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Diagnosing infectious disease
Historically, veterinarians have had four options for diagnosing most infectious agents. One is to look under a microscope at a patient's blood or tissue sample for the organisms themselves, but this can be a highly insensitive method, says Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. A second option is to culture the organisms, growing them in special media to identify the specific infectious agent. However, most vector-borne organisms have been successfully grown only in specialized research laboratories, Breitschwerdt says.
The third option is an antibody test to indicate whether an animal was exposed to a particular organism (also known as an antibody titer). And the fourth is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that detects an antigen or an infectious agent's DNA, both of which confirm active infection in most instances. The diagnostic advantage of PCR testing, which copies specific sections of an organism's DNA, over serology (antibody titers) is in diagnosing disease in the very early stages of infection, before the development of antibodies. PCR testing is generally considered as sensitive and specific as culture, is significantly faster and, for some organisms, is more reliable.
"Every diagnostic test has its limitations," Breitschwerdt says. "It's as important to know what a test will not tell you as what it will tell you."Indications for serologic testing
The main use of antibody titers in companion-animal medicine is to help diagnose a number of different infectious diseases. These titers are useful for indicating exposure to a bacterial, viral or fungal agent, says Craig Datz, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, assistant teaching professor at the University of Missouri's College of Veterinary Medicine. Some of the common diseases that titers may help diagnose are distemper, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, leptospirosis, borreliosis, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, coccidioidomycosis, toxoplasmosis, feline heartworm disease and feline immunodeficiency virus. They also measure protection from infectious diseases, such as after vaccinations, and are sometimes used in healthy animals as screening tests to evaluate possible exposure to an infectious agent.
Veterinarians can run titer results in-house in some cases, but most submit titers to reference laboratories where results can take a few days, Datz says.
Titer interpretation
Interpretation of results is the most difficult and controversial aspect of using titers for diagnosing disease, Datz says. Different infecting organisms produce different antibody responses, and animals do not always develop a disease just because they have been exposed to an infectious agent. Also, a high antibody titer does not prove that disease is present or that treatment is needed.
Technicians obtain an antibody titer by doubling dilutions of the reactive blood (1:4, 1:8, 1:16, 1:32, etc.) until the test becomes nonreactive or negative. The titer that is reported to veterinarians is the last dilution that gave a reactive or positive antibody detection point. Although dilution ranges vary from laboratory to laboratory, the laboratories typically stop the titer at 1:256 and report the result as > 1:256 if the pet's blood is still positive. For example, if the titer was reported as 1:32, it means the serum was diluted serially out, and the 1:32 dilution gave the last positive response for presence of antibody, says Richard A. Hesse, MS, PhD, associate professor and director in the department of Diagnostic Virology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. If the titer is reported as ≤ 1:8, it means that the lab didn't test at a 1:4 or 1:2 dilution.
Sometimes the terms negative and positive are in themselves distracting. "Instead of reporting serology results as a positive or negative test for an antibody, we report serologic results as being reactive or not reactive," Breitschwerdt says. "This means the technician noted reactivity in the serum sent to the lab against the test antigen grown in the lab. This may or may not equate to the organism causing a disease in the patient, the patient being actively infected with that organism at the time of testing or the reactivity being specific for the infectious agent that is being targeted by the test."
The problem with using the term negative in reporting a titer is that the veterinarian's interpretation often is that the dog is not infected with the specific pathogen and, therefore, does not have the disease, Breitschwerdt says. However, with many diseases, the test may not detect a positive serologic response until the animal has been symptomatic for at least a week, so even a negative test, if done early in the course of infection, does not rule out the disease.
Conversely, the problem with using the term positive when reporting a titer is that veterinarians often interpret that positive report as the animal having the disease. "In reality, over half of the flea-infested cats in the Southeast United States have antibodies to Bartonella henselae, but many are not infected with the organism," Breitschwerdt says. As another example, dogs that are seroreactive to Ehrlichia canis antigens have been exposed, but in many cases their immune systems have cleared the infection.
Another challenge is that antibody titers often increase or decrease over time, and taking two or more samples at different time points may be necessary for diagnosis. A good practice is to draw serum samples when a sick animal is first presented, Datz says. Samples can be saved in a refrigerator for a few days or in a freezer for longer. If the veterinarian later suspects a specific infection, he or she can submit the stored sample.
For some diseases, the veterinarian should obtain titers on acute and convalescent samples. If the veterinarian stored the acute serum sample, he or she should submit it at the same time as the convalescent sample, Datz says. This reduces the variability in testing results that can occur when samples are run at different times. With these titers, a disease can be diagnosed based on comparing the results, looking for a large increase in antibodies as the disease progressed.


