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ACTORS are forever being asked to compare themselves to their characters. But the question is hardly necessary when it comes to James Woods playing Rudolph W. Giuliani. Mr. Woods, known to be every bit as blunt as the former mayor, is also known to be an unalloyed fan.
''Rudy Giuliani is truly an American hero,'' said Mr. Woods, who stars in ''Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story,'' a USA Network movie that will be broadcast on March 30. ''He came into a city that was literally like Beirut in the 70's, literally a war zone, and he cleaned it up and turned it back into the potential paradise it's always been. And then forces worked against him to make him accountable for every single thing that could possibly go wrong, until he ended up on Sept. 10 a lame duck mayor, with prostate cancer and a failed Senate bid, living in an apartment -- not in Gracie Mansion, which was ludicrous -- a footnote to history. Then he's handed an opportunity to show once again what had been there all along.''
Mr. Woods took a breath. ''His life just happens to be remarkably well-tailored to a three-act structure.''
There lies the creative challenge. Fewer than 15 months have passed since Mr. Giuliani left office. The details of his 18 years as crusading prosecutor and mayor (and husband, father and family man) are still fresh in viewers' minds; not enough time has passed for misty memory to smooth his rough edges. The third act of his story is full of Great Man moments: his acts of courage, compassion and magnanimity on and after Sept. 11 won him admiration around the world. But in the first and second acts, Mr. Giuliani's successes cohabitate with an often abrasive style and an unhappy personal life.
''You present him warts and all,'' Mr. Woods said during an interview in December in New York, after filming had been completed. In the case of ''Rudy,'' that means presenting such less-than-salubrious moments as Mr. Giuliani scolding a squeegee guy, agitating at an angry police rally in front of City Hall and freelancing as an art critic. ''I say warts and all,'' Mr. Woods reiterated, ''but to be honest, there wasn't ever a thing he did that I didn't agree with. Take the Brooklyn Museum thing,'' he said, referring to the incident in 1999 when Mr. Giuliani tried to evict the Brooklyn Museum of Art because of its ''Sensation'' exhibition, which included a painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a dollop of elephant dung on her breast. ''He, as a Catholic, was genuinely and rightfully offended that someone should have a sacred icon of his religion created out of excrement. Can you imagine the reaction in this town if the artist had created a Star of David out of excrement?''Continue reading the main story
Mr. Woods is that Hollywood rarity, a plain-spoken political conservative. He's charming and funny, and even when he's idling, his engine races, ready for some open road. An hourlong tour d'horizon found him holding forth against ''the feminist jihad,'' calling Bill Clinton ''a virtual nonstop liar,'' describing the ''overwhelming, unmitigated, almost psychopathological narcissism'' behind Hillary Rodham Clinton's approach to reforming the health care system a decade ago and recalling with great satisfaction the day he responded to Senator Barbara Boxer's question about whether he favored abortion by saying, ''I do if people like you have it.''
His opinions also extend to foreign policy issues. ''I'm glad we live in a country where a hundred actors can get up and say they're against the war,'' he said, ''even though I don't happen to agree with them, because I was a student of political science at M.I.T., and the Neville Chamberlain approach was never one of my favorites. Because I know in my heart and soul that there's only one way to deal with a bully, and that's with a big armor-penetrating shell through the forehead.''
Before agreeing to play Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Woods demanded, and received, script approval. ''Our business is notorious for being almost lunatic liberal,'' he said. ''There's sort of a loony fringe that's way over the top and out of step with mainstream America. Not that they should be'' in step; ''that's why we have a free country. But if they were interested in presenting the liberal jihad against Rudy, then I wasn't really interested in participating.''
As it turned out, the producers were interested in Mr. Woods not only for his demonstrated excellence in playing historical figures -- like the Communist-hunting Roy Cohn and the racist killer of Medgar Evers, Byron de la Beckwith -- and not only for his reasonable physical resemblance to Mr. Giuliani. They wanted his input.
After deciding to make the movie, they went looking for a biography to serve as a source. One book, ''Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City,'' by Andrew Kirtzman, had already been optioned. That left the producers with ''Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani,'' by Wayne Barrett, a senior editor for The Village Voice. His presentation of Mr. Giuliani's career, heavy on the feet-of-clay stuff, wasn't the perfect vehicle for setting up the hero of 9/11 in his triumphant third act. Help was needed. ''We knew James would provide a different angle, a more healthy mix,'' said the film's director, Robert Dornhelm.
By all accounts, a respectful give-and-take resulted. ''I thought the script was generally good,'' Mr. Woods said, ''but there were things I didn't like. Right on Page 3 -- and the film starts with the first events of 9/11 -- the mayor and his aides are trying to get through to the White House to have them close the air space around the city. And the mayor says, 'Have you got the White House?,' and one of the assistants says, 'I tried, but all I can get is the village idiot on the phone.' And I thought, 'Oh, I'm just not going to subscribe to this nonsense.' Even though they're talking about an assistant, using a phrase like 'the village idiot' is just the typical lunatic liberal knee-jerk reaction to George W. Bush, who's proven himself most decidedly not an idiot. So I got them to change it.''
