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A Tennessee police officer is getting her "angel" wings after helping a mom in a "scary" situation deliver her baby on the side of a busy highway west of Nashville.
Bridgette Crumley, along with her husband, three-year-old son, and mother-in-law, were all packed in the car early on Tuesday morning when they realized they were not going to make it to the hospital in time for the new baby's delivery.
"She just started coming out," Crumley told FOX 17.
"My water didn't even break."
In a state of panic, the family pulled over near a car dealership on Highway 46 and called 911 for help.
Dickson Police Officer Sierra Repgrogal arrived just as the newborn baby was halfway out.
"My mother-in-law was praying and that's when she showed up like an angel," Crumley said, adding she was "just going to work like she had done this before."
"She never left my sight and just started to grab and pull while I pushed."
By the time the EMS had arrived, the officer had already delivered the child and had the baby safely wrapped in her mother's arms.
"I was freaking out a little bit, but I knew I couldn't just sit there and think about it, so I did what I knew had to be done to make sure the baby and the mama were OK," Reprogal said.
"I'll definitely remember it for the rest of my life."
And so will the Crumley family.
"One minute, you may be holding the hand of someone who is taking their last breathe … or, on this day with Officer Reprogal, you may be watching a new life take its first breath."
To show their gratitude for their new "hero," the family named their newborn girl Isabella Sierra-Marie Crumley.
The Dickson Police Department shared the "outstanding job" on Facebook, noting how unexpected a police officer's job is.
"One minute, you may be holding the hand of someone who is taking their last breathe," the department wrote.
"Or, on this day with Officer Reprogal, you may be watching a new life take its first breath."
Caleb Parke is an associate editor for FoxNews.com. This Fox News piece is used by permission.
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Powercells Fuel Processing Development and Its Application in APU System With a PEM Fuel Cell
- Type: Conference Presentation
- Conference Type: AIChE Annual Meeting
- Presentation Date: November 5, 2013
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Skill Level: Advanced
- PDHs: 0.50
Fuel cell systems constitute a clean and efficient alternative to fuel combustion for stationary and mobile applications. One potential market for these systems is Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for heavy duty vehicles in which an on-board fuel reformer is coupled with fuel cells. Fuel Cell APUs have within the next few years a good chance to reduce fuel consumptions and air pollution as well as improve driver's environment by avoiding the necessity of truck idling. However , despite the potential of these technologies to reduce the environmental impact and improve energy efficiency of road transport , both technical and economic barriers need to be overcome for these technologies to be successfully introduced in mass markets. One challenge is to develop an efficient reformer system that can convert commercial diesel into a hydrogen rich gas stream of sufficient quality for PEM fuel cells. Development of fuel cell systems and reformer technology for automotive applications started for more than a decade ago within the Volvo Group. PowerCell Sweden AB was spun-out from AB Volvo in 2008 to continue the development and commercialization of fuel cell power systems , diesel-fuel reformers and reformate tolerant LT-PEM fuel cells. During the spring 2013 PowerCell has demonstrated a viable fuel cell APU , based on its proprietary reformer and fuel cell technology. The demonstrated APU is a stand-alone unit that runs on commercial diesel and produces 2.5kW electric energy with 23.5% net efficiency. The fuel processing for PEM fuel cell APUs requires several steps in order to convert diesel into a hydrogen rich gas stream with low concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) and sulfur species. PowerCell's system consists of an autothermal reformer followed by a desulphurization unit and CO clean-up by using water-gas-shift reaction and preferential oxidation reaction before it can be fed into the fuel cell. The last step in the reformer system is the catalytic burner in which the anode-off gas from the fuel cell is combusted and the released heat is utilized to generate steam for the autothermal reformer. This paper reviews several reformer generations and solutions developed by PowerCell. The paper also examines what characteristics and requirements of the automotive fuel cell APU that are important to consider in the design and integration of the fuel processor.
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President Trump Unveils MAJOR Breakthrough + $CASH$ Coming your way!
Now besides getting us a vaccine to help end this CoronaVirus nightmare the President has signed into action the bill that will help each, and everyone who needs monetary help during this world wide outbreak. He's moved as fast as possible to help the everyday citizen during these hard hard times, and looks like there will be checks coming in to help alleviate the loss of jobs, and wages since the virus started to spread. This of course has been a horrible nightmare which has caused a worldwide crises now, and folks like myself who are dealing with health issues and mounting bills as it is will be helped greatly by what the President just did.
We should all be thankful to have a President who cares about us so much that he's going out of his way from the very start to help keep the American people safe, and with all the uncertainties we're facing we have to remember he's a human also, and this is something nobody could have seen coming. He was wise enough to shut down the flights from China when he did, and the left called him a racist. History is on his side, and if you want to know in the very speech he gave in the full video with the breakthrough he was asked a very specific question, and this might be the best question I've heard asked of President Trump in months concerning the media, and why they lie about him, and what they keep doing. It's amazing how much he's been able to accomplish considering all the attacks he gets. Check out the clip here below.
He's not a racist, and I get it some people don't like how he talks, and think he's a goofball or whatever. The guy has shown he cares over many decades… Look up "Ryan White, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson" and "Maury Povich & Donald Trump" or "Oprah and Donald Trump" and you will see that the socialist left who hate this nation and all they do is attack, and lie about President are full of shit.
Another good video by Hannity who also had Lindsey Graham on the show talking about what's happening to help the AMERICAN people as soon as possible. This is important so pay attention as this video could reflect exactly what you will face when the "checks" are being given to us.
Laura Ingraham: Persistence not politics during the coronavirus crisis! Video by Laura Ingraham! Great way of putting it, and she's been on the very top of this entire thing from day one, and has really been one of the best sources on reporting about the possible vaccine which is being reported has had a 100% success rate in tests over in France, and we're talking about over 40 people have been tested, and over 6 days of study has seen again a 100% success rate in curing, killing eradicating the virus.
It's very important to understand that what they're talking about will still take somewhere between a month or two before we get an actual working vaccine so we're not out of the woods. We need to still be careful on an everyday level, and people just don't do stupid shit, and you will be fine.
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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Voter turnout ]
|House Elections
|Interim Report
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|House Committee on Elections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
|Campaign finance reform | Election administration | Election fraud | Judicial campaign contributions | Military personnel | Provisional ballots | Supreme Court decisions, U.S. | Voter identification | Voter turnout | Voting by mail |
|Library Call Number:
|L1836.81 El25he
|81st R.S. (2009)
|Online version:
|View report [36 pages File size: 736 kb]
|This report should address the charges below.
|Study ways the state can enhance military and overseas voters' ability to obtain and return balloting materials and reduce burdens on those voters' exercise of their right to vote. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs
|Examine the use of central polling places and compare voter turnout and the number of rejected provisional ballots in counties that use central polling places with similar counties that do not.
|Examine the prevalence of fraud in Texas elections. Study new laws in other states regarding voter identification and recommend statutory changes necessary to ensure that only eligible voters can vote in Texas elections.
|Review the Texas campaign finance law in judicial races in light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision Caperton v. Massey. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
|Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
|House Elections
|Interim Report
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|House Committee on Elections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature.
|Campaign finance reform | Election administration | Elections | Vote recounts | Voter registration | Voter turnout | Voting by mail |
|Library Call Number:
|L1836.77 el25he
|77th R.S. (2001)
|Online version:
|View report [108 pages File size: 4,785 kb]
|This report should address the charges below.
|Examine ways to improve the recruitment, retention and education of election day workers.
|Reassess the procedures used for counting ballots when an error in tabulation is made by an elections' administrator or equipment.
|Review the Election Code, Chapter 254, Political Reporting. Assess whether reorganization and revision of the Chapter would improve the Chapter's ease of use, consistency, compliance and effectiveness of purpose.
|Consider ways to increase voter participation and the efficiency of the state's election processes.
|Actively monitor the agency programs under the committee's oversight jurisdiction.
|Consider the feasibility of centralizing the conduct of elections at the county level of government, designation of permanent county polling locations to reduce voter confusion, and moving filing deadlines for local elections to encourage joint elections.
|Study the implications to Texas electoral system of suspension of Saturday mail delivery by U.S. Postal Service.