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Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today at a news conference held to unveil the House Democrats Jobs and Economic Growth Plan:
"Thank you all for coming. I am pleased to be joined by our outstanding Democratic leaders: Whip Steny Hoyer, Caucus Chair Bob Menendez, Caucus Vice Chair Jim Clyburn, Assistant to the Democratic Leader John Spratt, and senior Members of the Ways and Means Committee, the Ranking Democrat Charlie Rangel and senior Member Bob Matsui. We are also joined by the co-chair of the Steering and Policy Committee Rosa DeLauro.
"With the continued downturn in the economy, there is an urgency in this country to create jobs and get the country moving again. The American people have been looking for leadership on the economy. But time and again, the Bush Administration and the Republicans have failed to deliver.
"On behalf of the Democrats in the House, I am pleased to present The House Democratic Jobs and Economic Growth Plan.
"Our plan is fair -- with tax cuts for working families. It is fast acting -- it creates more than one million new jobs this year and will strengthen the economy in the long run. And it is fiscally responsible -- it is fully paid for over 10 years. Our plan adds one million new jobs without adding a penny to the deficit.
"Democrats are united behind a plan that shows real leadership by creating jobs now and reflecting the values of American families.
"Our plan includes tax cuts for working families. We will increase the child tax credit to $800 per child, immediately expand the 10-percent tax-rate bracket now slated to begin in 2008, and immediately eliminate the marriage penalty tax. These provisions will immediately put money into the pockets of everyday Americans, which will boost consumer demand, which in turn will produce jobs and business investment needed to meet that demand.
"Our Democratic plan also includes investment tax credits for small businesses, such as business expensing up to $75,000 and bonus depreciation. These will provide tax incentives to businesses to generate investments and jobs.
"Our plan includes a provision by Congressman Rangel to create a permanent, revenue-neutral corporate tax deduction to encourage U.S. manufacturing companies to expand their operations. And it includes a new tax incentive to reward businesses that hire new employees. Any company that hires someone who has been out of work for at least six months would get a tax credit of up to $2,400.
"In addition, we will extend and expand unemployment insurance. These benefits go to the families most affected by the economic downturn, and they need real help now. This is not only compassionate, it makes good economic sense because it will increase consumer demand by putting money in the hands of those most likely to spend it.
"And unlike the President and House Republicans, our plan does not forget the states, which are experiencing their worst fiscal crisis since World War II. Our plan provides $44 billion over 10 years in direct aid to states for homeland security, education, health care for senior citizens, and highway and other infrastructure improvements.
"The need for a new approach becomes clearer every day.
"Two years ago, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion tax cut for the wealthy that President Bush promised would create jobs and promote economic growth. Instead, 2.7 million jobs have been lost and the largest surplus in our history has turned into the largest deficit in our history. That is not leadership.
"Instead of responding with an economic plan that is fair, fiscally sound and creates jobs, President Bush proposed a package that shortchanges working families to help the wealthy, explodes the deficit and fails to make up for the jobs lost in the last few months, let alone the past two years.
"He has the set bar low. Republicans in Congress have followed his lead and proposed a plan that is not fair, not fiscally responsible and will not create jobs. That is not leadership.
"It is time for a new approach. It is time for real leadership. The Republicans have not led on the economy - Democrats will."
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Responding to an inquiry from The Associated Press, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor, said Wednesday that an investigation was opened in July after two rights groups filed a lawsuit. The France-based International Federation for Human Rights and Human Rights League say that the surveillance, disclosed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, would violate French privacy laws.
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Based on the traditional English Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", the track is given an injection of skiffle by the use of ukulele, acoustic bass, guiro, shaker bells, kazoo, hand claps, jaw harp, and crazy human whistling (yours truly). No samples are used here, everything is performed and recorded by me, and this gives a really natural and intimate feel to the track.
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Angeliki Varela
Hometown: Athens, Greece
Class Year: 2013
Prior Education: I obtained my undergraduate law degree (LL.B.) from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2011.
What I Did Before Law School: I worked as a trainee lawyer at a Greek law firm. I also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the student-run law journal Applications of Public Law.
Why I Chose Penn Law? As an aspiring corporate lawyer, I looked forward to closing the most attractive deal for my future development and Penn Law offered exactly that. The Ivy League tradition, the excellent reputation of the Law School (especially with regards to corporate law subjects), the Wharton Business and Law Certificate and the fact that Penn is located in Philadelphia, one of the most beautiful cities of the U.S., made it feel like LOVE at first sight (pun intended).
My Best Experience at Penn Law: In a year marked by electoral heat, I feel particularly lucky to have attended the pre-election rally of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton as well as hearing the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, delivering the main speech in the 2013 graduation ceremony.
Professor Who Influenced Me Most: Professor Jonathan Klick, whose Antitrust lectures are in a league of their own. This course truly exceeded my expectations: I was pleasantly surprised by its empirical feel and economics-based approach, which offered a useful tool for assessing the rationality (or, at times, irrationality) of the case-law. Most important, these lectures made me realize a truth that is often forgotten in law school: that abstract and complex concepts can be best expressed in simple terms.
My Favorite Course: This is a tough call, because I had so many! Yet, the seminar Widening the Lens on Corporate Law truly stands out. Co-delivered by two leading scholars of corporate law – Professors Michael Wachter and Leo Strine, Chancellor of Delaware's Court of Chancery – it brought together legal and non-legal aspects of corporate governance, combined the seminal corporate law cases with economic principles, empirical data and policy observations, and ignited thought-provoking (and at times witty and humorous) discussions.
My Favorite Philadelphia Moment: Visiting Independence Hall for the first time. The horse carriages parked out of the beautiful, red brick building seemed to suggest that the lines between the past and the present are blurred in this part of the Old City. There I was, at the place it all started: the birth of a nation, the adoption of a Constitution which served as an inspiration for many others around the globe, the debate on how a modern democratic State ought to be like.
What I'm most proud of: Making it through a challenging academic year was an amazing personal accomplishment. What I am most proud to have learned at Penn Law, however, is how to put these newly acquired skills at good use. My first acquaintance with pro bono showed me how a small amount of effort might actually be a big deal for someone else: when I volunteered to assist the preparation of simple tax returns, I couldn't imagine the positive reinforcement I would get through the instant gratitude of the people that I would help.
My Extracurricular Activities at Penn Law: I joined the Journal of International Law as an Associate Editor, a position which gave me the opportunity to read amazing articles in advance, perfect my bluebooking skills and, above all, make wonderful friends. In my free time, I would also enjoy a game of tennis at Levy Tennis Pavillion with friends or make short trips nearby, to New York or D.C.
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus: If you enjoy walking, the campus offers simply a myriad of opportunities. My favorite itinerary was heading down to Locust Walk, my coffee in hand. Eerie in the winter and blossoming in the spring, the walk has a magical quality. I would sometimes stop to observe the squirrels playing around or admire the College Hall, standing majestic in its Gothic Revival glory. Then, I would enter my final destination, the beautiful Fisher Fine Arts Library, for an additional round of studying.


