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Unilever Ghana To Export Lipton To 7 African Countries.
Unilever Ghana is set to exporting one of its products, Lipton to about seven African countries following the commissioning of a Lipton Tea Factory in Tema.
The countries include, Cote D'ivore, Togo, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
The GHC 7million project is expected to create employment for some skilled technicians and operators and also directly employ thousand in distribution.
With a current consumption rate of 600 tonnes, the management of Unilever is optimistic of a production output of 1000 tonnes per annum.
The Managing Director, David Mureithi told Citi Business News, his outfit is hopeful of an increased market share.
"We expect that we will have lower production costs because of producing locally; we also expect to start exporting and this will no doubt increase our top-line in terms of sales through the exports as well as the profitability by allowing us to produce at lower cost."
Lipton Tea is sustainably sourced from Kenya in line with the vision of Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan to develop new ways of doing business to enable the company double the size of the business whiles reducing the environmental impact of their operations.
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Somerset's Peter Trego hopes to light up Twenty20 finals day with his explosive batting.
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Somerset's Peter Trego hopes to light up Twenty20 finals day with his explosive batting.
The Cidermen take on Kent in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on Saturday aiming to repeat their 2005 triumph in the competition.
All-rounder Trego is a crucial member of his county's power-packed batting order and boasts a T20 strike rate of 150.7 this season.
Even more astounding was Trego's 54-ball century that carried Somerset to a target of 476 over Yorkshire in July, the second-highest run-chase in the history of the County Championship.
"I can't say I step onto the field thinking I can do that every time, otherwise I'd be playing in the Ashes," he said.
"But I never feel an innings like that is far away. Hitting the ball hard is very natural for me.
"It's the rest of the game I have to work hard on - picking the right time to play those shots."
Trego has become an integral part of Somerset's line-up in all formats after returning to his West Country roots following unsuccessful spells at Kent and Middlesex.
But the 28-year-old denies playing against his former employers provides him with any extra motivation.
"It doesn't bother me," he added. "Loads of people move around counties - if you hold grudges your whole career you'll be a pretty sad man at the end of it.
"But since leaving Kent, I've always played well against them.
"They're a formidable outfit, with (Joe) Denly and (Rob) Key opening up. If you had to put money on who would win the trophy, you would put it on the winner of our semi."

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Day hike to Greer Spring and Grand Gulf Dec. 8, 2012
Not exactly the Ozark Trail but close.
Spot the trail dog and I hit the road Saturday morning about 9:00AM to do a little exploring in south central MO. Our first destination was Greer Spring which is a few miles north of Alton, MO on Highway 19 and then back south to Grand Gulf which is West of Thayer, MO on Highway W.
Link to info on Greer Spring: http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mtnf/recreation/natureviewing/recarea/?recid=21722&actid=63
Link to info on Grand Gulf: http://mostateparks.com/park/grand-gulf-state-park
I have been to Greer Spring two other times with leaf on and wanted to do some prowling around with leaf off. From the parking area it's only a half mile hike down to the spring. This hidden jewel is the second largest spring in MO coming in behind Big Spring which is a few miles east in Van Buren.
The first spring exits from a cave at the bottom of a ravine and has a pretty good flow but the main spring erupts from the deep a few hundred feet down stream and really puts out the water. The spring drains into the Eleven Point River which is about a mile and a quarter away and doubles the size of the river.
This is an absolutely beautiful area with outstanding rock formations, lush vegetation, and crystal clear water. After prowling around and taking some pictures Spot and I started bushwhacking along the bank for a ways then had to climb a ridge above the drain when the bank got too steep and slick. We found what looked like an old road bed on the ridge and followed it for maybe a quarter mile then it petered out. The briars and undergrowth were just too thick at that point to continue on so we turned around and headed back. Amazingly enough it was warm enough that I was hiking in shorts in Dec. which was grand, but with no protection on my legs the briars were doing a number on me.
This area has an interesting history that I won't try to detail here but you can do a little research on the Internet and find some neat tidbits. Another thing, this spring is less than 2 miles from the Eleven Point Section of the Ozark Trail and is well worth the road hike on Hwy 19 to access it.
Our next stop was Grand Gulf State Park. This spot is often referred to as Missouri's Grand Canyon. This rather large hole in the ground was formed when the roof of a huge cave collapsed. I have been here several times but still enjoy prowling around especially in the winter with the leaves off the trees. We hiked all the upper trails and did some bushwhacking into one of the drains that feed into the Gulf. This made for an interesting side trip with rugged rock formations and what would be some spectacular falls in wet weather.
Upon finishing the upper trails we started down the staircase to the bottom. We hiked to the land bridge and went under it then on to the mouth of the cave where all the water that enters this area drains to. I would love to have seen what this place looked like during the flood of 2011.
After taking some more pictures we headed back up to the rim. Our days adventure had come to and end and it was time to head back home. It had been a wonderful day to be out in the woods.
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Spot on the trail at Greer Spring
Rock Formation at Greer
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Greer Spring
Spring Discharging from Cave
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Main discharge...Deep Blue and boiling
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Old cable car used to cross the drain
Remnants of the old turbine shaft that powered the Mill.
Drain into Grand Gulf
From the bottom of the Gulf looking up at the overlook.
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by Gold Member on Sep. 10, 2013 at 3:16 PM
I need to stop at the grocery store on the way home. I know I have chicken to grill but I don't really have anything to go with it. So I'll probably pick up some rice or something. :) I'm not really prepared today,lol
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Meatballs in a tomato gravy over rice with jalapeno black eyes.
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Joseph J. Hoffman Jr. among Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Country
Joseph J. Hoffman, Jr. has been selected as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the country by the National Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of premier trial attorneys from each state in the nation. Membership is by invitation only, and each candidate must meet stringent qualifications as civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense trial lawyers. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase process and is extended solely to the most qualified attorneys from each state who demonstrates superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile.
Joseph J. Hoffman Jr named one of the Top 100 Litigation Attorneys in New Jersey
Joseph J. Hoffman, Jr., has been selected as one of the Top 100 litigation lawyers in New Jersey by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA), an invitation-only, nationwide organization of elite lawyers in practice today. ASLA draws its membership from attorneys who combine stellar legal credentials with a proven commitment to community engagement and the highest professional standards. Selection is the culmination of a multi-stage process in which the organization's attorneys independently researched information on tens of thousands of attorneys and selected less than 1.5% of lawyers nationally.
New Jersey Personal Injury Attorney Joseph J. Hoffman, Jr. Receives Client Distinction Award - the Martindale-Hubbell® honor of distinction
New Jersey personal injury attorney Joseph J. Hoffman, Jr. at the Law Offices of Hoffman Dimuzioreceives the prestigious Client Distinction Award - the Martindale-Hubbell® honor of distinction.
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Woodbury, New Jersey attorney Joseph J. Hoffman, Jr., co- founding partner of the Law Offices of Hoffman DiMuzio, has received the prestigious Client Distinction Award - the Martindale-Hubbell® honor of distinction. This award is a significant accomplishment and a testament to the fact that a lawyer's clients rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
Mr. Hoffman has more than 35 years of experience and has been admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, United States District Court of New Jersey, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Martindale-Hubbell — one of the nation's oldest and most-recognized lawyer rating services — compiled client satisfaction ratings to determine award recipients. Mr. Hoffman's clients gave him the highest possible rankings for outstanding achievement in the areas of communication ability, responsiveness, quality of service, and overall value.
Less than one percent of the 900,000+ attorneys listed on martindale.com and lawyers.com have been awarded this Martindale-Hubbell honor of distinction. Martindale-Hubbell® Client Review Ratings feature client feedback and complements the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™program, which allows lawyers to rate and review their peers.