|House Elections
|Interim report
|Library Catalog Title:
|Report of the Committee on Elections, House of Representatives, State of Texas, 70th Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives.
|Early voting | Election fraud | Elections | Voter registration | Voter turnout | Voting by mail |
|Library Call Number:
|70th R.S. (1987)
|Online version:
|View report [33 pages File size: 1,367 kb]
|This report should address the charges below.
|To study possible cost containment measures for primary and general elections.
|To study absentee voting including absentee voting by mail.
|To study methods of improving the accessibility of voter registration, and means by which the timeliness of updating and the accuracy of voter registration lists can be improved.
|House Elections
|Interim report
|Library Catalog Title:
|Interim report to the 69th Texas Legislature / Texas House of Representatives, Committee on Elections.
|Elections | Felonies | Voter registration | Voter turnout | Voters | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
|Library Call Number:
|L1836.68 el25
|68th R.S. (1983)
|Online version:
|View report [43 pages File size: 1,449 kb]
|This report should address the charges below.
|To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 8.
|To study the recent extension of the federal Voting Rights Act and the effect on elections in Texas.
|To review the administration, financing and organizations of voter registration and voter outreach.
|To study the implementation of mandatory joint elections for political subdivisions and the possibility of uniform election dates.
|To study the procedure for restoring voting rights to persons previously convicted of a felony.
|House Constitutional Amendments
|Interim Report
|Library Catalog Title:
|To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report / of the Consitutional Amendments Committee, Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature.
|Constitutional amendments | Home equity loans | Mortgages | Political advertising | Primary elections | Voter education | Voter turnout |
|Library Call Number:
|L1836.67 c766
|67th R.S. (1981)
|Online version:
|View report [47 pages File size: 1,569 kb]
|This report should address the charges below.
|Study the concept of numerous resolutions versus single resolutions on ballots submitted to voters.
|Should single submissions prove more favorable in response to public education of the issue, determine what impact might be felt if amendments were also submitted at the time of primary elections by both parties holding such elections.
|Determine if there is a more clear and concise method to inform voters on proposed legislation via new advertising as it currently exists under law versus other media forms.
|Determine the need for expanding the permissible scope of homestead encumbrancing, particularly including secondary financing of the residential homestead.
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5th Grade Plastique Anime
5th graders at CCE are moving to the music! Our music teacher (who was just chosen as Eanes ISD District Teacher of the Year!) taught students about the concept of plastique animé. Plastique animé involves matching physical movements to music.
Mrs. Milburn chose to use "The Royal March of the Lion" as the song. Students formed groups to complete their plastique animé, and watched several examples of plastique animé. Each group scanned a QR code that linked to the song so that they could listen to it as many times as they needed. Here is the song:
Students also used a storyboard to plan their plastique animé. The storyboard was divided into 4 different sections that matched the sections of the song.
After students had time to practice, we filmed their performances. Here are two groups performing:
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By definition an Afro-Latino refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry.
Undeniably large and visible within their own spaces, this proud community is one that has beenlong overlooked and misrepresented in the hair, beauty, and entertainment industries until just recently. Even with the likes of Latina celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Sofia Vergara, the topic of diverse representation in the media can be a bit of a complicated one to navigate for those wanting to connect to their African roots.
From Miami to New York City, the Rizos on the Road Tour aimed to target a specific communities across the United States where Afro-Latina curly haired women needed a safe space to be heard and felt. Hair and beauty influencers Ada Rojas (@allthingsada) and Rocio Mora (@risasrizos) came together with an all female crew to host an exciting tour full of curls, culture, and conversation. There were also informative live haircut demonstrations by popular curly stylists Ona Diaz-Santin (@_thehairsaint_) and (@gethaiya) and yours truly@devrivelazquez) got to moderate a panel which focused primarily on the following questions:
Do you think there is fair Afro-Latina representation in the media?
"I think there is a great representation of what Latinas look like in the media as well as what African/African-American woman look like in the media, but I don't think there is enough representation of what an Afro-Latina looks like in the media," says Ada. "We need to do a better job at showcasing what Afro-Latinas look like so that we can eliminate the misconceptions that are often surrounded with the term Afro-Latina. My amiga Cindy Diaz did a great job at breaking this down: There's this misconception that you need to have a certain percentage of Blackness in order to claim that you are Afro-Latina. But you don't need to look like Celia Cruz, it's not about that. It's about uplifting a part of your history that has been ignored and hated on. Embracing that does not mean that I don't recognize the privilege associated with being a Latina with light skin. But with such a long history of oppression and denial of Blackness, that is extremely hurtful, it is more important than ever to flip the script and show that this is something to be proud of. That is the only way to end this destructive cycle that perpetuates hate."
How do you self-identify your race and ethnicity?
Growing up being Latino was all I knew," says Rocio. "While I was aware that there were black Latinos in my family I did not understand that my race was Black. I saw Black, White, and Latino as ethnicities and race. I assumed for a very long time that Latino was a race. I did not identify with white or Black culture, the only culture I knew was Latino culture: the food, the music, the upbringing, the language. When it came to applications or the census I would see the checklist: White, Black, Pacific Islander, etc. but I would not see Latino, so I didn't check anything off because I didn't identify with anything I saw."
"I never identified with being Afro-Latina because I wasn't aware of my history," Ada adds. "I wasn't educated on the African Diaspora until I took an African Heritage and Caribbean Experience course in college. It was eye-opening to say the least, and I remember feeling sad and angry that it took 22 years to learn about my history, so I can only imagine how others must feel especially when there isn't enough Afro-Latina representation in the media."
Having a Black mother and a Mexican and Italian father and living within the same household, I always thought of myself as a Black woman as a direct reflection of the maternal figures that raised me. However, every time I looked in the mirror and noticed my physical features or attempted to have a conversation with my dad, I also couldn't deny that side of me which existed, as well. Growing up with two strong cultural representations, attending family functions and creating close bonds with both sides of my family gave me a great appreciation for embracing my multiracial and Afro-Latinx identity at an early age, which I am grateful for.
Why was it important to organize an event like Rizos on the Road for the community?
"I have a lot of conversations with Latinos now who go through similar experiences of not identifying with a certain race, still assuming that being Latino is a race in itself. It's not a matter of choosing a certain race, but rather going with what we have always been taught growing up," says Rocio. "I think that by having more conversations in the household with the younger generations and teaching them about race and culture and ethnicities and the differences between them would help with the future generation when it comes to self-identity."
I wasn't educated on the African Diaspora until I took an African Heritage and Caribbean Experience course in college. It was eye-opening to say the least, and I remember feeling sad and angry that it took 22 years to learn about my history... -Ada Rojas, @allthingsada
I have a lot of conversations with Latinos now who go through similar experiences of not identifying with a certain race, still assuming that being Latino is a race in itself. It's not a matter of choosing a certain race, but rather going with what we have always been taught growing up. -Rocio Mora, @risasrizos
Living and sharing stories amongst a like-minded group of beautiful women of all shades, shapes, and backgrounds makes me proud to be an Afro-Latina. Attending and supporting events like Rizos on the Road are the stepping stones for getting to a space that can feel entirely natural and comfortable for anyone who has felt confused or misrepresented on the media in regards to their African and Latinx identity.
Cheers to an amazing, refreshing Rizos on the Road Tour in 2017.
Let us continue these groundbreaking talks, with an open-mindedness and open embrace. Be you, be happy, know that you are blessed.
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[Editor's note: "5 EV Stocks to Buy for Big Gains over the Next Decade" was previously published in June 2020. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.]
The 2010s were the decade in which the electric vehicle (EV) revolution got started.
At the start of the decade, electric vehicles were essentially non-existent. Over the course of the next ten years, several things happened, all of which sparked more widespread EV adoption.
Global legislation started promoting EV purchases in an effort to combat carbon emissions. Infrastructure was built out to support EVs. Technology advanced to give EVs more range and power. Battery costs came down to make EVs more affordable. Consumers became increasingly aware of the adverse environmental impact of gas-powered cars, and similarly increased their uptake of EVs.
Net net, EVs went from non-existent at the start of the 2010s, to over 2.2 million global deliveries in 2019, or more than 2% of global auto-deliveries.
