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Basic Groundwork For Conservation Tillage Should Be Done During, After Harvest
Dr. John Bradley is widely recognized by farmers across the Cotton Belt as one of the top experts in the science of conservation tillage. For 14 years, Dr. Bradley was the leader of the University of Tennessee's Milan Experiment Station, where he conducted research on conservation- and no-till cropping systems. He also directed the Milan No-Till Field Day, which became-under his leadership-the preeminent reduced tillage field event for farmers in the United States. Currently, Dr. Bradley is working with farmers across the Cotton Belt to encourage and ease the switch to crop production systems that utilize conservation tillage practices.
If you will be growing cotton under some form of conservation tillage in 2001, there are a number of things you need to do - and not do - during and immediately following this fall's harvest. If you take care of these basics in the fall, the transition to a reduced-tillage system in the spring will be a lot smoother.
Here are some of the basics: don't shred corn or grain sorghum stalks, because you'll need them for residue cover. Don't cut cotton stalks too short. Instead, leave them lying on the soil surface. And, above all, DO NOT do any tillage this fall unless it is absolutely necessary to smooth out severe ruts or break up soil compaction.
The ideal way to get the jump on weeds and grasses is a fall application of Roundup Ultra Max(tm) or Roundup Ultra(r) herbicide, either pre-harvest in corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, or cotton, or post-harvest in corn and soybeans. On many tough-to-kill perennial vines, weeds and grasses, Roundup brands are most effective in the fall. This is due to plants moving nutrients and moisture into roots for overwintering. A fall application of Roundup Ultra Max or Roundup Ultra will help prevent crop regrowth following harvest, clean up weeds for the following spring, and help make your harvest more efficient.
A chaff spreader for even distribution of corn, grain sorghum, and soybean residue is critical during harvest. You'll have a more even planting surface next spring. Stalks should be left standing to protect soil from blowing and to anchor residue. It's easier to treat standing stalks with herbicide, and again, planting will be easier since the coulters and double disk openers do not have to cut through the shredded and matted stalks. Residue managers will not struggle to move the thick thatch for an even planting surface.
Cotton stalks should be shredded or pulled and left on the soil surface, cut no shorter than six to eight inches tall. The best bed will be the one left after harvest. Don't re-bed fields unless they are rutted, compacted, or have a hard pan. If you must re-bed, do it in the fall. And, if you're going to plant a cover crop, seed and roll a cover crop in as you re-bed. Your goal should be to have all field preparation completed in the fall (bedded, flatted/rolled to support the planter, cover crop if needed or desired) so that in the spring all you will need to do is burndown with Roundup Ultra and plant with no field work or tillage.
Cover crop residue will keep the soil much cooler in early summer, reducing moisture loss, oxidation of organic matter, and providing a more suitable environment for root growth and microbial activity.
If at all possible, avoid running your combine, picker or stripper through wet fields. Doing so destroys soil structure, causes ruts that must be smoothed out with tillage that would otherwise be unnecessary, and contributes to soil compaction and development of a "plow pan".
When harvesting your crops this fall, take advantage of the vantage point allowed by the height of your harvesting equipment. Keep a notebook in the cab with you, and carefully make a record of trouble spots in your fields: weed infestations, areas with poor drainage, and sections of fields that don't yield as well as the rest of your land. This information will come in handy the following growing season, and you'll have good records to compare against when you're analyzing the productivity of your future conservation tillage program.
Make post-harvest applications of P and K fertilizer this fall. These nutrients will be active and available to the crop come spring. Fertilizer prices are often cheaper in the fall, and application more convenient. Frankly, it's nice not to have to deal with P and K applications in the spring when there are so many other crucial chores competing for time and attention.
I realize that a lot of farmers don't want to take on any extra work in the fall when they're trying to concentrate on getting their crops out of the field and to gin or elevator. But reducing or eliminating tillage in the fall leaves ample time for the extra activities necessary to prepare your field for planting in the spring, and it's time well spent. If you take care of these basics in the fall, the sailing will be much smoother come spring. And, your transition to conservation tillage will be off to the best possible start.

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19 U.S. Code § 2419 - Administration
§ 2419.
AdministrationThe Trade Representative shall—
issue regulations concerning the filing of petitions and the conduct of investigations and hearings under this subchapter,
keep the petitioner regularly informed of all determinations and developments regarding the investigation conducted with respect to the petition under this subchapter, including the reasons for any undue delays, and
(3) submit a report to the House of Representatives and the Senate semiannually describing—
the petitions filed and the determinations made (and reasons therefor) under section 2412 of this title,
developments in, and the current status of, each investigation or proceeding under this subchapter,
the actions taken, or the reasons for no action, by the Trade Representative under section 2411 of this title with respect to investigations conducted under this subchapter, and
the commercial effects of actions taken under section 2411 of this title.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1301(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1175.)
Effective Date
Section applicable to petitions filed, and investigations initiated, under section 2412 of this title on or after Aug. 23, 1988, and petitions filed, and investigations initiated, before Aug. 23, 1988, if by such date no decision had been made under section 2414 of this title regarding the petition or investigation, see section 1301(c) of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under section 2411 of this title.
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Greene & Greene Frame
Details shaped by hand and eye define the style.
By Robert W. Lang
Pages: 52-53
From the December 2010 issue # 187
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It's easy to get caught in the trap of design by formula. But if art were simply a matter of ratios, a paint-by-number Mona Lisa would be just as good as the one hanging in the Louvre Museum. The curves and lifts that exemplify the work of Charles and Henry Greene are a good example of this.
I made this frame for a class to show how to lay out and shape typical details. The term "typical," however, doesn't really apply to Greene & Greene; each house and the furniture within share elements, but subtle differences separate them from one another. Within the style are variations.
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Arbitration time is nearly done, so there's been quite a bit of activity happening around the league. In today's round-up, the Flames and Ian White beat the hangman, Frolov and Poni find new homes, and the Coyotes, well, who's surprised by that nonsense anymore?
Away from the rink, the club avoided a hearing this morning by signing Ian White to a one year, 2.999M deal. It's likely a fair deal for the two sides, smack in the middle of their comparables, which is probably good for the club. There will be more reaction throughout the weekend, I'm sure. The club is officially over the cap, so a couple of pricey bodies(Staios, Kotalik) now have to go without question, although Jay Feaster advised during his media availability earlier today that the club expects Kotalik in camp.
Kent and Pat have been keeping us up to date on activities from the development camp. As always with these events, it's hard to get any sort of handle on players without scrimmages, but it is the one time where the club can talk about skill development to its youngsters without any looming game pressure.
Alexander Frolov switched coasts this week, agreeing to terms with the Rangers on a one year, 3M deal. That's likely to be very good value for the Rags. I do agree with Ryan Lambert's sentiment that his value was driven down because of his rocky relationship with Kings' management, but the guy's a good player, and again, for all the talk about Russians bailing out in droves for the KHL, here's another one that stuck around in the face of a soft UFA market.
Alexei Ponikarovsky is headed the other direction, as he inked a 3.2M contract with Los Angeles. I'm not really sure what L.A. is up to with this move. I like Poni as a player, but he's just OK. Frolov's younger, and he's spent most of his career playing first rank competition. Poni seems like a second liner for life, so the Rangers got the better player in the end, IMO.
