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Boardwalk Yogurt, Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA, USA
Location: Boardwalk Yogurt, Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA, USA
Report Type : Temporary Closure - related to food safety
Details: Date Of Closure: 10/16/2018 Reason For Closure: Vermin Infestation - California Health and Safety Code Section 114259.1
Reported By: Iwaspoisoned.com User
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Nope, it's not Nimbus Gray, nor is it the ultra-exclusive Suzuka Gray. Since you'll never guess, and are likely dying to know, we'll save you the trouble of searching: it's called Sport Classic Gray and is from the rare Porsche 911 Sport Classic - only 250 examples were built and tracking down the color was anything but easy.
"I called Porsche dealer after dealer, without luck. They wouldn't give me the paint code without a VIN number, and months of internet searching and phoning shops all over the country produced similar results," explained Webb Starr, owner of this 1990 VW GTI.
"After months of searching, pretty much everybody online knew I was looking for the color and I caught a break when I got the screen name of a guy in Norway who'd apparently cracked the code; thankfully he was nice enough to share it with me. Finally, after nine months of searching, I found what I was looking for!"
Funny thing is, that wasn't the only paint-related story in this Mk2's tale. "The first time I decided to paint the car I wanted it Jazz Blue, and thought I'd start with the engine bay and interior. So I paid a visit to a local dealer for the paint code," Starr began. "Well, the parts guy gave me a legitimate code, but it was the wrong one!" he laughed.
That's right, after giving the paint code to the body shop, a return trip a few days later produced jaw-dropping results. "It was the wrong color and was far too purple. I verified the paint code was a legitimate VW Indigo Blue. It just wasn't the color I wanted."
Not easily deterred, Starr took the car out of paint and decided he'd work on other aspects before returning to the booth. By "other aspects" we mean everything. You see, to understand the magnitude of this Mk2, we have to step back to ground zero.
"A buddy of mine bought the GTI many years ago as a clean stocker and intended to daily drive it, but life got in the way and he parked it until enough bugging on my part prompted him to sell it to my wife as a Father's Day present for me," he explained.
The unmolested GTI 8v proved the perfect candidate for a Time Attack car and over a two-year span, Starr drove the hatch up and down the West Coast to the different track events, having a blast in the process. "It was a street-legal racecar I drove to every event, raced the heck out of and drove home," he said.
When basic engine, chassis and suspension mods weren't enough for the up-and-coming racer, he decided the path to greatness was paved with 12 valves of fury. "I knew it would make it nose-heavy, but I didn't care. To me, the AAA VR6 motor is simply awesome, so I found an OBDI example and proceeded to swap it with the help of Dynamic Racing Solutions in La Habra, CA," he said.
This wasn't any old swap, though. Webb lives in the smog-state of California, so he transferred the entire engine, harness and all the associated emissions equipment to get the car road-legal. And for those who don't know, it's a serious undertaking.
Returning to the beginning of our story, this was the time at which Starr grew tired of the factory red paint and decided it was time for a change. While the engine was out and interior stripped, he decided to add what he thought was Jazz Blue... Despite the major flub, Webb wasn't about to redo the freshly painted interior and engine bay with the proper color, so instead he left the exterior red and completed the swap. More track time was in order!
The good ol' VR6 12v was stout in factory trim, but Starr couldn't leave it alone, so a Techtonics chip, 2.75" mandrel-bent custom exhaust with a Magnaflow muffler, Unorthodox pulleys and a K&N open-element helped boost power.
With the new motor in place, Starr was able to hit a few more track days before reality set in. "Although the VR6 made it heavy up front, it was still a blast to drive and lots faster, but when my wife had our first baby it struggled to handle the duties of life and attend track days, so I decided to retire it from the track," he said.
Thankfully, Starr didn't retire the car altogether. Instead he morphed it into a show car for the many SoCal events he could attend. However, a few years slipped by without much progress until Webb decided on a new plan of attack. "The hiatus gave me time to arrive at the racecar/show car theme. And during that time I discovered the Sport Classic paint, which really makes the car stand out," he added.
Underneath the gray paint lies a shaved big bumper with deleted turn signals, fogs, plate recess, hood vents, side markers and roof antenna along with the exhaust cutout and tow hook. The rear seams were shaved, and other classic touches include an ABD Racing grille spoiler and Aero lower grille insert over the badgeless grille, plus an '86 Golf hatch sans the third brake light. There's also a Jetta windshield without the factory rearview mirror mount but with a Scirocco single-wiper conversion.
The five-lug swap with G60 front calipers and rear disc conversion was anchored by FK Silverline coilovers, but it's the 16" BBS E50 wheels wrapped in Falken rubber that steal the show. "I looked for rare BBS wheels for a long time and bumped into these E50s with magnesium centers and genuine race barrels that were from a legitimate Porsche racecar, so I had to have them," Webb explained.
The 16x9" front and 16x10" rear wheels with 2" lips are beyond rare and packed with heritage, so Starr wanted to preserve some patina. So while fifteen52 re-finished the faces, Botelho Custom Trucks polished the barrels without removing the deep nicks and scrapes from their racing past.
The interior retains its racecar roots, built around a custom six-point rollcage Starr designed, along with motorsport items like Crow Racing five-point harnesses slung over the Cobra seats. There's also a Momo steering wheel and plenty of gauges to keep an eye on the VR6's vitals.
Starr went one step further, adding splashes of carbon fiber throughout, along with plenty of tributes to the ALMS cars he adores, thanks to items like home-made door cards with simple pulls and small latches.
Details like the teal grille stripe pay homage to VW Motorsport, and the gold engine and interior accents tie the wheels to the VR6. And although Starr is happy with his creation, it's far from complete. Since he logs thousands of miles each year traveling to shows, he's planning some Techtonics cams and other motor mods. He might even get the Jazz Blue bay and interior he's always wanted. "It's been many years since I first tried for Jazz Blue and I think it's time I see it through," Webb laughed.
Who would have thought a miscommunication over paint could have led to such a one-off build? Maybe it's proof there's always a silver lining, or in this case, Sport Classic Gray lining.
Webb Starr
Riverside, CA
Engine 2.8L VR6 12v OBD1 with Techtonics Tuning chip, custom 2.75" exhaust, Magnaflow muffler, 3" stainless steel turn-down tip, Unorthodox pulleys
Drivetrain 02A five-speed transmission
Brakes five-lug swap with gold G60 front calipers, rear disc conversion, 11" f, 8.9" r ABD Racing drilled rotors, braided lines
Suspension FK Silverline coilovers, Neuspeed rear sway bar, custom rear tie-bar
Wheels & Tires 16x9" f, 16x10" r BBS E50 wheels, magnesium centers, polished 2" lips, 205/40 R16 Falken ZE512 f, 215/40 R16 Falken FK452 r tires
Exterior shaved front bumper, turn signals, foglights, plate recess, hood vents, side markers, roof antenna, hatch wiper, washer nozzle, keyhole, exhaust cut-out, tow door, rear seams, badgeless grille, ABD Racing grille spoiler, Aero lower grille insert, '86 Golf hatch, Jetta windshield, painted Porsche 911 Sport Classic gray with VW Indigo Blue interior and engine bay
Interior Cobra Monaco seats, Crow Racing five-point harnesses, Momo steering wheel, custom six-point rollcage, Auto Meter Pro Comp speedo, tacho, water temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure and volt gauges
Audio/visual JVC head unit, Sony 5.5" mids, 2" tweeters, 6x9" speakers, amp
Thanks My family, dubNation, Tina and Dave Elledge, Matt and Brad at fifteen52, Ron at Falken Tires, Dave Meister at Meister Werks, Loren at WhanAB.com

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The New York Power Authority will display historic photos and projects focusing on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation during Black History Month in February at its admission-free visitors center, the Power Vista, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston.
The Black History Month exhibit kicks off Feb. 2, in the lower level of the Power Vista. It will feature various reproductions of historic photos about the Emancipation Proclamation from the Library of Congress. There also will be the unveiling of projects submitted by students from local schools. Movies about Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation will start at 10:30 a.m. in the Power Vista classroom. Additional activities will include a 12:30 p.m. presentation by Michael Durfee, an African-American history specialist at Niagara University, titled, "Degrees of Freedom: Unpacking the Emancipation Proclamation."
