea family)- how could they be anything but good? Don't get bewitched by the fascinatingly purple-green-black leaves: all parts of the plant are highly toxic.
- I've discussed my love of poppies before, but failed to mention that these delicate & innocent plants are more trouble than they look: "Horses, cattle, and sheep were poisoned when discarded plants were given to livestock", according to Poisonous Plants in Britain and Their Effects on Animals and Man. Wherever you & your animals might be, beware the Iceland poppy.
- And finally, sweet potato vine's equally ominous cousin, the morning glory. These glowing white moons are called "Pearly Gates"- a sort of warning, you see. Though I think I'll always love sky-blue morning glories the best, the pearly white variety has me transfixed. As for the deep velvety black blossoms of Kniola's Black Night- my goodness, a very black night indeed...
I hope to see you all alive & well at "Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues & Assassins" at the Conservatory of Flowers. (Can someone remind me?)
Please Note: This post is just an excuse to talk about pretty plants- for thorough information regarding toxic plants & safety, please consult the Canadian Poison Plants Reference System, ASPCA's Guide To Toxic Plants, or another trustworthy guide.
Images: Hellebore from A Way To Garden, Angel's Trumpet from Thompson & Morgan, Sweet Potato Vine (detail) from Garden Design Magazine, Poppy from Conscious Design Magazine, Black Morning Glory from Hirts Seeds on Amazon, White Morning Glory from Thebearfootshaman


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SALEM — The Oregon Legislature kicked off its five-month session Monday, beginning work on a new two-year budget and dozens of other initiatives.
As lawmakers convened, several hundred demonstrators massed on the Capitol steps calling for universal, government-funded health care — a demand that goes beyond the coverage expansions provided in the new federal health care law.
Their protest was the first of many that will be repeated by dozens of interest groups with myriad causes before legislators head home this summer.
The budget will be the top priority. Lawmakers will have to divvy up a projected $16.5 billion in general fund and lottery revenue — more than they had in the current budget, but not enough to keep pace with the rising cost of providing government services.
Legislators also will have to decide how much money goes to schools, public safety, and safety-net programs.
In hopes of freeing up more dollars, Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked for major changes to public-employee pensions and sentencing laws.
Democrats running the House and Senate say they're focused on jobs and the economy, but they'll also be pushing legislation on housing, immigration and the environment.
Republicans will be in the minority in the House and Senate, but they may be able to team with centrist Democrats to advance some of their ideas.
Lawmakers have so far introduced more than 1,200 bills, but only a fraction will eventually pass the House and Senate and earn the governor's signature.
A group of activists hopes one of them will be a law creating single-payer health care in Oregon, eliminating the role of insurance companies and providing government-funded health care. Several hundred people, many donning red T-shirts for their cause, rallied in front of the Capitol.
The federal health care overhaul will extend health coverage to millions more Americans, but many will get the coverage from a private insurance company.
Some people will still go without coverage, opting to pay a fine instead.
"It's a huge economic issue in this state and in this country that people don't have universal health care," said Kit Kirkpatrick of Eugene. "So other people have to pick up their emergency care."
Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Portland Democrat who chairs the House Health Care Committee, said he supports the goal of achieving universal health care but doesn't think it will happen this session.
"I think getting there in one fell swoop is unlikely," Greenlick said, adding that Oregon is steadily increasing access to health care.
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Review Group Week 159: RUNAWAYS #7
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by Starlord » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:19 pm
there's still a lot of people who haven't read and or given a review yet.
by guitarsmashley » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:25 pm
This is how it went,
I'd read a page-smack myself say what the fuck was that, read another few pages-hit myself with a hammer, pass out for about 10 minutes then read another page, walk away make myself a sandwich come back turn on the tv, realize hey I'm reading a shitty comic, then finish it.
by thefourthman » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:34 pm
okay, that makes a little sense then. I reread the damn thing and I still spent more time looking for the back issues that Miyawhoever did then I did reading it.
by malcolm reynolds » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:20 pmRunaways #7:
'Rock Zombies Part One' -
Moore, Miyazawa and Strain
Runaways was one of the first few comics that I started to read when I first diverged from my 4 comic pull list of mostly x-men titles. Runaways and Young Avengers were two titles that I tried that just had a different feel to them. And Runaways thanks to the amazing writing has stayed on my now much larger pull list to this day.
Now the problem with reviewing a book later in the week, means you end up either agreeing with everyone or contesting your point, however this week I just seem to be agreeing.
Ever since the end of Brian K Vaughn's run has finished, the Runaways' seem directionless and without cause. Joss Whedon's run was good and would have been better if it had come out on time, but it was basically a "filler" arc. With Moore coming on and the re-numbering of the series, it would have been a perfect opportunity, to take a good look at the team, give them a purpose, a drive. This very much is Moore's fault, I can't find a single fault with his other work to date, but as a writer, it comes to you to make a book worth reading. I can't believe this book has been reduced to Chase having a job, and some lame zombie/magic/villains.
