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Roger Federer's most intriguing season continues on Monday with a singles match in New York that won't count in the rankings but has still managed to sell out 19,000 seats in Madison Square Garden.
Federer's latest exhibition duel with the now-retired Pete Sampras is just that: an exhibition. But it comes at a particularly sensitive stage of Federer's brilliant career; one where he has looked surprisingly vulnerable to the slings, arrows and energy of the younger generation.
He has played just two tournaments in 2008 and lost twice to 20-year-olds, with Novak Djokovic manhandling him in straight sets in the semifinals of the Australian Open, and Andy Murray upsetting him in a tighter match this week in the first round in Dubai after Federer had taken a five-week break from competition.
In both defeats, Federer looked less fleet and fluid than usual and also less than convincing with his signature forehand.
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At age 26, he has not just been struggling with young, gifted and hungry opposition. He has also been struggling with his health. Last month, after falling ill for the third time in six weeks, he underwent extensive tests in his native country of Switzerland and his part-time residence of Dubai. According to Federer, the conclusion was that he had contracted mononucleosis.
Federer already had been diagnosed with food poisoning prior to the Australian Open, which severely disrupted his preparation for that tournament, eventually won by Djokovic. But Federer, who complained of feeling sluggish during the Open, said it now appears that the mononucleosis was the more serious issue.
"The doctors said I must have had it for at least six weeks, which went all the way back to December," Federer said in a telephone interview from Dubai, explaining that he had now been medically cleared to compete.
Mononucleosis is an infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. It can produce flu-like symptoms and extreme, lingering fatigue. Physicians often discourage those with mononucleosis from taking part in intense physical activity because of the risk of rupturing the spleen, which can become enlarged because of the infection.
"When I heard it was mono I was actually even more happy to have made the semifinals of the Australian Open, because probably a doctor would have said. 'You're not allowed or can't play,' " Federer said.
But Federer was still quite concerned initially. He was well aware that mononucleosis forced Mario Ancic, a former top 10 player from Croatia, to miss six months of the 2007 season, including Wimbledon.
"There was a soccer player in my home club in Switzerland who was out for two years," Federer said. "You hear two years and you hear six months. So I was like, 'Oh my God.' "
Federer said he was unable to practice for about 10 days in February and received medical clearance to begin training normally five days before the tournament in Dubai began on Monday.
"They weren't sure I was over it, but now I'm creating antibodies and this really shows you are over it," he said. "But I lost a lot of fitness. I was feeling so great in December up until the moment I got sick, so this has been my problem the last couple weeks: really getting back on track. I haven't practiced and couldn't really work out the way I wanted to, because you have to be very careful with mono."
Federer said he came down with a fever in December before traveling to Australia but sought no medical treatment. After his health problems in Australia, he took a long-planned two-week break from the game, which included attending the Super Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona. But he said he soon fell ill with flu-like symptoms again and returned to Switzerland for tests.
"I had felt great the day before and then awful the next day," he said. "And this is really when I said, 'Okay, something is wrong. I have to totally check things out here.' "
Even in perfect health, this season looked like the most challenging of Federer's career with the emergence of Djokovic and with an overstuffed calendar that includes the Olympic tournament in Beijing. He is still on a quest to win his first French Open, the only Grand Slam singles title he lacks, and also will be attempting to break his tie in the record books with Bjorn Borg by winning a sixth straight Wimbledon.
Now, 2008 looks even more challenging, and it should be fine theater to see how a champion accustomed to winning big titles without much adversity will react.
"I hope I didn't lose too much energy through what I've been through the last few months, but honestly I'm still positive about it," he said. "In some ways it only makes me more motivated to lose sometimes, and now I finally have the green light and finally I can give 100 percent in practice again, because it wasn't fun sort of being there sort of halfway. I didn't enjoy that too much. But again, it was interesting and you've got to go through those moments, as well. I know that. Through a career, a long career maybe as number one, you have to go through injuries and sicknesses."
Until now, Federer has been largely spared any major health concerns and has played in 33 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, winning 12 of them: two short of Sampras's all-time record. He won three of the four major titles in 2006 and did the same in 2007, but despite his stuttering start in 2008, he said it is too early to claim that his era of dominance is ending.
"I don't think it's fair to assess it this way," he said. "For me, it was only a matter of time before the younger guys were going to come up. Now that they're here, they're good and everything, but I'm still number one in the world.
"I think they are doing well," he added. "But I think it would be very premature, almost a little bit rude toward me because of everything I've already done over the last few years. I think it's not fair if you just say, 'The guy has lost two matches, played two tournaments and didn't win both, and it's over for him.' "
Questioned on the value of playing an exhibition, even for a huge payday, at this now-delicate stage of the season, Federer said he had no regrets and actually hoped it would give him some match practice heading into the Masters Series event in Indian Wells, California, next week. Federer agreed to the Madison Square Garden match after he and Sampras became friends while playing three exhibitions in Asia late last year, with the 36-year-old Sampras generating some unexpected buzz by winning the third contest on a very quick indoor court in Macao.
"I was only going to do this exhibition if it was going to be convenient, to be honest," Federer said. "It's on the way to Palm Springs for me. That's not a problem. After all, he's my hero. He's my idol, and he really wanted to do it in the States, and I looked at my schedule and said, 'Really the only time during the whole year is that Monday.' "
Federer said he did not mention the mononucleosis until now because he did not want to detract from Djokovic's or Murray's victories. But Federer was still criticized in the British press for being uncharitable in defeat after he commented in Dubai that Murray had not changed his game in the last two years and said he was surprised at how defensively the young Scotsman was playing.
Federer, who said he has now learned the English term "sour grapes," said he was only trying to provide "constructive criticism" and did not mean to imply that he did not respect Murray's game.
"He beat me, after all," Federer said. "It's unfortunate, because that's not what I meant at all. He's a hell of a player, and I've always thought he was one of the most talented ones of the whole group, even more talented than Djokovic, to be honest. I thought he would do the most first before Djokovic, but Djokovic played really well the last year and started this year unbelievably."
Feliciano López of Spain advanced Friday to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, defeating Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who dropped five straight games in the third set, The Associated Press reported from the United Arab Emirates. The Russian had led the Spaniard 5-2 in the decider.
"The end of the set was a little bit crazy," López said. "Honestly, I think I was lucky. I came back, I don't know how."Continue reading the main story


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Channelling the unique energy and cool vibe of Byron Bay, Pete Murray will stop over at Club Forster this month, as a part of his Blue Sky Blue – The Byron Sessions tour …
Good morning Pete! The tour you're just about to kick off is Blue Sky Blue – 'the Byron Sessions'. What inspired you to take your Blue Sky Blue album, which was originally released in 2011, and re-release it in a different format?
My management and I were having a conversation, probably about 18 months ago. We were talking about what to do next … It was suggested at that time to do a solo tour, as I've never done a solo tour around this country. I've done it overseas, and it was a great success, but I've never done it here.
We thought we should do a recording to go with this idea, so fans could get their hands on something fresh and new. One of the managers sent the song Blue Sky Blue off to Natalie Pa'apa'a (Blue King Brown), a Melbourne band. Natalie wrote this Rap for it, and this was really fresh and new – it was really great …
We wanted to get Natalie into the recording studio to record it, but unfortunately she was touring overseas and we just couldn't get the timing right. We had another girl called Fantine record the work … she has such a great voice, and I think she's becoming more known now because of this song.
After this process, we talked again and thought we should get some more artists involved. The next question was, what songs do we do? What I didn't want to have was like a 'greatest hits' album – I'm really not at that stage of my career where I want to put out something with that greatest hits kind of flavour.
I actually thought it would be really cool to do an acoustic interpretation of Blue Sky Blue – it is an eclectic album – far more eclectic than anything I'd ever done before. I really wanted to do an acoustic interpretation, make it more lush, put some harmonies in there and get other artists involved … so I called up some friends to see who was free to work on it.
