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Being darker makes being a migrant much harder
South Africa is becoming infamous on the world stage for its violent, even deadly, xenophobia. Attacks periodically erupt. Often the targets are African foreign nationals as well as Bangladeshis and Pakistanis.
Similarly, in India, xenophobic sentiment is aimed at Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and African migrants, some of whom have even lost their lives.
Yet, in my research on migration to India and South Africa, I found that migrants' experiences vary greatly: while many experienced xenophobia, many did not. In fact, there were migrants in both societies who were warmly received and enjoyed xenophilia - the love of foreigners.
The aim of my research was to try to find out why some foreigners are welcomed with open arms while others are denigrated, or even murdered.
I found that socio-economic status was extremely significant. Two additional characteristics also determined what daily life in a new country was like for a person: their skin colour and their country of origin. Local people assign values to these characteristics.
Wealthier, lighter-skinned migrants were often the most warmly greeted, especially those from "developed" countries with "First World cultural capital".
In a skewed, unequal global economy, it is important to understand how the experiences of white or light-skinned migrants compare to darker-skinned migrants. This comparison enables an analysis of how prejudice and privilege affect daily life.
In South Africa, as in India, whiteness or lightness often denotes power and prestige. There are many stereotypes associated with skin colour. For example, the label "yellow-bone" is often used in South Africa as a compliment to women with light brown skin. The term is associated with US slavery.
In South Africa, dark skin is often used as a way to identify foreigners during xenophobic attacks. (Stereotype holds that South Africans are "light" but this is not true as they can have any skin tone.) In India, dark skin is often associated with poverty, partially due to the hierarchichal caste system.
When a migrant enters the new society, the local population tends to "read" the migrant's skin tone and then assign it positive or negative associations. Thus to understand the migrant experience, we must understand these associations and stereotypes.
Colour matters
Skin colour dictates what opportunities and challenges occur in a migrant's daily life.
For example, previous research found that darker-skinned migrants to the US received significantly lower wages than migrants with the same qualifications who had fairer complexions.
My research, which involved collecting data through interviews, focused on middle-class professionals who had left more industrialised countries such as Japan, South Korea and those in the West to live in industrialising countries like India and South Africa.
In India, white men told me how their white privilege enabled them to get ahead in their business and social lives. For their part, dark-skinned African migrants told me that they were sometimes called derogatory names like "monkey."
In South Africa, racial hierarchies affected the experiences of migrants. An American woman living in Johannesburg explained to me that being Caucausian in a highly-racialised South Africa where white people wielded a great deal of economic power afforded her a lot of clout.
But white privilege and prejudice against dark skin are not just about a migrant's skin colour. The reception of a migrant is also related to local attitudes about the migrant's country of origin.
Developed country advantage
People in "emerging markets" like South Africa and India view migrants from more "developed" nations as adding value because they see them as a benefit to their own country's development.
This belief is based on the perceived relative difference in "modernity" and "developmental" levels between different countries.
For example, in South Africa and India, the local populations tended to view their economic development as more "advanced" than that of countries like Zimbabwe or Nigeria.
Hence when South Africans and Indians encounter African migrants they associate them with the negative stereotype of being from less "developed" countries.
The inverse perception becomes a benefit for migrants from "First World" countries. Researchers in international politics illustrate how "status attribution" benefits powerful countries because their perceived status gives them even more power. This is true for migrants from powerful countries too.
Many of the middle-class professionals I studied were actually economic migrants seeking out better opportunities by moving to "developing" countries. But they were not perceived in the same way as economic migrants from poorer countries because of the admiration local people had for their country of origin.
A white American man who moved from New York to Johannesburg told me that South Africans would ask him: "Why would you choose to be here as opposed to the USA ... I think the States in general, Europe in general, people look up to it."
A white Dutch woman who had moved to Cape Town told me, "Many people think of Europe as this wonderful place of opportunity and of education ... I think that's why many people are quite open to having me."
Developed-country advantage is not only enjoyed by white migrants. I found that skin colour, like gender, was a dependent variable that was interpreted in relation to other factors. African American, black British, and Afro-German migrants I interviewed in South Africa also reported experiencing the developed country advantage.
When a migrant benefits from positive stereotypes of being wealthier, fairer or coming from a "developed" country, xenophilia can result. The converse is that being perceived as darker, poorer and coming from an "inferior" country can factor into xenophobia.
Author: Melissa Tandiwe Myambo - Research Associate, Centre for Indian Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Mix; Lately
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No real theme here, just some songs I've been listening to.
01: THE AVETT BROTHERS - The Ballad of Love and Hate
02: YEASAYER - Tightrope
03: BAT FOR LASHES - Bat's Mouth
04: BON IVER - Blood Bank
05: FEIST & BEN GIBBARD - Train Song
06: KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - The Build Up
07: GRIZZLY BEAR - Two Weeks
08: SUFJAN STEVENS - You Are The Blood
09: IRON & WINE - Belated Promise Ring
10: THE FRAMES - The Blood
11: MÙM - Guilty Rocks
12: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Bixby Canyon Bridge
13: BADLY DRAWN BOY - Pissing In The Wind
14: WHY? - Simeon's Dilemma
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PS. The word 'blood' recurring in the title of 3 songs is unintentional, ha.
I used to make some 'mix-tapes' on my Livejournal account, and as I have been listening to some sweet music of late, I thought I'd cross post and put one up. There's a lovely little Livejournal community I post to sometimes called Mixshare, where I've found a whole heap of good music.
C brought home two awesome albums a few weeks ago which I can't stop listening to; Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy by Múm and Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear. Get yo' hands on some.
My tail bone is REALLY sore. I have had a recurring abscess on my spine for about three years, which comes and goes in varying pain-filled visits. I basically just have to let it fix itself up. Ouuuuuch.
I went to pick up my fixed phone today and now it has sound, which is just wonderful. Now I can be one of those people who has siiiiick ringtones and message tones and all my keys beep when I touch them.
C and I went out with a couple we're friends with earlier tonight to watch an ice hockey game. If you've never been, it's probably exactly what you imagine it to be like, as it was to me - very American and very aggressive, players and fans alike. I kept thinking of Mighty Ducks and C kept asking 'which one is Wayne Gretzky?'. Everyime the ball (puck?) wasn't in play the latest top 40 music blared above us in 7 second spurts (a different song every time). Apparently we don't have an attention span long enough to withstand the 7 second breaks when the puck isn't moving. I imagine that would be really frustrating for the players. Maybe not. C was more interested watching the ice resurfacing machine which came out in the breaks between halves, it was pretty cool. Bridie, Chris, C and I entertained ourselves towards the end by trying to guess the nationality of the world flags that hung down from the roof. World flags are always interesting. We got into the game eventually, and the home team, the Newcastle "Northstars", beat the other team, the Adelaide "Adrenaline", 5-3. I probably won't go again, but I enjoyed it. On the way out we saw this poster that said "Have you ever considered playing Broomball?" with a picture of kids on ice skates carrying a stick with what looked like a claw shaped thing on the end, with a ball in it. I pretty much love broomball now. According to the Wikipedia article about it, it's just field hockey on ice, but I think it's much more than that. I wonder if they first used brooms to play it? Have you ever considered playing broomball? Now I have.