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POTTSTOWN PA – Members of the Class of 2014 at Pottsgrove High School paraded down the aisles of its Radel Auditorium and into the annals of its history Friday (June 13, 2014) during its 58th commencement exercises.
- Watch a video (above) of the graduation activity, or see it at The Post's YouTube channel, here.
To the school district's dismay, the graduation ceremony got a soggy start. Heavy rains earlier in the day eliminated plans to stage the event in the stadium behind the Kauffman Road building.
That left some family members without a seat in the packed auditorium. Television monitors were set up so they could watch the proceedings from several areas. They included the high school lobby and its cafeteria, where many guests could be seen using their programs to fan away the heat and humidity.
The graduates, though, were joyful. They waved to relatives and friends as they marched into the auditorium. Inside the dramatically darkened space, some practically jumped down the aisles. Others stopped for a family photograph.
A Junior ROTC honor guard formally presented the colors as high school musicians played the graduation march and national anthem. Selected seniors showed off their musical talents, too, by performing several numbers..
Then came the moment many awaited for years: the distribution of diplomas, the change of tassels, and the official pronouncement that for these seniors the secondary school adventure was over and new ones lay ahead.
- See a gallery of photos from the event. Click on any thumbnail photo below to see it on a separate page, then click the photo there to see it in full size.
Photos and video by Joe Zlomek for The Post Publications LLC


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WARNING: This page applies to an older version of Tapestry. Current information is at http://tapestry.apache.org/
Tapestry 4.0 is now available as a packaged release... but for the brave and the foolhardy, there's the question of building it from source.
Check out the current trunk using:
svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tapestry/tapestry4/trunk tapestry-trunk
A set of Ant build files was created for HiveMind, called "HiveBuild". They are designed to be reasonably reused; that's what Tapestry does.
At this moment, Tapestry builds against HiveMind 1.1.1. You will need to get HiveMind from http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_hivemind.cgi
You also need Ant 1.6.2 and JDK 1.5. If you want to build the documentation, you also need to download and install Apache Forrest from http://xml.apache.org/forrest/ (latest from trunk, i.e. 0.8-dev, works fine).
Before building Tapestry, you must tell Tapestry's build scripts where the HiveBuild scripts (from HiveMind are).
Inside tapestry-trunk/config create a build.properties file:
Adjust the path as necessary. It must be the absolute path to the hivebuild directory.
From the tapestry-trunk directory, you should be able to build (ant install). Nearly all intermediate files (such as compiled class files) are copied into tempdir/tapestry ... typically C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/tapestry (or C:/Documents and Settings/YourUserName/Local Settings/Temp/tapestry). Ant will automatically download various dependencies from the Maven repository on ibiblio. You might have to run it a couple of times, dependending on what it has to download (it has to stop after copying certain libraries into Ant's lib directory).


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Wyclef Jean has spoken out to defend his Haiti charity after the organization's finances came under scrutiny over the weekend.
A report in the New York Post questioned how bosses at Jean's Yele Haiti foundation had spent the $16 million collected through fundraising since the devastating 2010 earthquake.
The report, published on Sunday, suggested charity chiefs had "spent a pittance" of the money raised for emergency efforts, but the Fugees rapper has hit back, insisting he is "proud" of how the charity has been run since it was established.
In an official statement, he writes, "We did the best we could with the available resources. I am proud of the way that Yele handled the crisis on the ground in 2010. We were able to feed, clothe, provide medical assistance and shelter for more than 250 thousand people in need.
"I have acknowledged that Yele has made mistakes in the past, including being late in IRS filings, but that is old news. When I entered politics last summer, I transitioned from being a board member and chairman of Yele Haiti to a supporter.
"The new and good news is that Yele under new leadership, despite efforts to undermine its credibility and effectiveness, continues its mission to serve people in need."


text: Perched at the edge of the Atlantic coast in Port-Gentil, Hotel Mandji offers spectacular views of rippling waters and the fronds of tall trees. The city's shopping and business districts are within walking distance of our hotel. Port-Gentil International Airport (POG) is 5 kilometers away. Our hotel has plenty of ways to help you stay busy or relax. Tend to business in the well-equipped business center. After a long day, relax beside our outdoor pool. Savor local cuisine at the vibrant Itanda Restaurant, or sip your favorite drink at N'gozo Bar while you admire the beautiful view of Timber Sea Park. A 131-square-meter function room can host a variety of gatherings, from classes to receptions. Secretarial service is available upon request. The hotel's 87 tastefully appointed guest rooms and suites are designed for business and leisure travelers alike. Our Executive Floor offers Deluxe Rooms and Suites that enjoy beautiful sea views.


