OLAM International, which has styled itself as an industry leader in agricultural sustainability, has come under fire for supposed deforestation practices in Gabon, a West African country.
OLAM International, which has styled itself as an industry leader in agricultural sustainability, has come under fire for supposed deforestation practices in Gabon, a West African country. The agri-commodity trading group has also bought unsustainably produced palm oil from third-party suppliers, according to an investigation by US-based environmental group Mighty Earth.
Olam, in response, says that it uses ecologically degraded areas for its palm plantations, and that Gabon has a sovereign right to convert a fraction of its least valuable forested land for agriculture as long as it is responsibly and transparently done. As part of a 20-page response to Mighty's accusations on Monday, it also released the list of its third-party suppliers.
Olam entered into a joint venture with the Gabon government in 2011 to set up a 300,000 hectare palm oil and rubber plantation. The firm - which took 60 per cent of the joint venture - will plant 58,000 ha of palm trees over two phases.
Last year, the group entered into a second joint venture with the government to develop and manage 70,000 ha of smallholder plantations under the country's Graine programme; Olam holds 49 per cent of the JV.
In a media call on Monday morning, Olam's CEO Sunny Verghese said: "I want to say very categorically, we believe both these projects in Gabon in the upstream plantations are both environmentally sustainable and socially responsible."
These contribute to Gabon's efforts to develop sustainable agriculture so as to diversify its economy away from oil, Mr Verghese added. The two investments add up to an estimated S$1.7 billion - one of the largest investments into the Gabon economy.
Mighty claims that Olam has cleared 20,000 ha of forest in the country since 2012, and provided photos and a video showing workers using bulldozers and chainsaws to cut large trees.
The Congo forest is the world's second largest rainforest after the Amazon, and holds an estimated 50 billion tonnes of carbon, according to Mighty. "These forests are the last place any company should be looking to develop plantation agriculture," it said.
The 12-page report by Mighty was titled "Palm oil's black box" - for Olam's supposed lack of transparency over its palm oil supply as it had not released details of its suppliers till Monday - which evoked memories of the attack by US shortseller Muddy Waters four years ago; the shortseller used similar words to accuse Olam of inscrutable accounting and business practices.
Olam said that 59 per cent, or 25,735 ha, of the planted palm area was originally highly logged and degraded secondary forests, while the balance 41 per cent was originally in savannah. The group has also set aside 55,000 ha of high conservation value forests, more than the current planted area of 44,000 ha.
The firm, however, added that it cannot sign up to no-deforestation commitments that adhere to the High Carbon Stock Approach, used to distinguish forest areas for protection from degraded land that may be developed.
The methodology was designed for use in fragmented forest landscapes such as those seen in Indonesia, and not in Gabon which is 90 per cent covered with forests, said Mr Verghese.
"Getting high-yielding plantations up and running requires an appropriate initial land base," Olam said. "Given much of Gabon's non-forested land is infertile savannah or swamps, there simply isn't enough available non-forested land to start up such a development. It is therefore necessary to include some highly degraded forest lands."
Besides Olam's plantation projects, Mighty also took aim at the group's trading practices, accusing the firm of delaying the application of its sustainability policy to third-party suppliers - who represent more than 99 per cent of its palm oil volume - until 2020.
"Putting off the implementation date is like waving a green flag at rogue palm oil companies telling them to get as much deforestation as possible done now - before the sustainability policy kicks in," Mighty said.
Calling this a misunderstanding, Olam said it expects immediate compliance from all its suppliers in Indonesia and Malaysia, and clarified that it is the verification process of its suppliers' supply chain that will take till 2020 to complete.
The group has in fact discontinued many suppliers which did not conform to its supplier code, resulting in the number falling from 48 in 2014 to 14 today, it said. Its current suppliers include Singapore-listed Wilmar International and Golden Agri-Resources, as well as Felda Global Ventures and Sime Darby in Malaysia.
Olam, with the help of US-based World Resources Institute, is in the process of verifying the sustainability practices of the mills that sell to its suppliers, an "immense task" that is expected to be completed by 2020, it said.
Olam's main shareholder, Temasek Holdings, was not spared criticism by Mighty either. Temasek, through its investment in Olam, might have "unwittingly financed" unsustainably produced palm oil that fuels the haze, the environmental group said.
Mighty called on Temasek and Olam's customers such as Nestle and Unilever to ensure that Olam raise its standards. Many palm oil buyers have in the past few years announced plans to use only sustainably produced palm oil, pressuring the industry to set new sustainability standards.
Temasek, in response to a query from The Business Times, said that Olam's operations are matters for the firm's board and management to address, and that Temasek does not direct the business operations of its portfolio companies including Olam.
Its spokesman, Aedan Lai, added that Temasek fully supports no-burn policies for land clearance, and "would urge oil palm companies and plantation owners to do the same".


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Guinea-Bissau President Caught up in 'Arms for Drugs' Conspiracy
Posted 15 April 2013 8:59 GMT 1	 · Written by Sara Moreira
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Citizen Media, Governance, Politics, War & Conflict
Guinea-Bissau's interim president is beating back allegations that he played a role [1] in a doomed "arms for drugs" deal that involved smuggling weapons for supposed Colombian FARC rebels [2] from Guinea-Bissau in exchange for cocaine.
U.S. indictments [3] against seven men, including Guinea-Bissau's former navy chief, includes their testimony which mentions President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo. The men were arrested off the coast of Cape Verde last week.