This growth ramp is far from over. If the 2010s were the decade when the EV revolution got started, the 2020s will be the decade in which the EV revolution goes mainstream.
All the same tailwinds will remain in play. Global legislation will continue to incentivize EV adoption. Charging station infrastructure will continue to expand. EVs will continue to become more advanced with more range. Battery costs will continue to come down. Consumers will continue to pivot toward EVs as they become more and more concerned with reducing carbon emissions.
In other words, all the same tailwinds that started the EV revolution in the 2010s will sustain that revolution in the 2020s. Considering EVs are ramping from a 2% penetration rate in 2018, the room for further growth here is tremendous. Indeed, IEA thinks that by 2030, global EV sales could measure anywhere between 20 million and 30 million cars, implying 10-fold to 15-fold growth from 2018.
That's huge growth. Big enough to warrant buying and holding some EV stocks for the next decade.
Tesla (TSLA)
At the top of this list of EV stocks to buy for the future of transportation, we have global EV leader Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA).
Tesla is the poster child of the EV revolution and with good reason. At just under 250,000 deliveries last year, Tesla accounted for about 12% of global EV deliveries. Last year, 2.2 million EVs were sold worldwide.
In other words, Tesla is the unparalleled giant in the EV industry, with increasing market share thanks to the introduction and production/delivery ramp of new vehicles, like the Model 3.
This dynamic should persist as the company continues rolling out new models and products. Tesla projects to maintain its leadership position in the global EV market over the next decade — a period during which the EV market will grow by at least 10-fold.
The result? Huge revenue and profit growth over at Tesla. All that growth will inevitably drive TSLA stock higher in the long run.
General Motors (GM)
Traditional auto stocks aren't just sitting on their hands while the EV revolution passes them by. Instead, many traditional auto stocks are actually pivoting their vehicle portfolios to benefit from non-cyclical EV adoption tailwinds.
One traditional auto stock which has done a really good job of this? General Motors (NYSE:GM).
General Motors has an impressive lineup of EVs. It's headlined by the Chevrolet Bolt, which is the fourth-best selling EV in the U.S. this year, and the Chevrolet Volt, which lines up as the eighth top-selling EV in the U.S.
Importantly, both cars are on the cheap end of the EV price range, which paves a path for both of these vehicle models to gain huge mainstream traction at scale.
As such, the General Motors strategy in the EV market is pretty simple. Design solid EVs, which the masses can afford, and as the masses pivot into the EV market, convince them to buy the Bolt and/or Volt.
This is a good strategy, and it does broadly imply that as the EV revolution gains mainstream traction in the 2020s, General Motors will benefit from robust EV growth. All that EV growth should drive GM stock higher in the long run.
Ford (F)
One traditional auto stock that has been slow to pivot into EVs is U.S. auto giant Ford (NYSE:F). But the company is starting to aggressively pivot into the EV market, and this pivot lays the groundwork for healthy growth over the next decade.
To start, Ford's headline EV — the Ford Fusion Energi — was the ninth-best selling EV in the U.S. last year, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Ford is in the process of building a Mustang-influenced electric crossover to rival Tesla's Model Y, a fully electric Lincoln crossover, a fully electric SUV and a fully electric F-150 pickup truck, alongside a handful of hybrid models.
The sum of all these new EVs means that, by 2025, Ford's vehicle roster will be much more levered to EV tailwinds than it is today.
The implication of this is that Ford's unit growth rates, which have been sluggish for several years, should look a lot better within the next few years. This growth trend improvement should push Ford stock higher in the long run, especially from today's depressed base.
Toyota (TM)
Much like General Motors, Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been aggressive early on with its pivot into developing and marketing affordable EVs that cater to mass adoption.
Toyota's headline EV — the Prius — is arguably the only non-Tesla electric vehicle that consumers far and wide recognize. Not by coincidence, it's also the only non-Tesla electric vehicle which held its own against the Model 3, S and X in 2018 in terms of sales volume.
Importantly, the Prius is exceptionally affordable, with prices in the $30,000 and under range. Thus, for capital-constrained consumers looking to pivot into the EV space who don't have $30,000-plus to shell out on a car, Toyota's Prius is the obvious choice.
A lot of consumers fall into that categorization. As such, a lot of consumers project to buy Prius vehicles over the next several years as EV adoption rates soar.
The result for Toyota is supercharged revenue and profit growth, the sum of which could breathe life back into TM stock, which has been stuck in a sideways trading pattern for the past five-plus years.
Not all the growth in the EV market over the next several years will happen at the low end of the price chart. Indeed, some of that growth will come through the high end of the price chart. Capturing a nice chunk of that growth will be BMW (OTCMKTS:BMWYY).
BMW already has a formidable EV roster. Last year, the BMW 530e, i3 and X5 were among some of the top selling EV models in the U.S. This year, many of those same models are again some of the top-selling EVs in America, alongside the luxury i8, which has seen its U.S. delivery volume grow ten-fold.
Going forward, BMW is only going to grow this EV roster. The company is planning to have 25 EVs on its vehicle roster by 2023, many of which will be luxury EVs. In so doing, the company will better position itself to drive healthy revenue and profit growth through luxury EV adoption over the next several years. Indeed, management expects EV sales to double by 2021.
That's a bunch of growth. BMW stock, which trades more than 40% off decade highs, is not priced for this growth. As such, over the next several years, robust luxury EV growth should converge on a discounted valuation and spark a nice recovery rally in BMW stock.
As of this writing, Luke Lango was long TSLA and F.


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|Pomegranate Jellies with maple mascarpone
|Love potion twelve
|Blood orange, fried rosemary, candied walnut, olive salad
|Eton mess
|Dark Chocolate cherry semifreddo
makes 4
2 cups fruit juice - I used fresh blueberry lemonade for its rich color
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
1 leaf gelatine
1 cup mascarpone
2 tbsp good maple syrup - get Grade B if you can
grapeseed oil (or other neutral oil) for greasing the molds
Pour 1/4 cup of the juice into a bowl and add the gelatine. Allow to sit for a minute while bringing the remaining juice to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add to the gelatine mixture and stir to dissolve the gelatine. Lightly grease four mini jelly, tartlet, or mini-muffin tins with oil. Spoon the mixture into the molds and gently add in the pomegranate seeds.
Chill until set in refrigerator, 4 hours or overnight. In a small bowl, mix together the mascarpone and maple syrup until combined, and set aside. To release the jellies from their tins, warm enough water in a saucepan so that you can set the mold down into it for a few seconds. Place a serving dish on top of the mold, invert, and lift the mold up to reveal the jelly. Serve with the maple mascarpone beside and enjoy.
Blood Orange, Candied Walnut, Fried Rosemary, and Olive Salad
serves 2
for the salad -
6-8 blood oranges
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 cup Castelvetrano olives, or other olive to your liking - these are buttery and amazing
1 cup candied walnuts (can be found at specialty shops)
for the dressing -
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp sherry vinegar
2 tsp pomegranate molasses
a handful of pomegranate kernels
freshly cracked white pepper to taste
pinch fleur de sel
Using a sharp knife, cut the tops and bottoms off of the oranges. Slice in facets down the orange to remove sides; make sure to remove the white pith. Set aside. Pluck rosemary leaves from the sprig and fry for 10 seconds in hot oil over high heat in a small skillet. Remove onto absorbent paper and set aside. Press the heel of your hand down onto the side of the knife to crush each olive and remove its pit. Separate olive chunks into halves or thirds and place into a small bowl with a bit of extra virgin olive oil to soak. Break candied walnuts into smaller bits with your fingers and place into a separate small bowl.
Add all dressing ingredients together except fleur de sel into a bowl and whisk to combine. Slice oranges crosswise into 1/4-inch rounds and place onto serving platter. Scatter fried rosemary and candied walnuts on top. Add olive chunks, followed with a drizzle of dressing and fleur de sel. Keep more dressing table side as needed. Great served with crusty bread.
