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H. Tristram Engelhardt
conversion to Orthodoxy, he took the name Herman, after Herman of Alaska. Holding doctorates in medicine (Tulane University, 1972) and philosophy (University of Texas, 1969), his principal research has been in the area of bioethics. His major contribution to Orthodox ethics is his book, The Foundations of Christian Bioethics. He is presently Professor of Philosophy at Rice University and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, Texas.
- The Foundations of Christian Bioethics. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger, 2000. (ISBN 902651557X)
- The Foundations of Bioethics, 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (ISBN 0195057368)
- Bioethics and Secular Humanism: The Search for a Commmon Morality. Trinity Press, 1991. (ISBN 1563380005)
- Mind-Body: A Categorical Relation. Nijhoff: Springer, 1973. (ISBN 9024715504)
http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/archives/videos.shtml (WMV format)
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- A more extensive bibliography of his work is available here.
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Nicole St. John of Easton was recalled Thursday as a fun-loving friend and a hard-working student. She was killed early Thursday morning when her compact car was crushed by a tractor trailer in Easton.
When a friend lost her camera a few months ago, Nicole St. John searched for it outside in the rain and darkness at 2 a.m.
"I remember after I had left, really upset, she searched forever for me," said Megan McAuley, 19, of Easton. "She was a great friend."
St. John, 22, was killed early Thursday morning when her Honda Civic was crushed by a tractor trailer at Foundry and Prospect streets.
The Easton woman was recalled as a fun-loving friend and a hard-working student.
Samantha Elias said she used to work with St. John at Starbucks in Norwood, where St. John earned the nickname "Nikki Chai" due to her love for chai lattes. She was an amazing friend, Elias said.
"Her smile could light up a room, and no one could say anything bad about her liveliness," said Elias, 19, of Rehoboth.
McAuley said St. John was "always the life of the party."
"She was so upbeat and full of life," McAuley said. "She could show up anywhere and have a story to tell. She was a such pleasure to be around."
St. John graduated from Oliver Ames High School in 2005 and was expecting to graduate from Bridgewater State College in May 2010.
"Nicole was a wonderful, wonderful student here, very polite, outgoing," said Oliver Ames Principal Wesley Paul. "She was a very popular student and a very hard worker."
In 2005, St. John took a student trip to Greece with history teacher Eveline Johnson.
"Nikki just beamed all the time," Johnson said. "She was bubbly, generous, thoughtful and kind. You never saw her without a big smile.
"When we had meetings to plan for the trip, she always showed up early to help set up and always helped clean up afterward. She was one of the finest students I've ever had the privilege of knowing."
At Bridgewater State College, St. John was a communications studies major, with a concentration in corporate communications and minor in management, said assistant professor Jason Edwards.
Her personality was the "three B's — bright, bubbly and bombastic," said Edwards, 35, who taught her in his political communications class.
"I mean that in a good way. She was one of those students who, if I put something out there, she would in some respects, whether she wanted to or not, have a contrarian opinion. I liked those kinds of students."
Edwards said he recalled her passion and energy coming out during a recent class discussion on the state's proposed gas tax increase.
"She was one of those students who was like, 'I can't believe what's going on!,' and it was great. I was really looking forward to what she was going to say (in class) today," he said.
On Thursday, police said St. John had just picked up two friends from a house on Prospect Street and was driving north on the street when it appears, based on a preliminary investigation, she went through a stop sign.
St. John, of 88 Elm St., was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Family members and friends who gathered at St. John's home Thursday afternoon declined to speak about her for this story.
Two passengers in her car were injured. Kevin Cotter, 21, of Lincoln Street, North Easton, who was in the back seat of the car, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital. Cotter remained in fair condition Thursday afternoon at the hospital, a spokeswoman said.
Another passenger, Michael Tierney, 22, of Whitman, was taken to Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton for treatment. Tierney was treated and released from the hospital, a spokeswoman said.
The truck driver was identified as Brian Augustine, 52, of New Bedford. He was not injured.
The crash remained under investigation by Easton and state police.
Kyle Alspach can be reached at email@example.com. Staff writer Maureen Boyle contributed to this report.

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Bravo's "Top Chef" features Denver chef Travis Masar
"Top Chef" goes to New Orleans for season 11, with Denver chef Travis Masar in the running. The season premiere is Oct. 2 on Bravo.
Maser, 27, is a native Coloradan (originally from La Junta but, after years in Denver, currently living in Philadephia). He was formerly a chef at local eateries Aria and Uncle. He got his B.A. in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales.
He'll face returning judges Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson, Emeril Lagasse, alongside host Padma Lakshmi.
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Chef Travis Masar was born and raised in Southeast Colorado where his exposure to food was mainly through his family and upbringing. Growing up in Colorado, he gained experience hunting wild game such as elk, deer, and antelope and he honed his craft by helping his family butcher whole pigs and beef. He has traveled and cooked all over the world including Alaska, Wales, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Czech Republic, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Over the last 5 years, Travis has focused on traditional Asian cuisine and says the food he cooks represents grandmothers all over the world.


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A weekend air-power demonstration set to take place Saturday at Camp Pendleton as a part of a Marine Corps helicopter squadron outreach event has been canceled because of federal budget cuts known as sequestration.
In a letter sent Thursday by Lt. Col. Dick Joyce of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 to those attending the event, he said the helicopter squadron's flyover demonstration that was part of the Vengeance Warrior Day event was canceled.
The Warrior Day event is scheduled to take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, minus the flyover. The show was to feature a flyover demonstration of AH-1W Super Cobras and UH-1Y Venom helicopters, but now those attending the event will only get to see the helicopters in the hangar.
"I know most of you were looking forward to this portion of our Warrior Day as much as I was," Joyce said in the letter. "Unfortunately, the current fiscal situation necessitated the Department of Defense making hard decisions regarding various community outreach events normally supported by the Marine Corps units throughout the year."