One Russian who has headed home is Denis Grebeshkov. He signed this week with the KHL, after being rebuffed in his attempts to return to Nashville. This is a case where a player had a good year, got a juicy paycheque, and then found out that teams around the league never thought he was really worth that sort of money. It happens, and he's young enough that a year or two in the K might not kill his long-term value.
Plenty of other teams managed what the Flames did with White, signing their RFAs before arbitration. Of the 22 players scheduled for arbitration to this point, only 5 have actually made it to a hearing. Notables avoiding the arbiter this week include Mason Raymond, Matt Moulson. Tomas Fleischmann, Anton Stralman and Andrew Ladd, and of the three players with potential hearings remaining after the White deal, only James Wisniewski seemed headed toward anything financially significant or potentially contentious. Of course, as of this evening, he's no longer Anaheim's problem. The Ducks moved the rearguard for a conditional third rounder to the Islanders, which is an astonishingly low price for an actual top-four Dman, arbitration eligible or not. Wisniewski signed a one year, 3.25M deal with the Ducks as a precondition of today's trade. Chris Campoli also came to terms with the Sens this afternoon, so only Jeff Deslauriers is left with a hearing date intact.
As for the newly signed, the Fleischmann deal looks to me as one that might well end up being a touch high, since his numbers were pretty inflated by a 103.3 PDO. His ZS was bang on 50%, so being slightly out-shot while playing for a good Caps team doesn't exactly lead one to believe he's driving results.
Three players did go to a hearing in the last couple of days, and with their precarious cap situation in mind, the Hawks' inability to sign Antti Niemi to a cheap deal might force them to look for a new goalie next week. If the award is in the 2.5-3M range, the Hawks might well choose to walk, sign a Turco or Theodore for cheap, and move on. There are rumours suggesting that the Hawks are already making provisional plans for that very eventuality, in fact. If the Hawks decline the award, I have a suspicion that Niemi, like Clarke MacArthur this year and Zherdev last summer, might find that other teams won't come near that price when offering a UFA deal.
Blake Wheeler got a sizable contract from his hearing, receiving a 2.2M award. That puts the Bruins 2.187M over the cap with Tyler Seguin unsigned. Someone has to go, but again, as we've seen around these parts this off-season, unloading a big-ticket vet has been a fruitless endeavor thus far. I can't see many teams lining up for Michael Ryder or Tim Thomas, so that probably leaves Marc Savard as most likely to get the heave-ho if he'll waive his NTC.
The Kovalchuk contract will apparently get a final going-over, as the league and NHLPA have agreed on an arbiter for the case, with a potential ruling by next week. Our great national nightmare will finally end, or something along those lines. One other contract of note happened this afternoon, as Steve Yzerman continued his pattern of bargain-shopping when he added Dominic Moore for a pretty reasonable rate.
I mentioned a couple of weeks back that I wouldn't be shocked if the Stars resolved their ownership status before the Coyotes managed the same feat, and news from the desert this week has done nothing to change my mind. I'm not cheering for Glendale to lose the club, even though it's quite possible that the relocated entity would be about a 25 minute drive from my front door. I will just say that at some point, it would be nice if the 'Yotes had ownership capable of managing the financial commitments required of a NHL team.
That's all for this week. Enjoy the long weekend, wherever you might find yourself.


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End Grain: It Comes Down to the Cut
Thoughts on woodworking and the art of growing up with Zen.
By Wilbur Pan
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Because I'm of Chinese descent, it's probably not a surprise that I found myself drawn to Japanese tools when I started woodworking, and that I wanted to learn how they worked and how they were used. At first this was frustrating. Part of the issue was that I don't speak or read Japanese at all. But a bigger hurdle for me was that many of the sources I found spent a lot of time talking about the Zen of using Japanese tools, and there was much talk about how this method of woodworking was shrouded by Eastern mysticism and philosophy.
I found it curious that there was so much talk about Zen and Japanese woodworking. After all, articles about 18th-century woodworking seem to avoid (for the most part) discussing Voltaire, Locke and Goethe. The thing is, despite the obvious interest of others in the Asian worldview and how it impacted the use of these tools, I wasn't interested in that aspect of Japanese woodworking at all. I just wanted to learn how Japanese tools worked, and my feeling was that despite the obvious differences between Japanese and Western woodworking tools, at the end of the day it all came down to sharp pieces of steel cutting through wood – and that was the level of understanding that I was trying to get to.
Although I'm a long way away from knowing all there is to know about Japanese tools, I think I now have a better understanding of why Eastern philosophy keeps coming up for discussion where Japanese woodworking is concerned, and my own family gave me insight into this. My wife is Catholic, went to Catholic school all the way through high school and was often called to read at Mass when she was growing up. I, on the other hand, am not. My religious upbringing consisted of hearing my parents talk about Confucian and Buddhist principles, and watching two local Sunday morning TV shows when I was a kid – one that showed the music of Baptist choirs from Chicago's South Side, and another show for Jewish kids that featured stories from the Torah.
When I attended Mass with my wife for the first time, I found it completely fascinating. I wanted to know about every aspect of the liturgy. The symbolism behind receiving Communion was something I thought about a lot. My wife, on the other hand, doesn't have the same degree of fascination, because she grew up with it. I think she finds it amusing that at times I'm the one who's more insistent that our kids perform the sign of the cross properly.
Blog: Visit Wilbur Pan's blog for more thoughts on Japanese tools.
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Mayor demotes firefighter
New London — Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio on Friday announced he had demoted fire Lt. Rocco Basilica to a Step 6 firefighter following Basilica's arrest on charges that he shoplifted several items from the University of Connecticut Co-op Bookstore.
The demotion was the result of a departmental disciplinary review process that began after the city's administration became aware of the June 25 arrest, Finizio said.
The disciplinary action was taken only after Basilica, at Rockville Superior Court, was approved for the accelerated rehabilitation program. If he successfully completes the program and abides by the rules of a probationary period, charges will be dismissed. The probationary period is slated to end on Jan. 28, according to the court.
Basilica, who is president of the city's Firefighters Union Local 1522, is able to return to work but will not be eligible to compete in promotional testing until he completes the probationary period. Prior to his suspension, Basilica was slated to leave work on workers' compensation.
"We hold all members of public safety departments to a high standard," Finizio said. "This action was the appropriate one to ensure that our standards are met and are the same for all members of our fire department."
Basilica was suspended on July 23 after it came to light that UConn police had charged him and his wife with sixth-degree larceny. According to a UConn arrest log, Basilica allegedly left the store without paying for a total of $81.93 worth in items — keychains, socks, a cup and two T-shirts.
Basilica, who joined the fire department in 1996, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in February. He declined comment.
Basilica is the second New London firefighter charged with a crime this year. A case is pending against Alfred Mayo, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of third-degree assault and breach of peace stemming from a June 14 arrest. Mayo is accused of assaulting a man outside the Polish Club in Montville.
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The Story Behind Breaking Dawn's Twist Ending
Director Bill Condon splls all.
The final Twilight film, Breaking Dawn - Part 2, came out last night at midnight, and it's so chock-full of big, outrageous moments — a bloodthirsty Kristen Stewart attacking a mountain lion in mid-air, for example — that it will have fans buzzing about it well beyond a huge box office debut. But the biggest, boldest moment in the movie? The one that's guaranteed to be the most-debated, most-discussed moment of the entire franchise? Well, that one requires a Spoiler Alert to talk about … and we met with director Bill Condon for the inside scoop on how it came together.
