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Mongabay | 8 February 2021
Pandemic fails to slow agribusiness’s thirst for Cerrado’s water
BY CAIO DE FREITAS PAES | TRANSLATED BY ROBERTO CATALDO
• Between April and November last year, the government of the Brazilian state of Bahia authorized agribusinesses to collect nearly 2 billion liters (528 million gallons) of water a day.
• The spread of giant soybean plantations in the state’s west threatens tributaries, floodplains and sources of essential rivers such as the Corrente and the São Francisco.
• The large-scale irrigation poses a major threat to traditional communities, whose own communal farming practices have long protected the Cerrado’s water resources.
• Tensions over water management sparked a popular movement by small farmers in 2017, known as the “Water Uprising” and aimed at protecting the Cerrado’s water resources.
In November 2017, about a thousand small farmers, cowboys and their families got on buses and headed to the Rio Claro farm, owned by Lavoura e Pecuária Igarashi, one of many companies using large-scale irrigation in Brazil’s Bahia state. They blamed the farm for the degradation of the Arrojado River, which supplies water to their lands in Correntina municipality, 830 kilometers (515 miles) from the state capital, Salvador.
The confrontation turned violent as the small farmers, campesinos, destroyed equipment on the farm, making headlines in the country’s main newspapers. It also sparked an offensive against the campesinos in Congress by the so-called ruralist caucus, staunch defenders of agribusiness interests. But the politicians did not expect the local population to push back. On Nov. 13 that year, more than 11,000 people took to the streets of Correntina to defend the rivers and the Cerrado grassland ecosystem that makes up much of the state. In the more than three years since then, the government has still not responded to the demands of the movement known as the “Water Uprising.”
In August 2020, the Bahia Institute of Environment and Water Resources renewed Igarashi’s water-use license. This allows the company to collect more than 176 million liters (46 million gallons) of water a day from the Arrojado River for the next four years to irrigate the farm at the heart of the popular uprising. This concession alone is equivalent to almost 60 times the water consumption of Correntina’s population.
Irrigation channel supplying the central pivot system for a soybean plantation in the Cerrado. Image by Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace Brazil.
The Arrojado is part of the basin of the Corrente River, a tributary of the São Francisco River. Thousands of peasants still live in harmony with the Cerrado, where cattle roam the chapadões – large plateaus with native forest – and grow their beans and cassava in wetlands and valleys.
“Living here is very good: everything we plant will grow,” says farmer João Barbosa Magalhães, from Correntina’s Brejo Verde, one of the 630 traditional communities spread across Bahia, according to the NGO Instituto Sociedade, População e Natureza (ISPN). Many of those communities are located in the west of the state, in the so-called Gerais, the native Cerrado areas.
Magalhães is 92 years old and still plants sugarcane and beans, besides taking care of fruit trees and some cattle raised collectively by the community. Being “born and raised,” as he says, by the Arrojado, he fosters a sense of gratitude for the wider Cerrado biome. “One lives very well here!” he says.
Today, campesinos like João Guimarães are the guardians of the Cerrado’s water sources in Bahia’s communal pastures. For centuries, they lived in the “Farther São Francisco” area, where the Cerrado abuts a semiarid region and where water used to be abundant.
Eldo Moreira, a member of the Community Association of the Clemente Communal Pasture, also in Correntina, says communal pastures were established after the arrival of agribusiness in the 1970s and 1980s. “As the squatters started to be evicted from their lands, they organized and began to delimit [their areas], fencing off one spring here, another one there, and so it went,” he says, referring to areas of common use to peasants that have been “enclosed.”
Communal pastures survive through collective management of Cerrado areas. The type of farming that the campesinos practice protects water sources by preserving the soil and allowing high water absorption. The community association in Correntina received an award from the federal government for its good practices, but that work is now threatened by the advance of irrigation projects and giant monocrop plantations.
Concessions based on ‘insufficient data’
Rivers such as the Corrente, the Grande and the São Francisco are threatened by the uncontrolled use of water in Bahia. As soybean plantations multiply in the west, tributary rivers, floodplains and springs are dying. It was against this backdrop that the 2017 uprising against Igarashi’s farm developed.
“The attitude of the people in west Bahia is one of critical and political awareness, and the Water Uprising shows that,” says Luciana Khoury, the state public prosecutor. She has worked on socioenvironmental issues in the area for 20 years and points to the urgent need for a water management plan in Bahia’s far west.
Her views are informed by a study commissioned by the prosecutors’ office about the state of the rivers in Correntina and surrounding areas. It reveals a real water crisis, showing that the flow rates of the Arrojado and the Corrente have decreased by 15-20% in the past 13 years. According to the study authors, the state government continues to grant new water-use licenses based on data from 2007, collected by just five gauging stations.
“The data used by the government do not include the water crises we experienced in 2014 and 2015. Those rivers have changed, but the criteria used for concessions are the same,” Khoury says.
The study identifies the source of the problem: “It is clear that irrigated farms are largely responsible for the impacts on the dynamics of the rivers.”
For Eldo Moreira, a member of the association of communal pastures in Correntina, this isn’t news to the community. “We used to make a living out of these waters, to produce sugar, brown sugar candy, fruit, to give water to livestock,” he says. “There was enormous wealth, but we’ve lost it.”
The findings clash with those from a study sponsored by the Bahia Association of Farmers and Irrigators, the main agribusiness organization in the state. That study paints a scenario of water security based on the Urucuia aquifer, which keeps rivers like the Tocantins and Parnaíba alive.
