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Just like trees, shrubs, pets and even humans, turf grasses need water to survive. The perception that turf is a water consumer is correct, but we’re all water consumers.The forgotten benefitsOften forgotten are the environmental benefits of a healthy turf. Grass prevents soil erosion, filters rainwater, traps airborne dust and soot and acts as a noise abatement. Imagine how much louder our lives would be without turf to absorb the polluting sounds of the fast-paced world.Lawns can act as air conditioners, too. The surface temperature of an actively growing turf grass may be 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler than a dormant turf. As a result, the surroundings are cooler, too, so it costs less to cool buildings.Don’t forget that grass is a plant. So, through photosynthesis, it converts carbon dioxide to oxygen — which we all require.Choose and plant appropriatelyMany inputs are needed to maintain a healthy turf, but proper water management is the most important. For best water conservation, choose and plant the right grass.Different types of grasses are better adapted for particular climates. Properly matching the grass with the climate minimizes its water requirements. Georgians are fortunate to have a diversity of climates and an array of turf species to choose from.Likewise, plan to establish a new lawn at the right time. Trying to plant a lawn just as the climate gets its toughest takes more water and money. Work with nature, not against it.Water wiselyOnce the lawn is actively growing, water wisely. Most turf grasses grown in Georgia need about 1 inch of water per week to maintain normal growth and color. Base their watering on need, not on the day of the week.Watch for signs of moisture stress, such as wilt, leaf blades rolling or the turf’s failure to bounce back from foot traffic. The right time to irrigate is when you first see signs of stress.Water, though, with the idea of watering deeply but not often. Light, frequent irrigations lead to shallow, weak root systems that require more money and effort.Turf roots will “mine” for water. As the soil surface dries, roots explore greater soil depths in search of moisture. Allowing the turf grass a little moisture stress can actually increase rooting depths and, in the long run, save water.Typically, you should apply one-half to 1 inch of water at a time, depending on the soil.Pay attention. Avoid watering so much that the soil becomes saturated and water runs off the soil surface. If the water doesn’t make it to the turf’s root zone, it’s of little use to the plant.Don’t water the pavement, either. Many have tried, and adding water doesn’t cause the asphalt or concrete to grow.Watering is most efficient in the early morning, when losses from evaporation are less. Research shows that water losses at night are 50 percent less than in midday irrigation. Once again, the plant can use only water in the root zone. Water vapor can’t help the grass at all.Get help, if you need itFor further help with turf topics, consult your local county agent of the UGA Extension Service. Turf can be a valuable asset to the landscape and the environment, but it’s up to us to properly manage water resources.Turf grasses don’t waste water. People do. Volume XXVII Number 1 Page 19 By Clint WaltzGeorgia Extension Service
Cotton scout trainings hosted by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are set for June.UGA entomologists Phillip Roberts and Michael Toews will lead a pair of trainings, one in Tifton on June 9 and another in Midville on June 17. The cotton scout schools are designed to teach individuals about cotton growth and development, the structures of a cotton plant, pest insects, beneficial insects and how to report information to a grower.The trainings will begin in a classroom and conclude with a short field trip. The classes will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 12:30 p.m. They are free, and no registration is required.“These trainings provide a great introduction to scouting,” Roberts said. “Cotton insect management is an evolving discipline; I still learn something each day. I believe this to be a really good introduction. We have scouting materials available, but we really encourage people to participate in this training if they can.”The cotton scout schools are presented annually and the Tifton class typically attracts between 80-100 people.For more information about cotton scouting or any other cotton related topic, see ugacotton.com.