The most ardent Twilight fans have known for a while now that Condon took some liberties with the third act of the film, since the trailers are selling a giant battle sequence that pits the evil Volturi (principally repped by Michael Sheen's Aro and Dakota Fanning's Jane) against all of our good guys. Stephenie Meyer's final Twilight book, though, has a climax that isn't nearly so action-packed: When the Volturi arrive in Forks, determined to murder Edward and Bella's new daughter Renesmee, Meyer sets up the beginning of a big confrontation … and then everyone talks it out, the Volturi learn that Renesmee is a harmless human-vamp hybrid instead of the outlawed, 100 percent vampire child they feared she was, and everyone basically goes home.
Up until Breaking Dawn - Part 2, the Twilight films have been as faithful to Meyer's books as Edward is to Bella, so this ending presented a problem: Was there any way that a mild, talky finale would play as anything but an anticlimax after four movies that had been building to this important moment? And so, a gigantic battle sequence was conceived — "To me, it's like an eight minute musical number," said Condon — but even that doesn't reveal the whole twist.
Because that new battle? It starts with a shocker: After clairvoyant Alice (Ashley Greene) unsuccessfully tries to persuade the baddies to stand down by taking Aro's hand and pleading her case for peace, Aro and Peter Facinelli's Carlisle leap at each other in mid-air (this movie has more mid-air clashes than the cut scenes of Ninja Gaiden), and when Aro lands, he's got a smile on his face and Facinelli's decapitated head in his arms. It's the ultimate lean-forward moment for Twilight fans: They just killed Carlisle! And even more good guys perish in the literally head-twisting melee that follows, including teen wolf Seth (who falls to the blunt psychic force administered by Fanning's Jane) and Jackson Rathbone's Jasper. Finally, after the remaining good guys manage to rally and defeat nearly all the remaining villains, Bella herself gets the upper hand on Aro, coming after his decapitated head with a flaming torch …
… and that's when the action suddenly zips back to that moment where Alice took Aro's hand. You see, that whole battle sequence ending in Aro's death? It was all a visceral vision of the future that clever clairvoyant Alice passed to Aro in that moment: Proceed with your plans, and it will mean certain death. Shaken, the evil vampire retreats, and the good guys win, free of casualties. It's the ultimate have-your-blockbuster-cake-and-eat-it-too moment, since fans get a gigantic third act battle scene that never really even happened.
"The reason why I think it works is that it's within the universe of what Stephenie created, and it could as well have been the way it went down in that book, you know?" explained Condon. "You understand why she wouldn't have spent all that time writing a battle, but again, it honors the ultimate outcome." But was the filmmaker nervous about engineering that rug-pull of a twist? "All the time. All the time. It was always a risk … the worst thing would be if people felt pissed off, like that season of Dallas where it was all a dream."
Still, even if fans debate the ending for years to come, it's clear that Condon is fully on Team Twist. Bring up the biggest kills in the sequence, and the filmmaker (whose affinity for horror was indicated back in 1995, when he helmed Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh) starts giggling, a mischievous glint in his eye. "When I got involved, it was just a sentence, 'There's a battle.' But then it was fun to actually come up with it. That was, I would say, the biggest thing I worked on for two years." And the most fun part? "Deciding who to kill!"
"It was the ones that would have the most impact," said Condon, grinning. "Obviously, all the bad guys get wiped out and that's satisfying, but as for the good guys, I think the first one I wanted to kill was Seth. The idea of using that pain on an animal, I think that's more powerful because we've seen Jane do that to other creatures before, other vampires and humans. And then the ones you don't expect like Carlisle and Jasper, you know, those were the ones that would have the biggest 'oomph' and surprise."
Condon credits screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg with selling Meyer on the twist — "She was totally behind it" — and says that so far, Twilight fans seem to be loving the fake out. He would know: Condon revealed to Vulture that before each movie comes out, Summit calls upon a carefully selected test audience of 75 Twilight super-fans to watch the film in its roughest form, a method that bypasses the traditional test screening audience while also ensuring that the series can get the sort of nips and tweaks that will satisfy faithful Twi-hards. Condon laughs as he remembers the huge outcry from the faithful when Facinelli's unkillable Carlisle met his maker.
"And then when they realized that it was just Alice's vision, there was a gasp, then there was this laughter of relief, and then there was applause," says Condon, giggling again. "And I was like, 'Whew, we're going to get away with it!'"


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- Sub zero temperatures can make you want to stay home and curl up with a good book. That makes this cold snap the perfect time for Library Lovers Month.The Boulder Juncion Public Library is celebrating the month to help people in the Northwoods get over the winter "blahs". You can donate ten dollars to the library and get your name put on a heart in the window. But they're also offering a little incentive to hit the books."Each time a patron checks out materials they'll be entered in a drawing," Boulder Junction Public Library Director Cherie Sanderson said. "And at the end of each week we'll be drawing the winner of a $25 Boulder Bucks gift certificate which can be used at our local businesses."You can check out books to enter the contest once per day. It'll run through the end of February.
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Once in awhile we get to revisit our spiritual roots. Recently, I got that opportunity while reading The Path of Paganism, by John Beckett. What you have here is a Pagan 101 with so much more to offer. John has compiled information that is great for beginners and will inspire those on the path to renew their...
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A Good Idea: Coordinating Tablecloth and Napkin Sets from Tas-Ka
I like mixing and matching cloth napkins and other kitchen textiles. (Too much of the same gets old pretty fast.) But if you're worried about your table looking too hodge-podge, then consider these tablecloth and napkin sets from Scandinavian design company Tas-Ka. Similar, yet slightly different patterns for the tablecloth and napkins coordinate beautifully, and add interesting texture and pattern without looking too messy or mismatched.
Choose from six colors: blue, brown, pink, grey, yellow, and green. Each tablecloth measures 145 x 250 cm and comes with six napkins measuring 45 x 45 cm.
Buy It! Tablecloth with Napkins Set, 75.00EUR (or about $98) from Tas-Ka
Related: Bold and Beautiful: 8 Colorful Tablecloths for Eating Outside
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Ive been saying all along here the last few weeks that the key for the Steelers to really lock down this division was to win the next 2 games before the Pats game at home against Miami and Cincy and have either the Browns lose one of the next 2 to either Houston or Arizona more likely I said they would lose to Arizona which is exactly what happened. Now the Steelers can actually clinch the division this weekend with a win against New England which will be very very tough to do of course, and a loss by the Browns to the New York Jets in New York. Even if that doesnt happen this week all the Steelers have to do the rest of the way to win the North is either win 2 out of their last 4 games and get to 11 wins, or have the Browns lose one more game and get to 6 losses, and the Steelers win one more game and get them to 10 wins since the Steelers own the head to head tiebraker over the Browns. The Steelers if they dont end up clinching the North this weekend can still clinch a playoff birth on Sunday with a win over the Pats and a Tennessee loss to the Chargers this weekend.