Photos of the Cataract House in the City of Niagara Falls, from the Niagara Falls Public Library, will be displayed with an essay about the historic role the Cataract House played in Niagara Falls. The essay was submitted by William Bradberry, chairman of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission.
For more information, call 716-286-6661 or email [email protected].


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Roger Neitsch cites rotation as the No. 1 factor in a peanut base yield of 5,800 pounds per acre. In 2002 he did better than that, more than 6,000 pounds over his entire 300-acre crop.
Close behind his four-year rotation scheme, he lists timing, fertility, disease control, irrigation and minimum-tillage as key ingredients for consistent yields.
It's an efficient system, he says, efficient enough to earn Neitsch the 2003 Peanut Profitability Award for the Southwest region.
Neitsch raises peanuts, cotton, small grains and forage crops in Gaines County, Texas, and says that crop mix provides a good base for a four-year rotation.
"I plant wheat, rye and hay grazer and rotate peanuts and cotton into the mix. I used to plant cotton three straight years and then peanuts, but cotton yields improve with rotation, too.
"Peanuts and cotton share some diseases, especially pythium and rhyzoctonia. Rotation helps limit infection."
Doing things on time also plays a significant role in high yields, Neitsch says.
"When peanuts need water, they need it now. When they need nutrients, they need it now. When they need an insecticide, a fungicide or herbicide applied, they need it now, not next week. We have to treat for weeds, insects and disease infestations before we get significant damage.
"Whether it's a pesticide spray, fertilizer application, irrigation, planting, or harvesting, delays in peanut production can be costly."
He says a peanut plant is like an animal. "It's sensitive to needs for water, food and medicine to cure or prevent diseases."
Wet weather delayed harvest last fall and Neitsch was a bit concerned that late digging might cut yields.
"Peanuts are sensitive to an optimal harvest time," he says. "Waiting too long may result in significant losses."
He got by, but he's cautious about scheduling harvest. It begins with timely planting. Neitsch prefers to plant by the last week in April and by mid-September he starts pulling peanuts to gauge maturity.
"I pull some vines along all season to check for diseases and pod fill, but in late September, I need to know how close we are to digging."
He uses the hull-scrape method to check maturity and likes to dig when 80 percent to 85 percent of the peanuts reach the black hull category.
"I never get as many as I want to fall into that range, and if I have immature fields, I'll wait to dig. But we don't wait too long and risk freeze damage."
By October he's keeping a close eye on weather patterns. "If we have a forecast for a lot of warm, dry days, I'll let an immature field fill out a little more. Planting to harvest usually runs 160 to 170 days. When peanuts are mature, I dig as soon as possible."
Neitsch says harvest losses can be significant, 10 percent to 20 percent under abnormal conditions, substantially more with severe weather or disease problems.
Irrigation timing also makes a big difference in yield potential. All but one of Neitsch's systems are LEPA, spray units. He says drag hoses do not provide the consistency he wants.
"Some years dragging hoses works well and some years it doesn't. High temperatures and drought index play roles in irrigation efficiency."
He also believes nutrients are more available to plants with a sprinkler system.
He likes to have adequate moisture available early, just after emergence. "If we have good moisture in the soil profile, we may cut back a little, but if it's hot and dry, young plants will not do well without irrigation."
He says water is a limiting factor throughout most of the West Texas peanut region so he's careful not to waste it.
"We give our wells as much rest as possible. We need to provide plenty of water during heavy fruiting, especially if conditions are hot and dry. I like to make at least one 1-inch application a week beginning at pre-bloom."
Bloom, pegging, and vine growth are peak water demand periods, so we may increase frequency. "During fruiting and pod set, I may run the system every four or five days. If I wait more than five or six days between applications, I'll see crop damage, especially with 100-degree to 105-degree days."
He says peanuts can recover from some drought stress, "but it's not beneficial to yield. We lose something."
Disease pressure also requires prompt attention. "We spray for leafspot only as needed and that's seldom. Rhyzoctonia and pythium are more common."
He uses Folicur and Abound. "Folicur does a good job as a foliar treatment. Abound is a good bet for pythium, which is a problem in some fields."
He says if a farmer waters peanuts enough to make good yields, conditions will be conducive for pythium.
"Normally, I'll get by with one full rate of Abound to keep fields clear of pod rot. Fields with low spots or more pythium pressure may need a shot of Ridomil."
Neitsch says even in arid West Texas conditions any farmer who pumps water every four or five days will eventually get some pod rot pressure. "It pays to know field history. If we see just a little, we'll treat it."
Neitsch says peanut fertility poses some interesting questions. "I've seen a number of different fertility levels in peanut fields and no difference in yield, even in the check plot."
He usually adds 120 units of nitrogen, 60 units of phosphorus, no potassium and 15 to 20 units of sulfur.
"I'll leave out a spot as a check and can see no yield difference. I'm convinced that peanut fertility is not as important as we think. And if the plant is not using it, we're wasting it."
But that's where the head scratching starts. Neitsch is not comfortable leaving nutrients out of his peanuts and figures that maintaining a uniform fertility program across all his fields keeps levels up for subsequent crops.
"If the peanuts don't need it, it's still available for the cotton," he says. "I'd be afraid to grow a crop without any fertilizer. One of my goals is to maintain a balanced fertilizer program, and I hate to deplete nutrients out of the soil.
"When it's depleted, we will not make as good a crop after a year, even with added fertilizer, and it takes a while to replace nutrients."
He sees advantages with nitrogen and uses anhydrous when possible.
"I can always tell where I have application problems with anhydrous," he says. "I'll see yellow plants in poorer soils but may see no difference on better land."
He likes minimum-till peanuts. "With reduced tillage I can produce a better yield than in conventional systems and with less water and wind erosion."
He likes to plant peanuts into wheat stubble. "I harvest wheat, leave the land out during the summer and plant peanuts into standing stubble the next spring. That's ideal. I also plant rye or wheat as a cover crop, terminate it and plant into the residue."
After he plants peanuts, he says, the next time a plow comes through will be to dig them.
Excellent herbicides, he says, makes reduced-tillage peanuts feasible. "We get good weed control so there's no need to plow."
He uses Prowl pre-plant. He'll also use Cadre for purple nutsedge and morningglory problems.
When he has conventional peanuts — as he does this year because he had ground that need deep breaking — he incorporates a yellow herbicide. "I'll use Sonolan or Prowl. I don't want anything too hot that might injure young peanuts."
He applies Pursuit after cracking or at early emergence and then again two weeks later, before bloom. He takes care of escapes with 2-4, DB.
Neitsch says 2002 was the best of the 23 crops he's made since he started farming in Gaines County.
"I've had fields that produced more than 6,000 pounds per acre before, and I even had one that made 7,000 pounds of Virginias one year, but I've never averaged three tons over the entire acreage before (6,640, to be exact). It was a good year."
He says growers who irrigate peanuts have to make at least two tons to make a profit. "Anything less and it's hard to make any money. Yields as low as 3,600 pounds lose money."
He says the new peanut program will work well for his operation. He had quota peanuts before, some that he bought and some he leased every year. He figures cost of the quota ran about $200 per ton per year, about the difference in price supports compared to the old program.
"We had a bigger risk with quota peanuts," he says. "We had a lot invested and we couldn't give them anything but our top priority."
He's still convinced that cutting corners on peanut production is a false economy.
"If we had not made good yields the past few years, we would have been in trouble," he says.
He doesn't take all the credit, however. "We've been blessed with good yields and I don't take credit for it. The good Lord watches over me."
He also credits full-time employee Ben Tiecheroeb. "Ben's been with me for 11 years and he knows peanuts. He's patient and understanding about production problems and timing. He also takes a lot of pride in building equipment we need.
"He made a super-hopper that replaces a lot of small carts at harvest time."
Neitsch also credits his wife Cynthia. "She takes care of all the business and leaves me free to do the scouting, schedule irrigation and other on-farm management chores. This is a pretty good example of a working family farm."