Wayne Eggleston, a former San Clemente mayor and executive director of the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation said the flyover cancelation was a setback but said he didn't think it would hurt attendance.
"The helicopter air show is a wonderful family event, the kids love it, veterans of wars love it," Eggleston said. "But I think people will show up out respect for the Marines; this is a very Marine-friendly town."
The cancelation was not the only flyover cancelation to grip Southern California. The Miramar Air Show, set to take place Oct. 4-6 at the Miramar Air Station in San Diego, could also be canceled unless that show's organizers can use nonmilitary aircraft and fund it without Department of Defense money, U-T San Diego reported.
In the memo dated July 11 from the office of the assistant secretary of defense said: "The steep across-the-board budget cuts imposed on the DOD as a result of sequestration have forced significant cutbacks in many vital areas, including the furlough of 650,000 of the department's civilian employees. In addition, the department has withdrawn support from more than 2,700 community and civic events around the globe."
Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Eric Flanagan confirmed that the information in the memo is the reason the flyover at Camp Pendleton was canceled.
"All air shows, and flyovers are canceled due to sequestration," he said.
The Vengeance Warrior Day event begins at 10:30 a.m. and ends at noon. It will feature a hangar tour and photo opportunities. The event will continue at 12:30 p.m. at Lake O'Neill with a barbecue, music, prizes, paintball games, bounce houses and more. The event is supported by the city of San Clemente, the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation, The Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi, The South Coast District Marine Corps League and the Relief Society of the San Clemente California Stake of the Church of the Latter-day Saints.


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By Elizabeth Gehrman
Vacationers, beware: It's that time of year when you're most susceptible. You spend a week at a rustic camp in Maine or a few days in a cozy Cape Cod cottage, and – intoxicated by the sound of kids splashing at the dock, the heady scent of saltwater, the luscious taste of lobster rolls and soft-serve ice cream from the corner clam shack – the next thing you know you're putting a down payment on the place next door. But what do you need to consider when purchasing a vacation home, and where are the top bargains right now?
Know When and Where to Buy
If you're lucky enough to be able to purchase a second home, the generally depressed real estate market and historically low interest rates beckon. According to the National Association of Realtors' Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, released in March, the peak of vacation home buying occurred in 2006, with about 1.5 million properties sold nationwide. By 2008, the number of vacation homes transferred was less than half that. And when demand decreases, prices typically follow. The market does appear to be on the upswing: Last year, the number of vacation homes sold nationwide increased by almost 8 percent, to 553,000 from 513,000 in 2008, and the median sale price rose from $150,000 in 2008 to $169,000 in 2009. But that's still down almost 17 percent from a high median sale price of $204,100 in 2004, and some very desirableNew Englandlocations have excellent news for buyers right now.
In Maine, for example, statewide prices for all homes have declined almost 16 percent, from a median of $194,000 in 2007 to $164,000 in 2009. InNew Hampshire, the drop was about 22 percent, withBelknapCounty– which encompasses Lakes Region cities and towns likeLaconia, Gilford, andBelmont– declining by 27 percent.
In Newport,Rhode Island, according to realtor Paul Leys of Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty, a modest wharf-area condo might now go for as low as the upper $300,000s. "That wouldn't be waterfront," he says, "but it might be water view."
And on Cape Cod, prices are down about 20 percent since 2005 – slightly more than the state as a whole, but that number depends in part on where you're looking to buy. Mid-Cape seems to be the best bargain. "We are selling condos for prices that have not existed since 2000," says Joyce Bearse, a realtor with Kinlin Grover inYarmouthPort.That's because the condo market has taken a bigger hit than the single-family market and inventory is high across the board. "Right now, there are 224 listings in Dennis andYarmouthfor under $300,000. If I had done that search six years ago, it would have been two or three." Bearse points out that prices may dip even lower now that the federal tax credit has expired, reducing demand, and as homes in foreclosure continue to come on to the market. "Even people at the high end can now afford a property they never could afford before," she adds. "Now, instead of $1.5 million, that same property might be $1.2." Even prices inProvincetown, with its easy access by fast ferry toBostonand its cosmopolitan feel, may surprise you. Century 21 Shoreland broker Rick Tourgee, for example, says he has a 1,300-square-foot two-bedroom-plus-den listed in a condo development called Seashore Park for $329,000.
"We don't know when the bottom is until it starts going back up," says Tom Kelly, the Seattle-based author of How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment, "but this appears to be close to the bottom."
Analyze Your Needs
According to the National Association of Realtors survey, almost a third of buyers begin their vacation-home hunt by searching Internet sites like findashorehome.com, lakehouse.com, escapehomes.com, and homeawayrealestate.com. While 20 percent of buyers find their primary home through a friend, relative, or neighbor, or by driving by and seeing a sign in the yard, 28 percent of those looking for a vacation home get their most productive leads this way, suggesting that the idea of buying first enters people's minds while they're actually on vacation.
As you weigh the notion of taking on a second home, be sure you'd rather spend time in the same location every year than visit different destinations. "If you buy," says Tony Giacalone of Tony's Realty in East Boston, who owns a second home inPalm Springs,California, "you're not just going on vacation. It gives you a chance to build up community someplace else. It gives you a new set of neighbors and a new set of activities, and gives your kids a whole new group of summer friends." If you decide that's for you, consider these points:
> Get to know your desired location before you buy. "If you've never been toMainebut you want to buy a place here," says Tom Ferent of Mr. Lakefront Keller Williams Realty in South Casco,Maine, "well, we've got a big state. I always say come spend some time, because it's a big investment."
> Determine how you plan to use the property and how long you'll hold on to it. "Families with kids buy a ski home and think they will come up every weekend to ski," says Peter Tucker of Tucker Real Estate inStowe,Vermont. "But when the kids become teenagers, they may have different interests. Hockey is a good example. If you've got to be on the rink at 6 a.m. on Saturdays, it's tough to come up for the weekend."
