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Written for the Naked Yule Fic Challenge and for Greywing for her birthday. (Kill as many birds with one stone as you can, I say!)
Greywing asked for: Glorfindel, Asfaloth and holly. Extra credit for including Erestor and Elrond and explaining why Glorfindel uses tack and how long elven horses live. Chapter 1 fits this criteria.
Naked Yule criteria - The fic must include: Aragorn, Legolas and Glorfindel; a naked Elf, a horse, snow, a confession, and a Christmas image such as a star, shepherds, a manger, wisemen, Yule log, little drummer boys, etc.
This story is part of the Undying Friendship Series and mostly takes place 13 Years Post-ROTK, 2 years after A Torturous Predicament Called Entertainment, and 2 years before Mortele.
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
By Nieriel Raina
Part One
A Beautiful Day
Sneezing in Spring
Year 2007, 3rd Age
It was such a beautiful day; too nice a day to spend inside, working. The birds were chirping, the bees buzzing in the heather. A lovely breeze caressed the new blooms in the garden. It was his favorite kind of day!
He poked his head out of the door, glanced left and right, smiled wickedly and slipped out into the hall. With the stealth of a warrior who has eluded Morgoth's spawn for centuries beyond mortal recall, he evaded any and all who might seek to waylay his steps and mission. Ahead he could see freedom - the door leading outside away from the drudgery of duty, paperwork, council meetings and him. Just another twenty paces and he would make it.
He opened the door, with a sigh of relief and…
"Glorfindel, where are you going? The reports are not turned in, the duty rosters are not filled out and Elrond would like a word with you. Do not even think to escape this house until you have spoken with him."
Turning with controlled grace, he eyed the one who had caught him so close to victory. "Lord Councilor," he acknowledged with a nod to the dark-haired, stern-looking elf standing not a stone's throw from him. Too far away to impale with his sword, damn it.
"What is that smirk for? Or do I wish to know your thoughts?"
With a shake of his head, Glorfindel banished any desire to murder Elrond's chief councilor (after all, it wasn't Erestor's fault Elrond needed to see him) and closed the door. He felt his shoulders sag with disappointment, but could not bring himself to draw them back to their proud places. Gloomily, he walked beside Erestor towards their lord's study, his steps slowing any time they passed a window.
"Oh, by the shadows, Glorfindel! Do not sulk! You knew this would happen!"
With a sheepish shrug, he glanced at his friend. "Yes, I knew, but Erestor, I do not wish to do this! Not today, not with him! "
He didn't miss the slight upwards quirk of Erestor's lips or the gleam in his companion's eye. He glared back.
"My advice is to get it over with," Erestor said, as if he were not trying to fight back the laughter which Glorfindel could see shaking his shoulders.
"How do you stand it, Erestor? I will have to endure an hour or two at the most with him, but you…you must spend all day with him!" Feeling his breathing quicken, he stopped for a moment to steel himself, leaning against the closest wall. A snort caused him to open eyelids he was not aware of closing.
"It is not so bad, really. And it is only at this time of the year. It will pass, and he will return to his solemn and dignified self. In the meantime…" Erestor dug in his left pocket, frowned, and then reached for the right. "Aha!" With a grin, he pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to Glorfindel. "Your weapon, Captain."
"Oh, you cannot be serious!" But he took the offensive cloth, holding it away from his body between his forefinger and thumb.
"You look like a maid when you hold it like that."
Glorfindel quickly stuffed his only defense into a pocket of his tunic. Reaching up, he pinched the bridge of his nose in hope of relieving the imminent headache beginning to pound behind his temples. He inhaled deeply, then dropped his hand to his side. "All right, let us continue. I believe I am prepared now."
They refrained from any further speech as they wound their way through the halls of the Last Homely House, coming to a stop outside a large, ornate door. It contained many carved representations from the books of lore the owner of the door was so fond of. Glorfindel always enjoyed looking at the beauty of the rich wood so expertly detailed with scenes he himself remembered. But this day, he only cast a longing look at a panel which depicted himself fighting the balrog. Oh, those were the days! Open battle, sword ringing! Not…
He patted the pocket containing the square of folded white linen, and knocked on the door.
From within came a sneeze, followed by a muffled, "Cuhm eh," and the sound of someone blowing their nose. He grimaced, but pushed open the door anyway.
"Lord Elrond, you wished to see me?"
"Ah, yeth, Glowfinnel. Cuhm eh, cuhm eh. We ned to dithcuth the doo-ey rothter." Another sneeze, then a sniff, and one more honk of the Peredhel's nose. "Haf a theat."
With resigned obedience, Glorfindel crossed the room and sat in the chair facing the desk, behind which his lord sat. He tried to angle himself away from the line of sneezing, but with Elrond, one never knew. He reassured himself one more time of the handkerchief in his pocket after noticing the open windows letting in the fresh spring air.
"Don fwown at me. Leth juth geth thith ovah wid."
"Sorry, my lord."
Oh how he used to love Spring! Spring was a time of renewal - a return of all things green and the warmth of the sun. With dismay, Glorfindel noticed the fine layer of yellowish-green dust on Elrond's desk. Plastering a false smile on his face, inwardly he screamed. Why did the Peredhel insist on keeping his windows open at this time of the year? Why did he not just remove the offensive trees planted all around the Last Homely House?
Holly! How many times had he told his lord that holly trees would be just as beautiful? And better yet, NOT cause the allergies Elrond was subject to.
"Ahhhchooo! … Sowwy."
With all the dignity he could muster, Glorfindel pulled the handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his face of the offensive droplets of moisture. And it had started out such a beautiful day.
The door closed behind him with a thump, and Glorfindel sagged against the nearest wall, dropping his head into hands. Two and a half hours, that was how long it had taken them to communicate with Elrond's sneezing and honking. GAH! He needed to get out of the house and outdoors. Find a stream to bathe in to remove the lingering saliva and other bodily fluids he'd rather not consider from his face.
"Surely it was not that bad?"
The voice caused him to look up with a glower. "You knew it would be, or you would never have given me the handkerchief!" He threw the offensive cloth towards Erestor, but the councilor let it drift to the floor.
They both eyed the linen, until a passing maid stooped and added it to her basket of dirty laundry. She continued on her way, mumbling under her breath about the untidiness of males. Both Erestor and he smiled at the deprecations coming from the slight girl.
"Can I assume you will now seek solace in the outdoors? You look as if you could use a ride."
Glorfindel straightened with a grin. "Yes. That is exactly what I plan to do." He passed Erestor, who was pulling a clean handkerchief from a pocket and heading towards Elrond's door. "How many of those do you have, anyway?"
Erestor just shrugged. "At this time of the year? A dozen at least." With determined steps, the dark-haired elf disappeared into the study.