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Recently there has been much scrutiny over employers asking applicants for their Facebook username and passwords. And while lawmakers and Facebook are taking an active stance against it, employers still have access to view your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and anything they can find about you on the internet.
Social networking sites do not default to the most private setting. So while applying for a job, you may not be aware that content you are publishing to your friends may be available to everyone. Control the content employers find about you by following the 5 steps below.
- Google Yourself
Type your name into Google. If there is anything in Google you wouldn't want your grandparents to see, chances are you do not want perspective employers to see that as well. Remove yourself from slanderous posts in forums, associations with controversial sites or groups, and anything that may conflict with information on your resumé. Also, check Bing, Yahoo, and Ask.com.
- Google Images
Check your name in Google Images as well. You might be surprised how easily some Facebook content from 3 years ago pops up. If there is anything at all negative, track down exactly where that image came from and remove it.
- Clean Up Your Facebook
Sign out of Facebook and comb through exactly what people that aren't friends with you see. Look through your photo albums, posts, and especially the "About Me" section. Recent college graduates often have too many images filled with drinking and partying. Instead, hide your photo albums and either make sure your "About Me" section looks professional or hide that section as well. Also, hide your profile picture album if you don't want prospective employers going through previous profile picture images.
- Did You Change Your Facebook Name? It Might Not Be Enough
Over the past few years there have been an overwhelming amount of Facebook users that change their Facebook name to better hide their accounts. However, solely changing your name and not implementing a few privacy settings is reckless. If enough people have mentioned you, or even if you have mentioned yourself by your full name, that may be just enough for a perspective employer to find your Facebook.To ensure you look great to prospective employers, make your Facebook private, but leave the "About Me" section open, ensuring it is filled with professional and appropriate content. Also, show a suitable profile picture (e.g., no drinks, cigarettes, drugs, or pictures at clubs or bars).
- Check Your Twitter, Foursquare, and other Social Media Profiles
Facebook is usually the first social media site employers look at while researching their applicants, but employers also check Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Myspace and any other site they can find their applicants. Just like you should comb through your Facebook, you should take control of your privacy settings in all of your social media accounts and ensure all information is either private or appropriate.


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A typical characteristic of high-functioning students is to have a lot on their plate. They are in different clubs, they follow intense majors and they do demanding projects. Another characteristic of high-functioning students? Complete, blind, panic.
Spoiler alert: You will feel overwhelmed
When you take up multiple projects there will be times when you simply have to much on your plate. There is too much to do, too many questions from people and somehow, during these times, your body stops functioning (sickness, tiredness and the feeling of wanting to cry).
This feeling of panic, this feeling of being overwhelmed is almost normal. It is not necessary, but a lot of people go through it. Especially when you think about everything you still have to do the feeling intensifies.
Now when you ask your relatives, your friends or colleagues the advice is probably close to this: "Breathe and just start. You have a lot to do so you should just do it, just like Nike is telling you! Haha!"
Screw that. Especially the part about Nike. Why? Because your mind doesn't work like that. And especially the mind of high-performers don't work like that. Your mind will worry about what you still need to do, what you still need to buy, who you still need to call and back to what you still need to do.
And that is not strange, because there is a lot on your plate and your mind is afraid to forget something, so it simply brings it forward every once in a while so you will remember.
So – Don't just start. But start.
You need to help your mind a little. You should be allowing your mind to stop worrying. How? By simply taking away its main problem: it cannot store everything. But you can.
Whenever you find yourself overwhelmed, stressed out or in a state of panic: grab a piece of paper. Turn your notebook to the next blank page. And start writing. Write everything down you are worrying about. Write about the project you need to do. Write every action step on it (preferably with a checkbox which you can check of later), write every thought about it on paper. Write everything down.
Now take 5 minutes. Walk around, listen to some music. Look at the paper again. Look over the projects and write down what you think is missing. Now look at the paper again. Does it look scary? Good. Because you will work on that. You will work on the projects and you will check every to-do off.
Start with an easy task, a task you will easily complete. Preferably a task which requires execution (more like sending an e-mail, less like reading a chapter), so you will feel satisfied. This will generate momentum, momentum you can use to tackle the bigger tasks.
Another thing you can do is actually starting with the most daunting task. With the task you definitely don't want to do. After you finished this task you can only win – it only becomes easier after that. This is a concept commonly called "Eat the Frog." Eat it in the morning and the rest of the day everything will taste good.
How do you fight overwhelming work? Well, by starting. But before you begin: Breathe. Empty your head on paper. Make sure your mind doesn't need to worry. Now you are ready to start. Overwhelming? Hell yeah. But how do you eat an elephant? One bite at the time.
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The coming of spring in the Northern Hemisphere conveys new hope as we contemplate the future of our Church. Pope John Paul II set a high standard as a peacemaker, heroically standing up to the advocates of war, torture, and indifference to the plight of the poor. One day 25 years ago, he brought to America a newly urgent sense of Christ's message, which is more relevant than ever today.
In the autumn of 1979, he stood on the Boston Common in a downpour, smiling and bathed in light as he gave his impassioned homily from a brilliant white stage in the darkness. People had camped on the Common the night before to get the best places, many staking out their blankets with little fences or ropes. Venders were everywhere selling all manner of Pope-abilia, from buttons to portrait-bearing commode covers. And then the most remarkable thing happened. The skies opened up, and a downpour seemed to catch everyone by surprise. All the venders disappeared, and all the blankets came up off the muddy ground. People clustered together beneath the few umbrellas, and suddenly the Pope appeared in his little car, rolling slowly and serenely through the crowd.
His first words were, "I greet you, America the beautiful." The crowd screamed with delight. Hope filled the wet air, and everyone there seemed so proud of both Catholicism and Christianity. The gospel that day was from Matthew 19:13-22, the story of the young man who had followed all the Commandments, but was discouraged at the prospect of having to sell all he had in order to follow Christ. When the Pope began his homily, he appealed specifically to the young people in this university city and across America. He said, "The sadness of the young man makes us reflect. We could be tempted to think that many possessions, many of the goods of this world, can bring happiness. We see instead in the case of the young man in the Gospel that his many possessions had become an obstacle to accepting the call of Jesus to follow him. He was not ready to say yes to Jesus, and no to self, to say yes to love and no to escape...In its precise eloquence this deeply penetrating event expresses a great lesson in a few words. It touches upon substantial problems and basic questions that have in no way lost their relevance. Everywhere young people are asking important questions - questions on the meaning of life, on the right way to live, on the scale of values: 'What must I do…?' 'What must I do to share in everlasting life?'… To each one of you I say therefore: heed the call of Christ when you hear him saying to you: 'Follow me!' Walk in my path! Stand by my side! Remain in my love! There is a choice to be made: a choice for Christ and his way of life, and his commandment of love.'"
With a rhythmic cadence which elicited ever increasing excitement, he exhorted the crowd thick with college students to reject the selfishness of the world and choose "the option of love." Repeatedly he uttered the words, "Follow Christ!"
"You who are married: share your love and your burdens with each other; respect the human dignity of your spouses; accept joyfully the life that God gives through you; make your marriage stable and secure for your children's sake. Follow Christ! You who are single or who are preparing for marriage. Follow Christ! You who are young or old. Follow Christ! You who are sick or ageing, who are suffering or in pain. You who feel the need for healing, the need for love, the need for a friend - follow Christ!
"The message of love that Christ brought is always important, always relevant. It is not difficult to see how today's world, despite its beauty and grandeur, despite the conquests of science and technology, despite the refined and abundant material it offers, is yearning for more truth, for more love, for more joy. And all of this is found in Christ and in his way of life...It is part of your task in the world and the Church to reveal the true meaning of life where hatred, neglect or selfishness threaten to take over the world...Faced with problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility: escape in selfishness, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. But today, I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape. If you really accept love from Christ, it will lead you to God. Perhaps in the priesthood or religious life; perhaps in some special service to your brothers and sisters: especially to the needy, the poor, the lonely, the abandoned, those whose rights have been trampled upon, or those whose basic needs have not been provided for. Whatever you make of your life, let it be something that reflects the love of Christ."
In an era when every statesman wanted to be seen with the Pope, but few had the courage to renounce violence as Jesus insisted we must, the beginnings of a new Papacy offer us a chance for reflection on our own convictions. When others treat us with disrespect, do we respond in anger? When someone isn't listening to us, do we shout to force their attention? When someone possesses something we covet (like the world's second largest known petroleum reserves), is "preserving our way of life" an adequate reason to claim these things as our own at all costs?
We pray now for our next pope and for the one who has left us. But our focus must remain on Christ himself. We pray that the Holy Spirit will steer our Church away from the temptation to cozy up to the princes of this world. Moreover may the Spirit restore all of us to a true sense of Christ's vision for the unconditional love of friends and enemies, about which John Paul spoke so richly on that October evening 25 years ago.