Now the art itself is a high point of contention. I loved Miyazawa when he filled in on the old runaways volumes. I mean if it had to be a fill-in artist, I'm glad he pulled it off as well as he did. However now it feels like he just thinks he has free reign to redesign or slightly tweak the characters. I thought Chase was a girl, and victor looks like he's come down with a nasty case of anorexia.
I always looked forward to the HC's as I've collected this series, but I can't even see me picking the next one up when it comes out. Runaways has gone from one of my favourite marvel books, to one that I couldn't even be bothered reading.
Story – 4
Art – 4
A big fat 4 overall this week
by McKegan » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:34 amI haven't the time for a long review so I'll keep it short and sweet.
This was the best issue of Moore's run so far, adn that isn't saying much. I don't know if it was the loss of Ramos' hyperkinetic art, but the characters finally got some space to breath and be themselves and interact in a way familiar to long time readers. Maybe Moore's just getting comfortable with the characters, and his worse has been miles better than Whedon's crapfest, but this title is still lacking.
I would have dropped Runaways if it hadn't been this week's pick. Honestly, I think it might be time to put the book out of its misery. The book has been fairly aimless since BKV left. With no evil parents/grown-ups, there's little to differentiate this book from any other teen supergroup book. They've got nothing to runaway from, and about the only worthwhile conflict they have is with their grocery bill.
Story: 6
Art: 7.5
Overall: 6.75
by Eric Ratcliffe » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:18 pmHmm what's this? The return of the review group?
by ****** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:56 pm
Just a friendly reminder, if you want to have your review included in the front page article, you need to post it today.
by ****** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:04 pm
I don't know if "return" is really the right word. I prefer to think of it as an "upgrade".
by Eric Ratcliffe » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:14 pm
by Punchy » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:28 pm
How could it return if it never went away?
Maybe you're the one who is returning?
I just blew your mind!
by Eric Ratcliffe » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:24 pm
Nah, hey Punchy you got an extra Scott Pilgrim lying around? I really want to get into the series finally.
by Punchy » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:26 pm
I do not even have my own copy lying around!
But good news for you, Vol.1 is being reprinted, so there should be plenty of them out there for you to purchase with the currency of your choice.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:13 pm
I really want to get into the series after everything i've read. Maybe I'll see if I can find all the volumes at the convention in boston next month.
by Chubbles » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:20 pmsorry but I didn't get this weeks book since I buy Runaways via trade but I'll get superman next week although my expectations are kind of low. The new krypton thing started out well but the ending sucked a big one in my eyes. It caused me to drop all superman related books.
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EQ500, Reviewed January 2009
Establishment of turfgrass brings beauty to any landscape. A well-established lawn creates an inviting view for passersby and supplies the perfect backdrop for other landscape elements, such as trees and shrubs. Well-established lawns are an asset to any home and have recently received attention for their positive health-related and environmental contributions. A healthy, vigorous lawn with good plant density provides these benefits:
The need to protect surface and groundwater quality is a serious environmental issue. Well-maintained lawns serve as buffers to prevent or minimize erosion and runoff that can have a negative impact on surface and groundwater quality. Proper management practices need to be followed to protect this environment. Turf professionals and homeowners can preserve and protect water resources by following these strategies.
Every turf establishment and maintenance decision you make has an effect on the ecosystem. These cultural practices are designed to maximize the rate of establishment while minimizing the risk to the watershed. This publication provides a discussion of cultural practices applicable to the establishment, protection and maintenance of a turfgrass ecosystem.
You may not need to follow all of the above steps to establish your lawn. For example, the soil need not be tilled where grading and soil amendments are not required and when soils are not excessively compacted.
Before clearing or grading areas larger than one acre, check the Phase II Stormwater Runoff regulations and any local construction ordinances to determine if you must submit an erosion and sediment control plan.
Following are several ways to reduce and manage erosion and sedimentation during construction.
Once soil has been tilled, considerable time and effort are required to prepare a firm, granular seedbed (Figure 1). Where surface grade and soil physical conditions are acceptable, lawns can be re-established with minimal effort by killing the existing undesirable vegetation and incorporating seed into the surface. Bare soils and steep slopes, without proper cover, are highly susceptible to erosion. Sediment is the leading cause of stream impairment and pollution. Therefore it is vitally important to establish turfgrasses as quickly as possible after the soil is exposed.
Regardless of how the site is prepared, it is important that seed be incorporated into the top .25-inch of soil. On loose, bare soils, this can easily be done by lightly raking the seed into the surface. On hard compact soils or soils with existing vegetation and thatch, the seed should be mechanically incorporated into the soil by verti-cutting, slit-seeding or intense coring. Scattering seed on the surface without incorporation is a waste of time and money and may result in a poor stand of grass.