> Decide whether you'll want your vacation home to eventually become your full-time retirement home. It could help determine the features you look for, such as a first-floor master bedroom.
> Finally, consider whether you might want or need to rent out your place to help with costs. If so, study the rental market, going rates, and issues such as advertising options and cleaning services available in the area.
Compromise to Save Money
The best way to save money on a vacation property inNew Englandis by giving up one or two items on your wish list, starting, perhaps, with location. The mid-Cape, for example, has better deals than the lower, or outer,Cape, in part because it contains a broader range of properties. Bearse says a heated 900-square-foot two-bedroom ranch within a mile of the beach might go for less than $300,000. "And you can buy those small places, 450 or 500 square feet, for under $200,000," she says. "Or if it's half of a duplex, you could get 500 or 600 square feet for maybe $150,000. Just a place to hang your hat." It won't be a sprawling family compound, but with the right layout, 450 square feet can comfortably sleep four or five people.
In the Berkshires, Lenox, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, and Egremont are more expensive than, say, Lee or Becket. "Becket's still an easy commute" fromBoston, says Beth VanNess, broker/owner of Gile Real Estate in Becket, "and it's close to Tanglewood and all the other cultural amenities of the Berkshires."
InNew Hampshire, Whitefield, for example, is less expensive than towns likeLincoln, whereLoonMountainis located, andLaconia. Whitefield is farther north but still just a short drive to the slopes, and it offers beautiful views, cute shops, decent restaurants, and fewer crowds. Even a small distance from your first choice can make a price difference. A recent Craigslist search on "Winnipesaukee cottage," for example, yielded a 450-square-foot place with stunning water views about 2½ miles from hot spotWeirsBeachfor just $169,900. True, if you paid $80,000 or $100,000 more, you could probably just fall out of bed and onto Weirs – but what's a short bike ride when you're on vacation?
Scrutinize the Property
Once you've pinpointed a community you can afford, it's time to fine-tune that wish list. Yes, you'll likely have to compromise, but Ferent recommends looking for these criteria in a vacation home:
> A knockout view. "As you get older, you're not as active on the water," Ferent points out. "If an older person can get in anAdirondackchair and look at the sunset over the mountains, that's really important."
> A level lot. This kind of property – or, for lakeside homes, a sandy beach with gradual entry – appeals to a broader market than one with a steep slope.
> Proximity to the water. This can be a two-edged sword. In Maine, for example, all new construction has to be 100 feet back from the water – but, as Ferent points out, "you can't watch the kids from the deck if you're 100 feet back," which might make an older home more appealing. Then again, in certain areas – near the open ocean and on river-fed (as opposed to spring-fed) lakes – being closer to the water may present flood hazards, so you need to inquire about special insurance before making your move.
> Privacy. Ferent contends that for a single-family home, about 100 feet of water frontage is needed for real privacy. "It really kills the atmosphere when you're sitting on your deck and your next-door neighbor flushes his toilet," he says. "If it's 50 feet and the neighbors are on top of you, you're going to have to really like people." For some buyers, of course, living closer to neighbors is part of the fun; if you're one of them, you might want to consider a cottage community or condo rather than a stand-alone house.
Ferent recommends that all the buyers involved – usually a committed couple, but sometimes two or three friends or relatives – take separate notes as they visit properties, ranking each of, say, five attributes on a 10-point scale. "I say, 'Don't share, but each of you come up with your top three,' " he says. "Often the husband and wife don't agree on what they like," but will have enough pluses in common to come to a decision.
Consider the Finances Carefully
By now everyone knows it's tougher to get a mortgage than it was a few years ago, and for vacation homes it's even worse. "You can buy a primary house for as little as 3 percent down," says David Brennan, senior vice president for residential and consumer lending at Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank inOrleans. "But for an owner-occupied vacation home – that is, one you're not planning to rent out – you'd need at least 15 percent down." And you'll need at least 20 percent down if you think you'll get any income from rentals or if you need a jumbo loan, which in Barnstable County, for example, is $462,500 or greater and on Nantucket and the Vineyard, $729,750.
"What I'm hearing, at least here inCape Cod, is that more people are paying cash simply because there are no investment opportunities," Brennan says. "Money market funds are paying nothing; the stock market's up and down. I'm hearing from realtors that people are saying, 'I might as well take the money out of my portfolio and pay cash or put down a very large down payment.' "
If you don't have a sizable amount to put down, you might find a seller who is willing to carry part of your mortgage for a fixed period, allowing you to ask a smaller amount from the bank. "There are a lot of older people who've held these properties for a long time and are looking for consistent income in their retirement," says Kelly. "You can make a lower down payment, and their qualifying standards won't be as stringent as the bank's."
When figuring out how much you can afford, remember that your carrying cost, or the amount you'll pay monthly, includes not only your mortgage, taxes, and insurance, but also maintenance, which can include unexpected surprises during the seasons you're not watching over the place, and any extra insurance you may need because of the location – that flood insurance, for example, or additional homeowner's insurance because your place is in a remote location far from a fire station or hydrant.
Go With Your Gut
While some realtors recommend taking your time to buy – after all, this is a discretionary purchase – just as many say you should grab the place you want when you see it. "I can't tell you how many people say, 'That first house was perfect for our needs, but we felt like we shouldn't make an offer because we hadn't done our due diligence,' " says Ferent. "And then they regret not making an offer because someone else buys it."
To avoid longing for the one that got away, Ferent recommends being ready to take the leap once you do know what it is you're looking for. "If it's in your gut that you like the place and it's in your price range, take it," he says. "If you don't, and someone else does, you'll feel awful, and then on the rebound you might buy too quick. I'll tell you how you know: If I call you in a week and tell you it's sold, will you be sick?"