You mentioned a couple of collaborators' names, but who were some of the other artists who worked on 'the Byron Sessions' interpretation with you?
Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton from Powderfinger, Busby Marou, Ash Grunwald, Scott Owen (from the Living End) and Katie Noonan …
This is a solo tour you're embarking on, but who else will be travelling on the road with you to the various gigs?
My support act is Nathan Kaye. He's a local guy from Byron, and he plays Beatbox and Slide. We met at a gig a while ago and he said if I ever wanted some Beatbox on my song tracks, to let him know and he'd come up. I said I'd love it – and as soon as he did, he just gave it this great vibe … this guy doing Beatbox whiIe I'm playing Stomp Box, acoustic and harmonica. It was just so rootsy … I wanted him to come on tour and be my support act and play on stage with me, so I got him locked in for that.
My bass player, who's also acting as my roadie [Dave Tweedie] will jump up on stage and play with me too.
With this show, the style is acoustic, and I want people to feel free to ask me questions, request songs − I want the crowd to really part of the show. There's no real structure to this show – we'll play songs, get some groove happening, and whatever happens will happen.
It sounds like a very easy, laid back, informal kind of tour – almost a reflection of how most people would perceive the Byron Bay lifestyle, I guess. What is it about living in Byron Bay that you most enjoy?
The community is amazing – everyone's very caring about people, the environment; they're health conscious. I love that about the place. It's a very friendly place. The surf's great! (Laughs.) I've finally found home here – I love the place.
I really couldn't go back to the city now … I grew up in the country, but spent a lot of time in the cities getting my career up and running. It's God's country here – it's really beautiful and such a nice place to live.
And you know – everyone's saying that this new album has a laid back vibe and it's acoustic – and it is – but it's also got a really energy and great grooves on it too.
You've lived in Byron for about 8 years now. Do you feel your style of writing and playing has changed much during this time?
Considering that Feeler [first mainstream album] was quite a moody album, I think things have brightened up. I didn't want to go back to making anything too deep or dark … See the Sun was kind of a positive change – a song like Better Days is a deep song, but it has a positive message in it. So it's kind of being more optimistic and moving away from the more melancholy stuff … I didn't want to do that stuff anymore, as I wasn't in that place. It can get a bit heavy sometimes.
Writing songs is obviously a different process for everyone, but how does this work for you? Do you get the idea for lyrics first, does it start with a melody … and what instrument fires your creativity most?
For many, it's music and melody first, and lyrics after that. That's kind of the way I've always done it. There was one song I did the lyrics for first and then wrote the music for – and that really didn't work quite as well.
It's normally all done on acoustic guitar.
Considering this is the first time you've toured solo in Australia, what are your expectations of the tour?
I'm really looking forward to it – I think it will be great. It'll be a fun tour. I'm really excited about having Nathan and Dave, my bass player, come up and play Beatbox and groove with some of the tracks … I like this idea a lot, and I don't think it's something people would normally get to hear …
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Many of the experiences most people envision when approached about team building exercises are lengthy and boring. Moreover, they offer little to engage the interests of the people they are meant to bring together. Still, there are no regulations defining what a team building exercise must entail. Going against tradition, one of the most constructive techniques for planning team building exercises within an organization begins with asking for input from the members who will be in attendance of the event.
Some helpful questions to ask might include:
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While there are certain to be a variety of responses, making the effort to ask and attempting to incorporate some of the team's suggestions will earn leaders the respect of the group. Many employees' top complaint about their workplace is that they do not feel that their opinions are important to their superiors. Requesting contributions can help dispel this fear and make individuals want to be part of the team, thereby making a successful team building event more likely.
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I just can't find the correct way to auto-deploy the agent on a new discovered system (AD sync).
For example.
- New PC is placed on monday.
- AD sync is on wednesday.
- When checking EPO on friday the computer is found (by AD sync), but is still unmanaged. I can deploy the agent by hand.
Is it possible to set-up this so that it is done automaticly?
i went around with the mcafee support on it. So, i got an AD Sync set up to get all of the nodes into mcafee. Then i created a query that looks for "Unmanaged"
Go to Queries and Reports
Click a "List Table" with sort by "system name"
Columns, i put System Name, Managed State, Last Communication
Then for filter, its simple just "Managed State" and put Unmanaged for the value
Next you need to do is create a Client Task. Go to Menu > Client Task Catalog. Create a new one.
Task Types, Product Deployment.
Name your Task.
Select Target OS
Under Products and components: select the McAfee Agent for the version you need. Pick your branch.
Rest of options are up to you.
Now you need to create a job to install the client
Go to Server Tasks and create a new task. Name it anything you want and leave it disabled for now.
Under Actions, select "Run Query" and the Query being the one you just created and saved.
Pull down the Sub Actions and select "Run Client Task now"
Product: McAfee Agent
Product Deplyoment
and Agent Deployment (whatever you named your Client Task
Now you do need to keep a reasonable "Abort After: " time. 5 minutes was not long enough for me, it got a bit of them, but i had 2700 unmanaged when i was doing this. I found that 30 minutes is not too bad. But i found that when i kept it at 12 hours, it just caused issues running other tasks. I kept it at 30 minutes and run hourly now.
Schedule it how you want
Once you got it, just do a test run to see how it functions. how long it takes in your enviroment. Just got to sit and tweak it to fit you. Once you got that, enable the task.
That is how i did it. Now others may have a better way and i am eager to find out.
Oh, and i am running EPO 4.6.0 and dont laugh at my unmanaged systems count No one really maintained mcafee (well, no one had time to)Message was edited by: Aen (added my version of mcafee to it on 4/2/12 2:14:11 PM CDT
Is there some reason you don't just simply check and configure the "
Reason i do not do that is because the IT department builds a crap load of workstations, join them to the domain, power them off until they are deployed. The AD Sync, it will just give up if it is not online. Thus, the reason i have 2700 unmanaged nodes now. With this new task i got, its down to 1700 unmanaged and still going down daily. Got too many mobile users.
Hi Aen,
I'm in the same situation and about to use your method.
Does the client task need to be enabled?
did you consider rogue system detection and an automatic response to push out agents ?
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Microsoft is to stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba ceded the high-definition video-format battle to Sony's Blu-ray.
Microsoft said on Saturday it will continue to provide standard warranty support for its HD DVD players. Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida last week estimated about 300 000 people own the Microsoft video player, sold as a separate $130 add-on for the Xbox 360.
"HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high-definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high-definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room, along with playback of the DVD movies they already own," Blair Westlake, a corporate vice-president of Microsoft's media and entertainment group, said in a written statement.
Microsoft was one of HD DVD's main backers, along with Intel and Japanese electronics maker NEC, and its support for the format was seen as a big win for Toshiba's format.
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Walker Wins Second-Straight U.S. Indoor Vault Title
Feb. 25, 2006
BOSTON - Former Husky Brad Walker cleared 18 feet, 10 ½ inches Saturday at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston, successfully defending his U.S. indoor vault title and earning a spot on the U.S. National Team at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in March.
Walker -- who still trains with UW assistant coach Pat Licari at Washington's Dempsey Indoor -- won the U.S. indoor pole vault title for the second-straight year, and captured his third-consecutive U.S. title overall, including a win at the 2005 USA Outdoor Championships last June. The Spokane native will join runner-up Jeff Hartwig in Moscow, Russia, at next month's world indoor championships.
'I think we all have aspirations of winning the world championships,' Walker said afterward, in response to a question about his chances of winning the gold in Moscow next month. 'My goal here was to make the [U.S.] team. I've been working hard to train consistently and train healthy; this has been a big factor in my development.'
Since graduating from Washington in 2004 with a Pac-10 record and pair of NCAA indoor titles, Walker has soared to No. 1 in the IAAF World Rankings, and won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His lifetime best of 19 feet, 6 ½ inches is the sixth-best ever by an American male, and was the top mark in the world last year.