Mr. Dornhelm said by phone last month that Mr. Woods ad-libbed a lot of his dialogue, something Mr. Dornhelm encouraged, as a way of building trust. ''There is a scene where the mayor is complaining about reporters,'' Mr. Dornhelm said, ''and James ad-libbed and called them 'the panty-sniffers from The Village Voice.' And he looked at me, waiting to see what I would say. But I thought it was lively, so I just kept things rolling. And James saw that I didn't have an agenda.''
This approach paid dividends later, Mr. Dornhelm said, in a scene in which a campaigning Mr. Giuliani delivers a venomous speech on the steps of City Hall before a throng of police officers who are angry at Mayor David N. Dinkins. ''It's the speech of an opportunistic politician,'' Mr. Dornhelm said, ''and beforehand, James said, 'I know, you want me to look like a fanatic here.' And then he delivered. James is above all a good actor who enjoys playing his instrument, and he's a smart actor who knows what makes for a good scene.''
Presenting Mr. Giuliani's personal life was more difficult than staging his public moments. The ins and outs of his relationships with his former wife, Donna Hanover, his current fiancée, Judith Nathan, and his former press secretary, Cristyne Lategano-Nicholas, are a combination of facts, accusations, assumptions and insinuations. The movie charts the decline of the Giuliani-Hanover marriage fairly straightforwardly but is much more artful about the relationship with Ms. Lategano-Nicholas. In the film, they are clearly attracted to each other and emotionally intimate in a way that leads the audience to the conclusion that the two are having an affair. Perhaps because they have denied such a liaison, the film deliberately includes a scene in which Mr. Giuliani, teetering on the lip of temptation, gets up, puts on his coat and bids her goodnight. ''Yeah, that's the stuff we don't know,'' said Mr. Woods, who even on this subject steadfastly did his duty to Rudy. ''The only fact I know is that while he was suffering with prostate cancer, his wife was onstage in 'The Vagina Monologues' talking about her vagina. Now, one may wonder why a husband may wander -- if indeed he did, and I don't know the facts -- but the inherent, egregious, passive-aggressive nature of that appearance tells me so much about that person.'' Mr. Woods said he had campaigned to have a reference to Ms. Hanover's stage appearance included in the film.
The portrayal of Mr. Giuliani is not the only part of the film that viewers will talk about; they are also going to debate its depiction of the Sept. 11 attack. ''Rudy'' is clearly not a story about Sept. 11; the attack on the World Trade Center and its aftermath take up less than a tenth of the movie. But they are crucial to the drama. Most of the news film Mr. Dornhelm used shows the burning buildings and the billowing dust clouds, but there is also an image -- one that will always shock -- of one of the people who fell from an upper floor. Mr. Woods approved of this presentation.
''I don't think we need to be reminded what 9/11 was like,'' he said. ''But for the purposes of our story, we need to know how devastating it was. We're telling the story of a man who loves his city, who feels responsible for the safety of the people of that city, and who sees that city be brutally attacked. I think you have to show it.''
For the record, Mr. Giuliani had no involvement in the film. ''He hasn't seen the movie and had nothing to do with it,'' said his spokeswoman, Sunny Mindel. ''And that's our statement.'' One could read too much into her sigh, and the resigned way in which she said, ''I've been getting calls on this,'' but it did not seem that a heroic, warts-and-all television movie was being welcomed in the Giuliani camp.
Of course, Mr. Giuliani doesn't need heroic buffing just now. Even if his name is not on the tip of everyone's tongue as it was immediately after Sept. 11, when he was being touted as a vice-presidential candidate, head of the Department of Homeland Security and director of the F.B.I., these are still good days. His book, ''Leadership,'' has sold a million copies, enough to prompt some brand extension: ''Leadership Through the Ages,'' a collection of quotations for which he wrote the introduction, will be in bookstores in time for Father's Day in June. His consulting firm has acquired high-profile clients like Ernst & Young, Nextel, Aon, Mexico City and the horse-racing industry, and he's in demand as a speaker. Before last fall's midterm elections, only President Bush was a more popular guest campaigner than Mr. Giuliani, and a recent poll by Zogby International put him ahead of the incumbent, Charles E. Schumer, in the 2004 race for the Senate, even though he has not said he will run.
Then there is his and Ms. Nathan's impending wedding. ''Things are going good for him,'' said Wayne Barrett, the author of ''Rudy!,'' who noted that he, like Mr. Giuliani, had not seen the film or had anything to do with its production. (The film was written by Stanley Weiser.) ''This may be why a movie that brings up his relationship with Cristyne Lategano, and depicts how much authority he let this 28-year-old woman have in his administration, is not going to be greeted with open arms.''