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DuPont has extended its market-leading range of Tyvek® cargo covers with the new Tyvek® Xtreme™ W50 product. Fitted with a proprietary insulative layer, Tyvek® Xtreme W50 retains the reflective and permeability characteristics of the existing Tyvek® pharma products while extending both the hot and cold temperature performance span. The result is a product which can be used in CRT categories where there is a need for frost as well as heat protection as well as an effective component in packaging systems for 'cold' temperature products.
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When individuals who have OAS take drugs known as ACE inhibitors, which work by slowing an enzyme that helps constrict blood vessels, they may experience facial swelling and difficulty breathing after eating fresh fruit.
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Roughly one-third of North Americans who have pollen allergies also have OAS. They will get allergy symptoms after eating fresh fruit such as apples, bananas or melons, and this occurs because of structural similarities in the proteins of the pollens and fruits.
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UMD undergraduate students, graduate students, or postdocs.
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Consulting on effects of man-made noise on
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Investigations in the
past have ranged
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detection, investigations of hearing sensitivity, studies on the
anatomy and ultrastructure of the ear, and many other topics (see
publications link at left).
of Noise on
Aquatic Life
Over the past several years, I have been
involved in the organization of several international meetings on
the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Another meeting took place in
2013 in Budapest, with the proceedings published as a
co-edited with Dr. Anthony Hawkins. The most recent meeting
took place in Dublin in July, 2016 and papers from that meeting are
avaialbe, open access, in the
Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, volume 27.
Working with colleagues from around the world, we
developed "guidelines" on the effects of noise on fishes and sea
turtles. The report citation is below.
Popper, A.N.,
Hawkins, A.D., Fay, R.R., Mann, D., Bartol, S., Carlson, T., Coombs,
S., Ellison, W.T., Gentry, R., Halvorsen, M.B., Løkkeborg, S.,
Rogers, P., Southall, B.L., Zeddies, D., Tavolga, W.N. (2014) Sound
Exposure Guidelines for Fishes and Sea Turtles: A Technical Report
prepared by ANSI-Accredited Standards Committee S3/SC1 and
registered with ANSI. ASA S3/SC1.4 TR-2014. Springer and ASA Press,
Cham, Switzerland. Link_
Since that report, my colleague Professor Anthony Hawkins and I have
wrtten several additional papers germane to the topic effects of
man-made sound on aquatic animals.
Hawkins, A.
D., Pembroke, A., and Popper, A. N. (2015). Information gaps in
understanding the effects of noise on fishes and invertebrates.
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 25:39-64.
A. D. and Popper, A. N. (in press). A
sound approach to assessing the impact of underwater noise on marine
fishes and invertebrates.
ICES Journal of Marine Science.
My longtime colleague and friend
Dr. Richard Fay and I have
recently published our 25th co-authored paper.
Fay, R. R. and Popper, A. N. (2012).
Fish hearing:
New perspectives from two "senior" bioacousticians. Brain, Behaviour
and Evolution 792:215-217. DOI: 10.1159/000338719
Fay, R. R. and Popper, A. N. (2012).
Fish hearing:
New perspectives from two "senior" bioacousticians. Brain, Behaviour
and Evolution 792:215-217. DOI: 10.1159/000338719
We are also very proud and grateful that our former students
and many colleagues have published a book in our honor,
Fish Hearing
and Bioacoustics edited by our colleague Dr. Joseph Sisneros.
A chapter in that book describes our collaboration of almost 45
We are also very proud and grateful that our former students
and many colleagues have published a book in our honor,
Fish Hearing
and Bioacoustics edited by our colleague Dr. Joseph Sisneros.
A chapter in that book describes our collaboration of almost 45
Popper, Arthur N.
and Fay, Richard R. (2016). It Started in Hawai'i Kai: Reminiscences
of 43 Years (and Counting) of Collaboration and Friendship.
In: Sisneros, J. A. (ed.) Fish
Hearing and Bioacoustics: An Anthology in Honor of Arthur N. Popper
and Richard R. Fay, Springer International Publishing, Chaim,
Switzerland, pp. 31-52.
Papers on Effects of Pile Driving on FIshes
M.B., Casper, B.M., Woodley, C.M., Carlson, T.J., and Popper,
A.N. (2011). Predicting and mitigating hydroacoustic impacts
on fish from pile installations. NCHRP Research Results
Digest 363, Project 25-28, National Cooperative Highway Research
Program, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D.C. Link
Halvorsen, M. B., Casper, B. M, Woodley, C. M.,
Carlson, T. J., and Popper, A. N. (2012).
Threshold for onset
of injury in Chinook salmon from exposure to impulsive pile driving
sounds. PLoS ONE, 7(6)
e38968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038968.
Casper, B. M., Popper, A. N., Matthews, F., Carlson,
T. J., and Halvorsen, M. B. (2012).
Recovery of barotrauma injuries in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from exposure to pile driving sound. PLoS ONE,
7(6): e39593. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039593.
Halvorsen, M. B., Casper, B. M., Matthews, F.,
Carlson, T. J., and Popper, A. N. (2012).
Effects of exposure
to pile driving sounds on the lake sturgeon, Nile tilapia, and hogchoker. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279, 4705-4714 doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.154. Link.
Casper, B. M., Smith, M. E., Halvorsen, M. B., Sun,
H., Carlson, T. J., and Popper, A. N. (2013). Effects of exposure to
pile driving sounds on fish inner ear tissues. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A, 166:352-360. Link
Casper, B. M. Halvorsen, M. B., Mathews, F., Carlson,
T. J., and Popper, A. N. (2013). Recovery of barotrauma injuries
resulting from exposure to pile driving sounds in two sizes of
hybrid striped bass. PLoS ONE,
8(9): e73844. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073844
Popper, A. N.., Halvorsen, M. B., Casper, B. M, and Carlson, T. J.