Khoury says she doesn’t believe in the “water abundance” described by that study, authored by researchers from the universities in Brazil and water regulators from Nebraska in the U.S. “The licenses are granted as if we had a lot of water just because of the Urucuia. I won’t even discuss groundwater because there is no [official] data on it,” she says.
The Bahia state government and the farmers’ association of west Bahia did not respond to Mongabay’s requests for comments.
58 million liters a day for U.S. farmers’ irrigation
Conflicting views on water security have not stopped the state government from authorizing more large-scale irrigation. Official records seen by Mongabay show licenses granted throughout 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, for nearly 2 billion liters (528 million gallons) a day to be used for agriculture across west Bahia. These licenses were either issued or renewed between April 1 and Nov. 11, 2020.
One of the licenses was granted to Farmers Elevator do Brasil, a company run by U.S. farmers that owns more than 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) in the municipalities of Formosa do Rio Preto and Luis Eduardo Magalhães, right in Brazil’s soybean heartland and adjacent to Correntina.
In January 2020, Farmers Elevator’s authorization to collect more than 39 million liters (10 million gallons) of water a day was renewed. The water is to be used “for the purpose of industrial supply and irrigation” of 600 hectares (1,500 acres) at the Canto do Rio farm, near the BR-242 highway in Luís Eduardo Magalhães.
An heir to farmers from North Dakota, Todd Kennedy Topp started the company in Bahia in 1991, to attract Midwestern ranchers like himself. Interest from U.S. farmers has grown in the last 20 years, with several arriving in the Cerrado to plant soybeans and other commodities.
Topp was also granted a license during the pandemic. On Oct. 2, the government authorized the renewal of a water-use license for more than 19 million liters (5 million gallos), to be collected “during 18 hours/day for the purposes of irrigation by central pivot” at another Farmers Elevator farm, also in Luís Eduardo Magalhães.
Topp and Farmers Elevator did not respond to Mongabay’s requests for comments.
Industry giants that supply international traders were also granted licenses. One of them is SLC Agrícola, authorized on July 31 to collect more than 37 million liters (10 million gallons) a day from the Rio Grande basin to irrigate crops on its Palmares I farm in Barreiras municipality, also in Bahia’s far west. One of its main customers is U.S. commodities giant Cargill, which bought more than 25% of SLC’s total output in 2019 alone.
SLC Agrícola’s operations have come under scrutiny because of deforestation, fires, and even cultivation of soybeans in illegally acquired lands in west Bahia. But those problems have not affected its business with Cargill, which continued to buy its commodities through 2020, the company told Mongabay.

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Another Welshman, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, has been commissioned to compose the score for the movie, which will start shooting in Wales next month (Feb14).
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Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo said he voted Wednesday against County Executive Chris Abele's choice to run the Mental Health Complex because he feels she's being brought in to downsize the complex.
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A person in California who was not exposed to anyone known to be infected with the coronavirus, and had not traveled to countries in which the virus is circulating, has tested positive for the infection.1
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported the first possible case of community spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“At this point, the patient’s exposure is unknown,” the CDC statement said. “The case was detected through the U.S. public health system and picked up by astute clinicians.”
The individual is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County. The patient didn’t have a relevant travel history or exposure to another patient with the virus, the CDC said Wednesday.2
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|Nearby Cities:||Jaipur (135 km.)|
|Udaipur (274 Km.)|
|Jaisalmer (439 km.)|
|Delhi (391 km.)|
|Best Time to Visit||October to December|
Climate: Ajmer is a hot semi-arid climate with average rain of 55 cm. annually though rain occurs in Monsoon only from June to September. Its average temperature is 30°C (86°F) in summer and 15–18°C (59–64°F) in winter season. To completely watch Ajmer tour, tourist must book their Ajmer tour guide in advance to avoid any inconvenience while visiting Ajmer tourist place. Also one must go through the Ajmer tourism packages for a better deal as there are lot of Ajmer tour guides available.
Ajmer Popular Tourist Places List To Visit
- Baradari on Lake Anasagar
- Soniji Ki Nasiyan
- Lake Foysagar at sunset
- Adhai din ka jhopra
- Anasagar Lake


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An Eagle Pass, Texas, man was sentenced last week to 360 months in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling event which resulted in the deaths of five migrants. The case stems from a June 2018 incident when Monsivais led authorities on a deadly high-speed chase.
Court documents state Jorge Luis Monsivais Jr., 23, was driving a Suburban on Texas Farm to Market Road 2644 with 13 migrants when Border Patrol attempted to stop the vehicle. Monsivais tried to evade and eventually crashed on Highway 85 near Big Wells. Several occupants were ejected. Four died at the scene and another passed away during transport to a hospital. Others suffered serious injuries.
On May 11, 2021, Monsivais pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death; one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury; one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens; one count of illegal alien transportation resulting in death; and one count of illegal alien transportation resulting in serious bodily injury.
Four co-defendants previously pleaded guilty in this case and were sentenced, bringing a close to the matter. On July 29, 2019, 58-year-old Mexican Marcial Gomez Santana pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death; conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury; conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens; and harboring illegal aliens for private financial gain. Gomez was later sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role.
On August 20, 2019, Marcial’s son and daughter, 24-year-old Rudy Gomez of Hockley and 22-year-old Johana Gomez of Houston, along with 48-year-old Mexican citizen Mariela Reyna, all pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens. Each of these defendants were sentenced to 10 years in prison and financial restitution to the victims.
HSI investigated this case with the U.S. Border Patrol—Del Rio Sector and the Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amy Hail and John Kennedy prosecuted this case.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.