Overall, at the very worst the Steelers are in great shape to win the North and be the number 3 seed in the AFC thus far. If things stay the way they are right now they will end up playing in the wildcard game either the Browns,Titans,Bills,or possibly even Denver or Houston who are still barely hanging on by a thread at 5-7. Still 4 weeks left and anything can happen with anyone of these 5 teams so we dont know who is going to grab that 6th and final spot. At the moment it looks like the Browns have the inside track on it but that can still change time will tell for sure here the next few weeks. The Steelers keep in mind can still get that number 2 seed over the Colts as well still remaining only a game behind them 10-2 to 9-3. The Colts next loss if it does happen will be to an AFC team because they have all AFC games left the last 4 weeks. So if the Steelers win out and the Colts lose one more game and they both finish at 13-3 the Steelers would own the tiebraker over the Colts because they would end up with a better conference record then the Colts. Now, that is a lot to ask especially with the Steelers having to beat the Pats this week still. A loss by the Steelers this week or one more time this season pretty much kills any shot they have at that number 2 seed and bye week.
Its why that Jets loss was an absolute killer and will probably costs the Steelers the 2 seed if they dont get it when all is said and done. For a team that is now 7-0 at home this season and having an advantage at home with the field conditions and stuff to get that bye week and play the Colts here or somebody else instead of going to Indy the 2nd week is a huge huge advantage and if you say it isnt your full of crap. This Steelers team needs as many games at home in the playoffs this year as they can possibly get. Its why it makes this game with the Pats this Sunday very very crucial. If they win it they have a great shot to still get the 2 seed over the Colts, if they lose it then they most likely will be the 3 seed and play at Heinz Field on wildcard weekend. Here is a link to all the playoffs scenarios for the weekend.


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Chorea is an abnormal involuntary movement derived from the Greek word "dance". It is characterized by brief, abrupt, irregular, unpredictable, non-stereotyped movements. In milder cases, they may appear purposeful; the patient often appears fidgety and clumsy. They can affect various body parts, and interfere with speech, swallowing, posture and gait.
Chorea may worsen with anxiety and voluntary movements, and subsides during sleep. They may occur with athetosis, a more distal, slower, writhing, abnormal movement, and is known as choreoathetosis. In more severe choreiform movements, they appear wild, violent, and may involve flinging of a body part and induce injuries, and is known as ballism. Chorea may also occur with other abnormal movements such as dystonia.
There is a wide range of seemingly unrelated causes, from pregnancy (chorea gravidarum) to inherited forms such as Huntington's disease and benign hereditary chorea, infection/immune-related such as Sydenham's chorea and systemic lupus erythematosus, focal vascular lesions in the basal ganglia, drugs such as levodopa, neuroleptics and oral contraception, various metabolic and endocrinological disorders such as hyperthyroidism, hypo/hyperparathyroidism and hypo/hyperglycemia. Its pathophysiology involves a functional dysregulation of the basal ganglia motor circuit, where the final thalamo-cortical output is increased, resulting in increased movement and chorea.
Treatment of chorea usually entails addressing its root etiology. The most common symptomatic treatment of chorea include the use of neuroleptic agents, other dopamine depleters such as tetrabenazine, and sometimes benzodiazepines.
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Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder (therefore each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance of developing the disease) due to an abnormal expansion of IT-15 gene on chromosome 4 which encodes for the protein huntingtin. Most people develop Huntington's disease between 30-54 years old but it can manifest as early as 4 years old and as late as 80 years.
Huntington's disease is clinically characterized by a triad of motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. Motor features include: impairment of involuntary (chorea) and voluntary movements; reduced manual dexterity, slurred speech, swallowing difficulties, balance problems and falls. It may also present with parkinsonism and dystonia in the young (termed the Westphal variant). Cognitive features are characterized initially by loss of speed and flexibility in thinking, but later become more global. Psychiatric features may include: depression (most common), mania, obsessive-compulsive disorder, irritability, anxiety, agitation, impulsivity, apathy, and social withdrawal.
Its definitive diagnosis is through genetic testing. Genetic counseling is required for asymptomatic individuals with a family history. Prenatal testing (as early as 8-10 weeks) is possible. A non-disclosing prenatal test, which determines only whether or not the fetus received a chromosome from the affected grandparent, without determining whether the fetus or the at risk parent actually caries the gene, is possible but requires samples from several individuals.
There are other causes of chorea that may look like Huntington's disease. Some are genetic such as neuroacanthocytosis, dentatorubropallidolusyian atrophy, Huntington's disease like-1,2,3 and 4, some of the spinocerebellar ataxias, benign hereditary chorea, Wilson's disease and mitochondrial disorders. In addition, non-hereditary causes of chorea include: essential chorea, infectious chorea (acute manifestations of bacterial meningitis, encephalitis, tuberculous meningitis, aseptic meningitis, HIV encephalitis, toxoplasmosis have been described), post-infectious/autoimmune choreas (such as Sydenham's disease [St. Vitus dance], systemic lupus erythematosus, and chorea gravidarum), post-pump chorea, polycythemia vera, vascular chorea, paraneoplastic chorea and drug-induced chorea (acutely with dopaminergic or anti-dopaminergic drugs, anticonvulsants, etc; or tardive chorea: stereotypic oro-buccal-lingual dyskinesia after chronic exposure to dopamine receptor blocking agents).
Non-pharmacologic approaches to some functional difficulties and behavioral dysfunction in Huntington's disease are important. Dopamine receptor blocking agents may be used if the chorea is disrupting quality of life. Examples of agents used to alleviate chorea include: reserpine, tetrabenazine, and neuroleptics such as haloperidol, risperidone, etc. Stereotactic surgery (DBS) for severe and disabling cases of chorea has been reported.
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Uncover the wild heart of Kruger National Park on this short break adventure
Answer the call of the Kruger, South Africa's vast and famous game park that is simply teeming with Africa's most iconic creatures. This four-day safari puts you right in the thick of the park's grasslands and forests, filled with birdlife and big game. Keep an eye out for grazing elephants, giraffes and wildebeest from your safari vehicle and try to spot prowling lions and leopards at night. This might be a short adventure, but it's certainly an action-packed and memorable one.
Take a memorable sunset safari in a private game reserve
Enjoy two full day game drives in the Kruger National Park
Relax by a camp fire under a starry African sky while listening to the sounds of the night
See the spectacular Blyde River Canyon and view the Three Rondavels on you return trip to Johanessburg
Our campsite is located in the Guernsey Private Game Reserve which is located within the Greater Kruger Park ecosystem. It's about a 50 minute drive to Kruger National Park's Orpen Gate. On this itinerary you will have Game Drives in both the Kruger National Park and neighbouring Private Game Reserves.
This is one of our Short Breaks and is slightly different to our group tours. There is no group leader but rather a local guide with the idea being that you maintain a level of independence during down time. You'll most likely travel on a join-in basis, which means you may or may not be joined by others for activities and transportation, depending on demand.
This itinerary starts and finishes in Johannesburg and includes 2 long travel days.
As the early bird catches the worm, the early camper sights the animals. There will be many early starts either to make use of the better safari time or to beat the morning traffic on long travel days.
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1. This trip departs early in the morning on day 1 and it is strongly recommended that you arrive at least one day prior.
2. You will be picked up on day 1 from the Joining Point Hotel listed in the Essential Trip Information for this itinerary.
3. If you require pick up from another centrally-located hotel in Johannesburg, please inform your booking agent at least 14 days prior to departure.