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text: Juan Reaves, Vice President of Marketing & Events A Calling for Barbecue & Catering in Dallas Smokey John's Bar-B-Que & Home Cooking is proud to be a family-owned and operated business. Juan, son of founder "Smokey" John Reaves, has had a big hand in shaping our business and our values. Background & Education Juan Migual Reaves was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Catholic elementary and high schools, graduating from Bishop Dunne High School in 1989. He went to Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX and graduated with a degree in Business and Communication in 1993. Upon graduation, he pursued a career in sports marketing and media with Streetball Partners in Dallas, Geneva, Switzerland, and Rutherford, New Jersey. After almost six years he left Streetball for a brief stint at another event marketing firm in New Jersey. A Passion for Providing Delicious Meals to Happy Customers After challenging times at work and with personal relationships, Juan felt that the Lord was calling him to be closer to family as part of a spiritual journey to grow in his faith. He moved back to Dallas to work in his family's barbecue restaurant where he remained until 2006, when he left to pursue his own business ventures with a real estate investment company and later as a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, in Park Cities, Texas. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Events for Smokey John's Bar-B-Que & Home Cooking. Juan is married with two children. He is very involved in our community and volunteers his time to his church, coaches his son's soccer team, and assists with his baseball and basketball teams. When he has free time, Juan enjoys cooking, trying new restaurants, watching and playing sports, and traveling with his family. Call our Dallas barbecue and catering restaurant at (214) 352-2752 to place your order today.


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Most of the people throughout the world will not believe the reality of the End of the World; understood as the Great Tribulation Period, which is actually the End of the Age of Grace and the Beginning of the Millennial Age, until an earthquake causes the ground to move beneath their feet and the sky rolls black with volcanic ash and their entire Earth Life is being destroyed right before their eyes...
Severe drought is having a devastating impact on people in the Horn of Africa. 750 000 people have been newly displaced just in Somalia. For agropastoralists in Somalia losing their animals is a telltale sign of trouble ahead. In many parts of the country, rains...
November 15, 2017
Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organization, has treated more than 18 000 cholera patients across the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. One of the main reasons why cholera has increased in such a way this year is the drought that has...
October 27, 2017
One of the worst droughts in recent decades is devastating southern European crops. Just this year, the damage is estimated to more than 1 billion euros. In Italy, around 30% less rain has fallen this year, compared with last year. Grains have been particularly...
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June 09, 2017
In an interesting turn of events, just 7 days of heavy rainfall, in places record-breaking, pulled the entire state of Florida out of extreme drought conditions. The state is still not completely out of drought, as 23% of it still remains in severe condition, but...
June 09, 2017
Cape Town, South Africa's seat of Parliament and the legislative capital, is enduring its worst drought in over a century and severe water crisis. This forced officials to impose strict Level 4 water restrictions, effective as of Thursday, June 1, 2017. While...
June 01, 2017
California has spectacularly emerged from one of its driest periods on record and ended its five-year drought by enduring one of its wettest periods on record. Its reservoirs, lakes, and mountainsides are now brimming with water and snow, though scientists caution...
April 21, 2017
Sri Lanka is enduring its worst drought in decades and worst harvest in 40 years, affecting more than 1.2 million people. Of them, over 600 000 are children. Sri Lanka's government said over 1.2 million people have been affected by drought which began last...
March 14, 2017
110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in just one region of Somalia as severe drought gripped the country, causing hunger crisis. The death toll was announced by prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire today and it comes from the Bay region in the southwest...
March 04, 2017
A massive wildfire engulfed the Chilean port city of Valparaiso on January 2, 2017. At least 100 homes have been destroyed, more than 400 people were evacuated and 19 injured. City authorities have issued a maximum red alert. The blaze broke out in the Laguna Verde...
January 03, 2017
With an average of just 2 mm (0.079 inches) of precipitation, the Swiss lowlands (from Lake Geneva to Lake Constance) experienced their driest December since records began in 1864. In the region's west, there was no precipitation at all. "In the long-term...
January 03, 2017
Several areas of drought-stricken Bolivia received heavy rain over the past couple of days, leading to flooding which claimed lives of at least 4 deaths. As of December 5, national authorities reported that three people have been killed in Cochabamba department. The...
December 07, 2016
South American country of Bolivia is experiencing its worst drought in 25 years, state officials said and declared a state of emergency on Monday, November 21, 2016. The government declared the state of emergency due to water shortages in large swaths of the...
November 22, 2016
Persistent drought conditions in the Southeast US have caused wildfires across the states. Numerous people were forced to evacuate their homes throughout the affected regions. Kentucky and Tennessee reported the highest wildfire numbers. According to the national...
November 15, 2016
A new research, resulting from the analysis of a 31-year span of NASA's Landsat satellite data, suggests the snowpack of Sierra Nevada will not return to its pre-drought levels before 2019. The datasets from the period between the 1985 and 2015, have resulted in...
June 27, 2016
The British Columbia, Canada is set to experience another year of severe drought. The hot weather conditions have caused the fall of the snow coverage across the mountain regions, and water levels have receded well below the average for this time of the year....
June 24, 2016
The surface level of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam stood at 327.36 m (1 074.03 feet) above sea level on May 25, 2016. The last time it was this low was in 1937, when water managers were still filling the reservoir and putting finishing touches on the Hoover Dam. The...
June 02, 2016
Southern and Eastern India are struggling with the consequences of severe drought caused by an early season heat wave and the lack of relief from monsoon rain. Dangerously high temperatures have so far claimed over 160 lives while 330 million people are affected by...
April 20, 2016
Peter Mutharika, the President of Malawi, South Africa, declared a state of national disaster over a severe food shortage triggered by drought, on April 13, 2016. The recent drought episode in South Africa is thought to be the worst one in the last 100 years. Severe...
April 14, 2016
Three failed rainy seasons have resulted in Ethiopia's worst drought in 50 years. The number of food insecure people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance has rapidly increased; from 2.9 million at the beginning of 2015 to over 10 million in March 2016. Over...
April 08, 2016
After four years of extreme drought, the largest water reservoir in California - Shasta Lake - has recovered and now holds 109% of its long-term average supply for this time of year. Shasta Lake has stood as a potent symbol of the water shortage during those four...
April 08, 2016
Just days after a truck got pulled into a huge crack on a road north of Bangkok, Thailand another large collapse occurred on the same road today. The crack stretches almost 120 meters (400 feet) and is 4 meters (13 feet) deep. Officials said severe drought caused...
April 04, 2016
Palau officials have warned today the country could completely dry up this month. The Pacific country, with about 18 000 people, declared the state of emergency last month due to one of the worst droughts in its history and is now asking for urgent aid. President...
April 04, 2016
According to a government statement published this week in a state-run newspaper, the entire Venezuela will be given a week off to cope with yet another crippling energy crisis. The measure is not new; the same happened in 2010 when the first electricity crisis hit....
March 18, 2016
A cold front and a plume of Pacific moisture streamed into the Pacific Northwest and drought-stricken northern California today, bringing rain and high elevation snow. According to NWS, the heaviest and most widespread rain is expected to fall across northern...
March 10, 2016
The Los Angeles Department of Public Works said they seeded clouds over the county with silver iodide to increase the amount of rainfall during storms that battered California this week. DPW says this is their first cloud seeding since 2002. LA County has used cloud...
March 09, 2016
Guatemala is experiencing one of the worst droughts in its recent history. 1.3 million people have been affected, and approximately 720 000 are encountering severe food insecurity. The inhabitants of the Central American 'dry corridor' – an area...
February 19, 2016
ESA's Proba-V satellite and NASA's Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat-8 have collected series of images of Lake Poopó, once the second largest lake in Bolivia, declared fully evaporated in December 2015. Proba-V is a small ESA's satellite...