Figure 1This roto-dairon prepares the seedbed for turfgrass establishment and also maintains the grade in a firm bed.
Rough gradingProper attention to grading for surface drainage and conserving or developing topsoil will lead to easier care of your lawn in the years to come. Push aside existing topsoil when construction or excessive grade changes are required. Topsoil will be evenly spread over the site once the rough grading is completed.
When building a new home where a basement or foundation is dug, insist that the excavated subsoil not be combined with the existing topsoil. Trees, shrubs, ground covers and lawns never develop to their full potential in poor-quality subsoil. The initial investment in retaining on-site topsoil or amending poor-quality soils will avoid the agonizing replacement of plants that could not tolerate the poor soil environment.
The area should be rough graded with gentle slopes to adequately drain or divert surface water without erosion. Slopes with a 1-foot drop in 50 feet should be adequate, but slopes should not exceed a 1-foot drop in 15 feet. The finished grade should slope away from the foundation. On sites where topsoil is added over subsoil, be sure that the finished grade is at least 3 inches below the top of the foundation of basement homes. Surface runoff can cause basement flooding if water runs over the basement foundation. Remove all debris such as large stones, tree roots and discarded construction materials that will interfere with turfgrass root growth and water movement through the soil.
Soil testingA soil test is needed to determine the lime and fertilizer requirements to ensure good turfgrass establishment and future growth. It is also important not to apply needless nutrients, if such nutrients are in sufficient supply. Many newly planted areas should be tested during the construction phase and every 1 to 2 years after that, depending on soil type and turf being grown.
Wait a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks after the last fertilization before sampling. Be careful to submit a sample for analysis that is truly representative of the area. Using a 1-inch-diameter soil probe, take 15 to 20 soil cores from each area being tested, and thoroughly mix the samples in a plastic bucket or paper bag. Do not use a metal bucket, which may affect results. Make sure your sampling equipment is clean and free of contaminants. Sample to a uniform depth, preferably 3 or 4 inches. Submit sample to a reputable laboratory for testing and interpretation. Samples can be submitted to your local MU Extension center or sent to the MU Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory, http://soilplantlab.missouri.edu/soil/. Soil testing and sample bags can be obtained from your local MU Extension center for a nominal fee. Send soil for analysis two months before your planting date to allow sufficient time to receive your fertilizer recommendations and to purchase and apply the appropriate materials.
Soil test results show your soil pH value and indicate whether lime will be required. A soil pH between 6.0 and 6.5 is optimum for turfgrass growth. When pH is optimum, other nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are readily available from the soil for plant uptake. Lime is used to raise soil pH, and sulfur is used to lower pH. Phosphorus and potassium needs, if any, are also indicated on the soil test report.
Liming and fertilizingApply the amount of lime, phosphorus and potassium recommended on the soil test report for establishing a lawn. Where a soil test is not available, and if soils have required liming in the past but have not been limed for at least two years, apply 25 pounds of finely ground limestone per 1,000 square feet. Also apply 5 to 7 pounds of 0-46-0 phosphorus fertilizer per 1,000 square feet. Phosphorus is especially important for root development and seedling establishment. Because it is not very mobile in the soil, phosphorus should be incorporated in the root zone (top 4 to 6 inches of soil) during this step. Nitrogen and potassium are highly mobile in the soil and easily can be distributed by surface application.
Thoroughly till the lime and fertilizer materials into the surface 3 or 4 inches of soil. Do not exceed 3 pounds of 0-46-0 fertilizer per 1,000 square feet if nutrients are not to be incorporated into the top 4 to 6 inches of soil. These practices are aimed at building the basic soil fertility to an acceptable level.
Broadcast and work into the top inch of soil 10 pounds of 20-27-5 or 19-25-5 fertilizer or 12 pounds of a 16-25-12 fertilizer, or the equivalent, per 1,000 square feet. The fertilizer should be turf grade and contain 30 percent or more of the total nitrogen as water-insoluble or controlled-release nitrogen. Application at the recommended rate should provide adequate nutrition for the first two months of growth.
As an alternative starter fertilizer, apply 10 pounds of 10-10-10 or 12-12-12 farm-grade (soluble nitrogen) fertilizer or equivalent per 1,000 square feet (for example, 5 to 6 pounds of 20-20-20 fertilizer per 1,000 square feet). Using nitrogen fertilizers that contain only soluble nitrogen will necessitate additional nitrogen after six to eight weeks of growing weather.
Minimize fertilizer rates on slopes. The application of high rates of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers on slopes near surface water will increase the risk of degrading water quality. Use no more than half a pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet per application.