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The family tree of Debra Maguire - Brisbane, Australia
|Recently, I came to the realization that I know very little about my family heritage. So begins what I assume will be, a long, but fruitful quest to fill in the missing blanks.
My father's family roots lay in Ireland and Germany while my mother's family originated in England. Ancestors on each side immigrated to Australia some time in the late 1800's.
|The family tree of Debra Maguire - Brisbane, Australia
Updated February 26, 2002
|Debra J Pierce
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Identify It > Moth Section > Humming-bird Hawk-moths >
Scientific name: Macroglossum stellatarum
Size: Wingspan approximately 55mm
Distribution: Found throughout the U.K. (including the Shetland Islands) but the majority are seen in southern England
Months seen: Can be seen as early as March. It's possible some hibernate in Britain during the winter, but the majority fly in from North Africa and Europe between May and September
Life span: Adult moths can live for up to 7 months
Habitat: Gardens, parks and places with plenty of flowering plants and shrubs
Food: Nectar. The green caterpillars (seen between June and September) feed on bedstraws
Special features: Humming-bird Hawk-moths are a beautiful day-flying moth which are often seen in gardens feeding on geraniums, honeysuckle, petunias, buddleia or verbena. Their forewings wings are a dusty grey colour on the upper surfaces and the underwings (which are visible in flight) are bright orange.
They are equipped with a very long tongue which they use to drink nectar whilst on the wing. Just like real hummingbirds they hover in front of flowers as they feed. Their little orange wings flap so fast they appear to be on fire. They also make a throbbing noise as they hover.
In 1946, following WWII, there were large numbers of Humming-bird Hawk-moths seen in the UK. This was put down to all the bedstraw which had been left untrimmed during the war years, which provided the caterpillars with an abundance of food. Large numbers were also seen in the summer of 2003 following the hot dry conditions throughout Europe.
Humming-bird Hawk-moths breed in the UK each summer. Despite growing to around 60mm in length (almost 2.4 inches) their caterpillars are extremely well camouflaged and rarely seen. They feed on Bedstraws, and can be found between June and October. They are a yellow-green colour with two prominent white lines running from the head to the tail. At the tail end there is a short blue-black coloured horn with an orange tip.
NOTE: Although real hummingbirds can be found throughout most of the Americas, they've never been found in the wild in the UK.
2013 - Sherborne, Gloucestershire - G. Bradley
2014 - Devon - Beryl Ladd
2014 - West Yorkshire - Rob Hill
2015 - Ramsey, Harwich, Essex - Lesley Chambers (photo)
2015 - Headcorn, Kent - Shakira Christodoulou
2015 - South shore, Moray Firth - Catherine MacLeod
2015 - Portknockie, Buckie, Banffshire - Roddie Owens
2015 - Balham, S.W. London - Jackie Hamerton
2015 - Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire - Maureen Murphy
2016 - Guildford, Surrey - Steven McNair
2017 - Manchester - Rebecca Ward
2017 - North Newington, Oxfordshire - Kevin Coleman
2017 - County Durham - Sandra Judd
2017 - South Benfleet, Essex - Clém Baranger


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In the ongoing battle for the tablet market, Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Note 10.1 — 2014 edition, which includes features such as the ability to run multiple apps at once, a stylus with integrated software and a microSD card slot for expanding your memory.
The Note's screen has super-saturated colors and a brighter view for video watching or running multiple apps at once. And while that screen surely eats up a lot of juice, the battery life on this tablet lasts a day of regular use, if not more.
In terms of speed, this Note tablet is probably at or near the top of the market right now.
The real differentiating factor here, of course, is the S-Pen stylus, which fits snugly into the body of the device and lets users take screenshots, search, write notes and pull up tools such as the calculator. The handwriting pickup is fast, nearly as responsive as a real pen, and handwriting recognition allows users to search through their notes quickly. It's not a bad replacement for writing quick reminders and to-dos, though it still isn't quite good enough for more intense note-taking.
There's little to say against the tablet. But there's not much to say for it, either, when it comes to the competition. The tablet market is a game of content, and Samsung just doesn't have as much to offer as its main rivals have. The firm does try to sweeten the deal with included subscriptions to a number of online services, including Hulu Plus, SiriusXM, Boingo Hotspot and Dropbox. The tablet also comes with a one-year subscription to Bloomberg Businessweek and a 12-week subscription to the New York Times. But even with access to the Google Play store, the Note tablet still doesn't hook as seamlessly into content caches as Amazon's Kindle Fire or even Apple's iPad. Nor does it integrate with Google services enough to make it as easy to use as, say, Google's own Nexus tablets.
With that in mind, the price is a big drawback for the Galaxy Note 10.1 — 2014 edition. The 16 GB version of the tablet is $549.99, while the 32 GB will set you back $599.99.