Glorfindel made his way to the nearest doorway leading outside, his long strides eating up the distance to the stable, where he was greeted with a friendly nicker. He rubbed the soft, white nose reaching for him over the stall door. "Ready for a run, my friend?" Asfaloth bobbed his head up and down, snorting in his master's face. "Not you too!" he complained, wiping his face on his sleeve, but this time he grinned. For some reason, horse snot was not as offensive as Elrond's had been.
Opening the stall door, he let the stallion out of the confines of the stall. He left the horse's tack on the rack nearby. Saddles and headstalls he only used when traveling long distances, which required having something to tie his pack to other than his own back. The headstall was more for decoration, anyway, and since he had no plans to impress anyone, except perhaps some fish when he bathed, there was no need for it.
Leaping upon Asfaloth's back once they were outside, Glorfindel gave the command. "Noro lim!" And they were off quick as a flash, the hooves clattering over the ground as the horses strides took them off into the valley and away from the Last Homely House and her moody, sneezing lord.
For over an hour they rode into the wilds. Glorfindel gave Asfaloth his head, and the horse set his own pace, slowing from his wild dash after a short distance and into a comfortable canter that ate up the miles. He needed little direction, for the horse knew where his master wished to go, and he paced beside a winding stream, following it on its course.
In due time, they arrived in a small meadow surrounded by a thicket of birches. Here, the babbling brook widened into a deep pond where a colony of beavers had dammed the flow of water. With a single word, he brought his mount to a halt. For a few minutes, Glorfindel just sat atop Asfaloth and took in the beauty of the scene before him.
The meadow grasses were green and not yet overly tall. Mixed with them were wildflowers of purple, yellow and red, decorating the field like a random carpet with occasional pockets of heather and broken by a couple of burrows and a few rocks. A hare grazed amid the grasses, sitting up to look at him a moment, before seeming to deem him harmless and hopping on to a new patch of clover. One of the beavers was swimming towards the dam, a tree limb firmly wedged in its strong teeth. In the thicket across the pond, came the sound of another chewing relentlessly away on another bole.
Glorfindel slid from Asfaloth's back and quickly divested himself of boots and clothing. He twirled; arms outstretched, he threw back his head and drank in the sunlight warming his naked skin. Asfaloth whinnied and wheeled on his back feet, darting across the meadow, bucking and kicking up his heels. Glorfindel's laughter echoed back to him, filling the glade with merriment. Then he took off running and dove into the still water, causing hardly a ripple as he dipped into its shining surface.
Though spring had visited them once more, and Arien soared overhead, the water retained some of its winter chill, and Glorfindel did not linger in it overlong. The fish would have to wait for a warmer day to be further impressed. He climbed up onto a rock, which made up part of the dam, and allowed the breeze and sun to dry his skin. Asfaloth trotted along the edge of the pond, stopping to paw at the water playfully from time to time. Glorfindel wondered if his horse could see the small fish darting beneath its surface.
When Asfaloth lowered his head and pressed his nose under, moving it quickly about, Glorfindel laughed aloud. Indeed, it appeared the young stallion had discovered the fish. The horse quickly brought his muzzle out of the water, neighing plaintively before casting confused eyes in his master's direction.
Shaking his head and getting to his feet, Glorfindel made his way back to where he had discarded his clothing. While getting dressed, he tried to ignore his pathetic beast so intent on catching the minnows and fingerling trout.
Asfaloth could not seem to accept that the fish were not toys meant for horses and continued to submerge his nose only to come up snorting and whickering, until the breeze picked up. Whirling so fast, Glorfindel jumped, the horse took off across the meadow, his belly flashing in the sunlight as he twisted and reared.
It was so good to see a young horse play, Glorfindel thought. Asfaloth's sire, Faerlain, had died over the winter, and Glorfindel, who had raised the old stallion from a newborn foal, missed the old horse terribly. For the Elves whose lives were as long as Arda herself, the brief lives of mortals, even horses, were too fleeting. How many times had he wished his steeds could be like Nahar, the mount of Lord Oromë, who died not? Too many to count, if he stopped to think about it.
Elven-bred horses were little different from horses raised by Men, at least as far as their life span went. On average, their horses lived to the age of forty or even fifty as Faerlain had proven. True the horses of Men rarely lived to see forty, due to not having the same knowledge in care as the Elves, but a decade was not much, in Glorfindel's mind, to differentiate the horses of Men from those belonging to the Elves.
The Eldar found it easier to train their steeds, having a closer bond to the animals than mere Men. Glorfindel could understand Asfaloth's manner of speech as well as the stallion understood him. Few surpassed the elvish steeds in speed or endurance, except perhaps those which belonged to the bands of Men the Elves had heard now roamed the plains to the south. It was rumored the newcomers had a line that lived much longer than the average horse. What had the messenger from Lothlórien said they were called? Mearas? Yes, that was it.
A bump to Glorfindel's back brought him out of his thoughts and back to the meadow. A head draped over his shoulder and he absently reached up to scratch behind the ears. He truly hoped he had many years with this delightful creature. Regardless, after this spring, Asfaloth's own foals would join them, and in time, perhaps one of the stallion's descendants would bear the same name if he proved to be worthy of it.
With a sigh and a last glance at the peaceful meadow dressed for Spring, Glorfindel mounted and urged Asfaloth to head back home.
The track back took longer as both he and his horse wished to linger, in no rush to return to stall or house. Detouring down a gentle embankment, Glorfindel let Asfaloth pick his way carefully down to an ancient riverbed, now a dry bed of stones. They followed it at a walk for a time, until rounding a bend. Glorfindel gasped, and then grinned.
About a hundred feet ahead of them stood a copse of holly trees, and scattered among them were many saplings.
It only took him a few minutes to shed his outer tunic and wet it in a small gurgling spring he found further into the grove. Using his knife, he quickly filled his tunic with young holly trees, and bundled them up in his tunic with enough soil to keep them happy until he could put them in the care of those who kept the grounds of the Last Homely House. This was the last year he would put up with a sneezing, grumpy Elrond!
Asfaloth returned them home in good time, and Glorfindel delivered his package to the amusement of the gardeners. They agreed to work the holly into the landscape gradually, and to find other plants and trees that would not cause the lord of the house such pains. It would take time, more than a year, but eventually, Spring could be a happy time once more, free of handkerchiefs!
To Be Continued...
Obscure characters/Translations
Morgoth – The fallen Vala, brother to Manwë, master of Sauron and the Balrogs, maker of the Orcs.
Arien – the sun.
Asfaloth – This is not the Asfaloth of the books, but an ancestor to him.
"Noro lim" – Ride fast
Faerlain – OC, horse, sire of Asfaloth (not book Asfaloth)
Nahar – mount of Oromë
Oromë – Vala, husband of Vana, the great Huntsman who first found the Elves in starlit Cúivenen.
Mearas – strain of horses said to have been given to the Rohirrim by Oromë himself and supposedly are descended from Nahar.
Holly – a tree that is good for gardens of those with allergies.