C is carrying in things from the shed to the spare room and cleaning things and I feel lazy, heh. I should go help.
^ retro Broomball with BROOMS!
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2014 YEAR IN REVIEW: THE ACTRESS/ THE YOUNG ACTRESS
2014 was a pretty good year for film and television, which makes me even more excited for what we have in store for 2015 (does that make me greedy?). This year we were given performances that were really strong by incredibly talented individuals. Leading up to the Academy Awards, I will be posting performance spotlights in Film, Television, Theater, and beyond.
I'm starting with The Actress and The Young Actress because, quite frankly, Women had a really killer year. This was a natural place for me to start. I tend to gravitate towards and appreciate Female performances more. Please excuse the fact three of the actresses have names staring with "J" and three are redheads. I am well aware this has to mean something, I just don't know what.
Take a look, sound off below, and let me know what you think!
THE ACTRESS- JULIANNE MOORE
Julianne Moore ruled 2014 and, huge shocker, made it look easy.
Ms.Moore truly has an other worldly quality in the way she approaches her craft. Whatever the intention of her performance is— to make you weep, laugh, feel invigorated— she does it effortlessly and with grace.
Whether she is playing a college professor battling early onset Alzheimers in "Still Alice," an icy silver haired dictator in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1," or a deliciously delusional washed up Hollywood blonde in "Maps To The Stars" Ms. Moore brought range and depth to all her 2014 performances.
These magical powers of hers translate off screen as well. Stepping onto a Red Carpet— likely draped in Tom Ford or Alexander McQueen, doing both justice no less— Ms.Moore makes everyone else look invisible and dated. While she is also absolutely beautiful (that hair, are you kidding me?) she can play the every woman and you actually believe it.
It's hard to describe just how fantastic Ms.Moore's performance is in "Still Alice."
The character of Alice is someone who is so intelligent with a full life and watching her battle early onset Alzheimers should be heartbreaking enough, but Ms.Moore brings an added element to this woman. You get a harrowing look at her pain and struggle as an outsider looking in. Her performance has such depth and honesty you're left in pieces by the end. The film itself is also very well done. If you have a chance, get to a theater and see it. Just be prepared to cry. Hard.
For "Still Alice," Ms. Moore has already been awarded the National Board of Review, Gotham, and Golden Globe (double nomination for "Maps to The Stars") awards for Best Actress. Also receiving Broadcast Film Critics Association and SAG award nominations to name a few. And surprise to no one, she received an Oscar nomination this morning.
In "Maps to The Stars" (in which she took home Best Actress at the Cannes film festival, 2014), we meet Hollywood hanger-on Havana Segrand. Straw blonde and puffed lipped, she is an Herve Leger clad disaster. While the film goes to very dark, and quite frankly strange places, Ms. Moore's performance is what makes this a must see. Elevating her voice and changing her appearance, Havana's delusional and outrageous behavior is performed brilliantly by Ms.Moore.
In addition to the second installment of the Hunger Games on it's way this year we will also see Ms.Moore in "Freeheld," the true story of a New Jersey lesbian couple trying to secure their pension after a diagnoses of terminal illness. Ellen Page co-stars as Ms.Moore's partner.
It would appear 2015 holds nothing but greatness— and I assume even more praise and accolades— for Ms.Moore.
Photo Courtesy of Driu and Tiago for Beach Magazine
THE ACTRESS RUNNERS UP: JENNIFER ANISTON AND JESSICA CHASTAIN
Jennifer Aniston is finally proving something I have always seen in her: she is a full fledged actress. It baffles me why it took this long for everyone to get on board. She consistently has proven great comedic timing (hello 238 episodes of "Friends"…) and has chops in both Dark Comedy ("Friends With Money") and Drama ("The Good Girl").
Cut to 2014 and Ms. Aniston gives us "Cake." A raw, emotional, and Living Proof product free performance. Portraying a woman suffering with chronic pain and delusions of Anna Kendrick on a floating pool chair, you're engrossed by Ms.Aniston's complex and moving performance. The word refreshing doesn't even begin to cover what Ms.Aniston is doing here.
Photo Courtesy of Yu Tsai for Variety
"A Most Violent Year" is not one to be missed. While a career defining performance for Oscar Isaac (more on him later…), I couldn't keep my eyes off Jessica Chastain.
Channeling Michelle Pfieffer in "Scarface," Ms.Chastain portrays a reformed mob princess looking out for her family at any cost in 1981 New York City. With blunt bangs and a vintage Armani wardrobe to boot, her performance is everything. Brash and tough as nails, Ms.Chastain demands the screen in every shot she's in. Get yourself to one of the theaters showing the limited release film. You'll thank me.
Ms.Chastain, who has proven she is one of our best contemporary actresses, starred in two other films in 2014. "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" is still at the top of my list to see as not only did they shoot it in my East Village neighborhood, but she has received rave reviews for it. "Interstellar" I can skip…
Can we just get Ms.Chastain as a Marvel Superhero yet or what?
Photo Courtesy of Giampaolo Sgura for In Style
THE YOUNG ACTRESS- EMMA STONE
Emma Stone is truly having a moment. Proving how well rounded an actress she is, Ms. Stone has shined in both film ("The Amazing Spider Man 2," "Birdman," "Magic in The Moonlight") and stage ("Cabaret") proving how strong her range is. What I learned this year: she can sing and dance fabulously without batting those big doll eyes. It's incredible watching someone so talented with such a long career ahead of them.
I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Stone's performance of iconic Sally Bowles in the revival of "Cabaret" and it is nothing short of show-stopping. The role of Sally is one of complexity; she is campy and vampy, while being slightly delusional, and the audience needs to feel for her. Ms. Stone portrays this successfully. She's fully immersed herself, showcasing excellent stage presence with an intoxicating raspy British singing voice and charisma.
For "Birdman," Ms. Stone has been nominated for a Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics Association, and a SAG Award to name a few. Playing Michael Keaton's not so sober daughter, Ms.Stone's wide eyes and platinum blonde hair are a fascinating contrast as horrible words fly out of her mouth at the drop of a hat. It's another completely different character for her. You can't take your eyes off her.