Sioux tribe sues U.S. over Keystone XL approval FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrint分享Casper Star-Tribune:Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota sued the Trump administration on Monday, claiming it approved an oil pipeline from Canada without considering potential damage to cultural sites from spills and construction.Attorneys for the Rosebud Sioux tribe and Fort Belknap Indian Reservation asked U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls, Montana, to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, issued last year by the U.S. State Department.The tribes argue President Donald Trump brushed aside their rights and put their members at risk when he reversed President Barack Obama’s rejection of the $8 billion TransCanada Corp. project.The line would carry up to 830,000 barrels of crude daily along a 1,184-mile path from Canada to Nebraska. The route passes through the ancestral homelands of the Rosebud Sioux in central South Dakota and the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes in Montana.The tribes said a spill from the line could damage a South Dakota water supply system that serves more than 51,000 people including on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge and Lower Brule Indian Reservations. An existing TransCanada pipeline, also called Keystone, suffered a spill last year that released almost 10,000 barrels of oil near Amherst, South Dakota.In August, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ordered the State Department to conduct a more thorough review of Keystone XL’s path through Nebraska. The move came in response to litigation from environmentalists and after state regulators changed the route.More: Tribes: Trump illegally approved oil pipeline from Canada
February 15, 2005 Senior Editor Regular News Judicial Independence project here for the long haul Judicial independence project here for the long haul Gary Blankenship Senior Editor When the Committee on Judicial Independence had its first in-person meeting last month, something quickly became evident.“The committee is going to be charged with a monumental task,” Chair Jesse Diner reported to the Bar Board of Governors at its Key West meeting. “It’s not something that’s going to be solved in the next three or four or five months.”That said, the committee has hit the ground running. Diner said the committee has begun long-range plans to expand its membership and discussed ways to get a wide variety of input on judicial independence, retention, elections, and selection.The committee considered holding an All Bar Conference on the subject in late March, but dropped the idea because of a lack of time to prepare and financial concerns. But the committee did set up a three-hour session at June’s Annual Meeting, and may take public testimony there.Diner’s January 28 report to the board came a day after the committee met to discuss what it should do.Among its conclusions:• The panel, which is now a special board committee, should become a permanent Bar committee or commission and expand to include Bar members and nonlawyers from a broad cross section of the state. Committee members talked about recruiting support for the panel’s efforts from high profile figures, such as former Gov. Reuben Askew and former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham.• The committee needs to collect anecdotes and information about the operation of the judicial nominating process and judicial independence in general.• Topics to be considered by the committee include judicial campaigns and elections, ethical standards for JNC members, the Bar’s process for nominating potential JNC members to the governor, retention of appellate judges, how new judicial positions are certified by the Supreme Court, and whether having an independent agency involved in that certification process would give it more credibility with the legislature.Committee members discussed problems with judicial elections, including the perceptions of conflicts of interest when lawyers donate to those campaigns and ethical problems candidates run into. Committee member Kim Bald noted that in her circuit, even as a newly elected judge was sworn in recently, the judge was under investigation by the Judicial Qualifications Commission for an alleged infraction of the judicial canons during the campaign.Also discussed was whether there are problems with JNCs since the new appointment process was started several years ago. Previously, the Bar appointed three members to each JNC, the governor chose three and those six selected three public members. Under the new system, the governor directly appoints five members to each JNC and chooses the other four from slates nominated by the Bar.Bald said she served on a circuit JNC for the last year of the old system and the first year of the new, and was shocked by some of the changes. She said one appointee was very conservative and religious and asked inappropriate questions. In one case, that JNC member asked a gay applicant if he wore “short shorts” while riding a bike to attract other men.Similarly, a well-qualified woman applicant who went through the interview process twice vowed never to apply again because of offensive questions, Bald said. And, she added, candidates were asked how many times they went to church and why they attended a particular church.Committee member Gwen Young said collecting information is vital. “The whole information gathering process is critical. We all have stories, but are these isolated instances or are we having problems in more than one area?” she said.Committee members noted there had been problems with the former system, but Bar President Kelly Overstreet Johnson added, “There were always problems, but I’m seeing more systemic, across-the-board problems as opposed to an isolated ‘you’ve got a bad person in there.’”Committee member Jay White reminded members that “the reality is you’ve got a Republican governor who is very conservative. . . and he’s going to pick people like him.”Diner, who has worked on committees that screened applicants for the Bar nominations to the governor for JNC appointments, said he’s seen qualified candidates repeatedly passed over, notably Democrats and — even if they are prominent Republicans — plaintiffs’ trial lawyers.The first step, he and other members agree, is to begin collecting information, perhaps from local bar associations, about problems they see in the nomination process, and then consider solutions, which could include a constitutional amendment.“If nothing else, we will have catalogued what the issues and the problems are,” Diner said.