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19 Easy Breakfast Recipes That Can Help Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer's
There are a few different ways you can support your cognitive health, from avoiding trans fats to making meditation a part of your daily routine. These recipes will help you follow the MIND diet, which is high in foods that are rich in magnesium, antioxidants, omega-3 fats and more nutrients that support brain health. Recipes like our Egg-in-a-Hole Fried Quinoa & Summer Skillet Vegetable & Egg Scramble put the spotlight on eggs, leafy greens, berries and more for a brain-healthy morning meal.
Spinach & Mushroom Quiche
This healthy vegetarian quiche recipe is as simple as it gets. It's a quiche without the fussy crust! It's filled with sweet wild mushrooms and savory Gruyère cheese. Enjoy it for breakfast or brunch, or serve it with a light salad for lunch.
Granola & Yogurt Breakfast Popsicles
These fun yogurt pops studded with fresh berries make a great on-the-go breakfast for a busy morning--perfect for kids and adults alike.
Summer Skillet Vegetable & Egg Scramble
Don't toss out those almost-past-their-prime vegetables and fresh herbs. Toss them into this skillet egg scramble for a quick vegetarian meal. Nearly any vegetable will work in this easy skillet recipe, so choose your favorites or use what you have on hand.
Baby Kale Breakfast Salad with Smoked Trout & Avocado
Kale for breakfast? Oh yeah! Start your day off right with a breakfast salad recipe full of good-for-you greens and you'll knock out half of your daily veggie quota with the first meal of the day.
Egg-in-a-Hole Fried Quinoa
We used quinoa to bump up the fiber and protein in this stir-fry-inspired dish. Rather than making an omelet or stirring in the eggs as you would for fried rice, we cook them in divots right in the veggie-filled quinoa for a fun presentation. Opt for a flat skillet over a wok so you have plenty of room to nestle in the eggs.
Strawberries and banana are the sneaky way to hide the fact that there's 1 1/2 cups of spinach in this smoothie. It's so berry delicious that you'll be making it every morning.
Shakshuka, or eggs poached in an aromatic tomato sauce, is a fast, one-pan breakfast staple in Northern Africa and Israel. This healthy recipe features spinach, herbs and tomatillos. Garnish with a touch of harissa--a fiery chile paste--and dip some toasted whole-grain country bread into the jammy yolks.
Spinach & Egg Scramble with Raspberries
This quick egg scramble with hearty bread is one of the best breakfasts for weight loss. It combines weight-loss power foods, eggs and raspberries, with filling whole-grain toast and nutrient-packed spinach. The protein and fiber help fill you up and the whole meal clocks in at just under 300 calories.
Muffin-Tin Spinach & Mushroom Mini Quiches
Switch up your morning routine with these easy vegetarian mini quiches. Earthy mushrooms and spinach pair nicely with rich and creamy Gruyère cheese. Serve them on a platter with a fresh fruit salad for a simple weekend brunch.
Baby Kale Breakfast Salad with Quinoa & Strawberries
Fruit, whole grains and greens for breakfast? Yes! Start your day off right with this breakfast salad recipe and you'll knock out half of your daily veggie quota with the first meal of the day.
Get your daily dose of dark leafy greens any time of day with this delicious green smoothie. Ground flaxseed adds omega-3s. Pour any extra into a freezer-pop mold and have it later as a frozen green smoothie pop.
Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Chickpeas & Spinach
Simmer eggs in a rich tomatoey cream sauce studded with chickpeas and silky spinach for a super-fast vegetarian dinner. Serve with a piece of crusty bread to soak up the sauce. Be sure to use heavy cream; a lower-fat option might curdle when mixed with acidic tomatoes
Whole-Grain Buttermilk Pancakes
This healthy whole-grain buttermilk pancake recipe uses 100% whole-wheat flour, heart-healthy canola oil and just a tablespoon of sugar. Compared to most store-bought mixes or a classic recipe, this recipe saves about 30 calories, 3 grams saturated fat and 4 grams total sugar per serving, plus you'll dish up 2 extra grams of fiber. If you want to experiment with different types of whole grains, replace up to 1/2 cup of the whole-wheat flour with cornmeal, oats and/or buckwheat flour. Or add extra fiber and omega-3s by adding up to 3 tablespoons of ground flaxseed or chia seeds.
Baby Kale Breakfast Salad with Bacon & Egg
Breakfast salad? Oh yes! Start your day off right with this healthy breakfast recipe. A bowl of good-for-you greens, such as baby kale, will knock out half of your daily veggie quota with the first meal of the day.
Mediterranean Breakfast Sandwiches
This veggie-packed breakfast sandwich delivers a healthy serving of protein plus fresh vegetables on low-carbohydrate sandwich bread.
Creamy Blueberry-Pecan Overnight Oatmeal
These overnight oats with Greek yogurt, blueberries and pecans are an easy, on-the-go-breakfast. If desired, reheat the oatmeal before adding the toppings.
Bean & Bacon Breakfast Tacos
Get a serving of vegetables from kale, and protein and fiber from beans, in this healthy breakfast taco recipe. Other types of beans (pinto, black, kidney) or chickpeas also work well.
Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs
Make a big batch of this healthy scrambled egg recipe and serve it with bagels for a fun brunch.
Southwest Breakfast Quesadilla
Pico de gallo and cheesy eggs make this quick breakfast flavorful and satisfying.