For his part, Mr. Woods said, he had no insight into whether or not Mr. Giuliani would like the movie or the way he is portrayed. ''But he can rest assured of this: I fought tooth and nail to play him as the genuine hero that I unequivocally believe him to be.''
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
USA, March 30 at 8 p.m.
A front-page article in Arts & Leisure today about the television movie ''Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story,'' being shown March 30 on USA, includes an outdated reference to some included news film. After the article had gone to press, the producers deleted an image of a person falling from an upper floor of the World Trade Center.


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A haven for outdoor adventurers Hernando County is the nature lover's playground. Weeki Wachee Springs "The City of Live Mermaids" has been entertaining visitors since 1947. This year marks 61 years of this unique Florida attraction. Weeki Wachee Springs is one of Florida's first magnitude springs with crystal clear water and the worlds only underwater spring theater. Riverboat tours will introduce you to the wildlife in and around the river. The adjoining Buccaneer Bay water park brings summer alive with swimming, waterslides, kiddie pool, and playground. Special events happen regularly in the park and nearby. Equipment for scuba diving and canoeing are available on the premises.
Take on the 6,000 acre tract of the Weeki Wachee Preserve for a day of hiking, biking, canoeing or kayaking. The Preserve includes miles of the Weeki Wachee River, portions of the Mud River and seven rock quarries for fresh and salt water fishing.
Florida is noted for its pink, purple and golden sunsets setting into the Gulf of Mexico. Join the sunset aficionados at Bayport Park pier and Pine Island beach. A day at any of our parks is always a great outlet for family fun. Host a family reunion, a child's birthday party or even a wedding in McKethan Lake Park. This park has three covered pavilions that can accommodate up to 50 guests.
Hernando County offers an impressive park system, with more than 20 developed parks on 340 acres and 945 acres of open space. The various, well-maintained county parks support a wide array of recreational activities, from passive casual strolling to active sports such as baseball, soccer, skateboarding, boating, and swimming. When planning your next outing, consider stopping by one of these local parks. Anderson Snow Sports Complex, Ernie Wever Youth Park, and Veterans Memorial Park are all multi-functional sports complexes that offer ball fields, picnic areas, and playgrounds. From Anderson Snow Park, you can link up to the regional bicycle network at the Suncoast Bike Trail. Delta Woods Park is a large community park, which offers tennis, handball, basketball, shuffleboard, bocce ball, playground, picnic shelters, gazebos, volley ball and horse shoes. If a day at the beach is more your speed then stop by Alfred McKethan/Pine Island Park located on the Gulf of Mexico or Rogers Park located on the Weeki Wachee River. Into roller blading or skate boarding? Check out Stewy's Skate Park located at Pioneer Park. Hernando County's only skate park offers many different ramps and rails. This park also offers basketball courts, barbeque grills, volleyball, and a playground.
In Spring Hill the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens includes several different gardens to walk through and a miniature train exhibit to enjoy. You may even walk into a wedding in progress at the gazebo.
Anyone for golf? Many beautiful golf courses are available including public, semi-private and private courses. For a list of Golf Courses in Hernando County, please visit this page.
Dining, Shopping and Entertainment
As a growing community, Hernando continues to add new venues for entertainment, recreation and fun. A variety of franchised and several family owned and operated restaurants provide options for family dining and sociable outlets. From Mexican, Cuban and Thai to Greek, Italian, and Chinese even American there's sure to be something to satisfy your craving. Neighborhood sports bar & grills, local coffee shops and ice cream parlors provide a casual place to socialize in the afternoon or evening. Bowling lanes and movie theaters can be found in town as well.
Department store shopping is located on Cortez Boulevard, SR 50, with an array of new stores. Customers can shop for accessories, new fashions, seasonal gifts and electronics.
Or perhaps catch the latest movie.
Along U.S. 19 you'll find franchise stores for grocery and appliance shopping and a host of small businesses. JCPenney opened in March of 2008 as the primary anchor in the new Nature Coast Commons Shopping Center on Commercial Way, also the future site of Office Depot and Best Buy. Additional major stores are expected to open this year.
The new Suncoast Crossings Shopping Center on Spring Hill Drive just off the Suncoast Parkway exit hosts a Kohl's. Target is expected to open in 2009. A sporting goods store, book store, electronics retailer, grocery chain, furniture outlet and pet store are among the businesses looking to open in the future.
More and more people are moving to Hernando because it's close enough to enjoy city opportunities and entertainment without the crowded rush or expense of city living. Tampa is only 45 minutes from here...bringing nightlife excitement and sporting events close to home. Clearwater Beach is just south of Hernando with its aquamarine waters and downtown district. Two hours east, Orlando is home to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World and Islands of Adventure, other places for family fun and excitement.