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Samsung joins Telstra's 4G handset party
GALAXY S II 4G joins the range
Telstra now has two 4G-capable handsets competing for your telephonic pleasure and may have signalled the expansion or enhancement of its 4G network..
The newcomer is Samsung's GALAXY S II 4G, an 800x400, 4.5-inch, SuperAMOLED equipped handset with a 1.5GHz dual core processor. Android 2.3.6 (aka Gingerbread) is loaded onto the phone, which is upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich.
The handset also sports an NFC chip, but Telstra's announcement of the new handset is silent on just what it might be used for.
Pricing matches that for HTC's Velocity 4G, the first 4G phone Telstra offered. That means punters willing to spend $59 a month on their plan and top it up by $5 can take home a GALAXY S II 4G tomorrow (as the handset is on sale online today and in stores tomorrow).
The small print about the new handset also hints at maturation of Telstra's 4G network. To understand why, consider that the press release announcing the release of the HTC Velocity 4G said " today superfast 4G coverage is available in Australia's eight capital city CBDs (meaning within 5km from GPO)* plus more than 80 regional and metropolitan centres (meaning within 3km from regional town centre)*."
The asterisks pointed to a disclaimer about real world performance being subject to all manner of variables.
The small print in the GALAXY S II 4G's press release says it will perform "in 4G coverage areas (capital city CBDs, associated airports and more than 80 regional and metropolitan locations) can access typical download speeds ranging from 2Mbps to 40Mbps and typical upload speeds from 1Mbps to 10Mbps."
That change may seem small, but Telstra operates a very thorough process to vet everything that appears in almost every public communication it issues. Your correspondent knows from past experience that this process often involves checking by outside legal counsel and can take a week or more.
The Register is therefore confident that removing the references to distances from CBDs and GPOs was not done lightly. We'll update if Telstra is willing to tell us more.
Update: March 28th
Telstra has told El Reg that a good old-fashioned mistake led to the wrong disclaimers being added to the press material about the GALAXY S II. The old disclaimers, complete with distance restrictions for the 4G network, continue to apply, a sheepish PR operative said. ®


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Feb. 17, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Jimmy Bartolotta put an emphatic exclamation point on his second regular season, but his heroics weren't quite enough as Clark rallied late to defeat MIT, 81-73, Saturday afternoon, in Rockwell Cage. The Engineers hosted their largest crowd of the season against the Cougars as many in attendance came to help support MIT legend Fran O'Brien, who was honored at halftime after receiving an induction into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
Clark (11-13, 5-7 NEWMAC) is now set to host the first round of the conference tournament after winning a post-game coin toss. The Engineers (13-12, 5-7) and Cougars were even in the league standings, despite exhausting the tie-breaking procedure, so it should have come as no surprise that Saturday's finale was undecided until the final moments of the game.
There were 13 lead changes and 11 ties in the league battle, although Clark benefited from a deep rotation that included 12 players. Led by rookie Mark Alexander's 17, the Cougars had five players in double figures. Byron Roberts sparked Clark off the bench with 14 points, while Slader Lyell added 11. The Cougars bench outscored MIT, 39-0.
Freshman Erich Bracht scored on a jumper with 4:44 left in regulation to give MIT a 69-64 lead, but the Cougars outscored the Cardinal and Gray, 16-4, the rest of the way. Clark connected from three-point range on three consecutive possessions to move from three down to six up with three minutes left on the board. Roberts was 4-of-4 from deep and his final triple helped seal the win. Bartolotta converted two free throws to bring MIT within four, but Lyell drained two jumpers and a pair of free throws to cap the scoring.
Bartolotta finished with a game-high 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting. The sophomore standout closed 14-of-14 at the free throw line, while adding nine rebounds, seven assists, a block and a career-high six steals.
Bracht was solid in his final regular-season outing as a rookie, scoring 22 points and hauling down a game-high 11 rebounds en route to his 10th double-double of the season. Playing in his final career home game, senior Alex Krull added 13 points.
In the last two games, the Engineers are 51-of-54 (94.4%) at the free-throw line, but MIT has struggled from outside the arc and finished 0-of-7 from three-point range against Clark. On the other hand, the Cougars, who shot just 55% from the charity stripe, finished 12-of-23 from three-point land and used their momentum from the outside to secure the No. 4 seed in next week's tournament.


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Controlling the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) in California almond orchards is easier and more effective with proper winter sanitation than a perfectly-timed spray program.
The benefits of cultural practices, winter sanitation and insecticide treatments are significant, according to Walter Bentley, University of California, Davis integrated pest management entomologist Emeritus.
Bentley told about 150 almond producers and industry members at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Almond Symposium held in Kerman, Calif. in June that even the best-timed May spray program will control about half of all NOWs in an orchard.
Proper winter sanitation efforts can increase NOW eradication efficacy to as high as 80 percent.
"When talking about May sprays and Navel orangeworm management, we're really not talking about protecting this year's crop," Bentley said.
"Navel Orangeworm cannot get into a nut until the hull splits. So when spraying in May, the grower is managing the larvae on last year's un-harvested crop (mummies in the tree)."
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While Bentley cautioned growers against looking primarily at well-timed spray applications to protect nuts, he did not entirely discount properly timed insecticide programs as an effective management tool.
"I'm not saying that May sprays aren't of value; they certainly are. If the growers does a good job of (winter) sanitation and there is not the movement of moths from other sites, you may be wasting money with a May spray."
Winter sanitation is particularly critical in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley (SJV) where NOW appears to have a stronger foothold in almonds.
A better management plan for NOW control in almonds, Bentley says, is the effective removal and destruction of mummy nuts during the fall and winter months, coupled with the harvest of nuts as soon as possible.
A key to remember, Bentley stressed, is that the Navel orangeworm cannot get into the almond nut – the place it feeds – until after hull split, which usually happens in June.
Prior to that, a good insecticide treatment program can be effective for NOW control, particularly in orchards where winter sanitation efforts and a quick and timely harvest of last year's almond crop were not carried out effectively.
Bentley recognizes that NOW infestations, regionally speaking, have been more severe in the southern SJV county of Kern, with less pest pressures visible in the Sacramento Valley or even the northern SJV.
"For many, many years, Kern County has faced more severe Navel orangeworm pressure," Bentley says. "I think this is due to (poor) winter mortality."
Even so, Bentley praised the stepped-up efforts of Kern County almond growers over the past several years with respect to early harvest and winter sanitation efforts.
"They do a tremendous job of sanitation down there," he said.
Timely harvest
A UC Davis paper, authored by Bentley and others, advises that nuts should be harvested when 100 percent of the nuts are at hull split at the 6-to 8-foot level in the tree canopy. If susceptible nuts are harvested before third-generation eggs are laid, sprays are not needed.
Egg traps and degree-day calculations can help track NOW development. More information on this is available online at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/WEATHER/index.html
For orchards which are properly sanitized and where early harvest is achieved, insecticide applications are not usually needed, unless there is a source of moths from infested trees outside the orchard, according to the UC Davis report.
Mummy nuts should be removed from orchards before bud swell by mechanically shaking the tree or by hand poling. The end result should be less than two mummies per tree by Feb. 1 in the Sacramento Valley and even less in the SJV.
The report says blow or sweep fallen mummy nuts to the row center for destruction by disking or flail mowing by March 15 where ground cover is not present.
According to the UC report, moist orchard floor conditions provided by winter vegetation and rain enhance the mortality of NOWs in mummy nuts which have fallen from the trees.
It is important to sample almond orchards on or before Jan. 15 for mummies to determine if further shaking is needed. Examine and count overwintering nuts on 20-trees-per-block to obtain an average.
A spring spray program can still be effective, Bentley says. Timing is critical on the applications since each spray is life-stage specific to the developing insects.
Spring spray timing
According to UC Davis research, apply a spring spray just after the first NOW eggs hatch using reduced-risk products including the insect growth regulator methoxyfenozide, diamide chlorantraniliprole or flubedimide, or spinosyns including spinosad and spinetoram. Use caution since spinetoram and spinosad could be toxic to bees.
Apply spinosad and spinetoram only at night when bees are not foraging. This is effective since NOW moths are typically active at night.