NAFCU Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel Carrie Hunt wrote the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Committee in advance of today’s hearing on cybersecurity to reiterate NAFCU’s belief that better cybersecurity should be coupled with a national data security standard.“Data security is an important part of the cybersecurity discussion,” Hunt wrote in a letter to Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Ranking Member Thomas Carper, D-Del. “Traditionally, consumers have trusted that entities collecting this type of information will, at the very least, make a minimal effort to protect them from such risks. Unfortunately, in the wake of several headline-grabbing retailer breaches in recent months, this does not seem to be the case today.”Last week, Hunt urged the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade to act on data security. Writing in advance of a hearing Tuesday on the issue, she said legislation must ensure that:breached entities be held accountable for costs resulting from their negligence;consumers be notified of breaches and made aware of retailers’ data security policies;account servicers be notified; andretailers be held to account for violating prohibitions on data retention. continue reading » 7SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr
Tribute Resources announced the execution of a Term Sheet which outlines terms for a share exchange of Tribute shares for the remaining 53.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Tocardo International BV. Upon completion of the transaction outlined in the Term Sheet, Tocardo will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Tribute.Tocardo is a tidal and free-flow water turbine producer located in Den Oever, the Netherlands. Tocardo offices and staff will remain in Den Oever following the completion of the share exchange.Tocardo has been developing and deploying its tidal turbines in rivers and ocean environments for over a decade with eight turbines currently deployed and operating in the Netherlands and a contract for 5 turbines at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).Tribute currently owns 46.5% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Tocardo.The executed Term Sheet outlines the manner in which the remaining 53.5% of the Tocardo shares will be exchanged for approximately 53 million common shares of Tribute through an equity swap of Tribute’s common shares.Tribute and Tocardo have been in discussion on a path forward that will allow the development of the Tribute Nova Scotian projects and additional geographic locations. It has been agreed that operation as one team will be the optimal structure by which to move forward together in a mutually beneficial manner to facilitate the future of each of the companies and the present and future marine and tidal projects.The short-term objective of the re-organized corporation shall be a first deployment of a Universal Foundation System (UFS) equipped with 5 turbines in late 2018.Subject to the agreement of the Tribute shareholders and the TSX(V), the Term Sheet provides for a name change to Tocardo Energy Inc.It is expected that the share swap transaction, and related matters, will be completed on or around September 30, 2017.Closing of the proposed share swap transaction by Tribute is subject to the acceptance of the TSX(V).
Tweet Digicel’s Sales and Marketing Manager Nathalie Walsh presenting award to Monique CanovilleMonday, December 5th 2011 – Roseau, Dominica: Digicel announced Monique Canoville as its first semi-finalist in its ‘Spell DIGICEL and win’ Christmas promotion. Ms.Canoville will join three other lucky Digicel customers who have spelled the word ‘D I G I C E L’ to participate in one of two big prize draws, the first one to take place at the end December. Ms. Canoville is a self-employed 19 year-old from the village of Belles. She was very thrilled when she got a text message congratulating her of her success obtaining all seven letters to enter the grand prize draw. On Monday 5th December Ms. Canoville joined the DBS radio show live with Digicel’s Marketing Manager, Nathalie Walsh and radio personality, Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles. The lucky semi-finalist, Monique Canoville, said, “I am looking forward to be part of the grand prize draw end of December, if I were to win the cash of $25,000 it is my hope to invest it to further my education. A big thanks to Digicel for giving me this opportunity.”Digicel’s Marketing Manager, Nathalie Walsh, said; “As part of our promise to deliver the very best value to our customers across Dominica, we are thrilled to be giving this chance to all our customers to win up to $25,000 this Christmas. Entry is simple – prepaid customers just need totop up by $15 or more and post pay customers simple pay their bills in full and on time to be in with a chance to win. “There are lots of other prizes to be won and Sabrina Thomas of Grandbaywas announced as the winner of a trip to Guadeloupe, also a part of Digicel’s Christmas promotion. Congratulations to all, we look forward announcing many more lucky Digicel customers in the coming weeks,” continued Walsh.Press Release Share 11 Views no discussions Share