Translation of Elrond's allergy induced mumbling.
"Cuhm eh," – Come in.
"Ah, yeth, Glowfinnel. Cuhm eh, cuhm eh. We ned to dithcuth the doo-ey rothter." – Ah, yes, Glorfindel. Come in, come in. We need to discuss the duty roster.
"Haf a theat." – Have a seat.
"Don fwown at me. Leth juth geth thith ovah wid." – Don't frown at me. Let's just get this over with.
A/N – Elrond having allergies can be considered AU if you disagree that Elves could suffer from allergies or Elrond could due to his mortal blood. I personally think any Elf can have an allergic reaction as they are of the same race as Humans (otherwise, they could not reproduce with Humans) and have the same internal systems. Their immune system is just stronger and thus it can also go haywire, IMO. You are free to disagree.
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Date: December 20th, 2006 Article by: Karl van der Walt (Hardware Reviewer) Edited by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor) Product was submitted by: Steel Series <--CLICK FOR DEALS ON A GAMING HEADSET IN THE UNITED STATES <--CLICK FOR DEALS ON A GAMING HEADSET IN CANADA
PRODUCT COMPOSITION & WALKTHROUGH (cont'd)
The 4H also comes equipped with an inline volume and microphone control. This is very useful when playing games as it saves you having to adjust the volume via software. The microphone has three settings: off, low and high.
The jacks are your standard fare 3.5mm green and pink variety. One thing I was disappointed by was the length and thickness of the cable but I will go into more detail on that later in the review.
Well, that wraps up the pictorial walkthrough, lets have a look at what really counts, the sound quality…
To test the 4H I ran through a plethora of games, played a variety of different music styles and watched a few movies. For the microphone I used Skype and windows voice recorder to get an accurate gauge of noise levels and volume. I also did a bit of recording in a professional audio application to see how it performed compared to the 3H. All testing was done using a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum so the sound quality is left purely in the hands of the 4H.
Seeing as the 4H is identical to the 5H V2 on paper I had high expectations for this headset. Suffice it to say the 4H did not disappoint. It is clear that the 4H was designed for use with First Person Shooter (or FPS) games. The midrange and treble is sharp and crisp making ingame sounds like gunshots and footsteps clear and easy to pinpoint. The bass on the 4H is significantly weaker than that of the 3H but it does sound cleaner and is by no means weak. I personally like the sound of the 4H, it delivers a crisp sound over a broad spectrum and, although a little intense on the midrange and treble, sounds very good with music and movies. I found that turning down the treble slightly on my EQ balanced out the sound nicely for music and movies. It goes without saying that the 4H has a much cleaner and fuller sound than the 3H. If you are looking for mind-blowing bass then you would be better off with the 3H. But, if you are like myself and enjoy a more full spectrum of sound and love to play FPS games then the 4H is a handy alternative to the more expensive 5H V2.
Microphone Quality
The microphone, like on the rest of the SteelSound series, is retractable and coils up neatly inside the left headphone.
I have to admit I was a bit disappointed with the microphone on the 4H, it picked up more background noise than the microphone on the 3H and also was not as loud, even on high. That said it does perform sufficiently well when it comes to game commands and VOIP applications like Skype.
I also found putting the microphone back into the headset all but impossible without taking the headset off. This could be corrected by tapering the hole in the headset more.
To say that the 4H is comfortable is an understatement. I played a six hour session of counterstrike online and hardly even noticed them, in fact I got up to go to the bathroom and they were pulled off my head by the cable… I had forgotten they were there.
Build Quality
The 4H is solidly built and although not attractive to look at like the 5H V2 they are very well made. My only real issue with them is the fact that SteelSeries have used cheap cable on the 4H, its thin and fragile seeming and I don't believe it belongs on this level of product. I can excuse this on a cheaper unit like the 3H but even the 3H had thicker cable, not to mention slightly longer. One snag and I feel like I'll snap the cable. Considering that the 4H was not designed to be transported like the 3H and 5H V2 they could have provided a longer cable.
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- Date:2010-04-10
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Oakwell Stadium
- Attendance:13034
- Referee:Taylor, P
Live Commentary
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Michael Tonge is booked for unsporting behaviour.
Filipe Teixeira is being taken off, Jacob Butterfield has come on in his place.
Derby are replacing Steve Davies with Dave Martin.
Daniel Bogdanovic is replaced by Andy Gray.
Steve Foster goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Adam Hammill is replaced by Martin Devaney.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
It's 3pm on Saturday, April 10th, the match has kicked off.
Barnsley face Derby at 3pm on Saturday, April 10th.
Match Report
With nothing at stake both sides looked ready to head for the beaches as Barnsley and Derby County settled for a sunny scoreless draw at Oakwell.
Derby's Tomasz Cywka shone above the rest as he looked the likeliest to break the deadlock.
With both sides happy to play an eye-catching passing game Barnsley made the most of their early possession and might have led after 14 minutes.
Luke Potter produced an accurate cross that was cleared as far as Jon Macken ten yards out, but his left-foot shot was blocked.
Adam Hammill tested Stephen Bywater with a 22-yard effort, but the Derby keeper held it well before Stephen Foster headed over from a Hammill corner.
Winger Hammill darted into a good position to latch on to Filipe Teixeira's smart ball, but smashed his angled shot into the side netting.
But Barnsley striker Daniel Bogdanovic squandered a glorious chance when Hammill's free-kick was headed into the path of the Malta international and he scooped it over from 15 yards.
Derby's solitary effort on goal in the first half was within a whisker of earning them the lead when Russell Anderson headed Michael Tonge's corner and Luke Steele was forced to fingertip over.
After the break Derby threatened with two early efforts. Another corner from Tonge was headed wide by Paul Green and Tonge was the creator again with a super cross that was headed wide by Rob Hulse.
With the game 56 minutes old a crazy misjudgement by Barnsley keeper Steele almost gifted Derby the lead.
Steele raced out of his area to clear, but the ball hit defender Ryan Shotton and ballooned invitingly to Cywka, who clipped the ball at the open net only for Luke Potter to dive in and clear.
Seconds later Steele dropped a Tonge corner and Bobby Hassell had to clear off the line to keep out Derby.
In the dying minutes a mistake by Shotton allowed Cywka to burst into the Barnsley box, but his shot was tame and easily saved by Steele.