NOW treatment is usually necessary in orchards with more than two mummies remaining after bud swell; less for orchards in the central and southern SJV. Dormant sprays will not control NOW.
Usually only one treatment is necessary to limit kernel damage below two percent at harvest and when nuts are removed before the start of the third flight.
According to the UC Davis paper, NOW control through chemical and cultural methods may be necessary when infested alternate host trees - including pomegranates and pistachios - are nearby.
As these are harvested, NOW moths can migrate into a nearby almond orchard which can make it necessary to treat border rows in the almond orchard. The paper suggests treating at least 10 rows in from the edge of the orchard.
Additional NOW controls include parasitic wasps, including Copidosoma (Pentalitomastic) plethorica and Goniozus legneri. Goniozus legneri is available from commercial insectaries.
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The ACHIEVE Act: the GOP's "softer" DREAM Act
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Dream Act-Lite Plan Circulating Among Republicans: Report
By Elise Foley
11/15/2012 4:39 pm EST
Republican senators are working on a Dream Act-style bill called the ACHIEVE Act to give legal status to some undocumented young people, the Daily Caller's Matt K. Lewis reported Thursday.
The GOP plan would be a watered-down version of the decade-old Dream Act initially put forward by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). The Dream Act was never able to get through both chambers of Congress, and most recently failed in the Senate in 2010. With renewed interest on immigration reform, there is an effort to come to some sort of bipartisan solution, and the ACHIEVE Act is reportedly a plan being floated to do so.
The ACHIEVE Act would allow some undocumented immigrants to attend college or serve in the military under a W-1 visa, Lewis reported. They could then apply for another four-year visa to work or do further studies, and then apply for permanent residence without welfare benefits. Citizenship "could follow," according to the details posted.
The bill being floated would apply to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before the age of 14 as long as they are under the age of 28, if they have no college degree. If they are college-educated, the age limit is 32, according to the Daily Caller. The Dream Act, by contrast, would allow immigrants to apply so long as they came before the age of 16 and are currently under the age of 30.
Both plans require an immigrant to show good moral character, maintain a felony-free criminal record, and live in the U.S. for five consecutive years before the bill's enactment -- assuring foreign nationals will not enter the country now simply to apply.
The ACHIEVE Act would likely require undocumented immigrants hoping to take part in the law to go through a medical exam and background check as well, Lewis reported.
President Barack Obama announced a policy in June to grant deferred action to some of the same undocumented young people who would be impacted by the Dream Act. Republicans decried that decision as an overstep of his federal authority and said Congress should deal with the issue, but Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) dropped his plan to introduce a bill immediately after.
There is now increased appetite for reform, and a bill for undocumented youth may be an easier haul than broader legalization efforts. Members of Congress and the president have said they are working now on an immigration plan that would be comprehensive, but some Republicans seem more likely to chip off the issue of young unauthorized immigrants into its own legislation.
Rubio spokesman Alex Conant told HuffPost the text is "a working draft of what Sen. Rubio began working on over the summer."
"Senator Rubio has said that his proposal would be permanent and legalize the status of undocumented young people in America without creating a special pathway to citizenship," he said in an email. "We are still working on the timing and specifics of our legislation, with the goal of permanently solving the problem with broad, bipartisan support."
The senator said earlier on Thursday that be believes a Dream Act-style bill should be the first priority, followed by broader reform.
"The issue of these kids that are in this country undocumented is not an immigration issue, it's a humanitarian one," he said at The Atlantic's Washington Ideas Forum. "They are more like refugees in that sense than they are like illegal immigration folks, because they're here through no fault of their own, they've been raised their entire life here and they want to go on with their future."
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The Daily Caller report on which this is based.
Details about the GOP's alternative to the DREAM Act emerge
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The Daily Caller has obtained details of an ACHIEVE Act proposal being floated by some Senate Republicans.
It appears similar to the conservative alternative to the Dream Act that Sen. Marco Rubio worked on last summer (before President Obama issued his executive order, effectively tabling the issue until after the election).
Essentially, the proposal involves several tiers: W-1 visa status would allow an immigrant to attend college or serve in the military (they have six years to get a degree). After doing so, they would be eligible to apply for a four-year nonimmigrant work visa (also can be used for graduate degrees.)
Next, applicants would be eligible to apply for a permanent visa (no welfare benefits.) Finally, after a set number of years, citizenship "could follow…"
Below are a few of the details being floated to be eligible for the W-1 visa:
- "Applicant must have lived in the U.S. for five year's prior to the Act's enactment";
- Must have entered the country before age 14
- Must have good moral character
- "Applicant must not have committed a felony, must not have committed more than one misdemeanor with a jail term of more than 30 days, must not have committed a crime of moral turpitude, and must not have a final order of removal pending"'
- Must have knowledge of the English language, U.S. history, "and of principles of U.S. government"
- Applicant must be 28 or younger at time of application (or 32 if they have a bachelor's degree from a U.S. college);
- Must pay a $525 fee
- Must submit to a medical exam and a background check, submit biometric and biographic data, and register with the Selective Service.
My take: Children who grew up in the U.S. but are undocumented, become — not just a legal issue — but also (as Rubio has said) a humanitarian one.
Many conservatives, of course, opposed the DREAM Act because it creates a special pathway to citizenship, allowing illegal immigrants to get in line ahead of other immigrants who are following the rules, and potentially creating a problem of chain migration.
The ACHIEVE Act seems to resolve this problem by granting undocumented children nonimmigrant visas so that they can go to school and work in the U.S., and, after a decade, or so, puts them on the regular pathway towards permanent residence (and potentially, citizenship.)
It will be interesting to see how this is greeted…
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I'm surprised at myself, but I don't think I have a problem with this. I think the requirements for the W-1 visa are fair, however I doubt they will stay that way.
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Nothing in there about securing the border first I see. This was the crux of the bipartisan opposition to legalizing these law-breakers first.
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House to consider limited GOP immigration bill
12:41PM EST November 23. 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on immigration legislation that would both expand visas for foreign science and technology students and make it easier for those with green cards to bring their immediate families to the U.S.
Republican leaders made it clear after the election that the party was ready to get serious about overhauling the nation's dysfunctional immigration system, a top priority for Hispanic communities. Taking up what is called the STEM Jobs Act during the lame-duck session could be seen as a first step in that direction.
The House voted on a STEM bill — standing for science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in September, but under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority. It was defeated, with more than 80 percent of Democrats voting against it, because it offset the increase in visas for high-tech graduates by eliminating another visa program that is available for less-educated foreigners, many from Africa.
Republicans are changing the formula this time by adding a provision long sought by some immigration advocates — expanding a program that allows the spouses and minor children of people with permanent residence, or green card, to wait in the United States for their own green cards to be granted.
There are some 80,000 of these family-based green cards allocated every year, but there are currently about 322,000 husbands, wives and children waiting in this category and on average people must wait more than two years to be reunited with their families. In that past that wait could be as long as six years.
The House proposal would allow family members to come to the U.S. one year after they apply for their green cards, but they wouldn't be able to work until they actually got the card. It applies to the families of green card holders who marry after getting their residency permits.
Bruce Morrison, a former Democratic congressman from Connecticut who chaired the House immigration subcommittee and authored a 1990 immigration law, said the bill neither increases the number of green cards nor gives people green cards early. But people "get the most important benefit of being able to live legally in the United States with their spouses."
Morrison, an immigration policy lobbyist who advocates for groups such as American Families United, called the bill a stepping-stone to more comprehensive immigration reform, That Republicans initiated it "to me is a positive gesture that they want to do business on this subject," he said
Megan Whittemore, spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., a key proponent of the STEM Act, said the bill is "family friendly, helping spouses and minor children who would otherwise be separated from their families for extended periods of time."
The bill will be taken up this time under normal procedures requiring only a majority vote, and it is almost certain to pass the Republican-led House. It remains to be seen whether it will engender enough Democratic support to give it momentum as it heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate.
It would give 55,000 green cards a year to doctoral and masters graduates in the STEM fields. The measure, strongly backed by U.S. high-tech companies, would make it easier for people trained in the United States to put their skills to work for American companies rather than non-American competitors.