(2013). U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Headquarters, Herndon, VA. Effects of Pile Sounds on
Non-Auditory Tissues of Fish. OCS Study BOEM 2012-105. 60 pp. Link - reference OCS Study BOEM 2012-105
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21 February 2012
New Qualifier Process for Playoffs
All or some of the players who qualify to participate in the playoff will be required to take three qualifier quizzes.
If the performance on these qualifier quizzes is substantially worse than the player's performance during the quarter (% correct and/or time required to answer the quiz), then the following steps will be taken:
1. That player will be ineligible to participate in the playoff.
2. That player's status will be set to non-competitive.
3. Any awards from the previous quarter will be reversed.
We believe that this qualifier step will strengthen the integrity of the playoff and ensure the best possible results for all players.
Warm regards,
Steven Feuerstein
19 comments:
I take it point #3 implies that the qualifier is intended solely to weed out cheats?ReplyDelete
Well, yes, and not just point #3. If you cannot verify your performance from the quarter, then your performance is suspect, and you should lose the "benefits" of playing in that quarter. Make sense?ReplyDelete
That quarter, or the previous quarter?ReplyDelete
(btw - while I agree this measure is necessary, it is sad it has come to this - however the upside is, we get more quizzes :) )
> Does it make sense?ReplyDelete
Yes and no. Of course it's likely that someone has been cheating when the performance is substantially worse. On the other hand it might have hit me in the second play off I participated.
Because of the nature of the available times to play I had to do it during working hours. Just before the play off started a co-worker entered the room and loudly discussed a request for the next release. I could not concentrate on the questions and of course I could not say "Get out, I want to play a challenge" ;-)
That's nothing I might be able to proof, nevertheless I would consider it unfair if I get excluded from playing competitivly.
Yet if I know that this might happen I could try to leave from work earlier and play it at home.
I like this idea quite much, as I am always surprised on how quickly some people are answering. I would though suggest that you would consider allowing people to explain themselves and in some cases regain competeitive status.
Ingimundur K. Guðmundsson
- Thierry Poels22 February, 2012 15:22
I understand the why (I've seen people with answering times I can't even read half of the question :) and understand the benefits.
But as Marcus says it's sometimes hard to find place and time where nobody or nothing will interrupt you. But with some manual verification this surely can work.
Hello All,ReplyDelete
Oh poor souls ... only I know what logistics I am managing to avoid situations where anybody could disturb me while playing :)
This is why I always play late in the evening, when hopefully
I can be alone.
This is valid not only for the Playoff, but for each daily quiz
as well.
Back to the issue itself:
I understand that the additional qualification quizzes will have to be answered in a "Playoff-like" manner (at a single fixed time), otherwise the same "cheating method" will work for those quizzes just the same as "it works" for the daily ones ...
Thierry above is very correct: no one can even read the quiz completely, while others already have answered it ...
I often wonder how is the "Expert time" issue working for detecting too fast answers, because I am pretty sure that on each and every quiz at least the 10-20 leading times are much faster than the expert time set ...
It's not easy to play the "police man", but following after the daily results list makes some very specific cases extremely visible even to a simple eye ...
Thanks & Best Regards,
Thanks for your excellent comments, all. Some responses:ReplyDelete
Jeff - a disqualified player's status is set to non-competitive, and that lasts into the new quarter. So you lose your awards from the last quarter and you will not be ranked in the current quarter.
Marcus - I can understand your concern, but you will just need to plan a quiet time to take the qualifier (and not all players will).
Ingimundur - certainly, I will listen to players if they have a very sad story to tell about why they failed the qualifiers. But it will be an uphill struggle to get reinstated.
Iudith - these quizzes will not be played at a specific time, but instead can be taken over and must be finished within a three day period. Each player will potentially have different quizzes. I don't think it will be possible for someone who is maintaining multiple accounts to use them for these qualifier quizzes.
Finally, a comment about expert seconds: as you can see in the rankings table, several players maintain a very high accuracy with very fast times - and I don't apply my adjustment algorithm. That's because my expert seconds timing is very aggressive.
I have to accept (and truly do) that there are people "out there" who know as much or more than I do about PL/SQL and related technologies. I would hate to penalize a person who is not only knowledgeable but very strategic about how they take the quiz, and are able to achieve a high ranking.
Thanks again,
Hello Steven, All,ReplyDelete
You are very generous in accepting that other people may "know as much or more" than you do about PL/SQL, which may indeed happen for one specific quiz or another.
But this still does not mean that you (or anybody else) will be able to answer each and every quiz before reading it at all ...
Systematically seeing an answer time of 10-12 seconds,
while merely displaying the web page usually takes up at least that much is anyway suspect ...
It rather looks like "a good training" was already done for that quiz ...
Thanks a lot & Best Regards,
>>> But it will be an uphill struggle to get reinstated.ReplyDelete
yikes! So, one bad day and you lose competitive status "FOREVER"?
I've had runs of perfect weeks followed by down-spikes of 50-0%.
Also, I tend to play faster during the quarter and slower during the playoffs (I've played 3 playoffs though, so my sampling may not be reliable.) If there is a chance for permanent censure (albeit with "uphill" appeal.) I'll be playing slowly to make sure my answers are perfect. I'm nowhere near the lightning-speed of some (generally 2 minutes or more), so maybe the filters wouldn't even apply to me.
What if you qualify but don't play the qualifiers? I've missed 4 quizzes already this quarter, I imagine I might miss a qualifier quiz too. Would absence be held against someone?
Hello All,ReplyDelete
It looks like exactly those players for whom such a qualification would have never come into being are starting to worry, and probably without a basis ...
I am sure that the purpose is not to punish anyone for one bad day or another, this can definitely happen to any human and it does happen to most of the "normal" players ...
I think that the purpose is "to detect" those very few and very specific ones who play all the time "at lightening speed" as Sean said, and also "at lightening correctness" for a whole quarter ... and exactly in the one-time Playoff they are suddenly much sloooooower than usual and much less correct,
which is not very easy to explain.
