Reporting Beyond the Pale: UK news discourse on drones in Pakistan

This article on drone strikes in Pakistan offers a distinctive empirical case study for critical scholarship of counterterrorism. By asking how cosmopolitanism has developed through UK news discourse it also provides a constructivist contribution to the literature on drones. I argue UK news discourse is not cosmopolitan because it focuses on risk and places the Other beyond comprehension. US and UK Governments networked counterterrorism operations have complicated accountability and while a drive for certainty promoted more scrutiny of policy, news media outlets, academics and activists turned to statistical and visual genres of communication that inhibited understanding of the Other

Diagnosing Stewart\u27s disease in field corn

Two commercial cornfields in south central Iowa were diagnosed with Stewart\u27s disease the week of May 22. Although commercial field corn does show variable tolerance to the disease and widespread economic loss is not likely, these fields are proof that the disease can infect some hybrids. Even among exposed plants within a given hybrid, some may be infected and others may not. In one field south of Albia, 2 percent of plants had been killed, 12 percent showed classic leaf symptoms, and 86 percent were symptomless. The fields with infected plants will be monitored as the season progresse

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Fish Inventory

The Niobrara River flows through Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (AGFO) maintaining about 18-km of riverine habitat. The lack of large-scale human alterations like impoundment and channelization to the Niobrara River within AGFO make this stretch of river an ideal location to support native fish communities. However, concern for native fishes in the Niobrara River in and around AGFO has grown because non-native brown trout Salmo trutta and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss have been actively stocked in the region. Other species like largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, and northern pike Esox lucius may have also established populations from stocking activities above or below the AGFO property

Laminated Object Manufacturing of Si3N4 With Enhanced Properties

The potential to fabricate near net-shape ceramic components of intricate shape is attractive and offers considerable savings in cost and time. The laminated architecture inherent in many Rapid Prototyping techniques can be utilized to enhance material properties by providing weak interfaces at regular intervals, oriented microstructures, and functionally graded compositions. By design and control of these variables it is possible to enhance the strength, toughness and performance of components fabricated from structural ceramics. A range of oriented microstructural features have been investigated in Laminated Object Manufacturing of Si3N4 materials. Changes in the mechanical properties can be related to specific architectures and microstructural developments which took place during sintering.Mechanical Engineerin

A Practical Guide for Pastors in the Nonverbal Communication Process

The purpose of this project is to offer pastors a practical guide in understanding the nonverbal communication process within the ministry setting. The project will bridge research in secular nonverbal communication and integrate the requirements of scripture as they apply to the pastor`s interaction with his people. For this to be accomplished the process must recognize how scripture applies to how the pastor is to interact in his daily life as well as his calling. To do so, the project will integrate secular nonverbal communication studies; questionnaires received by pastors of the topic, and biblical requirements from 1 Timothy 3. The project will then provide the pastor with a process on how to interact in this method which will help him to interact effectively within the Christian environment

More than a Century of Change in the Ames, Iowa Flora (1859-2000)

We compared two floras compiled in Ames, Iowa: (1) an historic flora based on two published floras (1871, 1890) and on 1450 herbarium voucher specimens of plants collected in Ames between 1859 and 1899, and (2) a current flora compiled by us during recent fieldwork (1990-2000). Our goals were to determine 1) long-term changes in composition (i.e., the proportion of native species) over time, 2) long-term changes in the abundance of individual plant species over time, and 3) the extent of gains and losses of native and non-native plant species. We found that the proportion of native species declined over time from 83.5% to 71.2%. Native taxa had a greater tendency to decrease in abundance and a lesser tendency to increase in abundance than did non-native taxa (p :S 0.001). Furthermore, historically uncommon plant taxa (regardless of origin) were more prone to extirpation from the flora than were more abundant taxa (p :S 0.001). Of the 277 plant species that likely entered the Ames flora after 1899, 160 of them (57.8%) are nonnative including eleven aggressive invasive species: garlic mustard (A/liaria petio!ata (Bieb.) Cav. & Grande), Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii DC.), crown vetch (Coroni!!a varia L.), leafy spurge (Euphorbia esu!a 1.), Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder), purple loosestrife (Lythrum sa!icaria 1.), Osage orange (Madura pomifera (Raf. ex. Sarg.) Schneider), white mulberry (Moras alba 1.), European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica 1.), multiflora rose (Rosa mu!tiflora Thunb. ex Murray) and Siberian elm (U!mus pumi!a 1.). We argue that more floristic inventory work is needed to facilitate continued analysis of human impact on the Iowa flora