But the legislation would still eliminate the Diversity Visa Lottery Program which gives out a similar 55,000 green cards a year to those from countries, including many in Africa, with traditionally low rates of immigration to the U.S. That prompted the House's Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus to all come out against it in September.
The three caucuses said Republicans were trying to increase legal immigration for people they want by ending immigration for people they don't want.
Crystal Williams, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the bill is a message from Republicans that "we are here and we are ready to talk about immigration reform."
But she said she doubted it will make much progress in the Senate during the short lame-duck session. People "are now starting to think about broader reform," she said, adding that a limited bill that doesn't increase visas won't get a lot of support.
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GOP lost the Hispanic vote because statistically, they favor government programs. Softening your stance on immigration isn't going to save the, the Hispanic vote.
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There's no chance this gets done this Congress, is there?
Republican senators introduce alternate DREAM Act legislation
By Cameron Joseph
Two outgoing Republican senators on Tuesday introduced an alternative to the Democrats' DREAM Act, the first detailed immigration proposal from the GOP as the party grapples with one of its most problematic issues.
The bill, introduced by retiring border-state Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children to stay in the country without an expedited pathway to citizenship.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has worked closely with his GOP colleagues on the bill but has not yet signed on as a co-sponsor. Rubio told The Hill that he thinks "the concept is the right one and it's one we helped them formulate" but said he is "still taking input from a lot of the stakeholders."
Rubio's hesitation leaves Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as the only current co-sponsor of the bill who will be in Congress next year — a sign of the cautious approach many Republicans are taking on the complex and politically charged issue.
Rubio, when asked whether he preferred to proceed step by step on immigration reform rather than tackle a broader bill, said, "I think there are multiple issues that should be dealt with separately, but I think they can be dealt with sequentially."
The Kyl-Hutchison bill, called the Achieve Act, sets up a three-step visa system to allow many of those brought into the U.S. at a young age to stay in the country.
The first visa would allow those enrolled in college or the military to stay for six years. After they graduate or leave the military, they could apply for another four-year work visa. After that, they could apply for four-year visas to allow them to remain in the country legally.
Kyl acknowledged during a press conference at the Capitol that it was "doubtful" his bill would be dealt with before he and Hutchison leave office.
"We're going to have to count on people like Sen. McCain and Sen. Rubio and others who have an interest in this issue next year, because neither of us are going to be here," Kyl said.
Republicans are looking to Rubio as a leader on the issue of immigration, and Hutchison called Rubio's involvement "very important."
The Kyl-Hutchison bill's broad outline is similar to a proposal Rubio worked on earlier this year. It was shelved after President Obama signed an executive order halting the deportation of some undocumented youth brought to the country illegally.
Kyl said the executive order was an example of the administration taking "the law into its own hands" and "violating [the] oath of office."
Rubio blamed the president's order for delaying progress on immigration reform. Still, he sounded optimistic a deal could be reached next year.
"We want to take some more input now in light of the president's deferred action plan to see how those things mesh together, because that's now a reality," he told The Hill.
"I hope this [Kyl-Hutchison] effort starts getting some traction. But if it doesn't, by the end of the year, given all of the other major issues floating around, I think we're in a good place to have something ready by early in the next Congress."
Hutchison and Kyl both said they decided to introduce the bill now to "get the ball rolling" on some form of legislation to aid illegal immigrants who were raised in the U.S. and "know no other country."
"We're not saying this is the end-all, be-all," Hutchison said.
The Texas senator said she understood why Rubio had not signed on to support the bill.
"I think that he is not ready to have a final product at this time, but he is very supportive of what we're doing," Hutchison said.
"We hope he will take the ball next year and lead the effort."
Kyl and Hutchison stressed their bill would not allow anyone to move ahead of others applying for citizenship. Rather, an individual could remain in the U.S. while applying through existing programs for citizenship — a significant difference from Senate Democrats' proposals.
"It doesn't give them a special preference before those who have waited in line for years to get into the citizenship track," Hutchison said.
The senators' move signals that Republicans might seek to push immigration reform in a piecemeal fashion rather than as a comprehensive overhaul of the system, as many Democrats want.
Hutchison said her experience working on comprehensive reform with McCain and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) during President George W. Bush's second term led her to conclude that a wide-ranging bill is not the "best way to approach" immigration.
Hutchison and Kyl said they'd been working on the bill for approximately a year and its introduction had nothing to do with the GOP's weak performance among Latino voters in the recent election.
Kyl emphasized that the bill is not a "Republican push on immigration" but rather his and Hutchison's own effort.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has not weighed in.
"He'll review it, but he hasn't said yes or no on this or any of the other [immigration bills]. That's a next-year thing," McConnell spokesman Don Stewart told The Hill. "Beyond that, he hasn't picked a bill or anything like that."
Hutchison and Kyl said they've briefed their Senate replacements.
Kyl pointed out that Sen.-elect Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) "was very forward-leaning on trying to get comprehensive immigration reform" passed in the House.
Flake told The Hill that Congress needs to "realistically and humanely deal with this issue."
"I've not studied it yet, but this bill seems to be a good starting point for discussion," he said in a statement.
Hutchison described Sen.-elect Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as "very interested" in the bill. Cruz could not be reached for comment.
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- 4 medium zucchini washed and dried
- All your favorite pizza toppings my suggestions include:
- 1 can of sauce (Duane says Pastorelli's is best)
- ½ pound Italian sausage or turkey sausage browned and drained
- or small pepperoni slices whatever your family likes
- sliced mushrooms
- chopped red or green pepper
- chopped onion
- snipped fresh basil or oregano
- mozzarella cheese grated
- Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut zucchini in half lengthwise, each will make 2 'boats'.
- Scoop out seeds and enough flesh to leave a generous ¼ inch shell.
- Arrange on a baking sheet and bake for about10 minutes.
- In a skillet, brown meat, drain. Add veggies and cook until just soft and all filling is hot.
- You may also chop and add some of the leftover zucchini you scooped out of the shell, or you may save it for another meal.
- Fill Z. Boats with meat/veggie mix and sauce.
- Sprinkle with spices, parmesan and smother with mozzarella.
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Singer Chris Brown, jailed without bail in Los Angeles for allegedly violating his probation stemming from the 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, was in federal custody Thursday and will be flown to Washington, D.C., to face a misdemeanor assault charge.
Laura Vega of the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to City News Service that Brown, 24, was taken into federal custody, but she would not discuss details of the crooner's anticipated transport to the East Coast.
A hearing in his Washington, D.C., assault case is scheduled for Monday.
Brown attorney Mark Geragos said his client was taken to a federal holding facility in San Bernardino and was expected to be taken today to Washington, D.C.
A hearing was scheduled this afternoon in downtown Los Angeles to discuss Brown's custody. That hearing, however, was canceled, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin issued a written ruling denying the defense's motion to quash the transfer order to Washington, D.C.
Geragos had asked the judge to allow Brown to remain in Los Angeles County sheriff's custody until April 15 and for Brown to then be released on his own recognizance to travel with his attorney to Washington, D.C., for his trial.
He contended that Brown's housing location in Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles allowed his attorneys to visit with him "on an almost daily basis" in preparation for the April 17 trial in Washington, D.C., and that Brown would be "stripped of his ability to communicate with his counsel and to continue to assist his attorneys to prepare for trial" if he was taken to Washington, D.C.
In his eight-page ruling, Brandlin wrote, "The constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel does not guarantee conveniently located counsel, nor does defendant's transfer to Washington, D.C., prevent defendant's counsel from continuing his representation of defendant. While, admittedly, defendant's transfer may cause some inconvenience to defendant and his attorneys, it does not 'deprive 1/8defendant3/8 of his right to counsel' as defendant argues."
Brown was arrested March 14 after he was tossed out of a Malibu substance-abuse and anger-management facility, where he had been for about four months.
Brandlin said the singer made troubling remarks during a group therapy session, discussing his use of guns and knives.
Geragos had asked Brandlin to allow Brown to enroll in another program, arguing that none of the singer's alleged actions warranted jail time. Brandlin, however, ordered that Brown remain jailed without bail.
Brandlin warned Brown during a February court hearing that any change in his good behavior could land him in jail.