4. Bedding is not provided on this trip. See the 'Packing' section of the trip notes for more information.
5. This trip finishes upon arrival in Johannesburg on Day 4. Please do not book any flights until after 10pm this evening.
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The Chicago Bears have watched their NFC North lead fizzle away. The loss of another key player won't help them regain it.
A league source told the Chicago Sun-Times that wide receiver Earl Bennett is likely to miss this weekend's game against the Minnesota Vikings after he suffered a concussion in Sunday's loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
The Bears are dealing with a slew of injuries. Linebacker Brian Urlacher is expected to miss at least three games because of a strained hamstring, and cornerback Tim Jennings' status is hazy because of a shoulder injury.
The scenario at receiver remains ugly for the Bears. Devin Hester is fighting his way back from a concussion, and rookie Alshon Jeffery has missed time after having his knee scoped. There's hope both will be ready to play Sunday, but Bennett's loss would weigh heavily on Chicago.
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Kristen Stewart Cheated on Robert Pattinson, Because True Love Is Dead
That last press tour should be interesting.
As you can see to your left, Us Weekly is reporting that Stewart betrayed her Twilight co-star and longtime boyfriend with Rupert Sanders, the 41-year-old married director of Snow White and the Huntsman. There are photos of the canoodling. (That sound you hear is a thousand Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 publicists simultaneously breathing into a paper bag. Press tour should be … interesting.)


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Di Canio: I am not a supporter of fascism
Di Canio: I am not a supporter of fascism
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SUNDERLAND, England (AP) — Newly appointed Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio renounced his links to fascism on Wednesday following an outcry over his previous comments and actions regarding his political beliefs.
Di Canio has had to deal with three days of intense scrutiny since his hiring by Sunderland on Sunday, with detractors having picked up on a comment in 2005 in which the Italian is reported to have said "I am a fascist" as well straight-arm salutes he once performed to fans of his former club Lazio.
"I am not political, I do not affiliate myself to any organization, I am not a racist and I do not support the ideology of fascism," Di Canio said in a statement released by Sunderland. "I respect everyone."
The saga blew up when Sunderland vice chairman David Miliband — a former British Foreign Secretary — responded to Di Canio's hiring by quitting his role with the club in protest at the new manager's "past political statements."
Di Canio rebuffed questions about his political leanings at a stormy news conference on Tuesday, but received fresh criticism Wednesday when the Dean of Durham wrote an open letter calling on the coach to renounce fascism publicly. The same thing had been requested this week by anti-racism groups.
"I feel that I should not have to continually justify myself to people who do not understand this, however I will say one thing only — I am not the man that some people like to portray," Di Canio said.
Di Canio said he had been "deeply hurt by the attacks" on the club, adding: "This is a historic, proud and ethical club and to read and hear some of the vicious and personal accusations is painful."
When Di Canio was given his first managerial job by Swindon in 2011, a leading trade union withdrew its sponsorship of the English club over his past expression of admiration for Italy's former fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
Union activists in northeast England responded to Di Canio's arrival at Sunderland by expressing unhappiness at the apparent fascist sympathies of the man who has played for Juventus, Napoli, AC Milan, Celtic and West Ham among other clubs before retiring in 2008.


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This is what it's like to drive 153 MPH in the dark
Corvette Racing's Tommy Milner slapped a camera* on his helmet for a night practice in advance of last weekend's 2011 Petit Le Mans race. This is how little you can see behind the wheel of a GT car while driving around a road circuit. Try not to scream when the Aston Martin goes flying by.


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BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices staged a mild recovery Wednesday, a day after hitting a four-week low, but traders say any bigger gains would likely be shortlived.
Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 6 cents to $103.14 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.47 Tuesday to finish at $103.08 per barrel, the lowest closing price since July 3.
Traders are waiting to see if the Energy Department will report another draw in oil supplies after a surprisingly large drop of 30 million barrels over the past month. However, oil supplies remain high compared with the five-year average, and that will constrain the price of crude.
"Energy prices have been supported in recent weeks by renewed optimism about global demand and a revival of concerns about the geopolitical situation in the Middle East. However, we do not expect this to last," Jessica Hinds of Capital Economics said in a commentary.
"On the demand side, although US crude stocks have fallen by more than expected recently, we would be wary of placing too much weight on this development," Hinds said.
Later Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will give an updated assessment of the U.S. economy when it wraps up a two-day meeting in Washington. The government will release the first reading of second-quarter gross domestic product growth. Analysts expect the economy expanded more slowly last quarter compared with the 1.8 percent growth reported for the first three months of the year.
On Friday the release of employment data for July will be examined for hints about future energy demand in the world's No. 1 economy.
Brent crude, which is traded in London, fell 9 cents to $103.17.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 0.8 cent to $2.967 a gallon.
— Heating oil fell 0.3 cent to $3.006 a gallon.
— Natural gas rose 1.5 cents to $3.447 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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By now, you may have plumbed the highs and lows of the cultural bacchanal-by-the-sea that is Art Basel, but even if you haven't, be aware -- you'll soon be itching to set eyes on another beachy enclave full of world-class art and food. And it will likely be located in Uruguay.
Why? Because Uruguay is a quick ferry ride away from Buenos Aires. Because Uruguayan beach town Jose Ignacio already hosts in-the-know types including art collectors Alex and Carrie Vik, whose super luxe Playa Vik hotel is meant to be a piece of modern sculpture/art museum that just happens to welcome paying guests. Because Uruguay's countryside is home to not only country retreats, wine estates and amazing barbecue but also a world of flora and fauna that will knock your jaded eyes out. And, last but not least, because there are still one or two newer, cooler, more off-the-track towns to explore in Uruguay.
Last one to the passport office is a pasty hermit.
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EAT: Try the national sandwich, a beefy chivito
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Uber's ride sharing program will kick off in Beaumont Thursday, Feb. 4, and the company is celebrating the market launch with free rides through the weekend.
Those looking for a chauffer to taxi them about the streets of Beaumont will soon have an option in utilizing what the city has termed "Transportation Network Companies" (
Municipal elections will be held in cities and towns throughout Southeast Texas on May 9, 2015. These elections are non-partisan, which is as it should be. There is no such thing as a Democratic water main or a Republican pothole.
If "education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world," as human rights activist Nelson Mandela fervently proclaimed, then students of Beaumont are well on their way to being empowered beyond expectation thanks to the dedication and service of classroom teachers who give of themselves above and beyond what is required to earn a mere paycheck.
CNL Healthcare Properties, a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on senior housing and healthcare facilities, has acquired a portfolio of two specialty hospitals and three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals for approximately $131.1 million — including Victory Medical Center in Beaumont.
The Quota International of Southeast Texas club is honoring Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames at a Southeast Texas Gala Salute at the MCM Eleganté Hotel in Beaumont on Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Ina press release, the group said it will recognize Ames for her many accomplishments and contributions to the quality of life in Southeast Texas.
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AMD posts Catalyst patch
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AMD has posted fresh versions of its Windows and Linux Catalyst graphics driver package. The update takes the code to release 6.12. The Windows incarnation introduces the ability to accelerate DirectX video playback across multiple GPUs in CrossFire configuration.
The new software also fixes a series of issues with AMD's own Catalyst Control Center utility, PowerDVD and games Neverwinter Nights and Black & White 2. However, AMD warned users not to apply the update if they're running Stanford University's Folding@Home protein synthesis app - the new fixes un-fix something in the Stanford code. AMD pledged to sort this out in the next Catalyst release.
