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The course will be held in the ballroom at the UC Davis Conference Center. Enrollment has been reduced to $750 and includes instruction, course material, a networking reception, and two lunches. For additional information and to enroll, visit the course website. Enrollment is requested by October 23, 2015.
All graduate and Ph.D. students in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are invited to join Dean Helene Dillard for coffee on November 4 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in MUII, Memorial Union.
The event will provide the opportunity for students to share their thoughts and ask questions about plans for the college. Please RSVP for this free gathering by October 28.
An inaugural “Do No Harm” conference will focus on identifying, preventing, and mitigating the spread of pests, plant pathogens, and diseases through restoration. It will be held at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Center on November 5 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
A primary objective of this conference is to identify the stumbling blocks to achieving ecologically and economically successful restoration of disturbed lands in California. The conference will bring together experts, practitioners, suppliers, and policymakers to develop best management practices. Others who may want ...
Registration is $45 ($25 for students). Continuing education units are available. The UC Riverside Palm Desert Center is located at 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive. To register and learn more.
Explore this fermented beverage—from its rich history to its recent rebirth in the United States. Participants will taste and learn the styles, ingredient selection, and steps to making good mead. This short course is coordinated with four of the leading mead makers in the United States, along with faculty and staff fr...
Early registration is $160 and will rise to $180 on October 30. The registration fee includes lunch, light refreshments, and study materials. To learn more and to register.
Rion Rhoades had nothing to prove to anybody last November.
Hutchinson Community College football was clearly a program on the rise. Two seasons after looking like the 1987 Kansas State Wildcats - finishing 0-9 and coming close to winning just twice - the Blue Dragons were preparing for the Region 6 playoffs.
In less than two years, Rhoades had turned Blue Dragon football into something meaningful. Home crowds were getting better, the team beat Garden City on the road and treated Coffeyville like MLB lineups treat the Kansas City Royals bullpen.
But a part of Rhoades needed something else - a win against Fort Scott.
The Region 6 semifinal at Fort Scott was gravy in many people's eyes. Nobody expected Hutchinson to beat a team that had won 20-0 at Gowans Stadium and nearly beat Butler the week before. But Rhoades wanted to beat Fort Scott. He had to beat Fort Scott.
During Hutchinson's winless season, Rhoades was orchestrating Fort Scott's resurrection. Coming off a 22-game losing streak, Rhoades took over at Fort Scott and led the Greyhounds to a 7-5 record.
But the lure of Gowans Stadium, a promise of facility upgrades and having little pressure to win added up to Rhoades leaving Fort Scott for Hutchinson.
Meanwhile, Jeff Sims took over at Fort Scott and the Greyhounds kept winning. In 2007, they played for the Region 6 title again. They went to a bowl game. Rhoades' Blue Dragons went 2-7.
And even as the Blue Dragons began winning last season, they weren't Fort Scott. The Greyhounds boasted one of the nation's best defenses and were clearly the second-best team in the conference.
"It was tough," Rhoades said last week. "But the good Lord has a plan for everything. At Fort Scott, we had a good team and we were able to turn it around quicker than here."
Had Rhoades made the right decision? As of last November, it looked like the answer was yes and no. Yes, he had something big brewing. But look what Fort Scott was doing.
After the Blue Dragons knocked off Fort Scott 30-17, Rhoades was surprisingly quiet. While teammates, coaches and fans celebrated, Rhoades' body was void of emotion.
His face was blank during postgame interviews and his answers to questions were brief and plainer than a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
While Rhoades isn't one to boast, this was the one time I felt he was going to cut loose, go footloose, kick off his Sunday shoes and brag how the Blue Dragons were going to play for a championship.
He may not have looked it, but Rhoades was thrilled. His move from Fort Scott to Hutchinson was justified in his eyes.
"It really was emotional," Rhoades said last week. "No. 1, having coached there, I naturally felt like I had something to prove. I left Fort Scott for what was supposed to be a better job. If we had gone there and lost, I could have been perceived as a failure."
The Hutchinson community wouldn't have thought that, but those close to the Fort Scott program may have agreed.
Rhoades may also have thought he would have failed with a loss at Fort Scott. But failing is going 0-9, not playing in the Region 6 semifinals.
Rhoades proved that last year.
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(CNN) -- Thirty armed militants were killed on Thursday during a fight with troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers listen to a speach in Nadi Ali district, Helmand province, on February 5, 2009.
The incident occurred in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, and the militants were killed by Afghan soldiers advised by coalition troops, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Afghan soldiers had been conducting "combat reconnaissance in an area of known militant presence," the statement said, when militants fired at the troops with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenades and a firefight eventually broke out.
The troops made sure non-combatants were not in the area when they fired at the militants, the military statement said. One Afghan soldier received minor injuries in the incident.