According to the documents, these men, now defendants, told U.S. undercover anti-narcotic agents (who were pretending to be FARC rebels) that they were in contact with the president over the cocaine and weapons smuggling deal. The evidence that mentions Nhamadjo is found on page 7 [4]of the indictment [pdf]:
CC-1 (defendant) agreed to a proposal to ship FARC cocaine to Guinea-Bissau for later distribution in the United States and to procure weapons for FARC, including surface-to-air missiles. CC-1 also stated that he would discuss the plan with the President of Guinea-Bissau. CC-1 stated, "The day after tomorrow I'll talk to the President of the Republic."
Page 10 of the same document, talks about the weapons order:
CS-1 (undercover agent) provided CC-5 (defendant) with a list of weapons that the FARC were requesting, which included among other things, surface-to-air missiles, AK-47 assault rifles, and machine guns. Mane (defendant) said that he and CC-5 (defendant) would speak to the President and Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau about the weapons order for FARC.
The government allegedly expected a percentage of the 4,000 kg of cocaine as a fee:
During the meeting, CC-2 and CC-4 (defendants) agreed to facilitate the receipt of approximately 4,000 kg of cocaine from the FARC in Guinea Bissau, approximately 500 kg of which would be later sent to customers in the United States and Canada.
The president has lashed back at the allegations, calling them "criminal" [5] [pt].
Political and military instability have been a constant feature of life in Guinea-Bissau, a country which has never seen an elected president reach the end of their mandate since its independence [6] from colonial Portugal in 1974. The latest coup d'etat on April 12, 2012 [7], a few days after the second round of presidential elections, saw Nhamadjo appointed transitional president as part of a deal made between military commanders and political, religious, and civic leaders.
US indictment.
Journalist Helena Ferro de Gouveia wrote [9] [pt] on her blog about what it would mean for Guinea-Bissau if the allegations were true:
A confirmar-se o envolvimento do presidente de transição num esquema de tráfico de cocaína e armas, milímetros separam o país do abismo.
If the involvement of the transitional president in a scheme of cocaine and weapons trafficking is confirmed, millimeters separate the country from the abyss.
Even before the coup, connections between certain elites, military figures, and drug traffickers have long been an open secret in Guinea-Bissau. In the last decade, the country has become one of the main transit points for cocaine smuggling from South America into Europe.
Before the news of the president's alleged involvement in the drug and arms smuggling scheme, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of East Timor, José Ramos-Horta, who has led the United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office [10] in Guinea-Bissau since February 2013, said [11] that "Guinea-Bissau faces an existential threat, as a State, as a nation" and hoped that the political and military elites "will conduct an introspection, a self-examination" on the anniversary of the coup.
At the end of March as the anniversary of the country's coup drew near, he described [12] [pt] on his blog Guinea-Bissau's role in the world's drug trafficking:
A Guine-Bissau nao produz droga e o consumo e baixo. Ha sim grupos que funcionam como correio e pelo trabalho recebem umas migalhas e já ficam muito contentes. Individuos de outras nacionalidades – Colombianos, Bolivianos, Peruanos, Libaneses, Marroquinos e Nigerians – os profissionais do negocio. Face a eles, o Bissau-Guineense e um amador que se contenta com migalhas mas que fica com a fama!
Guinea-Bissau does not produce drugs and the consumption is low. There are however groups that work as courier and receive for the work a few crumbs and with that they become very happy. Individuals of other nationalities – Colombians, Bolivians, Peruvians, Lebanese, Moroccans and Nigerians – the business professionals. Comparing to them, the Bissau-Guinean is an amateur who is satisfied with the crumbs but gets all the fame instead!
Confirming Ramos-Horta's point is accused drug kingpin Real Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto's amusingly amateur blog-autobiography [13] [pt]. Na Tchuto, former head of the navy, is now under arrest in New York. He had been released from prison on orders of Guinea-Bissau's army chief in June, 2012, after serving a few months due to accusations of leading the coup attempt of December 2011 [14].
Earlier in March, Guilherme Dias from Lusomonitor blog summarized [15] [pt] a Der Spiegel reporter's experience looking into the drug traffic in the Bijagós islands alongside an underfunded prosecutor:
As drogas chegam em carregamentos de 600 ou 1.200 quilos e são armazenadas em três depósitos, de onde são enviadas para a Europa. Dois países europeus têm satélites apontados à região e os investigadores internacionais sabem que um destes depósitos está numa zona militar. "Eu até sei que um voo vai aterrar esta semana no sul", afirma Biague, sem dinheiro para qualquer operação de apreensão. Com um custo estimado de 115 euros, o repórter decidiu financiar. No final, foi um fracasso.
Drugs arrive in shipments of 600-1,200kg and are stored in three warehouses, from where they are sent to Europe. Two European countries have satellites pointed to the region and international investigators know that one of these warehouses is in a military area. "I even know that a flight is landing this week," says Biague [Director of Police Investigation in Guinea-Bissau], without any money for a drug bust. With an estimated cost of €115, the reporter decided to finance the trip. In the end, it was a failure.
Satellite image of Guinea-Bissau in January 2003. The Islands are known as Bijagos Archipelago. Image in the public domain.
Meanwhile, another mainstream media article, this time by Portuguese daily Público [17] [pt], revealed the heroic efforts of two women, Lucinda Barbosa Ahucarié and Carmelita Dias, to enforce the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau. Barbosa Ahucarié, the country's ex-director of police investigation, told Público that captured drug kingpin Bubo Na Tchuto threatened her, accusing her of feeding information to US investigators.