text: On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 02:41:25PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > I got a massive improvement in the parser a few years ago by reading > chunks of 'file' and separating out into lines (rather than a getchar() > loop). DH has since change it to use mmap() - I didn't bother because > it dirties most of the pages. That was a structural hack, not a speed hack. It was the first step toward separating reading the makefile from eval'ing it; I just haven't got any further yet. -- David A. Holland dholland%netbsd.org@localhost


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In an ideal world this would be my Ogden Marathon race recap. Heck, in a even semi-optimistic world this would be my Ogden Half Marathon race recap. But, it's not.
I could write a country song from everything that has seemed to go wrong with me the past month or so. Whether it was spraining my ankle, DNFing the Salt Flats 50K, DNSing the Tulip Festival Half, getting the flu, having a non-healing ankle, then dropping the Ogden Marathon, Utah Valley Marathon and Ragnar because of the ankle — no beuno.
No beuno at all.
My running the past two weeks has dropped quite significantly, because of the ankle. After running the Provo City Half, I knew it was more serious than I imagined (or hoped for) and something would probably have to be done more than me icing and medicating it. Do I think it's broken? No. Do I think there's a ligament tear? No? Maybe?
I really feel like it's somewhere between a Grade II or III sprained ankle. I mean, I'm no foot doctor, but I know how to navigate WebMD with the best of them. Either way, I decided I really should go see an orthopedic doctor about it. Because maybe there's something he can do to help me with it? So I have an appointment on Thursday to see an orthopedist.
We'll see how it goes.
I can walk on it. It's just constant running or any lateral movement aggravates it. Which could be a problem with my current training, but I'd rather adapt then step back completely from it if I can avoid it. I just signed up for a couple gym classes during lunch that I really want/need to take — a spinning class and express weight training class.
The spinning class will be the hardest one on my ankle. I learned on the first day that there's no way I can stand and spin. So, I just crank up the resistance and peddle like a bat out of hell. It seemed to work. I was panting and near dead. I just don't want to give that class up, because I love the intense cardio.
But, we'll see what the doctor says.
I am not expecting surgery or a boot. I am expecting probably a soft cast at the most? And, I am pretty sure he'll tell me to avoid too much running for a certain amount of time — which cramps my style for June. I already backed out of Ragnar and Utah Valley. But, I don't want to give up the Bear Lake Trifecta, Drop 13 Half or AF Canyon Race Against Cancer. That'd kill me.
I am hoping he'll let me run some of these — especially considering I am not going for any 8, 9 or 10 minute mile pace. But, that's all hard to say until come Thursday after my appointment. I won't lie, I'm somewhat impatient about it. It kills me not knowing what the next few months are going to look like.
I am not worried about the worst case scenario. But, I figure I need to figure out how to get myself back to 100% now than wait much later, because my goal isn't necessarily my next race — it's my 100 miler. I feel like I've stepped back a bit with this injury and past month, so I don't want to go back any further.
I am going to run my 100 miler in February. I am. There are no other options. But, I got to get there. And, taking care of this now is just one of those steps in the needed direction.
Luckily, most of my races coming up are fairly easy to transfer to another runner or next year. I know I'm not hitting my new goal of hitting 180 by next July, but that's okay, my original goal of 2021 is still well over pace. And, there are lessons I need to learn in all of this — most unseen right now.
But, the first lesson probably would have been — watch for potholes running down Emigration Canyon. That's a good place to start.
I'll get where I want to go. I have no doubt about that. It'll just take a little improvisation. But, I'll get there.
SUMMARY — As mentioned above — it's been a tough couple of weeks since my last post. But, I am really trying to stay positive and focusing on other ways to stay active. I'll be fine — even if I have to step back a bit for now.
May 2017 Miles
Running Miles — 17.0 miles
Race Miles — 13.1 miles
Walking Miles — 73.69 miles
TOTAL MILES — 103.79 miles
Races in May — Provo City Half Marathon and Jordan River Half Marathon.
2017 Miles
Running Miles — 222.25 miles
Race Miles — 164.52 miles
Walking Miles — 494.1 miles
TOTAL MILES — 880.87 miles
Races done in 2017 — New Year's Half Marathon, Sweethearts 5K, Jackpot Running Festival, SL Tri Club Indoor Half, March Madness Half, Lucky 13 Half Marathon, Emigration Canyon Half Marathon, Riverton Half, Saltair Half and Provo City Half Marathon.
This past week a German film crew has been living and filming our family. Well, mostly, my brother and his family. But, the whole family has been involved with the project. The host travels the world experiencing different cultures and lifestyles for a week — and this week it was living the "prepper lifestyle" here in America.
So this past week we've shown them a microcosm of that lifestyle. We butchered chickens, made homemade bread, showed off our food storage, conducted earthquake and home invasion drills and shot guns — lots of guns. Most of them were shot on Saturday down in Holden.
It was a fun week.
It took a little getting used to to having cameras around you, especially when we were eating. My older brother is somewhat used to it, but to have the whole family behind the camera was kind of fun. And, after the week we made some great friends — from the host to the producer and camera crew. And, we all had a blast — especially on Saturday when we played with the BIG guns.
All these hours of film will be condensed into an hour long episode that will air on German TV in September. And, I am sure I will share a link to the episode. Here are a few pictures from our adventures this week …


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Beneficiary: The Kenyan Orphan Project
Kenyan Orphan Project: KOP exists to support orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya on issues of health, education and Social welfare. Fighting poverty, disease, social exclusion and injustice.
KOP is a small, home-grown organisation with a very small staff. We believe passionately in alleviating suffering and in working hard to build a better future for children. This can be best and most sustainably achieved by working with partners and by encouraging the active participation of UK volunteers to create a new generation of advocates for children.
This year the Tour de Latitude will help fund some great projects in Kisumu including:
Hovic: KOP funds HOVIC; a day centre and night shelter for children living on the streets of Kisumu.
This project ensures that orphaned and vulnerable children who are struggling to survive on the streets can receive nutritious meals, educational development, help, support, advice and medical care from staff at the centre
Kochogo Feeding Centre: A rural settlement near Kisumu. Built by KOP student groups the centre now helps supply meals to 180 children as well as installing bore joles to supply locals with clean fresh water
Ombeyi Feeding Centre: In June 2011 KOP funded a new polytunnel at the feeding centre. This exciting new project was launched as an income generating business and also used to help supplement the meals at the feeding centre
Kunya Primary School: Kunya Primary School is a rural school on the outskirts of Kisumu and in 2006/7 KOP initiated a feeding programme providing over 600 children with two meals a day. By providing nutritious food in school, children are able to focus on their learning instead of being distracted with a search for food or an empty stomach
Vima: VIMA is a non-government organisation (NGO) based in Kondele; an extremely deprived area near Kisumu. VIMA offers support for orphaned and vulnerable children in the area through a number of foster homes and carers; thereby offering personal care in a safe, family environment and concentrates on the educational and material support to allow these children to live as normal a life as possible
Beneficiary: Julies Bicycle
Julies Bicycle help to make environmental sustainability intrinsic to the business, art and ethics of the music, theatre and creative industries
Established in 2007 by leading figures in the UK music industry, Julies Bicycle is a non-profit company working across the arts and creative industries, providing expertise in environmental sustainability to over 350 organisations in the UK and internationally.
They offer practical advice, tools, resources and Industry Green environmental certification, informed by world-leading research into the environmental impacts of the creative industries.