Do not apply fertilizers directly into lakes, drainage areas, and other bodies of water. Maintain a buffer zone (of at least 50 feet, depending on slope) of low-maintenance grasses or natural vegetation between areas of highly maintained turf and water. This prevents erosion and produces a trap or filter for unwanted nutrients. Use a drop or gravity spreader near bodies of water or impenetrable areas. Centrifugal or rotary spreaders should not be used near bodies of water because of the possibility of heavy granules entering the water.
Soil amendmentsA soil test will indicate whether organic matter is required. Organic matter, such as peat moss or compost, can be added to clay soils to improve drainage and aerification. The same organic matter can be added to sandy soils to help hold water and nutrients in the soil. Fresh organic matter — manure, straw or fresh saw dust — is not usually recommended because it can cause a temporary nitrogen imbalance that will lead to slow growth and grass yellowing.
Reed-sedge peat and moss peat are also good sources of organic matter that tend to last longer in the soil than most other sources. Organic matter should be worked into the top 2 to 4 inches of soil before applying the starter fertilizer.
Final gradingRake the area to the finish grade just before seeding. Light rolling will indicate any low spots or other irregularities to the area. A proper final surface will be firm enough to prevent ruts made by seeding equipment but will be loose and crumbly so that seed easily can be raked into the top 1/4 inch of soil. Once these steps have been completed, you are ready to install a turf by seeding or sodding.
When to establishSelecting the right time of the year to seed cool-season grasses is the most important factor in successful lawn establishment. The best time to seed cool-season grasses is between Aug. 25 and Oct. 1. Lawns seeded within a week of Labor Day are more likely to fill in completely by winter and produce a thicker appearance the following spring than lawns seeded in October.
Seeding in late summer is preferred because temperatures are warm enough to promote rapid germination if there is rain or irrigation. The cooler temperatures and shorter days of the approaching fall are ideal for further growth and development of seedling grasses.
Establishing cool-season grasses from seed in the spring can be extremely difficult. In some cases, complete failure should be expected. Rainfall or watering required to germinate turfgrass seeds during spring establishment will also promote excessive weed growth, especially crabgrass. If you are lucky enough to beat the crabgrass, expect to continue the battle with frequent summer irrigation to prevent moisture stress. Even if moisture is adequate, summer temperatures can severely thin or even kill seedling turf. The constant summer watering required by seedling turf will also increase the chance of Pythium damping off and brown patch. Both of these fungal diseases are encouraged by the same conditions that promote seedling growth — wet soils, frequent watering and summer nitrogen.
Sod of Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue can be installed during most of the year except in midwinter when the ground is frozen. When extreme heat and drought conditions exist in summer, sod should be cut and laid during a 12- to 24-hour period. If done under drought conditions, the turf must be kept moist and cool. The soil should be watered enough to cool it before installation. It should be thoroughly watered again immediately after the sod is laid.
Turfgrass selection is the most important cultural practice in turfgrass management and can have a major impact on turf and water quality. A quality lawn containing the recommended mixtures of species or blends of turfgrass varieties can be a difficult decision. Your selection of turfgrass species depends on how you manage your lawn and what you expect of your lawn. Grasses differ in adaptation, cultural requirements and performance. Managing a lawn requires decisions on frequency of mowing, a fertilizer program, and your choice to water your lawn or not and to use weed control (crabgrass preventers, etc.) or products to control turfgrass diseases and insects. Selections can also be based on existing environmental conditions (soil pH, soil type, level of moisture, degree of sunlight, topography) and the purpose for which the grass will be used. The answers to these questions will help you decide which species or mixture of species you wish to establish.
Species selectionBlends of Kentucky bluegrasses look rich with dark blue-green colors and have good resistance to brown patch disease, although they do require more inputs of fertilizer and water to maintain that rich cover through the summer months. They are also more susceptible to dollar spot, leaf spot and summer patch diseases. Selecting bluegrass varieties that offer resistance to some of these diseases is a practical first step in lawn establishment. Bluegrasses develop tillers and small rhizomes, which enable bluegrasses to recover from thinning or other problems.
Blends of turf-type tall fescues can give deep emerald green appearances with a slightly coarser texture than the bluegrass. They tend to be a deeper rooting plant, therefore requiring less water than the bluegrasses. They are not as susceptible to dollar spot and summer patch, but generally will require fungicides for the control of brown patch. Several varieties of turf-type tall fescues offer superior resistance to brown patch and therefore will improve turf quality. Tall fescues will tiller to help with recovery, but tend to be clumpy with severe thinning. Latest breeding efforts have produced several varieties of tall fescues with rhizomatous capabilities (e.g., Labarinth, Grande, Grande II).