افزایش در آلیاژهای Al–Mg–Si در برابر شکست ناشی از قوس الکتریکی رعد و برق که در خطوط انتقال انرژی رخ می دهد
|کد مقاله||سال انتشار||مقاله انگلیسی||ترجمه فارسی||تعداد کلمات|
|54505||2013||8 صفحه PDF||سفارش دهید||3672 کلمه|
Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 31, July 2013, Pages 153–160
This article has been prepared to share some experience and technical investigation related to lightning and short circuit strength of the OPGW type conductor used in transmission lines. It is well known that overhead ground wires are vulnerable to strand breakage due to lightning strikes. Recently applications of composite fiber optic ground wire have become more important to protect them from such damage. In this paper, we present test results before and after application of modification to the main conductive part of the conductor, which is composed of AA-6101 alloy, galvanized steel and SS-steel tube with fibers. Modification of AA-6101 aluminum alloy was performed by adding 3% AlB2 into molten metal. After having completed manufacturing of the improved feedstock at CCL, we performed the drawing and stranding of wires.


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Major Middlesbrough employer SK Foods has been snapped up by The Compleat Food Group as part of a double deal.
Middlesbrough based party food specialist SK Foods and Ebbw Vale-based business Zorba Foods have both been sold by The Entrepreneurial Food Group to their new owners for an undisclosed amount. SK Foods, which turned over £115m in most recent accounts for 2022, specialises in Oriental, Tex Mex, Mediterranean, and traditional British snacks, made by a team of more than 770 employees at its bases in Riverside Park, South Bank and its Wynyard offices and kitchens.
Formed in 1987 it holds around 40% of the market share for private label party foods outside of the Christmas period and became part of The Entrepreneurial Food Group in 1999. The firm has been acquired alongside Zorba Foods which specialises in Greek, traditional, Tex Mex and Asian-inspired dips and sauces, as well as soups, for retail and foodservice.
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New owners The Compleat Group said the two firms mark its latest strategic acquisitions as its strives to become the UK’s number one chilled prepared food company, gaining access to a range of new categories while also expanding production capabilities.
Nick Field, CEO, said: “We’re incredibly excited about these two significant additions and what they bring to the group, with both companies having strong heritage in their categories for creating great food that people love. We plan to continue investment in both companies to extend their respective capabilities, allowing us to further innovate and inspire within their categories.
“For The Compleat Food Group, these acquisitions accelerate our commitment to build on our breadth of capability, increase our category leadership position, and deliver more excitement and interest to delight our consumers, driving sustained growth in the sector.”
Jeremy Faulkner, CEO of both SK Foods and Zorba, said: “At the heart of both SK Foods and Zorba is a commitment to real food values. It’s what our reputations have been founded on and why we are able to say that we are category leaders. With The Compleat Food Group, we have found a natural partner who not only shares our values, but also the ambition to invest and support us in driving further innovation and growth for our categories and key partners.”
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Fed Stands by Openness to Cut Rates in Semi-Annual Report
(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve reiterated its openness to cutting interest rates to extend the longest U.S. economic expansion on record while noting that the pace of growth had slowed in the second quarter of 2019.
“Data for the second quarter suggest a moderation in GDP growth -- despite a pickup in consumption -- as the contributions from net exports and inventories reverse and the impetus from business investment wanes further,” the Fed said in its semi- annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress released Friday in Washington.
The report repeated wording from the June Federal Open Market Committee statement saying officials would closely monitor incoming data and “act as appropriate to sustain the expansion.”
It was completed before the release of Labor Department data earlier today showing employers added 224,000 jobs in June, a strong rebound from a disappointing payrolls tally for May.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday will kick off two days of highly anticipated testimony before lawmakers, the same day the central bank is scheduled to release the minutes of its last policy meeting. His remarks, and clues to where officials stood on June 18-19, should continue to shape investors’ expectations for what policy makers might do at their July 30-31 gathering.
Friday’s report acknowledged inflation has been running below the Fed’s longer-run 2% objective, but also characterized weak readings early in the year as appearing to reflect “transitory influences.”
Proponents of a rate cut have pointed to weak inflation as another reason to ease policy. After seven years of mostly falling below the central bank’s target, the Fed’s favorite gauge of inflation stood at 1.5% in the 12 months through May. In addition, measures of expectations for future inflation have slipped in recent months, both among investors and the public.
The broad payroll gains in June may relieve some pressure to cut. However, the same report showed no acceleration in annual wage gains, signaling that broader price pressures remain contained.
After the jobs report, pricing of federal funds futures contracts showed investors still saw a 100% probability of easing at the July meeting, though expectations for a half- percentage-point cut declined to about 5% Friday from about 25% Wednesday.
June forecasts from Fed officials showed eight of 17 policy makers had already written at least one rate cut into 2019 projections. At the same time, nine policy makers expected no move this year, or a rate hike. That group may dig in their heels against a cut after Friday’s data.
The report also highlighted a significant weakening in global trade growth and manufacturing since 2017.
“Trade policy developments appear to have lowered trade flows to some extent, while uncertainty surrounding trade policy may be weighing on investment,” the Fed said.
The report said new tariffs were likely to have lowered U.S. imports by about $70 billion. At the same time, the report said tariffs to date probably had a “material but modest” direct impact on global trade flows.
On financial stability, the report said asset valuations remained “somewhat elevated” in a number of markets. It noted that while valuations for leveraged loans had eased, there were signs that credit standards for new leveraged loans were weak and had deteriorated further over the past six months.
©2019 Bloomberg L.P.


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Prosecutors on the west side of the state made their case Friday in a murder case that involves a husband, a wife and a talking parrot.
Glenna Duram is facing first-degree murder charges in the 2015 death of her husband, Martin Duram, who was 45.
The couple's parrot, Bud, was in the home at the time of the alleged murder. Family members said Bud keeps mimicking what are believed to be Martin Duram's last words.
"Don’t f—ing shoot," the African grey parrot appears to say on a video that the family said it took several weeks after the shooting.