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Fear and haunted houses 10-29-14
Published 5:51 am, Tuesday, October 28, 2014
October, the month for fall festivals, corn mazes and let's not forget the ever popular and highly sought after experience of fear and hysteria at the hands of local haunted houses.
I don't know about you guys, but I look forward to this season because it is my favorite time of year. When people think of Halloween and haunted houses, one word that comes to mind is evil but for some it is just fun because the thrill you get from the physiological effects of fear is more prevalent in the mind of those who love thrills and excitement than the "evil" aspect.
Haunted houses are not everyone's cup of tea and that's OK because neither are the Oklahoma Sooners. OK, I just had to throw that in there because fall, haunted houses and the Oklahoma Sooners are a few of my favorite things. Well, now that I've digressed from the thrill of fear with football and musicals, I will get back to the subject.
Haunted houses provide people with a sensation that is exhilarating and for some that feeling is addicting. It's called an adrenaline rush and we have all experienced this, some of us more than others. We get a rush of adrenaline anytime we face a situation we feel is traumatic or threatening in any way.
The adrenaline rush prepares our body for fight or flight - basically where you either have to do something about the immediate situation or get the heck out of dodge. Either way, the body experiences physiological changes during this time.
Someone experiencing an adrenaline rush feels as if every nerve is on alert. The heart races and breathing increases to pump more blood into the muscles, allowing them to work more efficiently. Pupils dilate so vision becomes clearer, even if the surrounding area is dark. Hair stands on end and the entire body experiences a higher level of sensitivity. Sweat glands open to help cool the now active body, which can lead to a clammy appearance, according to WiseGeek.
This is what happens when we encounter a situation in which we feel fear due to a particular situation. Some people love this thrill and some do not. The ones who love it seek out this feeling by engaging in activities such as bungee jumping, sky diving, extreme sports, roller coaster rides, etc.
I, for one, will not be engaging in any of the aforementioned activities but I do love a good haunted house. I like the feeling of being scared and nervous, but knowing that I will be OK in the end.
I took a poll on Facebook about why people love haunted houses and why they like that fear. One person said "for the thrill of the scare and not knowing what is around the corner." Fear of the unknown can definitely be exciting if you know in the back of your mind that you are not in any real danger.
Another person said "It is so fun to be scared but to know you are safe! It is cool, all the different types of scares, from the creepy to shocking and disturbing."
I had more than a few say it was the adrenaline rush they were after.
Haunted houses are full of "situations" that take us out of our comfort zone whether it is clowns, the dark, a morgue, feeling trapped and not being able to find a way out or going into a room where you feel closed in. A good haunted house will provoke that fear but make you willing to go through it for the thrill and the fun. Your mind can play creepy tricks on you when you're walking through a haunted house, but to me, that is part of the experience.
Visit The Blackness Haunted House in Plainview or your local haunted house. You won't be disappointed.
Take care and God bless.
JoAnn Rey is a Licensed Professional Counselor with West Texas Family Medicine.


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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Is Bowl Swag Appropriate for Schools in Final BCS Standings?
David Grant of the Christian Science Monitor recently wondered why NCAA student-athletes can receive gifts worth up to $500 if they are able to play in Bowl Games, but during the season those same players are much more restricted in what they can receive because of their student-athlete status.
Here are some excerpts from David's story:
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During the majority of their college football careers, players at the football powerhouses populating the final BCS standings have to eschew free stuff.
They do so because getting untoward benefits as student athletes can jeopardize their future eligibility to run, block, and tackle and, by extension, their opportunity to reap a bigger future payday in the NFL. (And forget sponsorships. College athletes lose their ability to take the field by entering into corporate pacts.)
But during bowl season, game organizers shower these same athletes with up to $500 in free merchandise that athletes then wear and use on campuses across the country, giving brand names a boost in the process. What happens at a bowl gift party that makes it any different from the other 364 days a year?
"When players come down to these bowl games, you don't want to just lock 'em in the hotel room," says Geoffrey Rapp, a law professor at the University of Toledo who contributes to the Sports Law blog. "Part of the fun is going some place warmer, getting to to go Disney land, and if there was a strict ban on any contributions or any value given to players, you'd have to be very vigilant on your players. But that said, iPods and PlayStation 3's and other electronics seems to be a bit inconsistent with the spirit of the NCAA rules."* * *
But the financial-aid restriction is a blanket one, whereas the prohibition on free gets lifted for a glimmering moment during bowl season.
"On one level, it's good that players are getting something for all they are contributing to the school," says Michael McCann, a law professor at Vermont Law School who studies sports law. "But it invites the question of why this is an exception and where should you draw the line. Should there even be a line?"
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Fiji Time: 11:42 AM on Sunday 25 February
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By Nasik Swami
Saturday, February 01, 2014
EDUCATION Minister Filipe Bole is concerned at schools that underperform in external examinations.
And the minister has warned that all underperforming schools should devise strategies to improve external exam results in the Fiji School Leaving Certificate and Fiji Seventh Form Examinations.
"I am happy to say for the FSFE this year, 57 schools were high performing with 80 per cent and over, 76 schools were medium performing with 50 to 79 per cent," Mr Bole said.
"Sadly, 25 schools were under performing below 50 per cent and these schools are on a watch-list this year.
"For the FSLC, the underperforming schools have decreased from 45 to 35 last year."
Mr Bole said with education being made free, underperforming schools should make every effort to improve results with the many teaching resources and qualified teachers.
"I am appealing to all principals, teachers, parents and students to live up to the expectations of better performance in external exams."
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Families of Team India get set to party
Some are in disbelief, while others can't stop themselves from shedding tears of joy -- emotionally overwhelmed family members of the World Cup winning Indian cricket team say the enormity of the triumph is yet to sink in.cricket Updated: Apr 03, 2011 13:54 IST
Some are in disbelief, while others can't stop themselves from shedding tears of joy -- emotionally overwhelmed family members of the World Cup winning Indian cricket team say the enormity of the triumph is yet to sink in even as they prepare for grand celebrations.
Father of Yuvraj Singh, Yograj, would shed tears of joy on his son's shoulders once the star batsman returns home with his man of the series trophy for a stupendous run with both the bat and ball during the World Cup.
"I think I will hug him and probably weep over his shoulders ... he has made all of us so much proud," Yograj said. India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to lift their first World Cup trophy in 28 years last night in Mumbai.
Struggling to fight back his emotions, Yograj recalled how he had forced Yuvraj to take up cricket despite his son's liking for skating.
"God bless you son, you have made the nation and a father proud. It was my dream of 30 years to live for this moment. If ever there is a second birth, I will like you to be born as my son again so that I could give you all the happiness and comfort which I deprived you during your childhood to see you become a top cricketer," Yograj said.
Dashing opener Virender Sehwag's wife Aarti said she was so nervous watching the match that she saw only the last 15 overs of the Indian chase.
"I was very excited. I switched off the TV after he (Sehwag) got out. Switched it on only in the last 15 overs. But I had the intuition that we would win the World Cup," she said.
Middle-order batsman Virat Kohli's mother Saroj said the feeling is yet to sink in that her son was a part of a World Cup winning squad.
"I am very happy. In fact I don't have words to describe how I am feeling. I can't believe what has happened. We will celebrate once he comes home," she said.
Opener Gautam Gambhir's parents, Deepak and Seema, said they couldn't have asked for anything better from their son, who scored a brilliant 97 in the match.
"This team has played very well," said Deepak.
"Gautam is a great player. I have no regrets about him missing the century. Today he was playing for the team. Everybody has to contribute. This is amazing," said the doting mother.