February 09, 2016
Continuous lack of rainfall since October 2015 caused a severe drought across the affected portions of southern Africa while persistent heavy precipitation in other areas continues to threaten with flooding, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)...
February 08, 2016
The worst drought in the last 30 years continues affecting Ethiopia and millions of people are currently in urgent need of food aid, General Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary announced on January 31, 2016. According to UN figures, at least 10.2 million people require food...
February 02, 2016
Record high temperatures were recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 7, 2016. The region has been facing persistent drought conditions and related food shortage since December 2015 when the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued an alert...
January 08, 2016
The 2015 ongoing drought in Cuba has now severely affected about 87 000 tons of country's year rice production, the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) stated on December 14, 2015. The drought conditions of this year have now been regarded as the worst over the last...
December 18, 2015
The drought in southern Mexico state of Chiapas has been so persistent this year, that the water level in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir dropped extremely low. This has led to a thrilling discovery of the remnants of a colonial era church, previously submerged deep...
October 20, 2015
Dry and hot weather conditions which have been prevailing across the US Plains for a few months, have combined with strong winds and record October heat to trigger strong wildfires over the last couple of days. In response to the situation, Texas Governor Greg...
October 16, 2015
The Government of Haiti has officially issued an alert on the critical food insecurity situation in the country caused by the prolonged drought exacerbated by the influence of El Nino weather phenomena. The poorest of Haiti population are kept in food crisis due to...
October 09, 2015
A new study, published in Nature Climate Change on September 14, 2015, shows the spring amount of snow on the Sierra mountains has sunk to its lowest levels in the last 500 years. The current circumstances of exceptional drought across the state of California thus repre
September 15, 2015
The extensive groundwater pumping, in response to a historical drought that has dried out the grounds of California, has caused the the land to sink, the Department of Water Resources announced on August 19, 2015. The San Joaquin Valley is now sinking at an extremely fa
August 30, 2015
One of the worst droughts since the heat wave of the 2003 summer season affected a large part of continental Europe during June and July 2015, European Drought Observatory (EDO) reported. The drought has been especially strong across France, Benelux, Germany, Hungary, t
August 21, 2015
The drought-stricken Guatemala, one of the poorest countries in Central America, is facing widespread hunger, as almost 1 million people have run out of their food supplies, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported.The drought has hit farms across the reg
August 17, 2015
Water resource experts have known for many years that current use of the Colorado River is not sustainable. Sixteen years of drought have made it clear that the river is overtaxed, and cannot indefinitely meet the demands of agriculture, hydroelectric generation, recrea
August 11, 2015
As California's wealthier residents worry about keeping their swimming pools full and their lawns green, many of the state's less fortunate are simply trying to figure out how to survive in communities that have no access to running water.Thousands of California
August 06, 2015
A 4 year drought period has provided an ideal platform for raging wildfires that have ignited the grounds of the state of California, as of July 29, 2015. As wildfires are spreading, further devastating the drought-stricken grounds, evacuations are being ordered across
August 02, 2015
A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 508 mm (20 inches) of precipitation between 2012 and 2015 - the average amount expected to fall in the state in a single year. The deficit was driven primarily by a lack of air currents moving inland
July 31, 2015
Severe drought conditions in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok have drained water supplies since June 2015, and the city is now in danger of running out of drinking water in the next 30 days. The reservoirs of tap water are running low, severely affecting the
July 09, 2015
Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado river, situated on the border between Utah and Arizona is drying out. It is currently at 45 percent of its normal capacity and at a risk of falling below 1075 feet (327.6 m) above sea level by September 2015. If this happens, it
June 24, 2015
North Korea is facing its worst drought in a century, according to state media. South Hwanghae, North Hwanghae, South Pyongan and South Hamgyong, the country's main rice growing provinces are already heavily affected, and the fear of food shortages is increasing.&qu
June 18, 2015
Much of the high plains and south central regions of the continental United States have been unusually dry for some time. In particular, parts of Texas and Oklahoma have been in a drought for nearly five years until April and May 2015 when the weather changed to the
May 22, 2015
The days of abundant water are a distant memory for farmers in California. For the Central Valley, the wells are about to run dry.California's Central Valley is now reportedly sinking at a rate never seen during the state's historic drought, and farmers are shou
May 13, 2015
California is slowly fading into desert land. The fight to save the state's water resources has begun at the state level. Governor Jerry Brown recently imposed a 25 percent mandatory restriction on urban water use. This takes effect in July 2015.This is only the beg
April 26, 2015
Southeastern and eastern Brazil is already 100 to 200 millimeters (4 to 8 inches) below normal rainfall for the calendar year, following 400 millimeter deficits for 2014, NASA's Earth Observatory writes. According to news reports, the Cantareira reservoir system, wh
March 09, 2015
The Cantareira water system, largest of the six reservoirs that provide water to 20 million people living in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, Brazil is at 5.6% (as of January 20) of its capacity of one trillion liters (264 billion gallons), as reported by the water
January 21, 2015
The city of Sao Paulo is home to 20 million Brazilians, making it the 12th largest mega-city on a planet dominated by shortsighted humans. Shockingly, it has only 60 days of water supply remaining. The city "has about two months of guaranteed water supply remaining
December 03, 2014
Most of the US Southwest region has been suffering from a persistent lack of rain and snow. More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains, and far more are indirectly affected, mostly in agricultural sector.Drought
November 27, 2014
Researchers are pointing to overpopulation and drought - two issues which are very familiar in today's world, especially in California - as the reasons for the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, which used to be a flourishing hub in the 7th century BC. The fall of the
November 25, 2014
The problem of a diminishing water supply is taking its toll on the residents of Brazil, pointing to the growing issue of a world that is running out of water and as a result, entering a global crisis which will likely have serious agricultural, social and economic cons
November 21, 2014
Brazil's Public Ministry acknowledged that the Sao Paulo water supply might only last another 100 days as drought conditions continue. The city with more than 20 million people is suffering its worst drought in at least 80 years. The most intense drought
October 27, 2014
Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), southeastern province of South Africa, has announced intends to declare eight areas in a "state of disaster" due to severe drought conditions. According to their statement issued on Tuesday, October 7, the affected are
October 10, 2014
The drought-stricken state of California is sinking into itself at an alarming rate, suggests a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The continued over-pumping of groundwater in many parts of the state -- the direct result of a historic three-year dry spell
August 11, 2014
India's heat wave has intensified in last couple of days, particularly in the north, where temperatures reached almost 50 degrees Celsius on Sunday, May 8th. Many northern cities are recording their highest temperatures in years. Emergency meeting is
June 10, 2014
The majority of U.S. state of Texas is under drought conditions for over three years now and climatologists are warning that the state could be in the midst of a drought worse than the drought of record in the 1950s.34 municipalities throughout the state&
May 21, 2014
As of May 6, 2014, nearly 15 percent of United States was gripped by extreme to exceptional drought, according to U.S. Drought Monitor. Half of the United States was experiencing at least some level of drought. The summer season is just beginning but
May 14, 2014
A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade.The study, led by Liming Zhou of University at Albany, State Univers
April 23, 2014
The State of Texas is growing thirstier with each and every passing day, as drought conditions continue to dry up the land. According to a new drought report from the Texas Water Development Board, the Lone Star State is now experiencing "worse" drought c
April 18, 2014
Singapore suffered its longest dry spell on record in period between January 13 and February 8. Dry weather conditions continue to prevail in Singapore during the dry phase of the Northeast Monsoon season. The dry weather affecting Singapore and the
February 26, 2014
USGS is reporting that the lack of precipitation throughout California for the much of the past three months has only exacerbated the dryness and is causing varying degrees of low levels of streamflow in the northern two-thirds of the state. Low
February 18, 2014
On January 17, 2014, amid California's driest year on record, Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency in the state. Rivers and water reservoirs in California are dangerously low after the driest years on record. "Today I'm
January 23, 2014
The level of the Dead Sea has continued to drop. Despite heavy rains in the past three monts and lower than normal temperatures, the Dead Sea has fallen another 3 cm. Water level has reached a level of 427.82 meters (1,403 feet) below sea level. Ten years
January 11, 2014
200 billion cubic meters of underground water was found under the plains of drought-stricken northern Kenya. Kenyan environment ministry said that newly discovered aquifer brings hope and promise of prosperity to tens of millions without adequate
September 12, 2013
Heatwave is scourging Iran bringing temperatures to alarming heights which, combined with the lack of rainfall, created drinking water shortages and reductions. Dr. Abbas Ranjbar, a faculty member of the Tehran-based meteorology research center said that the
July 29, 2013
Namibian government declared a state of emergency on May 17, 2013 due to prolonged dry season which resulted in widespread crop failure across the country. About 780,000 people (approximately one third of Namibia's entire population) are now classified as
July 27, 2013
A comparative study on the 2013 New Zealand drought states that in some regions it was the most severe drought on record. Study also states that the cause was not El Niño but in fact slow-moving or 'blocking' high
July 26, 2013
According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report The Global Climate 2001-2010, A Decade of Extremes Earth experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes in 2001 - 2010 since the measurements began in 1850. In that period more national
July 06, 2013
A drought has left areas of the Marshall Islands facing "dire" water shortages with aid agencies scrambling to ship relief to affected communities. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned that unusually low rainfall in one of
May 09, 2013
Maharashtra, an Indian state, is facing one of the worst droughts in the past 40 years. Reports say severe droughts have prompted people to migrate to Mumbai and neighboring states of Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from 3,905 villages in 12 districts of the
March 14, 2013
A large portion of the Middle East lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade. New data revealed already an arid region of Tigris-Euphrates Basin, which grows even drier due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture. The research team
March 13, 2013
The rainforests in southern and western Amazonia may be showing the first signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change as Amazon rainforest continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, attributed to the long-term
January 19, 2013
In an article named "UK experiences 'weirdest' weather" environment analyst Roger Harrabin (BBC) states that the driest spring for over a century gave way to the wettest recorded April to June in a dramatic turnaround never documented before. The scientists said
October 20, 2012
The price of food is about to get a whole lot higher as a result of the mass slaughter of cattle stocks worldwide, which itself is a result of persistent drought conditions that have caused a shortage of staple food items, and a subsequent spike in animal feed costs.