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1. Ed
Nobody misses Ed, who was chewed up by the walkers in Season 1. When Shane beat up Carol's abusive husband (played by Adam Minarovich), we saw that Shane might be a little unhinged. (AMC)
2. Amy
Amy, played by Emma Bell, was Andrea's kid sister. Part of the original survivors group, Amy and Andrea had their sisterly issues but a deep bond. When walkers invaded camp one night, Amy was a goner, and Andrea was devastated. (AMC)
3. Otis
Otis' stint was brief but effective. Played by Pruitt Taylor Vince, he gained our respect soon after the hunting accident involving Carl. He felt responsible. He did the right thing. And when (thanks to Shane) Otis didn't come back from the pharmacy run, we were truly sorry. (Bob Mahoney / AMC)
4. Oscar
Oscar who? Seriously, Oscar (Vincent Ward) had no chance to flower. The Season 3 prison inmate gained Rick's trust by saving his life only to fall during the rescue mission to save Glenn and Maggie. (Tina Rowden/AMC)
5. Merle
Merle went out in a burst of gunfire and glory. Michael Rooker played Merle. (Gene Page/AMC)
6. Shane
Shane was brave and twisted, brutal and battle scarred. He couldn't be trusted, but he truly seemed to love his pal Rick ... and his pal Rick's wife. (Scott Garfield / AMC)
7. Lori
By the end of Season 2, a cadre of fans was irritated by the character (played by Sarah Wayne Callies) and her wishy-washy relationships with Rick and Shane. But her self-sacrifice redeemed her. (Gene Page / AMC)
8. T-Dog
T-Dog, played by Robert "IronE" Singleton, deserved better. (Gene Page/AMC)
9: Dale
Played by Jeffrey DeMunn, Dale was the conscience of the group, the voice of reason in a cruel, cruel world. But when young Carl failed to shoot a walker stuck in mud, Dale paid the price. (Matthew Welch/AMC)
10. Sophia
Ed and Carol's daughter, Sophia, didn't deserve to come stumbling out of the barn as a zombie. it remains one of the series' most heart-wrenching events. (Screen grab / AMC)
Alive but for how long? Beth
Hershel's daughter (Emily Kinney) doesn't seem as tough as her big sister Maggie (Lauren Cohan), which could make her prospects for survival tricky. (Frank Ockenfels/AMC)
Alive but for how long? Andrea
Andrea, a mainstay of the "Walking Dead" troupe, is tough as nails in Season 3, but she's at the mercy of the Governor. With all the self-sacrifice that's going on, could she sacrifice herself to take out the Governor? (Gene Page/AMC)
Alive but for how long? The Governor
He's pure evil. He's gotta go. David Morrissey plays the Governor. (Gene Page/AMC)
Alive but for how long? Glenn and Maggie
Together, Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) are in danger. They're just too happy for this series, and of course, Glenn meets with a grim fate in Robert Kirkman's "Walking Dead" comic. (Gene Page/AMC)
Departing show runner Glen Mazzara has long contended that in the world of "The Walking Dead," no one is safe. And it's true that so far in the life of the AMC zombie series, a host of characters have met untimely deaths — at the hands of walkers and other dangers.
(A strong warning to anyone who might have missed Sunday's episode, "This Sorrowful Life," stop reading right now unless you want to know which major character met his end last night.)
In a shocking turn of events, David Morrissey's ruthless Governor shot and killed Merle, leaving fans of the Dixon brothers heartbroken — even as they might have breathed a sigh of relief that Daryl's life was spared — for now. (If there's anyone the writers can't kill, it's Norman Reedus' fan favorite; Mazzara conceded to Hero Complex that he's heard from plenty of audience members who promise to revolt should anything happen to him.)
Michael Rooker's Merle might not have been the most affable guy, but his exit surely will be felt in surprising ways. The ghosts of earlier members of Rick's band of survivors continue to echo out in episodes even now, either as actual manifestations or as factors that cause the living characters to behave in certain ways.
In Season 1, a walker took several big bites out of Amy (Emma Bell). That turned her big sister Andrea (Laurie Holden) suicidal for a time. The character recovered her will to live and went on to former a sisterly relationship with Michonne (Dania Gurira), though obviously that particular bond has been sorely tested.
Season 2 proved especially lethal, though. Carl (Chandler Riggs) was nearly killed by a hunter's bullet, and though he survived, that event set the stage for the death of Otis (Pruitt Taylor Vince) at the hands of Shane. Nor was Carl the only child in danger.
In what remains one of the show's most heartbreaking moments, Season 2 brought the end of Carol's daughter Sophia, who turned into a walker and had to be put down. Then there was Dale, followed almost immediately by Jon Bernthal's Shane. Although the loss of Jeffrey DeMunn's Dale represented a deep blow — he had become the group's unfailing moral center — Shane's death proved more complicated.
Anyone familiar with Robert Kirkman's comic books might have had an inkling that the increasingly unhinged former lawman wouldn't survive the show's unforgiving post-apocalyptic landscape. But it wasn't a hungry zombie that did Shane in — it was a knife wound to the gut courtesy of his former best friend and partner, delivered in a spectacular moonlight standoff in the second-season finale that gave the actor a chance to finally pop in a pair of zombie contact lenses.
And in taking Shane's life to protect the group, Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes stepped onto the path he's followed this season, one of deep inner turmoil.
Lori — wife of Rick, mother of young Carl — made a monumental self-sacrifice in Season 3 when she had a Caesarean to save her unborn baby, the child-of-questionable-parentage, and it spelled Lori's doom, and the departure of actress Sarah Wayne Callies. We also said goodbye to another original Atlanta survivor, T-Dog — how could you not like T-Dog? From Seasons 1 to 3, he seemed to get sidelined, but he did suffer a heroic death, sacrificing himself to walkers to save Carol (whose abusive husband Ed, played by actor Adam Minarovich, died in Season 1).
After losing a couple of new characters met along the way — Axel, we hardly know you — now there's Merle.
Speaking on the Georgia set of the show earlier this year, Rooker was quick to defend his often unlikable character.
"Merle for me has always been not at all what I think most people think of Merle, as somewhat of a cliched Southern bigoted redneck," Rooker explained. "Merle's been around the world, been around the corner a few times, had some knocks and bruises, encounters with law enforcement. And you know what? He's a tough … you don't want to mess with him. In the way I sort of envisioned and developed the character, so far Merle is not some sort of psychopathic killing machine — when it comes to zombies, yes, he absolutely loves it and is quite good at it. [But now] Merle's kind of found a home, but there's still something missing, his family. His family is his brother."
The Season 3 finale is upon us, "Welcome to the Tombs." Starting Monday night, AMC will begin a weeklong marathon of "The Walking Dead," from the first episode through "This Sorrowful Life," in preparation for the finale. The big question is, are we going to lose someone else from our diminishing band of survivors?
In the gallery above, we look back on 10 characters who have completed their time on "The Walking Dead." Also included: five characters who might be in grave danger.
Tell us your thoughts in the comments below, as well as your ideas of who might be next.
— Gina McIntyre
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NHIAA Soccer: Rizzitano's goal lifts Generals past Grizzlies
By ERIC EMMERLING
Special to the Union Leader
— Verbalizing an opinion shared by players from both teams, John Stark of Weare's Jonathan Rizzitano believed luck switched sides in his squad's 2-1 double overtime win over rival Goffstown.
The forward, who netted the sudden-victory goal in the 95th minute of play, had been denied three times in the first overtime, a 10-minute period that will be recalled as the battle of keepers in Route 114 rivalry folklore.
"I thought he was the luckiest guy in the world on the three opportunities I couldn't quite get to go in," said Rizzitano, referring to Goffstown keeper Tyler Santoro (nine saves) who stopped three point-blank shots of Rizzitano during a three-minute span.
Santoro dove right and fully extended his body to make a fingertip save on one shot and then leaped to tip another chance over the crossbar before blocking a third shot off his chest.
Goffstown quickly retaliated with three scoring chances from Nick Mason — who hit the post on a breakaway chance in the 65th minute — forcing John Stark keeper Chase Patterson (nine saves) to make two diving saves and slide to curl around another potential game-winner in the first overtime.
"But, to be fair, I got kind of lucky, too, on my goal in what was a very memorable game," said Rizzitano as his club improved to 8-3-1. The Generals also tied Lebanon this week.
"I told the team heading into the overtime that the game will either end on a great play or a mistake and the goal was a little bit of both," said Goffstown coach Randy Lovering after watching the defending Division II champs' record drop to 5-7-1.
Evan Caswell booted a shot toward the weak-side post. The shot was deflected and looked to be heading a bit wide. Rizzitano beat his mark to the post and tipped the ball just inside.
"I thought both teams competed really hard," said Goffstown co-captain Mike Fortin. "John Stark's higher in the standings than we are, but we played like a high-caliber team today, matching them play for play. I think we were a little unlucky in the end."
The Grizzlies dominated play in the first half. Fortin, Nick Mason, Ryan Cook and co-captain Noah Charron played forward with abandon, weaving one scoring strike after another. Fortin scored in the 14th minute, on a header, on a cross from Charron.
"(Patterson) later told me he thought it was too high," said Fortin. The ball was high but a hard-downward spin sent it just under the crossbar.
John Stark tied the game at 49:30 on a corner kick chance served up by Caswell and sent to Rizzitano at the near post. He clanked the shot but Patrick Kalob finished the chance.
"I was unlucky then, but the goal got us going and switched the momentum," said Rizzitano.


