pesticide component and it is essential that the Coordinator be capable of developing effective IPM programs in this area. Specific responsibilities include: Facilitate the development and implementation of statewide IPM extension and research programs in Michigan; Represent MSU on IPM issues at the state and national levels; Identify and solicit additional national, state and private sector funding for IPM activities; Coordinate and foster MAES research programs in IPM; Coordinate a USDA Special Research Grant in Improved Fruit Production Systems; Provide program direction and feedback into the evaluation of MSUE IPM district and area agents; Supervise a half-time Extension Associate on tasks related to: (a) Coordination of the development of IPM educational materials and programs; (b) Responsibility for Crop Advisory Team conference calls and newsletters; (c) Production of an IPM Newsletter; (d) Preparation of the MSU IPM annual report. Supervise a full-time Program Associate in fruit and vegetable IPM; Chair the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources IPM Task Force. The position is designed to interface with various MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources activities such as the Pest Diagnostic Laboratories, Crop Advisory Teams, Extension Bulletin reviews, the IPM Task Force and the Pesticide Education Coordinator. REPORTING: The IPM Coordinator will report to the Director of the Pesticide Research Center, and, through this position, to the Directors of MSUE and MAES. The Coordinator will also act as a faculty member in a tenure department. The Coordinator will consult regularly with an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the above units plus representatives from Michigan Department of Agriculture and grower groups (IPM Alliance) who are helping to support the position. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A PhD is required with specialization in a pest science or agricultural/horticultural production discipline. The candidate must have strong experience and education in IPM. Prior experience in developing and maintaining IPM programs at the state level is desirable. Skills in both verbal and written communication will be important. Familiarity with Extension programs and approaches is also important. RANK: Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track). SALARY: Commensurate with current appointments in CANR at the Assistant/Associate Professor level. APPLICATIONS: Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, a current resume, a statement of past relevant experience in IPM, and the names of three people who will write letters of recommendation by the closing date to: Dr. Mark E. Whalon, Search Committee Chair, Pesticide Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1311. Tel: (517) 353-9430. FAX: (517) 353-5598. DEADLINE: Closing date for applications is January 15, 1995 or until a suitable canddiate is found. MSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. Handicappers have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation. --- * Origin: [via Psychotronic BBS = Durham, NC = 919-286-4542]Extensi (1:3641/1) @PATH: 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (63) Thu 1 Dec 94 17:10 By: AGPR To: All Re: Re: Romanian agriculture ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3641/223 0006aa8c @PID GIGO+ sn 175 at psybbs vsn 0.99 pl1 From: agpr@aol.com (AGPR) @Subject: Re: Romanian agriculture Date: 1 Dec 1994 17:10:57 -0500 @Sender: news@newsbf01.news.aol.com @Message-Id: <3blhlh$3gn@newsbf01.news.aol.com> In article , jbgFC@hamp.hampshire.edu (Joel B Gruver) writes: You may wish to check with the editor of American Vegetable Grower magazine. She may have some Romanian connections for you... Laurie Moses Editor American Vegetable Grower 37733 Euclid Ave Willoughby, OH 44094 tel: 216-942-2000 fax: 216-975-3447 Regards, Warren E. Clark President Clark Consulting International, Inc. 14N921 Lac Du Beatrice West Dundee, IL 60118-3115 Internet: AGPR@aol.com --- * Origin: [via Psychotronic BBS = Durham, NC = 919-286-4542]America (1:3641/1) @PATH: 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (64) Thu 1 Dec 94 23:08 By: MBURKE To: All Re: nafta (commerce dept) data ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3641/223 0006aa91 @PID GIGO+ sn 175 at psybbs vsn 0.99 pl1 From: MBURKE@MAINE.MAINE.EDU @Subject: nafta (commerce dept) data