September 29, 2012
With over 60% of the country in a drought, the U.S. is facing one of financially most devastating natural disasters in the last 30 years. Second only to the Great Dust Bowl of 1934, the lack of rain and moisture throughout the U.S. has led to over 1,600 counties in 32
August 31, 2012
Recurring droughts highlight need to better manage water resources and safeguard food security. Ongoing worldwide drought has hurt global grain production and contributed to food price spikes every other year since 2007.One of the key messages that FAO is
August 29, 2012
Recent research testifies archeological records of droughts in Ancient Egypt during the demise of Egypt's old kingdom, the era known as the pyramid-building time. A study of ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt's Nile Delta provides
August 24, 2012
More than half of the continental U.S. is experiencing extreme drought conditions. Hot temperatures and lack of rain are causing heating and drying up of rivers and streams and killing thousands of fish in the process. According to Division of Fisheries, the rivers'
August 10, 2012
Missouri Governor Nixon declared a state of emergency on July 23, 2012 due to prolonged severe heat and drought.Governor explained in his statement that the emergency was declared because of public health, agricultural and fire risk concerns.Executive Order
July 24, 2012
Egypt's Toshka Lakes were created in the 1980s and 1990s by the diversion of water from Lake Nasser through a manmade canal into the Sahara Desert. Flooding of the Toshka Depression created four main lakes with a maximum surface area of about 1450 square
July 16, 2012
Analysis of the latest US drought monitor data revealed that 46.84 percent of the nation's land area is in various stages of drought, up from 42.8 percent a week ago. Previous records were 45.87 percent in drought on Aug. 26, 2003, and 45.64 percent on Sept. 10,
July 11, 2012
46.84 percent of the US land area is in various stages of drought, up from 42.8 percent a week ago. Previous records were 45.87 percent in drought on Aug. 26, 2003, and 45.64 percent on Sept. 10, 2002.Looking only at the 48 contiguous states, 55.96 percent of the
July 05, 2012
Increasingly frequent sandstorms and salinization of the land is one of major environmental problems of Iraq, where decades of conflict have exacted a terrible environmental toll. The country's environment ministry estimated in 2009 that 39 percent of Iraq's surface
June 14, 2012
According to experts from AccuWeeather.com, much of Europe will be slightly warmer than normal this summer with the core of summer heat across southeast Europe into Ukraine. This will result in temperatures closer to normal in far western Europe. The overall
June 02, 2012
More than one-third of US states in the southern Great Plains could run out of groundwater within the next 30 years according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Study finds that the two most important aquifers
June 02, 2012
In January 2012, we were writing about the dried-out beds of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province of southeastern China, where drought had shrunk the lake to a fraction of its former area. After a year of poor rainfall, the lake covered less than 188 square kilometers (73
May 24, 2012
Spain has faced the driest winter ever recorded. It has raised red flags in Spain, where farmers face the threat of extreme drought. Grain crops in Spain are suffering after an unusually dry autumn and winter. The amount of rainfall has been just half of normal in
May 12, 2012
A drought is threatening Angola's already modest food production, in a setback for efforts to revive once-vibrant farmlands abandoned during decades of war. The dry season that normally lasts only about three weeks in December has stretched to three months in parts of
May 09, 2012
Low stream flows have forced officials to suspend water usage for the natural gas development (fracking) in portions of Pennsylvania. According to officials, the restrictions are applied to various streams when flow rates reach a certain threshold and do not wait for
April 20, 2012
Parts of China are entering the third year of an extreme drought that has affected more than 7.8 million people and 4.6 million livestock. More than 2 million are struggling for access to clean drinking water with many having to travel many miles each day just to fill
April 10, 2012
Drought has put a squeeze on water supplies in parts of England and its now has begun to spread. It was underway in East and South East England earlier this year. As the drought-hit regions faced drastic restrictions on consumption, experts issued an extensive
April 01, 2012
Changing weather patterns with a prolonged cold wave lasting halfway through March may result in farmers sitting idle in Sindh rather than doing what they do best when the upcoming crop season starts.Water levels in Mangla and Tarbela reservoirs have reached an
March 16, 2012
California's weather this year was marked by significant drought conditions that could have lasting implications on the state's water supply. Twelve months period over which hydrologic records are kept is measured from July 1 to June 30 and as of February 1, 2012, the
March 13, 2012
Human land use activity has begun to change the regional water and energy cycles - the interplay of air coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, water transpiration by the forest, and solar radiation - of parts of the Amazon basin. In addition, it shows that ongoing
January 20, 2012
Cracks are seen on the dried riverbed of Poyang lake, China's largest freshwater lake, in Duchangcounty in East China's Jiangxi province. The surface water of the lake has shrunk toless than 200 square kilometers, one-twentieth of its
January 05, 2012
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) reports that September was one of the driest months in some 70 years. All the signs suggest this is the worst year for drought since 1941. The worst drought in 70 years has left thousands of cattle dead and destroyed more than
December 14, 2011
The record-breaking drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, decimated crops, and forced the sale of cattle herds has also reduced levels of groundwater to the lowest levels observed in more than 63 years. Groundwater is moisture trapped in pores in the soil and in
December 02, 2011
Through August, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) estimated that ten weather disasters costing at least $1 billion had hit the U.S., at total cost of up to $45 billion. However, the October 29 snow storm brings us up to eleven billion-dollar disasters. Flood
December 01, 2011
WMO issued preliminary Status of the Global Climate report. Global temperatures in 2011 are currently the tenth highest on record and are higher than any previous year with La Niña event, which has a relative cooling influence. The 13 warmest years have all occurred
November 30, 2011
Latest projections indicates that state's population will double to 46 million over the next half-century. It means that the days of cheap and abundant water are coming to an end, and where the additional supply will come from is not clear.Sixty years after the
November 21, 2011
The Suguta Valley is one of the driest places in Kenya, and may be one of the driest places near Earth's Equator. The remote location limits field studies, but data indicate that annual precipitation is less than 300 millimeters (12 inches) a year, while evaporation
November 21, 2011
More than 2 million Afghans are at risk of hunger and many are bracing to be stranded for months without help as the country prepares for a harsh winter. Save the Children and Oxfam agencies called for a redoubling of the aid effort to reach people in need before the
November 20, 2011
Hongjianzhuo Lake in Yulin city, China's biggest freshwater lake in desert areas, Northwest China's Shaanxi province is rapidly shrinking. The fish output of the lake used to reach 360 tons a year. However, it is rare to see any fish in the lake now, as they are dying
November 19, 2011
Lake Orumiyeh (also Orumieh or Urmia) in northwestern Iran is one of the world's largest landlocked salt lakes, but it is rapidly shrinking.Orumiyeh is fed by roughly 60 rivers and streams—some permanent and some ephemeral—that also deliver salts. Because the
November 09, 2011
Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).