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Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement today in support of Cardinal Francis George and five Illinois bishops who have said that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, in agreeing to present an award at an upcoming event for a pro-abortion political action committee, was "rewarding those deemed most successful in this terrible work" of abortion.
"We at Priests for Life thank the bishops of Illinois for their clear and firm stand in regard to Gov. Quinn," Father Pavone said. "The faithful around the country are encouraged by actions like these that not only protect the integrity of the Church's witness to her teachings, but also save human lives. The Governor's actions not only contradict Catholic teaching; they contradict the meaning of public office. We need public servants who can tell the difference between serving the public and killing the public.
"Moreover, as a worldwide network of priests, the Priests for Life association is ready to help our brother priests to carry out the policy articulated by the bishops, and to do so in a way that is clear and compassionate."
Gov. Quinn, who is Catholic, has agreed to present an award Nov. 17 at an event held by Personal PAC, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice candidates in Illinois.
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) Sarah Thomas starts the day at her second job by tucking her long blond hair inside her cap, so she doesn't get noticed.
On a football field, that's impossible.
Thomas doesn't consider herself a pioneer, just ''one of the guys.'' But as one of two female officials in the NFL's officiating development program, Thomas has a chance to break barriers in a male-dominated profession.
This week, Thomas, a former college basketball player, current college official and mother of three whose full-time job is as pharmaceutical sales representative, worked with a crew of officials during Browns mini-camp. Like the players, she worked on improving her skills and honing her craft.
One day, she hopes to be on the field with the pros. But not because of her gender.
''I am a female, but I don't look at myself as just a female,'' she said. ''I look at myself as an official.''
Thomas began her officiating career in 1996, when an NFL scout spotted her working a high school game. From there, she joined Conference USA and was invited to join the NFL's developmental program, now in its second year. Thomas worked some training camps and preseason games last season.
The next step is a regular-season game, and the earliest that can happen is 2015.
It's not her call, so to speak, but Thomas believes she's ready.
If this week was any indication, Thomas could be on her way.
''She's done a good job,'' Browns coach Mike Pettine said after practice Thursday. Pettine believes it's time for the league to welcome female officials.
''If she's efficient and good at what she does, I have no issues with it,'' Pettine said. ''I think the best compliment somebody paid to her was when someone said, `What did you think of the female official?' And they said, `There's a female official out here?' I thought she was on point.''
Browns cornerback Joe Haden joked that Thomas was a little whistle happy.
''She was calling everything,'' Haden said, smiling. ''I couldn't snap on her. I was chilling.''
Thomas said her goal is to blend in. She doesn't want to stand out because of her sex - or worse, because she's not competent. She's dedicated to being a solid, fair and mostly unseen, which is why she pulls her hair up under her cap. Still, sometimes players do a double take when they see her on the field.
''I think sometimes they go `What is that?''' she said. ''Yes, I do tuck my hair and at first I really wasn't too sure why. But I get it. We don't want to be noticed and anything I can do to blend in - I like it when I leave the field and people go `I told you that was a girl.'''
Thomas has two boys and an 18-month-old girl. She said her sons are most interested in her nabbing some NFL attire or autographs, ''I can't do that,'' she said.
Her children have never thought about their mom being anything other than an official, so they don't really grasp that she could make history as the NFL's first female official.
''They just know mom officiates and it's nothing foreign to them or pioneering or anything,'' she said. ''I do this.''
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In economically hard-hit eastern Pennsylvania, Ed O'Brien, a steelworker and union official, is running for Congress against incumbent Republican Pat Toomey, a well-funded former investment banker who champions Social Security privatization and regressive tax cuts. "I ran because working families, the middle class, had absolutely no voice in Washington from this district," O'Brien said. After a close race last election, O'Brien's chances have been buoyed by the sagging economy. But his biggest advantage is the sophisticated political organizing of the labor movement.
From its low point in 1994 with the Gingrich-engineered Republican triumph, organized labor has revived its political operations by mobilizing members and their families through direct educational work about candidates and public policy, especially economic issues linked to work. It has refined its organizational capacity to register members, inform them (most effectively at the workplace) and get them to vote for union-backed candidates. Now AFSCME (public workers) president Gerald McEntee can plausibly argue that labor has "the best internal political infrastructure of any organization in the country," including the political parties. Increasingly, unions have encouraged their members, like O'Brien, to run for office or have supported labor-friendly candidates in primaries, and many Democrats campaign on a "working-family-lite" version of labor's agenda.
Yet all this has yielded at best a precarious, right-leaning stalemate in Washington and a mixed bag at state level. Even as labor has helped resurrect Democratic fortunes, many unionists are unhappy with the party's performance. "Our members have been betrayed by Democrats who were not willing to support organizing campaigns, not willing to fight for labor law reform and not willing to fight for manufacturing jobs," complained Chris Chafe, political director of UNITE, the textile and apparel union. "It's not like we're discounting allies in the Democratic Party who support our issues. The shift is that we won't be taken for granted. It's the feeling of many in labor that we've maintained the structure of the Democratic Party while the party has ignored our issues."
But what should labor do? "I think it's not so much doing things differently but doing more of what we have been doing," especially grassroots activism, argues AFL-CIO president John Sweeney. "It has helped us build a stronger political focus in the labor movement." Even the most vociferous critics of the party still want Democratic control of Congress to thwart what AFSCME political director Larry Scanlon calls "Armageddon," or Republican control of all federal government branches. Democrats have at least offered defense against the worst GOP initiatives, like Bush's effort to deprive Homeland Security workers of union rights.
Nonetheless, some strategists argue that unions ought to support more sympathetic Republicans. This isn't entirely new: There have always been conservative union leaders who endorsed Republicans, and there once was a liberal Republican bloc that wasn't antiunion. And despite the Bush Administration's avid courtship of some labor leaders, there is no sign of a broad labor shift to Republicans. By early September, about the same percentage of labor money was going to Republicans this year (8 percent) as in the past decade, even though the Teamsters gave the GOP 17 percent of its contributions, compared with 7 percent in the last election cycle, and the Carpenters' contributions rose from 6 percent to 15 percent. But this overstates support, since few Republicans receive labor's most valued asset, motivated troops, and local leaders often defy pro-Republican commands from HQ. To Teamsters president James Hoffa's consternation, Florida Teamsters supported Democrat Bill McBride for governor over Jeb Bush. Although the Florida Carpenters backed Jeb, many Carpenters members are skeptical about the cover that their president, Doug McCarron, has given to Bush's anti-labor policies. "What McCarron's got is not worth it," one Carpenters official concluded.