You can listen to the parrot's words in the video posted above.
Prosecutors have previously considered using Bud as evidence in the trial, but the bird's current owners said prosecutors told them they believe they have enough evidence and will not be using him in the case.
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Appearing in "War of the Iron Men Part Two"
- Howard Stark (Mentioned)
- Edwin Jarvis (Mentioned)
- Svarog (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Deputy Foreign Minister Roskolov (Mentioned)
- New York City
- Stark Industries Headquarters
- Latveria (Mentioned)
- Rwanda (Mentioned)
- Bosnia (Mentioned)
- Cambodia (Mentioned)
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WAR OF THE IRON MEN! Tony Stark wages a one-man invasion of Transia to hunt down and destroy the renegade Iron Men, setting off an international conflagration that threatens to engulf his friends, his company, and everything he's worked for! All this sets the stage for a jaw-dropping, no-holds-barred, heavy-metal armored slugfest the likes of which you've never seen! When the mysterious source behind the Iron Men is revealed on the last page, you won't believe your eyes…and neither will Tony!

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A year ago, I'd never thought twice about professional cycling. A year ago, Lance Armstrong still had all his accolades, and the Tour de France was as unfamiliar as Quebec City felt when we first moved here. Then, last September, I received an assignment to cover the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec, one of only three world class pro cycling races held in North America.
While my photograph of that event wound up winning a prize in the annual provincial newspaper competition, the real win was intellectual. I learned that these bikers compete on international teams. They absolutely must compete in all the races on the world circuit, which includes the Tour de France. Here in Quebec City, they pedal 16 times around a 125.3-kilometer* course that runs up and down some of the nastiest hills in town, and they do it in less than five hours. And a bunch of other not-s0-trivial trivia.
|This is the view from that bridge.|
Naturally, I jumped at the chance to cover the event again this year. I wound up standing on a bridge spanning the steepest hill, chatting with a Frenchman who lives in British Colombia (whose uncle once rode in the Tour de France) and an American who has spent the past several decades as a public health official here in Quebec City. Both were serious cycling fans, and they gave me a crash course in the politics, funding complexities, and basic racing strategies that make the sport so intriguing.
**I don't know enough about it to start trying to explain the nuances, but here are a few online articles that can provide a bit of context:
- How does a cycling team work during a race?
- How much does a pro cyclist make?
- What do the different levels of pro cycling mean?
- Cycling politics - lots of articles from Cycling News
In the end, I focused this year's article on a somewhat obvious question: How fast is a pro cyclist, anyway? Follow this link for even more of my images from the 2013 race.
*Post updated 13 Oct. 2013: L. Marshall pointed out a typo. The course is 123.5 kilometers in length, rather than 123.5 miles, as I initially wrote.
**Post updated 04 Oct 2013: Article links were added in response to a reader request for "the rest of the story."


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Sports, games and activities: Outdoor swimming pool, pool table.
For the kids: Children's playground.
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Permaculture for peace: Permaculture facilitates peace building in post conflict areas through permaculture workshops that empower marginalized and displaced communities to co-develop long term food-security, energy sufficiency and participatory democratic structures based on permaculture principles. Morever, Permaculture provides them with a practical manual of knowledge that they can valorize and exercise to earn a living.
Through permaculture instructions, people learn to create systems that produce food often from resources that are currently being wasted in whatever space they are living in.
Permaculture for peace in Laikipia: For years Maasai tribes in Kenya have been traditionaly pastoralist people and well-known nomads, moving from one land to another to provide their cattle with some grass and water. As the land was free, they did not see its value. However, free land does not exist anymore.
Nowadays people are buying land and fencing it, driving Maasai people away. Consequently as Maasai and Samburu tribes do not own individual property but rather own land communally they are affected by overgrazing.They often have to walk for days in search of grass to feed their animals and it has become a source of conflicts with land owners that perceive them as enemies as well as within their own communities. Cowherding is no longer a sustainable lifestyle.
They have to find an alternative ways of livelihood and since, they do not have the knowledge of cultivating and farming their land. This is where permaculture gets into action through collectively designing models with this communities that can be replicated throughout.


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- 1 Treatment and Healing can addiction be dealt with successfully in Gordo AL.
- 2 Can addiction be healed in Gordo?
- 3 Does relapse to drug abuse mean treatment has stopped working?
- 4 In Alabama, Exactly what are the principles of reliable meth use problem treatment?
- 5 Just how can medicines assist deal with drug dependency at a rehab in AL?
- 6 Rehabs in Gordo Alabama Treating Withdrawal of methamphetamine
- 7 Staying in Therapy in Gordo Alabama.
- 8 Protecting against Regression.
- 9 Just how do behavior modifications deal with methamphetamine addiction?
- 10 Just how do the most effective treatment programs aid individuals recover from the prevalent effects of addiction?
- 11 Acquiring the capability to quit abusing meth is simply one part of a lengthy and intricate recovery procedure.
Treatment and Healing can addiction be dealt with successfully in Gordo AL.
Alcohol Addiction is a treatable disease. Study in the scientific research of dependency as well as the treatment of substance use disorders has actually caused the development of evidence-based treatments that aid individuals stop abusing medicines and return to effective lives.
Can addiction be healed in Gordo?
Not constantly– however like various other chronic diseases, addiction can be taken care of efficiently. Therapy allows individuals to counteract dependency’s effective turbulent effects on their brain as well as actions and also restore control of their lives.
Does relapse to drug abuse mean treatment has stopped working?
Therapy of persistent illness entails altering deeply imbedded behaviors, as well as relapse does not imply treatment has fallen short. For an individual recovering from dependency, expiring back to drug use shows that therapy requires to be restored or changed or that one more therapy ought to be attempted
In Alabama, Exactly what are the principles of reliable meth use problem treatment?