November 03, 2011
A state of emergency has been declared on the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu as stocks of drinking water dwindle following months of drought. Officials of the world's fourth smallest nation have said that parts of the tropical atoll may have only a two-day supply of
October 05, 2011
A cholera epidemic is spreading in famine-hit Somalia, with alarming numbers of cases among people driven to the capital Mogadishu by a lack of food and water, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. Cholera outbreaks have now been confirmed in several regions,...
August 18, 2011
Ongoing drought in northern, northeastern and western Afghanistan is likely to push 1.5-2 million more people into food insecurity this autumn, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). This is in addition to the seven million country-wide already facing food
August 12, 2011
More of the United States was in exceptional drought in July 2011 than in any other month in the past 12 years, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The worst of the drought is spread across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona, Colorado,
August 11, 2011
Texans just can't catch a break this summer. In the midst of this historic drought now there's a grasshopper problem. A large seasonal population of grasshoppers is taking ranchers' land. The pests are eating the grass intended for cows and other animals.The drought
August 08, 2011
Thick dust blew off the coast of Somalia and over the Gulf of Aden in early August 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on August 4, 2011.The dust plumes are thick enough to
August 05, 2011
Though tropical storm Nock-Ten has moved out of China for Vietnam, the downpours it has unleashed since Friday continued to batter several coastal and island provinces on Saturday while in the nearby provinces of Hunan and Guiyang, lingering drought has left over
July 31, 2011
Some 50,000 people are suffering from a severe drought that has plagued parts of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local flood control and drought relief authorities said Sunday. Several counties in the cities of Baise and Hezhou have received little
July 30, 2011
Russia on Thursday sweltered in abnormally hot summer weather as the emergency services sought to control expanding countryside blazes to prevent a repeat of last year's devastating wildfires. The central city of Volgograd was Russia's hottest city with temperatures
July 28, 2011
An association of cattle breeders from south-eastern Mauritania on Tuesday called for urgent government assistance as a worsening drought threatens the region's livestock. Normally it should be 40 days into the rainy season, but this year the lateness of the rain is
July 27, 2011
The size of the Aral Sea has long hinged on the Amu Darya, which flows from the high Pamir Mountains in central Asia, across the desert, and into the southern sea. While two rivers empty into the lake—the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya—the Amu Darya is the largest and
July 26, 2011
Drought has plunged East Africa into the worst food security crisis Africa has faced in 20 years. More than 11.5 million people are currently in need of food aid in Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. The number is projected to rise, and this image illustrates
July 25, 2011
Unhealthy levels of heat and humidity are encompassing much of the eastern half of the U.S., according to NOAA's National Weather Service, as a persistent heat wave continues its grip on the central U.S. while expanding into the East. According to NOAA's...
July 22, 2011
At least 10 southern Ontario communities have set highs for the hottest July 21 on record, and Toronto led as the hottest spot in the country, with a high of 37.1 C, which felt like 51 with the humidity factored in according to CBC.Temperatures in Hamilton and
July 21, 2011
Amidst one of the worst heat waves of the year, the unbearably high humidity levels that accompanied the extreme heat set a record in the Twin Cities on Tuesday.The dew point temperature, an indicator of how moist and uncomfortable the air feels, reached 82° on
July 21, 2011
It's not the hot, mid-summer look of the sky over the eastern half of the U.S. that has meteorologists worried. It's late July, after all, and the sun's angle in the sky is as high as it gets.What worries forecasters is that they can see no change in these conditions
July 15, 2011
While two-thirds of the earth is covered in water, a full third of the remaining land (that's one-ninth of the total!) is nearly uninhabitable desert. All of the world's hottest places lie in that harsh environment.Timbuktu, Mali - 54,5C (130.1 F) degreesThe
July 10, 2011
Sunday marks the anniversary of when Death Valley, Calif. set the all-time record high for not just the United States, but also the Western Hemisphere. Temperatures in Death Valley (at Greenland Ranch, which is now known as Furnace Creek Ranch) soared to 56,6
July 09, 2011
With the UN warning that both East and the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, international aid agencies have warned of an alarming gap in the food pipeline to reach those most in need. More than 10 million people are thought to be
July 02, 2011
Several Latin American countries in the path of volcanic ash unleashed from a Chilean Andean crater are facing critical shortages of water, agricultural collapse, disruptions in transportation and growing risks to human and animal health. Toxic ash clouds, seen to be
June 15, 2011
Parts of England are officially in a drought following the dry spring, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said.Areas of East Anglia are in drought, with parts of the Midlands, South West and South East in a "near-drought" state. In
June 13, 2011
Smoke from Arizona fires, including the Wallow Fire, continued traveling toward the northeast on June 8, 2011. As the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image at 12:10 Central Daylight Time, thick...
June 10, 2011
German-grown bean sprouts have been identified as the most likely potential source of the deadly E. coli outbreak in the north of Germany, authorities said on Sunday. There was no definite proof as yet but "a connection has been found involving all the main...
