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7 Best Free Image Hosting Sites to Share Amazing Pictures.
With the rise of social media, free image hosting sites have emerged, why not? We use social media to constantly share funny, silly, serious, offensive and cute images. Either way, you know why you're here. So, here are some of the best image hosting sites that are free as well.
7 Best Free Image Hosting Sites to Share Amazing Pictures 2021
READ ALSO: 5 Best Free Online Image Editors Like Photoshop
Free photo hosting sites
1. Imgur
Imgur (pronounced image-er) is primarily used by Redditors to host free images. It is free to use, but that's not why I like it. I love this because it allows me to upload high-resolution images without having to create a free account.
Using the service is quite simple, just upload an image and copy the link you can share. Registration is optional, which means you can also use it to host images anonymously. But if you plan to use the service for a long time, I recommend registering. It has its own community.
Read: Free HQ Images To Use Without Source Link
The platform has a 200MB limit for GIF and 20MB for other images. PNG images larger than 5 MB are converted to JPEG. You can download no more than 50 images per hour from one IP.
On the other hand, there is no direct link feature here (you can right-click the image and select Copy Image URL) and your images will be compressed, especially if you are not logged in. So I recommend creating a free account if quality is a priority.
Fortunately, you can press CTRL + V on the site to load images from the clipboard. They also offer crop and blur tools to hide sensitive and personal information.
Verdict: Imgur has been around for a long time. Quick and easy to use with optional registration process and mobile apps. Use it if you want to share photos on forums or social networks without worrying about them being deleted. They never do that.
2. Flickr
For a long time, Flickr has been the leading image-sharing site in the world. Basically, it is a social network for sharing images. It is one of the oldest and still one of the best.
Flickr not only allows you to upload and share images, but it also provides a robust set of editing tools that you can use to edit your images. Then you can organize your images into folders and albums. Flickr has an API, which means it integrates with many social media sites and other third party apps like Dropbox, making sharing and backing up easier.
You get a whopping 1TB of free storage with smart editing tools. The professional plan will remove ads, offer advanced stats on your images such as how many shares and likes, and a download tool for PC to make things easier. There is compression on Flickr, but the quality is still high.
Verdict: Flickr is very reliable and will live on long after we cease to exist. Suitable for networking and editing. You can use it to showcase your artistic and photographic skills.
Flickr: Website | Android | iOS
3. ImgBB
ImgBB offers free image hosting with a minimalist approach. There is no limit to the number of images you can upload as long as their size is limited to 16 MB. It offers an easy-to-use drag and drop function.
There are no bells and whistles, which means the files you upload will not be cropped or compressed. There is no need to register on the site and the images you uploaded will never be deleted from the server.
The site will allow you to link directly to images that you can use on forums and message boards. It also lets you create HTML thumbnails that are really useful on whiteboards.
Verdict: ImgBB is an anonymous image hosting site that you can use if you want to share images on forums and message boards like 4chan without registering with the service.
ImgBB: Website
4. Google photos
Google Photos, like all Google apps, is free to use. Not only do you use Google Photos to host and share your images, you can also use it to automatically back up photos from your mobile devices.
The backup is on autopilot and most likely you already have a Google account. So just download and start using. It offers a reliable way to organize photos by location, people, and date, for example. Like Flickr, it has photo editing tools.
Google Photos makes it easy to share your images with others and integrates with many other sites and apps. It's reliable and won't go away anytime soon like some image sites. Google Photos is a great way to back up, store, organize, and share images on the fly across multiple platforms.
Google offers two options. In original quality, you get a limited storage of 15 GB. In high quality, you get unlimited storage and a 16MP limit for images and 1080 for videos. I think if you are not a professional photographer, the latter is more than enough.
Verdict: Use Google Photos if you want to upload and share images privately or if you want to back up all of your family photos. Google Photos also has many advanced smart features like face recognition and smart folders. It will remove duplicate photos automatically.
Google Photos: Website | Android | iOS
5. Photobucket
Photobucket is an image hosting site that offers 2GB with a free account, if you want more you can upgrade to 10GB by downloading their mobile apps. There is no limit on file type or size, except for GIF images, which cannot exceed 5 MB or 800 frames.
Photobucket supports albums. Photobucket made the list because, in addition to allowing users to host image files for free, it also allows them to receive a hard copy at a nominal price. Needless to say, it comes with editing tools that you can use before printing.
This is good if you want to decorate your home or office with wall frames.
Verdict: Photobucket is a good alternative if you need to store quality photos and want to print them. However, when it comes to storage capacity, it pales. You can add storage for a price that allows third-party hosting and ad removal.
Photobucket: Website | Android | iOS
6. 500 double
Think Instagram, but for amateur photographers and professional photographers. 500x can be a joy to surf and the community is awesome. You will often see people help each other by giving feedback on their latest photos, sharing tips and tutorials online.
Needless to say, the images found on this platform are beautiful and sometimes breathtaking. A lot of my fellow editors in magazines and blogs are looking for inspiration 500 times. Join 500x if you like photography. Yes, you can sell your images.
A free account will allow you to receive 20 images per week, for a total of 2000 images. The Pro membership will cost $ 20 per year with no cap. Start building your portfolio. Compression is optional, so you can choose what you want: quality or speed.
Verdict: If you are a photographer, then 500x is a community made just for you. You will feel right at home. There is a marketplace for selling your work. It works like a social network with individual profiles that you can follow.
500x: Website | Android | iOS
7. Postimage
While most free image hosting sites do not allow NSFW photography (some may close your account after a few fair warnings), Postimage, on the other hand, allows you to post and post images of all kinds, even NSFW images if that's your thing.
You will need to register for a free account. There is a function to set an expiration date for your image, which can be useful if the image is sensitive. Postimages is primarily used by members of various forums to post and share images. They have a bulk image resizing tool which is helpful if you are posting images to a message board.
Verdict: Postimage is a good alternative if you enjoy NSFW or adult content and regularly work on forums and other message boards.
Conclusion: free photo hosting sites -7 Best Free Image Hosting Sites
If you are a photographer or work for a magazine or blog looking for high quality images, 500x is a social network built for photographers.
If you work with adult content or forums, Postimages is a good solution.
Imgur is good if you want an easy way to share an image that will break the web. Think lolcotes because they always go viral!
Need a backup? Google Photos will also allow you to post, publish, and organize.
Think Instagram if you want a social media platform to share and follow other people.
Also Read: Determining If An Image Is A Photoshop Fake Or Not
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American Contact Dermatitis Society autumn meeting is on 28-29 September 2018 at Grand Hyatt, 1750 Welton St, Denver, CO 80202
"Pioneers In Dermatitis", in the "Mile-High City" of Denver, will feature an interactive program for attendees to explore opportunities to contribute in areas of research and patient engagement. Topics include Emerging Allergens, Education & Outreach, Innovations in Dermatitis Therapy and Hot Topics. More details to follow at ACDSMeeting.com

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Chapter 17: Questions and Answers
Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 294
Study Questions
1. How many times does Tea Cake slap Janie?
2. Why doesn't Sop-de-Bottom hit his wife anymore?
3. Why don't the police arrest drunks on the weekend?
4. Why is the whole gang at Mrs. Turner's café?
5. What do Sterrett and Coodemay order at the café?
6. What does Coodemay ask the waitress to do?
7. How does the fight start?
8. Why does Mrs. Turner try to refuse Tea Cake's help?
9. What happens when everyone decides to make up?
10. What do Coodemay and Sterrett do on Monday morning?
1. Tea Cake slaps her "two or three" times.
2. Sop-de-Bottom says that if he tried to hit his wife, not only would she yell so loud the whole county could hear her, she would also knock out his teeth.
3. There are too many drunk people for the jails to hold.
4. They say they are at the café in order to get away from the wives, but according to their plan, they going to pretend to fight in order to wreck the place.
5. Sterrett orders fried fish and coffee, while Coodemay orders beef stew and coffee.
6. Coodemay tells the waitress to hold the food for him while he eats, and the waitress refuses.
7. Coodemay tells Sop-de-Bottom to give him his chair, so that he can sit down. When Sop-de-Bottom refuses, Coodemay tries to push him out of the chair, and the others soon join in.
8. Mrs. Turner soon realizes that Tea Cake's attempted
interference is just making the boys fight harder, and it is destroying her café more quickly.
9. Coodemay and Sterrett take everybody to old man Vickers in order to treat them to some drinks.
10. Coodemay and Sterrett come into Mrs. Turner's café to apologize for their behavior. They both leave her five dollars.