"The Amazing Spider Man 2" may have gotten mixed reviews, but Ms. Stone brought heart and humanity to the role of Gwen Stacey. It was heart wrenching— watch the movie and you'll know why.
Ms. Stone has also had a great year on the red carpet, collaborating with stylist Petra Flannery. Her new haircut is very chic and cute, so, snaps for Emma. Bravo, Doll.
Photo Courtesy of Craig McDean for Vogue
2015 THE YOUNG ACTRESS PREDICTION- ELIZABETH OLSEN
I have been enamored by Elizabeth Olsen for a few years now. While she may have a very famous last name, Ms. Olsen is in no ones shadow: she is a full blown talent. Proving she can do both indie ("Martha Marcy May Marlene) and studio ("Godzilla) films, Ms. Olsen is such an interesting actress to watch. She has an intensity on screen that is unique and demands attention.
Playing my very favorite Avenger The Scarlet Witch in next years highly anticipated "Avengers: Age of Ultron," it's only going to catapult her career. I can't wait.
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Mamma D January 15, 2015 — 8:43 +00:00Jan
Wow!!! Powerful writing; powerful reading!! I can't wait to see these movies. I am especially enamored myself with Julianne Moore because it's still very nice to see women in my age bracket (🙊) getting these roles and not giving them to younger actresses and using make up to look older. There are plenty of roles for the young-like Emma Stone. Love her!!! Keep writing…can't wait to read more. 👍
Sarah Rabs January 15, 2015 — 8:43 +00:00Jan
Love this post, especially about Emma. She's amazing and so is your blog. Can't wait for more :-* :-*
Dunny227 January 15, 2015 — 8:43 +00:00Jan
Another amazing post! I really love Julianne Moore as well. Alzheimer's runs on my mother's side of the family so it's something I'm constantly thinking about, and I'm looking forward to seeing JM in Still Alice while crying my eyes out. Also, Team Jen for life ❤
Team Christ for Life! ❤ XOXO
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posole seems like the perfect baby step out of taco cleansing. good luck!
I do love both shows, and this video warmed my heart!
I've never seen either of these shows, but bravo on completing MoFo and the cleanse!
I'm having the same issues. Usually meal planning is easy, but it's just hard imagining I'm going to eat something strange like spaghetti. All I can come up with is beans and rice, hold the tortilla.
If you want a little cleanse tip: you should not start back with your old habits all in the same time. reduce tacos slowly, taking it day by day.
Let me tell you that I had a blast reading your articles during the MoFo.
You're going to do fine! Take it slowly, and be kind to yourself. You did a great thing for your body, mind, and soul with this cleanse, and you should be proud. Also, you're awesome.
I remembered having hominy soup, posole at this awesome Carribean-Mexican place in Mexico City – it was pretty good! There are always new things to try instead of tacos – try crepes or something that involves empanadas!


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Their dream home down to a tee
Sitting room. Mike and Linda Trower have created a Scandinavian-style home in Ipswich.
Mike and Linda Trower have rebuilt a family home as a stylish modern dwelling overlooking an Ipswich golf course. Words: David Vincent Photos: Su Anderson
Dining room. Mike and Linda Trower have created a Scandinavian-style home in Ipswich.
When Mike and Linda Trower were looking to build their 'forever home' they knew the perfect location – where Mike had lived as a schoolboy in Bucklesham Road, Ipswich.
The original bungalow, where he spent his childhood, backed on to Ipswich Golf Club at Purdis Heath, with superb views across the nine-hole practice course towards the tenth and ninth greens.
"It's such a lovely spot – so beautiful and quiet. Just occasionally you hear someone shout 'fore!'" said Mike. "I lived here from the age of 11 to 21 and I remember my dad used to spend hours at the bottom of the garden. I've been a member of the club for 50 years – now I can play before breakfast and going to work."
The Trowers' light and bright new home is contemporary design at its best – glass, steel and clean lines, with lots of windows and bifold doors opening on to a terrace. The heart of the home is the kitchen/dining/family room, which has a distinctly Scandinavian feel while other design ideas come from modern homes seen by Mike and Linda on holidays to Austria.
Kitchen Mike and Linda Trower have created a Scandinavian-style home in Ipswich.
One green wall provides a splash of vivid colour and a central courtyard, which can be viewed from all the other rooms, provides a light well.
"I love the light and brightness of the house," said Linda. "We had the Christmas tree in here for our first Christmas, so you could see it from anywhere."
With three children and seven grandchildren, Mike and Linda have created a home for welcoming family and friends.
"Christmas was wonderful with the family here. We had 21 for dinner and 10 again on New Year's Eve," said Linda.
A chandelier in the entryway. Mike and Linda Trower have created a Scandinavian-style home in Ipswich.
"It was an absolute delight," added Mike. "This is an ideal house for parties."
I was also there for a summer garden party which spilled out into the landscaped garden and the summer house. There was croquet and quoits and plenty of good company.
The house occupies the site of Oak Ridge, the bungalow in which Mike's mother lived independently until she died aged 99 years.
"We had her funeral on her 100th birthday," said Mike. The standard 1950s home had become rather tired over the years, so it was demolished to make way for an individually designed, highly efficient home that makes the most of the site.
The design began with a five-bedroom home, said Mike, and while the dimensions of the eventual home are similar to the initial blueprint, the first floor bedroom now has a dressing room and en suite bathroom. On the ground floor the study can also be converted to a bedroom if needed.
Sensibly, Mike and Linda have thought ahead to a time when they may be less mobile and fit than they are today. Mike underwent treatment for cancer while the house was being built, a significant shock which brought their plans into focus. He's clear of the illness now, but the with bedrooms on two floors there is space for family or carers to stay later in life if necessary.
"It has worked out so superbly we wouldn't do anything different," said Mike. "It think we've got it pretty good really.
"Suffolk has some lovely classic and historic homes, but some very good contemporary homes too."
Mike Trower opens the built in refrigerator in his Scandinavian-style home in Ipswich.
Mike and and Linda had a five-step plan, which began with a visit to architects Patrick Allen.
They wanted a home that was level on a sloping site, with wide doorways and a kitchen with easy access. As a result there are lots of tiles and wipe-clean surfaces, a walk-in pantry and no wall cupboards. Even the kettle has been replaced by an instant hot water tap for making tea.
Yet there is no compromise on style with features such as the Gazco – a gas log fire in the family room – a stunning Italian chandelier in the vaulted entrance hall and hand-cut dark Spanish slates on the roof. The bathrooms are top of the range wet-rooms.