Brown is accused in Washington, D.C. of punching a 20-year-old man who was trying to get a photo with the R&B singer. A tentative trial date in that case is set for April 17.
Brown pleaded guilty in June 2009 to assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury for assaulting Rihanna during an argument that began about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 8, 2009, while the singers were in a rented Lamborghini in Hancock Park after attending a pre-Grammy Awards party.
Brown was sentenced to five years probation, a yearlong domestic violence program — which he completed — and 180 days of community labor.
Brown's probation was first revoked last summer after he was charged with a pair of misdemeanors and an infraction stemming from a May 21 traffic crash in Toluca Lake. Those charges have since been dismissed, despite a city prosecutor's objection to a "civil compromise" in which attorneys said no money was exchanged between the parties.
His probation was reinstated last August, when Brandlin ordered the singer to perform an additional 1,000 hours of community labor.


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Air cleaner from Munters wins the Agromek Prize 2012
The Munters horizontal air cleaner which reduces ammonia from swine and poultry buildings received one out of two prizes for swine at Agromek 2012.
The air cleaner reduces ammonia from the air without using filter material. First a mist of water and sulphuric acid binds to the ammonia. Then the ammonia droplets reach droplet separators, and the liquid will be collected into the slurry.
The Prize Committee found, that the huge advantage with this air cleaner is, that is does not have a filter to clean. It also means a high pressure drop will not occur, which can be quite costly.
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The plot: The show set the tone for a comedic and often heartbreaking commentary on the history and social mores of the late '60s and '70s, introducing us to Winnie, Kevin Arnold's friend and first love, as her family learns her brother was killed in Vietnam. The first kiss between Kevin (Fred Savage) and Winnie (Danica McKellar) kicks off their first year of school in the newly renamed Robert F. Kennedy Junior High. / How many watched: 28.9 million / Touchdown or fumble: Touchdown. A favorite with both kids and adults, Kevin and Winnie won the hearts of Emmy voters as well, taking home the best comedy series award after just six episodes.
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Dallas Stars name James Patrick as Assistant Coachby Dallas Stars Staff / Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill and Head Coach Lindy Ruff announced today that James Patrick has been named as an assistant coach.
Patrick, a 21-year NHL defenseman, most recently served as an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres over the past seven seasons, working under Ruff from 2006-13, as well as Ron Rolston to finish out the 2012-13 campaign. Prior to becoming an assistant coach in Buffalo, he began the 2005-06 season as their skill development coach before finishing his playing career for Frankfurt of the German Elite League.
A first-round selection (ninth overall) in the 1981 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers, Patrick currently stands 20th amongst all NHL defensemen in games played (1,280), 29th in assists (490) and 30th in points (149-490=639). Over the course of his playing career, he spent time with the Rangers, Hartford, Calgary and Buffalo and appeared in the 1999 Stanley Cup Final with Buffalo against Dallas.
Patrick, 50, had a decorated international career, having won championships for Team Canada at the 1982 World Junior Championship and 1987 Canada Cup, as well as bronze with the 1983 World Junior team. He also represented Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1983, 1987, 1998 and 2002 World Championships.
The native of Winnipeg, Manitoba attended the University of North Dakota for two seasons (1981-83), winning the NCAA National Championship in 1982 while being named to the NCAA National Championship All-Tournament Team.


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• Modern Day Moonshine: Friday, March 15 at The Duck Dive, 4650 Mission Blvd. 6 p.m. All ages. www.theduckdive.com
It's all right there in the name. The Full Strength Funk Band is a local nine-piece group specializing in 1970s-era R&B, soul and, of course, funk. Appearing at Tio Leo's on March 23, the band specializes in music by the likes of Stevie Wonder, The Commodores and the Average White Band, with a tight horn section and both male and female vocals. The band does mix in a few new songs in its sets, but it's the familiar classics circa 1968-1976 that keeps fans coming back. Dancing might not be mandatory at this show, but it's probably inevitable.
• Full Strength Funk Band: Saturday, March 23 at Tio Leo's, 5302 Napa St. 9 p.m. 21 and up. www.tioleos.com
Not that there aren't a lot of great musicians out there, but there may not currently be a finer frontman in San Diego than Stevie Harris of Stevie and the Hi Staxx's, appearing at The Griffin on March 23. The band plays original music, a blend of funk, R&B, rock and soul with Hammond-driven grooves and horn-accented beats that have a 1970s flair without sounding retro. As great as the band's tunes like "Pomepeii" are, it's Harris's role as frontman that seals the deal. His terrific voice is almost a bonus on top of the great stage moves. Fans of modern soul and R&B should be sure to check this group out — few play the music better and Harris is hard to beat.
• Stevie and the Hi Staxx: Saturday, March 23 at The Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd. 9 p.m. 21 and up. www.thegriffinsd.com
Classic rock cover band The Weener Pigs will perform at the annual Los Compadres De Escuela Longfellows fundraiser, held at Brick by Brick on March 23. This year's event has a Mardi Gras theme, with proceeds from a silent auction and 100 percent of the night's cover going to help local Longfellow Elementary School. Meanwhile, The Weener Pigs should be the perfect sound track to the night's activities with a crowd-pleasing set list that ranges from The Beatles to The Who. This is a good opportunity to catch some fun music, and do a good deed at the same time.
• Los Compadres De Escuela Longfellows Fundraiser: Saturday, March 23, at Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave. 7 p.m. 21 and up. $15. www.brickbybrick.com
Indie rock fans will want to check out the Roman Watchdogs, appearing at The Griffin on March 24. Barely a year old, the band has built a solid following through constant gigging, releasing its debut album, "Last Saturday," earlier this month. Featuring singer /guitarist Derek Scott, lead guitarist Jimmy Fleck, bassist Josh Vasquez and drummer Richard Mestaz, the band excels at anthemic tunes, including the album's title track, as well as ska-inflected rockers, like "Soul Stealers." Although relatively new to the local music community on the strength of progress so far, the Roman Watchdogs could be contenders.
• The Roman Watchdogs: Sunday, March 24, at the 710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave. 9 p.m. 21 and up. www.710bc.com


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Clickers are wireless personal response systems that can be used in a classroom to anonymously and rapidly collect an answer to a question from every student; an answer for which they are individually accountable. This allows rapid reliable feedback to both the instructor and the students. Clickers are not a magic bullet – they are not necessarily useful as an end in themselves. They become useful when the instructor has a clear idea as to what they want to achieve with them, and the questions are designed to improve student engagement, student-student interaction (on-topic), and instructor-student interaction. Below are some resources to help instructors use clickers effectively in a classroom.
All videos produced by the University of Colorado Science Education Initiative (CU-SEI) and the University of British Columbia Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI)
iBiology Scientific Teaching Video Series - active learning module (produced by iBiology.org)
A collection of short videos that provides current and future undergraduate biology instructors with the rationale and tools to design and implement active learning in their classrooms, featuring biology faculty at a variety of colleges and universities.
Clicker-specific videos: The Tools: Clickers, The Evidence: Knight & Wood study and Smith et al. study
Eric Mazur shows interactive teaching
A short video showing Eric Mazur (Harvard University) implementing Peer Instruction using clickers.
Using Clickers in the Classroom
A description of a wide variety of ways to use clickers in the classroom, by Russell James, University of Georgia.
Interactive Learning Toolkit
Developed by Eric Mazur's group, contains "ConcepTest" database for a variety of areas. Registration required (free).
SEI Course Materials system
A growing collection of course materials from the University of Colorado Science Education Initiative (CU-SEI) and the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI). As of March 2012, there are numerous clicker questions for Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology and Geological Sciences, as well as clicker questions in some of the other disciplines.
AAAS Science Assessment page
The assessment items on this website make great clicker questions for middle school through intro university; they are designed to test student understanding and common misconceptions in the earth, life, physical sciences, and the nature of science.
Clicker Questions for use with PhET Interactive Simulations (various science topics)
Browse through this collection of clicker questions by selecting "CQs" for Type. These questions are designed to be used with PhET sims - a collection of free, research-based interactive simulations that can be downloaded or run online, developed by the University of Colorado PhET team.
Astronomy ClassAction Questions and Interactives from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ClassAction modules consist of astronomy questions and resources designed to encourage student engagement in the classroom. Many questions are permutable, and incorporate animations and images.