Enrichment Centers for Seniors
For seniors there are two "Enrichment Centers" offering plenty of opportunities for socialization and inspiration. Activities to keep you active include exercise, Yoga, Tai Chi, clogging, line dancing and tap. Seniors play a variety of table games such as Mah Jong, pinochle, duplicate bridge and rummy. There are clubs for camera lovers, orchid and violet enthusiasts.
Or if you just want someone to listen, join one of the ongoing support groups; Parkinson's, Diabetic, Alzheimer's, Ostomy, Well Spouse, Nurse's and Breast Cancer.
The Department of Veteran Services of Hernando County visits the Brooksville Center once a week. Driving classes are also offered and someone to answer questions about Medicare, Meals on Wheels and Congregate Meals.
For more information contact the Spring Hill Enrichment Center 352.597.6331 or the Brooksville Enrichment Center 352.544.5900.
The ARTS
As culture, art, dance, stage performances and music add more than a splash of color, organizations for the arts are becoming more active and visible in Hernando County.
John Leggio's Center for the Performing Arts offers a host of dance instruction classes. New comedies, tragedies and musicals are performed on stage each month at Stage West Community Playhouse. From Shakespeare to Woody Allen, Stage West has a full range of stage productions to participate in or just enjoy the show. Hernando Symphony Orchestra is a 70 member volunteer orchestra that gives concerts at the Hernando Performing Arts Center and at Springstead Theater. New in town, the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra plans to add to Hernando County's cultural growth with a variety of classical, pop music and dance. The Hernando Broadway Series features professional touring companies in Broadway musicals, plus student productions at Springstead Theater. Once a month, the Band Shell Bash in downtown Brooksville offers an evening of free outdoor concerts for everyone to enjoy.
In Spring Hill, the St. Petersburg Times Concert Series entertains audiences at a variety of venues. It is held the fourth Saturday of the month at the Spring Hill Civic Center's Lake House overlooking Hunter Lake. Contact the Spring Hill Civic Association for further information at 352.666.4746 or visit www.springhilllakehouse.org.
Artistic spirit blooms in Brooksville where colorful murals are painted along the walls of the buildings. Also, exciting artwork by local artists can be viewed at the Brooksville City Hall on Howell Ave. The Spring Hill Art League and Hernando County Fine Arts Council promote various forms of art in the county including cultural activities and workshops for professional and amateur artists.
Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra, 352.429.4650
Hernando County Fine Arts, 352.754.4788
Hernando Performing Arts Center, 352.799.5577
Hernando Symphony Orchestra, 352.688.0427
John Leggio's Center for the Performing Arts, 352.683.8395
Spring Hill Art League, 352.683.5452
Springstead Theater, 352.797.7010 Ext 221
Stage West Community Playhouse, 352.683.5113
St. Petersburg Times Concert Series, 352.666.4746
HISTORIC Hernando County
The Old South comes to life through Historic Brooksville's brick-lined streets and plantation homes. The May Stringer Heritage Museum, a Victorian Mansion built in 1856, displays over 11,000 original southern artifacts. A visit to Rogers Christmas House Village is a visit to Christmas all year round. There are five turn-of-the-century houses filled with an array of gifts for any occasion. Just a few blocks away is the Russell Street Train Depot. Built in 1885 it is the original train station with a pre civil war dining car on view. Driving thru town you will see the first in a series of five colorful murals depicting the history of Brooksville.
Community EVENTS
Cruise-In, Every 2nd Saturday
Market on Main Street, Every 3rd Saturday
except July & August
Band Shell Bash, Every 2nd Saturday
All You Can Eat Fish Fry & Music Night,
Istachatta Every Friday night
Haunted Heritage at Heritage Museum,
Brooksville Every Friday & Saturday Night
The St. Petersburg Times, Concert Series at
the Lake House, 4th Saturday of almost every month
Brooksville City Hall - Local Artists Highlighted, www.ci.brooksville.fl.us
Chinsegut Nature Center - Various Wildlife Programs, www.myfwc.com/chinsegut
Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce, For more information visit website www.hernandochamber.com
Hernando County Extension Service Programs for homeowners, horticulture, landscaping, FYN, small farms, family consumer sciences, 4H, www.hernandocounty.us/county_extension
Hernando County Fair Grounds Varied events all year long, www.hernandocountyfair.com
Hernando County Tourism, www.co.hernando.fl.us/visit/calendar.htm
Fletcher Music Studio, Weekly concerts, show tunes etc., 352.597.5658
Nature Coast Technical High School, Classic music all school year, 352.797.7088
Annual events
Brooksville Raid, Sand Hill Scout Reservation
Flatlanders Challenge 10K and 1/2 Mile Race, Brooksville
Red Mule Runners Tri 5K Challenge, McKeathen Lake Park
Family Motor Coach Assoc. Southeast Rally,
Hernando County Airport
Heritage Days, Heritage Museum
Weeki Wachee Swamp Festival,
Linda Pederson Park at Jenkins Creek
Humane Society Pet Expo, Tom Varn Park
Hernando County Fair, Hernando County Fairgrounds
Old Time Music Festival, Sertoma Youth Ranch
Hernando Marketplace Live Shop Play
Anderson Snow Park
Victorian Mother's Day Tea, Heritage Museum
Memorial Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival,
Sertoma Youth Ranch
Blessing of the Fleet, Hernando Beach
Art In The Park, Hernando County Fine Arts Council
Red Mule Runners Tri 5 K Challenge,
McKeathen Lake Park
Hurricane Expo