On the practical side the house has underfloor and radiator heating, and solar panels on the roof.
"This is a modern family home – and an individual one," said Mike. "It was quite a challenging thing to do, to knock down the family home I had lived in. But we've got the home we wanted for many years."
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Brett Kelly
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Film actor known for his role as Thurman Merman in the 2003 comedy movie Bad Santa. He is also known for his performances in High School, Masters of Horror, and Unaccompanied Minors.
He made his big screen debut in the 2001 feature film Kill Me Later.
In 2007, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his portrayal of Timothy 'Beef' Wellington in the film Unaccompanied Minors. That same year, he earned a Leo Award nomination for his work in the short film Birthdays and Other Traumas.
He was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
He guest starred in several episodes of the Ellen Muth and Callum Blue series Dead Like Me.
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"In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator." So writes Judith Lewis Herman in her book Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror.
Domestic violence, often involving alcohol or drugs, sometimes lethal weapons, and almost always unresolved anger management issues, is a problem of epidemic proportions in many parts of the world. One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. In the United States it is aggravated by the widespread availability of guns, making fatal what might otherwise have been events from which the victim might have recovered.
As we have seen in recent months, the antisocial emotions released in politics can be expressed in the public arena as assaults on women, children, the LGBTQ community, people of color, immigrants, Muslims, and more. Violence, and the threat of violence, is a powerful instrument of social control.
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the "Day of Unity" held in October 1981 and conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Day of Unity soon evolved into a week, and in October 1987 the first National Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. In 1989 Congress passed Public Law 101-112, officially designating October of that year as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Such legislation has been passed each year since.
Activists against domestic violence use the color purple to promote awareness, as in purple clothes and purple ribbons. The town of Watertown, N.Y., paints its fire hydrants purple in recognition of the month.
According to the Brady Campaign & Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Harvard School of Public Health research has shown that the presence of a gun in the home is 7 times more likely to be used for homicide or assault than for self-defense. Victims of domestic violence are 5 times more likely to be killed by their abuser when a gun is at hand. A gun in the home also increases the incidence of suicide.
President Obama also has led on such legislative action as the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), "which ensures that most health plans cover domestic violence screening and counseling services at no additional cost. And the Violence Against Women Act, which was reauthorized in 2013, has enhanced and expanded protections to Native Americans, immigrants, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and victims who reside in public housing.
Since 1996, the Hotline has served as the vital link to safety for anyone affected by domestic violence, responding to calls 24/7, 365 days a year.
The Hotline provides confidential, one-on-one support to each caller and chatter, offering crisis intervention, options for next steps and direct connection to sources for immediate safety. Its database holds over 5,000 agencies and resources in communities all across the country. Bilingual advocates are on hand to speak with callers, and translators are available in more than 170 different languages.
See activities for information on actions around the country that call attention to domestic violence.
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Central to the expansion of Chinese and Russian influence via Iran into the space in the Middle East vacated by the U.S. since former U.S. President Donald Trump initiated a pullback from the region is the ongoing rollout of a pan-regional power network.
This complements and augments existing oil and gas development and transport links between Iran and Iraq and then into the rest of the Iran-controlled Shia Crescent of Power and beyond, further necessitating as it does the installation of extensive permanent infrastructure connected to the network and extensive permanent security personnel to protect these assets. In this context, Egypt's Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister, Mohammed Shaker, stated last week that his country is seeking to strengthen its electricity exchange with its neighbours as part of plans to become a regional energy hub.
There are two key factors relating to Egypt that make it an especially valuable addition to the extension of Iran's sphere of influence in the Middle East, which almost exactly reflects China's geopolitical plans based around its 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) multi-generational power grab plan. The first factor is that Egypt has long regarded itself as a leader in the Arab world, most notably highlighted in the modern era with the Suez Crisis in 1956 that ended the British occupation of the Suez Canal transport route, the formation with Syria in 1958 of the new sovereign entity, the United Arab Republic, and the various Arab-Israeli wars over the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s that featured Egypt as a central protagonist until a peace treaty was signed between Egypt and Israel in March 1979.
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Although Egypt has since flirted with the U.S. this has principally been done to ensure a steady flow of money from Washington, to guard against Israeli meddling in the country, and most recently to counter the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in domestic Egyptian politics. The second factor is that Egypt is not just politically part of the Middle East but is geographically and politically part of Africa as well, which means in practical terms that it is an essential transit point for oil, gas, and anything else, that Iran (and China) might want to move into that continent from the Middle East.
A case in point in this context is the extension of the existing oil pipeline that runs from Iraq's Basra into Jordan's Aqaba. Only recently, Iraqi and Egyptian officials discussed the possibility of extending the pipeline to Egypt as this would be "an important addition and a new outlet for Iraqi oil exports to North Africa," according to representatives of the two negotiating teams. The original idea for the Basra-Aqaba route was that it should run around 1,700 km and would not include Israeli land or sea territory. December 2019 saw an announcement from Iraq's Oil Ministry that it had completed the prequalifying process for companies interested in participating in the pipeline project.
The first phase of the project will include the installation of a 700-km pipeline with a capacity of 2.25 million barrels within the Iraqi territories. The second phase will include the installation of a 900-km pipeline in Jordan between Haditha and Aqaba, with a capacity of one million barrels. For Iran, this will allow another alternate Iraq/Iran oil export line to the historically vulnerable Strait of Hormuz route, to add to the current plans for the Guriyeh-Jask pipeline and plans to roll out a pipeline to Syria as well. It will also provide another 'cover' route for Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, which can then be shipped easily both West and East. There are a number of options for this Iraq-Aqaba-Egypt pipeline route, even the favoured ones that avoid any Israeli land or sea threats, including a very short route following the same ground as one of the Arab Gas Pipeline flows: from Aqaba to Taba, and then if required up north to Arish and then west to Port Said.
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In keeping with these broader aims, as part of his announcement last week, Egypt's Shaker also confirmed that a study into an electrical interconnection project with Iraq was underway. This would augment Egypt's existing power links with Jordan in the East, Libya in the West and Sudan in the South. Shaker added that his Ministry is considering raising the capacity of the electrical interconnection line with Jordan during the current year, with the aim of increasing power exports between the two countries that have been linked since 1999 through a line with a capacity of 400 megawatts (MW). Concomitant with this, Shaker underlined last week, is that Egypt is also looking at ways of raising the capacity of electrical interconnection with the countries of the Mashriq (an area of Western Asia and Eastern North Africa, comprising Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen) and the Arab Mahgreb (a broad trade and economic union, comprising Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia). Indeed, the Egypt-Jordan electricity link as long been a part of a larger project (the 'Eight Countries Electric Interconnection Project'), with major parts of it already completed.