The article seems to have fallen between the cracks, generating very little comment in social media and in the blogosphere, even though it was republished in Brazil and beyond.
Written in collaboration with Janet Gunter [18].
Article printed from Global Voices: https://globalvoices.org
URL to article: https://globalvoices.org/2013/04/15/guinea-bissau-president-caught-up-in-drug-conspiracy-allegations/
[1] he played a role: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/08/us-bissau-traffickers-idUSBRE9370YD20130408
[2] Colombian FARC rebels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia
[3] U.S. indictments: http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April13/GuineaBissauArrestsPR.php
[4] page 7 : http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April13/GuineaBissauArrestsPR/U.S.%20v.%20Mane%20and%20Sisse%20Indictment.pdf
[5] calling them "criminal": http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=626660
[6] since its independence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Guinea-Bissau
[7] April 12, 2012: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/04/13/guinea-bissau-coup-detat-military-angola/
[8] Image: https://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/indictment-GB-US.png
[9] wrote: http://camalees.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/a-beira-do-abismo/
[10] led the United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/11/nobel-peacemaker-ramos-hortas-mission-to-guinea-bissau/
[11] said: http://ramoshorta.com/2013/04/ramos-horta-hopes-political-military-elites-become-aware-of-the-threats-guinea-bissau-faces/
[12] described: http://ramoshorta.com/2013/03/correio-de-bissau/
[13] accused drug kingpin Real Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto's amusingly amateur blog-autobiography: http://bubunatchuto.centerblog.net
[14] coup attempt of December 2011: https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/01/11/guinea-bissau-president-passes-away-political-unpheaval/
[15] Lusomonitor blog summarized: http://www.lusomonitor.net/?p=381
[16] Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satellite_image_of_Guinea-Bissau_in_January_2003.jpg
[17] another mainstream media article, this time by Portuguese daily Público: http://www.publico.pt/destaque/jornal/as-duas-mulheres-que-desafiaram-o-narcotrafico-e-os-militares-26367854
[18] Janet Gunter: https://globalvoicesonline.org/author/janet-gunter/
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Whist has been played by all ages, both in the family home and in public halls, clubs and whist drives for a very long time. There are many variations of Whist that have developed over time and at Little Hadham Whist Drive we play a type of whist called 'Semi-Partner' as below.
Whist is played by four players at each table. Players seated opposite one another (partners) compete against the other two players at the table for that particular game. For the purpose of clarity as to who picks up the tricks, players elect to either play "lady" or "gent" before the start of the drive. All four players cut from the pack of cards to decide whom shuffles and deals (after shuffling but before dealing, the opposing player to the right cuts the pack for the dealer). For the cut the Ace is low and the player cutting the lowest card shuffles and deals the cards to the player on his left. This could be a lady or gent player and it is they who subsequently lead the first card of that game. A trick is scored after each of the four players has played one of their cards into the centre of the table.
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Luk 11:46 And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
I'm trying to understand exactly by what Jesus meant by "and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers."
I've looked through the Mishnah and several other Jewish religious texts, and I understand what Jesus meant by "load people with burdens hard to bear", but I'm not so sure what is meant by "you will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers."
By the literal reading, it seems they formulate all the man-made regulations around the Law for the people to obey, but they themselves do not concern themselves with obeying them.
But some commentators have said that cannot be what it means, because they were fastidious in obeying their man-made laws. But that kinda contradicts Jesus' plain meaning.
I would like to understand what Jesus meant exactly by examples of what the lawyers did not do, and how they did not "touch the burdens". If there are any anecdotes or records from Jewish history during that time period, that would be great.
The parallel scripture in Matthew 23:1-4 sheds more light. "Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers." The "burdens" must be the Law of Moses as, (i) they sat in his seat, and (ii) as our Lord condemns the laws of men, saying that by them the words of God are made non effect (Matt.15:1-9), He would not have said; "whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do."
It seems that they forced them on the people but only made a show of doing them in public. Thus the title "Hypocrites!" Hypocrite comes from the root word meaning a "mask." Something that makes one look different and hides the true face.
Hypocrite comes from the root word meaning a "mask."
Hypocrite is a compound Greek word. 'Hypo' is the preposition for 'under'. And 'krites' is from a verb meaning 'to choose based on judgment'.
However, I do see in the word's definition that it was used of actors who play a character. Actors in ancient times often wore masks conforming to their character's symbolic role.
That's excellent Walls! It seems they really did not bother themselves with obeying the regulations they came up with, much less the Law. Thank you!
If anyone else has anymore comments, particularly from Jewish history, pls feel free to share, thanks.
Jesus said, "It is bad for you also, you men who know the Law! For you put heavy loads on the shoulders of men. But you will not even put your finger on one of these loads to help them.
These Pharisees would be quick to pronounce Talmudic law to people, calling for their compliance, but they didn't help them understand the laws or assist them to comply. They stood around watching people fail and pointing fingers at them, their own hypocrisy evident to all.
clients and yet defend the criminal on technicality and use the law to turn it around in favor of the criminal .
Therefore the verse 44 refers to lawyers, who rather than helping the people to bring the unjust to be prosecuted ,lay burdens upon them ,making the accused burdened and do not lift their fingers to help.
Thanks for shedding much (not little) light. Luke 11: 46 shows an example of how the law of Christ is superior to the Mosaic law.
A man's burden constitutes his problems, encumbrances, impediments etc. Scribes and Pharisees foist their personal problems on others and do nothing to help themselves. It is okay to mutually share problems and participate in finding solutions for them.