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Last month saw one of PS Plus's strongest months on record, because in March, which marked the first month of the service without free PS3 and PS Vita games, Sony offered The Witness and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered to subscribers. Expectations can naturally be high, given how March went, as well as the fact that Sony has to only support PS4 with free games now.
Which makes this month's showing, announced today, that much more disappointing. The PS Plus games for the month of April are The Surge, the science fiction Souls-like from Deck13, and Conan: Exiles, the survival open world multiplayer action game in the Conan universe.
Both these games are good. They're actually perfect for PS Plus in that they're the kinds of games most people are probably interested in playing, but not in paying for. But when Sony is now offering a third of the number of games they used to, and half the games the competition does, they can't just offer "fine". They need to be better, and these games don't cut it.
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I'm not much of a Saint-Valentin Person, but the Blancpain heart variation watch is catchy enough for an outsider such as myself.
White and sparkly, it has the heart motif that also serves as the small seconds hand. The two rows of diamonds is discreet enough to not make you weep when loosing one. If you want to go giving with your valentine, go ahead, this Blancpain is water resistant (up to 50meters).
The winding Calibre 6763 movement has a 100- hours power reserve so you won't say you were late on a date because your Blancpain is "en panne".
This white watch also displays a complete calendar with a pointer type date display, the day of the week, month and moon phase.
If you want the alligator leather strap, hurry up, with some luck, you'll be among the 99 owners of this limited edition luxury Blancpain watch!


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The Future of Cloud Event
The Future of Cloud event took place on the 17th of June 2015 and was targeting industry experts in the field of IT and security. The event was hosted by project coordinator AIT and organized together with EuroCloud Austria, presenting...Details
IFIP Summer School 2015 | 16-21 August 2015
PRISMACLOUD is an official supporter of the IFIP Summer School 2015! The 10th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management - Time for Revolution will take place on 16-21 August 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. The summer...Details
The Future of Cloud | 17 June 2015
PRISMACLOUD is co-organizing an event presenting cloud (security) research to industry. "The future of cloud" will take place in Vienna at the 17th of June and showcase our approach to leading ICT industry people also discussing with them challenges they are...Details
M2M Forum CEE | 9 June 2015
Thomas Loruenser will be at the M2M Forum and will talk about "Secure Cloud Technologies for the Industrial Internet"! Increasingly intelligent technologies have taken our everyday life and work to new levels of interconnective smartness. Hear the latest from...Details
WSIS Forum 2015 | 25-29 May 2015
Thomas Laenger from University of Lausanne presented PRISMACLOUD Project during the "Building Trust-The Technical Challenges" session in WSIS Forum 2015! Future networks will need to support a huge volume of ICT applications and a very broad spectrum of services. The next...Details
CSP Forum 2015 | 28-29 April 2015
PRISMACLOUD will be presented at the CSP2015 event. A project overview will be given at 14:30 on Day2 (29th April) in Room CD. The track 19 is dedicated to the presenation of "New LEIT projects on Security-by-Design" and chaired by Martin...Details
PRISMACLOUD Kick-off Meeting
We kicked-off the PRISMACLOUD Project on 24th - 25th of February in Vienna! The Meeting hosted by AIT and all workpackage leaders presented their approaches and ideas, their expected results in the first reporting period, their schedules and next steps!...Details


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Peterson: Donegal Rocky (103) Fishtail Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 002-029-84825
Even more sleek and lightweight than Peterson's "104" Billiard, the "103" rendition was introduced in 2022 and counts among the Irish marque's most featherweight and streamlined designs. Forgoing the muscular proportions for which Peterson is known, the "103" instead presents a classic disposition with a streamlined shank fitted to a pert, upright bowl that maintains the profile's balance. It's the perfect pipe for those who appreciate classic shapes of more petite dimensions and is ideal for travel and on-the-go smoking sessions.
Named after County Donegal in northwest Ireland, Peterson's Donegal Rocky series offers one of the Irish firm's most distinctive and immediately recognizable finishes. Much like the mountainous region it's inspired by, the rustication style of the Donegal Rocky line is incredibly craggy and provides plenty of stimulating texture, transforming any pipe that wears it into a rugged workhorse smoker. Peterson's first rusticated finish, the Donegal Rocky dates back to 1945, and is presented here with a bright nickel band offering a touch of refinement against the dark, red-tinged stain of the stummel.-Truett Smith
Your Price$94.00
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"This scandal is not over yet" says Bob Fife.
While SNC-Lavalin has pled guilty to one count of fraud, for which they will pay a $280 million fine, has brought part of the company's legal problems to an end.
But, as journalist Bob Fife noted on Power Play, "this scandal is not over yet."
As Fife noted, the RCMP has neither confirmed nor denied whether they are still looking at whether Trudeau and his aides committed obstruction of justice by pressuring the Attorney General to drop the case against SNC-Lavalin.
And with the Liberals now reduced to a minority government, the Opposition has the power to push for more investigations.
You can watch Fife's remarks below:
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Countries across the APAC region are increasing their commitment to sustainability. In 2021 Autodesk commissioned Frost & Sullivan to perform research into the D&M and AEC industries to uncover sustainability initiatives and investments underway in the region to see exactly where we stand. The report gathered insights from 560 companies across APAC.
Products and services have evolved to focus on things like reduction in material consumption, waste reduction and circularity. To continue this trajectory, companies need to invest in R&D.
65% of companies surveyed consider sustainability a formal strategic vision in their leadership approach, while 21% are planning to design a strategic approach towards sustainability in the future. Only 1% of respondents view sustainability as less of a priority for their leadership.
Regulations and market forces, investor relations, and competitive advantage are the key drivers for sustainability across the companies interviewed. However, survivial in the market is what most drives efforts towards sustainability.