Love Potion Twelve Cocktail
serves 2
1 cup chilled vodka or other spirit, to your liking (I used Tito's vodka, which is nicely smooth)
2 tbsp brandy (I used cherry, but any to your liking will do)
1/2 cup pink lemonade or blood orange juice
1 tbsp fresh beet juice - adds rich color and is subtle in flavor
1 tbsp agave nectar
blood orange slices, for garnish
If you have a juicer, juice one beet. Otherwise, simmer quartered beet in a small saucepan with just enough water to cover until soft when pierced with a fork, about 20 minutes. Mash beet with fork, pour liquid and press solids through a sieve to strain. Refrigerate. Stir together agave and brandy until agave dissolves. Add a few ice cubes into a cocktail mixer and add in all ingredients except for garnish, stirring to combine. Strain into coupe or martini glasses and garnish with orange slices. Sip, sit back and let the potion do its magic....
Eton Mess
Serves 4
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, hulls removed and quartered
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 cup heavy cream
for the meringues -
3 pastured egg whites at room temperature
1/8 tsp kosher salt
1/3 cup cane sugar
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
Preheat oven to 200 degrees (F). Line two baking trays with parchment paper. With an electric mixer, beat egg whites and salt until white and foamy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer running, gradually add cane sugar in 3 parcels, beating for 2 minutes between each addition. Beat until firm peaks form, about 3 more minutes. Add the powdered sugar and beat to blend for another minute or so. Meringue should be thick and glossy when done.
Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fit with a 1/2-inch tip or ziploc bag. Place either into a drinking glass with the bag edge tucked over for neatness. Seal if using a ziploc bag, and cut 1/2-inch off one corner. Pipe 1-inch rounds spaced one inch apart. Bake meringues until set, about 2 hours. Allow to cool completely in the oven with door ajar. Store between layers of parchment in an airtight container at room temperature. Will keep up to a week.
Meanwhile, toss strawberries in caster sugar in a small bowl and set aside for 15 minutes or so, until the juices start to run. Mash the raspberries with the back of a fork and add in confectioners' sugar to blend. Add vanilla seeds to heavy cream and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold some of the cream into the raspberry mixture in its bowl, and coarsely crumble a few of the meringues, folding in to combine.
To serve, layer some of the strawberries in bowls, followed by whipped cream and the raspberry mixture, followed by a few bits of coarsely broken meringue and more fruit with their syrup. Layer until you like the effect and serve immediately.
Dark Chocolate Cherry Semifreddo
Serves 10
1 1/4 cups luxardo cherries (pitted) with their syrup (can be found at specialty shops)
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 tbsp liquid glucose
2/3 cup brandy - I used Kirsch
2 cups heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks and replaced in refrigerator
5 eggs, free range if possible (they will be more buoyant and delicious)
4 egg yolks
1 lb dark chocolate, melted - I used Callebaut 60% dark bittersweet
1/2 lb dark chocolate, melted, for collar
Combine cherries, 3/4 cup sugar, glucose and 1/2 the brandy in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 15 minutes or until syrup is reduced by almost half. Chill in refrigerator. Meanwhile, whisk eggs and yolks, the remaining sugar and brandy in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water for about 8-10 minutes or until thick. Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk for a further 5-7 minutes, until cool again.
Fold in melted chocolate, then fold in whipped cream. Pour one-third of the chocolate mixture into a 8-inch springform pan. Scatter with 7 or so cherries, drizzle a little syrup, and using the tip of a bread knife, swirl around to create a marbled effect. Repeat same layering until all chocolate mixture is used. There will be cherries and syrup left over to serve. Freeze semifreddo for 24 hours (and up to 3 days) before serving.
The day of serving, work a thin knife around the perimeter of the pan to separate the semifreddo from its surface. Unfasten spring, and using a couple offset spatulas, work around the base of pan to release and carefully slide onto a serving platter. Return to freezer.
For chocolate collar, melt chocolate in a double boiler. Lay a few 6-inch x 15-inch pieces of baking paper on a tray and spread each one with a thin layer of melted chocolate. Place in refrigerator for 5 minutes or until just set - you will know because it becomes opaque and stiffens. Remove semifreddo from freezer and place a chocolate-lined baking paper strip around, with the chocolate-side inward. Carefully peel back paper. If not quite ready, place the whole thing back in the freezer and wait 30 seconds or so and attempt again. Repeat with remaining baking paper strips to wrap around the entire perimeter. You can layer strips of chocolate around for any breaks in the collar. Follow same process, replacing into freezer to firm, as needed. Return to freezer until ready to serve. Heat remaining cherries on low heat to loosen the syrup and serve in a bowl beside semifreddo.
I am extremely pleased with each of the results these treats offer. I want to know what knocks your socks off! And however you spend V-day, know that you are loved.......
In other news, in this month's AARP Magazine, my wonderful team and I styled and photographed some Ina Garten - the Barefoot Contessa - recipes, for more ideas of romance. Here are a couple outtakes (you can access the recipes through the link!) ~
Be mine. I love you. Happy Valentine's Day!!! xxxxxxooo


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The primary goal of the Talbot Trail Junior Golf program is to develop lifelong golfers who appreciate the game and respect the golf course on which they play, both at their home course and, more importantly, when they travel to other courses as a representative of Talbot Trail Golf Club.
A well-rounded program will be accomplished by offering instruction, activities, and observance of rules and etiquette. This program ensures that all participants are taught golf in a manner that promotes enjoyment, while demonstrating the essential link between golf and interpersonal skills.
Helping junior golfers play golf to the best of their ability, and to contribute to the personal growth of each junior by positive social and character values is our top priority.
Junior Golf Details
Runs every Wednesday morning from July 3 – August 28.
League divided based on skill level: 9-Holes, 5-Holes & 3 Holes.
Little Rippers program for those under the age of 7.
Instruction & supervision provided. Volunteers always welcome.
Hot dogs & beverages provided after Scramble (July 31) and Club Championship (August 21).
Cost: $80/child (20% discount for each additional child in immediate family)


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This week's round up of the last seven days' news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can't wait until Monday for last week's REDD news, REDD-Monitor's news page is updated daily: "REDD in the news".
» Forestry Carbon Markets & REDD
A GreenPower Conferences Event, 10-11 June 2010 | Despite recent uncertainty, the forest carbon market has grown nearly fivefold since 2006. The market was worth million in the first half of 2009, .1 million in 2008, after rising to .5 million a year before and from .6 million in 2006, according to Ecosystem Marketplace. "At the end of 2009, the market for forest carbon stands in an uncertain position on the verge of potentially enormous growth," the State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009 report said. "Amidst this scene of opportunity and risk, investors are still eyeing forest carbon, though many are waiting on more definite regulatory signals before taking a financial leap."
1 February 2010
» RI submits emission cuts target to UN
By Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, 1 February 2010 | Indonesia has lodged an official report on its emission reduction target to the UN on Sunday as doubts remain over the possibility of countries to reach an ambitious deal this year. In its seven-page report, Indonesia reaffirmed its pledge to cut emissions by 26 percent from current levels by 2020 to combat climate change. "We have met the deadline and confirmed our target in the report to the UN," head of the National Council on Climate Change (DNPI), Rachmat Witoelar, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday. "Everything we promised in the report will be carried out."
» ITTO Newsletter Examines the Competitiveness of REDD and Oil Palm
Climate-L.org, 1 February 2010 | Palm oil plantations, while highly lucrative economically, have replaced large swaths of tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia. The authors, Lian Pin Koh and Rhett A. Butler, note that since REDD carbon credits are currently limited to voluntary markets, such as the Chicago Climate Exchange, they are unlikely to compete financially with oil palm on most types of land. The authors add that if REDD is recognized as a legitimate activity for reducing carbon emissions, REDD credits would be compensated at higher prices through either a UN-sanctioned market mechanism or a global fund, potentially making forest protection an economically competitive land-use option.
» Ghana, EU Take Action On Illegal Logging
xfm95.1, 1 February 2010 | The European Delegation in Ghana is working with the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources to curb the importation of illegally logged timber from the country to the European market. As a first step in this direction, the Government of Ghana and the European Union in November 2009, signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement on the export of timber and wood products from Ghana to the EU under a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade agreement.