Mixtures, such as turf-type tall fescues with bluegrasses (90 percent fescue, 10 percent bluegrass), combine the advantages of each species to mask their weaknesses. Mixtures with perennial ryegrass should not exceed 20 percent perennial ryegrass as it is susceptible to most of the diseases list above. Ryegrass is not very heat or drought tolerant and does not recover from thinning of cover. Unfortunately, many seed mixtures and blends available to homeowners at local garden centers contain large amounts of ryegrass (both annual and perennial) and fine-leaf fescues (creeping red fescues, hard fescues, etc.). Fine-leaf fescues have little tolerance for direct sunlight. They easily burn out.
So which varieties do you select once you decide on a species or mixture of species? Various resources provide recommendations for turfgrass varieties for Missouri. Garden centers, MU Extension publications and turfgrass specialists, and other lawn care experts are good sources for information about turfgrass selections and varieties. The difficulty for most individuals is to find the varieties suggested. Sometimes the best approach is to list what local sources carry and then cross-reference to the varieties recommended for Missouri.
Information for selecting varieties can also be found through the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, http://ntep.org/. NTEP provides data tables for all turfgrass species for a number of different characteristics (quality, density, color, disease resistance, wear resistance, etc.) from best to worst, averaged nationally, by zones (transition zone) and by location, specifically Missouri (MO1). Therefore, varieties that will adapt best in Missouri can be determined through a number of reliable resources.
Figure 2 The National Turfgrass Evaluation Trials provide data on all turfgrasses to determine which varieties grow best in Missouri.
Seed tagsAll grass seed bags have a seed label printed or pasted on the bag. Several pieces of information on the label should be considered before seed is purchased (Figure 3). A seed tag will list the species (Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, etc.), variety name (Kenblue, Abbey, Plantation, Crossfire II, Shining Star, etc.), purity (should be greater than 90 percent), germination (should be greater than 80 percent), weed seed content ( percent) and noxious weed seed content ( percent) and testing date (should be 12 months or less). The species and variety name of the seed will tell you exactly what you're buying. As long as the purity and germination are acceptable, the next most important information to consider is the weed listings. The best products list 0 percent for weeds and noxious weeds. Any product containing weed seed will list the type of weed seed contaminating the turfgrass seed. Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) and rough bluegrass (Poa trivialis) are two weeds of concern because patches of these weeds will decline during the summer, creating unsightly spots in your lawn. It is best to avoid products with large amounts of these weed species. Avoid any seed product containing noxious weeds.
Figure 3State seed laws differ slightly in how they require seed to be labled. This example covers basic labeling requirements.
Seed vs. sodA quality lawn containing the recommended mixture of specific grass varieties and species can be established with either seed or sod. When seeding, however, there are many more species and varieties from which to select. Most sod grown in Missouri is straight Kentucky bluegrass or a mixture of mostly tall fescue combined with a small amount of Kentucky bluegrass. Some tall fescue sod is also available on plastic netting.
Initially, seed is less expensive than sod. However, successful establishment is more risky with seed than with sod, and if reseeding of certain areas or even an entire lawn is necessary, the overall expense may be less with sod. Also, the area is exposed to erosion because of the time required for seed to germinate and become well rooted in the soil. Sodding practically eliminates such problems, a consideration that can be especially important on steep hills or banks. Sod also reduces the chance of pesticide and nutrient contamination from surface runoff.
Sodding provides an immediately pleasing turf that is quickly functional, and it will compete with viable weed seed already present in the soil. Seeding usually requires intensive weed control during the first year of establishment.
Seed should be used to establish lawns only in early fall or early spring, whereas sod lawns can be established in nearly any season. Sodding of cool-season grasses in the spring is preferred to seeding.
SeedingBefore seeding, be sure that the soil has been prepared properly and is smooth and level.
Seed small areas by hand. A fertilizer spreader can be used in larger areas. When seeding by hand, try to apply five to 10 seeds per square inch. Heavier seedings will cause weak, spindly seedlings and spotty establishment. Calibrate spreaders to supply half the amount of seed in one pass over the area. Divide into two groups the amount of seed to be sown. Spread the first group of seed. Then spread the second group at a right angle to the first group.
Rake the seed to cover it with 1/8 to 1/4 inch of soil. Roll lightly to make good contact between seed and soil (Figure 4). Use a light layer of straw as mulch — one bale per 1,000 square feet. This helps hasten germination, keeps soil moist and protects young seedlings. The soil should remain moist from the surface to just below the active root zone.
At first, this moist zone will be shallow and require light, frequent irrigation. Use a fine spray to sprinkle seeds one to four times per day until young seedlings are established. As the grass develops, irrigate deeper and less frequently.
Figure 4Verti-cutters and de-thatchers, with multiple blades set low enough to touch the soil surface, prepare an excellent seedbed and create good seed/soil contact for turfgrasses.
SoddingSodding is the installation of commercially grown turf. Sod has a carpetlike appearance consisting of green shoots attached to roots and soil. It usually comes in 3-foot sections, 18 inches wide, with less than 1/2 inch of soil attached (Figure 5). Sodding has the advantage of almost immediate establishment; disadvantages are its initial cost and the amount of labor involved.