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At this time, I am looking for a "gallery" space. If you own a business, coffee shop, restaurant, professional office or retail shop and are interested in showing my work, please reach out to me. In the meantime, you can order any photo you see on my website or on facebook. Canvas, metal, acrylic and prints are all options.
Foggy Forest
11x14 print, IKEA Frame with Mat - $49 + tax
Washington Bridge Collage - SOLDThe Washington Bridge has long been a favorite photographic subject and an icon for Washington, Missouri. It is schedule to be demolished and a new bridge is currently under construction. Over the last few years, I've captured several photos. This collage is actually four photos taken at different times and different viewpoints merged to one.
Washington Bridge Collage
12x18 Canvas, w/black frame - $105 + tax
Convict Lake at Nightfall - SOLD TO ASHLEY WITH SPA BLISSAnother of my most popular photos, this image was captured at Convict Lake, near Mammoth Lakes, California. I took a series of 3 photos at different exposure times and merged in Photoshop. The lights along the left of the photo were from vehicles traveling down the road, and some hikers were walking the path on the far side of the lake, my camera capturing the soft glow of their flashlights on the golden aspens,
Convict Lake at Nightfall
12x16 print, IKEA Frame - $49 + tax
Once Upon A ForestPort Hudson Conservation Area sunrise fog
Once Upon A Forest
12x18 Print, Premium Nielsen Matte Black Frame w/mat 18x24 - $125 + tax
Washington Bridge Sunrise
12x18 Canvas - $75 + tax
Moon Over Ha Ha TonkaThe sun was setting and the moon rising over Ha Ha Tonka in the Missouri Ozarks.
Moon Over Ha Ha Tonka
11x14 Print, Black IKEA Frame
$49 + tax
Sparks LaneSpring time in Cades Cove, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee.
Sparks Lane
11x14 Print, Black Frame - $59 + tax
Tahquamenon Falls - SOLDDetail of the the famous falls in Michigan, also known as rootbeer falls due to the color. Taken at a slower shutter speed to make the water silky smooth.
Tahquamenon Falls
12x18 Metal Print - $105 + tax
Alley Springs MillWinter Day at Alley Springs Mill. Long Exposure capture, making the rushing water smooth as silk.
Alley Springs Mill
8x10 print, Gold Frame w/mat 11x14 - $30 + tax
Dandelion DreamsMacro image of a dandelion with seeds nearly escaping. I used photoshop to give the image some artistic flare with color and texture.
Dandelion Dreams
11x14 print, Silver Frame - $55 + tax
Water LilyCaptured this image at Shaw Nature Reserve in the wetlands area. Shaws is one of my favorite places to visit. I edited in Photoshop to enhance the colors and give the image a painterly look.
Water Lily
8x10 print, 11x14 Frame w/Mat - $30 + tax
San Juan Capistrano Arches - SOLD TO A HAPPY LOCUST & OAK CUSTOMER"In life there are some things we may never get over. Sometimes the best we can do is just get through. But that's okay. There's still a lot of beauty on the other side." Author unknown. This beautiful archway was outside the chapel at San Juan Capistrano, California.
San Juan Capistrano Arches
11x14 Print, Premium Brown Frame w/mat 21x25 - $75 + tax
St. Jordan's ChurchSt. Jordan's Church located in Beaufort, MO just west of Union. It was late afternoon, the sun was setting behind me, and clouds were rolling in from the east.
St. Jordan's Church
8x10 Print, Gold Frame w/mat 11x14 - $30 + tax
Sunflowers Forever - SOLDGrintner Farms just outside of Kansas City has the most beautiful field of sunflowers. On this day, the sky was hazy from far away wild fires.
Sunflowers Forever
8x20 Metal Print - $75 + Tax
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In honor of World Food Day 2021, we interviewed Dr. André Bationo on the transformation of our planet's food systems. Dr. Bationo was recently listed as one of Devex's "6 African food security experts to watch." He serves as Chief of Party for IFDC's Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Program in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, and Niger. In 2020, Bationo was honored to receive the Africa Food Prize for his work at IFDC on microdosing and warrantage, two fertilizer technology systems that have benefitted the African food systems for an estimated 10 million West African farmers thus far.
1.What is the biggest challenge for our existing food systems?
The biggest challenge for our food systems is food and nutritional insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA has been identified as a hotspot for food shortage due to low agricultural yields. Several African countries are food insecure and have persistently been unable to feed their population. Over the past 40 years or so, agriculture production has increased at a rate of 2.5% per year in Africa—compared to 2.9% in Latin America and 3.5% in developing Asia. Currently, Africa is a net food-importing region. Food imports in Africa amount to about $100 billion* per year. The number of chronically undernourished people increased from 168 million in 1990-1992 to 194 million in 1997-1999.
Today, Africa, with 250 million undernourished people, is second only to Asia (FAO). Agricultural productivity in Africa lags behind all other continents. Cereal crop yields in Asia, for instance, have doubled or quadrupled since the 1960s, but have have stagnated in Africa. While populations have increased, food production per capita has been declining in Africa for the past three decades. African families face increasing challenges to feeding themselves and their children. Malnutrition remains shockingly common in Africa, especially among children, as the nutritional quality of food is not often assured. This malnutrition has negative consequences not only on children's health but also on their cognitive abilities.
*All currencies are in USD unless otherwise noted
2. Why is food insecurity on the rise and what can be done to tackle it?
Soil infertility remains the fundamental biophysical cause for the declining per capita food production in SSA over the last three to five decades. This is evident from the huge gap between actual and potential crop yields (read: "Soil Nutrients: The Key to Meeting the Triple Global Challenge of Food and Nutrition Security, Climate, and Biodiversity").
Development of the modern fertilizer industry had a tremendous positive impact on agricultural productivity and global food security, and it is widely acknowledged that fertilizers are responsible for at least half of the global food supply. Table 1 shows the yield of selected crops in farmers' fields without the use of fertilizers as compared to the potential yields obtained on-station with the use of fertilizers. It is evident that for some crops it is possible to increase the yield up to five times by improving soil nutrients and applying good agronomic practices. (https://ifdc.org/2020/12/09/ifdc-and-ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid-collaborate-to-improve-soil-health-in-west-africa/ )
|Actual Yield from Farms without Fertilizer(kg/ha)
|Potential Yield On-Station with Fertilizer (kg/ha)
|Increase over Control (%)
|West Africa
|Irrigated rice
|Upland rice
|East Africa
|Southern Africa
Table 1. Yield potential with fertilizer use in Africa
SSA uses 8 kg per hectare of NPK, the lowest in the world (the world average is 100 kg per hectare of NPK). The consumption of fertilizer per capita is five time higher in Asia as compared to SSA.
The data in table 1 demonstrates the need to work with smallholder farmers to realize potential yields within the context of integrated soil fertility management—adoption of good agronomic practices; higher, targeted application of both mineral and organic fertilizers; and use of improved seeds—while protecting the environment.
The low use of fertilizers has caused crop yields to stagnate during the past 50 years. This has led to food insecurity and, as farmers increase land area under cultivation, deforestation. The good news is, Africa has considerable fertilizer resources at its disposal. Seventy percent of the world's total phosphate rock resources, as well as significant deposits of nitrogen and potash resources, can be found on the continent.
Lack of inclusivity in agriculture value chains, poor infrastructure and market linkages, and limited use of good agricultural practices—including appropriate fertilizer use—have greatly contributed to food insecurity. This is compounded by climate change, characterized by longer drought periods, floods, more erratic rainfall, and increased incidences of disease and pest attacks. More effort is needed to build resilience through systematic approaches that look at entire value chains to address gender inclusiveness and women empowerment, strengthen farmer organizations, and promote adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices.
Solutions to food insecurity are also dependent upon good governance, the implementation of good policies (national and regional), and investments in agricultural transformation, including industrialization, to provide healthy and nutritious food.
3. What impact is climate change having on food systems and how can this be mitigated?
Climate change brings threats arising from stresses and shocks caused by higher temperature and erratic rainfall. The potential yield loss to climate change impact is about 5% for each degree Celsius of global warming. Indeed, recent studies report that yields for many crops are expected to decline because of climate variability and long-term changes in temperature and rainfall. The outcome may be higher food prices along with chronic poverty and undernutrition for farming households already struggling with climate extremes, such as drought and flood.
Fertilizer is commonly thought to increase risks in dryland farming, but in some situations, it may be risk-neutral or even risk-reducing. Phosphorus and shorter-duration millet varieties in Niger, for example, cause crops to grow hardier and mature earlier, reducing damage from and exposure to drought.
In the dry land of the Sahel, several scientists have reported that where rainfall exceeds 300 mm, the most limiting factor for crop production is soil nutrients, not water. In Sadore, Niger, where the annual average rainfall is 560 mm, the lack of fertilizer use resulted in a harvest of only 1.24 kg of pearl millet grain per millimeter of water. In contrast, where fertilizers were used appropriately, farmers were able to harvest 4.14 kg of millet grain per millimeter of water (Table 2).
|WU (mm)
|Y (kg ha-1)
|WU (mm)
|Y (kg ha-1)
|With fertilizer
|Without fertilizer
Table 2. Water use (WU), grain yield (Y), and water use efficiency (WUE) for millet at Sadore and Dasso (Niger)
Many development projects have invested billions of dollars in soil and water conservation. Soil fertility improvement was not included in these projects, and the water harvested has not fulfilled its full potential for productivity improvement. Fertilizers are a critical component of improved water use efficiency, as water harvesting can also improve the fertilizer use efficiency. The Zai system, in which farmers dig pits in the soil to capture water and concentrate fertilizers, is widely used in West Africa for water harvesting and soil conservation. As shown in Table 3, when the Zai technique omits compost and/or fertilizers, it does not contribute significantly to productivity (200 kg ha-1of sorghum grain). When Zai includes manure and fertilizer, significant crop yield increases can be obtained (1,700 kg ha-1 of sorghum grain).