On the Linux side, Catalyst now supports the ATI Radeon X1650 chip, X.Org 7.2 RC2 and OpenSUSE 10.2. Once again, it implements a number of tweaks and bug-fixes.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin denounced a rise in anti-Russian rhetoric in Germany on Thursday before a visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel and made clear that Vladimir Putin would stand his ground if she lectures him on human rights.
Merkel is expected to carry out a request by Germany's parliament to press Putin on Friday over what critics say is a crackdown on dissent since he returned to the presidency in May.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov signaled that Putin would defend his position and, despite intensifying talk of a chill in relations, said that economic ties were strong enough to ensure Russia's relationship with Berlin stays on track.
"We are well aware of the heightened anti-Russian rhetoric in Germany in recent weeks or even months. We are aware of the demands Mrs. Merkel faces from Bundestag deputies and others to raise various human rights and democracy issues with Putin," Peskov told reporters.
"As always, President Putin will explain in detail whatever remains unclear and will ask his own questions," he said.
Merkel, who will attend a conference before meeting Putin, has never enjoyed as strong a relationship with him as her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, but business and trade ties between their countries have remained close.
Pressure has increased on her, however, to question Putin on human rights following the biggest protests against his rule since he first rose to power in 2000 and the introduction of laws which critics say are intended to smother the opposition.
The criticism of Putin, who served for five years as a KGB spy in Dresden, has fuelled talk of frosty relations between the two European powers, especially as Putin has bristled at what he regards as any attempt to teach him about democracy.
Peskov put the increase in anti-Russian sentiment down to what he said was point-scoring at the start of campaigning for Germany's federal election next year.
"We would not wish to see Russian-German relations used in this way because the relationship is unique in its scope, in its diversity and in its very promising prospects," he said.
Expressing faith in the reliability of mutual trade, which he described as a safety cushion, he said: "Eighty-seven billion dollars in (annual) bilateral trade provide this 'air bag'. With such a solid foundation, we can be calm."
Merkel will be accompanied by eight government ministers, including Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, as well as a high-level business delegation.
International security issues such as the crisis in Syria and Iran's nuclear program are expected to be on the agenda. Merkel will also report on the state of Europe's debt crisis, but human rights issues look certain to feature prominently.
Senior German officials in Berlin said on Thursday a resolution approved last week by German parliamentarians expressing alarm at the state of human rights in Russia broadly reflected Merkel's stance and that of her government.
One senior official said steps to limit civil society in Russia would be an "important theme".
Critics say such moves include the enactment on Wednesday of legislation broadening the definition of treason which could be used by Putin to try to stifle dissent.
"If there are new limits (on civil society), then naturally this is a concern for the chancellor and she will speak about it," the aide said.
Germany receives 40 percent of its gas and 30 percent of its oil from Russia, and German officials made clear that Moscow remained a "strategic partner".
But they dodged a question about whether Merkel and Putin had a good personal relationship.
"They have known each other for many years. But I wouldn't want to say anything about the nature of their relationship," one said.
(Additional reporting by Noah Barkin in Berlin, Writing by Timothy Heritage)


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Last week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) continued the weeklong celebration of Earth Day with their launch of the Watchable Wildlife program, a series of outdoor events to celebrate and revitalize the vast amounts of wildlife activities and recreation in the state.
Venetia Lannon, regional director of DEC, was at Maspeth Creek, a tributary of Newtown Creek near 49th Street and Maspeth Avenue, to take part in the program and release the "New York Wildlife Viewing Guide," a book looking at 110 recreational sites throughout the state for bird watching, fishing and nature walks.
"The whole point of the book is to get people out, get people engaging in the natural world and in an urban environment that's in places you might not expect it," Lannon said.
At least 53 percent of the state participates in outdoor recreational activities every year, generating over $33 billion in consumer spending and roughly 305,000 New York jobs as a result.
"As you know the creek has been designated as a Superfund site, and the Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking that cleanup effort," she said. "It's so important that we keep the creek clean."
Lannon, Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) representatives and some local area birdwatchers brought their binoculars to gaze out toward the narrow natural oasis in search of birds and other wildlife.
"We wanted to go somewhere people might not think of for watching birds," Lannon said. "But if you think about it, because there's so much development along the East Coast, Central Park is this huge green rest stop."
Kate Zidar, executive director of NCA, noted the creek's active role in fostering their habitat throughout the city.
"Anywhere you go in New York City, there is natural activity going on," Zidar pointed out as she looked back at the creek. "Ecosystems never give up."
The pollution in Newtown Creek does not deter refuge-seeking wildlife.
"Already today in the hot sun of the afternoon we've seen cormorants, seagulls, starlings and ducks," Zidar said. "If we stood here into the evening, we would not only see an amazing sunset, but we would also see a broader diversity of wildlife that comes right here to Maspeth Creek every day."
As the NCA plans to continue their work to "restore, reveal and revitalize the creek," Zidar is looking towards the summer so they can truly appreciate the environment they fight to preserve.
"One of the most successful and interesting types of tours we did last year was the bird watching tours, and we really didn't know if it was going to work," she said. "Lo and behold, we tried going by van, we tried by foot, we tried going by boat, but by the end of one year we had a species list of over 30 different types of birds."
Over the summer, the NCA will once again offer walking tours with Mitch Waxman and also partner with the North Brooklyn Boat Club.
Will Elkins, committee member of the North Brooklyn Boat Club, pointed out the importance of being tied to the creek and recognized the importance of being involved.
"Our side is at the mouth of the creek, and we do a lot of canoeing and kayaking throughout the area," Elkins said.
The boat club partnered with NCA last year to do bird-watching trips on the creek and they look forward to carrying on the tradition for the upcoming summer months.
"This year we're going to do one every month starting this May," he said.


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It is the nature of popular books to inspire people to wildly overstate their importance. The most stunning example is Abraham Lincoln's statement upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 "So you're the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war." While _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ was an incredibly important book, one that moved many people to shift their sympathies on the subject of slavery, this was, of course, the wildest hyperbole. So too are claims that _Diet For a Small Planet_ invented modern vegetarianism, that _The Omnivore's Dilemma_ started the local foods movement. In general, what really popular books do is build on work that had already been done by others, but arrive at just the moment at which these efforts are coming into the light, and capture public imagination. The public's passion for these
The single possible exception to the overstatement of the importance of popular books might be the claim that Rachel Carson's _Silent Spring_ began the environmental movement. While many of the claims about the book are hyperbolic (the reality is that she alone was not responsible for the banning of DDT, for example, something that both her adulators and her critics often claim), and it is also the case that she built on the prior work of others (Carson intially was reluctant to take on the "poison book" – she didn't come to it from personal passion initially), Carson's book hit the stores like a bomb. Most people simply had never thought about this. If a nascent environmental movement existed (it did) it all of a sudden went mainstream.
It is also the nature of popular books to be used for any number of political purposes, with and without their author's consent. Carson's death shortly after publication precluded consent for most of these. Just as Stowe has been accused, for her sentimentalism and the obsequity of her characters of undermining her own case as well as starting a war that was in train long before she ever set pen to paper, and Pollan attacked for pushing a path than his detractors claim will lead to widespread starvation, Carson has been accused of killing more people than Hitler because of the banning of DDT in malaria-infested areas, and of the wrong kinds of environmentalism as well. My colleague Pamela Ronald makes a slightly improbable case that Carson would be pro-GMO over at her blog "Tomorrow's Table" (actually, she doesn't really spend much time making it, since her primary agenda is to assure us that all scientists agree GMOs are a good thing).