Date: 1 Dec 1994 23:08:13 -0000 @Sender: daemon@bigblue.oit.unc.edu @Message-Id: ...I was not able to get this into any of these IGC conferences ("no write access"): 1. trade.news 2. dev.foodfirst 3. nacla.report 4. igc.netnews thought you might have some use for this information. signed...melvin burke, a very recent peacenetter. (feel free to pass this along as necessary...) "NAFTA FACTS": FIRST NAFTA RESULTS SHOW JOB LOSSES FOR AMERICANS THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP The public has recently been misinformed by the Department of Commerce and media reports that distort the facts. The official Department of Commerce trade data for the first six months of NAFTA reveal a net loss of more than 21,000 jobs for American workers, and not their bogus claim of a 100,000 net job gain in their six month report on NAFTA (released August 18, 1994), NAFTA Facts: Summary of Trade Trends Under NAFTA: January-June, 1994. The major daily newspapers never bothered to check the Department's own numbers and arithmetic. They uncritically accepted and promulgated these new "Nafta Facts". Included among them were: The Los Angeles Times, "NAFTA--Glad We Met Ya", Aug. 20,1994 (lead editorial); the Washington Post, two articles by Hobart Rowen and Peter Behr, Aug. 21, 1994; and a Wall Street Journal article by Patrick Lucey, ambassador to Mexico, Aug. 30,1994. If you perform the proper calculations from the data in the Department of Commerce report, you will see that the U.S. balance of trade deficit with our NAFTA partners in the first six months of 1994 worsened by about $1.1 billion. That is to say that growth in our imports from NAFTA partners out-paced growth in our exports to them by $1.1 billion. How 100,000 new jobs were created by a worsening balance of trade deficit is a mystery not explained by the Commerce Department or by the press. The reason is that they simply got it wrong. The "trade-employment multiplier" calculated by pro-NAFTA economist Gary Hufbauer and Jeffery Schott is 19,600 American jobs (increase or decrease) for each $1 billion change (increase or decrease) in the balance of trade with our NAFTA trading partners. Thus, the deterioration in the U.S. trade balance with Mexico and Canada of $1.1 billion during the first six months of the agreement resulted in the loss of 21,560 jobs. ----------------------------------------------------------------- U.S.NAFTA Balance of Trade Summary Jan-June, 1993 vs. Jan-June, 1994 ($ Billions) United States 1993 1994 Change Exports to Canada 50.8 55.6 4.8 Exports to Mexico 20.9 24.5 3.6 Exports to NAFTA 71.7 80.1 8.4 Imports from Canada 55.9 61.4 5.5 Imports from Mexico 19.4 23.4 4.0 Imports from NAFTA 75.3 84.8 9.5 Balance of Trade -3.6 -4.7 -1.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Source: "Summary of Trade Trends Under NAFTA: Jan.-Jun., 1994", U.S. Department of Commerce, 8/18/94. On October 28, 1994, The Wall Street Journal published a twelve page review of NAFTA. The section included two articles of interest, one by NAFTA's renowned econometrician Hufbauer who was curiously silent about the Commerce 100,000 job gain and another by Jeff Faux, a NAFTA opponent, who correctly reported a net loss of more than 20,000 American jobs. Had the Department of Commerce, the press, and pro-NAFTA "economists" properly fulfilled their civic and professional duties, their headlines would have read, "First NAFTA Results Show Job Losses for Americans." It appears that we are a long way from the promised 170,000 new jobs to be created by NAFTA by 1995. Already, we can hear the "sucking sound" (Ross Perot). --- * Origin: [via Psychotronic BBS = Durham, NC = 919-286-4542]sustag- (1:3641/1) @PATH: 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (65) Fri 2 Dec 94 1:21 By: Gabriel Hegyes To: All Re: CALENDAR: National Ag Ecosystem M (fwd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3641/223 0006aaad @PID GIGO+ sn 175 at psybbs vsn 0.99 pl1 From: ghegyes@nalusda.gov (Gabriel Hegyes) @Subject: CALENDAR: National Ag Ecosystem M (fwd) Date: 2 Dec 1994 01:21:45 -0000 @Sender: daemon@bigblue.oit.unc.edu @Message-Id: @Mime-Version: 1.0 @Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 19:37:02 U >From: Jim Simon To: Multiple recipients of list NEWCROPS Subject: FWD>National Ag Ecosystem M Mail*Link(r) SMTP FWD>National Ag Ecosystem Manag We just received this annoucement and thought it may be of interest