» Gloom gathers around divisive Australia cap-and-trade laws
By David Fogarty and Rob Taylor, Reuters, 1 February 2010 | Reviled by conservatives and rejected by swing voting senators, Australia's plan for the world's most comprehensive emissions scheme appears dead in 2010, hurting investment plans for businesses wanting carbon clarity. Investors and carbon traders say they face another year of uncertainty after political opponents last year twice blocked the laws in the Senate. A disappointing outcome from the Copenhagen climate talks and a stalled climate bill in the U.S. Senate have further dampened hopes of a breakthrough this year, they say. On Tuesday, the Australian government, facing re-election this year, will re-introduce its amended package of carbon trading laws into the upper house for a third go at passage.
» Eco2 Tree-Planting Scheme Highlights Fears About Forestry Offsets
By Stacy Feldman, 1 February 2010 | On the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, 20,000 acres of deforested land are supposedly being converted to a plantation with millions of super carbon-absorbing trees. The company behind the scheme, Eco2 Forests, has been pitching its plan as a moneymaker for investors, with cash coming in almost immediately through the selling of carbon credits for the CO2 those trees would one day sequester. It's already claiming conspicuous success in sprouting its special "Kiri" tree in faraway places. . . . The biggest announcement, though, was a "multi-million dollar carbon credit deal" with a Colorado company, which appears from public records and interviews to be operated by executives from Eco2. That connection raises serious questions about both firms — and more generally, of the transparency in the nascent forestry carbon market.
» ECO2 Forests to Acquire Controlling Interest in Forest Guard Inc. Projects
CNNMoney.com, 1 February 2010 | ECO2 Forests Inc., announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire controlling interest in certain projects of Forest Guard Inc., a privately held company specializing in for profit Avoided Deforestation projects. Following the acquisition, ECO2 intends to realize revenue from the sale of carbon credits generated by the development stage and future projects of Forest Guard Inc. in Mexico and Brazil as well as from other targeted projects that the company is now reviewing.
» Chances of Copenhagen climate talks 'rematch' unlikely, say experts
By Damian Carrington, Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington, Juliette Jowit, Jonathan Watts, Alok Jha, James Randerson, David Smith, David Adam and Tom Hennigan, The Guardian, 1 February 2010 | In the tense run-up to the Copenhagen climate change summit in December, a senior British diplomat warned the Guardian: "We can go into extra time, but we can't afford a replay." At the end of the chaotic summit, that replay — in Mexico in November — was seen as a good result, given how close the entire show came to collapsing. But now, just six weeks since the summit reached its dramatic but disappointing conclusion, senior figures around the world do not even believe the rematch is likely to be played.
2 February 2010
» President Obama's budget contributes to fast-start international climate finance
By Heather Allen, Switchboard, from NRDC, 2 February 2010 | The White House released a proposed budget for 2011 which includes $1.4 billion to helps provide needed investments in developing countries to address the impacts of global warming pollution, shift to a clean energy future, and reduce the loss of tropical rainforests. . . . he sustainable landscapes budget item is largely comprised of programs to reduce deforestation, but seeks to include the broader landscape including soils, and eventually agriculture. In this case many of the funds will be used to build capacity to enable effective REDD programs including monitoring and reporting of emissions, land tenure and governance and technical agricultural and forestry methods.
» Clark Labs Receives Support from Google.org to Develop On-Line Prototype of its Land Change Modeler Application to be run on Google's Earth Engine
Clark Labs press release, 2 February 2010 | Google has contracted Clark Labs to develop an on-line prototype of the Land Change Modeler application to run on Google's Earth Engine interface. This development complements the on-line forest monitoring applications of Carnegie Institution for Science (CLASlite) and IMAZON (SAD), demonstrated on Earth Engine at the COP 15 meeting in Copenhagen last month. The on-line prototype will contain much of the functionality of the land change modeling component of Clark Labs' Land Change Modeler application, included within the IDRISI GIS and Image Processing software, as well as within its extension to ArcGIS. The system will allow users to analyze, model and predict deforestation and then to evaluate the amount of carbon involved.
By Peter Korugl, pngemmiyet.blogspot, 2 February 2010 | A remote area in Southern Highlands Province is now getting on the carbon trade band wagon as they see this as an opportunity to save their precious land and also make a honest living, thus, bringing in much needed services. . . . Jim was there at Undiapa with other members of his tribe to sign documents to create a carbon trading project in East Pangia. After much discussion with the promoter, Kirk Roberts of Nupan (PNG) Trading Corporation, independent scientists and landowner leaders, the chairmans of the Incorporated Land Groups (ILG) put their name to paper, committing their rainforest to carbon trade.
» Nepal: Communities Take Up Cudgels for Forest Conservation
By Damakant Jayshi, IPS News, 2 February 2010 | "The community forestry is really gaining momentum to revert the deforested and degraded forests to greenery," says Eak Rana, project coordinator of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programme under ICIMOD. REDD is designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Rana cites a 1994 National Forest Inventory – a field survey of Nepal's forests by the government with the help of its Finnish counterpart – which showed that from 1978 to 1994, the forest area of the Himalayan country had decreased at an annual rate of 1.66 percent. The conduct of a new survey, again as a collaboration between the governments of Nepal and Finland, is slated to begin July this year.
» The financial costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD)
zunia.org, 2 February 2010 | This study reviews the financial costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It is written from the perspective of an institutional investor seeking cost-effective climate mitigation options. A review of empirical data from Brazil and Indonesia suggests that REDD may, in many areas, provide a cost-effective climate mitigation option, with estimated costs lying in a range of US$ 2-10 per ton of CO2e. [R-M: The report – written by IUCN and Rio Tinto – can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/cFVTzl]
By Mark D. Jordahl, Wild Thoughts from Uganda, 2 February 2010 | In the post-Copenhagen discouragement, there have been signs of a drop in carbon offsetting markets. Regardless of one's stance on climate change, there could be disastrous consequences for the Congo forests if carbon markets collapse. Carbon emissions trading, and REDD (Reduction in Emissions through Destruction and Degradation) in particular, give incredible incentive not to cut down trees. According to Maathai, the DRC alone could generate as much as $200 million per year on the carbon market.
3 February 2010
Kaieteur News, 3 February 2010 | The mining community is up in arms against the government's proposals to institute some stricter guidelines over their industry. While the government has gone to some length to deny any linkages between their initiative and their championing of forest conservation on the world stage, the miners – and most commentators – are not convinced. Apart from the two initiatives being strongly correlated temporally, the conditionalities spelt out in the one concrete offer of aid to support the more "responsible" usage of our forests – from Norway – do make a strong case that the government's sudden conversion to the ranks of the conservationists has been caused by the latter's five-year US$250 million carrot.
» Cross River inches toward carbon credit facility
By Modey Peters, 234next.com, 3 February 2010 | An international forestry monitoring group, Nature Conservation Resource Centre (NCRC) has completed an 11- day study tour of the carbon stock of forest projects in Cross River State in line with the state's agitation for carbon credit facility by the UN, World Bank and the US. The state government said it stands a chance of getting N30 billion in carbon credit from international agencies for preserving its rainforest. After going round the state's rainforest, officials of NCRC commended the government and people of the state for initiating a pragmatic forestry conservation programme to check forest deforestation. An official of the centre, John Mason, said the state's attendance at the Katoomba meeting in Ghana, last year, and the task force put in place by the state to check deforestation, has attracted the attention of World Bank and United States government.
» Cyber-scam artists disrupt emissions trading across EU
By Leigh Phillips, euobserver.com, 3 February 2010 | Emissions trading registries in a number of EU countries were shut down on Tuesday (2 February) as a result of a phishing scam tricking traders into giving away their emissions allowances. . . . Similar to online banking scams in which an email directs you to a website that is a copy of your own bank's webpage, and then asks for your bank details, these criminals reproduced the sites of the German and Czech registries. The criminals sent emails last Thursday to firms in Europe, Japan and New Zealand, asking them to offer up their registration details. A handful of firms fell for the trap and ended up giving away their CO2 emissions allowances to the crooks, who will now be able to sell them on. Financial Times Deutschland on Wednesday reported that one firm had lost €1.5 million as a result.