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My husband and I are in our late thirties, and we're not sure how much we should be saving for retirement. How can we estimate what we'll need and how much we should be putting aside each year to cover it? We both want to retire in our sixties. — Stephanie, Virginia
Many people spend as much as one-third of their lives in retirement. In order to live comfortably during this time, the general rule is that you'll need at least 75 percent of your current annual income to cover your expenses. However, the best and most conservative way to plan is make sure you can cover 100 percent of your current expenses throughout retirement.
To formulate a retirement savings plan, first think about your current expenses and how they may change after you retire. While many expenditures you face during your career, such as work-related expenses and the cost of raising kids, won't be around after you retire, medical expenses can be staggering. For many Americans, health care is likely to be one of their largest retirement expenses. Fidelity Benefits Consulting estimates that a 65-year-old couple retiring this year is estimated to need $220,000 to cover medical expenses throughout retirement.
The following categories will help you estimate your other retirement expenses:
- Real estate: mortgage payments, real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance, second home costs
- Utilities: electric, gas, water, trash, phone, cable/satellite/Internet
- Vehicles: loan payments, insurance, license, maintenance
- Health care: medical insurance, out-of-pocket costs, prescriptions, eyeglasses, vitamins, Medicare, eldercare expenses, long-term care premiums
- Personal care: toiletries, cosmetics, haircuts
- Food: groceries, restaurants
- Clothing: clothes, laundry, dry cleaning, tailoring
- Vacations: travel, lodging, food, entertainment, souvenirs
- Entertainment: tickets, movie rentals, books, iTunes
- Savings/contributions: charities, education savings for grandkids
- Memberships/licenses: golf or health club, social club
- Miscellaneous: gifts, magazines, newspapers
To guarantee that you have enough income from your investments to cover these expenses, create an ongoing savings plan that you can begin today. Start by maxing out contributions to your 401(k), IRA and other employer-sponsored retirement plan accounts. (For 2013, the 401(k) limit is $17,500 if you're 49 or younger, and $23,000 if you're 50 or older. The IRA limit is $5,500 if you're under 50; $6,500 if you're over.) Then begin building up an emergency fund, if you haven't already, which can cover 6 months' worth of living expenses. Altogether, you should aim to put a total of 15% to 20% of your annual paycheck toward retirement and savings.
For a more detailed view of how you're doing, a great resource is the AARP Retirement Income Calculator, which will allow you to determine how much monthly income your retirement savings will provide in your golden years. Of course, you can — and should — also supplement your employee-sponsored retirement accounts with other sources of income, such as Social Security, pensions or any full- or part-time work you take on. You will receive a full report with a year-by-year breakdown of your needed yearly retirement savings and next steps. It is a fantastic tool to start you on the right savings path.
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Many people are intimidated by investing, but there are plenty of resources available to help you craft a well-diversified portfolio. The American Funds retirement planning website is a good place to start. Under the Retirement Planning tab, you'll find easy-to-understand articles about investing basics, retirement plans and savings strategies. You'll learn about the tax advantages of retirement saving, the value of saving as early as possible, incentives for older and low-income investors and much more.
For additional assistance, look into working with a qualified financial advisor. The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors provides an extensive list of fee-only advisors.
Because life is not static, your retirement savings plan must adjust too. A significant change in your salary, expenses, retirement account balances or your health might impact your odds of meeting your retirement goals. Review your plan each year to ensure that you are on track.
Stacy Francis is president and CEO of Francis Financial, Inc., a fee-only wealth management practice dedicated to investment advisory services for women, couples and those experiencing divorce. She is also the founder of Savvy Ladies®, a nonprofit organization that educates and empowers women to take control of their finances.
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Every minute, about 240 babies are born on the planet with only 100 deaths.
In total, about 128 million babies are born per year. With only about 56M deaths per year (2.3 births for each death), world is growing by about 72M people per year. The following shows what happens on the planet EVERY TWO MINUTES. These new people need about 150 new acres (60 hectares) of farmland to produce enough food to eat (average world diet which is less than 1/2 a typical American's). Replay
|Overview: The following charts come from the World Bank and separate countries by region. Although, when it comes to food insecurity, each country and region is affected differently, it is illustrative to see how different regions are changing.
|World population: As we all know, there are more people on the planet than ever. While much of this growth has come from East Asia (e.g., China) and South Asia (e.g., India), Sub-Saharan Africa is catching up.
|Population growth rates: While most regions have slowed their growth rates, all regions are still growing. Only Sub-Saharan Africa hasn't slowed down. Growth rates are most affected by the number of children an average woman has. While, this number has gone down worldwide, growth rates take longer to go down as they are time-offset by 15-20 years.
|Farmland: Except for the doubling of arable land in Sub-Saharan Africa, the amount of farmland hasn't changed in the last 50 years (note: Europe's data appears faulty). Europe and North America has seen farmland reduced due to urban sprawl. Cities are typically started in the most fertile places when then get paved over.
|Farmland per person: The scary trend here is that across the planet, we have less farmland per person. On average, there is 1/2 as much land per person as 50 years ago. How can this be while we are eating more food than ever? See the next chart. Note: a hectare is about 2.5 acres. An acre is about the size of an American football field (excluding end zones). The next time you watch football, that's about an average amount of farmland there is per person. Think how efficient that land must be to be able to feed you and all the animals you eat.
|Farmland productivity: OK, the good news is that more efficient crops and the increase use of irrigation and fertilizer has increased how much food can be produced on the same amount of land. In the last 50 years, productivity has tripled in many regions although not nearly as much in Africa. As shown above, Africa's increased food production is mostly from cultivating more land.
|Fertilizer/Land: First, this chart only shows data for the last 10 years but shows an increase use of fertilizer. Other sources show that this number has gone up 5 fold in the last 50 years. Fertilizer is made from oil, potassium and phosphorus with the later being the most finite.
|Water/Person: In general, it's going down. Many regions compensate by drilling deeper wells of fossil aquifers.
|Malnourishment: The good news is that the last 50 years has seen a big drop in the percent of people who go hungry. The big question is will this trend continue... especially in this century and beyond.
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Everyone else is doing it, so I figured I'd throw my one cent in on who's going to make the Eagles' 53-man roster when cuts are announced Saturday at 6 p.m.
Here are Brookie's predictions in Sunday's paper.
Essentially, there's really only a handful of players that are teetering on the cut line, so it's not like I'm predicting the weather. Nevertheless, here's one man's take on who the Eagles will keep and who they will let go.
If A.J. Feeley gets traded before the season the only question is if the Eagles will carry Michael Vick on its roster or take advantage of the special exemption the league gave the team as the quarterback carries out his suspension. If it's a two-game suspension, the Eagles will probably deal Feeley (to New England?) and take the roster blow so Vick can practice. If it's longer than two games, the team may be forced to keep Feeley for a while and have Vick as exempt. Either way, Feeley's days in Philly are numbered and that's just sad because it means less opportunity to see Heather Mitts outside the Eagles' locker room on game days.
Will make the team: Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick.
I've heard a few beat reporters say that the Eagles carry only three running backs -- Brian Westbrook, LeSean McCoy and Leonard Weaver. I'm not so sure about that and will take the over with four. Eldra Buckley, Lorenzo Booker and Kyle Eckel are up for that final spot. Booker's days here are over (I can hear the fans sing). Buckley has been a nice surprise this preseason, but has hands of stone. Eckel can play both RB and FB and catch the ball out of the backfield. I'm not sure if he adds enough sizzle, but he's a professional and you can't have too many of those.
Will make the team: Westbrook, McCoy, Weaver and Eckel.
Six seems to be the number again this season. DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Jason Avant and Kevin Curtis are in. The final two spots are between three guys: Hank Baskett, Reggie Brown and Brandon Gibson. Here's my story on that very subject this morning. I think Baskett is a lock. If Brown isn't traded, Gibson will land on the injured reserve with some fake injury from tomorrow night's game.
Will make the team: Jackson, Maclin, Avant, Curtis, Baskett and Gibson.
When Cornelius Ingram tore his ACL a position that looked well-equipped turned into a problem spot. Brent Celek will start. The rest is a mixed bag. Tony Curtis came via Dallas and has a good blocking rep, so he's probably on the roster. Undrafted rookie Rob Myers has nice hands, but he's small and is now injured (groin). Matt Schobel may get the last spot by default unless the waiver wire produces an alternative.
Will make the team: Celek, Curtis and Schobel.
Andy Reid usually carries ten on the line so I'll go with that number. The starters, right now, are Jason Peters, Nick Cole, Jamaal Jackson, Stacy Andrews and Shawn Andrews. Regular starting left guard Todd Herremans will start the season injured after foot surgery. That leaves Max Jean-Gilles, Winston Justice, King Dunlap and Mike McGlynn. The Eagles drafted two linemen -- Paul Fanaika and Fenuki Tupou -- that will probably end up on the practice squad.
Will make the team: Peters, Cole, Jackson, Stacy Andrews, Shawn Andrews, Herremans, Jean-Gilles, Justice, Dunlap and McGlynn.
Because the Eagles have a few ends that can sub in as tackles in the nickel, the team will probably carry only nine linemen. Bryan Smith was a project when he was drafted third in 2008 and spent the season inactive. But I'm wondering if the Eagles view that experiment as a failure. He's still rather skinny and was barely noticeable during the preseason. Of course, the team invested a third round pick in the guy so that might mean he makes it. I think he's out and that gets Jason Babin in. Tackle Dan Klecko, unfortunately, doesn't make this team.
Will make the team: Trent Cole, Victor Abiamiri, Juqua Parker, Chris Clemons, Darren Howard, Babin, Mike Patterson, Broderick Bunkley and Trevor Laws.
Stew Bradley's injury opened the door for someone to start and it gave another linebacker a shot at making the team. Moise Fokou, despite being a seventh round pick, had an uphill climb when he joined the team. But he impressed the team enough to recently earn some time as a starter in the middle. He won't start there -- Omar Gaither will, with Joe Mays as the backup -- but he's on the team because he can also play SAM. Tracy White is there because he can and wants to play special teams.
Will make the team: Chris Gocong, Akeem Jordan, Gaither, Mays, Fokou and White.
Jack Ikegwuonu was cleared of burglary charges in the off-season and looked poised to make the team as the fifth cornerback. I'm not so sure now. Dimitri Patterson has had a better camp and preseason. But Ikegwuonu falls in that same category as Bryan Smith. He was a fourth round pick last year. I think Jack sneaks in. Just a hunch. The rest of the d-backs are fairly easy to guess.
Will make the team: Sheldon Brown, Asante Samuel, Ellis Hobbs, Joselio Hanson, Quintin Mikell, Quintin Demps, Sean Jones, Macho Harris and Ikegwuonu.
No brainer (my specialty) here.
Will make the team: Kicker David Akers, Punter Sav Rocca and long snapper Jon Dorenbos.