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text: COPAL COCOA Info A Weekly Newsletter of Cocoa Producers' Alliance Issue No. 465 7th – 11th November, 2011 In-House Cocoa Newsletter Cocoa Producers' Alliance UP-COMING EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE 1. ICCO INSIDE THIS ISSE: DAILY COCOA PRICES LONDON (LIFFE) FUTURES MARKET UPDATE NEW YORK (ICE) FUTURES MARKET UPDATE FROM THE NEWS MEDIA TIT BITS Do your health a favour, drink Cocoa everyday 'It's nature's miracle food' In the News (from Newspapers worldwide) Health and Nutrition 'Cargill Announces Memorandum of Understanding to Support Cocoa Sector in Cote d'Ivoire Production and Quality DJ Nigeria's Cocoa Production to drop 10% in Labour Issues 2011-12 Season - Trade Ivory Coast cocoa farms child labour: Little World 'needs extra 1m tonnes' of cocoa by 2020 change The Market Environmental Issue Ivory Coast Cocoa Premium is said to remain stable in Europe Research & Development Processing & Manufacturing Cocoa grindings growth seen slowing in 2011/12 UTZ CERTIFIED Q3 close shows significant Promotion & Consumption increase in Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Sales Business & Economy Others New technology introduced to enhance bulk export Rains batter Cameroon, cocoa disease spreads of Ghana's cocoa ICCO Daily Cocoa Prices ICCO Daily Price ICCO Daily price London futures New York futures (SDR/tonne) ($US/tonne) (£/tonne) ($US/tonne) th 7 November 1739.12 2738.75 1707.67 2746.33 th 8 November 1705.19 2686.35 1671.00 2692.00 th 9 November 1652.98 2594.84 1631.67 2591.00 th 10 November 1624.66 2546.77 1602.67 2544.33 - - - - th 11 November Average 1680.00 2642.00 2642.00 1653.00 COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 2 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) London Futures Market – Summary of Trading Activities (£ per tone) Monday 7th November 2011 Month Opening Trans Settle Change Daily High Daily Low Volume Dec 2011 1689 1689 12 1697S 1673 6,220 Mar 2012 1710 1709 9 1723S 1699S 4,558 May 2012 1725 1725 11 1737S 1714S 1,062 Jul 2012 1743 1739 10 1752S 1729S 304 Sep-12 1750 1752 13 1765S 1740 103 Dec 2012 1760 1761 11 1765S 1760S 29 Mar 2013 1774 10 0 May 2013 1782 10 0 Jul 2013 1775 10 0 Sep 2013 1775 10 0 Average/Totals 1748 12,276 Tuesday 8th November 2011 Month Opening Trans Settle Change Daily High Daily Low Volume Dec 2011 1692 1652 -37 1693S 1643 7,258 Mar 2012 1712 1673 -36 1713S 1662 6,132 May 2012 1727 1688 -37 1727 1680S 1,192 Jul 2012 1740 1703 -36 1741 1703S 300 Sep-12 1753 1708 -44 1753S 1718S 549 Dec 2012 1761 1725 -36 1762S 1734S 593 Mar 2013 1776 1738 -36 1776S 1776S 200 May 2013 1744 -38 0 Jul 2013 1737 -38 0 Sep 2013 1737 -38 0 Average/Totals 1711 16,224 Wednesday 9th November 2011 Month Opening Trans Settle Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 1650 1613 -39 1661 1609 6,395 Mar 2012 1671 1633 -40 1683 1629S 7,279 May 2012 1696 1649 -39 1698 1645S 2,269 Jul 2012 1714 1664 -39 1714S 1660S 677 Sep-12 1708 1677 -31 1708S 1675S 682 Dec 2012 1710 1692 -33 1710S 1689S 366 Mar 2013 1731 1705 -33 1731 1703 179 May 2013 1712 -32 0 Jul 2013 1699 -38 0 Sep 2013 1699 -38 0 Average/Totals 1674 17,847 COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 3 P.O. 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TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org Thursday 10th November 2011 Month Opening Trans Settle Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 1614 1583 -30 1624S 1580 4,971 Mar 2012 1629 1605 -28 1643 1603S 8,537 May 2012 1651 1620 -29 1656S 1618S 3,060 Jul 2012 1665 1637 -27 1671 1636S 2,347 Sep-12 1680 1651 -26 1686S 1650S 988 Dec 2012 1699 1666 -26 1699S 1666 199 Mar 2013 1710 1679 -26 1710S 1678 42 May 2013 1687 -25 0 Jul 2013 1674 -25 0 Sep 2013 1674 -25 0 Average/Totals 1648 20,144 Friday 11th November 2011 Month Opening Trans Settle Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 1583 1575 -8 1594 1565S 5,717 Mar 2012 1606 1596 -9 1614S 1584S 8,673 May 2012 1622 1610 -10 1629S 1600S 1,647 Jul 2012 1638 1625 -12 1645S 1615S 1,057 Sep-12 1652 1638 -13 1656S 1627S 817 Dec 2012 1667 1651 -15 1670S 1642S 340 Mar 2013 1681 1664 -15 1681 1662S 28 May 2013 1689 1671 -16 1689 1689 4 Jul 2013 1655 -19 0 Sep 2013 1655 -19 0 Average/Totals 1634 18,283 Average for the week 1634 16955 84,774 COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 4 P.O. 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TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org New York Board of Trade (New York Futures Market – Summary of Trading Activities) (US$ per tone) Monday 7th November 2011 Month Open Price Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 2722 2728 31 2740 2701 20,332 Mar 2012 2746 2750 19 2764 2727 15,142 May 2012 2742 2762 17 2771 2739 1,771 Jul 2012 2780 2775 17 2780 2767 122 Sep 2012 2776 2784 18 2780 2763 195 Dec 2012 2775 2795 21 2792 2775 113 Mar 2013 2810 2803 21 2810 2780 9 May 2013 0 2810 23 0 0 0 Jul 2013 0 2818 23 0 0 0 Sep 2013 0 2832 24 0 0 0 Average/Totals 2786 37684 Tuesday 8th November 2011 Month Open Price Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 2729 2663 -65 2739 2643 25,078 Mar 2012 2748 2689 -61 2760 2665 25,903 May 2012 2768 2699 -63 2769 2678 2,165 Jul 2012 2780 2716 -59 2780 2704 1,135 Sep 2012 2766 2727 -57 2766 2714 223 Dec 2012 2781 2737 -58 2781 2754 304 Mar 2013 2760 2746 -57 2760 2730 74 May 2013 0 2753 -57 0 0 0 Jul 2013 0 2761 -57 0 0 0 Sep 2013 0 2775 -57 0 0 0 Average/Totals 2727 54882 Wednesday 9th November 2011 Month Open Price Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 2676 2570 -93 2680 2549 21,842 Mar 2012 2695 2603 -86 2705 2586 23,127 May 2012 2711 2615 -84 2711 2599 2,206 Jul 2012 2706 2632 -84 2712 2619 465 Sep 2012 2650 2645 -82 2665 2640 312 Dec 2012 2675 2657 -80 2680 2647 439 Mar 2013 2730 2668 -78 2730 2660 60 May 2013 2688 2677 -76 2700 2688 11 Jul 2013 0 2685 -76 0 0 0 Sep 2013 0 2699 -76 0 0 0 Average/Totals 2645 48462 COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 5 P.O. 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TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org Thursday 10th November 2011 Month Open Price Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 2571 2504 -66 2585 2500 14,782 Mar 2012 2598 2559 -44 2618 2548 22,010 May 2012 2620 2570 -45 2624 2562 2,681 Jul 2012 2639 2586 -46 2639 2577 1,135 Sep 2012 2651 2598 -47 2652 2596 238 Dec 2012 2660 2612 -45 2660 2609 88 Mar 2013 2650 2625 -43 2650 2615 111 May 2013 2652 2634 -43 2652 2649 78 Jul 2013 2665 2642 -43 2665 2665 81 Sep 2013 0 2656 -43 0 0 0 Average/Totals 2599 41204 Friday 11th November 2011 Month Open Price Change High Low Volume Dec 2011 2505 2489 -15 2520 2465 9,731 Mar 2012 2559 2559 0 2588 2544 15,665 May 2012 2561 2570 0 2602 2556 2,692 Jul 2012 2580 2585 -1 2618 2577 1,204 Sep 2012 2598 2597 -1 2619 2590 284 Dec 2012 2610 2612 0 2631 2600 170 Mar 2013 2615 2624 -1 2629 2610 223 May 2013 0 2635 1 0 0 0 Jul 2013 0 2643 1 0 0 27 Sep 2013 0 2657 1 0 0 0 Average/Totals 2597 29996 Average for the wee 2597 5454 5454 COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 6 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org News NEWS Health and Nutrition Production & Quality DJ Nigeria's Cocoa Production to drop 10% in production each year, according to the state-run 2011-12 Season - Trade Cocoa research Institute of Nigeria. "We are still Middle East North Africa Financial having rainfall in Ondo state, the biggest cocoa Network producer in Nigeria. Substantial rains fell By Obafemi Oredein; Dow Jones Newswires [Thursday]," Robo said. November 10, 2011 IBADAN, Nigeria, Nov 10, 2011 (Dow Jones Nigeria normally produces 240,000 tons of cocoa a Commodities News via Comtex) -- Nigeria's cocoa year but new cocoa farms planted by cocoa- production is expected to be down by 10% in