Study shows that incorporating treatment drugs (where readily available) with behavioral therapy is the best method to guarantee success for many patients. Therapy strategies need to be customized to deal with each individual’s drug use patterns and drug-related clinical, psychological, and social troubles.
Just how can medicines assist deal with drug dependency at a rehab in AL?
Different types of medications may serve at different phases of treatment in order to help a person stop abusing drugs, remain in therapy, as well as avoid relapse.
Rehabs in Gordo Alabama Treating Withdrawal of methamphetamine
When individuals first stop using drugs, they could experience a variety of physical and also emotional signs, consisting of depression, anxiousness, as well as other mood disorders, along with uneasyness or sleep loss. Specific therapy medications are made to minimize these symptoms, that makes it simpler to quit the drug use.
Staying in Therapy in Gordo Alabama.
Some treatment medicines are made use of to assist the mind adapt gradually to the absence of the mistreated drug. These medicines act slowly to stave off medicine cravings and have a relaxing impact on body systems. They could assist clients focus on counseling as well as other psychiatric therapies connected to their medication therapy.
Protecting against Regression.
Scientific research has shown us that tension, hints linked to the medicine experience (such as people, places, points, as well as moods), and direct exposure to drugs are the most typical triggers for regression. Medications are being established to disrupt these triggers in order to help patients sustain recuperation
Just how do behavior modifications deal with methamphetamine addiction?
Behavior therapies aid engage individuals in substance use disorder therapy, modifying their mindsets and habits connected to substance abuse and also boosting their life abilities to take care of difficult scenarios and environmental cues that may trigger intense desire for medications and prompt an additional cycle of uncontrollable use. Behavior modifications can also improve the efficiency of medications and assist people stay in treatment much longer.
Just how do the most effective treatment programs aid individuals recover from the prevalent effects of addiction?
When people go into treatment for a substance usage disorder, dependency has actually typically taken control of their lives. The compulsion to obtain medications, take drugs, and also experience the impacts of drugs has controlled their every waking minute, and abusing medicines has taken the place of all the things they made use of to take pleasure in doing. It has interrupted just how they work in their household lives, at work, as well as in the community, and has actually made them more likely to struggle with various other major diseases. Due to the fact that addiction could affect so many facets of an individual’s life, therapy must deal with the needs of the entire person to be successful. This is why the best programs include a selection of rehabilitative solutions right into their comprehensive therapy regimens.
Acquiring the capability to quit abusing meth is simply one part of a lengthy and intricate recovery procedure.
Treatment therapists could pick from a menu of services for fulfilling the particular clinical, emotional, social, occupation, and also legal demands of their clients to promote their recuperation from dependency.|When individuals get in therapy for a material use condition, addiction has actually frequently taken over their lives.
Since dependency can influence so numerous elements of an individual’s life, treatment needs to deal with the requirements of the entire individual to be successful. Treatment therapists might choose from a menu of solutions for fulfilling the certain clinical, mental, social, vocational, as well as legal demands of their individuals to cultivate their recovery from addiction.

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According to news reports, a safari theme park in Thailand has become a macabre tourist attraction for its orangutan kick boxing matches complete with simian round card girls. The report continues, the heavyweights of the jungle duke it out, female orangutans parade around in bikinis displaying the round number.
This horrifying footage show cheering tourists drawn to the barbaric sport at a theme park in Thailand. While an orangutan pretends to be knocked out of the boxing ring, others, dressed in bikinis are trained to pick up litter from the stage at the end of the show. The apes kick-box each other as a spectacle for the tourists in shows that last more than 30 minutes, before being returned to their dark cages. Animal campaigners say the apes - weighing up to 250lbs - could do themselves serious damage in the boxing ring. They warn that it is hastening the end of the orang-utan - which experts say will be extinct in the wild in only few years.
Thailand once shut down Safari World monkey matches; it's time they shut down the orangutan matches too.
When you see these animals performing what are completely unnatural tricks...they're not doing it because they want to, they're doing it because they're afraid not to
Safari World, on the outside of Bangkok, has been drawing huge crowds that cheer orangutans forced to wear boxing gloves and trained to trade punches and spin kicks.
As the heavyweights of the jungle duke it out, female orangutans parade around in bikinis displaying the round number.
After the 30-minute shows, the orangutans are returned to their dark, dingy charges, according to an investigative report.
Dressed in garish shorts and boxing gloves, orangutans trade punches and spin-kick each other in a boxing ring. The cruel sport takes place at a theme park called Safari World on the outskirts of Bangkok in Thailand. The same company was banned from doing exactly the same thing just six years ago. We the undersignednow urge you to close down the barbaric orangutan kick boxing matches taking place today at Safari World. Thank you for your co-operation
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This beautiful piece of edible joy is from Milt's Pit BBQ (208 W Center St, Kyle, Texas 78640). It's called a Haystack. It's a BBQ frito pie (yes, there are Fritos under that pile) and it's quite possibly my favorite thing at Milt's. They also have great burgers (Anita's Chophouse Burger will change your day for the better) and their BBQ is on point.
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- 1 Are there underground tunnels at Disney World?
- 2 Are there tunnels under Hollywood studios?
- 3 Does Epcot have utilidors?
- 4 Are there tunnels under Disneyland Paris?
- 5 How many people have died at Disney World?
- 6 Why are there tunnels under Disneyland?
- 7 Does Disneyland have a jail?
- 8 What is the oldest attraction at Disneyland?
- 9 What does it cost to stay in Cinderella’s castle?