Science blogs editorial staff contacted me hoping I could work up a head of outrage on this subject, presumably about how horrifying it is to see Carson used this way, or how I know that she would have opposed GMOs. But it is pretty difficult for me to get up a head of steam here – using the famous popular book as a tool to justify your ideas is a perfectly normal thing to do. Honestly, neither Ronald nor I nor anyone else know what Carson would have said about GMOs. It all depends on how you read her – and how Carson might have read five decades of history she didn't get to see.
The question is a matter of emphasis. Ronald finds this plausible because she sees Carson's book as about "he over use of technology—in that era it was chemicals–in farming." There's a case to be made here, of course, that that's what Carson's book is about – that she did not fundamentally oppose chemical agriculture, but merely wanted to find biological controls that were less destructive to wildlife and people. Those words "over-use" are critical here – fundamentally Carson's book is not a critique of chemical agriculture, but a refinement – one in which all sorts of revisions can be used to cut the amount of chemical usage. And given that the modern organic movement didn't exist, that fifty years of changes in agriculture hadn't happened, it is possible that Carson might have agreed. Or not – she might have sided with those who argue that for the most part pest controls can be managed without GMO inputs.
Where I do think that Ronald is overly optimistic is this – Carson was a scientist and a naturalist, but her deepest gifts were as an investigative reporter. It was in that capacity that she took on the "poison book." Yes, it includes the narrative "A Fable for Tomorrow" but ultimately, it is a book that seeks to debunk myth. And one of the central myths I think she might have easily located around the GMO movement was this – that most western agricultural technologies are needed and justified because they benefit the poorest and hungriest people in the world. Ronald's post, which emphasizes crops grown in the Global South implicitly makes this claim.
But historically speaking, and at this moment, most high-cost, high-investment agricultural technologies have functioned not to feed the poor, but to feed the rich. Thus, we know that the vast majority of the grain calories produced by Green Revolution crops went not to feed the starving billions that Norman Borlaug emphasized, but into the mouths of livestock in the developed world where they became more meat for the already-well fed denizens of the developed world. There's a simple reason for that – high cost agricultural technologies have to be made to pay for themselves – those university research grants aren't free, and rich consumers pay better than poor ones.
If you can imagine that any investigator might skip the money trail, you can make the case that Ronald does. I don't in any way doubt that most agricultural researchers genuinely want to help feed the world, are genuinely concerned about the stresses on world crops, but we know that the largest consumers of GMO crops are not Bangladesh, but the United States. And we also know that during the current epidemic of world hunger, most of the world's hungriest people lack access to any number of basic things we already have aplenty that require absolutely no agricultural research – better varieties of already extant seed, access to fertilizers and a basic irrigation, the simplest agricultural technologies and the simplest methods of holding the harvest – like the ability to dry grain crops that were inundated before they rot. If in the 50 years and more that we've had all those things, we have not made the accessible to most of the world's poorest people, why do we think it is likely that a high cost new technology will be different?
Volatile and rising energy costs and problems of global distribution in an energy constrained world make it even less likely that the GMO food we grow the US will reach hungry people in the world's hungriest places – or that expensive technologies from universities in the US will make it to those places on a scale that makes a real difference. Moreover, the growth of high-input technologies like GE seeds have been participants in the rapid intertwining of food and oil – if your seeds require a million dollar grant and a full university research lab to produce it is food that is tightly tied to the price of oil – and when oil and food prices are intertwined, the world's poor, who already spend 60% or more of their income on food, are most vulnerable. Food security for the world's poor depends on breaking those ties, not on increasing them
Fundamentally, the case against GE crops that I think is most important is that one. It is the fundamental disingenuity of the companies (I'm not accusing Ronald or individual scientists of conscious disingenuity here, in case that isn't clear) of research institutes and corporations that trumpet their work as fundamentally making an impact on world hunger for the poorest when it is unlikely to reach them, and when the capacity to make that difference has been in our hands for decades – and we haven't cared enough to make it. The idea that THIS time, THIS critical breakthrough will make all the difference is fundamentally a lie – because what would make a difference is greater access and equity to the things we've had all the time. It wouldn't take an investigative reporter a long time to see that one.
In our book _A Nation of Farmers_, Aaron Newton and I ask whether we could feed the world at its present and growing capacity for long enough to begin to stabilize world population and the ecology. Our answer is that such a thing is just barely technically possible – if that was our priority. And our answer is that there is no evidence whatsoever that we will do so – if we did not make ensuring food access to everyone a priority when we were rich and had all the energy we needed and wanted, why would we be more likely to do so in an era of scarcity? The food crisis of 2008 that never entirely left us was only enhanced by the tight links between oil and food prices, and the increasing dependence on high technology agriculture. It is important to remember that in 2008, we had record harvests – and a billion people still went hungry, more than ever in human history. The hunger we are facing is as much or more a problem of equity as one of production – and ultimately GE crops do little to create greater equity, and often much to preclude it.
It does not diminish Rachel Carson's book to say that it didn't do all the things people attribute to it – it invented a consciousness of ecology, a public awareness of nature as something vulnerable to us. Moreover, it provides a canvas from which we can build – as all books that stand any kind of test of time do. The question is which way we build – and that, ultimately, is not a writer's problem, but the reader's.


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Coca Cola to invest USD 5 billion in India by 2020
New Delhi
Betting big on India, beverages giant Coca-Cola today said it, along with partners, would more than double investments in the country to USD 5 billion (about Rs 28,000 crore) b
y 2020.
The fresh investment, which is higher by USD 3 billion from the previous announcement made in November 2011 for a period of five years, will be on various activities, including setting up of new bottling plants.
"While we have always believed in the Indian growth story, India is now a key focus market for our company and system," Coca-Cola Co Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent told reporters here.
Announcing future plans for the country, he said: "We plan to invest USD 5 billion dollars in the India business between now and 2020. This represents an increase of USD 3 billion beyond what we had previously committed to investing in this market".
The investments would be made on increasing bottling lines, adding new bottling plants, enhancing back-end chain infrastructure as well as marketing by the company, he said without disclosing details.
In line with its plan to double revenue globally by 2020, Coca Cola had announced in November last year that the company along with its partners would invest USD 2 billion in India over the next five years to enhance its business operations, including setting up a new plant in the country.
At present, the company has 56 plants in India of which 21 are franchise plants, 23 are company-owned and 12 contract packaging plants.
Expressing satisfaction over the growth of its Indian business in the recent past, he said: "Our India story is one of a remarkable turnaround. Six years ago we were not strong here at all. Today our India business aspires to be among the top five countries by volume in the entire Coca Cola system".
At present the country is in the seventh spot, which he said has improved from around '16 or 17 in 2005-06′.
"We have been examining our growth projections and goals for the India business…we are absolutely confident this (investment) is the right decision given the vast opportunities in India," Kent added.
Coca Cola sells a variety of both carbonated and non-carbonated drinks in India, including Coca Cola, Thums Up, Sprite, Maaza and Minute Maid.