|Sorghum Yield (kg ha-1)
|Yield Increase (%)
|Only planting pits (Zai)
|Zai + cattle manure
|Zai + mineral fertilizers
|Zai + cattle manure and fertilizers
Table 3. Effect of Zai on sorghum yields
A climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approach can greatly mitigate the adverse effect of climate change. In the northern part of Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, rainfall variability, land degradation, and desertification combine to make life extremely difficult. The combination of water harvesting, microdose mineral fertilizer application, and use of improved sorghum varieties have significantly increased grain yield.
Read: Microdosing: Boosting Yields and Producing Hope in the Town of Beer
When an improved sorghum variety is used with water harvesting, in combination with microdose mineral fertilizer application, an average yield of 1,426 kg/ha can be obtained, as compared to 334 kg/ha with no water harvesting or microdose fertilizer application (Table 4).
|Local Variety
|Improved Variety
|No water harvested and no microdose fertilizer applied
|Water harvested and no microdose fertilizer applied
|No water harvested and no microdose fertilizer applied
|Water harvested and microdose fertilizer applied
Table 4. Effect of water harvesting, fertilizer microdosing application, and crop variety on sorghum grain yield (kg ha-1) in Kouritenga, Burkina Faso
Countries should strengthen and support the growth of institutions that promote CSA. Investments by both public and private sector actors should be increased, particularly to support the input and marketing dealers that supply CSA technology inputs and services.
4. What role can community-led projects and smallholder farmers play in transforming our food systems? Share an example.
Lessons learned in development clearly indicate that results depend very strongly on the successful mobilization, inclusion, and involvement of the communities and smallholder farmers who stand to benefit. Smallholders, including women and youth, should be included in the different stages of projects: identification of needs and mapping exercises, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Particular attention should be paid to issues of gender equity and rural land tenure. The role of women is essential in the transformation of food systems. Strong farming community organizations and systematic gender inclusiveness will greatly contribute to this transformation.
Access to appropriate, affordable credit will empower farmers to adopt new technologies and techniques that boost the quality and quantity of their crops. Systems like warrantage provide a kind of social safety net that addresses challenges to financial liquidity and access to credit. Producers can access cash loans against the value of their stored farm produce at harvest when the selling price is relatively low. Farmers can store their grain to sell four to five months later when prices improve, thus earning better returns on their investments and easily repaying the loan. With these loans, farmers can address urgent household financial needs and participate in collective fertilizer purchases, which further lower the cost. With this credit, farmers also can engage in other income-generating activities (raising small ruminants, vegetable gardening, and trading) during the off-season.
Dr. André Bationo on Supporting Smallholders, Micro-dosing and Warrantage, and Ways to Improve Soil Fertility in Africa – IFDC
Warrantage System Empowers Palm Oil Producers – IFDC
5. How can we make adequate nutrition accessible, affordable, and sustainable, especially for mothers and children in lower- and middle-income countries?
One way is through adoption of crops that are rich in nutrition, e.g., the protein-rich maize varieties and orange-fleshed sweet potato that are being promoted in some countries. Research should focus on producing crop varieties with enhanced nutrients in parallel with adaptation to climate change. Another way is through agronomic fortification and value-added fortification of foods at the processing stage to fill nutrient gaps. But increasing the availability of nutritious foods in home gardens, off-season growing activities, and market access are not enough. Good nutrition requires behavior change at the household and community levels.
Communities should build household awareness of the importance of good nutrition and programs and empower women to make decisions within the household. Women can increase their purchasing power and choose more nutritious foods. Awareness programs should be incorporated in the primary schools, so children grow up knowing the importance of good nutrition.
Improving women's knowledge and raising awareness of the kinds of nutritious foods available within a community is essential, since women are the basis of food systems, particularly in rural households. Programs to improve household nutrition should consider local food preferences and work with women leaders within the community to incorporate more nutritious foods, including local vegetables and forest products, into existing popular dishes.
Meet the Nutrition Champions: A bridge to healthy and productive local communities
6. What can be done throughout the food chain to optimize production and significantly reduce food waste?
If the goal is to increase productivity along agricultural value chains, any effort at improvements must start with a thorough analysis of the value chain to identify existing gaps and develop local approaches that address them. Programs should be multidisciplinary—include the policymakers, scientists, and private sector—to address the gaps identified. Strengthened private sector linkages will ensure sustainability after the project ends.
Food waste begins in production. By adopting good agricultural practices, farmers ensure that they are producing high-quality products free of pests and diseases. Quality post-harvest storage facilities will reduce further losses to vermin, mold, and rot and allow farmers to safely store their produce to take advantage of higher post-harvest prices. Infrastructure and marketing also play a key role in reducing food wastage. Areas that produce highly perishable food products should be supported with adequate infrastructure to quickly move products to meet demand elsewhere. And rural electrification and use of solar energy will further prevent food waste at the farm level.
Smoking Out Food Loss in Benin—see how the ACMA2 project has been improving food security and reducing food loss.
7. What is your single most important call to action on building more sustainable food systems?
Countries must increase investment in the agriculture sector and implement effective and efficient policies that enable sustainable food production. I would like to see a more effective synergy between researchers, producers, processors, manufacturers, consumers, and decision-makers.
Feed the Future Soil Fertility Technology Adoption, Policy Reform and Knowledge Management Project
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"No decisions have been taken at all before the publishing of a government review into Covid-19 certification early next month,said Boris"…reports Asian Lite News
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his government is considering coronavirus vaccine certification but suggested it might only be implemented once all adults in the country have been offered a jab by the end of July.
Speaking in London on Thursday, Johnson said "no decisions have been taken at all" before the publishing of a government review into Covid-19 certification early next month, reports Xinhua news agency.
"All sorts of things are being considered," Johnson said, adding it was "a bit premature" to speculate on whether pubs could run entirely by implementing a certification scheme while scrapping social distancing and mask-wearing rules.
"What we want to do is (to) roll out the vaccine program and see what that builds in terms of general resistance to the virus," he told Sky News.
Also read:UK to fine £5,000 for holidaying abroad
"I do think there is going to be a role for certification," he said.
However, Johnson said Britain needs to think carefully about the issue.
"As I've said before there are lots of difficult issues, because there are some people who, for medical reasons, can't get a vaccination, pregnant women can't get a vaccination at the moment," the Prime Minister said.
Johnson suggested that whether someone's vaccine status, any possible immunity after having recovered from the virus or a negative test "could work together" in a possible certification scheme.
More than 28.6 million people in Britain have been given the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest official figures.
Experts have warned Britain is "still not out of the woods" amid concerns over new variants and the risks of the public breaching restriction rules.
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As the big European clubs paid attention to Min-jae Kim (27, Naples) for his outstanding performance, the Naples club also caught fire. This is the background of the plan to raise the buyout (amount allowed for transfer), which is known to have been set at 48 million euros (about 64.6 billion won), to 'at least' 65 million euros (about 87.4 billion won). Of course, the salary increase in the process of renewing his contract. These are things that happen in less than one season.
Italy's Sport Napoli said on the 26th (Korean time), "Kim Min-jae's contract includes a buyout clause valid only for overseas clubs for 48 million euros for 15 days from July 1." We negotiated a renewal that included a raise and a buyout increase," he said, citing Correare dello Sport.
Corriere dello Sport, which first reported this news, said on the front page of the newspaper that it was planning to raise the buyout to at least 65 million euros with the words 'Minje Kim Project'. 65 million euros is the second-highest transfer fee in the club's history, and is almost four times the transfer fee of 18.05 million euros (approximately 24.4 billion won) when Kim Min-jae transferred from Fenerbahce last summer.
If another club offers a transfer fee that is subject to a buyout, Napoli cannot refuse it. 50 million euros included in the current contract is by no means a small amount, but looking back at Kim Min-jae's recent performance, it is clear that it is a relatively low level. The interest of the big clubs in Europe towards Kim Min-jae is also thanks to the buyout clause of only 50 million euros. 메이저놀이터
The fact that there are rumors of renewal of the contract with a buyout and salary increase in less than a year means that Kim Min-jae's performance is brilliant. From Napoli's point of view, it is essential to raise the buyout in order not to lose Kim Min-jae for 50 million euros. In this process, Napoli's plan is to retain Kim Min-jae for a long time through not only his salary but also the extension of the contract period.
According to local media, Napoli's buyout upgrade condition is 'at least' 65 million euros, so there is a possibility that it will rise to an astronomical level as negotiations progress. Of course, the final choice is up to Kim Min-jae. He could stay at Napoli longer through a salary increase and a contract extension, but he could turn down the contract renewal and watch the interest of other big clubs this summer. It is a happy worry created with only one's skills.