the producing states and rehabilitation of large tracts of 2011-12 season (October-September) due to old cocoa farms were expected to raise national excessive rain and otherwise poor weather, cocoa output to 300,000 tons this season. body officials and traders said Thursday. "Too much rainfall hampered good development of World 'needs extra 1m tonnes' of cocoa by 2020 cocoa this year while farmers received imported Agrimoney.com chemicals too late to fight cocoa diseases," Robo By Agrimoney.com Adhuze, an analyst with the Cocoa Association of 10th November 2011, Nigeria, or CAN, told Dow Jones Newswires. He World cocoa production needs to rise more than said output by Nigeria in the 2011-12 had been one-quarter to spare confectioners "significant estimated at 300,000 metric tons by the association challenges" in securing supplies, the top ranked "but we will likely see this down by at least 30,000 chocolate maker said, unveiling plans to help tons," following unfavorable weather. farmers double yields. However, the analysis failed to prevent cocoa prices falling to two-year lows in Rainfall has been extremely heavy in the southwest both London and New York. and southeast cocoa regions especially in September and October and this led to the outbreak Chocolate makers will need an extra 1m tonnes of of the black pod disease in key cocoa-growing cocoa beans by 2020 to meet demand, which, led areas in Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo and Ogun states, by emerging markets is growing by 2-3% a year, traders contacted in the regions said. Swiss-based Barry Callebaut said. Robo said the black pod disease was already on the Brazilian consumption soared 12.8% in the year to farms before effective chemical treatments arrived the end of August. in June, adding that they should come in in March, before the onset of the rainy season in May. He However, cocoa production "has been steadily said some businessmen brought in bogus chemicals declining for years, especially in Ivory Coast," that were sold to farmers at cheaper rates but were responsible for nearly 40% of world output, ineffective on cocoa diseases. Juergen Steinemann, the Barry Callebaut chief executive, told shareholders. "Even when the genuine chemicals arrived the prices were high and several farmers could not buy A bumper 2010-11 harvest, which was boosted by enough to treat their farms. Due to excessive favourable rains, masked the hindrance to rainfall farmers needed more chemicals than they production presented by volatile prices, when usually bought each year to fight this year's black farmers "main concern is to get a stable income", pod disease," a trader in Ile-Ife, Osun state, said. and better returns from other plantation crops. Black pod, which thrives in cocoa farms in humid Rubber was at the start of the year offering Ivory conditions destroys 40% of Nigerian cocoa Coast growers $2,000 a hectare more than cocoa, COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 7 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org which has been the more profitable crop since 2003. The Market 'Fragile and sensitive' Ivory Coast Cocoa Premium is said to remain stable in Europe "We have to do more to ensure the growth of our Bloomberg cocoa crop," Mr Steinemann said, terming the By Isis Almeida cocoa "a fragile and sensitive crop in every aspect". November 07, 2011, (Bloomberg) -- The premium buyers in the Barry Callebaut itself, which alone expects to need European market are prepared to pay for cocoa an extra 300,000 tonnes of cocoa by 2020, was to from Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer, was launch a "yield and quality initiative". This will stable over the past month even as local prices rose, boost output through measures such as providing three people involved in the trade said. agronomic advice to farmers, with the aim of boosted yields to 800 kilogramme a hectare, Ivorian beans from the 2011-12 crop started last education to encourage young people intopthe month traded in Europe at 45 pounds ($72) to 50 industry and a health plan to improve growers pounds a metric ton above futures prices on the livelihood. "We as market leader need to further NYSE Liffe exchange in London, according to the accelerate our direct impact to safeguard our people, who declined to be identified because growth ambition," Mr Steinemann said. they're unauthorized to speak to the media. That Asia-Pacific focus compares with 40 to 70 pounds on Oct. 7, just before beans started arriving at ports, three traders The comments followed the group's release of said then. results showing a 9.0% rise to SFr258.9m in Barry Callebaut's earnings for the year to the end of Cocoa prices in Ivory Coast rose as farmers held August, on revenues up 0.7% at SFr1.30bn. back beans in hope of better prices. Average prices paid at the country's main growing centers climbed The group, which makes chocolate on behalf of to 727 CFA francs ($1.52) a kilogram (2.2 pounds) giants such as Hershey, Kraft and Nestle, said that in the Oct. 24-31 period from 715 CFA francs in it had "again outperformed the global chocolate the Oct. 17-23 span, figures published by the market", raising volumes by 7.2% compared with Bourse du Cafe et du Cacao show. "Since the world growth of 3.1%. beginning of the season, the cocoa price has been supported by the decision taken by Ivorian farmers The company expanded particularly fast in Asia, to hold on to a portion of their beans in the hope of where its sales volumes rose 10.4%. "It is clearly seeing higher prices," Lysu Paez, an analyst at evident that the company's key global industrial Natixis SA in Paris, wrote in a report to clients e- customers are increasingly focusing on the Asia- mailed yesterday. Pacific region as the next growth area," the group said. Buyers in Ivory Coast had to pay a premium to NYSE Liffe prices of as much as 10 pounds a ton Barry Callebaut shares closed 1.9% lower at for beans as arrivals at local ports slowed, a trader SFr820.00. said on Oct. 27. Beans at ports in the country usually trade at a discount. Cocoa drops Delayed Deliveries Prices of cocoa itself extended a decline ongoing since March, and attributed to upbeat short term Farmers also delayed bean deliveries to ports as hopes for world output, which were notably they awaited government approval of an industry improved by the end of hostilities in Ivory Coast. reform that would guarantee a minimum price. "This action may have been a good bet, as last In London, December cocoa touched a two-year Tuesday local authorities did finally agree on low for a spot contract of £1,580 a tonne before setting a minimum cocoa guaranteed price for closing at £1,583 a tonne, down 2.0%. Ivorian farmers," Paez said. New York cocoa for December set a two-year low Ivory Coast's cocoa farmers will get a guaranteed of $2,500 a tonne, before edging back to $2,504 a 50 percent to 60 percent of the international price tonne at the close, a drop of 2.6% on the day. of the chocolate ingredient as part of industry reforms approved by the government on Nov. 2, said spokesman Bruno Kone. COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 8 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org Ghanaian beans in Europe were 85 pounds to 95 year, but that growth will slow to 2 percent in pounds a ton above prices on NYSE Liffe, the 2011/12. people said. That compares with 90 pounds to 100 pounds on Oct. 7. The country is the world's The International Cocoa Organization ICCO.L also second-largest producer of cocoa. sees a slowdown in grindings, forecasting 2011/12 would see a reversion to the long-term average of European cocoa butter, used to make chocolate, around 3 percent growth, from around 4 percent in was at a ratio of 0.97 to 1.04 times the NYSE Liffe 2010/11. "We don't feel that there