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Kai Stromler wrote:This is why I keep saying we need a bootleg sticky in this forum, because every month someone mentions d*******a****d**.com [blocked to make things easier for the mods] and how they can get whole seasons for the price of a single North American release.
Well, there's a reason. The people who put out those box-sets are pirates. They buy one copy of the Japanese release, pay a guy in Hong Kong to sit around and do crappy translation (or if it's out in the US, they just rip all the content from a NA release directly) and make up subtitles, then send the data off to an unscrupulous DVD-pressing facility while another mafia employee pulls cover art out of his ass. The reason they can sell for so cheap is because they, unlike the official R2 producers, don't have to pay back the costs of making the animation, and unlike the commercial licensors in the States and elsewhere, don't pay licensing fees for the privelege of making money off someone else's work.
How to identify bootlegs:
* If the price is too good to be true, it's probably a ripoff
* If it's described as "Region 0" or "all-region", it's probably pirated; there are a few legit regionless or multi-region anime DVDs out there, but not many
* If there is no English dub track, and the subtitles are in Chinese and English, it's almost certainly a bootleg; there are almost no official licenses for anime in Chinese-language markets
* If the series is spread across half as many discs as normally found at retail (say, 3 for a 26-ep TV series as opposed to 6), it is likely not to be legitimate
* If it is indicated as being distributed by one of the bootleggers listed in the Pirate FAQ -- a good read in any case -- it is absolutely, definitely produced in defiance of the law.
Even Taiwan has now signed the Berne convention. This stuff is not legal anywhere. Don't support the Chinese Mafia.
Kalium also suggests reading this post here.


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Region: Upstate
Industry: Life Sciences
"It is because of the SC Launch program at SCRA that KIYATEC is the company we are today - Cutting edge technology, attracting national attention, creating a better future for cancer patients. All of that right here in South Carolina."
Matt Gevaert, KIYATEC, Inc. CEO
For cancer patients the clock is ticking. KIYATEC is working to eliminate time spent on ineffective treatments by using 3D cell culture to individualize each patient's cancer treatments based on their own live cancer cells. The personalized approach to treatment will lead to healthcare cost savings, better outcomes and a better quality of life for patients.
KIYATEC's 3D cell culture innovation began with research conducted at Clemson University. Over time, company leadership focused on the technology's potential to deliver more accurate predictions of patient response to drugs and biologics. In 2014 and 2015, KIYATEC was awarded approximately $3.75M in Phase I and II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts from the National Cancer Institute and recently an up to $1.75M Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
Now a Graduate, the company has been a part of SCRA's SC Launch Program since 2007 and has had a profound impact on South Carolina's Life Sciences industry.


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Warm Chicken and Radish Salad
This warm salad of chicken and wilted lettuce is fragrant with the scent of garlic. Barely cooked radish adds nice crunch and some zippy flavor.
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
3 lb. chicken breasts, boned, skinned, cut into strips
1 1⁄2 tsp. salt
3 cups red bell pepper, sliced
3 cups yellow bell pepper, sliced
1 tbsp. minced garlic
4 1⁄2 cups radishes, quartered
3⁄4 cup scallions, cut diagonally in 1-in. pieces
6 cups romaine lettuce, torn
1 1⁄2 cups bottled red wine vinaigrette
1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil and add chicken; season and brown pieces on all sides, approx. 5 min. Drain and reserve.
2. In separate skillet, heat oil and sauté peppers and garlic until tender, approx. 8 min. Stir in radishes and scallions; cook until barely crisp-tender, approx. 3 min. more. Stir in chicken and lettuce; heat just until lettuce wilts slightly.
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It's only spring training, and more to the point, it is only throwing off the mound and batting practice in spring training, but the reports so far have been good on Oliver Perez, beginning with his upbeat attitude and showing up in good shape.
Perez spent the offseason working out as a sports institute in Arizona, where he worked on his conditioning and mechanics.
It is the latter where the first spring impression has been the greatest, with Perez throwing with a consistency, from his wind-up to his arm slot to his delivery. The result has been a better command and movement on his pitches. This is also something Sandy Koufax preached to Perez during his visits to Port St. Lucie.
Perez, entering the second season of a three-year contract, is slotted third in the rotation behind Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey. In 2007, Perez won 15 games for the Mets to give us a glimpse of what could be. The last two years he's shown more of those glimpses, but all too often gave us the Bad Ollie.
The Mets, thinking of those positive moments, didn't bite on rotation help this winter, instead believing in the promise of Perez and Pelfrey. So far, the Mets have been pleased with how he's throwing, but we've heard that before.
Spring training is for the promise of better things, and here's hoping Perez keeps the headscratching to a minimum this year.


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Luis Cruz was a nice story. He really was. But a "nice story" isn't good enough to be a starting third baseman in Major League Baseball.
Cruz, 28, got a chance to play this season and took advantage of it. He hit .297/.322/.431 in 78 games. He had surprising pop, hitting six home runs and 20 doubles (tied for fourth-best on the team). But there's one key statistic that shows Cruz is probably due for a regression in 2013: his walk rate.
Baseball is about getting on base, and Cruz did that about 32 percent of the time in 2012. Not bad for a utility player, but not good enough for an every day third baseman. He walked just 3 percent of his plate appearances (nine times in 296 plate appearances) and his batting average on balls in play was a little better than average (.320). When he stops hitting at a .297 clip, which is going to happen because he's Luis Cruz, his on-base percentage will plummet. It's simple math (and I hate math).
The Dodgers, who are on an unprecedented spending spree, need to upgrade the hot corner next. The problem is, there aren't a lot of quality free agent options available and they don't have the means to acquire a guy like Chase Headley, who is suddenly one of baseball's best third basemen.
Kevin Youkilis, the best available third baseman, was signed earlier this week by the Yankees. Other than him, there really isn't anyone on the market worth signing. Eric Chavez, signed by the Diamondbacks, would have been a nice left-handed option at third base. But guys like Placido Polanco (career .714 OPS at 3B), Scott Rolen (considering retirement) and Casey McGehee (production plummeted since 2010) are the best available. Yeah, it's that weak.
I'm not sure what the Dodgers are going to do. It'd be easier to acquire a shortstop and move Hanley Ramirez to third base, but the Dodgers are (rightly) keeping him at shortstop. Yes, his defense is subpar, but the offense he provides at shortstop is greater than his defensive shortcomings.
Asdrubal Cabrera, but when the asking price for him was Trevor Bauer, I quickly changed my tune (and then, Bauer was traded for much less than he was worth). Cabrera is not a great defensive shortstop, so he could have either displaced Ramirez or slid over to third base.
The Indians are in rebuilding mode and Cabrera has a lot of value. If the Dodgers could get him for a decent package, I'd be all for it. But that doesn't seem too likely. There are other teams that would outbid the Dodgers (in prospects) to land Cabrera.
The more and more I think about it, the more Cruz might be the Dodgers' best option at third base -- for now.
Looking at next year's free agent crop (thus, more likely to be traded this year), it doesn't look great. Martin Prado is the best, but the Braves probably won't move him unless they tank this season. Jhonny Peralta is a third baseman posing as a shortstop, but he probably won't be dealt. Wilson Betemit isn't an every day player and would be a nice complement to Cruz, but the Orioles are suddenly contenders.
Let's just hope Corey Seager develops as the team's third baseman of the future -- hopefully along the lines of Headley, minus the switch-hitting.
Things could be worse. The Dodgers could have traded for Michael Young.