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Today's first impressions are about the Avon's newest addition to their foundations - Mark Glow On Natural Radiance foundation.
You get 30 ml of product for around 5€. The packaging is plastic and it looks quite cheap to be honest. It's suppose to give your base a boost as you create the healthiest-looking glow of your life. You can wear this alone to help brighten, blur imperfections and even skin tone, or it can be worn under makeup as a pore - minimizing, radiance boosting base. You can also use it over makeup as a targeted highlighter. It's all up to you. I chose to wear it alone, as a foundation.
A lot of ingredients, first few mostly consist of water, fragrance, moisturizer, sunscreen (safety hazard of 6 on cosdna and another one of 8). I got mine in shade Shell.
I really don't like the scent of it, it bothers me quite a lot and I'm usually not sensitive to scents; but I can't smell it when it's on my face at all.
The coverage is light which is good for summer, but I need more coverage for work days. I haven't used it as a base for foundation yet, so I'm not sure how it performs that way, but I'll be testing it more for sure.
I liked the glow it gave my skin otherwise, my skin looked very healthy and natural.
- light coverage ideal for summer
- gives skin a lovely healthy glow
- different ways of using the product
- the scent
- some ingredients rating high on the safety list
Hope you enjoyed, let me know if you'll buy this one! :)


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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday, unveiling a button-sized computer and a "PC-on-a-stick." As such, the shares tacked on 2.1%. However, in options land, one trader placed a sizable downside bet.
Diving right in, a put ratio spread was likely initiated at the July 28 and 33 puts, according to Trade-Alert -- with one individual buying to open a 12,500-contract block at the higher strike, and selling to open 25,000 contracts at the lower to reduce his entry cost. In other words, this speculator anticipates INTC will descend below $33 by July options expiration, but remain above $28.
However, as Trade-Alert also points out, this trader maybe a shareholder using options to hedge against a downside move -- possibly fearing an earnings miss next Thursday evening. This theory is further supported by INTC's technical tenacity. The stock is up 2.4% this afternoon to trade at $36.88, bringing its year-over-year advance to roughly 46%.
Yesterday's preference for puts over calls has been typical among traders of late. INTC's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 1.31 ranks just 1 percentage point from an annual put-skewed peak. What's more, put buying is in vogue, as evidenced by the equity's 50-day put/call volume ratio of 1.11 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX). This reading has never been higher in the last 52 weeks. While some of these long puts may be hedges, a capitulation among "vanilla" bears could result in tailwinds for INTC.
Finally, while the aforementioned two-legged trade was sizable, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) rival Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) saw an even bigger transaction. Specifically, 100,000 puts were bought to open for $3.5 million.
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Medical cannabis: Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales join forces on cannabis oil in medical trials
The Queensland and Victorian state governments have joined forces with New South Wales to take part in medicinal cannabis clinical trials.
The NSW Government introduced the scientific trials last year to help treat patients with drug-resistant and uncontrollable epilepsy.
The new agreement means Victorians and Queenslanders suffering terminal or life-threatening conditions can take part in the NSW clinical trials.
The three trials will be conducted by the NSW Government and will examine the use of cannabis in providing relief for patients.
Victoria's Health Minister Jill Hennessy said the first trial would be open to children with severe, drug resistant epilepsy, due to start mid next year.
"There's a series of experts that oversee the eligibility for who gets to partake and we'll be doing all we can to support Victorian families and Victorian kids who meet that eligibility criteria to participate in the trial," she said.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the focus of the trial would be for families whose children suffer from life-threatening seizures.
"Sometimes they're happening on a weekly and a daily basis, being rushed to hospital and this medical cannabis oil, there's scientific research which says that it can alleviate the pain that these young children are going through," she said.Loading...
Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick says the clinical trials will set a framework to explore the possibility of regulated medical cannabis in the state, but the trials are dependant on the advice of medical researchers.
"I'm hopeful the work can be completed this year. If they advise us they want to take a longer approach, particularly with complex illnesses like epilepsy - there are neurological aspects of that - we'll have paediatric neurologists, senior adult neurologists involved in that," he said.
"You have to look at the different types of treatments and the different types of illnesses which are all unique.
"We don't want to cut off one path for treatment of people just to get an outcome in one particular area."
The Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) said it supported scientific trials into the use of medicinal cannabis.
AMAQ president Dr Shaun Rudd said the trials would determine if it was safe.
"We think it's a great idea - we've always wanted to get further evidence to see if this is something that we can use, medically or not," he said.
"Hopefully with the trials we'll find out what components of the cannabis itself is the useful ones for medical treatment."
Medicinal cannabis advocate Debra Camacho has thanked Ms Palaszczuk ahead of the announcement.
Ms Camacho said her 10-year-old daughter suffered from Dravet Syndrome, a life-threatening illness that causes severe seizures.
She said cannabis oil treated her daughter's illness better than conventional medicine but she had to stop using it because it was illegal.
"We had actually tried the cannabis but unfortunately were unable to continue the treatment so she has regressed again," she said.
"We're just fighting now to get it legalised - we want it legal so we don't have any other repercussions.
"There's problems associated with it now for giving it to children."
She said it was exciting from a political standpoint and that the Queensland Government was recognising that.
"They're caring enough to put money in to be able to research to hopefully find not a cure, but to ease a lot of people's lives," she said.