is adequate price, the traders said. That compares to 1 to 1.05 incentive for demand to increase at this pace in the times the exchange price on Oct. 7. Cocoa butter next season, the economic situation is not very accounts for as much as 20 percent of the weight of good, the main factor for grindings is economic a chocolate bar, according to Commodities Risk growth," said Laurent Pipitone, statistician of the Analysis LC, a cocoa researcher based in New ICCO. York. IVORY COAST IMPACT Cocoa for December delivery fell 5 pounds, or 0.3 percent, to 1,677 pounds a ton by the 5 p.m. close A disputed presidential election, leading to a ban on NYSE Liffe. Prices are down 17 percent this on cocoa exports, and unreliable power supplies at year. local processing plants, brought top producer Ivory Coast's industry to a standstill earlier this year. Processing & Manufacturing This boosted the utilization of processing capacity in Europe. "The situation in Côte d'Ivoire disrupted Cocoa grindings growth seen slowing in 2011/12 exports of cocoa products from the country and at Reuters UK the time it was not possible to foresee how long By Sarah McFarlane these disruptions would persist," the spokesperson Nov 7, 2011 at Cargill said. "Consequently many processors LONDON (Reuters) - Global cocoa grindings are took prudent measures to protect the supply chain expected to slow in 2011/12, reverting to historical and ensure continuity of supply for their customers, averages of 3 percent annual growth, as a which led to a temporary accumulation of deteriorating economic outlook dampens demand, additional products stocks." even though the latest European quarterly grindings rose sharply. Another factor which may have contributed to Europe's jump in July-September grindings was Rather than an indication of rapid demand growth Cargill's purchase of German processor in Europe, where around 40 percent of the world's Schwartauer Werke KVB.L -- including two plants cocoa is consumed, the increase in quarterly with capacity for 75,000 tonnes of chocolate per grindings is due to processors catching up after year -- which completed in June. exports of beans stopped in top cocoa grower Ivory Coast during conflict after a disputed presidential Germany's July-September grindings jumped 36 election. "For 2011/12 we expect to see a continued percent compared with the same period in 2010. "In positive trend in the cocoa processing activity, the past few years we have seen a series of albeit at a lower and more sustainable pace," said a takeovers of German grinders by multinationals spokesperson at Cargill, whose processing and like Cargill, ADM and Delphi," a German trader chocolate-making plants are where around 15 said. "All the plants that were recently taken over percent of the world's cocoa ends up. seem to be running at much higher levels than in previous years." Last month the European Cocoa Association reported a 14 percent rise in July-September Dealers also noted that Germany is well placed for quarterly grindings compared with the same period winning export business of semi-finished cocoa a year ago, exceeding analysts' expectations. products to chocolate manufacturers in rapidly growing chocolate consumers Eastern Europe and The unexpected sharp rise in European grindings Russia. caused upward revisions to global 2010/11 (October-September) grindings growth estimates. POWDER DEMAND Commodities broker Marex Spectron estimates When cocoa beans are processed they make equal global 2010/11 grindings grew 4.4 percent on the amounts of powder and butter. Butter is what makes chocolate melt in the mouth, while powder COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 9 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org is used for flavour in foods including cakes, Vietnam (21%), Honduras (15%), India (6%) and biscuits, ice cream and cereal. Colombia (5%) complete the top five supplying Traditionally, butter has been the higher value countries. product and the driver behind grindings growth, but recently this has changed. Cocoa The highest growth in cocoa demand is coming With 66% of the total sales volume, Cote d'Ivoire is from emerging markets including Asia, where the largest supplier of UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa. demand is focused on powder-based products, Dominican Republic follow with 16%, Peru with which has helped push up powder prices to trade at 6%. a premium to butter. "They love chocolate in Asia. They are beginning to consume chocolate based Tea & Rooibos products in mass quantities. Products like chocolate cereal, chocolate drinks, and chocolate bakery 33% of certified tea volume trades are Rooibos, items are flying off the shelves," said Shawn coming from South Africa. Malawi is responsible Hackett, president of Hackett Financial Advisors. for 45% of the tea sales and Indonesia 21%. UTZ CERTIFIED tea can also be sourced from India, As GDP growth in emerging markets is expected to Kenya, Sri Lanka and Argentina as well. outpace that in developed markets, strong powder demand could accelerate grindings growth. "Global Mars, one of the founding partners of the UTZ 2011/12 grindings could be between 2 and 4 CERTIFIED cocoa program, has publicly percent, partly because the macro outlook isn't committed to source only UTZ cocoa for the Mars looking as strong. But then again, if all the growth bars sold in the Netherlands by 2012. Mars has in powder demand is in emerging markets and the pledged only sustainable cocoa will be used by emerging markets continue to grow then maybe it 2020 in their global production. Lidl announced will surprise on the upside," a European their commitment to source an increasing amount commodity fund analyst said. of UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa for the entire range of their private chocolate label Fin Carré leading to UTZ CERTIFIED Q3 close shows significant fully a sustainable label by 2020.. increase in Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Sales Sacramento Bee All black, green, fruit, white and Rooibos teas from By UTZ CERTIFIED Ahold retail in the Netherlands now contain an Nov. 9, 2011 increasing amount of tea leaves certified by UTZ. Amsterdam, - UTZ CERTIFIED enjoys a sales The 65 tea flavors will be switched to fully boost in its third quarter sales. Compared to certified contents per segment. January - September 2010, certified sustainable coffee sales rose 23% in the same period this year, About UTZ CERTIFIED leading to a sale volume of 105,757 metric tons of coffee certified by UTZ in total. Tea sales also UTZ CERTIFIED is one of the largest increased significantly by almost 74% for a total of sustainability programs for coffee, cocoa and tea in 2,416 metric tons and sales of currently registered the world. Brands that have committed themselves UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa have risen to 29,719 to the sourcing of (sustainable) UTZ CERTIFIED metric tons -- an impressive increase of 149% raw materials are global market leaders. Farmers compared to the same period last year. are trained in the professionalization of their agricultural practice and operational management "We're encouraged by the continued increase of with care for people and environment. This certified coffee, tea and cocoa sold. Food improves the quality of their products and allows manufacturers are open to discussing future them to produce higher volumes at lower costs. purchases and long-term commitments" says Han Moreover, farmers who work with UTZ de Groot, executive director, UTZ CERTIFIED. CERTIFIED in the global marketplace receive a "We are also seeing well-informed consumers premium for their crop and they don't have to pay looking to their favorite brands to source an annual fee for taking part in the program. The responsibly." UTZ CERTIFIED