To mutually share problems and participate in solving them fulfills the law of Christ. To selfishly foist problems on others without doing a thing to help in solving them demonstrates one weakness in the Mosaic law to which Scribes and Pharisees subscribe.
"And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
because God has shown us the great mercy through Christ, and the great wisdom of his words, we are blessed to understand the things God commands through The gospel. We are those born out of mercy, out of our God sacrificing the most, for us with no other reason but that he Loved us truthfully. And so, as they had thought thier sacrifices to him were the requirement for thier souls, they were blinded to mercy and truth. Both that we are born from and that we are shown to give others in his name who suffered and died on our behalf, spending his blood for the atonement price of our souls.
if our dear mother, was destitute of daily needs, of our dear sister was homeless begging for help, of our dearest friend was in need such as the journeyman in the parable .....what would we do if we had the means to help them?
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Tesla and Apple have announced major restructuring efforts in their electric car making businesses with the former firing over 3000 employees. Is this the end of the road for this vision, or simply a speed-bump?
Even as we wait with bated breath for the day when car makers finally take the plunge and go all electric, it appears some of the major players involved in making this dream come true have put the brakes on such plans.
Players such as Tesla and Apple — who are pioneers in the electric and autonomous vehicle game — appear to be reconsidering their plans. This is a course of action that could derail plans of developed as well as developing nations to go all electric in the coming decade.
This week alone has seen Tesla and Apple announce the restructuring of their electric car making unit, with Tesla downsizing by as much as 7% while Apple is downsizing its electric car project, 'Titan', by 200 employees.
According to a report published by CNBC, Apple, in a major reorganisation of resources, has removed 200 employees of project 'Titan' and assigned them to different parts of the company. In a statement to CNBC, Apple said, "We have an incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple. As the team focuses their work on several key areas for 2019, some groups are being moved to projects in other parts of the company where they will support Machine Learning (ML) and other initiatives, across all of Apple."
As for Tesla, the electric carmaker is downsizing its workforce by as much as 7% — more than 3000 jobs.
The announcement was made in a mail sent to Tesla employees by the company's CEO, Elon Musk, who claimed that the decision was taken to make Tesla's electric cars "more affordable". However, he did not stop there as he went ahead and warned its employees of a "difficult road" that lies ahead for all of them.
In what has already been described as the "most difficult" financial year yet for Tesla, Musk's brainchild has been put under immense pressure to limit spending as it faces the burden of missed deadlines and increasing stress on its valuation — something that has been hit further by the news of this latest round of job cuts.
Now this development is quite interesting, considering how the electric car market is still at a very nascent stage — for some, even experimental — and as such, it requires all the resources it can get. Yet, for two of its biggest players to be pulling back can only mean the dreamt universe where electric cars replace ones running on fossil fuels is still farther than what we have been made to believe.
While there has been great interest and enthusiasm about electric cars around the globe, with countries such as ours even planning on going all electric by 2030, the fact is that the electric car industry lacks the resources to make such dreams come true.
Apart from the hundreds of billions that would be required to scale up the industry to a size where it can provide the world's biggest countries with the electric cars its requires, the industry is also struggling with perfecting the technology that would make electric and autnomous driven vehicles functions.
But such bottlenecks are not all that could make the electric car dream go bust.
Apart from this, it will also be prudent to realise that the industry, because of the crucial stage that it is at, could be set back by decades if one of its driving forces, such as Tesla or Apple, pulls out.
While a scenario like this may not look too likely with all the positive chatter around these companies, the fact is that Tesla inc could very easily fold if it doesn't get hold of the production issues that currently inflict it — especially as it moves to manufacturing cheaper Tesla 3 models.
For Apple, however, it could simply boil down to it prioritising its other businesses over the electric car one as the company faces increased threat to its position as market leader in the computers and smartphone space.


Andrew D. Wittman, PhD, is a United States Marine Corps infantry combat veteran, a former Police Officer and Federal Agent. As a Special Agent for the U.S. Capitol Police, Wittman led the security detail for Nancy Pelosi and has personally protected Hillary Clinton, Tom Delay, Trent Lott, King Abdullah of Jordan, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Sir Elton John, as well as Fortune 20 CEOs. As a security contractor for the State Department, he taught high-threat diplomatic security to former Navy SEALS, Marines, Rangers, and Special Forces. Wittman is founder of the Mental Toughness Training Center, a leadership consultancy specializing in peak performance, team dynamics, resolving conflict in the workplace and is the author of the new book, "Ground Zero Leadership: CEO of You" (2016). He holds a Ph.D. in Theological Studies, is a guest lecturer at Clemson University and co-hosts the radio call-in show "Get Warrior Tough".
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Don't be trapped by a job, a paycheck, the economic conditions or a company, any more than you have to be.
Worrying is part of today's way of life with the stressful situations that surround us. But building your mental toughness can help you overcome it.
Many people are financially struggling and setting a clearly defined target and an actual plan can end it.
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Under the sea, things are VERY interesting!
The earth's oceans are much more complex than most people realize. And, new research shows that even under the sea floor, things are more interesting than you would think! The deep biosphere—a realm of sediments buried far below the seafloor—harbors diverse, thriving communities of life, according a new study by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Delaware (UD). The researchers analyzed messenger RNA (mRNA) from 16 to 522 feet deep below the seafloor off the coast of Peru in 2002. They found evidence of bacteria, archaea, and fungi actively metabolizing, proliferating, and moving. Their work was published June 12, 2013, in Nature.