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Intermezzo Opera Festival at Nature Coast Technical High School
Intermezzo Opera Festival at Nature Coast Technical High School
Red Mule Runners 5 K, McKethan Lake
Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival
Sertoma Youth Ranch
Butterfly Workshop, Chinsegut Nature Center
Fishing Tournament, Hernando Beach
Halloween Haunted House, Heritage Museum
Wild & Wicked Nights,
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
New Residents Reception hosted by the
Chamber of Commerce, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Pioneer Day, Chinsegut Nature Center
Thanksgiving Weekend Bluegrass Festival,
Sertoma Youth Ranch
Art League Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Rock Hounds Gem Show,
SNPJ Hall
Antiques & Handmade Craft Fair
Christmas Parade & Festival,
City of Brooksville
Christmas Tour of Yesteryear, Heritage Museum
Winter Wonderland Christmas Festival
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Angels On High, Spring Hill Community Association's
Lake House
Holiday Golf Tournament hosted by the
Chamber of Commerce

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Every year for the last sixteen years, in the middle of February, I take a four day weekend, drive down to San Jose, CA and attend an event called Pantheacon. Every year it's different and sometimes it's a weekend of frivolity, sometimes it's a weekend of deep introspection. Sometimes I'm participating in creating ritual theater or presenting a class/discussion and sometimes I'm there strictly to sit in on these things.
This weekend was one of the latter. I was there to take classes and join discussions, to hear others tell their stories and learn new things. If I had to take away a theme that the weekend presented to me it was this, stop being so hung up on "recreating" an exact replica of what the ancestors did, and embrace the fact that just like those who came before us, we're creating something new.
As Pagans, we sometimes get our backs up about the antiquity of our practices. We try to cling to that as if it is all that provides us legitimacy. But what we are creating is a living faith that will sustain us in the dark times and offer us something to celebrate.
Faith should be a living thing. It should be something that changes as we change, that grows as we learn and experience new things. It should be experiential.
I've considered myself Pagan for well over 20 years. I am NOT the Pagan I was then, or at many steps along the way. My belief has changed, my interactions with the Divine have changed. Even my understanding of what the Divine is has changed multiple times.
Admittedly, over the last few years, I've let my daily practice slide. I've not really celebrated my faith. I haven't practiced it. Coming out of this year's Pantheacon, I feel a gentle tug toward starting new, toward crafting a practice that will suit who I am today, and help me to live the faith that sustains my soul.
As a result, you might see a little more frequent posting here as I fumble my way through it. I hope you're willing to come along for the ride.


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CHICAGO, IL—July 12, 2016<\/strong> – As JLL (NYSE: JLL) continues to make strategic investments in the best corporate real estate (CRE) business intelligence (BI) and technology talent, it has appointed Ken Nigro to lead BI & Analytics for the firm's Corporate Solutions business in the Americas. He will be based in Chicago.<\/p>
"Arming our clients with the best data and smarter insights to make more informed and strategic business decisions has never been more important," said Richard Brown, Global Head of Business Intelligence and Analytics at JLL. "Ken is the latest example of our commitment to bring the best and most experienced talent to optimize our BI strategy in the Americas." <\/p>
Nigro brings more than 20 years of diverse leadership experience to this new role and joins JLL from the Walt Disney Company, where he most recently served as Director, Human Resources Business Intelligence and Analytics. Prior to his tenure at The Walt Disney Company he worked with Bank of America for eight years.  At Bank of America, he held a number of senior data and business intelligence leadership roles across the company's global corporate, investment banking, e-commerce, retail and marketing divisions. <\/p>
A long-standing expert in data and analytics, Nigro began his career developing database and reporting systems with Motorola, before moving to Hyperion Solutions, where he served as the principal data integration consultant deploying their business intelligence solutions to clients during his five years with the company.  Nigro holds a master's of science in business intelligence and analytics and is completing a second master's degree in predictive analytics; he also has an undergraduate degree in molecular biology. <\/p>
"His extensive and remarkable experience is another example of how we continue appoint the best talent in this emerging field from outside the CRE industry," said Brown.<\/p>
Nigro's appointment comes after a year of major milestones that accelerate JLL's position in leading commercial real estate (CRE) technology advances – from launching and winning with RED, the industry's first scalable data and insights platform, to acquiring Corrigo, a pioneer in cloud-based facility management solutions, and BRG, a recognized expert in workplace technology consulting and implementation.<\/p>
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Bio-Herbicides 2018 Global Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 19.44% and Forecast to 2021
The analysts forecast the global bio-herbicides market to grow at a CAGR of 19.44% during the period 2017-2021.