Choose high-quality, actively growing sod. Sod is perishable and should not remain on the pallet or stack for more than a few hours. The presence of mildew and distinct yellowing of the leaves is usually good evidence of reduced turf vigor from being stacked too long.
To lay the sod, start at a straight edge such as a driveway or sidewalk. Unroll sod pieces tightly against each other, but don't overlap. Lay the pieces in a staggered, bricklike pattern. Using a sharp knife, cut pieces to fit curves or small areas. After the sod has been laid, roll it to ensure good contact with the soil. Be sure to water thoroughly, and water every day during dry, warm weather.
Figure 5Sod can create an instant lawn, but care must still be given not to overwater. The development of white roots is a good indicator of healthy sod.
Newly seeded or sodded lawns require special irrigation. A newly seeded lawn requires daily watering and may need as many as four light waters in a single day if conditions are dry and windy. Keep the seedbed moist, but not saturated, to a depth of 1 to 2 inches until germination occurs (green cast to lawn and seedlings 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall). At this stage it is crucial that seedlings not be stressed to the point of wilt. Continue to water one to four times a day with light applications, approximately 1/8 to 1/4 inch of water per day. Straw applied at the time of seeding helps to shade the soil and to prevent rapid drying of the soil surface. It will also reduce soil erosion and seedling damage from the force of large sprinkler drops.
Watering with a light mist is best for establishing new lawns. As seedlings reach 2 inches, gradually reduce the frequency of watering and water more deeply. Begin mowing once a week when the seedlings reach a height of 3 inches. After the new lawn has been mowed two or three times, water deeply and infrequently.
Newly sodded lawns may require watering one or two times a day. Begin irrigation immediately after laying sod. Plan your sodding operation so that a section of laid sod can immediately be watered while other areas are being sodded. Sod should be watered so that the sod strip is wet as well as the top 1 inch of soil below the sod. The first irrigation requires about 1 inch of water to achieve complete wetting of the sod. After watering, lift up pieces of sod at several locations to determine whether it has been adequately irrigated. Continue watering one to two times a day or as needed with light irrigation to prevent wilting and to ensure a moist soil just below the sod layer. As sod becomes established and roots penetrate and grow in the soil, gradually reduce the frequency of watering but wet the soil deeper. After sod has been mowed two or three times water deeply and infrequently.
During hot, windy conditions, establishing sod may require several light mistings per day to prevent wilt and high, potentially lethal temperatures. Mist the sod lightly to wet the leaf surface and not to supply water to the soil. Misting cools the grass plant as water is evaporated from the leaves.
Do not overwater the soil because that will inhibit sod roots from growing into the soil. In situations where daily watering is not possible, thoroughly water the sod and soil to a depth of 6 inches. This will delay the rooting time of sod but will reduce the chance of rapid drying and severe loss of grass.
A soil probe can aid in the visual estimate of moisture content after seed or sod has established. This method helps you in watering to a depth just below the root system. Sloped areas, compacted soils and clay soils need to be watered in short, frequent intervals.
Although a turf plant obviously needs a certain amount of moisture to function, determining the necessary amount and frequency of water application is not that easy. However, proper watering reduces the potential for leaching and surface runoff, keeping water quality protected.
Figure 6Water only as much as the soil can absorb at one time. For most soils, this is a quarter inch per hour. The rule of thumb is to prevent puddles and runoff.
Pesticides are sometimes necessary to keep pests at tolerable levels. These chemicals will continue to be an important part of any integrated pest management (IPM) program. However, sole reliance on chemical control can no longer be justified because of rising chemical costs, increased resistance to pesticides, and environmental concerns. Some pesticides can also enter surface groundwater either from leaching or runoff.
The selection of pesticides to be used on the turfgrasses should be based on many criteria including the pest to be controlled, the turfgrass species the pest is infesting, the season and growth stage of the pest, the level of control desired from the pesticide, the possibility of environmental contamination, and the need for frequent rotation of pesticides of different modes of action for the targeted pest to avoid pesticide-resistant weeds, diseases and insects. After all factors are considered, there may be two or three possible choices of pesticides for the control of the pest.
You should then select pesticides based on the pesticide leaching potential (PLP) rating (Tables 1, 2 and 3). A pesticide with a low rating is unlikely to move into groundwater or surface waters. A pesticide with a high ranking may be easily transported offsite, leach into groundwater, or persist long enough to allow it to enter surface or groundwater even though it moves more slowly. In areas with high leaching or runoff potential, you should use pesticides with a low PLP index.