- 10 Is Epcot on a sinkhole?
- 11 How deep is the Lagoon at Epcot?
- 12 Where do Epcot cast members park?
- 13 What is the secret club at Disneyland?
- 14 Did you know Disneyland has an underground tunnel system?
- 15 How do they keep Disneyland so clean?
Are there underground tunnels at Disney World?
Disney Tunnels Fun Facts: The Magic Kingdom tunnels occupy over 390,000 square feet of space underground. The Cast Member cafeteria is called The Mouseketeria.
Are there tunnels under Hollywood studios?
They’re not technically underground. “Cast members” (a term used for all the workers at Disney World) use strategically placed staircases throughout the park to descend down into the tunnels and move unseen to other parts of the park.
Does Epcot have utilidors?
Let’s start with, perhaps, the most frequently asked question about Epcot: Is there a system of tunnels under Epcot similar to the “utilidors” (utility corridors) snaking under the Magic Ki? Yes, there is a tunnel under Epcot. In Future World, a U-shaped tunnel stretches 700 feet.
Are there tunnels under Disneyland Paris?
Underneath Disneyland Paris is a maze of underground tunnels allowing Mickey and his friends to get to their destination and just appear as if by magic.
How many people have died at Disney World?
Over on discussion forum Quora, users pored over similar lists and came up with numbers ranging from 41 to 51 deaths of employees and visitors to Walt Disney World as of 2018.
Why are there tunnels under Disneyland?
If you’re a big Disney World fan, you probably know that there are a series of tunnels beneath the Magic Kingdom, known as the Utilidors. The Utilidor tunnels were created so cast members could move throughout the Magic Kingdom more quickly, without having to deal with the crowds.
Does Disneyland have a jail?
“While Disney keeps its so-called “jail” under wraps, most have described the jail to look more like a security office or holding area. Guests cannot be arrested by Disney security. However, depending on the circumstance, the “Disney jail” can be used as a place to hold a disruptive Guest until police arrive.
What is the oldest attraction at Disneyland?
July 4, 1956: Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes. Opened just a year after the park, Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes is one of the oldest attractions at Disneyland. Visitors grab a paddle and help propel the vessel through the water.
What does it cost to stay in Cinderella’s castle?
Cinderella Castle Suite A night’s stay here is so exclusive, you can’t actually book it. The suite is by invite only. But it’s rumored Disney turned down an offer of $40,000 for a one-night stay. Some lucky fans have scored a stay by winning various contests.
Is Epcot on a sinkhole?
Disney World has a massive sinkhole on the property, and it is actually in the center of EPCOT. As we can see from monorailsupplyco’s TikTok, EPCOT holds the deepest sinkhole in Florida! The TikTok explains that the sinkhole caused major issues for Disney when EPCOT was being built, as it would suck in cars and trucks.
How deep is the Lagoon at Epcot?
How big is the World Showcase Lagoon? The World Showcase Lagoon is 40 acres (. 0625 square miles) in total area and has a maximum depth of 25ft. The Lagoon is the center of the World Showcase and the walkway wraps around it.
Where do Epcot cast members park?
Epcot Cast Services Parking Lot – Lake Buena Vista, FL.
What is the secret club at Disneyland?
Club 33 is an exclusive club where members are able to enter private dining and lounge areas in almost every Disney park around the world. According to Disney, the Club is named after the address of the original Disneyland Club 33 location, which was 33 Royal Street in New Orleans Square.
Did you know Disneyland has an underground tunnel system?
Lying underneath the famous theme park is an entire underground city made up of a network of tunnels. Known as “utilidoors ” — utility corridors — these tunnels are used by Disney staff to keep them hidden from public view.
How do they keep Disneyland so clean?
6), we share the surprising efforts Disney makes to keep its parks clean, ahead.
- Dusting the Haunted Mansion and other cobweb-ridden attractions.
- Cats of Disneyland.
- They also employ snakes.
- There are trash cans every 30 feet.
- Cast members vacuum people’s ashes.
- Splash Mountain’s water is drained every night.


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Mackinac Bridge | Allison R. Donahue
While the federal Line 5 court case between Attorney General Dana Nessel and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge trudges along, a small state panel gave the green light Wednesday for bidding to begin for the construction of Line 5’s tunnel-encased replacement pipeline.
On the same day, a Canadian report pushed back on Enbridge’s warnings of an energy crisis in the event that Nessel does successfully order the shutdown of the current pipeline.
The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority (MSCA), a three-person panel with full, independent authority to oversee Enbridge’s tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac, approved the company’s request for proposal (RFP) Wednesday morning. That was despite the absence of its third member and outcry from groups that oppose the project.
An RFP is a document that solicits formal bidding proposals from potential vendors. In this case, Enbridge is asking for construction companies to submit proposals for the Line 5 tunnel project.
Democrat Paul Novak of Detroit was not present at the meeting. Novak is the newest member, having been appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in February 2021. He has also been the lone member to raise issues with transparency concerns regarding the panel’s duties.
Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy said Thursday that the company will put out requests in the next few weeks, then will review the submissions. He expects the whole selection process to take about six months.
By approving the RFP for the tunnel project construction contractor, the MSCA concurs that it meets all requirements specified in the tunnel project agreement between Enbridge and the state.
That agreement had been negotiated with GOP former Gov. Rick Snyder, who finalized the deal with Enbridge shortly before leaving office in 2018. The statute creating the MSCA — and tying the Whitmer administration’s hands on reversing the deal — was rushed through the 2018 Lame Duck session by the GOP-controlled Legislature before being swiftly signed into law by Snyder.