Good News for the Moluccan Woodcock
The Moluccan Woodcock, also known as Obi Woodcock, is a medium-sized forest wader. With it's long dark bill and orange buff, this elusive, rare bird is evaluated as Endangered and has been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. But according to new research conducted by Oxford University and Louisiana State University, the Moluccan Woodcock is 'not so endangered' after all.
Water year round in the land of ice
In Greenland where three quarters of the land mass is covered by the earth's only inhabited ice sheet, water is not so easy to obtain. University of Utah researchers however, have discovered a new reservoir/aquifer in Greenland's ice sheet. The reservoir is known as a "perennial firn aquifer" and covers 27,000 square miles an area larger than the state of West Virginia. Called a firn because water persists within layers of snow and ice that doesn't melt for at least one season, researchers believe the discovery will aid in the understanding of snowmelt and ice melt as it relates to rising sea levels.
Persistent Energy Ghana Brings Solar to Those Who Need Light
Persistent Energy Ghana (PEG) is leading the movement to bring green energy, installing solar-powered micro-grids for the one million Ghanaian households that earn between $1 and $6 a day. PEG, a Ghanaian energy services company that launched last year, hopes to help under-electrified regions leap-frog directly from kerosene to solar in the same way that Ghana skipped over the installation of telephone lines thanks to the adoption of cell phones.
Amazon forest loss and water supply are linked
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit. And as Paul Brown writes, the damage is spreading well beyond Amazonia itself. The combination of industrial and agricultural pollution and droughts is creating a once unthinkable vulnerability for the five countries of Amazonia. The continued destruction of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is threatening the future of the South American continent, according to a report by campaigning groups using the latest scientific data. Five countries - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - share the Amazon, and for all of them the forest area occupies more than 40% of their territory. All face threats to their water supply, energy production, food and health.
Ways to recycle a Christmas tree
For nearly a month (maybe longer if you're one of those day-after-Thanksgiving types), your Christmas tree has formed the centerpiece of holiday celebrations. But now, as the New Year draws near, it's time to think about what to do with it. If, like millions of people, you chose a fresh cut tree, it's important to think long and hard about recycling. After all, a carbon-sucking plant gave its life so that you could honor the pagan tradition of decorating a tree. Just tossing it in the garbage is a depressing waste, especially when there are so many other creative options. Below is a list of the most creative ideas we've ever seen for repurposing Christmas trees. Although most of us will undoubtedly choose number one (the easiest option), the others will warm your heart as well.
Florida citrus at risk
It's not been a good year for Florida's citrus industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that, for the second year running, the orange crop is expected to be almost 10 percent lower than the previous year. The culprit is citrus greening, a disease that has devastated Florida's oranges and grapefruits, and has now begun to spread in Texas and California. Back in the 1950s and '60s, the Florida Citrus Tower was one of the Orlando area's most important tourist attractions. "You could go up and see thousands and thousands acres of trees," says citrus grower Benny McLean. "And you could buy fresh-squeezed orange juice, or you could buy a bag of navels. So it was a big deal back then."
Smart is at a whole new level for homes
Smart homes have gone to a whole new level with Panasonic's showcase center in Tokyo, Japan. Panasonic's new technologies feature hydroponics, air ventilation, color customization, and energy consumption. The energy consumption specifically is integrated into a grid of other smart homes that share excess energy; respond to energy needs, and track community usage trends. The resultant home is a zero-emission smart house combining with nature's elements.
New York City to Use Food Waste to Heat Homes
New York City will reduce the amount of food waste sent to landfills by converting it into energy. Last week, Deputy Mayor Cas Calloway announced that the city will partner with Waste Management to deliver pre-processed organic waste food to Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant where it will be added to wastewater sludge to increase biogas production. The biogas by-product will be converted into renewable natural gas for both residential and commercial use through a partnership with National Grid, an international electricity and energy company. Through this project, enough energy could be produced to heat almost 5,200 New York city homes and reduce annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by over 90,000 metric tons, equivalent to removing almost 19,000 cars from the road.
COLLEGIATE CORNER: The Benefits of Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater Systems
Approximately 30% of household water use is for outdoor use in the form of garden irrigation. Outdoor water usage is very seasonal, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and outdoor water usage is highest when water availability is the lowest due to drought conditions and heat. The top three uses of water in the household are for landscaping, sewage, and laundry. Yet a simple laundry-to-landscape system could reduce one of these high water wasters. A laundry-to-landscape system might not be the only step to make the garden water neutral; approximately 15% of household water use is for laundry, which could at least reduce outdoor water usage by 50% if a laundry-to-landscape system were installed.


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Elachista pusilla is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.

The forewings are blackish gray with a double, crescent-shaped, outwardly convex transverse white band, as well as a similar but moderately broad transverse band. Darker, blackish scales form an indistinct spot toward the apex. The hindwings are gray.

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pusilla
Moths described in 1876
Moths of North America

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Corrected entry: The Borg Queen keeps insisting that Seven keep Janeway away from the Nebula, but both before and after this insistence she says she doesn't care about Voyager and it can't possibly destroy the Transwarp Hub. Which is it?
Correction: She's the Borg Queen. Do you really think she would show weakness by admitting that Voyager was a real threat? She's just blustering.