Physics Concept Tests from University of Colorado-Boulder Courses
Clicker questions and course materials from a variety of lower division and upper division physics courses at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Physics clicker question sequences from Ohio State University
These clicker question sequences were developed and researched by the Ohio State University Physics Education Research Group. Requires a password, which can be obtained by emailing Lin Ding (email@example.com).
Pretty Good Physics - PGP for Clickers
This is an organized collection of PowerPoint files with clicker questions mainly for high school and AP physics. Many of these are appropriate for intro university physics, though a few are pure recall.
Chemistry ConcepTests from the University of Wisconsin
For General, Organic, Analytical, Inorganic, Physical, and Biochemistry. Also includes explanations on how to use them effectively, and experiences of educators.
Chemistry ConcepTests from Brandeis University
For General Chemistry, created by the Herzfeld Group.
Math and Statistics Questions — resource list from Project MathQUEST at Carroll College, Montana
This website has links to question collections for many college/university level math and statistics courses, as well as other related resources. Project MathQUEST is developing and testing questions for Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Series, Sequences, and Difference Equations, Multivariable Calculus, Integral Calculus, Differential Calculus, and Precalculus.
*New* Computer Science clicker questions — Peer Instruction 4 CS
Clicker questions for computer science courses created, in most cases, at the University of California, San Diego. Most classes include full lectures (not just isolated clicker questions).
Tips for Successful "Clicker" Use by Douglas Duncan, University of Colorado
A nice 2-pager with Practices that lead to Successful Clicker Use and Practices that lead to Failure.
Tri-Fold: Ready, Set, React! Getting the most out of peer instruction using clickers
by Peter Newbury and Cynthia Heiner, Physics and Astronomy, UBC. A "cheat-sheet" for clicker question choreography.
Thought Questions: A New Approach to Using Clickers
A 2-pager on a different way to use clickers: the question is open-ended and the voting is on whether the students agree or disagree with other students' answer and rationale. Prepared by Teresa Foley and Pei-San Tsai, Integrative Physiology Dept., University of Colorado-Boulder.
Classroom Response System ("Clickers") Bibliography (Vanderbilt Center for Teaching)
A very extensive bibliography on clicker use and research (with links to digitally available papers).
Multiple Choice Question Writing Guidance, Brigham Young University Testing Center
Several guides for the creation of good multiple choice questions, including the excellent "How to Prepare Better Multiple-Choice Test Items: Guidelines for University Faculty". Also has guidance documents on writing other types of test questions.
Derek Bruff's Blog: Teaching with Classroom Response Systems
An active Blog "Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Resources for engaging and assessing students with clickers". Derek teaches math and statistics at Vanderbilt University and has written a book on teaching with classroom response systems
Peer Instruction: Engaging Students One-on-One, All At Once
Catherine Crouch, Jessica Watkins, Adam Fagen, and Eric Mazur, Research-Based Reform of University Physics, 1(1) (2007).
This is a thorough article that covers techniques of peer instruction, design principles and practices, and lots of data on results.
Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips
Jane Caldwell, CBE—Life Sciences Education, 6(1), pp. 9-20 (2007).
A good review of research on clicker use, particularly in the context of teaching in the life sciences, including a set of guidelines for writing good questions and a list of best-practice tips.
Designing effective questions for classroom response system teaching
Ian Beatty, William Gerace, William Leonard, and Robert Dufresne, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 74(1), pp. 31-39 (2006).
This is a good paper discussing different types of clicker questions and the cognitive processes they can tie into.
Why I like clicker personal response systems
Eric Ribbens, Journal of College Science Teaching, pp. 60-62, Nov. 2007.
One Professor's account of what happened when he started using clickers: "I wandered into clickers expecting them to become another tool in my toolbox. Instead, I've found that clickers have somehow taken over my toolbox, rearranged my other tools, and started acting as an expert assistant."
Student Behavior, Attitudes, and Learning Using in-Class Questions with "Clickers" vs. a Show of Hands in a Large Introductory Geology Course
Andrea Bair, Jennifer Stempien, and David Budd, University of Colorado Geological Sciences (CU-SEI program), GSA conference poster, 2007.
Reports an investigation of student behavior, attitudes, and learning in two sections of introductory geology in which most course elements were the same (instructor, classroom, lecture content, assessments, and in-class questions); one section used clickers to vote, and students voted via a show of hands in the other section. The effects of each treatment on student behavior, attitudes, and learning were evaluated by means of classroom observations, student surveys, and student interviews.
Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions
Michelle Smith, William Wood, Wendy Adams, Carl Wieman, Jenny Knight, Nancy Guild, and Tin Tin Su, Science, Vol. 323 no. 5910, pp. 122-124 (2009).
When students answer an in-class conceptual question individually using clickers, discuss it with their neighbors, and then revote on the same question, the percentage of correct answers typically increases. To test whether this was truly due to increased understanding, the researchers followed the exercise with an isomorphic question that students answered individually. Their results indicate that peer discussion enhances understanding, even when none of the students in a discussion group originally knows the correct answer.
Experience Report: Peer Instruction in Introductory Computing
Beth Simon, Michael Kohanfars, Jeff Lee, Karen Tamayo, and Quintin Cutts, in Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, March 10 - 13, 2010.
This article describes the process and results of applying the Peer Instruction model with clickers in introductory computing courses, and concludes with observations, advice and suggested improvements.
Listening to student conversations during clicker questions: What you have not heard might surprise you!
Mark James and Shannon Willoughby, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 79(1), pp. 123-132 (2011).
This article reports on an analysis of clicker question discussions during Peer Instruction. They found that only about 40% of the conversations were of the "standard" type where students discuss their opinions relating to the physical attributes posed in a question and submit clicker responses that coincide with individual opinions. They also found that having high stakes (marks for correctness) was actually detrimental to the conversation. See Stephanie Chasteen's blog post for a summary of the paper.
Combining Peer Discussion with Instructor Explanation Increases Student Learning from In-Class Concept Questions
Michelle Smith, William Wood, Ken Krauter, and Jenny Knight, CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 10(1), pp. 55-63 (2011).
This study shows that the combination of peer discussion followed by instructor explanation improved average student performance substantially when compared with either peer discussion or instructor explanation alone. They also found that all ability groups benefited from the combination approach, and that strong performers were not helped by the instructor-only approach, emphasizing the importance of peer discussion even among top-performing students.
Research-Based Implementation of Peer Instruction: A Literature Review
Trisha Vickrey, Kaitlyn Rosploch, Reihaneh Rahmanian, Matthew Pilarz, and Marilyne Stains, CBE—Life Sciences Education, 14(1), p. 1 (2015).
This article summarizes the research on Peer Instruction and its implications on how to best implement it.
December 2011 CWSEI Workshops - Effective Peer Instruction Using Clickers
by Cynthia Heiner and Peter Newbury (Physics and Astronomy, UBC)


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Lauren Alaina Shares Sassy New Photo Shoot Image
In just a year's time, Lauren Alaina has transformed from an adorable 'American Idol' runner-up to a bombshell blonde country starlet right before our eyes. The 'Georgia Peaches' singer was a busy bee in photographer Russ Harrington's studio this week, and thanks to Twitter, we were able to get a sneak peek at the singer's sassy, more mature look.
"Shooting with @Russ_Harrington @vallorie and @merigray today. What do you guys think?" Alaina tweeted Tuesday, including a photo of herself wearing denim shorts and a denim jacket, with a sparkly top thrown in to give her a little glitz and glamor.
Later, the photographer shared an especially telling shot of the rising star, this time with a more serious look on her face, her hair blown stick-straight across her face. "I love it when a shoot comes together! The light, the style, @lauren_alaina looks stunning!" he wrote.
Not only does Alaina look 10 years older in the capture, but she also looks especially comfortable in her skin these days. The photo shoot came at a good time for the 17-year-old singer, who needed a little pick-me-up after one of her close friends passed away last weekend. The young star took to her Twitter page to inform her fans of her loss on Sunday night (July 22).
Fortunately, a little one-on-one time with the camera helped boost Alaina's mood. We can't wait for more pictures to pop up!