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Posted 20 September 2011. PMN Crop News.
Addressing Corn Nematode Problems Can Increase Corn Yields
Pioneer Hi-Bred experts give insights into growing nematode problems
Source: Pioneer Hi-Bred Press Release. www.pioneer.com
Des Moines, Iowa (September 13, 2011)--Corn nematodes can be overlooked as a cause of yield-loss in corn, say experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business.
Growers are seeing corn nematodes as an increasing problem in their fields. One reason is simply greater awareness of corn nematodes. This has been driven by improvements in testing methods which has increased the ability to detect infestations, thus recording higher numbers of incidents. Changes in production practices are also contributing factors.
"Common practices among growers may cause increases in corn nematodes," says Mark Jeschke, Pioneer agronomy research manager. These include reduced tillage and planting corn following corn, which are known to favor some nematode species. "In addition, many older corn rootworm insecticides also provided some level of nematode control, whereas newer insecticides and Bt traits do not," Jeschke says.
Identifying corn nematode problems can be tricky. Their small size and nondistinctive damage symptoms often allow them to go undetected.
"Their symptoms resemble those of common stress factors such as drought, nutrient deficiencies or soil compaction," Jeschke says. "Root symptoms can include pruning, proliferation of fibrous roots, thickening or swelling of the smaller roots and mild to severe discoloration. However, the only way to confirm symptoms are being caused by nematodes is to submit a sample of soil and root tissue for testing to a local lab."
There are more than 50 species of nematodes known to feed on corn in the U.S. While many of these species typically are specific to sandy soils, including parts of the Midwest and the coastal plains of North and South Carolina, Jeschke stresses that no field is immune to the potential for nematode damage.
"Nematodes are such a complex problem," says Jeschke. "There are several different types that feed on corn. Even within a particular type, there can be many different species with different behavioral characteristics."
Cultural practices such as crop rotation may be effective at controlling species that selectively feed on corn, but ineffective against species that feed on other crops.
Nematode populations are highly variable even within a single field. If you find damaging levels of corn nematodes, consider implementing control measures such as crop rotation, sanitation of equipment or use of nematicides.
Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment choices for added protection against corn nematodes include Poncho® 1250 + VOTiVOTM. This combination provides protection of corn roots from nematodes as well as root-feeding insects.
To prevent spreading the nematodes into uninfested fields, clean equipment with high pressure water or steam, removing all soil particles, before moving to the uninfested area, Jeschke suggests. "If possible, conduct field operations in the infested areas last," he says.
"Because nematodes cannot be eliminated once they are established in a field, prevention is a critical management strategy," Jeschke says.


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Abstract: At a time when many Europeans believe 'Islamic' and 'European' values are contradictory, an unprecedented number of Germans convert to Islam every year. In my research I follow the stories of different cohorts of Germans who converted to Islam over the last hundred years. It asks what kinds of Germans have encountered Islam in each epoch of German history and which interpretations of Islam they have embraced. It pays special attention to today's close to 100,000 converts who experience the challenge of choosing Islam in a climate of Islamophobia. How do converts come to terms with their admiration for Islam and the commonplace marginalization of Muslims? Do converts build what can be termed an 'ethnic German Islam' that is different from 'immigrant Islam'? And finally, how does the increasing number of ethnically German Muslims shape debates about the relationship between race, religion, and belonging in Germany?
Speaker Bio: Esra Özyürek, Associate Professor, received her degree from the University of Michigan in 2002. Her work focuses on how politics, religion, and social memory shape and transform each other in contemporary Turkey and Europe. She is primarily concerned with both religious and secular ideologies and practices, especially as they shape the definition of religious majorities and minorities. In her earlier work she focused on the transformation of state secularism in Turkey as the country moved from a state-led top-down modernization project in the 1930s to a market-based modernization project in the 1990s as the state elite negotiated being a member of the European Union. In her more recent work she focuses on how defining minority religions plays a central role in determining the boundaries of Turkish and European identities. She is currently undertaking a comparative project on converts to Islam in Germany and converts to Christianity in Turkey, for they challenge these boundaries.
This event is free and open to the public.


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Source: ComingSoon.net
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment's award-winning Warcraft universe.
Raimi directed the "Spider-Man" trilogy, which has broken box-office records around the world and garnered five Academy Award nominations. Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night. He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell.
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The Virgin Islands, consisting of nine main islands and some 75 islets, were explored by Columbus in 1493. They were originally inhabited by the Carib Indians. Since 1666, England has held six of the main islands; the remaining three (St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John), as well as about 50 of the islets, were eventually acquired by Denmark, which named them the Danish West Indies. In 1917, these islands were purchased by the U.S. from Denmark for $25 million.
Congress granted U.S. citizenship to Virgin Islanders in 1927. Universal suffrage was given in 1936 to all persons who could read and write English. The governor was elected by popular vote for the first time in 1970; previously he had been appointed by the U.S. president. A unicameral 15-person legislature serves the Virgin Islands, and congressional legislation gave the islands a nonvoting representative in Congress. Residents of the islands substantially enjoy the same rights as those enjoyed by mainlanders, but they may not vote in presidential elections.
Tourism is the primary economic activity, accounting for most of the GDP and 70% of employment. All goods made in the Virgin Islands qualify for duty-free entry into the United States.