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IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through March 19 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. Ryan Roath, Phoenix, Ariz., 607; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 531; 3. Tim Ward, Gilbert, Ariz., 486; 4. Larry Hood, Bakersfield, Calif., 414; 5. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 395; 6. Steve Streeter, Madera, Calif., 329; 7. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 319; 8. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa, and Chris Olexiewicz, Chandler, Ariz., both 318; 10. Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif., 309; 11. R.C. Whitwell, Tucson, Ariz., 278; 12. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 263; 13. Spencer Wilson, Minot, N.D., 260; 14. Donald Robinson, Underwood, N.D., 259; 15. Chris Elliott, Abilene, Texas, 258; 16. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 254; 17. Nate Warren, Phoenix, Ariz., 253; 18. Marlyn Seidler, Underwood, N.D., 251; 19. Jeff Streeter, Madera, Calif., 246; 20. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 238.IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. 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Leonard Manos, Yuma, Ariz., 136; 13. Andrew Sebastian, Minot, N.D., 131; 14. Lee Riley, Lubbock, Texas, 129; 15. Jamie Herring, Killeen, Texas, 115; 16. Daniel Van Haitsma, Boyd, Texas, 112; 17. Eric Stanton, Carlisle, Iowa, 110; 18. Mike Watkins, Hawley, Texas, 106; 19. J.R. Patman, Midland, Texas, 104; 20. Rodney Sparks, Hawley, Texas, 103. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods – 1. Nick Spainhoward, Bakersfield, Calif., 294; 2. Rick Diaz, Los Banos, Calif., 280; 3. Josh Wood, Yuma, Ariz., and Chris Toth, Holtville, Calif., both 257; 5. Timmy Reese, Yuma, Ariz., 250; 6. James Dupre, Yuma, Ariz., 240; 7. Cody Daffern, Brawley, Calif., 239; 8. Schannon Mohamed, Brawley, Calif., 228; 9. Keith Smith, Imperial, Calif., 213; 10. Sean Callens, Brawley, Calif., 184; 11. Miles Morris, Yuma, Ariz., 173; 12. Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., 157; 13. Ronald Pegues, Brawley, Calif., 150; 14. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 142; 15. Wayne Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 118; 16. Lee Jensen, Bakersfield, Calif., and Cody Brown, Chowchilla, Calif., both 115; 18. Joshua Cordova, Somerton, Ariz., 111; 19. Kyle Griffith, Taft, Calif., 110; 20. James A. Digiovanni, Morgan Hill, Calif., 102.Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods – 1. Cory Williams, Slaton, Texas, 296; 2. Chad Hertel, Abilene, Texas, 225; 3. Gabe Tucker, Carbon, Texas, 221; 4. Justin Long, Haslet, Texas, 220; 5. Allen Montgomery, Fort Worth, Texas, 213; 6. Justin Shaw, Sweetwater, Texas, 209; 7. Jake Upchurch, Grand Prairie, Texas, 207; 8. Brad Shirley, Springtown, Texas, 178; 9. Mark Patterson, Abilene, Texas, 168; 10. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche, Texas, 162; 11. Justin Cass, Abilene, Texas, 154; 12. David Goode Jr., Temple, Texas, 142; 13. Kenneth Graves, Tahoka, Texas, 134; 14. Jarrett Roberts, Temple, Texas, 132; 15. Alec Smith, Hobbs, N.M., 125; 16. Kyle Wisdom, Abilene, Texas, 124; 17. Roger Armstrong, Carlsbad, N.M., 115; 18. G.W. Egbert IV, Belton, Texas, 107; 19. Tyler Fain, Abilene, Texas, and Randy Doyle, Killeen, Texas, both 101.West Coast Super Stocks – 1. Steve Nash, Pahrump, Nev., 65; 2. Clay Daly, Watsonville, Calif., 39; 3. Chad Weber, Santa Maria, Calif., 38; 4. Lonnie Welch, Bakersfield, Calif., 37; 5. Brady Bell, Bakersfield, Calif., 36; 6. Tim Randolph, Santa Maria, Calif., 35; 7. Billy Simkins, Bakersfield, Calif., 34; 8. Johnny Bedingfield, Bakersfield, Calif., and Dale Daffern, Las Vegas, Nev., both 33; 10. William A. Stevens, Bakersfield, Calif., and Cory Little, Pahrump, Nev., both 32; 12. George Bradburry, Pahrump, Nev., 31.
RelatedPosts COVID-19: NCAA to revoke erring airlines licence over non-compliance FRSC to Schools: We’ll arrest, prosecute drivers who flout COVID-19 rules Sanwo-Olu: We’re committed to fulfilling promises to Lagosians Leicester City will hold practice matches at an empty King Power Stadium to prepare their players for games without fans when the Premier League resumes this month, manager Brendan Rodgers said.The English top-flight, which has been suspended since March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume on June 17 with all matches to be played behind closed doors. “We will have some practice games in our own stadium before we play. We will play at the King Power, so they will feel and get a sense of that,” Rodgers told British media.The Premier League is exploring the use of audio effects and computer-generated “fans” to improve the viewer experience of watching behind closed doors games but Rodgers said the game would not be the same without fans.Rodgers added: “It’s absolutely not; it can’t be.“However, it’s what we have to do.“The intensity and commitment of players will still be there. “We did love our supporters to be there but there won’t be any.“We will have a cause we will be fighting for.“They may not be with us in the stadium but there will be millions of people watching, thousands of Leicester supporters around the world… we have a duty for them to do the best we can.”Leicester is third in the league on 53 points, four behind second-placed Manchester City, who has played a game less.Reuters/NAN. Tags: Brendan RodgersCOVID-19King Power StadiumLeicester CityPremier League