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More than 23,000 died in A&E in England last year, data obtained by Labour shows
The figure is around 4,000 more than 2021, the data shows. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine previously said 23,000 "excess patient deaths" may have occurred partly due to A&E delays in England last year.
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More than 23,000 died in A&E in England last year, figures obtained by Labour show.
The opposition party has released data it obtained through freedom of information requests, which shows an increase in deaths compared to previous years.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine previously said 23,000 "excess patient deaths" may have occurred partly due to A&E delays in England in 2022.
Data provided by NHS trusts to Labour shows a total of 23,316 lives were lost in emergency departments.
This is around 4,000 more than 2021, and 5,500 more than 2019.
Deaths in A&E, according to FoI figures
- 2018 - 17,830
- 2019 - 17,502
- 2020 - 16,776
- 2021 - 19,122
- 2022 - 23,316
NHS targets say 95% of people in A&E should be seen within four hours. Labour claims this target has not been hit since 2015.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: "People turning to the NHS in an emergency should know they will be seen and treated before it's too late. The Conservatives' failure over 13 years to properly staff or reform the NHS has a cost in lives.
"When Labour was last in government, patients in an emergency were treated in good time.
"It took 13 years for the Conservatives to break the NHS, it won't be fixed overnight. But it will be the mission of the next Labour government to build an NHS that is there for you when you need it once again."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made tackling NHS waiting lists one of his five priorities, although this also refers to elective procedure waiting lists.
Health minister Maria Caulfield said: "The uncomfortable truth is where Labour are in power, the NHS is worse.
"In Wales, Labour have consistently failed to meet waiting targets since their introduction 14 years ago and caused higher excess death rates than in England.
"Meanwhile, we are delivering a record number of tests, speeding up discharge from hospitals, and cutting waiting lists as we also work to halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt and stop the boats."


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Introducing Ms. Sullivan
Kat Sullivan joins Garden School after sixteen years in education administration serving as the Director of Admissions at Kent School in Kent, CT and The Bay School of San Francisco in the Bay Area. Prior to academia, she spent three years in marketing and advertising in Chicago and here in NY. Kat earned a BS from Syracuse University and an MBA from Georgetown. We are excited to have Kat join us to fill the new position of Director of Enrollment Management and Marketing. She will work closely with every member of the Garden School Community to get our story out and share the great work happening here on campus.


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IOC Creates Olympics Press Freedom Complaint Process
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was praising the International Olympic Committee Wednesday for creating a mechanism to submit any complaints about press access to the Olympic Games in Rio.
That came in advance of the opening of the games Friday (Aug. 5).
According to CPJ, IOC will allow those covering the organization and staging of the Games to report any violations of their freedom and relay it to relevant authorities.
"Journalists are integral to the success of all international sporting events, and the IOC charter affirms that the IOC must take 'all necessary steps to ensure the fullest coverage' of the games," CPJ executive director Joel Simon said in a statement. "The mechanism is consistent with this obligation, and we urge journalists to use it to its fullest advantage."
CPJ has been pushing for more accountability for press freedom abuses that have limited coverage of sensitive issues.
In 2014, it released a report about the Winter Games in Sochi, "Media Suffer Winter Chill in Coverage of Sochi Olympics," documenting a pattern of "obstruction, intimidation, and harassment" that limited coverage of labor abuses and environmental damage.
CPJ also has its own reporting mechanism, firstname.lastname@example.com, which it encourages journalist to use.
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Pendants.. the early years
These vintage works from the collection were created by LoU's own hands during the late 70's and in his studio at the iconic La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club during the the early 1980's and 90's in NYC. Gathering all these various components throughout his world travels... LoU described these works as possessing a 'kind of magic ... that is transferred from creation to owner and then into the owner's world'... in his words they are "Good For Your Life" these pendants are "Truthful at Heart"
A gorgeous hand carved ancient Mali quartz crystal set onto an African cast bronze element and strung on a choker length cord with brass end caps and LoU's 'S' hook for closure.
Dimensions in inches: 4'' x 1.75''
Cord length (choker is to be worn up on the neck) : 15'' Alternatively, a longer cord can be switched out upon purchase with a written request.


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My dear, the new year is beginning quite interestingly. Another hyip program on our blog, this time ASOLIS.NET Full description of this hyip program can be found below on our blog.
- Project start : Jan 01, 2020
- Plans : 1.5% – 2% daily for 365 days (deposit can be released any time after 30 days with 10% fee)
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- Withdrawal of the deposit: possible after 30 days with a commission of 10%
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Any investment carries risks and an investor should always take this into account, as for this company, it is no exception. As a rule, the risks are always proportional to the profitability and the higher the percentage offered by the project, the higher the probability of incurring losses. Highly profitable projects have increased risks, because the profitability is also serious, so I recommend following certain rules:
- Remember to diversify and don't invest all your money in one investment program. It is more reasonable to distribute the available funds across several projects in order to reduce risks.
- When investing in a highly profitable fund, be prepared for the fact that there is a high probability of losing money. Therefore, do not use borrowed funds and those amounts, the loss of which will play a big role for you.
- Withdraw profit from the project as often as possible (daily, hourly) in accordance with the tariff conditions offered by the project! Make the decision to reinvest without emotion, weighing the pros and cons. And remember the main rule of the investor: It is better to lose profit than to lose your deposit.
Another hyip program on our blog. This time a program that has long investment plans with a small % which may predict that it will work long and stable. Of course, it depends on marketing, which will strongly influence the growth of interest in this program. Our investment is $100 in the first recommended program 1.5% per day for 365 days.


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This is If season.
It's all about if this step happens, perhaps that step will be made. So, let's play that game with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Green Bay executive John Dorsey is considered a heavy favorite to land in Kansas City as the general manager. New head coach Andy Reid has control of the franchise, but he needs a right-hand man. Dorsey is respected, and Reid and Dorsey are very close from their days in Green Bay together.
The first task of the Chiefs' brass will be to figure what to do at quarterback. There will be several options. One could be former Green Bay backup Matt Flynn. He is now in Seattle. The Seahawks paid handsomely to make Flynn their potential starter last year. But they struck draft gold in the form of Russell Wilson.
Flynn could be available. Flynn was well respected and well thought of in Green Bay. If Dorsey is among his fan club, there could be a nice connection. Reid's roots are in Green Bay, and he'd likely have little trouble taking on a quarterback from the Packers' tree.
The key would be to not pay too much for Flynn in the form of a draft pick. I think he'd be worth a conditional mid-round pick, because there are no guarantees he will be the starter. Also, his contract might have be adjusted to some conditions.
But if those two areas were worked out, I think Flynn could be an interesting fit for the new Chiefs. I could see maybe combining Flynn and taking a quarterback such as Landry Jones or Matt Barkley or a Mike Glennon or Geno Smith (if they were available) early in the second round.
The Chiefs could let the two players compete. If one is great, then they have their answer for years to come. If not, Flynn would at least be serviceable for the short term. Then, the Chiefs can continue their search later.
There are no other clear answers this year. The Chief are going to have to take a chance and hope for the best.
If Reid and Dorsey think Flynn is the answer, he might be as good as any avenue to pursue.