The MSCA is specifically authorized to oversee all aspects of the tunnel project and ensure it comes to fruition. It is separate from the three state regulatory bodies in charge of granting the construction permits necessary for the tunnel, i.e. the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
So far, only EGLE has granted its portion of permits for Enbridge’s project.
“Enbridge has assembled a world-class team for the project, and with the MSCA’s concurrence Enbridge is prepared to issue the RFP to select a construction contractor to build this critical utility infrastructure modernization project,” Duffy said Thursday.
Lansing-based Progress Michigan criticized MSCA’s approval of the RFP as a “step in the wrong direction for government transparency and accountability.”
“When former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder created the MSCA during the 2018 lame duck session, it was an unprecedented move to give a handful of individuals the power to rubber stamp the flawed Line 5 tunnel,” said Lonnie Scott, the group’s executive director. “What we saw today is a continuation of that effort to give a multinational fossil fuel corporation greater leverage than the legitimate concerns of Michigan residents.”
Scott also said that the two present MSCA members also ignored expert testimony Wednesday that warned of an explosion risk during tunnel construction.
“According to the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority’s website, they are responsible for ‘independent oversight’,” Scott said. “Unfortunately, today’s meeting showed anything but ‘independent oversight’ as they took Enbridge’s word at face value despite the corporation’s troubled past in Michigan, including their 2010 oil spill into the Kalamazoo River, the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history.
“The tunnel project is just a ploy for Enbridge to continue raking in profits while Line 5 remains a ticking time bomb in the Great Lakes.”
Canadian report counters Enbridge claims
A Canadian environmental advocacy organization this week released a 15-page report exploring and validating alternatives for Line 5 from the Canadian perspective.
Environmental Defence’s report echoes findings from National Wildlife Federation (NWF)-commissioned research from the London Economics International in 2018.
“Enbridge claims that a Line 5 closure would trigger an energy supply shortage. But this analysis shows that this is simply not true,” said Michelle Woodhouse, water program manager at Environmental Defence. “… A planned and swift closure is both feasible and necessary.”
The new report was funded by the private, Flint-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. It finds that viable alternatives to Line 5 include utilizing the full capacity of Line 78, another Enbridge pipeline that travels to Sarnia alongside Line 5, which could reduce any crude oil shortfall in Ontario and Quebec up to 255,000 bpd (barrels per day).
By making upgrades to Line 78A and Line 78B’s pumping facilities, Environmental Defence concludes that it could reduce the shortfall by another 119,000 bpd.
Rail transit is another option, the report states. With two to three additional trains moving through existing routes, 119,000 bpd could be added. That would result in a consumer price increase of about 1.8 cents per liter (roughly 0.47 cents).
Roughly one additional marine tanker on existing routes serving Quebec’s Valero refinery could also transport that much oil.
The 80,000 bpd of natural gas liquids (NGLs) that Line 5 currently transports, however, would likely need to find another route. Environmental Defence suggests that alternative sources of NGLs could be sourced from nearby regions.
Enbridge has long argued that any shutdown to the Line 5 pipeline would result in a costly and detrimental energy crisis in both the Midwest and Canada.
Duffy pushed back on the new report on Thursday.
“Environmental Defence Canada’s plan would put the environment at risk as it would burn more fuel to transport energy, clog critical roads and rail lines and create unnecessary energy dislocations while raising prices,” Duffy said.
“Environmental Defence also comes up short in that it cites another pipeline (Line 78) as a viable alternative source, yet that pipeline is already full and meeting the demands of other customers.”
Duffy added that the “misguided plan” only proves that a Line 5 shutdown would have a “significant and immediate impact on the region’s energy supply.”
Criticizing many points made by the report, Duffy concludes that the best long-term plan to maintain the region’s energy needs is the Line 5 tunnel project.
But the report won praise from environmental organizations in Michigan.
“These findings show, once again, that Enbridge Energy and its surrogates simply cannot be trusted. They have been misleading the public with scare tactics about the criticality of Line 5,” said Beth Wallace, NWF Great Lakes campaign manager.
“In fact, this analysis uses Enbridge’s own claims along with publicly available data to show that Enbridge is choosing profit over people, wildlife, and clean water when it comes to Line 5. Enbridge continues to misrepresent the need for Line 5 because they make $1 million to $2 million every day Line 5 operates,” she continued.
Sean McBrearty, spokesperson for the anti-Line 5 Oil & Water Don’t Mix coalition, said in a statement that the new report “explodes the myth that Canadians are handcuffed to the dangerous Line 5 oil pipeline for their energy supply.”
“In Michigan, we know first-hand that we can’t trust Enbridge,” McBrearty said. “It was Enbridge’s negligence that led in 2010 to the largest oil pipeline rupture in the state’s history. Enbridge’s public relations spin on the need for Line 5 should not survive the facts documented in this new Canadian report.”
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Last year it was a Dyson. This year, it’s a KITCHEN AID.
That’s right folks, I have started a tradition of bringing in the new year with a beautiful new appliance. I’m excited for Baking in 2006. Yes, food handling will reach new levels of convenience with this 325 watt beast of a mixer.
Unique Mixing Action!
The House of Rock just got a little more awesome.
And don’t worry, this won’t antiquate our other mixer.

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Josh Horowitz of MTV news ran into Common at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. During the run-in with Common, Josh asked him about his beef with Drake. Common then went on to say that he feels he said everything he wanted to say about Drake on record already and if he ran into Drake nothing would happen. This took place before French Montana said Drake wants to fight Common, so expect a post in the future taking things further. I doubt Common will like hearing French Montana say that Drake wants a fight. Ha.
The Dreamer, The Believer in stores now.


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