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A herbicide is a type of pesticide that is widely used to kill and inhibit the growth of unwanted plants. A weed is a grass or plant that is not valued for any economic use or attractiveness. Its growth is wild and vigorous, and it affects the productivity of superior vegetation. It is one of the factors that affect the economic growth in the agriculture industry. Bio-herbicides are used to kill and inhibit the growth of unwanted plants. Agriculture and organic horticulture producers consider weeds as one of the most costly, troublesome, and time-consuming challenges in the agriculture and non-agriculture crop industries. With the growing significance of organic horticulture, the need for bio-herbicides has increased for sustainable crop cultivation. Bio-herbicides can be developed from pathogens. Bacteria, fungi, and viruses are some of the main microbial agents used as pathogens in bio-herbicides
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The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global bio-herbicides market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the retail selling price as the average selling price of the product.
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:
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The Global Bio-herbicides Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors
• BHA (BioHerbicides Australia)
• Certified Organics Australia
• Emery Oleochemicals
• Hindustan Bio-Tech Chemicals & Fertilizers
• MycoLogic
Other prominent vendors
• AlphaBio Control
• Engage Agro USA
• Nexus Bio Science
Market driver
• Rising food demand and agricultural land scarcity
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market challenge
• Short shelf life of bio-herbicides
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Market trend
• Growing preference for bio-herbicides
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PART 02: Scope of the report
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PART 04: Introduction
• Market outline
PART 05: Market landscape
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• Market size and forecast
• Five forces analysis
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• Global bio-herbicides market by application
• Global bio-herbicides market for agriculture crops
• Global bio-herbicides market for non-agriculture crops
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• Global bio-herbicides market by geography
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• Bio-herbicides market in Europe
• Bio-herbicides market in APAC
• Bio-herbicides market in ROW
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• Emery Oleochemicals
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In the fourth quarter of last night's Chiefs-Raiders game, Derek Carr threw a deep pass toward Amari Cooper. Cooper was wide open a but the ball strangely fell flat.
According to several people on the Internet, Carr's pass may have hit the wires attached to NBC's skycam cameras.
Here's a slowmo of the play.
Fred Gaudelli, executive producer of NBC's Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football, spoke to Deadspin and denies that the ball hit the camera wire.
the camera is always behind the play and cables are really high over the surface. Look at the replay we showed from sky cam – if anything hits the wire it would effect a bump in the camera and you would see that on the air. Also look at the replay after the commercial – look how the ball comes off of Carr's hand and his follow through – not his normal delivery.
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I'm listening to Social Dancing and really can't make my mind up. Eurodisco is amazing, however.
they are amazing
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It's a pleasure to catch 'em when they play one of their Glasgow shows that they do from time to time 'cause-the-mortgage-needs-payin'-innit.
I like Eurodisco
I hated Bis at the time, but my tolerance to bizzare lo-fi shouty indie pop has increased loads since then, so I've got a feeling I might like them now -must listen to some of their stuff.
Still playing Eurodisco at our nights
most overrated band
of the 90s. Very poor.countzero this'd this
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i don't know much of their stuff
but their Love Will Tear Us Apart cover is ace
Piss poor, like a proto-Los Campesinos who came along and repeated
the same tired joke over a decade later.
I used to quite like Bis
It's Kitsch of course but it's fun. :)
I'm not
I'm asking other DiSers if they think they're good or awful.
They're playing Primavera.
And of course they're fun.


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Originally posted by angus1745
I think anyone over 50 just needs to step back and let the people who have a firm grasp of technology and how the world works do the thinking and voting. The over 50's should stick to gardening....
AGE 60 Rule Defeated. Retirement at age 65 Now Law of the Land
Originally posted by angus1745
I recently read an article about how CNN distorts poll results to suit certain political agendas. Using this method they can mislead viewers and make backward political standpoints look popular and legitamate. They do this by excluding any results by people under 35. As seen in this example here :
Last night on the Daily Show with John Stewart which is one of my favourite shows, they were making fun of the fact Trump and all the birth brigade all look like the fools they are about now due to the long form cert. being released. A very good point was made: who votes more than any other group? Old people, specifically SCARED old people. The political system has now boiled down to who can scare the most old people to their side. This is so true !
I think anyone over 50 just needs to step back and let the people who have a firm grasp of technology and how the world works do the thinking and voting. The over 50's should stick to gardening, and while we are at it we should make them sit an annual driving test, that could save thousands of lives. Why we let these out of touch grumpy old farts decide who runs the country is beyond me.