"This engagement was yet another blow to the militants, who are quickly losing their ability to operate in Helmand province," a coalition official said in the statement. "The Afghan National Army is working to rid Afghanistan of extremists who are only trying to destabilize the country and sabotage Afghan freedom."
Meanwhile, an Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device Thursday during operations in southern Afghanistan, Australia's Defense Ministry said.
He is the second Australian to be killed in Afghanistan this week. Ten Australian troops have died in the Afghan conflict.
Defense Force Chief Angus Houston said the "soldier was trying to clear the route of an Australian patrol when the explosion happened."
He was trying to defuse the explosive when "there was an explosion and he was killed," Houston said.
Houston said the soldier was an expert in countering roadside bombs.
"He lost his life trying to make the environment safe for his mates. At this point in time we do not know what caused the explosion," said Houston, who did not say where in the south the incident occurred.
On Monday, Australian Cpl. Mathew Hopkins was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. He had been part of a joint patrol near Kakarak, north of Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province.
More than a third of Kiwi SMEs feel confident in the economy moving forward, but that has not increased the likelihood of them investing in or growing their business.
More than a third of New Zealand SMEs have improved the position of their business over the last four years and feel confident in the economy moving forward, but that has not increased the likelihood of them investing in or growing their business.
These are among the findings of the 2015 Westpac Grow New Zealand survey and provide a comparison to the results of the 2011 Grow New Zealand survey.
This year, nearly 1200 SMEs ranging in size from $250,000 to $5 million in turnover were surveyed online about the economy, future plans for their business, and their use of digital technology.
Just over 30 percent have experienced positive growth, up 12 percent on 2011, while those who were experiencing tough times have dropped 6 percent to 20 percent.
However the improved economic position did not change investment intentions with there being little to no change around expanding businesses, maintaining the size of the business, or looking to sell.
And although 42 percent of SMEs intend to invest in their business, fewer SMEs than four years ago are looking to invest in their business over the next three years by developing new products, increasing sales, increasing marketing or hiring staff.
Westpac Chief Executive David McLean observed that the lifestyle mentality many SME owners have toward their business was a key driver behind the lack of enthusiasm for growth.
Underlining this, 31 percent said the biggest block to growth was their desire to maintain work/life balance or retire - a 10 percent increase on 2011.
“The economy is going better than 2011 and prospects are good, but for many SMEs the improved conditions are the cream on the lifestyle cake rather than looking to grow or expand,” McLean adds.
While SMEs have adopted digital technologies, few appear to have restructured their businesses to suit the new world. They were asked about the impact of digital technology on their business over the last five years and in the short term future.
The lack of impact over the last five years is surprising while they are also not confident about securing the right staff to capitalise on it.
"In the United States, productivity gains have been made by altering business structures to suit the new technological reality," adds Dominick Stephens, Chief Economist, Westpac.
Nearly one third said digital technology has had no impact over the last five years and 27 percent expected it to have no impact over the next five years.
According to the report, they are also only using smartphones, tablets and social media in a rudimentary way while 38 percent are unsure what is needed or how to obtain the right staff or training to use digital technologies.
RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: Good evening, Chris. Thank you.
being made for the impending march of the storm up the Eastern Seaboard.
while he was vice president.
models, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. That is all coming up this hour.
the race and swamped everybody else.
sudden 12 points behind Mr. Perry.
adjust his campaign to try to deal with the threat of Rick Perry.
electorate didn`t like back then, or at least they didn`t like enough.
that Mitt Romney flips and flops on the various issues.
mind are flip flop, flip flop.
so prevalent over the last six months, will that continue?
few states in the primaries but did not go the distance.
moment might like to hear at that moment -- on even substantive things.
Take the issue of gun control, for example. As "The Washington Post"
the NRA.`" That was 1994 Mitt Romney. "I don`t line up with the NRA."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When did you join the NRA?
here all your life? Not yet.
campaign. Here`s how Ryan Lizza wrote it up in "The New Yorker,"
Still, though, he couldn`t resist. `You`re a hunter,` he said to Mr.
Orff. `Well, same here. Good to see ya.`"
can`t be both a hunter and not a hunter.
Knot, Romney has tied himself into over the years on the issue of abortion.
the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and preserve it.
funding abortion in international aid programs.
serve openly and honestly` in the military."
the middle of a conflict. Now is not the time for a change in that regard.
people might want to hear.
on Mitt Romney last time around.
MADDOW: Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did.
Yes, you did, over and over again.
the new government should hand over Gadhafi to whom?
ROMNEY: Well, the United States of America would be my first choice.
We would try him here and see that justice is done.
Romney. Today`s position is this.
he was in Cuba -- I don`t know.
quote, "I did not see it with my own eyes."
persuaded that the stem cell debate was grounded on a false premise."