Given these existing multi-layered links into Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, to name but three, Egypt will be linked into Iran as well by default. This is due to the fact that Iraq derives between 30 percent and 40 percent of all of its own resources for its power grid from Iran. The two countries only recently signed a two-year deal with Iraq to supply it with electricity, the longest such deal signed between them. Just after this, Iran's Energy Minister, Reza Ardakanian, stated that Iran and Iraq's power grids have become fully synchronised to provide electricity to both countries by dint of the new Amarah-Karkheh 400-KV transmission line stretching over 73 kilometres, which also 'paves the way for increasing energy exports to Iraq in the near future from the current 1,361 megawatts per day now.'
He added that Iranian and Iraqi dispatching centres were fully connected in Baghdad, the power grids were seamlessly interlinked and that Iran had signed a three-year co-operation agreement with Iraq 'to help the country's power industry in different aspects'. At the same time, it was announced by the Iranian Electrical Power Equipment Manufacturing and Provision Company that Iran's electricity exports to other neighbouring countries in the previous Iranian calendar year reached over 8 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), a mean average increase of 27.6 percent year-on-year. In the meantime, Iraq's Electricity Minister, Majid Mahdi Hantoush, announced that not only is Iraq currently working on connecting its grid with Jordan's electricity networks through a 300-kilometre-line – a project that will be finished within two years -  but also plans have been finalised for the completion of Iraq's electricity connection with Egypt within the next three years. This, in turn, he added, would be part of the overall project to establish a joint Arab electricity market.
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THIS IS OUR CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S MINISTRY – Main Page.
….And Satan whose name is Azazel knows this.
Note that our CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE / HERITAGE!!!
What would you like to see in the future in terms of MORALITY in the world?
Please do read "AMW PROPHECY 18: BEWARE THE VEIL OF DARKNESS THAT HAS COME FROM HELL!" below as it has some resourceful heavenly words from YAH (GOD).
Please protect your children from the devil / satan who appears / comes in various forms!!!
8 Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour.
LET NOT SATAN MOULD YOUR CHILDREN FOR YOU so that they don't end up in Hell for one reason or another after earthly death!
RATHER Let them be MOULDED BY YAH daily through YAH'S WORD!
LET YOUR CHILDREN ENTER YAH'S ARK OF SAFETY from a young age (infancy…)! YAH loves them so very much.
From a young age, ENCOURAGE your children to BECOME BORN AGAIN IN YAHUSHUA by accepting HIM AS MESSIAH and BEING WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF YAHUSHUA, thereby joing YAH'S Spiritual Family and ENTERING INTO YAH'S ARK OF SAFETY!
LET / TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO BE TORAH (WORD OF YAH) MINDED daily as said in Joshua 1:8…!
Your children are as important to you as they are to YAH who created them and even much more.
YAH wants your children to return to HEAVEN and spend ETERNITY WITH HIM.
What you teach your child from an early age is what will see them through and/or guide them through their life journey. YAH would like to be the LORD / SAVIOUR / MESSIAH or their lives to GUIDE AND PROTECT THEM but we as parents need to teach them about YAH, HIS LOVE AND COMMANDMENTS so they can totally SUBMIT TO YAH throughout their lives (ENTER YAH'S ARK OF SAFETY!
Evil Feasts, like "Halloween", etc.
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HEIR ACTIONS plus discipline them daily from a young age!
Use YAH'S WISDOM! Remember your children are satan's target so that he can develop a more Godless and wicked society like that of Sodom and Gomorrah and even worse… YAH desires the opposite!!! CATCH YOUR CHILDREN YOUNG FOR YAH'S GLORY ALONE!
Daniel is also seen to stand up firm for YAH, the only TRUE GOD in Daniel 1, 6.
11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 "Please test your servants for ten days, giving us just vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's delicacies, and treat your servants according to what you see." 14 So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of ten days their appearance looked better and their bodies healthier than all the youths who ate the king's food. 16 So the guard took away their delicacies and the wine they were supposed to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
17 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and proficiency in every kind of wisdom and literature, and Daniel could understand all sorts of visions and dreams.
18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among all of them anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers throughout his realm.
21 Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
14 Then they answered and said to the king: "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the decree that you put in writing. He still prays three times a day!" 15 When the king heard this report, he was deeply distressed, and he set his mind on how he might rescue Daniel. Until sunset he struggled to find a way to save him.
17 So the king gave the order and Daniel was brought and thrown into the lions' den. Now the king spoke to Daniel saying, "May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!" 18 A stone was brought to block the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet of his nobles, so that nothing could be changed regarding Daniel. 19 Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting—no entertainment was brought before him. He was unable to sleep.
24 Then the king was overjoyed, and ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted out of the pit. No injury of any kind was found on him because he had trusted in his God. 25 At the king's command, those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den—they, their children, and their wives. They had not even reached the bottom of the pit before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
"May your peace be abundant!
27 I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to tremble with fear before the GOD of Daniel.
28 HE delivers and rescues.
HE performs signs and wonders in the HEAVENS and on earth.
29 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Stephen as seen in Acts 7 and all YAHUSHUA HA MASHIACH'S Apostles as well as YAHUSHUA our Messiah plus many others like Abraham (Book of Jasher) and Noah (mocked when building the Ark) were persecuted for their FAITH in YAHUVEH / YAHWEH and their FAITHFULNESS unto YAHUVEH / YAHWEH but stood firm for YAH no matter what was done to them.
YAH tells us to catch our children young by teaching them about YAH, HIS LOVE, COMMANDMENTS and CONSEQUENCES OF BREAKING YAH'S COMMANDMENTS daily from infancy (baby) age so that by that by the time are teenagers and adults, we have less trouble with them. Let us strive as parents to daily teach our children YAH'S WORD. You can start off with the SHEMA as seen in Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
Additionally PRAY FOR and PRAY WITH THEM DAILY and often! YAH will intervene in your child's life and develop their love for HIM hence forsaking evil.
BE MINDFUL OF the FILMS/MOVIES, VIDEO GAMES, MUSIC, etc THAT YOUR CHILDREN WATCH PLUS LISTEN TO AS WELL AS HOW LONG THEY WATCH THEM FORM whether in cartoon format or not! Not all cartoons are suitable for children!!! The reason is there is so much EVIL PROGRAMMING (most unconscious one but also obvious one) in some, if not most Children's Videos and Music Programmes.
Take interest in who your children call their friends. Ask YAH to reveal who they are spiritually and a way forward….
Teach them daily to MEMORISE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES! The SHEMA in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, the Gospels and Psalms are good place to start.