tracking system subsequently guarantees that the raw materials have actually Coffee been grown and harvested in a responsible manner. For more information: http://www.utzcertified.org Brazil remains UTZ CERTIFIED's top supplier of coffee accounting for 39% of total sales volume. COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 10 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org With the Unicontrol system, cocoa arrives at the Business & Economy shed in bags which are emptied into the terminal for CMC to conduct quality control exercises to New technology introduced to enhance bulk ensure that the beans are of the best quality that export of Ghana's cocoa Ghana is noted for . After that the heap of beans is Ghana Business News loaded into the marine vessel using conveyer belts Source: Daily Graphic positioned at the quayside at the port for export. November 9, 2011 "This process takes only two days to load; hitherto it took a week and half which was not the best as the demand for the use of the quayside by other vessels was very high," Mr Andre said. The Country Manager of Unicontrol Commodity, Mr Kor Ritsema, said as part of the rehabilitation exercise, the company has invested in roofing, weighing machines, lightening systems and the general improvement of the terminal in readiness Unicontrol Commodity Limited, a storage and for the anticipated increase in cocoa production. cocoa shipping company working for the country's Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), has retooled He said after the successful introduction of the cost its terminal in readiness for the much anticipated effective technology to receive cocoa beans in bulk increase in the production and export of cocoa . some years ago in Holland, its replication in exporting countries had become essential and The company uses a system which ensures the prudent, saying: "It was therefore important that export of cocoa beans as a single bulk countries with dedicated terminals for cocoa like consignment, a marked departure from the cocoa Ghana make it easier to export in bulk without sacks which were hitherto widely used. much delay which came with advantage for the exporting and the importing countries," he said. The new technology, which is being practised in a country such as Holland, also ensures that vessels Cargill Announces Memorandum of transporting cocoa beans from Ghana are loaded in Understanding to Support Cocoa Sector in Cote two days, cutting down significantly from the long d'Ivoire days of about a fortnight that it takes to load bags SYS-CON Media (press release) of cocoa beans into marine vessels. By: PR Newswire Nov. 11, 2011 According to officials of Unicontrol Commodity, Company to continue to expand its training since its inception in 1999 to export cocoa on activities and to distribute 600,000 cocoa tree behalf of CMC, the turnaround time for vessels at seedlings to support farmers. Cargill's cocoa and the Takoradi Port, especially those loading cocoa chocolate business has agreed a memorandum of beans, had reduced tremendously and had eased understanding that underlines its continued support vessel congestion at the Takoradi Port. for Ivorian cocoa farmers and the development of the country's cocoa sector. This came to light at the inauguration of a refurbished and equipped cocoa terminal at the Cargill will invest U.S. $3.25 million to develop Takoradi Port operated by Unicontrol to ensure that and expand its farmer training program and support long periods of loading large vessels were reduced. activities to enable cooperatives to obtain independent UTZ and Rain Forest Alliance Speaking to the media, the Business Development certification. This includes a partnership with Director, Mr Eric Andre, said since the company ANADER, Cote d'Ivoire's national rural started working for CMC to date, it had development agency, to support farmer training successfully exported a total of 1.9 million tonnes activities and the distribution of 600,000 cocoa tree of cocoa using the bulk export approach. He said seedlings to participating cooperatives to help the company exported about 230,000 tonnes of improve and renew existing cocoa farms. cocoa during the 2010/2011 crop season and had the capacity to scale up to about 325,000 tonnes a The agreement with ANADER was signed at a year since it could load a vessel of about 8,000 ceremony in Abidjan by the Minister of Agriculture tonnes in just two days. for Cote d'Ivoire, Monsieur Mamadou Sangafowa COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 11 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org Coulibaly and Greg Page, Cargill chairman and Lionel Soulard, Managing Director West Africa, chief executive officer. Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate said, "Successful cocoa "Cote d'Ivoire remains one of the foremost growing communities are important both for the producers of cocoa in the world, and this agreement development of the Ivorian economy and for our strengthens our ongoing commitment to help own business. We want to continue to provide improve the farming practices and the livelihoods support and assistance, where we can, to help of Ivorian cocoa farmers, as well as support the improve the quality, yields and incomes of farmers development of the country's cocoa sector," said so that cocoa farming can continue to thrive in the Greg Page, Cargill chairman and chief executive country for many generations to come." officer. About Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate: The U.S. $3.25 million allocation for farmer training marks another step in Cargill's Sustainable Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate offers the food industry Cocoa Program, which is its ongoing commitment a wide range of both standard and customised to build a sustainable cocoa supply chain, support cocoa and chocolate ingredients to be used in cocoa farmers and improve livelihoods in cocoa delicious bakery, confectionery, and dairy growing communities. applications all over the world. Our product range includes high quality Gerkens(R) cocoa powders, Cargill has been training Ivorian cocoa farmers for chocolate including Wilbur(R), Peter's(R) and more than 10 years and today helps tens of Veliche(R), coatings, fillings, cocoa liquors and thousands of farmers increase yields, improve cocoa butters. With years of experience in technical quality and adopt more sustainable practices. In food expertise Cargill supports its customers in 2011/2012 it will train over 60,000 farmers across new recipes and new product development. 90 cooperatives in Cote d'Ivoire through over 1,100 farmer field schools. This training has already Our facilities in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cote enabled 44 farmer cooperatives to achieve d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Ghana, the Netherlands, independent UTZ certification and this figure will UK and the USA are fully dedicated to produce in double to 90 certified cooperatives by October accordance with the highest food safety standards. 