June 05, 2011
The water level in Lake Okeechobee has fallen below 10 feet above sea level for the first time since 2007. The lake fell to 9.96 feet Saturday morning. South Florida is experiencing a drought. The rainy season began May 26 but it's off to a slow start.National
June 05, 2011
Rain in Central and South China is expected to drench drought-hit regions over the next three days, which could help to ease the dry spell, but experts warned the local public to prepare for heavy rains and even floods.At least light to moderate rains would
June 04, 2011
A report released Thursday from a consortium of national climate experts said Texas saw the highest levels of drought over the last week — rated as "exceptional" — jump from 43.97 percent of the state to 50.65 percent of the state. Devastating drou
June 03, 2011
Chinese government has said the Three Gorges Dam - the world's largest hydropower plant - is having "urgent problems," warning of environmental, construction and migration "disasters" amid the worst drought to hit southern China in 50 years. China's State Council,
June 03, 2011
Severe drought has forced China to release 5bn cubic metres from Three Gorges reservoir for irrigation and drinking water.The Yangtze – Asia's biggest river – is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years, forcing an unprecedented release of water from the Three
June 01, 2011
France is now on heatwave alert after the hottest spring since 1900 has left water tables down and farmers struggling to feed their livestock. The Health Ministry has put into effect level one of an anti-drought plan that was drawn up after 15,000 people died in the
June 01, 2011
The long popular lake, home to migrating flamingos, pelicans and gulls, has shrunken by 60 percent and could disappear entirely in just a few years, experts say — drained by drought, misguided irrigation policies, development and the damming of rivers
May 26, 2011
Drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway. The water level along the lower reaches of the river near the city of Wuhan was just above three metres (10
May 15, 2011
In the last few decades, farmers in the heavily-forested Darjeeling Hills of the Himalayas in India and Nepal have noticed something strange. Rivers and streams are drying up, crop yields are plummeting, and trees have begun to flower long before spring arrives. The
April 29, 2011
A picturesque reservoir has been reduced to dried, cracked mud and a splash of water after the prolonged dry spell. The Cod Beck reservoir near Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, can now be walked across, and water suppliers are urging people to use water
April 29, 2011
Traditional Easter fairs in the east and the north of the Netherlands have been cancelled because of the risk of fires posed by the extraordinarily dry weather affecting northern Europe. In the eastern half of the country, one of Europe's biggest traders, outdoor
April 24, 2011
Nightmarish wildfires in Texas have scorched almost two million acres and destroyed nearly thousand homes. The fires have now been raging for more than a week in Texas, so far burning through 1.4 million acres of land and racking up more than $8million in containment
April 21, 2011
Rainfall over the next six weeks or so will be extremely critical. A drier-than-normal forecast through May does not bode well. Any hits to U.S. agriculture amid rising food and gas prices will only add to the strain on the wallets of families and individuals across
April 15, 2011
Cuba is facing its worst drought in half a century, with tens of thousands of families almost entirely reliant on water trucks for essential supplies.The drought started two years ago, and reservoirs are now down to a fifth of their normal levels. The government is prov
April 15, 2011
Wildfires have burned thousands of acres in the past month as the state of Oklahoma and its farmers struggle with a severe drought. Oklahoma was drier in the four months following Thanksgiving than it has been in any similar period since 1921.Drought and high
April 07, 2011
Last year record-breaking drought caused widespread reductions in the greenness of Amazon forests. A new NASA-based study has revealed that the level of Amazonian vegetation decreased dramatically over an area more than three and one-half times the size of Texas. It
April 01, 2011
A new study warns that 'mega-heatwaves' like the one estimated to have killed tens of thousands in western Europe in 2003 will become up to 10 times more likely over the next 40 years. The new analysis revealed that heatwave that scorched eastern Europe in 2010,
March 21, 2011
Over-pumping is pulling vast and unsustainable amounts of groundwater from the heart of California farming, the Central Valley, a new UC Irvine satellite study shows – with enough lost over four years to fill two-thirds of Lake Mead. The phenomenon shows no...
March 11, 2011
Authorities are bracing for worse to come as the record-breaking run of hot weather enveloping Perth is set to continue well after the official end of summer. The city has already experienced its longest-ever run of nights where the minimum temperature did not fall
March 01, 2011
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Annual Climate Summary for 2010, released yesterday, confirms the year was one of extremes for many parts of the country.Key points include: *The year, which began with El Nino conditions in the Pacific before rapidly
March 01, 2011
Water demand in many countries will exceed supply by 40 per cent within 20 years due to the combined threat of climate change and population growth, scientists have warned. A new way of thinking about water is needed as looming shortages threaten communities,
February 28, 2011
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text: The warm sun of La Mancha gives Soliera their unique character. Grape Tempranillo Style Still wine Region In the former kingdom of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain, we can find the largest vine-growing area in the world with an endless expanse of 300,000 hectares of vineyard. It is also the stomping ground of Miguel de Cervantes's famous novel, Don Quixote. The huge area covered by this Denominación de Origen borders Valencia and Murcia to the East, and Extremadura to the West, Andalusia to the South and Madrid to the North-West. Wine making began here in Roman times and was widespread during the middle ages. The versatility of this land has allowed for the introduction of a wide variety of international varieties of grape. Tasting Notes Intense in colour with vibrant berry fruit aromas. This wine is smooth and well-balanced. Food Pairing Perfect with meats, mature cheese or pasta dishes. Alcohol Content 12% Best Served Between 12-14 ºC Technical Information The grapes are carefully selected and handpicked. Before fermentation, the grapes are macerated under an inert atmosphere and at low temperatures. Fermentation takes place at 22ºC in order to obtain the best aromas and flavours. Download .pdf


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Cara Thompson - Wisconsin Just for Does Prostaff
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Hi, my name is Cara. I live on a farm in Southern Wisconsin with my husband. We have been married for 30 years and have a grown daughter that is married.Her husband is a persistent hunter as well.
I have always loved the outdoors even as a young child.As I have grown older I have learned to love and appreciate wildlife and nature.
I really started getting into hunting after I graduated from High School.My boyfriend, now husband who is an avid hunter and fisherman, introduced me to gun deer hunting.Not only did I think it was fun, but I also loved to watch the wildlife in their natural environment without them even knowing I was there.As time went on, he introduced me to fishing, coon, pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, turkey, goose and coyote hunting as well as trapping.
Turkey hunting has always been a passion of mine.The anticipation of waiting for the turkey to come across the field to my decoys seems to be too much to handle.But, with my husband by my side to calm me down and make sure it is the right moment to make the perfect shot.
Bow hunting has now been a favorite. I cannot wait to get off work, rush home, change and spray down with my "Just for Does" Deception spray and head to my stand.On the weekends I love getting up early in the morning and head to my stand.I get anxious nervous on my way to the stand not knowing what the hunt will bring.My heart starts racing when I see a deer come in close.My husband has always told me to "calm down and take my time".I think over the last three years, I can count on one hand how many mornings I have missed.My Elite Spirit bow is my weapon of choice.I live for bow hunting.
I also love to gun hunt.The emotions are the same but with a shorter season. During the deer hunting season whether it be bow or gun, when there is no deer action, my husband and I text back and forth and make it fun.If we have a small deer under us we take a picture and send it to the other.There is no one else on this earth that I would rather hunt with than my husband.
I was fortunate enough to go on a spot and stalk bear hunt in Alberta.Talk about unnerving.Walking through the bush up and down the foothills of the mountains, not knowing what you would find in the clover fields, we seen alot of black bears and I was fortunate enough to harvest 2 with my bow.What an experience.
Every year my husband and I take a trip to Canada for a week long fishing trip.We love the quiet and quality time together.We also love catching and eating our daily catch.
We also video tape our hunts.My husband bought my first Tactacam.Now I never hunt without it.I not only use it when I hunt, but I have used it just to record the animals under the stand.I also bought one for my husband, he never hunts without his either.Since we do not sit together during bow season, it is always nice to look at each others footage .
I am looking forward to my Alberta 2018 Elk hunt.That is the top ofmy bucket list to harvest a nice bull elk.A mule deer and gator are at the top of my list as well.
Not only am I a part of an amazing group of"Just for Does" ladies, I am also a team member for Tactacam.I love to promote product I use and trust.I am also a member of the Marshall Bluff Bowhunters.
Stay Safe and Happy Hunting.


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As promised, JJ Abrams released a teaser trailer today for Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which doesn't hit theaters until December of 2015. Check it out after the jump.
Apparently that's Andy Serkis providing the voice over for the teaser and I think it's quite a good "teaser" indeed. I like that it shows us a couple of important new characters, John Boyega's Stormtrooper:
and Daisy Ridley's character without revealing much of who they are or what role they'll play in the story.
Then we get the bad guy shot, possibly a new Sith of some sort, but definitely a bad ass shot of his new, very dangerous looking light saber:
And from there, I absolutely love what Abrams and company put together. The rest of the trailer allows for a lot of nostalgia despite it being all new stuff. The X-Wings and the Falcon really bring some good feelings to older fans like me, but we never see Luke or Han or any of the old cast. I thought the final shots of the Falcon first flying high and then engaging with Tie Fighters in the desert were incredibly cool and nostalgia-y while showing something entirely different: the Falcon engaging in a battle that isn't taking place in space. Think about it...we've seen X-Wing and Falcon action before, but we've never seen them engaging in battles on the surface of planets. I mean the original Star Wars films were cool because the fights took place IN SPACE. This to me is one of the cooler touches Abrams placed in the film, much like having the Enterprise underwater in Star Trek.