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<Book review>
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan (2003)
Do you believe in fairies?
Nor does Henry Atherton:
For a moment Henry Atherton just stood there, mouth open, eyes blinking furiously, as he tried to decide what he was looking at. Hodge had caught a butterfly, of course, but it wasn't a butterfly Henry was seeing. He was seeing a tiny winged figure. The wings were like butterfly wings, but the figure ...
Henry shook his head. He was looking at a fairy!
Well, he may be a fairy, technically, but Pyrgus Malvae isn't exactly what you might be expecting. He's a Crown Prince and a bit on the wayward side. Actually, he's got himself into such a sticky situation in his own realm that his father orders him to be transported temporarily into the Analogue World, just for a while until things blow over. They have an ancient portal that does the transporting. Unfortunately for Pyrgus, and interestingly for Henry, the royal House Iris has a traitor in their midst. So Pyrgus doesn't land on the dream desert island. He lands in Mr Fogarty's back garden.
It looks as though Pyrgus doesn't stand a chance. He's been transported askew, injected with a slow-acting lethal poison, promised as a sacrifice to Beleth the demon, and hung in a cage over liquid brimstone. And all he's got on his side is Henry Atherton who does the gardening for cranky Mr Fogarty, and his sister Blue, the Princess Royal, back in the faerie realm.
See what kind of a job they make of it, between them.
Oh, by the way, there are some fluffy kittens in this story somewhere too. Something about the secret ingredient in Miracle Glue:
He leaned forward and tapped the side of his nose. ''Course that's a secret. Lot of people wouldn't use the glue if they found out it was made from kittens.'
I have to say, I'm nottotally happy with the backdrop to this story. I love the mad fantasy of Faerie Wars. It's real escapism. So I can't help but wonder why Herbie Brennan thought it was necessary to add thesuper realism of Henry's problem mother and her lesbian relationship.I find it a difficult mixture. What do you think? Is there any difference between Henry's difficult home life and, say, the difficult home life of Artemis Fowl?
What can I read next?
If you enjoy meeting fairies with stun wands, then I think you would enjoy reading Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series:
You might also like to look at Mary Hoffman's Stravaganza series:
Or you could have a look at this one by Diana Wynne Jones:
Also, the Bookchooser has found these books with a similar profile:
- Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan (Score: 100%)
- The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea (Score: 93%)
- Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell (Score: 96%)
- The Bold Enchanter by Weem Whitaker (Score: 89%)
- The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (Score: 89%)
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'Mad Men' wasn't any crueler to George Romney than John Lindsay was in real life
Tagg Romney was right: "Mad Men" did mock his dead grandfather George. But then, so did George's fellow liberal Republican, John Lindsay.
The "Mad Men" episode in question is set in the summer of 1966, and Henry Francis, the show's fictional aide to New York City's mayor, says his boss will not go to Michigan because "[Governor] Romney's a clown and I don't want him standing next to him."
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It's true that many of the elder Romney's political contemporaries perceived him this way. He often bumbled when not working with a prepared text ("George's only sin is his syntax," the joke went) and when he did, his preference for sanctimonious platitudes over substantive policy gave rise to the idea that he was an intellectual lightweight. In time, the notion that he was out of his depth on foreign affairs would turn him into a laughingstock and sink his presidential campaign.
But there would have been another reason for Lindsay's aides not to want him to stand next to George Romney: his intense physicality.
"He had a tendency to draw voters in with his handshake and enfold them in a bear hug," a trio of British reporters wrote in 1969's An American Melodrama. "The technique frequently had the opposite of the desired effect" and added to Romney's reputation "as a political buffoon."
Yet in the summer of 1966, when the episode takes place, that "buffoon" was the far-and-away frontrunner for the presidential nomination due, in large part, to New York's Republican establishment.
On May 23—four days before the water-bomb incident depicted in the season premiere—two-time presidential hopeful governor Nelson Rockefeller shocked the political press when he bowed out of national politics "completely and forever, without reservation" (for twenty-one months, anyway) and passed the moderate mantle to Romney during a joint appearance at Long Island's Garden City Hotel.
The move was part of a deal with Senator Jacob Javits: in exchange for not challenging him in the 1966 gubernatorial primary, Rockefeller would back him as Romney's 1968 running mate. Romney took the endorsement in stride.
Rockefeller set about putting all of New York's Republican political muscle behind Romney: money, research and campaign aides. In all likelihood, the "Jim" that Henry Francis turns down is a Rockefeller aide.
The mayor and the governor never had a particularly good relationship, which is why it always seemed improbable that a high-ranking Rockefeller man like Francis would make the jump to Lindsay's staff. Yet he accurately displays the disrespect for Romney regularly emitted from City Hall.
Lindsay remained conspicuously neutral throughout Rockefeller's pleas for moderates to unite behind Romney. His people sowed dissension through the dime-dropping of an anonymous aide explaining to newspapers and magazines that Lindsay was waiting for Rockefeller to make his move. And then there was the humiliating episode picked up by Time.
It was the New York leg of Romney's 1967 tour of American ghettos. Lindsay agreed to meet with the Michigan governor in private at Gracie Mansion, but declined to walk with him through Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem. A reporter jokingly asked whether the mayor was worried he might "brainwash" the governor like the generals and diplomatic corps did on his visit to Vietnam. Lindsay laughed and called the reporter "naughty."