Thanks a lot & Best Regards,
I support this move.ReplyDelete
I think the integrity of the entire quiz will be improved, not just the play-offs.
I'm not sure we can fully appreciate the pressure Steven must face with some of these potential cheating players. I'm confident Steven will already have had practice at distinguishing between those answering quickly on a regular basis, compared with the occasion when the moons align and we know the question thoroughly; have a quiet room to concentrate; it's an advanced quiz; and you don't miss something vitally important - and bang, you're in the top percentile that day with a good sub 30s answer ;-)
From his previous comment it sounds as though he's thought this out well.
No doubt this also happens on many other websites. I look forward to seeing how it affects rankings, out of sheer curiosity.
Steven, will you maintain a quota of players for each quarter play-off? ie - will replacements be sought if some people are eliminated?
Here's how I am currently seeing these qualifiers work:ReplyDelete
1. If you finish out the quarter playing competitively and qualify for the playoff, then you MUST take the qualifier quizzes - or voluntarily switch to non-competitive status. We will send emails notifying you of the qualifiers, and they will appear in the Take a Quiz table, so I don't think they will be missed.
2. If one or more players are disqualified, then I must recalc the rankings, then run the algorithm again to "fill in the gaps" for the playoff. So, yes, disqualified players will be replaced.
Cheers, SF
oops, I somehow missed this key clause that had me worried above.ReplyDelete
"and that lasts into the new quarter."
I fully agree with the plan to have qualifier quizzes to help ensure integrity of the playoffs. My only concern was the permanency of errors. Since that concern was based on a misreading I have no reservations about this idea at all.
- Anonymous24 February, 2012 23:04
Playing devil's advocate, as implementing the qualifer as stated starts down a very slippery slope.ReplyDelete
1. The statistics majors could speak to this more, but is a three question qualifier statisticly significant, especially with the potential of banishment hanging on the outcome?
2. Have you looked at the outcomes of the previous quarterly playoffs and compared that with your % correct value for the qualifier and what constitues questionable behavior? In all but the Q4 2011 playoff, over half the contestants are below 66% correct (many below 50%), vs a typical 85+ to more likely 90+% correct for the quarter. This represents a relatively large drop for half the field (25% - 40% or more) for a relatively larger sample size (5 quiz playoff vs 3 quiz qualifier). This includes past playoff champions and top-5 finishers with nearly 50% drops for the playoff vs quarter. Will half the field potentially be removed via the qualifier?
3. Why have a separate qualifier determine eligibility? Why not just add 3-4 invidividuals to the playoffs and then apply your eligibility test to the playoff results. If an individual qualifier skips the playoff (scheduling related) you could deem them ineligible and/or give them the opportunity to take the 3 question test to verify their eligibility.
4. What is the purpose of the qualifier and identifying "cheats"? (rankings during the quarter?, missed playoff participation?, hurt feelings?, etc) If the concern is cheating during the quarter (and any monetary awards given out), should all awards be given out at the conclusion of that quarter's playoff, as some of the awards cannot be retroactively taken back? If it is missed playoff opportunity, why not hold back the results for a day and the day after the formal playoffs, give everyone else an opportunity to take the quizzes in the playoff format (it could be scored as a separate question to keep results separate from actual playoff)?
just some thoughts
Hello All,ReplyDelete
I think that the entire issue of catching the "cheats" was too far "deviated" in the only direction of qualifying or not in the Playoff.
The Playoff was maybe only a good opportunity where the issue became more visible, and, especially the last Playoff,
with its more reasonable playing time.
Regarding the above remarks of Anonymous:
There is much truth in what he stated about the low percentages of correctness for most of the players in the previous 3 playoffs (quarters Q1 to Q3 of 2011).
Let's not forget that the Playoff scenario was significantly changed in those 3 quarters, when introducing the 5 long quizzes instead of the shorter 10 quizzes before.
The answer time being the same, 20 minutes, but the quizzes much more complex, the result was that many players could not finish all the quizzes, often the last one was entirely missed
and this obviously lowered the percentage.
In the last quarter, with a more reasonable playing time, this
was not so much of a problem any more and the percentages became
much closer to those in the quarter.
Exactly this fact rendered more visible the cases of very high
scoring in the quarter (mainly due to the "lightening speed" answers) versus the low scoring in the Playoff (due to low correctness, in spite of the much lower speed/longer time).
I'm not sure I understand completely the alternatives proposed by Anonymous above, but, maybe indeed, raising the number of Playoff participants could eventually be considered.
As I remember, in the last several Playoffs many of those who qualified finally did not participate, for one reason or another, so there were much less participants in the Playoff than the targeted 45 (as per the qualification rules).
Thanks & Best Regards,
If you finish out the quarter playing competitively and qualify for the playoff, then you MUST take the qualifier quizzes - or voluntarily switch to non-competitive status.ReplyDelete
That's hard, because it means that you cannot not participate without loosing your competitive status. And there might be valid reasons to do so besides cheating. E.g. when I am on holiday with my family then there is a rule: no internet, no computer. Usualy we are wandering somewhere in the mountains or on a sailing trip. Far away from the next WLAN and surely without a computer.
It is a good thing to step back sometimes and look at what is really important but it should not be a reason to loose your status.
Don't get me wrong, I can see the problem and I don't know a better solution, but there might be good reasons to not take part.
Marcus: First, not all players will be required to take qualifier quizzes. Second, if you cannot participate in the playoff, you can still take the qualifier quizzes, right? If your qualifier quizzes are scheduled when you cannot take them, I can change that.ReplyDelete
Anonymous: I agree that 3 quizzes are not sufficient to establish a statistical certainty. That is not what I plan to do. I believe I have a way for a player to validate their past performance that does not rely on statistics - and I don't feel that I can explain the algorithm without undermining its effectiveness. I am sorry about the lack of transparency in this case.