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Emmanuel College is committed to providing full access of its educational programs for qualified students. We practice a non-discriminatory policy and offer classroom and testing accommodations, and assistive technology to students with documented disabilities. The Disability Support Services office ensures that all students with disabilities can actively participate in all facets of college life. Our goal is to coordinate and provide the kind of services that will enable our students with disabilities to reach their educational potential. In addition, our focus and responsibility is to increase the level of awareness among all members of the college community.
As students with disabilities move from high school to college, they and their parents should understand that the process of deciding who is eligible to receive accommodations and what those accommodations may be differs substantially. In high school, the school rather than the student or the student's family are often involved in identifying and diagnosing students with disabilities and often initiate the whole process for the student.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) governs the circumstances under which universities provide accommodations to students with disabilities. Neither Section 504 nor the ADA requires a college or university to alter a fundamental requirement of its academic program for a student with a disability. Furthermore, college students must self-identify themselves to Disability Support Services and formally request accommodations and services. The student must take responsibility for initiating this process. In contrast to the IDEA, whose goal is to ensure student success, the goal of Section 504 and the ADA, as they apply to college students, is to ensure that students with disabilities have access to the programs and activities that the college offers and that those students are not discriminated against on the basis of their disability.
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|The law does not guarantee admission to a college or university
|School is obligated to seek out and identify students with disabilities
|The student is responsible for locating the Disability Support Services office and inquiring how they can receive services.
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DC's Hottest Satuday Party - #BarSevenSat @ Bar 7
OneL Branding
Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 9:00 PM - Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3:00 AM (EST)
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The First Ladies (and Gents!) of DC Invite You To Get Dolled Up:
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Hennessy Open Bar from 9-10pm
Come Dressed to Impress - Fly, Grown, and Sexy Event
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Police say youths at New Boston underage drinking party resisted arrestBy KATHLEEN BAGLIO HUMPHREYS
Union Leader Correspondent
July 29. 2014 11:02PM
NEW BOSTON — Police said many of the 29 youths arrested at an underage drinking party over the weekend resisted arrest.
Responding to a noise complaint, police broke up the party at 32 Whipplewill Road around 2 a.m. on Saturday.
Cody Howe, 18, of 32 Whipplewill Road, was charged with facilitating an underage drinking party, possession of a controlled drug, unlawful possession of alcohol and resisting arrest or detention. He is scheduled to appear in Goffstown District Court on Sept. 16.
Arrested for possession of controlled/narcotic drugs, unlawful possession of alcohol and resisting arrest or detention was Grady Mellin, 19, of Henniker.
Arrested for possession of controlled/narcotic drugs and resisting arrest or detention were: Yanick Baribeau, 18, of Bedford; Michael Lamy, 19, of Dunbarton; Alex Duval, 18, of Manchester; and Peter Shea, 19, of Bedford.
Arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol and resisting arrest or detention were: Kevin Elliott, 19, of New Boston; and Brandon Bushey, 18, of Manchester.
Arrested for resisting arrest or detention were: Jake Louis, 20, of New Boston; Joshua Roy, 17, of Merrimack; Nicholas Brown, 18, of Goffstown; Joshua Gaudette, 18, of Nashua; Adam Martin, 19, of Weare; Michelle Boucher, 18, of Bedford; Emma Gardner, 18, of Milford; Hannah Johnson, 17, of Bedford; Vanessa MacMillan, 17, of Bedford; Brandon Manning, 19, of Amherst; James Ewing, 18, of Amherst; Sean Power, 17, of Bedford; Kevin Kelly, 19, of Goffstown; Daniel Swift, 18, of Goffstown; Taylor Radke, 17, of Bedford; and Nicole Maio, 19, of Londonderry.
Also arrested were four 16-year-olds and one 15-year-old whose names are not being released.
All charges are class B misdemeanors; the alcohol offenses are violations.
New Boston police officers as well as State Police and officers from Weare, Goffstown, Amherst and Bedford helped break up the party.
The investigation is ongoing; anyone with information is asked to call the New Boston Police Department at 603-487-2433.


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Dear members,
I have recently created a website using google's new dynamic blog templates. Today I have tried to install Slimbox and it seems to only work on Firefox - and not on Chrome or IE.
There is currently only one post with the Slimbox installed:
Is there anyway to fix it for Chrome and IE?


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The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Rangers signed 3B Nickolas Cadena, a 30th-round selection in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, to a contract. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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From the Department of What Were They Thinking?, a former star of MTV's hit reality show Teen Mom has caused a furor for blogging about waxing and tweezing her 3-year-old daughter's unibrow.
Farrah Abraham called quite a bit of attention to herself a few months ago when she revealed she'd had some extensive plastic surgery, so she's no stranger to pain for the sake of "beauty." But many of fans of the show and her blog are up in arms over this latest attempt.
After blogging that she finally had to "confirm to [her]self" that her "little, adorable, most cuddle-able, cutie, baby girl" had a unibrow, Abraham tried to wax her baby's Frida Kahlo. However, as anyone who's ever tried to hold a toddler still long enough to do anything will tell you, it was a procedure doomed to failure.
Plus: Non-profit Helps Bullied Girl Afford Plastic Surgery
So, Abraham waited until her daughter went down for a nap, then tweezed away. After showing her daughter her new "upkept" brows, Abraham blogged that she "feels like a good mom."
Fans are not amused. Some commenters pointed out that by altering her daughter's image and then pointing it out to her, Abraham is sending a message that there is something wrong with how she looks and smashing her child's self-esteem. Others stayed more neutral saying that it's Abraham's decision what do to with her child and no long-term damage has been done (yet).
Would you alter your child's appearance to conform to current standards? Or is Abraham out of line? Let us know.


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Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley
The Right to Be Forgotten
Owen Tripp and Evan Selinger
"Total interconnectedness," very cheap data storage, and powerful search technologies come together to create a new set of ethical questions. Do we have a right to access and correct the data in our profiles? Do we have a right to be "forgotten" by the Internet? In this brief video, Reputation.com co-founder Owen Tripp asks us to consider the impact of the Internet's long memory on those among us who are most vulnerable. Below, Evan Selinger--Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology--responds to Tripp's comments:
"Owen Tripp is moved by the ideas driving the "right to be forgotten" movements. For the reasons he gives, we all should be, too. In the age of big data, the permanent record threat we're confronted with as kids takes on a new and more ominous meaning. Our digital dossiers expand all the time, in both obvious and unclear ways, and through processes that are transparent as well as surreptitious. Now that unprecedented amounts of information are readily available about what we've done and what makes us tick, lamentable incidents and statements can follow us everywhere with the crushing weight of Jacob Marley's chains. With the past always present, time--as Shakespeare's Hamlet exclaimed--is out of joint.
When citizens become open books, it becomes awfully tempting to manage heightened publicity with overly cautious and risk-adverse behavior. With enough fear, we'll lose out on more than opportunity. Our character can be diminished, perhaps timorousness shifting from vice to virtue. As David Hoffman, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer at Intel Corporation, contends, society thus needs solutions that safeguard a limited "right to fail" without encouraging reckless or anti-social behavior, or the problems that come from historical amnesia or revisionism. At stake is nothing less than securing adequate space for social experimentation, the "breathing room" (to borrow a phrase from privacy scholar Julie Cohen) that enables people to learn and grow.
While the right to be forgotten appears to be gaining traction in Europe, there are numerous challenges ahead, not least because the road from privacy interest to privacy right can be long and winding. In the United States concern has been expressed over how legal enforcement of a robust right for individuals to control personal information could run afoul of First Amendment speech protections and squash innovation by subjecting companies like Google and Facebook to bureaucratic procedures that, practically speaking, are unworkable, and further burdened by the prospect of overly punitive sanctions. Furthermore, as numerous scholars suggest, the notion of so-called "personal information" is hard to pin down in an age of networked citizens where lots of data involves or affects other people, implicating what law professor Sonja West aptly calls the "story of us." Finally, while the market can indeed provide helpful services, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that when privacy protection is commodified, greater burden is placed on lower income people. Freedom and peace of mind become purchasing power privilege."
Evan Selinger -- Twitter: @evanselinger


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" —Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.; Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus; New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Kelly; Ben Jealous, NAACP President and CEO; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.; Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.; Bobby Scott, D-Va.; Kelly.
CNN's "State of the Union" — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.
"Fox News Sunday" — Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Minitrials involve a structured settlement process in which both parties present abbreviated summaries of their case before the other party and/or their representatives who have authority to settle the dispute. The summaries contain explicit data about the legal bases and the merits of the case. The process generally follows more relaxed rules for discovery and case presentation than might be found in a court, and the parties usually agree on specific limited periods of time for presentations and arguments.
Currently, we do not know of any Federal agencies which are using Minitrials as an ADR technique in the EEO process.