» Govt in the dark about source of Copenhagen funds
By Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, 3 February 2010 | "We have sent a letter to the UN asking for an explanation on the mechanisms to apply for the climate change funding," the Indonesian delegate to the climate talks, Wandojo Siswanto, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. . . . "But we still have no idea on where the funds will come from and what countries are eligible for the funding," said Wandojo. . . . "The question is, are countries that did not sign the accord also eligible for the climate fund? "If that is the case, there is no extra incentive to join the Copenhagen accord," he said.
» Promised UN climate funds elude govt
By Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, 3 February 2010 | The government says it does not know how to apply for climate funds pledged by rich nations during the climate change summit in Copenhagen last December. One month after the summit the UN had not set up a mechanism to obtain the funds, Forestry Ministry official Wandojo Siswanto said Tuesday. "We have sent a letter to the UN asking for an explanation on the mechanism, but have not received any response," said Wandojo, who was part of the Indonesian delegation to summit. A non-binding Copenhagen accord stipulates that rich nations would provide US$30 billion from 2010 to 2012 for the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, to less developed countries, small developing states and Africa. The rich nations also promised to scale up the climate fund to $100 billion by 2020 for developing countries.
» Forests hold poverty solution
Vietnam News, 3 February 2010 | In an annual review meeting of the Forest Sector Support Partnership yesterday, Deputy Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Hua Duc Nhi said that currently, 85 per cent of preserved forest area were located in regions which had high and average poverty rates. Therefore, the country should pay much more attention to forest plantations and protection as they not only helped mitigate climate change but also reduced the number of poor households in key forestry areas, he stressed.
4 February 2010
» Palm oil plantations are now 'forests,' says EU
By Leigh Phillips, euobserver.com, 4 February 2010 | The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive. . . . "Continuously forested areas are defined as areas where trees have reached, or can reach, at least heights of five metres, making up a crown cover of more than 30 percent," reads the jargon-filled document. "They would normally include forest, forest plantations and other tree plantations such as palm oil. Short rotation coppice [the practice of repeatedly cutting young tree stems down] may qualify if it fulfils the height and canopy cover criteria." "This means, for example, that a change from forest to oil palm plantation would not per se constitute a breach of the [sustainability criteria]."
5 February 2010
By Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, 5 February 2010 | [Interview with Joelle Chassard, Manager, World Bank Carbon Finance Unit] "We do hope if there is a legislation adopted by the U.S., it will include some sort of cap-and-trade scheme," she says. "That will create a lot of demand for emissions-reducing projects in developing countries."
» Senate impasse not the end for climate laws
By Marisa Meizlich, carbonpositive.net, 5 February 2010 | [T]he potential supply of offsets will be far below the expected demand. . . . This leaves a gap of hundreds of millions of tons. The de facto expectation is that forestry offsets, both domestic and international, will supply most of this demand in the future. This is certainly the hope of policy makers drafting the US bills, which place a huge reliance on credits generated from reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in the developing world. Domestically, bills list more than 30 project types for offset generation with a focus on forestry, land and agricultural management. But there are many unanswered questions regarding REDD credits: Projects or national level accounting? Public or private finance? Historical or project baselines? VCS or other methodologies? Buyers considering early market investment options are often left spending more time on policy analysis than on project due diligence.
» Forest conservation in U.S. climate policy: an interview with Jeff Horowitz
By Rhett Butler, mongabay.com, 5 February 2010 | Horowitz says that forest conservation now figures prominently into U.S. climate legislation, offering an opportunity for the United States to take a leadership role on the issue, provided Congress can pass a climate bill. On this front, he is hopeful. Horowitz believes rainforest protection can make the bill palatable to a broader range of lawmakers by reducing the cost of emissions reduction and "buy[ing] us critically important time we need to make the transition to the clean energy economy of the future."
» Programs for Climate Action get underway with $400 m for forests and $300 m for renewables
By Ch. Narendra, MyNews.in, 5 February 2010 | A $100 million pledge from the Government of Japan has helped to secure the funding base and launch the operational phase of two new climate programs supporting forest management and renewable energy investments in developing countries. . . . Japan also pledged $60 million to the Forest Investment Program (FIP) whose other donors include Australia, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. . . . Both the SREP and FIP offer an unprecedented opportunity to low income countries to undertake pilot programs. The FIP supports countries' efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) by financing investments to address the causes of deforestation and forest degradation.
» World Bank, US hail C-River's forestry programme
By John Ighodaro, Vanguards News Online, 5 February 2010 | The task force put in place by Cross River State government to address climate change has attracted the attention of the World Bank and United States government. Mr. John Mason of Nature Conservation and Resource Centre, NCRC, Ghana, who commended Cross River State for initiating a pragmatic forestry conservation programme to check forest deforestation, disclosed this in Calabar. He spoke when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Liyel Imoke at Government Lodge, Calabar.
» Stop the EU Commission from forcing biodiesel from palm oil on EU countries
Rainforest Rescue, 5 February 2010 | EU renewable energy legislation states that 10% of all road transport fuel in the EU will need to be "renewable" by 2020. Unfortunately this means biofuels, many of which are causing rainforest destruction and making climate change worse. Biodiesel from palm oil is one of the worst offenders. Palm oil plantations for food and fuel are the primary cause of rainforest destruction in Indonesia and Malaysia. Biodiesel from palm oil is extremely likely to produce higher greenhouse gas emissions than conventional diesel, thereby making climate change worse not better. . . . The Commission says "This means…that a change from forest to oil palm plantation would not per se constitute a breach of the criterion".
» Conference: "Africa for sale" – Analysing and theorizing foreign land claims and acquisitions
farmlandgrab.org, 5 February 2010 | While foreign land acquisitions in Africa are no recent phenomenon, the last several decades have witnessed an unprecedented level of large-scale land acquisitions all over the continent; millions of hectares of land in Africa are increasingly claimed by and leased out to transnational entities, government businesses, multinational corporations, and international organisations. Sometimes referred to as "neo-colonialism" due to their resemblance to colonial land exploits, these acquisitions have been largely driven by a global "scramble" for food security and access to natural resources. Foreign actors gain access to land in part by employing discursive tools and media to portray African farmland as "unused" or "unproductive" while the local farmers are portrayed as "backwards", underdeveloped, environmentally destructive, and desperately poor. [R-M: The conference is at Groningen University, Netherlands, 28-29 October 2010]
6 February 2010
By Paul Oates, The Masalai blog, 6 February 2010 | So called 'Developed' countries could well note a report in PNG's The National. The PNG Environment and Conservation Secretary, Dr Wari Iamo says PNG will reduce it's carbon emissions by 60% in 10 years and by 100% in 40 years. The methodology to achieve this reduction must surely be revolutionary. Exactly who is in charge of measuring PNG's carbon emissions and how this would be done was not detailed however.
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Solomon Star, 6 February 2010 | Gillian Duggin of the Environmental Defenders' Office, Australia, will present on Climate Change and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), and Submission Writing for Policy and Law Reform. The Environmental Defenders' Office (EDO) is an Australian community legal centre which specialises in environmental law. . . . "Increasing our understanding of some of the legal aspects of REDD is important if this scheme is to be introduced in the Solomon Islands," says Mr Hou. "This training will help lawyers and other stakeholders better understand REDD, to make sure that its implementation in the Solomon Islands protects landowner rights and benefits the most disadvantaged people in our country."
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» Forest conservation via REDD may be ineffective without addressing commodity consumption, trade
By Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com, 7 February 2010 | from 2000-2005, rural population growth was not associated with forest loss, "indicating the importance of urban-based and international demands for agricultural products as drivers of deforestation." . . . Accordingly, the authors argue that measures like the proposed REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) mechanism will need to go beyond sustainable development schemes for subsistence cultivators and the establishment of protected areas in rural landscapes to be effective in slowing forest loss. "We therefore suggest that policies to reduce deforestation among local, rural populations will not address the main cause of deforestation in the future. Rather, efforts need to focus on reducing deforestation for industrial-scale, export-oriented agricultural production, concomitant with efforts to increase yields in non-forested lands to satisfy demands for agricultural products."