I'll bet you not one of the rabid idiots who brayed for years that Obama was really African was under 35. I'm guessing nobody under 35 thinks Sarah Palin is 'amazing' either.
We love you, old ones. Just leave the driving and voting to us eh?
Originally posted by Fromabove
Ah-ha-ha-ha......a-ha-ha-ha.....ho-ho-ho he-he.....
Ok, ok, I'm settling down now.....
First of all, young people haven't got a clue what's going on in the world. Now I know, I know... that really pss's a lot of you ATSers out there, but it's a fact.
All you think about is getting laid, getting something for free, and voting for the good looking dude, and where's the next party. Before anyone starts laying the blame for this person we got in the presidential palace on the older , wiser, and much more educated people, let them take a good look at their young peers and ask, would I let that person vote?
Originally posted by moogins
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No problem with this, just send all under 25's to Iraq.
Originally posted by laiguana
Speaking as someone in their late twenties, I've noticed something in particular...within American politics. I've noticed that people in their 50s-60s tend to shun someone like Ron Paul, but at the same time they can openly say that Sarah Palin would make the best President out of all candidates.
This is a big WTF for me...
Why wouldn't you think younger generations have a less than admirable view when this is a common aspect among you.......elderly folks =)
We love you, old ones. Just leave the driving and voting to us eh?


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Nevada's Eminem
Player of the Week
Marcus Marshall, G, Senior, Nevada Wolf Pack
The first-year Wolf and off season transfer has been a force for Nevada this season. Usually I talk about their star forward Cam Oliver on this blog, but this week it's time to give recognition to Marshall. This season, he is averaging 19.7 points per game, 2.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists. He has paced the Pack to a six-game win streak to win the Mountain West Conference. Prior to Saturday, he had scored at least 20 points in his previos four games and has 17 games this season with at least 20 points.
While Cam Oliver provides the force down low under the basket, Marshall gives Nevada an outer presence and can stretch the floor. For a long time this season, Nevada was cruising in first place in the Mountain West, but Colorado State made a surge late season to tie them setting up Saturday's showdown, which Nevada won 85-72. Marshall is the leader scoring on this Nevada squad and gives them their pop from outside the paint. With him and Oliver helping Nevada in defeating Colorado State to win the regular season title, getting into the Big Dance will be much easier. Marshall and Oliver could wreak havoc on any team they play in the NCAA Tourney and Marshall could facilitate some upsets.
Who's Hot
Jimmy Hall, F, Senior, Kent State Golden Flashes
In the last couple of weeks, the MAC has been getting some more recognition for all the right reasons. This week, Kent State forward Jimmy Hall has impressed. He has the Golden Flashes on a five-game winning streak at the end of the regular season, sitting 18-12 overall and 10-7 in conference. Hall is averaging a double-double this season, with 18.3 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per contest. He has an astounding 17 double-doubles on the season and three in a row and has 15 games of 20 or more points this season. Kent State had been inconsistent most of the year, but recently they have turned it around and have been playing excellent, holding opponents to an average of just under 70 points. Jimmy Hall can be looked at as one of the biggest contributing factors behind their late season surge. With one game remaining on the regular season docket, they plan to host the MAC East leading Akron Zips, who Kent State beat on the road a few weeks back. If they beat Akron, take sole possession of second place in the East and establish themselves as the hottest team in the MAC going into their conference tournament, look out! Jimmy Hall could be a hero if he can get the Golden Flashes dancin' and with the way he and the team are playing, they have a good shot to pull it off.
Dayton Flyers
Many will say they are shocked the Flyers came back in the Atlantic Ten and took back first place. Many will say it was business as usual for Dayton. While I won't pick a side, I will say that this looked predictable with the way they have been playing lately. Back at the end of January, Dayton traveled to play VCU and lost a tough game 73-68 and VCU gained sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Ten. For the next five weeks, VCU held that title, but by the slimmest of margins. What did Dayton do after the loss? Only got better, that's what! They ripped off eight consecutive wins leading up to their next rematch with VCU and looked like the most dominant team in the conference, like Dayton usually had been under head coach Archie Miller. On 3/1, they hosted VCU in a battle of first place and held on to win 79-72 and claim first place back in the Atlantic Ten. Now if they hold on to beat George Washington to end the season, they will win at least a share of the Atlantic Ten for the second straight season and have great chances to head to the NCAA Tournament again. Archie Miller is a great coach of this team and year after year, he gets his team playing their best basketball at the end and into the postseason. They seemed primed to do just that again.
Who's Not
Alec Peters, F, Senior, Valparaiso Crusaders
This is truly a terrible place to end up for such a star player, but unfortunately this is the situation he is in now. Peters had been a dominant, forceful presence all season long when he played. He was averaging 23 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game and leading the Crusaders in the Horizon League Conference. Peters had missed the last couple games at the end of the season with a lower body injury. Upon further evaluation, it was confirmed that he had a stress fracture in his leg and would be forced to miss the rest of the season.