Kent further said the investments in India is part of the USD 30 billion plans announced by the company to meet its Vision 2020 target of doubling the size of the company's business to USD 200 billion by 2020.
"In 2009, our system revenues were USD 90 billion. Last year, they were USD 105 billion. Today I believe our 2020 vision is as clear, solid and sound as it was when it was conceived".


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January 27. 2013 6:41PM
Sarah Long Bridge reopened to traffic
PORTSMOUTH - The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge has been reopened to vehicular and maritime traffic.
New Hampshire Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Boynton said Sunday night that DOT crews completed the last safety tests on the bridge late Sunday afternoon, and that the bridge was reopened to vehicular and maritime traffic around 7 p.m.
Repair work on the Sarah Mildred Long bridge continued to progress Friday, but state transportation officials said it still remains unclear when the red-listed bridge will re-open to both vehicular and maritime traffic.
The bridge's center span became stuck one foot out of position on Wednesday, forcing its closure since then. Larger vessels were prohibited from traveling underneath it, and cars from driving over it.
With the new Memorial Bridge under construction, until the repairs to the Sarah Long Bridge were completed, the only bridge open to vehicular traffic between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, was the Piscataqua River Bridge on Interstate 95.


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Any time a Sprint Cup team or organization suffers through a dismal season, the best way to forget it is to start another one.
Any time a Sprint Cup team or organization suffers through a dismal season, the best way to forget it is to start another one.
That's what Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 31 RCR Enterprises Chevrolets, is looking forward to Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway next month. The 2012 season was full of challenges that dashed any hope of making the prestigious Chase for the Sprint Cup. But the numbers simply don't lie. Burton and his team could only muster two top-fives, six top-10s and no pole positions in 36 starts.
At 45, Burton is a veteran Sprint Cup driver with 21 career wins to his credit. He'd like to get a Sprint Cup championship before the day comes he no longer drives race cars for a living.
Burton spoke to the media last week during a break in testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was a time for drivers to get more seat time in their newly designed 2013 Chevrolets, Fords and Toyotas in hopes of tweaking before the season begins as well as to run them in May at the 1.5-mile superspeedway.
The South Boston, Virginia native knows there's plenty of work to be done before the 2013 season begins in just over a month.
"Obviously we've had some work to do based on our performance last year and the year before that for that matter," Burton said. "We certainly made a lot of changes from the very top of the company to a lot of positions within individual teams. I feel good about what we have done. I think our preparation, what we have done to be ready before we start building cars is at a different level today than it was last year and even the year before. I'm excited about what we have going on. I feel like we have something to prove and looking forward for the opportunity to be able to do that."
When a team suffers difficulties race after race, there's talk that a driver change may come. But it isn't just the driver. There are many moving parts and personalities within a team and all must mesh perfectly in order to win in the super competitive world of NASCAR.
Burton is clear about one point; if he isn't winning, very little else matters.
"I have no interest in just being here. I have no interest in getting a paycheck just to show up and drive," Burton said. "I want to bring energy. I want to bring excitement. I want to have enthusiasm. I want to be part of a fight. I want to leave the track disappointed when we do badly and that's what you have when you're doing well. So, that's the reason I don't want to be involved in those conversations. I can tell you this as the God's honest truth: I've been paid to drive race cars for a long time. But I've never driven race cars to get paid. I drove race cars because it was my passion. And I do it today because it's my passion."
Fans and competitors feel NASCAR's new sixth generation car couldn't have come at a better time for Sprint Cup racing. There have been a few difficulties in the tweaking process the car's debut at Daytona is going to plan.
"I think the timing of the car is good for us as a company," Burton said. "I think that by anybody's measurements we didn't have a good year through the company last year. We (RCR Enterprises) went almost the whole year without winning a race. Kevin (Harvick) won really late in the year. So for us, I think it's easier when there is a whole new car with a lot of new rules, a new rear rule package."
The less than desirable performances weren't just a problem in Burton's portion of the Welcome-based racing facility. Harvick logged the one win at Phoenix late last season along with four other top-fives and 14 top-10s. Teammate Paul Menard logged one top-fives and nine top-10s.
That's why Burton is excited about the new equipment the entire organization will be fielding. Each of the Sprint Cup teams will race the new Chevy SS cars this season, while Austin Dillon will race the new Chevrolet Camaro in the Nationwide Series.
Burton realizes finding success will take time. The first step is to find a place from which to build.
"I can tell you that the commitment to improve is there. The philosophy to improve is there. It is a different philosophy; it's a different way of doing business than we have done it before. It's what I have believed in and that is why I'm optimistic. We will see. I believe in my heart things will be a lot better. Every team in that garage works hard too. It will be a challenge. I truly believe it's going to be a lot better."
Everyone at RCR has made a new commitment to winning and a new philosophy. Team owner Richard Childress will offer the strong leadership needed to get things turned around.
Ben White is a motorsports columnist for The Dispatch.


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US seeks better teachers for high-needs schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Monday announced a new initiative to attract quality teachers to the schools that need them most.
As part of the initiative, the Education Department said it will ask states to develop new, comprehensive educator equity plans. It is also investing $4.2 million to start a new technical assistance network to help states and districts create and implement their plans.
President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are scheduled to lunch with teachers Monday at the White House to discuss the issue. Duncan will also participate later Monday in a discussion on the topic with teachers and principals.
"Despite the excellent work and deep commitment of our nation's teachers and principals, systemic inequities exist that shortchange students in high-poverty, high-minority schools across our country," Duncan said in a statement.
Black and American Indian students are four times as likely as their white peers to go to a school where more than 20 percent of teachers are in their first year, according to Education Department statistics. The same data show that Latino students are three times as likely.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A new round of negotiations has been scheduled in the dispute between shipping companies and dock workers at ports along the East Coast.
Federal mediators announced the new talks on Thursday. They are scheduled for the week of Sept. 17.
The longshoremen's contract expires at the end of September, and some retailers have already begun re-routing ships in anticipation of a possible strike.
Key issues in the labor dispute include overtime rules and royalty payments to longshoremen based on container weight.
The U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents shippers, says union members are taking advantage of loose overtime rules and driving up shipping costs. The longshoremen's union says a small minority are being singled out to unfairly characterize the whole membership.


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Novel Books, Sept 2002, 178 pp. ISBN 1931696654 Once upon a time a princess fell in love with an apprentice bard although she never told him what was in her heart. Mordigan Bryre never knew that princess Allysian loved him for he was too involved with his music. He is only two weeks away from getting his journeyman's certificate when his path crosses that of the witch FreiFanya causing him to be late for his music lesson with the princess. H...
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The supposed quote from the late Senator Dirkson in the 60s was "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you are talking real money!" Perhaps today, it should be a trillion here…, etc. What exactly is a trillion dollars? Let's start small and wrap our minds around this. We all can see $1,000…just 10 hundred dollar bills. We can even see $100,000, that's 100 thousand dollar piles or one thousand 100 dollar bills. With me so far?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — Retired Gen. James Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Vali Nasr, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and former foreign policy adviser to the Obama administration.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., John McCain and Tim Kaine, D-Va.
CNN's "State of the Union" — Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Scott Rigell, R-Va.; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, a former head of U.S. Central Command.
"Fox News Sunday" — Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and James Inhofe, R-Okla.; Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.