By Marc Gunther, marcgunther.com, 7 February 2010 | The coalition—called Avoided Deforestation Partners, a name that will never win a branding contest—is the brainchild of Jeff Horowitz, a 58-year-old architect and newcomer to the environmental movement who has quietly become an influential player as climate change legislation inches its way through a divided Congress. . . . Finally, a entire industry of project developers, carbon traders, verifiers and regulators has emerged to create and manage offsets. "There is profit all along that food chain," Horowitz says, "and in my view that's good."
» PNG: Logging Violence and Corruption Flare in Ramu, Madang's Mighty Rainforests
Rainforest Portal, 7 February 2010 | Local landowner initiated court case has shut down logging for two months. The PNG Forest Authority's review of the granting of the right to log to notorious Rimbunan Hijau of Malaysia in Ramu River valley expected soon. Industry and corrupt government officials pulling out all stops to re-grant permit to this violent and corrupt criminal-enterprise. Massive cash payments and brutal violence – to intimidate communities resisting logging – is rife. Yet local protest to logging continues to intensify in Madang, as do calls to end all industrial primary rainforest logging in PNG.


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Launched in 2013, Sokowatch supplies thousands of shops with goods from different multinational companies, increasing the availability of everyday consumer goods by allowing small shops to place orders at any time via SMS.
These orders are then processed through Sokowatch's system to notify nearby delivery agents, who then deliver the requested orders to shops within 24 hours. The startup received strategic investment from Chandaria Industries last year, and also took part in the World Bank's XL Africa accelerator programme.
Sokowatch made over $80,000 in sales for January, meaning it has kicked off 2018 with an annualised revenue rate of over $1 million. This represents a more than five-fold increase in monthly sales from January 2017.
Chief executive officer (CEO) Daniel Yu said he expected to see a similarly rapid rate of growth in 2018, which includes a planned expansion to Mombasa, Kenya in the third quarter of the year and other markets in East Africa in the fourth quarter and early in 2019. It has been active in Tanzania since the beginning of last year.
"Sokowatch's progress over the past year is entirely due to the hard work and dedication of its team members, particularly its field operations in Nairobi and new office in Dar es Salaam. Despite challenges in early 2017 around standardising our operations and extensive disruption in the second half of the year due to political turmoil in Kenya, Sokowatch has demonstrated the need for its services and enormous potential for growth in its markets," Yu said.
The startup has also launched its Retailer App in order to support the rapidly growing number of users that have smartphones. Sokowatch has begun piloting an Android application that allows its retail customers to place orders through an interface featuring product images, delivery time selection, and order history.
Future versions of the app will potentially include the ability to order goods on credit, notifications for discounts, and personalised analytics for improved business management.
Read the original article on Disrupt Africa.


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current issue of the New York Review of Books carries an
essay by Timothy Garton Ash entitled "Anarchy
and Madness in the Balkans." It is always fascinating to
observe the manufacture of history. Our rulers want a certain story
told. For this they hire Court historians, whom they then reward
handsomely. They are showered with grants, prizes, trips abroad,
fellowships, prestigious appointments. Limousines pick them up and
drop them off at their 5-star hotels. The Court historians get to
mingle with men of power and assure themselves that they too are
men of power. There is today no better exemplar of the Court historian
than Timothy Garton Ash, Fellow of St. Antonys College, Oxford.
Several times a year in the august pages of the New York Review
of Books he weighs in with lengthy essays on Europepast, present
and future. Though he does little more than summarize the conventional
wisdom on any subject, every one of his writings carries an aura
of importance. He repeatedly refers to past essays and past books,
which are themselves collections of past essays. His mind rarely
wanders from the reservation. He makes sure never to ask a question
that might shake our assumptions about the good intentions of our
combines platitudes with a glib prose style. To this he adds
an air of learning (though obviously of a rather superficial
kind) and a corny sense of humor. He travels widely but always
sees the same thing. This is because he only talks to the
people he feels he needs to talk topeople very much like
himself. They are invariably the officially sanctioned "liberals"
of any country. They see him a mile off and immediately regale
him with oodles of standard Anglo-Saxon liberal pieties. They
are not fools. They know the power of the New York Review
of Books. If you want a fellowship in some American university
or think tank or would like to be considered for a Ford Foundation
grant, or just want to get invited to a conference somewhere
then Garton Ash is the man to see.
Garton Ash version of history is very simple. The fall of
Communism in Europe had one purpose only: to bring to power
a bunch of liberal pro-Western intellectuals like himself.
They are anti-nationalist, anti-religious, anti-Russian and
subscribe to all the latest Western intellectual fads. They
talk earnestly about "free markets" and "democracy."
They welcome with open arms Western investment as well as
US Government agencies like US AID, NED, IRI, NDI and so on.
When they are on top, Garton Ash rejoices. When they are out,
he laments. If there is a strange country somewhere that chooses
not to be ruled by a Havels or a Michniks Garton Ash will
turn on it with fury.
is no surprise then that Serbia is not Garton Ashs cup of
tea. Nor is it surprising to find that he strongly supported
last years bombing campaign. To be sure, he had reservations.
Butand this too is no surprisehis objections were all to
do with there being no "ground troops." In his latest
offering, Garton Ash reveals his predilections by consistently
preferring the Albanian spelling "Kosova" to the
more usual Kosovo. He begins by complacently announcing that
"Its now entirely clear that the NATO intervention has
decisively resolved, in favor of the Albanians, a Serb-Albanian
struggle for control of this territory that goes back at least
120 years. This was neither the stated nor the real intention
of Western policymakers
Although most Serbs dont believe
it, the representatives of the so-called international community
are genuine and even passionate in their desire to see a future
for the Serbs in Kosova." This is standard Garton Ash
gufflots of questionable judgments, each of which is extraordinarily
flattering to our rulers. Has the struggle for Kosovo really
been resolved "decisively" in favor of the Albanians?
Since Serbia is much stronger than Kosovo and Albania combined,
the only way the Albanians can hold on to Kosovo is if NATO
stays there for ever. Will NATO stay there for ever? Perhaps,
but I would not put any money on it.
for the "stated" or the "real" intentions
of our leaders, Garton Ash has to be kidding. In 1995 the
United States launched a bombing campaign to coincide with
a massive Croatian offensive that drove out 250,000 Serbs
from Krajina. The Clinton Administration knew exactly what
it was doing when it thus aided and abetted the worst case
of "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans. The US has
known all along that the Kosovo Albanians had only one project
in mind: to turn Kosovo into an Albanian state. For the United
States to intervene so fiercely on behalf of the Albanians
and then to turn around and express astonishment that, as
a result, Kosovo is now an "Albanian" statewell,
that just begs credulity. No doubt future generations will
read Garton Ashs nonsense and come to the appropriate conclusions
about "naïve" Americans, policies "paved
with good intentions" and "international protectorates"
in the Balkans that nobody had ever sought. As for evidence
of NATOs passion for ensuring that Serbs go on living in
Kosovo, one need look no further than Pentagon spokesman Kenneth
Bacons statement delivered just prior to the arrival of NATO
troops in Pristina: "The fact of the matter is that I
dont think Kosovo is going to be a very happy place for Serbs
As Kosovar Albanians flow back in, our assumption is that
many Serbs will leave Kosovo."
is to be expected, Garton Ash uses one kind of language when
he refers to Albanians and quite another when he refers to
Serbs. Albanian crimes are described as "reverse ethnic
cleansing" or "revenge killings." (That Serb
atrocities might themselves have been a response to earlier
Albanian atrocities and could therefore more properly be described
as "reverse ethnic cleansing" never gets into the
pages of "official history.") Of KLA leader Hashim
Thaci Garton Ash writes: "Well-informed senior Western
claim to have firm evidence that Thaci has been directly
involved in KLA racketeering and strong-arm tactics."