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NC House District 97 consists of Lincoln County in its entirety and alone. Last statistics I've seen for Lincoln revealed almost twice the number of registered Republicans as Democrats, so it has a dismal swamp sort of aspect to it. That pall of defeatism seems mirrored by the website of the Lincoln County Democratic Party, which doesn't even list its candidates for office, and one candidate in particular -- Natalie Robertson -- deserves some attention.
Democrat Natalie Robertson is attempting the heavy lift of running for the NC House District 97 with three very young children clinging to her, literally, which makes her another of those woke women who felt a call this year to stand up and "go for it," damn the odds. I've got to admire that kind of fortitude even if she's not so far mounting the most vigorous door-knocking and direct-voter-contact campaign. She seems to be getting very little team support from her fellow Democrats in Lincoln County. She needs to be encouraged for the long haul, because if she's not successful this year there's always the next year, and she might yet build a following of activists that could turn things around.
According to her website, Robertson "built a career in Information Technology working for US Airways, The Disney Corporation, United Airlines and most recently Travel Leaders Group." She's married to an executive with Wells Fargo in Charlotte (who was also a captain in the British Army and served two tours in Afghanistan). There's grit in this family to go around.
Incumbent Republican Jason Saine, who late last year got rewarded for his regressive politics and willingness to carry water for the rich and powerful. Saine was named national chairman last December for ALEC. Big dog, with big money backing him.
ALEC is notorious, especially for influencing the flood of ultra-conservative legislation that began to flow in North Carolina following the Republican take-all in 2012. Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, "says ALEC's conferences and model legislation slip a national business agenda between legislators and the people who elected them. 'It's not listening to their constituencies. It's listening to this very narrow segment and it's all done typically in a very private way,' he says."
Saine was appointed to the General Assembly in 2011. He didn't have a Democratic opponent in 2012 nor in 2016. He steamrolled the one Democratic opponent he had in 2014.
Saine drew some negative attention in 2015 when he spent $19,000 on custom-made clothes out of his campaign funds, but he appears to have gotten away with that. Maybe the voters of Lincoln County are comfortable with that kind of padding.


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Aviation, travel groups urge fully reopening U.S.-UK travel market
Kenny Gretsch 9 months ago
Travellers at Heathrow Airport, London, Britain, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A coalition of U.S. and European travel, airline, union, business and airport groups on Monday called for fully reopening the U.S.-UK air travel market "as soon as safely possible."
In a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the groups said the leaders' planned meeting in early June "would be an ideal opportunity for a joint announcement of the full reopening of the U.S.-UK air travel market for both U.S. and UK citizens."
The United States since March 2020 has barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in the UK from the United States.
"The return of Transatlantic flying would not only have a significantly positive impact on our respective economies but will also reunite those who have been separated from their loved ones for over a year," said the letter, signed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Airlines for America, Global Business Travel Association, Air Line Pilots Association, Virgin Atlantic, Association of UK Airlines, Aerospace Industries Association and others.
"Safely reopening borders between the U.S. and UK is essential for both countries' economic recovery from COVID-19."
On Monday, the European Union's executive recommended easing COVID-19 travel restrictions next month to let foreign travelers from more countries enter the EU, hoping to boost the stricken tourism industry this summer.
One question remains whether the U.S. government will participate in helping Americans establish to foreign governments that they have been fully vaccinated in order to travel.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said "there will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential."
India, Brazil, China, Iran, South Africa, Ireland and 26 other countries in Europe that allow travel across open borders are also covered by the severe travel restrictions that prevent most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States if they have been within one of those countries within the last 14 days.
In January, Biden reversed a decision made by President Donald Trump to rescind the entry bans on the UK and other European countries.
Nearly all of Europe still bans most U.S. travelers from visiting, while Britain allows American visits but requires a 10-day quarantine upon arrival and two COVID-19 tests.
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Menzies Aviation is to provide ground handling and aircraft refuelling in Iraq for a ten-year period under a new contract won by a Menzies-led consortium. The company has also won a ground handling contract with Delta Airlines to handle 100,000 turns per annum for 50 base aircraft at the Detroit hub. This year absolute ground handling turns were up 10 per cent, which reflects acquisitions and contract wins. Like-for-like improvement was two per cent.


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TT Mountain Bike: 1911 Humber 2-3/4hp TT Racer
Racer, and motorcycle dealer, Percy J. Evans, won the first-ever Isle of Man Junior TT in 1911 with his 2-3/4hp Humber TT racer.
By Alan Cathcart
| January/February 2015
1911 Humber 2-3/4hp TT Racer
Photo by Kyoichi Nakamura
Engine: 339.3cc air-cooled intake over exhaust 50-degree V-twin, 60mm x 60mm bore and stroke, 6:1 compression ratio
Weight (dry): 125lb (57kg)
Fuel capacity: 1gal (3.8ltr)
The very first race on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course was run June 30, 1911, four years after the first Isle of Man TT. The Mountain Course would later become recognized as the world's greatest road racing circuit, but for Birmingham, U.K., motorcycle dealer Percy J. Evans, it was just another race.
Percy won that first-ever Junior TT, covering the 149.6-mile race distance on his 2-3/4 horsepower Humber V-twin at an average speed of 41.45mph, in spite of having to stop to refuel no less than three times in the four-lap race thanks to his Humber's small 1-gallon fuel tank. Percy won by nine minutes and 13 seconds over second place finisher Harry Collier on his Matchless single, with third-place finisher H.J. Cox a further nine minutes behind on his Forward V-twin.