Be mindful of what your CHILDREN WEAR! Ensure that their CLOTHES GIVE GLORY TO YAH always as seen in the TORAH (Leviticus).
LET / TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO BE TORAH (WORD OF YAH) MINDED daily as seen in Joshua 1:8…!
Remember, we will be HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO YAH ON JUDGEMENT DAY FOR HOW WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN!!!
8 Yes, keep this book of the Torah on your lips, and meditate on it day and night, so that you will take care to act according to everything written in it. Then your undertakings will prosper, and you will succeed.
(A:vi, S: v) 4 "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, Isra'el! Adonai our God, Adonai is one]; 5 and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources. 6 These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; 7 and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead, 9 and write them on the door-frames of your house and on your gates.
13 People were bringing children to him so that he might touch them, but the talmidim rebuked those people. 14 However, when Yeshua saw it, he became indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me, don't stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Yes! I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it!" 16 And he took them in his arms, laid his hands on them, and made a b'rakhah over them.
while the glory of children is their ancestors.
so don't abandon my teaching.
and my mother, too, thought of me as her special darling.
don't forget or turn from the words I am saying.
love her, and she will protect you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom!
And along with all your getting, get insight!
and if you run, you won't stumble.
or walk on the way of evildoers.
turn away from it, and pass on.
they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone fall.
shining ever brighter until full daylight.
they don't even know what makes them stumble.
incline your ear to my words.
and health to their whole being.
for it is the source of life's consequences.
banish deceit from your lips.
fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.
and keep your foot far from evil.


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The objectives of this work were to analyze seed behaviour under controlled deterioration and estimate viability equations for forest species Eucalyptus grandis and Pinus taeda. Desired moisture content levels were achieved from initial values after either rehydration over water or drying over silica gel, both at 25 ºC. Seed sub samples with 8 moisture contents each for E. grandis (1.2 to 18.1%, initial value of 11.3%) and P. taeda (1.5 to 19.5%, initial value of 12.9%) were sealed in laminate aluminium-foil packets and stored in incubators maintained at 40, 50 and 65 ºC. The seeds from these species exhibited true orthodox and sub-orthodox storage behaviour, respectively, however E. grandis showed higher seed storability, probably due to a different seed chemical composition. Lowest moisture content limits estimated for application of the viability equations at 65 ºC were 4.9 and 4.1 mc for E. grandis and P. taeda, on equilibrium with ±20% RH. The viability equation estimated quantified the response of seed longevity to storage environment well with KE = 9.661 and 8.838; CW = 6.467 and 5.981; CH = 0.03498 and 0.10340; CQ = 0.0002330 and 0.0005476, for E. grandis and P. taeda, respectively.
Keywords: Forest species, Seed storability and Viability equation.
Os objetivos deste trabalho foram analisar o comportamento de sementes sob deterioração controlada e estimar as equações de viabilidade das espécies florestais Eucalyptus grandis e Pinus taeda. Os graus de umidade desejados foram obtidos a partir dos valores iniciais após a reidratação sobre água ou secagem sobre sílica-gel, ambos a 25 ºC. Subamostras de sementes com 8 C graus de umidade cada de E. grandis (1,2 a 18,1%, valor inicial de 11,3%) e de P. taeda (1,5 a 19,5%, valor inicial de 12,9%) foram colocadas em envelopes laminados de alumínio e mantidas em incubadoras a 40, 50 e 65 ºC. O comportamento das espécies durante o armazenamento foi ortodoxo e subortodoxo, respectivamente. Entretanto, o potencial de armazenamento de sementes de E. grandis foi maior, talvez devido à diferente composição química das sementes. Os limites inferiores de graus de umidade para aplicação da equação de viabilidade a 65 ºC foram 4,9 e 4,1% em E. grandis e P. taeda, em equilíbrio com ± 20% UR. As equações de viabilidade estimadas quantificam bem a resposta da longevidade das sementes ao ambiente de armazenamento, como se segue: KE = 9,661 e 8,838; CW = 6,467 e 5,981; CH = 0,03498 e 0,10340; CQ = 0,0002330 e 0,0005476, em E. grandis e P. taeda, respectivamente.
Palavras-chave: Espécies florestais, Armazenabilidade de sementes e Equação de viabilidade.
Eucalyptus spp. and Pinus spp. are the main sources for supplying raw material for the production of short and long fiber cellulose and mechanical processing and have been established around 3,800,000 ha of brazilian reforested areas.
Seed storability is affected mainly by moisture content (mc) and storage temperature (T). According to Harrington (1963), mc is the most important factor in seed longevity and the viability period could be doubled after reductions of either 1% in mc or 5.6°C in T.
Bonner (1990) proposed a specific classification for forest species: true orthodox, which tolerates desiccation at low T and maintains seed viability for long periods in dry conditions (Eucalyptus, Pinus and Acacia); sub-orthodox, which could be stored in the same conditions above for the maximum of 6 years, presenting high lipid content, small size and fine seed coats; recalcitrant temperate, which are sensitive to desiccation but could be stored at T around freezing (Quercus spp.) and recalcitrant tropical, presenting big seeds and being sensitive to desiccation and freezing (coconut, cocoa and mango).
Several equations have been proposed to relate storage conditions with seed viability, aiming at predicting seed survival as well as seed sensibility to mc and T. The viability equation presented by Ellis and Roberts (1980) (v = Ki p/10 KE CWlog m CHt CQt² ) allows estimates of any seed lot viability during storage at different T and mc and includes five constants, as follows: one quantifying the initial seed lot quality (Ki), one for each species (KE), one indicating the logarithmic response of seed longevity to mc (CW) and two constants for linear and quadratic T (CH and CQ, respectively).
The main objectives of this work were (1) analyzing E. grandis W.Hill ex Maiden and P. taeda L. seed behavior under controlled deterioration and (2) estimating viability equations.
This research work was carried out at the Laboratory of Post-harvest Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Campinas State University, Brazil, from 2000 to 2003. E. grandis and P. taeda seed lots were harvested in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons, in Forest Experimental Stations of Anhembi and Itapetininga, Sao Paulo State, respectively.
E. grandis physical purity analysis was performed using a 5-g-working sample, which was separated in pure seeds, other seeds and inert matter. The 1,000-seed weight determination for both species was carried out using eight 100-pure seed sub samples (ISTA, 2006).
Lipid content was detected in 2-g-ground seed samples, placed in Whatman paper cartridges (80 mm length x 33 mm of internal diameter); the extraction was performed with ether of petroleum in a Soxhlet apparatus for 5 h and the amount of lipids was determined gravimetrically (AOAC, 1995). Activity of water was carried out at 25 ± 0.3°C on three replicates of ground seeds for each mc, using the chilled-mirror dew point technique.