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From the Sorting Rules page of the Kitchen Screen Settings editor, define custom rules for how orders are sorted on the kitchen screen.
From the Sorting Rules field, select Custom.
Select Add Sort Options.
From the Add Sort Options window, select the order event(s) by which to sort orders on the kitchen screen.
For example, select Future Send Time to sort orders by their respective Future Send Time from earliest to latest.
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American Boots on Ground in Somalia
Leon Panetta has been brought in to oversee significant cuts to the U.S. Defense budget. Meanwhile, we're in six wars.
Leon Panetta has been brought in to oversee significant cuts to the U.S. Defense budget. Meanwhile, we're in six wars.
Atlantic Wire ("American Boots Hit the Ground in Somalia After Drone Attacks"):
Somalia is now the sixth country over which the United States is flying attack drones. Last month, the same Special Operations Command unit currently operating in Yemen carried out an attack on two leaders of the Somali militant group al-Shabab in a June 23 mission. The Washington Post reported the attack on Wednesday, and on Friday, Somalia's defense minister says that American military forces touched down to collect the bodies of the insurgents. Al-Shabab has carried out attacks on the Somali government, and while the government is calling on more American drone missions, they say they were not aware of the first drone attack. "But we are not complaining about that. Absolutely not. We welcome it," Defense Minister Mohamoud Haji Faqi told the Associated Press. "We understand the U.S.'s need to quickly act on its intelligence on the ground."
Obviously, the "boots on the ground" bit is somewhat cheeky; some drone attacks followed by an in-and-out recovery mission isn't exactly Vietnam. Or, hell, Panama. But it's shocking that we're in half a dozen kinetic military operations and your average American would be doing well to name three. Something's not quite democratic about that.
Additionally, as the piece goes on to note, there are some strategic, moral, and philosophical questions about this wide-ranging use of drones, including for missions only tangentially related to America's national security interests. What's the desired outcome? Are they doing more harm than good? With killing so divorced from risk, is war too easy?


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Researchers have reconstructed the ancestral snake head.
It is part of a larger project to create 3D reconstructions of how the skull evolved.
Snakes and lizards (squamates) are part of a diverse group that includes burrowing snakes, gliding lizards and climbing chameleons. The animals in this group live all over the world in a huge variety of habitats, which means they all have very different skull shapes.
Comparing all their skull shapes wasn't an easy task - there are few points of obvious comparison - but a team of researchers have succeeded. Scientists from the UK, USA, Germany and France used cutting-edge imaging techniques and hundreds of specimens from both extinct and living species.
Prof Anjali Goswami, research leader at the Museum, explains, 'We capture lots of surface landmarks across the bones to get a better 3D picture of the animal's skull.
'CT scanning and laser scanning in the Museum's Imaging and Analysis Centre are making this possible. The Museum is one of the best places in the world for these types of facilities, and it is shaping how science can be done differently.
'Once we have this nice dataset with 1,000 or more data points across the skull, we use various methods and computer programmes to examine how skull shape has changed through time.'
Akinobu Watanabe, Assistant Professor at New York Institute of Technology, who led the study, adds, 'We used and developed brand new tools to collect and analyze this high-density skull dataset.
'This allowed us to reveal the evolutionary journey of how differences in the skull architecture of lizards and snakes arose from their common ancestors at an unprecedented scale and resolution.'
There are several questions the team wanted to answer: are some snakes and lizards evolving faster than others? Do you evolve faster if you live in water or underground? If one part of a skull evolves, do others evolve too?
The international team of collaborators found that plant-eating squamates generally evolve faster, and that snakes that spend time in the water or underground were also quick evolvers.
Incredibly, the team were able to delve so far into snake evolution that they could reconstruct the likely ancestral snake.
Surprisingly, the study points to the common ancestor being semi-fossorial, meaning it spent some of its life both above and underground and not in an aquatic environment, a habitat that was previously thought to have encouraged the evolution of the snake's long thin body and unusual method of locomotion.
Prof Goswami says, 'There is a lot of debate about how snakes evolved, but we think we have traced the ancestral skull shape. Lots of scientists have speculated that maybe snake ancestors lived in water, which made them lose their legs. So it's surprising that the patterns we saw led us to a semi-fossorial animal.'
More than 170 digitised specimens were used for the project. They are now available to download for free as part of the Phenome10k project.
The study is by far the biggest of its kind ever completed.
Anjali adds, 'Truly open data is now becoming a reality, but it wasn't when we first started this project.
'This study is also a great example of the benefits of digitised specimens. There is a big push to digitise Museum specimens, but we are still working out what we can achieve with all the data.
'This is a high-density approach that we have been developing, and it means you can get more information about skull shape than you ever could before.'


