| Advanced Technologies Key to Meeting Increased Demand for Grain
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Speaking at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Outlook Forum, DuPont Vice President and General Manager and Pioneer Hi-Bred President Paul Schickler said advanced technologies will be key for further corn and soybean yield improvement over the next 10 years. "It is an incredible time for the agricultural economy as demand for food, feed, fuel and materials -- all of which can be produced through agriculture - - have increased," Schickler said. "We expect the traits and technologies in our product pipeline to help meet that demand by doubling the rate of genetic gain -- targeting a 40 percent yield increase in our corn and soybean products over the next 10 years." Schickler explained that the corn yield increase will come from a convergence of elite germplasm, proprietary Accelerated Yield Technology(TM) (AYT(TM)), the new Optimum(R) AcreMax(TM) insect control system and key agronomic traits such as drought tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency.
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For the diehard jazz lover on your list, consider signing them up for the 35th annual International Association of Jazz Educators conference being staged Jan. 9 to 12 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Aimed at education, teacher training and professional development, the event features an intriguing array of live interviews, panels, workshops and more than 100 concerts. The 2008 lineup includes a U.K. showcase helmed by British saxist Courtney Pine, performances by singer Kurt Elling (below), guitarist Lionel Loueke, The Tierney Sutton Band and trumpeter Christian Scott. Advance registration and membership costs about $540; lower for students. Visit iaje.org. - Ashante Infantry FOR THE FILM BUFFCool gifts for movie fans this season come in both small and big packages. Let's work our way up: iPod Touch: The latest extension of the category-killing Apple gizmo looks like the skinny brother to the iPhone, the super cell that still hasn't come to Canada.
Ten Days With Leopard: Coolest Cat Ever
The act of upgrading a MacBook from Tiger to Leopard was not without problems. Let's just say you should not proceed without first making a full-on backup. Once it's properly installed, however, Leopard shines. Spaces gives you a ton of extra desktop real estate, Time Machine will probably get more people to play it safe and keep constant backups, and smaller features just plain make sense. As much as $2 billion in potential sales could have been lost in 2006 due to online security concerns. VeriSign has created a simple and cost-effective way to protect your employees, business partners and consumers. Its called VeriSign Identity Protection. Read more now. .
Microsoft Participates in the 2008 International Consumer Electronics ...
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. has planned the following press activities for the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Jan. 7-11. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) Microsoft Keynote Address Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, will deliver the pre-show 2008 International CES keynote address at 6:30 p.m. PST Sunday, Jan. 6, in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Admission to the keynote address will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis to accredited members of the media and analysts with their official CES badges and badge holders. Credentials can be picked up in the CES press room at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), Room S229, between the Central and South halls.
Newark's Mora Motor Car Co. - 1905
As early as October 1905, a group of public-spirited Newark businessmen, all members of the Newark Board of Trade, had made contact with Mr. Samuel Hancock Mora in Rochester. Mora was looking for a building, and even more importantly, a community to support his venture, that of building motor cars. One of members of the Board of Trade , Thomas W. Martin, had a building for rent, the former Reed Manufacturing Co. plant on the east end of Seigrist Street. The Reed Company, manufacturers of tin ware and enamelware, had vacated the wooden building in 1903 to move just west into their huge brick plant that still stands today as a warehouse owned by Graybill Enterprises. In Rochester, S.H. Mora had left the employ of the Eastman Kodak Co. after nearly 13 years, having risen to head of sales.
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