Seed mc were adjusted to eight levels from initial values, using desiccators with silica gel or through rehydration over water (4 cm), both at 25°C. Seed sub samples were weighed periodically for controlling the amount of removed or absorbed water, until desired mc had been achieved. After a 4 day-period for stabilization at 4°C in sealed containers, seed mc (%, f.wt.) was determined at 130-133°C during 2 hours for each mc (ISTA, 2006), using three 5 g sub samples of intact (E. grandis) and ground seeds (P. taeda) and the values recorded are listed in Table 1.
Seeds were sealed in laminated paper (polyester / aluminium / low density polyethylene, with total thickness of 65 µm) with a minimum of 10 x 0.6 g sub samples for E. grandis and 10 x 200 seed sub samples for P. taeda for each combination mc / T and stored at 40, 50 and 65 (± 0.5°C), until complete survival curves were achieved (Table 2).
E. grandis seed germination tests were performed using 4 x 0.15 g sub samples; for P. taeda, a previous dormancy releasing through stratification was proceeded (5°C, 28 days), using 8 x 25 seed sub samples. Seed sub samples were placed over a moistened filter paper in 11 x 11 cm plastic boxes and kept in an incubator under alternate temperature regime (20-30°C, 16-8 hours, 40 W white light at 30°C); seedling counts were recorded at 7 and 14 days (E. grandis) and at 7 and the final one at 28 days (P. taeda). Seeds were considered germinated according to the criterion of the radicle protrusion (SOUZA and CARDOSO, 2000).
Seeds with mc below 6% were previously rehydrated at 25°C during 48 hours over a nylon screen in a plastic box with 1.5 cm of distilled water on the bottom, aiming at avoiding predictable damages due to fast rehydration.
The origin of the survival curves on the Y-axis doesn't converge to the same point, requiring a statistical adjustment in order to get the same value (Ki) with the smallest possible deviation. The germination percentage values were plotted in X-Y graphs and regression lines were fitted to probit values through Y-axis scale transformation. The residual deviances for survival curves at different T were analyzed to give the best fit to the viability equation, using the multiple regression analysis within the generalized linear model (HAY et al., 2003).
The specific constants of each species were achieved using decimal logarithms of sigma (frequency of seed deaths distribution in time or the number of days required for seed germination drop by one probit) and mc for each combination mc / T. Seed germination with or without rehydration was analyzed through a randomized statistical design.
Seed physical pure percentages and 1,000-seed weights detected were 19.0% and 0.226 g (E. grandis) and 100.0% and 25.0 g (P. taeda). Extraction relationship or fruit / seed relationship is the amount of capsules required to produce one kg of mixed seeds and presented a medium rate of 15:1 for E. grandis. Taking into account those values, the numbers of pure seeds / kg were estimated in 841,643 and 40,000 for E. grandis and P. taeda, respectively, which is similar to the result reported by Vieira and Diniz, 1995 (± 700,000 / kg, E. grandis). According to Gentil and Ferreira (2002), the 1,000-seed weight is affected by seed size uniformity, foundation plants and environmental factors.
E. grandis seeds lost water faster over silica gel after 48-h-drying, E. grandis and P. taeda presented seed mc around 6.8 and 7.4% (Figure 1), probably due to the different lipid contents (BROOKER et al., 1992). Seed mc for both species presented an inverse relationship with drying period. The drying process over silica gel revealed positive results for the species and the lowest mc were obtained without damages to the seeds.
No statistical differences were recorded for E. grandis seed germination among mc (Table 3); however the highest and lowest percentages were obtained with 7.5 / 11.3% mc (no rehydration) and with 1.2% mc (with rehydration), emphasizing the need for rehydration before germination test for mc lower than 6%. Lowest P. taeda seed germination percentages were recorded with 8.0 and 1.5% mc, unrelated to rehydration however seeds with 12.9% mc presented a significant increase in germination after rehydration. Bradford (1995) reported that seed germination normally increases after rehydration.
Seeds of P. taeda presented a lower equilibrium relative humidity (erh) than E. grandis, when stored in similar conditions. Oily seeds present erh lower than starchy ones, when exposed to similar environments, since they don't absorb or absorb less water, due to being hydrophobic.
Seed longevity increased logarithmically according to reduction of mc until all weak bound water had been removed. The inflection points of the desorption isotherms for E. grandis and P. taeda (4.9% mc, erh at 22.9% and 4.1% mc, erh at 21.2%, Figure 2) mean the discontinuity of the inverse relationship between longevity and mc or the lowest mc limits for application of the viability equation at 65°C. Those values have already been estimated for another species with variable results, as follows: 2.4% mc for peanuts (USBERTI and GOMES, 1998); 6.2% mc for peas (ELLIS et al., 1989); 2.9 and 4.0% mc for D. nigra and D. mollis (CHAVES and USBERTI, 2004) and 3.6% mc for cottonseed (USBERTI et al., 2006).
Probit seed survival curves for the species after storage at 40, 50 and 65°C are displayed in Figure 3, showing the effects of mc and T on seed storability. When mc and T were reduced, predictable seed longevity increases were observed. Ellis (1984) reported that seed survival curves always present the same format, differing among them just in relation to the deterioration period, but presenting the same standard deviation. In the present study the sigmoid shape of the survival curves was strongly affected by temperature and mc increase especially for P. taeda seeds.
Relationship differences between mc and longevity were observed and P. taeda seed sensitivity to mc was higher than E. grandis. Tompsett (1986) worked with two arboreal species and verified that Ulmus carpinifolia Borkh. seed was significantly more sensitive to mc than Terminalia brassii Exell.
Seeds of E. grandis stored at 40°C with 7.5% mc had a sigma of 90 days, while for P. taeda with 8.0% mc that value was reduced to 5 days (Figure 3). The combination of highest T and mc resulted in seed longevity reductions, confirming the tremendous effect of mc on seed longevity.
E. grandis seeds stored at 50°C with 7.5% mc presented a sigma of 40 days, while for P. taeda with 8.0% mc that value was reduced to 2 days (Figure 3). In seed samples with 4.7 and 4.0% mc, the calculated sigma values were 55 and 4 days, respectively. Almeida et al., 2005, working with three Pinus species, reported that P. taeda seed germination was not affected after a 2-minute-storage at d" 50°C.