text: Josefino M. Casiao is a Filipino comics illustrator who drew in the Golden Drama Magazine in the early 1990's. He began his interest in drawing when he was working in cinema advertising. He has illustrated comic stories like 'Kuyom na Palad' by Elena M.Patron, 'Takas sa Langit' by Pablo S. Gomez, 'Japanese Bat' by Hal Santiago and 'Hell Troopers' by Carl Comendador (in Pioneer Komiks) and many more. He is mainly working in advertising as a graphic designer in Dubai.


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On February 25, 2010 at UCLA Anderson School of Management, past, present, and prospective Executive MBA women gathered together for a heart healthy dinner to hear Dr. Kathy Magliato ('06), author of Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon, deliver the keynote address at the first annual 'Heart to Heart with EMBA Women' event. As a current EMBA Class of 2010 student, Sonal Tambe, understands the significance of female camaraderie and motivation. "I love how here you can meet women like yourself who you don't meet in the street. I work for Apple and deal with mostly men. It's refreshing to be alongside women who share my thinking."
"What would you do if you knew you could not fail?" Magliato lives by this theme. As a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, Director of Women's Cardiac Services at Saint John's Health Center, mother of two boys, wife of a liver transplant doctor, philanthropist, author and businesswoman, Magliato knows what it takes to reach for the stars ... and still sleep at night. She believes that the fear of failure keeps us from accomplishing our dreams.
As a child raised in upstate New York, Magliato worked in the orchards that her parents tended as farmers. It was here that she established the steadfast work ethic that has allowed her to sail through the extreme highs and crushing lows of her career. While her parents instilled support, they provided little guidance to the young girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor. "Your parents give you two things. One is roots and the other is wings," says a needlepoint given to Magliato by her family.
Magliato's attitude of 'achieve it and never quit' motivated her to challenge the boundaries of her gender and profession. In high school, Magliato lost the valedictorian spot. Then, she got rejected from medical school. "Things happen for a reason. You cannot see it at the time but they really do." Of course, Magliato eventually did get into medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. When faced with the distinct fork between going into medicine or surgery, Magliato did not hesitate; she already knew she loved surgery. She then began her surgery training at Akron General Medicine Center and was the first woman to ever train there.
Magliato was also the first woman to ever train in cardiothoracic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in 1996. Then, she was the first woman to complete a transplant fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. Similarly, Magliato happily challenges the misconception that female surgeons have dainty little hands by showing her 'mitts' that could palm a basketball since childhood.
As an intern, Magliato was thrown into surgery, where she fell in love with the heart.
"When the heart muscle contracts, it becomes firm with vigor of expelling blood with all its might. When the heart muscle relaxes, it softens and becomes flaccid to allow blood to gently flow into its chambers. Both functions are diametrically opposed and yet work in concert for one purpose and one purpose only-to sustain life." Here, in the introduction of her book Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon, Magliato eloquently explains her fascination for working with the heart.
As a female in the predominately male field of surgery, Magliato quickly learned to wear what she calls her 'metal jacket.' She explains this as not thinking about what is physically happening on the operating table and instead letting the mind retreat. Despite the harrowing and hope-filled surgeries she performs every day, Magliato emphasizes the importance of compassion in her profession. She moved the audience deeply when she told the story of taking off her 'metal jacket' while disconnecting an infant with a hole in its heart from life support. Here she learned to balance compassion with keeping her head in the game.
However, Magliato does not believe in the common proverb, 'opportunity knocks.' She believes that you have to seek it. "Go for it; get in the car and drive there." Summers McKay Bruno, a prospective EMBA in the audience, admires Magliato's drive. "(Her speech) was a great reiteration of a woman who never accepted no for an answer. It is very important for women in business to hear that 'no' is not an option."
Magliato mentions the countless stories of sexism she was faced with yet is happy she can at least laugh at them now. Already in the thick of her medical career, Magliato married and had her first child after the age of 40. As if this was not enough, Magliato wanted a business perspective to complement her life. She began attending UCLA Anderson's Executive MBA Program in 2006. While at Anderson, Magliato had her second child and, believe it or not, she was sitting in class to take a final the day after her C section! "Anderson is like a springboard for your mind. I approach problems differently. I think it honestly changed my life."
Yet, Magliato's fondest UCLA Anderson memory was when she negotiated the class out of a final, in her Negotiations class with Professor Robert Spich, and won. "I feel so indebted for the opportunity Anderson gave to me. Giving back (as keynote speaker) was great. I deeply respect Dean Olian and having her introduce me was particularly moving."
Magliato is also working to encourage more women to go into medicine. She believes that fewer women are in medicine because of the lifestyle issue. Due to the duration of training required to succeed, one must wait to have a family and get married. Angelica Castro, a prospective EMBA in the audience, could relate to Magliato's drive. "She reminded me of what my mentor used to tell me: 'The harder you work, the luckier you get. An opportunity will come.'"
Most recently, Magliato is wearing both her medical cap and her MBA cap in developing a non-profit to assess patients for cardiovascular disease in Guam. "The sky's the limit," exclaims the Doctor as she nears the end of her address.
To learn more about Magliato's medical mission and to read on about her book, Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon visit www.kathymagliato.com.


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Unusual Graffiti
Melissa G. Meiselman 6/14/2010 8:09:50 AMGreat subject for a photo with amazing patterns, textures and sharp detail, Songbird!! #1278624
THis odd looking gafitti is a crust lichen in California's Mother Lode. Lichens are important for several reasons. One of the most obvious is that they are beautiful to look at. How colorful would the rocks and cliffs be in the Sierra Mountains without the reds, yellows, and greens of the crust lichens? Without these living creatures clinging to rocks, our natural areas would look pretty boring and a little more lifeless.
Another important function of lichens is that they provide a mode of survival in harsh environments where algae cannot normally survive. Since the fungus can protect its algae, these normally water-requiring organisms can live in dry, sunny climates without dying, as long as there are occasional rain showers or flooding to let them recharge and store food for the next drought period. Because lichens enable algae to live all over the world in many different climates, they also provide a means to convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
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|System: Xbox 360, PS3*
|Dev: Arc System Works
|Pub: Atlus
|Release: August 7, 2012
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Language, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence
And there is so much story here. It takes over a half hour just to get to Yu's first fight! The rest is dialogue, cutscene, decision-making, and sweet, sweet Persona 4 music. Yes, the entire soundtrack of Persona 4 comes back, from "Reach Out to the Truth" to the classic battle theme to the repetitive Junes jingle. Not only that, but many of these tracks have also been remixed and you can listen to either the remixed or the classical version. The remixed Velvet Room theme at character select is a particular treat.
At the time of this writing, I have only completed a portion of the story available because it is literally comparable to an RPG in length. Not only that, but I can't actually tell you details about the story because I might spoil something. Yes, I'm actually worried about spoilers in a fighting game review. I can honestly say you should purchase this for the story, especially if you are a Persona 4 fan. You don't want to miss this chapter in the lives of the Special Investigation Team.
As awesome as this game is, it does have some flaws. The insistence on using double-quarter-circles for supers is one, and that will certainly turn some newbies away. The fact that there isn't a button-oriented dash command is another, causing certain types of movement to be difficult to perform on a stick and nearly impossible on a D-pad.
Combo mechanics in the game are also rather counterintuitive. Though the normal ABC chain is there for every character, you'll rarely want to use it. In fact, most of the pro combos in the game require needlessly strict timing, and this will be very off-putting to anyone who isn't a pro fighting gamer. In addition, the game can be easily broken. Nearly every character has a way to one-touch kill an opponent with a sufficiently long combo. Granted, the burst mechanic of the game mitigates this a bit, but it's still depressing to get caught up in combos that last 30 seconds and kill you because you managed to get hit once.
Still, Persona 4 Arena is a competently put-together fighter that is sure to please both veterans of the genre and longtime fans of the Persona franchise. It has a robust story, an interesting system, a magnificent roster, and wonderful music. It's a great package that suffers from a few design choices I simply don't agree with. However, they are but small nitpicks in an otherwise enjoyable game.
Angelo M. D'Argenio
Contributing Writer
Date: August 7, 2012
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