The point of the qualifiers is to maintain the highest level of legitimacy of the rankings and awards of the PL/SQL Challenge. I hope to further discourage players (if any are actually doing this) from using two accounts to boost their rankings.
Adding to the number of players in the playoff does nothing to potentially REMOVE those players who should not be there.
And of course no one is required to participate in the playoffs. As Iudith noted, a number of players don't actually play in the playoffs each quarter; most of these come from the correctness and wildcard qualifiers, not from the ranking group. Likely they feel they will not do well; I am not sure.
Hello All,ReplyDelete
I completely agree with Marcus in that no one should be forced to lose his competitive status for not participating in the Playoff for any other reason, but definitely ONLY for cheating, which cannot be restricted to the Playoff alone.
I completely understand the reason behind trying by all means to avoid eventual "cheaters" to qualify in the Playoff, but I don't see the Playoff as the central point in avoiding cheating,
anyway not more central than the daily competition itself.
Cheating is severe with or without the Playoff and should be punished, but without the risk of punishing the completely
non guilty ones.
... and ... yes, I loved the description of Marcus of a "holiday without a computer" :) :) ... aka the good old days :) :) :)
... though, as an old-comer, who has never in his life touched any other gadget except for a desktop computer -- yes, in the 21-th century ! --, I am extremely preoccupied of how "to organize myself" for being able to enjoy a holiday without missing even a single quiz :) :) even in the middle of a lake !
Addiction is addiction and you "don't belong to the party"
if you are not 100% "at duty" !
But yes, I agree, Marcus is the normal type, not me :) :)
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So the Census Bureau won't pay for toilet paper in New York but will pay to rent out a radical mosque in Virginia?Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
UPDATE: The Census Bureau's Public Information Office told me:
"Office leasings for the federal government are handled by the General Services Administration (GSA). Lease payments for the Census Bureau's Alexandria, Virginia office are made to Phillips Properties of Alexandria, Virginia."
I'm looking for more details on this situation. I didn't intend for the headline to appear like a mirror image of FOXNews, but if these claims are valid (the "toilet paper" in the headline is a reference to a piece I ran yesterday about New York), then FOXNews will probably soon be all over this story from AOL News:
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(May 10) — The U.S. government is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent to a Virginia mosque that law enforcement officials have identified as "a front for Hamas operatives," according to a new report from an Islamic terrorism watchdog.
In preparation for the 2010 census, the General Services Administration leased office space throughout the country for the Census Bureau. According to the report by the nonprofit Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), one of those spaces is in an Alexandria, Va., building owned by the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center.Alex Wong, Getty ImagesWorshippers pray in the driveway of the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, a Falls Church, Va.-based mosque.
The Falls Church, Va.-based mosque was once the home of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who has been linked to both Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan and Christmas Day "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the IPT says.
According to the report, the lease contract, initially signed in 2008, is worth $582,026 for 25 months.
The IPT bases its claims about the mosque's terrorist links on documents it obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Those documents state "that Dar Al-Hijrah was 'associated with Islamic extremists' and was 'operating as a front for Hamas operatives in U.S.' " and that "the mosque 'has been linked to numerous individuals linked to terrorism financing,' " the IPT says.
It further quotes from a report, also obtained under FOIA, saying Dar Al-Hijrah "has been under numerous investigations for financing and proving (sic) aid and comfort to bad orgs and members."
AOL News left phone messages seeking comment from both the General Services Administration and the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, but they were not immediately returned.
The IPT was founded in 1995 by Steven Emerson, a journalist and terrorism analyst who won a George Polk Award for his documentary film, "Jihad in America." Emerson's work has upset many Muslim groups, and the nonprofit Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has characterized it as an "unrelenting attack against Arabs and Muslims."


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Is the sequester history?
A 2-year budget deal announced today by key members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives would, if approved, wipe out a major portion of the impending mandatory budget cuts that have struck fear into many government-funded researchers.
President Barack Obama generally welcomed the agreement. "It clears the path for critical investments in things like scientific research, which has the potential to unleash new innovation and new industries," he said in a statement.
Biomedical research advocates offered measured praise. "The budget deal moves the needle in the right direction but not far enough," said Mary Woolley, head of Research!America, in a statement. "We're gratified medical research and other non-defense discretionary programs will get a modicum of relief from sequestration's bitter pill but it's not enough to meet the expectations of patients waiting for new treatments and cures."
"While I am pleased to see the deal includes some relief from sequestration and we strongly support its passage by Congress, it is a small step forward in mending the damage done to medical research supported by NIH [the National Institutes of Health]," said Carrie Wolinetz, a spokesperson for United for Medical Research, a coalition of universities and advocacy groups, in a statement. "The looming threats of low budget caps and resumption of the sequester after 2015 will continue to cast a pall on the medical innovation ecosystem."
The deal "begins to put in place the predictability and certainty in funding the scientific enterprise needs," said Benjamin Corb, spokesman of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in a statement.
The deal calls for the U.S. government to increase discretionary spending to $1.012 trillion in fiscal year 2014, which began on 1 October, and $1.014 trillion in 2015. (Discretionary spending is set annually by Congress, in contrast to spending on so-called entitlement programs such as Social Security.) The 2014 discretionary number is essentially halfway between a lower total adopted by the Republican-controlled House earlier this year and a higher number supported by the Democratic-led Senate. It is also $45 billion higher than what would have gone into effect in January 2014 as required by the 2011 law that created the sequestration mechanism.
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Tonight, they appear to have gotten their wish. The agreement "eliminate[s] about $63 billion in across-the-board domestic and military cuts" over the next 2 years, according to The New York Times. The extra money "would be spread evenly between Pentagon and domestic spending, nearly erasing the impact of sequestration on the military." Domestic programs, including health research funding, could "fare particularly well" under the deal, the Times notes, because other funding moves—such keeping in place cuts to the Medicaid health care program—would give Congress greater flexibility in spending.