Seeds of E. grandis stored at 65C with 1.2 and 7.5% mc presented sigma values of 40 and 1 days, respectively; however in P. taeda with 1.5% mc that time was 3 days (Figure 3). For seed germination to reach values lower than 5%, with 3.0 and 4.0% mc, 96 and 3.25 days were required, respectively. P. taeda seed germination reduction was higher than for E. grandis throughout the experiment, since oily seeds deteriorate faster than starchy ones.
Seed mc and sigma values after storage at 40, 50 and 65°C are presented in Table 4. E. grandis seeds with 18.1% mc stored at 40 and 50°C presented sigma values of 0.4 and 0.1 day; in P. taeda with 17.0% mc stored at 40 and 50°C, those values decreased to 0.009 and 0.002 day.
Constraining 24 survival curves to the same origin point on the Y-axis yielded different Ki values for E. grandis and P. taeda (1.351 and 1.819; 90 and 98% seed germination). Significant effects for log mc and T were observed while non-significant ones were calculated for the interaction log mc / T (F = 0.47 P. taeda; 3.08 E. grandis).
Better statistic adjustments to estimate viability constants were achieved after removal of the lowest mc results at 65 and 50°C (1.2, 3.0 and 4.7% mc for E. grandis; 1.5 and 4.0% mc for P. taeda). The constants K (K = KE - CHt - CQt2) obtained define the equations at 40, 50 and 65°C, as follows: E. grandis: K = 8.084; 5.745; 2.486 and CW = 6.641; 5.103; 2.777; P. taeda: K = 8.802; 4.673; 1.454 and CW = 8.748; 5.596; 2.949.
The constants KE and CW estimated for E. grandis (9.661 and 6.467) were different from those calculated for P. taeda (8.838 and 5.981), confirming the observation done by Ellis (1984) that for cereal seeds those values are higher than oily seeds, indicating the need for drying those seeds to lower mc levels. The constants that reflect seed sensitivity to T (CH and CQ) were 0.03498 and 0.0002330 (E. grandis) and 0.10340 and 0.0005476 (P. taeda).
The viability equation constants for E. grandis appear to be close to that reported for cottonseed (KE = 9.240, CW = 5.190, CH = 0.03965 and CQ = 0.000426) (USBERTI et al., 2006). An inverse relationship was observed between mc and seed longevity for both species.
Figure 4 shows the logarithmic relationship between seed mc and sigma at 40, 50 and 65°C and reveals the parallelism among the straight lines, due to different T used. Dickie et al. (1990) reported that the viability equation could be applied from -13 to 90°C and also observed a negative relationship between CW values and seed oil content, among different species.
Medeiros et al. (1998), using KE = 7.5498 and CW = 3.76 and adopting CH = 0.0329 and CQ = 0.000478 as universal constants, estimated the sigma value of 1,167 years for the species Astronium urundeuva (Fr.All.) Engl. stored at -20°C with mc in equilibrium at 15°C and 15% RH.
Using the viability equations and adopting 4°C (domestic refrigerator) and 7.5 and 8.0% mc (erh at 40 and 45%), achieved in a 2-day drying period over silica gel, it is expected that E. grandis and P. taeda seeds would present sigma values of 19.9 and 2.9 years. That different performance could be due to the different chemical composition of those seeds, since P. taeda presented higher lipid content.
. P. taeda and E. grandis presented, respectively, sub- and true orthodox seed behaviour to storage.
. P. taeda revealed erh and seed storability lower than E. grandis.
. Lowest limits for application of the viability equation at 65°C were 4.9 and 4.1% mc for E. grandis and P. taeda, respectively.
To FAPESP (Brazilian Research Agency) for the doctorate scholarship to the first author.
Recebido em 03.02.2009 e aceito para publicação em 25.08.2010.


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Shade cloth? Deer repellent? I have many uses for floating row cover. Unfortunately it does not slow down a blister beetle.
Although I do enjoy hanging laundry on the line, no, this is not my laundry. I'm attempting to shade a row of tomatoes that are getting way too much sunburn on them. The added benefit is that the deer can't seem to figure out what the heck this blowing, billowing white thing is-although they already decimated the rows of purple hulls just to the right of these tomatoes before I put up the shade cloth. I think it's time to hang some more next to the next patch of peas fixing to flower.
While chunks of my garden are waiting to be turned under and re-planted or covered in buckwheat for a few weeks, and other chunks of my garden are slowly succumbing to bugs and disease, the one area still rocking and rolling is the lower end of my east field (as I knock on wood). Three massive rows of loaded up cherry tomatoes, a beautiful row of heirloom tomatoes, the onion patch, a winter squash patch, and cucumbers on the trellis.
If I had flowers down there I may just spend the rest of my summer there and let the blister beetles have the rest.
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Julio C. Esquivel Named Vice Chair of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation Investor Relations Committee
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TAMPA, FL – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner Julio C. Esquivel has been named Vice Chair of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Investor Relations Committee for the 2019 fiscal year.
The Tampa Hillsborough EDC is the lead designated economic development agency for Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Plant City, and Temple Terrace, and an official partner of Enterprise Florida, Inc. Working with corporate executives, site selection consultants, real estate professionals, and other influential decision-makers, they provide customized, confidential relocation and expansion services to domestic and international companies interested in growing their business in Hillsborough County
Having been in private practice now for more than 20 years, Julio has vast experience representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions. He has represented buyers and sellers in a wide range of industries, from pharmaceutical distributors to international manufacturing companies, as well as trucking companies, software firms and service. While he prides himself in handling complex transactions and has represented strategic and financial buyers, he especially finds it gratifying to work on sell-side engagements for entrepreneurs that have poured their heart and energy into building up their companies from the ground up, many of whom have never experienced an M&A transaction. While Julio has been involved with small company sales, he has also handled sophisticated and international transactions in excess of $500 million Dollars.
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San Antonio previously hosted the Women's Final Four in 2002 and 2010.
(Sept. 25, 2018) -- San Antonio was named host city for the 2021 NCAA Women's Final Four, the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee announced this week.
The Women's Final Four will return to the Alamodome for the third time on April 2 and 4, 2021. The Alamo City previously has hosted America's premier women's sporting event in 2002 and 2010. UTSA will co-host the 2021 event with Incarnate Word and San Antonio Sports.
The 2002 national championship was won by UConn, which defeated Oklahoma in the title game. The Women's Final Four all-time attendance record was set in 2002 with 29,619 in attendance for the national semifinals.
The 2010 Women's Final Four in San Antonio also was won by UConn behind most outstanding player Maya Moore. The Huskies, with a 39-0 record, defeated Stanford for the national title.
San Antonio was one of four cities tabbed as future host cities, joining Minneapolis (2022), Dallas (2023) and Cleveland (2024).