Thats telling them! Even the New York Times has written
that Thaci is almost certainly responsible for the murder
of his political rivals. Garton Ash makes a great show of
lamenting the ethnic separation that characterizes Kosovo
today. Yet it often seems as if his only regret is that there
are still some Serbs left in Kosovo. He talks of areas where
"Serbs still rule the roost." He sneers that in
Belgrade "the state press and television make propaganda
out of the suffering of Serbs at the hands of vengeful Kosovars
Generally, the bombing has reinforced the Serbs already highly
developed sense of national victimhood." Again, he never
asks himself if there is not a lot of truth behind this "propaganda,"
if the Serbs were not indeed victimsset upon by the greatest
military force in the world.
is no surprise either that when he visits Belgrade he does
not bother to interview any member of the Government, let
alone anyone close to Slobodan Milosevic. He does not interview
anyone from Voiclav Seseljs Radical party. Such people are
not worth listening to. He spends his time hanging out with
the same crowd of losers that Western journalists have been
hanging out with for years: Vuk Draskovic, Zoran Djindjic,
Dragoslav Avramovic. Garton Ash quotes an opposition leader
who tells him "ordinary Serbs
respect power, and the
bombing was nothing if not a crude lesson in power."
(Who does not respect power, by the way? Only the mentally
unbalanced.) And then he chuckles to himself: "The same
Belgrade intellectuals who one minute berate me for the sins
of Western policy are, the next minute, privately asking me
for a letter of recommendation or other assistance in getting
to the West." It does not occur to him that for the Serbs
the West that smashes them is also the only West there is.
What are they expected to do? Commit collective suicide?
Ashs prose is so full of fatuous judgments that it is hard
to select one for particular foolishness. This one is as "good"
as any: "The 1980s ended with the fall of Honecker, Husak,
and Ceausescu. It would have been wonderful to end the 1990s
with the fall of Milosevic
.Two major opinion polls, the NDI
one and another commissioned by the local Centre for Policy
Studies, show a large majority of respondents blaming him
for the countrys woes and wanting him to go before the end
of his term. There is much anecdotal evidence of the regime
crumbling: border guards congratulating opposition figures
on their television appearances, and so on." First, Milosevic
is in power because he has won election after election. Therefore,
he does not have anything in common with Honecker and the
others. Second, why would anyone take seriously an opinion
poll commissioned by the NDI? The National Democratic Institute
is financed by the US Government. I really love the line about
the "border guards congratulating opposition figures."
Where did Garton Ash get this information from? Doubtless,
from the "opposition figures" themselvesa reliable
source obviously.
Ash concludes his essay with some trite observations: "Yet
I come away from this journey feeling, more than ever, the
futile folly of it. Its not as if these nations want to live
in quite different ways in their different houses. What you
find in each individual, small, battered, impoverished part
of the Balkans are peopleespecially young peoplelooking
at exactly the same Western advertisements, worshipping the
same Western pop stars and fashion models, watching the same
Western films and television shows, yearning for the same
Western way of life. This is true in Serbia, despite the anti-Western
sentiments, just as much as in Kosova, where the West is liberator-king."
This is the usual pap people peddle when they seek to persuade
us that everyone the world over is the same, want the same
goods, and the same benign US Government lording it over them.
Corporations eager to sell their products bleat the same message
day and night. The truth, of course, is that people are very
different. Serbs do not become Americans because they watch
"Friends" any more than Syrians become Germans because
they pick up German TV by satellite. People may wear jeans
and still want no part of the contemporary liberal world.
is the whole purpose of "official history." It is
written to persuade us that all is for the best in this the
best of all liberal worlds, that we, one and all, are marching
to the liberal world order.
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As sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) increase in the United States, a key question comes to mind—how many charging stations are needed to support these new vehicles?
A recent report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) outlines several potential PEV and charging station scenarios, with an estimated 15 million PEVs on the road in 2030. It suggests just a few hundred corridor fast-charging stations could support long-distance traveling between U.S. cities and roughly 8,000 of them would be needed to serve urban and rural areas nationwide.
The maps below examine some of the potential expansion scenarios proposed by NREL to support PEVs nationwide.
Geographies Considered: Cities, Towns, and Interstates
The report focuses on non-residential charging equipment to meet consumer coverage expectations and demand. Coverage and charging demand estimates are made for where people live and the highways they travel. They include four specific geographic areas: cities (represented in yellow), towns (in purple), rural areas and the U.S. Interstate Highway System (red lines).
Scenario: Mega-regions Fast-Charging Coverage
Mega-regions are large networks of cities with shared natural resources and common transportation systems. Most of the nation's rapid population growth is expected to take place in these large networks. Providing coverage for PEV charging on interstates within each mega-region would result in the fast-charging network shown above and would need 96 to 239 fast-charging stations depending on station spacing.
Scenario: U.S. Interstate Highway System Fast-Charging Coverage
To provide convenient access to PEV drivers across the U.S. Interstate Highway System (red lines), the analysis finds that 285 to 713 corridor fast-charging stations would be needed, depending on spacing. This map shows the coverage that would result from using fast-charging stations, spaced 70 miles apart on average.
Scenario: National Fast-Charging Coverage
Although full community-based infrastructure may take longer to establish—projected by NREL as roughly 8,000 fast-charging stations in U.S. cities and towns—it could provide travel corridors with charging backup options, route flexibility, and additional coverage along U.S. highways and state routes. This map shows the national fast-charging station coverage enabled by community-based charging stations.
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Randolph Divisions makes the HearPod, a digital hearing aid. The company has owned the "HearPod" trademark since 2007, and it recently filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple in Hawaii District Court. Apparently "HearPod" and "EarPods" sound too much alike.
Apple also owns a trademark for its EarPods, but it doesn't own the earpods.com or earpod.com domain names—Randolph Divisions happens to own the latter.
With the kind of cash Apple has in the bank, Randolph Divisions will likely be paid off to settle this lawsuit.
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A Decade of Pearl
The very first Pearl hangs in my studio and reminds me to paint from the imagination. Since her 'birth' in 2008 she has made many friends around the world. Pearl's eyes have been closed for ten years! In the next decade maybe she will finally wake up.
Just about every image of Pearl can be seen in a Flickr album. The slideshow below features a favourite from each year.


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Israel Stands Still to Commemorate Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day
Memorial ceremonies taking place at the country's 44 military cemeteries, to commemorate the 22,867 Israelis killed in service to the state; they began shortly after the Memorial Day siren sounded, at 11 A.M.
Israel stood still on Monday morning as a siren sounded to commemorate fallen soldiers on Israel's Memorial Day. The country grinds to a halt at the sound of the siren, with cars stopping on the highway so that people may stand and pay their respects to the country's fallen soldiers.
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Memorial ceremonies took place on Monday at the country's 44 military cemeteries, to commemorate the 22,867 Israelis killed in service to the state. They began shortly after the Memorial Day siren sounded, at 11 A.M.
The main official ceremony is held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, in the presence of President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. Defense Minister Ehud Barak is attending a ceremony at Tel Aviv's Kiryat Shaul military cemetery.
Netanyahu said at the official ceremony that "22,867 of our sons and daughters fell in Israel's wars. It's hard to evaluate the full cost that has been taken from us with their death."
Every one of us has a way of coping with the agony of bereavement, the hellish torment" the prime minister said, adding that he knew how great the pain can be.
"I wish I was able to give advice to those of you who became one of the bereaved families in the past year. I know that the entire nation mourns with you," Netanyahu said.
In an interview with Army Radio on Monday morning, Barak said his heart was "with the families and friends of the fallen."
"The moments that were hardest for me during a life in the military were standing in front of a door and knowing that on the other side, were people that I had to tell that their son or husband or father would not be coming back.," Barak said.
Memorial Day began on Sunday evening, with an official ceremony held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Speaking at the ceremony was President Shimon Peres, who said that today, Israel is stronger than ever.
"We did not look for wars. They were forced upon us. But when we were attacked, we did not have the option of losing even one. And when we won we returned to seeking peace. Today, I suggest to those who seek war not to make the same mistake again. Do not disrespect our ability ... we are prepared to physically defend our land and morally defend our heritage," the president said.
The prime minister also spoke at the official Memorial Day ceremony of the Yad Labanim memorial organization at Ammunition Hill in the capital and stressed the government's commitment to returning abducted soldier Gilad Shalit from captivity.
The prime minister said that Israel continues to work "every day" for the return of those soldiers who have disappeared and those that are being held captive. "We work every day for their return, including in ways that may be hidden from view," Netanyahu said. "We will not rest until they are returned."
Memorial Day ends at 8 P.M. with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony, also at Mount Herzl, that marks the commencement of Independence Day.