At the end of the day, this teaser put an older fan like me in a very good mood with its mix of nostalgia and the kind of cool, new touches that Abrams is good for.


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Allegro Moderato from Sonata for Viola and Piano in D Minor - Mikhail Glinka
Elegy in G Minor, op. 44 - Alexander Glazunov
Introduction, The Street Awakens, Dance of the Knights, Balcony scene
from Selected Pieces for Viola and Piano from the Ballet "Romeo and Juliet" - Sergei Prokofiev
Allegretto from Sonata for Viola and Piano. Op. 147 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Adagio soave and Scherzo energico - Andrey Rubtsov
Pamela Ryan, Professor of Viola at The Florida State University College of Music, gave her solo debut at the Aspen Music Festival as winner of the Young Artist Concerto Competition performing Alan Shulman's Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra. She maintains an active performing schedule including performing as soloist in the Bartok Viola Concerto with the Thailand Philharmonic in June, 2014. She has collaborated in chamber music performances with Robert Spano, Christian Tetzlaff, Robert McDuffie, Manny Hurwitz and with principals of major orchestras. She has recorded new music chamber music for labels Naxos (on CD "Gulfstream" May, 2012: BBC Music Magazine US choice), Col Legno and the Canadian Broadcasting Company (Gold Label). Her viola playing was critically praised by the American Record Guide for "superb technique and musicianship." She served as faculty artist for summer festivals at Aspen, Brevard, Yellow Barn, Schlern/Italy, Green Mountain (returning summer 2015), Idyllwild and Bowdoin. She was violist of the Bowling Green String Quartet and principal violist of the Southwest Florida Symphony for three years, and continues as principal violist of the Tallahassee Symphony since 1989. By invitation, she gave the national collegiate viola master class at the American String Teachers Association 2008 National Conference, and performed as soloist at the national American Viola Society Congress. She also performs on the Balinese rebab, historic period viola, and jazz viola. Her live video performances of 24 rarely played original viola caprices are on YouTube. Ryan won the FSU University Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her former students hold viola positions in professional orchestras and universities worldwide. Ryan received a high school diploma with emphasis in viola from the North Carolina School of the Arts, a B.M (cum laude) from the University of Maryland, a M.M from the Conservatory of Brooklyn College (CUNY) and a D.M.A from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory (UC). She studied viola with Paul Doktor, Karen Tuttle, Masao Kawasaki (who she assisted for seven years) and in several masterclasses with Itzhak Perlman.
Dmitri Shteinberg's recent performances include a return appearance with the Salisbury Symphony of NC as well as concertos with the Greensboro Philharmonia and Danville Symphony. Later this season, Shteinberg will be heard live on Chicago's WFMT classical station and in concert in Florida, Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina, as well as on a new CD featuring chamber works by Barber and Richard Strauss, a Fleur de Son Classics release.
Always striving to keep the broadest possible perspective on style and repertoire, Shteinberg is equally involved in solo and chamber music, and has worked with a number of important musicians, including a three-year collaboration with the cellist Natalia Gutman, which took him to some of America's most important concert halls, including the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Alice Tully Hall in New York. He played with the cellist Han-na Chang on "Good Morning America," and was privileged to share the stage with the clarinetists Edward Brunner and Stanley Drucker. Other chamber venues have included the Mostly Mozart Festival, Summit Music Festival, Music Festival of the Hamptons, the ''Oleg Kagan'' and Sulzbach-Rosenberg Festivals in Germany, Festival Aix-en-Provence in France and Open Chamber Music in Cornwall, England.
Dmitri Shteinberg is also very involved in advancing contemporary repertoire, and has played dozens of works by living American composers, including Bolcom (with the composer in attendance), Shoenfeld, Adams and Dana Wilson among many others. His recording of Alban Berg's Chamber concerto with the Baton Rouge Symphony on Sono Luminus was enthusiastically reviewed by the Grammaphone and the Fanfare magazines in 2013. In May 2015, Shteinberg will premiere a new concerto of Washington-based Jonathan Kolm, with the Manassas Symphony of VA.
Harpsichord is another area of interest, sparked by three years of close contact with renowned harpsichordist and scholar Kenneth Cooper in New York, and Shteinberg remains involved in both playing and teaching the instrument at his home base at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
A native of Moscow, Dmitri Shteinberg studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music under Anna Kantor, teacher of Evgeny Kissin. His later teachers included Victor Derevianko in Tel-Aviv and Nina Svetlanova in New York, both students of Heinrich Neuhaus, whose teaching philosophy remains a beacon for Shteinberg's work in the studio. Another important influence is that of the elusive Ferenc Rados of Budapest, whose students include Andras Schiff and Zoltan Kocsis, and whose mentorship was as difficult as it was priceless.
Since 2005, Dmitri Shteinberg spends his summers at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, VT. In 2014, he also joined the faculty of the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Tampa.


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492 East Main Street, Torrington, CT 06790.
Phone & Fax: (860) 496-0811. Located in historic northwest Connecticut near fine restaurants, ski areas, and just 6 miles from Litchfield. 50 clean spacious rooms with color-cable tv and free HBO. Non-smoking & handicap rooms. Continental Breakfast and USA Today newspaper. 24 hour front desk service.
Rte. 202. Phone and Fax: (860) 496-0811. Located in historic northwest Connecticut near fine restaurants, ski areas, and just 6 miles from Litchfield. 50 clean spacious rooms with color-cable tv and free HBO. Non-smoking & handicap rooms. Continental Breakfast and USA Today newspaper. 24 hour front desk service.
432 Bantam Road, Litchfield, CT 06759.
(860) 567-4503. Fax: (860) 361-6677. The Litchfield Inn, located in the picturesque northwest hills of Connecticut is an ideal location for many reasons. Whether you are looking to go antiquing, hiking, biking, canoeing or shopping, the Litchfield Inn is the perfect resting place after an activity filled day. The Inn has free Wi-Fi and parking. Restaurant, fitness and business center onsite. Breakfast is included with the room.
160 Sharon Turnpike, Goshen, CT 06756.
(860) 491-2260. Historic 1798 colonial home in the heart of Litchfield Hills. A short drive to historic Litchfield, White Flower Farm, Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, wineries & antiquing. Two private sitting rooms with working fireplaces. Four bedrooms, including a two-bedroom suite with private bathroom. Generous continental breakfast.
505 University Drive, Torrington, CT 06790.
(845) 546-2553. Fax: (860) 618-0082. Enjoy a peaceful getaway at a classic 18th century New England farmhouse. Recently restored, The Inn at Mount Pleasant offers outstanding views and serene vistas unparalleled in NW Connecticut. Located on 70 acres, hiking to the Nickel Brook Creek, your visit is sure to be relaxing and revitalizing. Weddings & other events can be held at the farm.
571 Torrington Road, Litchfield, CT 06759.
(860) 567-1233. Toll Free (866) 567-1233. 1745 Restored Tavern and Inn listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Twenty individually decorated guest rooms all with private bath, cable TV, free nationwide phone service & Wifi Internet. Some featuring canopy beds, fireplaces, VCR, refrigerator, and outdoor decks.
1440 Torringford St., Torrington, CT 06790.
(860) 201-5459. Unwind in our Colonial Revival home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and built in 1900. Our rooms are elegantly decorated with antiques in the traditional Manor style with air-conditioning, wireless high speed Internet; some with private bath. Breakfast is cooked to order using local produce, seasonal ingredients and farm fresh eggs and served in a sunny breakfast room. Warner Theatre, skiing, antiquing, dining, vineyards, and golfing close by. MC/VISA/DISCOVER/AMEX accepted.
93 Main Street, Torrington, CT 06790.
60 charming rooms in a classic Victorian setting. 120 year old inn with all the charm of yesteryear. Featuring a full service restaurant with conference and banquet facilities, gift shops and a beauty salon. Close to golf, skiing, theatre and historic sites. Group rates available.
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