PLP values given in Tables 1, 2 and 3 are based on the soil retention, persistence of the pesticide, rate of application, and percent pesticide reaching the groundwater. You should be aware that the PLP rating may change from site to site depending on microbial decomposition, soil pH, soil type photodecomposition (degradation from sunlight), or transformation of chemical properties due to exposure to light, volatilization (changing of solids and liquids into gases), and water volumes applied after pesticide application.
You should also keep in mind that leaching is only one of many considerations in selecting a pesticide. Sometimes, even though a pesticide exhibits low leaching potential, extra precautions may be necessary around water because of the pesticide's high potential toxicity to wildlife, such as fish or bees. These precautions should be mentioned on the label.
Table 1Herbicides
Table 2Fungicides
Table 3Insecticides
Using pesticides responsiblyThe use of pesticides requires everyone to follow responsible application techniques. These techniques will ensure minimal impact on the environment and help to maintain the highest water quality.
Fall-seeded cool-season grassesFall seeding is much more successful than spring seeding because crabgrass, other summer annual weeds and summer stresses are not a problem. However, winter annual broadleaves such as henbit and chickweed may require control. These weeds germinate in September through November, grow during the winter and result in a dense mat of weeds by early spring.
If weeds dominate the new lawn in the fall, use a postemergence herbicide, such as 2,4-D or Trimec, after the lawn has been mowed two or three times, usually about 45 days after seed germination. Apply broadleaf herbicides on a warm sunny day in the fall when no frost is expected. (See label for temperature recommendations.) Winter annual broadleaf weeds can also be controlled in late March and April (Figures 7 and 8). Even though these weeds naturally die in May, without herbicide application, they should be controlled in early spring if they are overly competitive. A few weeds may be tolerated under natural conditions to avoid herbicide application.
Gallery may be an excellent choice to control winter annual broadleaf weeds with a preemergence application after turf seed germination but before weed seed germination. Follow the label directions for use.
If winter annual broadleaved weeds are left uncontrolled, turf will appear thin and weakened through the summer in areas where weeds have naturally died.
Figures 7 and 8Winter annual broadleaf weeds like henbit, top, and chickweed, bottom, can compete with newly seeded turfgrasses in the fall.
Spring-seeded cool-season grassesEven though spring seeding of cool-season grasses is not as successful as fall seeding, spring and early summer seeding may be unavoidable. The following tips may help in your attempt to establish cool-season grasses in the spring. Keep in mind that Tupersan use in step 3, for the control of summer annual grasses, has the highest PLP index of 64.
Figure 9A slit seeder, top, plants turfgrass seed in furrows, middle and bottom. This method prevents seed from washing out during moderate rainfalls.
Figures 10 and 11Competition from summer annual grassy weeds such as crabgrass (top) and goosegrass (bottom) requires early spring planting or use of siduron for preemergence control.
Table 4Spring and fall seeding rates.
Seed decay and damping off caused by soilborne fungi can result in thinning and stand loss in newly seeded turfgrass areas. Seedling disease problems are most likely to occur when growing conditions are less than optimal for germination and emergence of turfgrass seed. New turfgrass stands established in the fall when conditions are optimal for growth of cool-season grasses are usually not subject to major disease problems and rarely require the use of fungicides (Figure 12).
Three common fungi associated with seedling disease in turfgrass are Pythium sp., Fusarium sp. and Rhizoctonia sp. Disease development is favored by high temperature and high relative humidity, so the most serious stand loss is likely to occur during the summer months. That's one reason why it is so difficult to seed in the summer. Because seeding in the late spring or early summer cannot always be avoided, it may be advisable to purchase fungicide-treated seed to help optimize establishment. Fungicide-treated turfgrass seed is not commonly available to the consumer, but some seed companies do treat seed.
In existing stands where renovation is needed to repair turfgrasses damaged by disease during the summer, seedling turfgrass may be lost. For example, in stands of perennial ryegrass killed by the gray leaf spot pathogen (Pyricularia grisea), overseeding with perennial ryegrass can result in seedling death. Emerging seedlings are exposed to high inoculum levels of P. grisea and the disease organism remains active until frost. To avoid this problem, make repairs with Kentucky bluegrass, which is not susceptible, or fescue, which is less susceptible than perennial ryegrass.
In the spring following fall seeding, disease can develop as early as April. Disease pressure should be minimal if care was taken to plant disease-resistant varieties of turfgrass species adapted to the site. Avoiding overfertilization with nitrogen in the spring will also reduce disease development.
Beginning with disease-resistant varieties of turfgrass species is the best step toward reducing potential disease problems. Maintaining turfgrass vigor by following good turf management practices in watering, fertilizing, mowing and aerifying can help defend against disease. Knowing the conditions that favor disease is one key to maintaining healthy turfgrass. This information helps the homeowner decide how to change management or cultural practices to favor the turfgrass and avoid disease. Another key is to identify the cause of the disease or other factors having a negative impact on turfgrass quality, before applying fungicide.