The six white-shirted Humber riders dominated proceedings, occupying 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 14th and 18th places out of the 21 finishers, to record a 100 percent finishing record for the marque's brand-new 50-degree V-twin model, which had made its competition debut just two months previously. Evans established the Junior TT lap record on his second lap (complete with a fuel stop) at 53 minutes and 34 seconds, an average speed of 42.004mph — faster than 18 of the 28 finishers in the Senior TT two days later.
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At Clever Conveyancing in Coffs Harbour, our clients come FIRST. We provide up-to-date advice and quality service to our clients to make the whole property transfer transaction smooth, and stress-free. With Clever Conveyancing, you don't speak to a different person each time you ring – either Susan or Sarah will respond. We'll be up-to-date with your matter and quickly get you up to speed. We aim to do the very best for EVERY client, EVERY time! In short, for personalised, efficient and friendly conveyancing in Coffs Harbour at a very competitive price, look no further than Clever Conveyancing.
Our principal is Susan MacAskill, who has over 35 years of experience in conveyancing in Coffs Harbour. Susan qualified as a Licensed Conveyancer in 1999 at Macquarie University and holds a Diploma in Conveyancing Law and Practice. Susan is a Certified Practising Conveyancer and a member of the Australian Institute of Conveyancers and holds full Professional Indemnity Insurance. Susan is also a Justice of the Peace and certified PEXA subscriber – PEXA being the electronic settlement platform. Sue is assisted by her highly competent paralegal, Sarah Shea. Sarah has completed the Law Society of NSW Conveyancing Procedures of Support Staff Certificate in 2015 and is competent in preparing sales Contracts, liasing with Conveyancers/Solicitors/Real Estate Agents on behalf of our clients to process their sale or purchase of a property in NSW. Sarah also carries out electronic stamping, ordering searches and enquiries. Sarah also has good knowledge of the PEXA electronic settlement platform.
Conveyancing today is transitioning to mandatory electronic settlements. At present, 90% of settlements are completed via PEXA. From the 1st July 2019, every single settlement in NSW will be effected electronically. Rest assured, we are 100% ready to embrace electronic settlements and the benefits this change will bring to our clients.
If you are selling either houses, units or apartments, vacant land, or large rural properties, we can advise you on what needs to be disclosed and attached to your Sales Contract. We will prepare the Contract and forward it promptly to your appointed Agent. Clever Conveyancing will guide you through the process step by step, keeping the process as stress-free as possible for you, the Vendor.
We will organise Discharge of your Mortgage over the property (if applicable) so that all required paperwork and authorities are in place. Rest assured, settlement will take place by the due date with nothing missed or overlooked and nothing to cause a delay.
Clever Conveyancing handles property conveyancing from Red Rock in the north, right through to Woolgoolga, Emerald Beach, Moonee Beach, Sapphire Beach, Coffs Harbour, Sawtell/Toormina and down to the Nambucca Valley and Scotts Head. In fact, Clever Conveyancing can look after your conveyancing needs right across the state of New South Wales and has been doing so very successfully for the past 15 years. If you cannot attend our office, we can come to your place of business or see you in your home.
We can also email you the documents for your execution with a letter explaining the terms of the Contract or we can explain the various documents comprised in the Contract by telephone.
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If you are buying or selling a house, unit, farm, vacant residential or rural land in Coffs Harbour or indeed anywhere in New South Wales, Clever Conveyancing will handle it all for you!


'Access Control' generally refers to systems that can control, monitor and restrict the movement of people, assets or vehicles in, out and around a building or site.
Access control can be a vital asset in preventing unauthorised and attendance and monitoring staff movement.
Access control can be as simple as a coded lock on one door through to a multisite control system on multiple doors.
Access control consists of a physical barrier and means to bypass it electronically. The physical barrier can be a door, gate, barrier, turnstile or lift or any other barrier capable of being locked.
Intercom systems can be added to allow staff to view and allow visitors to enter the premises when required.
On larger systems, access control can be a real benefit to your business. You can link it in to payroll systems for time attendance, it can also be linked in to your fire system to open all your doors in the event of an activation and provide a roll call for when the building is evacuated.
Access controllers may either be 'stand-alone' or networked to a master PC-based (also known as 'on-line') there are a variety of reader types from coded entry to full biometric systems with finger print recognition.
Key Fire and Security recognises that each business is unique therefore our access control systems are tailored to meet each customer's requirements.


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Zygiometella perlongipes är en spindelart som först beskrevs av O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872.  Zygiometella perlongipes ingår i släktet Zygiometella och familjen käkspindlar.

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Beach lifestyle, exercise keep mind, body in balance
Grant LeBeau in his home gym at his La Jolla residence.
(Bill Wechter)
By Doug Williams
Subject: Grant LeBeau
Residence: La Jolla
LeBeau tried to leave San Diego. The La Jolla High grad went to Brown, the Ivy League university in Rhode Island. After graduation, he worked a year in Boston before going off to New Zealand. He never intended to return, but the magnetic pull was too strong. When he came home for a visit, he couldn't leave.
"I thought I was coming back just for a summer and then ... here I am," he says, smiling.
Perhaps it was inevitable. LeBeau grew up surfing, lifeguarding and playing water polo in La Jolla, where he was raised by parents who met at a San Diego triathlon. He grew up in an active family with three athletic sisters and jokes that the food co-op in Ocean Beach was his daycare center because his parents spent so much time there. This is home.