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- Total time:30 minutes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 mild pork sausages (about 1 pound)
- 2 large onions, finely sliced (about 3 cups)
- 6 sprigs thyme
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup ale
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 400°F. Melt butter over medium-low heat in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Add sausages and cook until browned on both sides, about 10 minutes total. Remove sausages and set aside. Increase heat to medium high. Add onions and thyme and cook until onions are soft and beginning to turn brown, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add ale to onions and bring to a simmer. Cook until ale has begun to reduce, about 6 minutes. Place sausage on the onions and roast until sausages are fully cooked, about 10 minutes. Sausages should register 150 to 155°F on an instant-read thermometer.
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Common Name: Kudzu
Scientific Name: Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
This aggressive vine can grow 60 feet per year forming a continuous blanket of foliage. This massive covering often chokes out competing native vegetation that provides food and habitat for native animals. The result is a large-scale alteration of biotic communities. Kudzu is also a problem in forest agriculture and landscaping. It belongs to the Fabaceae (Pea or Bean) family.
Kudzu grows well under a wide range of environmental conditions, although greatest growth is achieved where winters are mild (40-60°F), summer temperatures rise above 80°F, and rainfall is abundant (101+ cm [39 in]). Kudzu can grow in nearly any type of soil (e.g., acid soils, lime soils, lowlands with high water tables, and over heavy subsoil), and where winter soil temperatures remain above -25°F. Large roots allow plants to survive in fairly dry climates and drought conditions. Ideal conditions are moist to well drained and acid to neutral soils (4.5-7.0 pH). New growth may exceed one foot per day . Forest edges or disturbed areas, such as abandoned fields and roadsides, are preferred habitats. Kudzu can persist on the floor of a closed canopy forest; the vines grow up trees toward light and take advantage of any openings.
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Mechanical Control
Grubbing: Using a pulaski or similar digging tool, remove the entire plant, including the taproot. Removed vegetation should be destroyed by burning or bagging. Because many roots exceed 1.8 m, eradication by this method is very difficult and should be considered primarily for small initial incursions.
Cutting: Vines and runners are chopped just above the ground level, and the pieces destroyed. Early in the season, cutting is repeated at two-week intervals, to weaken the crown and prevent resumption of photosynthesis. Later in the season, when the stored energy in the taproot has been reduced, the interval between cuttings can be extended. Cutting does not typically kill roots and should only be used to control the spread of kudzu.
Herbicidal Control
Cut Stump Method: Use this method in areas where vines are established within or around non-target plants or where vines have grown into the canopy.
Glyphosate: Cut the stem 5 cm (2 in) above ground level. Immediately apply a 25% solution of glyphosate and water to the cross-section of the stem. This procedure is effective at temperatures as low as 40°F, and may require a subsequent foliar application of glyphosate.
Triclopyr: Cut the stem 5 cm (2 in) above ground level. Immediately apply a 25% solution of triclopyr and water to the cross-section of the stem. This procedure remains effective at low temperatures (<60°F) as long as the ground is not frozen. A subsequent foliar application may be necessary to control new seedlings.
Foliar Spray Method: Use this method to control large populations. It may be necessary to precede foliar applications with stump treatments to reduce the risk of damaging non-target species. After the stems and leaves have been brought under control (i.e., all above ground portions of the plants have been effectively treated) further treatment should follow the Root Crown Method.
Glyphosate: Apply a 2% concentration of glyphosate and water plus a 0.5% non-ionic surfactant to thoroughly wet all foliage. Do not apply so heavily that herbicide will drip off leaves. Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic herbicide that may kill non-target partially-sprayed plants. Ambient air temperature should be above 65°F.
Triclopyr: Apply a 2% concentration of triclopyr and water to thoroughly wet all foliage. Do not apply so heavily that herbicide will drip off leaves. A 0.5% concentration of a non-ionic surfactant is recommended in order to penetrate leaf cuticle. Ambient air temperature should be above 65°F.
Root Crown Method: Follow the young or resprouting stem of the plant to the root. Dig and cut into the root crown using a pulaski or similar tool. Apply a 50% glyphosate solution or 50% triclopyr solution to the main root crown and any below ground runners.
Alabama Forest Products. Convert kudzu to timber in one year? New control methods look promising. Alabama Forest Products 17(10):10, 12, 14, 16; 1974.
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Ball, D. M.; Walker, R. H.; Dickens, R. Kudzu in Alabama uses and control. Forage production fact sheet. Auburn, AL: Auburn University, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Circular ANR65; 1979.
Chappell, W. E.; Link, M. L. Kudzu control on Virginia highways. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting Southern Weed Science Society; 1977.
Dickens, R.; Buchanan, G. Influence of time of herbicide application on control of kudzu. Weed Science 19(6):669-671; 1971.
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Edwards, M. D.; Gonzalez, F. E. Forestry herbicide control of kudzu and Japanese honeysuckle in loblolly pine sites in central Georgia. Proceedings of the Southern Weed Science Society (39th) 272-275; 1986.
Edwards, M. B. A herbicide test for kudzu Pueraria lobata control in central Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science 40(12):10; 1982.
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Hern, L. K. Herbicide treatment offers promise in the control of kudzu. Forest Farmer 1(7):17-18; 1982.
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Miller, J. H.; Boyd, E. Kudzu: where did it come from and how can we stop it? Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 7(3):165-169; 1983.
Miller, J. H.; Boyd, E. Hazards of applying kudzu control herbicides. USDA Southeastern Forest Experiment Station; 1983. Romm, H. J. The development and structure of the vegetative and reproductive organs of kudzu. Iowa State College Journal of Science 27(3):407-419; 1953.
Rosen, A. Feasibility study: Eradication of kudzu with herbicides and revegetation with native tree species in two national parks. NPS, Research/Resources Report SER-59; 1982.
Shurtleff, W.; Aoyagi, A. The book of kudzu. Brookline, MA: Autumn Press; 1977.
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