Questions or difficulty in identifying turfgrass disease may be directed to your local MU Extension center.
Figure 12Few problems with turfgrass diseases are noticed with fall plantings of turfgrasses. Diseases are more likely to take their toll in spring plantings.
While insects are one of the most populous forms of animal life on earth, only a small number of insects may at some time become a potential problem in turfgrass. Turfgrass insects can be somewhat cyclical and dependent on a number of factors. Weather, suitable food sources, desirable habitat and predators all play a part in the population size of particular insect species.
Turfgrass damage is usually not observed until the number of insects reaches a threshold level. For example, a homeowner would not need to treat a yard with a pesticide if only one or two white grubs are found while doing yard work. However, if the homeowner peels back dead sod and finds more than five annual white grubs per square foot, then the homeowner would need to treat. Insects may always be present, but not always at damaging levels.
Turfgrass pests cannot be controlled over long periods of time solely through the use of pesticides. To have a healthy and vigorous turfgrass, it may be necessary to use pesticides in combination with sound cultural practices. A properly designed integrated pest management (IPM) system will not only maintain the control of existing pests but will also help prevent the reoccurrence of these pests and the possibility of new pest outbreaks.
Plan for possible pest problems before you plant. Keep records of problems in your lawn, and talk to neighbors about pest problems they have experienced.
A healthy, growing plant is the best defense against turfgrass pests. Many plants become more susceptible to pests if they are stressed. Following good turf management practices with mowing, proper watering, fertility, aeration, thatch control and overall sanitation (leaf litter, mulches and other debris) produces good, healthy, dense turf.
Turfgrasses established in the fall should have virtually no problems with insects or the need for insecticides. Insect problems could develop the following spring but will become more important in late summer when white grubs do most of their damage by feeding on turfgrass roots (Figure 13).
Turfgrasses established in the spring could face immediate insect pressure, compounding the pressures of summer stress. Use insecticides labeled for safe use on newly established grasses. Always read the label.
Figure 13White grubs are a common reason for lawn renovation. With new fall seedings, they may not cause problems until late the following summer.
Identification and control productsThe following is a list of the more common turfgrass insects in Missouri. If you have further questions or difficulties identifying a turfgrass insect, contact your local MU Extension center.
Species of white grubsWhite grubs are the primary insect problem many homeowners face annually (Figure 14). Damage is usually noticed in late July to early August, although a species like black turfgrass ataenius will have two generations per year. Damage from the first generation can occur in late May.
Small or large patches of dead or dying grass will have roots pruned so that sod can be pulled up or rolled back like a loose carpet. Numerous C-shaped whitish larvae with a brown head will lie in the upper soil directly below the dead sod. Mammals, such as skunks, or birds digging for grubs can also cause additional turfgrass damage.
Adults are scarab beetles, including billbugs, black turfgrass ataenius beetle, green June beetle, Japanese beetle, masked chafers and May/June beetle. Clues to identifying white grub species are time of the year the grub is present, size of the grub, and raster patterns on the abdomen of the grub.
Figure 14White grubs generally cause damage in late July to early August.
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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 27 Feb 2011
What should adults look for when choosing iPhone apps for (and with) their kids?
Post from the PBS parents website (US), via Derek Baird, called How to Choose iPhone Apps for Kids. Some of the principles which I think apply across the board are:
And, in O'Malley's summary:
"I suspect that someday we'll look back at the early 2000's as a major turning point in the way we consume information. Our children will be the first to grow up in the Touch Generation. Without the steep computer learning curve that past children faced, imagine how much faster these kids will be absorbing information?"
Interesting times indeed!
Hi Chris. The latest stats show that kids do have iPhones (and other types of smartphones) and that this market is growing. This post - Generations and their gadgets - goes into this in more detail.
We're also currently running a mobile survey with visitors to see what type of smartphones they have, how many apps they download among other things. Some of our early findings from Jurassic Lounge can be found here. We are continuing this survey with other visitors over the next few weeks so watch this space.
Do many kids have iPhones?


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Pope Palpatine I continued his courageous struggle to remain firmly rooted in the 19th century by telling those who have used artificial insemination to have children that they're arrogant for not just resigning themselves to the fate God had in store for them:
The pope pressed the church ban against artificial procreation, saying infertile couples should refrain from any method to try to conceive other than sex between husband and wife."The human and Christian dignity of procreation, in fact, doesn't consist in a 'product,' but in its link to the conjugal act, an expression of the love of the spouses of their union, not only biological but also spiritual," Benedict said.
He told the science and fertility experts in his audience to resist "the fascination of the technology of artificial fertility. Benedict cautioned the experts against "easy income, or even worse, the arrogance of taking the place of the Creator," an attitude he indicated underlies the field of artificial procreation.
Next he'll tell doctors to stop curing diseases that were created by God because to do so would be arrogant.