A low glucosinolate content (21.8 mmol g) Brassica napus seed meal (RSM) applied to orchard soils altered communities of both pathogenic and saprophytic soil micro-organisms. RSM amendment reduced infection by native and introduced isolates of Rhizoctonia spp. and recovery of Pratylenchus spp. from apple roots. Root infection by Rhizoctonia solani AG-5 was also suppressed in split-root assays w...

necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 4, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption. 3. As explained in 10 CFR 5.0 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML13135A316), this exemption meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or en...

Increasingly higher costs of disposal of fly ash (FA) on the one hand, and on the other, the current focus on bioenergy offer opportunities for using FA as soil amendment for producing biofuel feedstock while cleaning up accumulations of the product. Greenhouse pot experiments were conducted in a silt loam soil amended with 0%, 2.5% and 20% FA to determine boundary shoot and root biomass produc...

The amendment of soil with biochar has been demonstrated to have an effect not only on the soil physicochemical properties, but also on soil microbial community composition and activity. Previous reports have demonstrated significant impacts on soil microbial community structure. These impacts are modulated not only by the biochar composition, but also on the soil’s physicochemical characterist...

approve a crucial $5 million increase in the Bank’s Administrative budget that will enable the Bank to modernize their computer systems and to insert personnel into key markets to help American businesses sell overseas. This modernization is absolutely necessary at this time to ensure that the Bank is Y2K compliant. New systems and personnel will also help the bank reduce turn-around time on de...

BACKGROUND In 1992, Congress enacted the Synar Amendment, requiring states and territories to enact a law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors and to enforce that law in a manner that could reasonably be expected to decrease the availability of tobacco to minors. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was mandated to withhold block grant funding from noncompliant states. OBJE...

The First Amendment protects the speech of health care providers. This protection can limit states' abilities to protect patients from harmful therapies involving speech, such as sexual orientation change efforts. Because providers' speech is more similar to commercial speech than traditional political discourse, it is possible to create a First Amendment review analysis that better balances st...

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case challenging hand-gun-control statutes adopted in 1976 in Washington, D.C. The question before the Court is whether the District's prohibition of further registration of hand-guns, its ban on the carrying of concealed guns, and its mandate that guns kept in homes remain unloaded and either locked or disassembled violate...

I feel that this lack of support is basically because there are so few wives who are an integral part of their husband's practice, and that our colleagues have not known the resentment building up over the years endured by doctors whose wives are employed while they wait patiently for recognition. My wife, a state-registered nurse, has been associated with this practice over 25 years, the last ...