Today he and his wife, Claire, live in the Bird Rock area, just blocks from the beach and the apartment where he was born. It's just a short walk to the office where he works as co-founder (with his dad, Rick) of the family business, Rickaroons (organic, vegan coconut energy bars). Though his focus is now on expanding the 5-year-old business, he still surfs, plays water polo and does some lifeguarding during the summer.
He works in a windowless office but breaks up long days with sunshine escapes.
"I come back feeling more refreshed and more productive and ready to get back at it," he says. He's found he functions better after he's worked out or is active outside. It alleviates stress, and he's happier and sharper mentally. Living where he does allows him to have the lifestyle he's always loved.
"If you're going to pay to live in coastal San Diego, you may as well take advantage of everything it has to offer," he says. "There's a reason why people move here from all over the country and the world."
He played water polo and baseball at La Jolla High and in 2004 as a senior was the Union-Tribune's All-Academic team captain for water polo and a second-team U-T all-section selection. At Brown, he was team captain. He still plays adult water polo on a team of mostly former college players (and until this year was an assistant coach at La Jolla High).
He says his parents, Rick LeBeau and Maryfaith Schweighardt, provided early role models for being active, healthy adults.
"My mom's still running, five times a week," he says. "My dad has his own workout regimen at the pool or running at the beach. It's a pretty active group. It's the only way I know."
Grant LeBeau runs in a neighborhood near his La Jolla residence with a view of Pacific Beach behind him.
Exercise regimen
On a good week, he'll be in the ocean several mornings to surf. He also has a home gym for workouts and several times a week will run, including hill sprints and the route up Mount Soledad. There's also water polo games and lifeguarding. In the summer, he'll get workouts in on the beach with other lifeguards — running, swimming and paddling.
He maintains his fitness all year, both for his health and to be an effective lifeguard. "As I've gotten older, one thing I've realized is it's so much easier to continue moving than it is to stop, get out of shape and then get back into shape," he says.
Lifeguard experience
He began lifeguarding at 18. In past years, he's worked 40-hour weeks and picked up shifts from March through October/November. Now he works a couple of days a week during peak season. He also helps with San Diego's Junior Lifeguard program (which he went through himself), most recently as intern coordinator, helping participants transition to becoming lifeguards.
He calls himself a "refrigerator vegetarian," meaning he eats a vegetarian diet at home but will eat meat when out or at the home of a friend. He enjoys reading about nutrition, tries to limit his intake of sugar and follows the example his mom set by eating seasonally and locally.
Rickaroons
Named after his dad, Rickaroons are energy bars that come in a variety of flavors. He says his dad is "the staunchest vegan you'll ever meet" and jokes that the bars check every "SoCal box you can imagine" as organic, gluten-free, vegan, paleo and non-GMO and are locally made, family-owned and family-run. He works alongside his sisters Stevie and Tina.
Now that the company is trying to push its bars into more outlets — and his hours are growing — he says it's harder but important to maintain balance in his life. "It's like pushing a boulder up a hill, right?" he says. But exercise can fuel that cause by keeping the mind and body sharp. "The two are linked," he says.
Williams is a San Diego freelance writer.
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Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
The Last Supper by Leonardo de Vinci
We've seen it in art books, in Hollywood films, in photographs… almost everyone knows the highly famous painting of "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci, but what not everyone knows is that this universal masterpiece of painting can be found in Milan.
LEONARDO DA VINCI IN MILAN
Leonardo da Vinci was born in Florence in 1452, but it was in Milan where, in the service of the duke Ludovico Sforza, he grew as an artist and engineer. The Italian city was in those days open and full of new ideas, very much in keeping with Leonardo da Vinci's restless spirit.
His main works in the city were as an engineer: the loch system in the Naviglio Grande, various studies for the dome of the cathedral, structures of the stages of theatres… but he also painted diverse portraits of the Milan court and some of his best works here, including two versions of the Virgin of the Rocks and The Last Supper.
THE SECRETS OF THE LAST SUPPER
The Last Supper (1495–1497) is a mural painting in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza. Although it is often referred to as a fresco, Leonardo da Vinci actually used an experimental technique of oil and tempera on a dry wall, which enabled him to work on the details on dry plaster, but meant the resulting painting was very fragile and has had to be restored on numerous occasions. It is believed that Da Vinci was keen to try out this technique because frescos dried very quickly and he often spent long periods of inactivity when painting.
This work reflects Jesus' last supper, at which he told his disciples that one of them would betray him. Leonardo da Vinci used real people as models, and some specialists think he may have portrayed himself as Jude the Apostle. The Last Supper was designed to create the impression of the viewer being immersed in the painting and Leonardo da Vinci accentuated the perspective by working on the wall with hammer and chisel to create greater depth on some areas.
In 1652, the painting was damaged during restoration work at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. A door was cut through the lower central section and Jesus' feet were lost for ever. Although protected by sandbags, it suffered further damage in the Second World War and had to be restored again after the war.
VISITING THE LAST SUPPER IN MILAN
The visits to see The Last Supper in Milan are strictly controlled: because of this, it's absolutely necessary to buy tickets in advance. You can buy them by telephone or via the official website. We recommend reserving at least one month in advance.
Where: Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2.
When: from Tuesday to Sunday from 8.15 am to 7 pm.
How much: the price of a standard ticket is € 10, and reduced tickets costs € 5. Tickets bought online cost € 2, and are picked up in the ticket office.
Paintor, sculptor, architect, poet and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci was a genius who has gone down in history as a symbol of the Renaissance man. If you're interested in seeing the rest of his works in Milan, as well as The Last Supper, have a look at the different Da Vinci trails in the Milan tourist board.
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