This is one of the worst stories in college basketball this season. In his senior year, Peters had set the Valparaiso records for career points and rebounds and was having the best season of his career. He was leading the Crusaders to first place in the Horizon League and his high level of play was projecting him to be drafted this off season. Now, he will be forced to watch and hope his team can hang on and win their conference or conference tournament or receive an at-large bid to the Big Dance. It's a terrible way to end a greatly successful college career and in a season that was looking so promising to get to the post season. It will be very interesting to see how Valpo finishes the season without Peters and if they can make it to the NCAA Tournament without him.
Top Mid Major Conference Tournaments To Watch
5. West Coast Conference
The regular season title is going to be won by the fourth ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs, that is not in question. The conference tournament really should not be that interesting until the title game when Gonzaga will presumably play Saint Mary's. Saint Mary's is one of the toughest opponents Gonzaga plays every year, especially for the third time each year. If and when they presumably meet in the conference title game, it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. Gonzaga will probably only have one loss still and will have beaten the Gaels twice this season. Will Gonzaga finish them off a third time and win the regular and conference titles or will the Gaels find a way to finally beat them and make it "third time's a charm"?
4. Missouri Valley Conference
Both teams are tied with a 17-1 in conference record heading into the conference tournament, with each team's losses coming to the other on the road. Both squads are the far more dominant teams in the conference and are the heavy favorites to make it to the conference title game. This would bring a third game this season between the two teams to decide who gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Both teams are very good and it's anyone's guess who could win on a neutral court.
3. Mountain West Conference
As mentioned before, the regular season title will come down to Nevada or Colorado State and decide the number one and two seeds for the conference tournament. These conference is much closer than the other two conference in that there are more teams near the top of the standings and that pose bigger threats than just the top two teams. The conference tournament could go many ways, but if it goes per plan, Nevada and Colorado State will have another rematch on a neutral site for the title.
2. Atlantic Ten Conference
On 3/4, the one and two seed will be decided for the conference tournament between VCU and Dayton. The Atlantic Ten is much more talented than any of the previous three mentioned and their conference tournament could go any which way. VCU or Dayton or both could easily get knocked off early and not get an auto bid into the Big Dance. As much as a VCU/Dayton rematch in the title game would be sweet, just how the rest of the conference plays out could be just as entertaining.
1. American Athletic Conference
After an epic regular season that saw SMU and Cincinnati both battle it out in two intense games, SMU took the conference lead with two games to go at the end of the regular season. If they hold on to win both, they will secure the number one seed heading into the conference tournament. Outside of the Mustangs and Bearcats, the rest of the conference is a couple notches down. SMU and Cincinnati have both been ranked teams most of the year (SMU is 14 and Cincinnati is 18 right now). The odds of them getting to the conference title game are very high (unless UCONN finds some March magic they have had so many times). Let's be honest: we WANT another rematch between these two teams. Both two of the top defenses in the whole country (both in the top 10 in points allowed) and have put on shows in both match ups this season. Both teams will be dancin' in March regardless and both have great potential to go pretty far. The teams that have the best chance of beating them in March: themselves.
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Coldplay fans get out your calendars!
The band has just announced that they are going to be doing a 21 date North American tour in support of their just-released album "Mylo Xyloto" beginning in April 2012.
Check out Coldplay's 2012 North American Tour Dates below:
April 17: Edmonton, Alb. (Rexall Place)
April 18: Calgary, Alb. (Scotiabank Saddledome)
April 20: Vancouver, B.C. (Rogers Arena)
April 24: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden Arena)
April 25: Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena)
April 27: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion at San Jose)
May 1: Los Angeles, Calif. (Hollywood Bowl)
May 2: Los Angeles, Calif. (Hollywood Bowl)
June 22: Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center)
June 25: Houston, Texas (Toyota Center)
June 28: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
June 29: Miami, Fla. (American Airlines Arena)
July 2: Atlanta, Ga. (Philips Arena)
July 5: Philadelphia, Pa. (Wells Fargo Center)
July 8: Washington D.C. (Verizon Center)
July 23: Toronto, Ont. (Air Canada Centre)
July 26: Montreal, Que. (Bell Centre)
July 29: Boston, Mass. (TD Garden)
August 3: East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Center)
August 7: Chicago, Ill. (United Center)
August 11: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
Tickets go on-sale to the general public beginning December 17th, through Live Nation and Ticketmaster. American Express® Cardholders can purchase advance tickets for Coldplay beginning Monday, December 12th through Friday, December 16th.
In addition, the band will be performing on "Austin City Limits" on New Year's Eve. Make sure to check it out on PBS starting at 11p.m. EST on December 31st!