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The Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest projected growth in emissions, with a combined 95% increase in the period 1990 to 2020 (US-EPA, 2006a). Sub-Saharan Africa is the one world region where per-capita food production is either in decline, or roughly constant at a level that is less than adequate (Scholes and Biggs, 2004). This trend is linked to low and declining soil fertility (Sanchez, 2002), and inadequate fertilizer inputs. Although slow, the rising wealth of urban populations is likely to increase demand for livestock products. This would result in intensification of agriculture and expansion to still largely unexploited areas, particularly in South and Central Africa (including Angola, Zambia, DRC, Mozambique and Tanzania), with a consequent increase in GHG emissions.
East Asia is projected to show large increases in GHG emissions from animal sources. According to FAO (FAOSTAT, 2006), total production of meat and milk in Asian developing countries increased more than 12 times and 4 times, respectively, from 2004 to 1961. Since the per-capita consumption of meat and milk is still much lower in these countries than in developed countries, increasing trends are expected to continue for a relatively long time. Accordingly, US-EPA (2006a) forecast increases of 153% and 86% in emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management, respectively, from 1990 to 2020. In South Asia, emissions are increasing mostly because of expanding use of N fertilizers and manure to meet demands for food, resulting from rapid population growth.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, agricultural products are the main source of exports. Significant changes in land use and management have occurred, with forest conversion to cropland and grassland being the most significant, resulting in increased GHG emissions from soils (CO2 and N2O). The cattle population has increased linearly from 176 to 379 Mhead between 1961 and 2004, partly offset by a decrease in the sheep population from 125 to 80 Mhead. All other livestock categories have increased in the order of 30 to 600% since 1961. Cropland areas, including rice and soybean, and the use of N fertilizers have also shown dramatic increases (FAOSTAT, 2006). Another major trend in the region is the increased adoption of no-till agriculture, particularly in the Mercosur area (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay). This technology is used on ~30 Mha every year in the region, although it is unknown how much of this area is under permanent no-till.
In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, agricultural production is, at present, about 60-80% of that in 1990, but is expected to grow by 15-40% above 2001 levels by 2010, driven by the increasing wealth of these countries. A 10-14% increase in arable land area is forecast for the whole of Russia due to agricultural expansion. The widespread application of intensive management technologies could result in a 2 to 2.5-fold rise in grain and fodder yields, with a consequent reduction of arable land, but may increase N fertilizer use. Decreases in fertilizer N use since 1990 have led to a significant reduction in N2O emissions. But, under favourable economic conditions, the amount of N fertilizer applied will again increase, although unlikely to reach pre-1990 levels in the near future. US-EPA (2006a) projected a 32% increase in N2O emissions from soils in these two regions between 2005 and 2020, equivalent to an average rate of increase of 3.5 MtCO2-eq/yr.
OECD North America and OECD Pacific are the only developed regions showing a consistent increase in GHG emissions in the agricultural sector (18% and 21%, respectively between 1990 and 2020; Figure 8.2). In both cases, the trend is largely driven by non-CO2 emissions from manure management and N2O emissions from soils. In Oceania, nitrogen fertilizer use has increased exponentially over the past 45 years with a 5 and 2.5 fold increase since 1990 in New Zealand and Australia, respectively. In North America, in contrast, nitrogen fertilizer use has remained stable; the main driver for increasing emissions is management of manure from cattle, poultry and swine production, and manure application to soils. In both regions, conservation policies have resulted in reduced CO2 emissions from land conversion. Land clearing in Australia has declined by 60% since 1990 with vegetation management policies restricting further clearing, while in North America, some marginal croplands have been returned to woodland or grassland.
Western Europe is the only region where, according to US-EPA (2006a), GHG emissions from agriculture are projected to decrease to 2020 (Figure 8.2). This is associated with the adoption of a number of climate-specific and other environmental policies in the European Union, as well as economic constraints on agriculture, as discussed in Sections 8.7.1 and 8.7.2.
Figure 8.2: Estimated historical and projected N2O and CH4 emissions in the agricultural sector of the ten world regions during the period 1990-2020.
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Skip to comments.Current situation: Staffers talk about first meeting with Al Jazeera
Posted on 01/08/2013 10:14:38 PM PST by george76
Just call him Al Gorezeera.
Yesterday morning, the still shell shocked staff at Current TV was called to an all hands staff meeting at its San Francisco headquarters, which was teleconferenced to their offices in LA and NYC, to meet their new bosses.
That would be two of Al Jazeeras top guys: Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of international operations, and Muftah AlSuwaidan, general manager of the London bureau.
Ominously missing was the creator of Current, the self proclaimed inventor of the Internet and savior of clean energy, Al Gore, although his partner, Joel Hyatt, stood proudly with the Al Jazeera honchos.
Of course Al didnt show up, said one high placed Current staffer. He has no credibility.
Hes supposed to be the face of clean energy and just sold [the channel] to very big oil, the emir of Qatar! Current never even took big oil advertisingand Al Gore, that bulls***ter sells to the emir?
The displeasure with Gore among the staff was thick enough to cut with a scimitar.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Enjoy those $300 a week unemployment insurance checks while Big Al adds over $100,000,000 to his bank account, suckers! Reminds me of when Zsa Zsa Huffington sold her blog out from under all her volunteer writers for millions! LOL
Now, the question is....does Al have any taxes to pay out of this sale? My bet is that he pays next to nothing on his profit.
I suspect many of Current's staff are gay. Working for an Islamist employer has to give them pause.
Will the female employees now have to wear burkas?
Ha! Al Gorezeera! - It fits.
The 'staff' has nothing to complain about. If you lie down with dogs, don't complain if you get fleas.
Help me get 42,000 likes on my Algore Jazeera fb page
Then I'll have a bigger audience than Gore
although his partner, Joel Hyatt Zylberberg
Fixed it.
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