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Intimate affair in London in a Short Vintage Style Wedding Gown
Intimate affair in London
When you think of a City wedding it usually involves hustle and bustle. It's the perfect occasion to wear a short vintage style wedding gown. We were sent the lovely photographs from Sara and Luca's wedding day. Their intimate wedding in the heart of London felt classical and stunning.
The couple wed in St. Sebastian and St. Pancras Roman Catholic Church, Kingsbury. It was an early December, a crisp winter wedding day. The reception was held in the historic hotel 'The Goring' in Belgravia, London. With such luxurious surroundings of the Garden room, Sara's tea length wedding dress lived up to the grandeur perfectly, with its sleek and elegant silhouette.
People staying at The Goring Hotel stopped me, including international guests, saying they had never seen a bride so elegant in such a stunning dress reminding them of an Audrey Hepburn look.
Stunning Short Vintage Style Wedding Gown
Sara chose the gorgeous Polly by Timeless Chic with a satin full skirt and sleeves. This is such a beautiful and classic short vintage style wedding gown. Alterations were lined up to be made by Luca's mother whom is a seamstress. When the dress arrived Sara found no alterations were needed and fitted perfectly on her petite frame.
Nothing needed altering. Incredible experience. The attention to detail was overwhelming.
Sara received compliments from the moment she put the dress on. She wasn't expecting the way she'd feel on the day. There was even a time she wasn't sure that she'd find a dress that could make her feel so special.
I never thought I would feel the way I did – I felt so so elegant. Everybody commented
Sara knew what type of dress she wanted but had trouble initially finding it. Her sister and cousin came to the rescue and recommended Cutting Edge Brides website. She arrived at her consultation with a list of the dresses she liked from the website and made her decision once she had tried many of them on.
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The bride wore satin ankle strap heels and covered up with a stunning cream pashmina wrap for the venue transition. Her flowers were gorgeous cream and yellow roses and Luca had a single rose button hole. His three piece lounge suit was charcoal grey with a complimentary pink and grey tie and pocket square.
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Baja Bytes – March 2, 2021
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Local conditions were mixed but in general, it was windy and choppy. The water temps dropped several degrees and the water turned green.
The wind was blowing in IB where it made it difficult to fish for sand bass and sculpin on the Pipe.
The boats on whale watching trips were making comments about the number of anchovies they were seeing.
"There are more anchovy than I have ever seen!" That one comment was heard several times. However, there were no yellowtail or seabass seen today. …Fish Dope.
Coronado Islands/Rockpile
There were wind and rough seas around the Coronado Islands. The only fish biting were rockfish. Surface fishing has been extremely slow, and this weather is not going to help matters. …Fish Dope
Final report: There were 35 calicos up to 6 pounds; 25 bonito to 8 pounds, and 8 log barracuda. Lots of fish were released to fight another day! It's 4 Reel Sportfishing
Good yellowtail fishing near the High Spot yesterday. The Old Glory ended up with 90 yellowtail in the 8- to 15-pound class after calling in at 1 p.m. with 35 yellows.
The bite was on kelp paddies in the same general area as the high spot. Fly-lined sardines and surface iron got most of the yellows.
The guys also caught some big bonito. Most were 8- to 10-pounds but some were up in the 12- to 15-pound class.
Rounding out the catch were limits of red rockfish as well as good numbers of lingcod.
Other boats in the area included the Ocean Odyssey and the Pacific Queen. The Odyssey scored 35 yellowtail, 12 jumbo bonito, and over 500 rockfish. The Queen missed out on the yellowtail and focused on rockfish. They ended up with 117 big reds, 7 lingcod, and full limits of mixed red rockfish.
Also of note: The boats saw good signs of 30- to over 100-pound class bluefin although they didn't bite. See Robert Tressler's report below:
Report from Robert Tressler on the Old Glory;
Went on Old Glory's 1.5-day bluefin tuna scouting trip this weekend. We saw multiple schools scattered around breaks above and outside Colonet. Schools of 30- to 60- pound fish and other schools of 80- to over 100 pounders jumping around at times. Got one school of the bigger grade to respond to our chum, but no takers on anything we put out there – jigs, sinker baits, or fly-lined sardines. Our bait was a bit on the weaker, smallish side. There was a fun yellowtail bite though on multiple paddies. We put a decent grade of 90 fish on the boat mostly from 8- to 12+ pounds. I picked off seven. Some were taken on the jig and some were fly-lined, which was the better way to get bit.
The wind and waves were up a bit, making casting an iron a challenge. Wide-open on some stops, we were a bit rusty, so we had some casualties for sure. Also, we took some big bonito as well. As always, Captain Kley and the crew did a great job! There was lots of life around including lots of red crab! Uh oh. It's early, but it's tuna time! …Fish Dope
San Quintin
2/27/21 Captain John Cook had good news to share with his friends, yesterday, February 26. He received his first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine. His second vaccination is coming up in two weeks. The first shot was near painless with NO side effects, so all is good! He is ready to head to Gonzaga Bay to start his fishing season there. He uploaded some photos of some of the lures they use there, so you're better prepared to fish in this area of the Sea of Cortez where they catch leopard grouper, yellowtail, dorado, hagfish, and barred pargo and on the Pacific side as well, where he catches calico bass, grouper, and tuna. He suggested anglers should bring a few like the ones displayed above as they work in multiple situations all over the areas on both sides of the Baja Peninsula!…fishonnn&onnn-Captain John Cook
Bahía Asunción
I stopped at the launch on the way through town to watch some of my amigos unload their sardine catch of the morning. A panga such as this will hold around five tons of sardine or mackerel and they come back to the beach with a couple of guys sitting on top of all of the fin bait, and no more than two inches of freeboard on the panga. Today, they said, was not a particularly good day, but on good days the fleet will bring in at least 20 tons of these fish, which will be used both for lobster bait and canning. …Ross Zoerhof
Bahía de Los Ángeles
Slow fishing and old water. Lots of North Wind is keeping pangueros from hitting La Guardia and Remedios. There is lots of bait, but no yellows lately to speak of. …Bill Boyce
Baja Sur-Que Pasa
Guerrero Negro
What a trip! Yet another glassy calm day and mugging by many whales who stayed with us for a couple of hours playing with us and delighting everyone with their antics. Max had his face underwater for most of it…I wonder what the whales thought of him? …Shari Bondy Whale Magic Tours.
"An acre of boiling yellowtail on the surface and right off the arroyo!" This was the picture painted for me by one of our most requested captains – Captain Tony Davis! He had a fishing family in the right spot to witness the event. A half dozen additional boats had come across the same foaming madness and only a couple of yellows were put on ice.
This scene is not all that unusual for one to stumble across this time of the year. It is also not that unusual to get skunked when trying to join in on the turbulence!
Like Tony was explaining to me," March is deep water highspot fishing for yellowtail, and success on the surface will be happening from April into May."
Shallow water rockfish and towing Rapalas around the coastline for cabrilla seems to be the game for the past few weeks.
The blue whale watchers are thinning out although the big blues are still around.
The three best days of the week put many boats on the beach at Coronado Island. It was another stab at killing the cabin fever!
As Captain Tony warned me, "Ya better change that old line and dig out the 8-ounce sinkers, it's time to hit the deep devils!"
Visiting the Loreto area at 200- to 300-foot depths is on the schedule for March…Rick Hill, Pinchy Sportfishing
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Tim Yarbrough, Loreto 34 pounds
Puerto San Carlos
How many of you have ever petted a 40-ton whale??? The friendly whales of Magdalena Bay, Baja, Mexico, migrating to Mag Bay to mate, birth, and rear their babies, and stopping by our boat to say "Hi" provided the most amazing experience I have ever had in my lifetime. Growing right outside this little community of Puerto San Carlos is the CARDON Cactus, the largest cactus in the world, and this lovely tarantula, which I almost stepped on. Hope you all can experience this someday…Janet Downey
La Paz
East Cape
The wind has started to calm down on the East Cape and we are now getting a couple of calm days each week to fish. The 2021 season has begun with a bang!
Yellowtail fishing has been as great as I ever can remember. We are getting good numbers of quality yellowtail each day fishing with live sardines, butterfly jigs, and Rapala Xraps.
A variety of bottom fish, including white bonito, cabrilla, and snapper are being found in the same areas. Even some dorado showed up to the party this week!!
2021 looks like a great fishing season and Scorpion Sportfishing is ready to get you on the fish. With the addition of our new 37′ Seahunter Encantada (more to come soon), we now have three great options to make your fishing dreams come true… Scorpion Sportfishing Report
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Puerto Los Cabos
The month of February is finally over; it lived up to its reputation of being unpredictable, as we saw a little bit of everything these past few weeks. We are glad to see that it is past, and we are feeling a slight warming trend as springtime nears. The ocean temperature is now in the 68-degree range, as the north winds continue to pick up in cycles. The clarity of the water is also up and down – this is how it often is during this time frame. Still, only limited numbers of tourists are arriving, even fewer anglers, though we anticipate times will improve, as many people in the U.S. and elsewhere now have had their Covid 19 vaccinations or will be having them soon and then will be more open to making travel plans.
Most fishing action has taken place from Chileno, Palmilla, Gordo Banks, and north to Vinorama. Bait netters are having trouble finding supplies of sardina and the main bait source has been caballito as a lot of yo-yo style jig fishing is going on now with anglers drift fishing over the rocky grounds, more often in 120 to 200 feet of water, with available bait, but more so on yo-yo jigs.
The main catch by far has been the bonito, some of them up to 8 pounds, hitting best earlier in the morning. The same areas were producing a variety of grouper, snapper, cabrilla, yellowtail, and Almaco jacks, in limited numbers, but quality fish. Some charters would have up to three to four yellowtail, with sizes up to 25-pounds. Most of these yellows came from areas farther north near Vinorama.
Closer to shore anglers found sierra, pargo, and triggerfish. We heard a couple of reports of dorado or wahoo being seen – it's uncommon to see these gamefish in such cold water.
No local billfish bite has been reported, though as conditions improve, we expect to see more striped marlin move in. We did hear of a couple of reports of swordfish sightings from sport fishers searching farther offshore.
A handful of smaller-sized yellowfin tuna was brought in, fishing the same local grounds, also there were sightings of much larger yellowfin, up to 150 pounds, coming up for a quick showing on the surface and then disappearing even faster. They are in the area, though the cold, off-colored water and the full moon does not help…Eric Brictson, Gordo Banks Pangas
Cabo San Lucas
Night fishing for Cubera Snappers in Cabo San Lucas.
The marlin fishing has been slow. A few have been caught this week off the Lighthouse and Los Arcos on lures while drift fishing live bait.
Fishing for tuna has been slow, though a few small schools at the Horseshoe and the 1150 were caught on king busters and cedar plugs.
Sierras and bottom fish have been very good, as have small snapper and grouper, with most fish caught at Rancho Migrino and Los Arcos. The sierras were taken on hoochies and small spoons. The bottom fish were caught on cut bait.
LOCATION: Potato Bank, Golden Gate, Chileno, Margarita, the Lighthouse, and Rancho Migrino.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear and calm seas with 2- to 3-foot waves.It has been mostly sunny, with temps in the 79-degree range, and winds in the afternoon SSE at 10- to 15-mph.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: Sea temps from 63 to 65 degrees.
BEST BAIT AND LURES: Live or dead mackerel, sardina, feathers, and Rapalas.
BEST LURES: Live mackerel and caballito, plus hoochis.
That Baja Guy-Gary Graham