2012. To secure a good quality and sustainable supply of The intensive 10-month programme for cocoa beans we have our own cocoa bean sourcing cooperatives and their members focuses on farming operations for buying, handling and/or exporting of techniques and post-harvest activities such as cocoa beans in Brazil, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, pruning, plantation renewal and cocoa fermentation Indonesia and Vietnam. Presence in all the leading methods. In addition it also stresses broader social producing countries allows Cargill to oversee the aspects, such as the importance of ensuring supply chain from beans at origin to cocoa and children's education and HIV awareness. chocolate products on our customers' doorstep. In addition, extensive market research and analysis In crop year 2011/12 Cargill is forecasting to proves to be a source of valuable information to our purchase 50,000 tonnes of certified cocoa, which customers. will represent cocoa premium payments totalling over U.S. $9 million. Over 50 percent of these payments go directly to farmers with the remainder Labour Issues being invested by the cooperatives to provide assistance to members and to build local Ivory Coast cocoa farms child labour: Little community facilities. Cargill is continuing to work change closely with cooperatives to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans BBC News from Cote d'Ivoire by 2015. By Humphrey Hawksley BBC News, Ivory Coast November 10, 2011 Additionally through its partnerships with CARE and the IECD, Cargill is improving access to A boy healthcare, drinking water and renovating schools working in 10 communities in San Pedro and Daloa. It has on a also renovated over 40 schools to provide cocoa education and practical farming skills to help farm young people improve their employment prospects. Work on cocoa farms in COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 12 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org the region can be demanding - and dangerous The sight of children carrying machetes or pesticide equipment is common throughout Ivory Global chocolate companies have been told they Coast's cocoa belt. have a moral responsibility to do more to stop children working on cocoa farms in West Africa. But the report by Tulane University in the US, found that the chocolate industry's funding since A recent report commissioned by the US 2001 had "not been sufficient" and it needed to do government found that more than 1.8 million more More than 800,000 children here are believed children in West Africa were involved in growing to do some form of cocoa-related work. cocoa. I found a group walking along a muddy path Many were at risk of being injured by machetes, towards trees where bright yellow cocoa pods hung pesticides or through other hazards. ready for harvest. They wore torn and grubby shorts and T-shirts. There was no laughter or play. The Ivory On their legs were scars from machete injuries. Coast There was no first aid kit around or any protective exports clothing. In one hand they held a cocoa pod. With nearly half the other they hacked it open with a machete, then the world's prized out the beans. cocoa. After years Under the present system, once sold to market, it is of civil impossible to trace exactly where the beans came war, the new government says ending poverty and from - and whether or not young children are being child labour is a priority and the chocolate industry forced to work to produce them. must be involved. "There is a moral obligation," said Gilbert Kone Kafana, minister for labour and One of the children was Kuadio Kouako who said social affairs. "The chocolate companies have a he was 12 and whose home was more than 320km duty to engage with us. We need to build roads, (200 miles) away. schools, hospitals and social centres; anything that would allow Ivory Coast to progress. "This At first, the farm's owner insisted that three of the development is necessary for farmers to have a boys were his sons and that two belonged to a good life, and it is in the interest of the industry to friend. But when I asked for their names, he work with us." hesitated - then left. "I was living in Bouake with my grandmother," Yao Kouassi said. The chocolate industry is worth more than $90m (£56.5m) a year, and more than 40% of people in International chocolate companies say they are the Ivory Coast live below the poverty line. committed to ending child labour Ten years ago, under international pressure, The chocolate industry has sponsored some chocolate companies signed an international projects such as in the village of Campement Paul, protocol to stop the practice of dangerous child near the city of San Pedro. In 2008 a small school labour. They promised to "commit significant was built, for which the villagers had to pay half of resources" and act "as a matter of urgency." the $20,000 (£12,570) costs. Cocoa It can accommodate about 150 children. But the pod villagers say that another 400 in the community Cocoa is still have no school to go to. the raw ingredient One child who has benefited is Dera, now 15. for When the school opened, his father took him off chocolate cocoa work so he could learn to read and write. and one of "You get very tired when you work so much," he West said, showing scars he still has from his machete Africa's main exports injuries. "Every day I would wake at six o'clock and go straight to the cocoa farm." Scarring work The chocolate industry concedes that more needs to be done, but says that even since 2009 its programmes have helped hundreds of thousands of COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 13 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org cocoa farming families and more than one million children. Others New targets Rains batter Cameroon, cocoa disease spreads Reuters Africa Company executives refuse to speak on this issue By Tansa Musa and refer queries to public relations consultant Nov 9, 2011 Joanna Scott. "Far too many children are in the YAOUNDE Nov 9 (Reuters) - Heavy rains in worst forms of child labour and that is Cameroon have caused blackpod disease to spread unacceptable to us," she says. "No child should and risk denting output from two leading growing ever be harmed in the growing and harvesting of regions in the world's fifth largest grower, members cocoa and that is why we are totally committed to of cooperatives said on Wednesday. work with others in resolving the situation." Cameroon's annual cocoa output hit a record of Child 240,000 tonnes in the 2010/11 season and the labourer Cocoa Development Authority has forecast with production rising to 250,000 tonnes in the on-going pesticide 2011/12 season. equipmen t Child Joseph Nde, manager of the cocoa growing and workers - exporting firm Cameroon Marketing Commodities including those working with pesticides - often (CAMACO), based in Kumba in the South-West, have no protective equipment said months of rains had prevented farmers from treating their crops with pesticides. "Right now we Last year, under continuing pressure, the chocolate are praying that the dry season should set in as industry signed another agreement - this time to cut soon as possible or else, from the rate at which the by 70% the number of children working in disease is spreading across the region," he said. "I dangerous conditions by 2020. am afraid this could bring down output by about five to 10 percent this season if the heavy rains There is, though, some difference over the figures. continue for another month," he added. South-West produces about 40 percent of Cameroon's overall The US study found that between 2001 and 2009, crop. less than 4% of people in Ivory Coast's cocoa- growing communities had been helped by the Similar reports came in from the Centre region, industry's programmes, and about 33,000 children. which also accounts for about 40 percent of the crop. "Many farmers have now given off the idea The chocolate companies say they have done much of spraying their farms because it will just be a more. But the US Department of Labor, a signatory waste of time and money as the rains just wash off to the new agreement, backs the Tulane report, the chemicals," said Emmanuel Nguile from Bafia, saying its figures are "credible and reliable". If that 135 km north of the capital. "So within a short time is the case, even if the 2020 target is achieved, the blackpod has hit us and is spreading very fast. almost a quarter of a million children would still be Hardly will you find any farmer who will not at risk, harvesting cocoa for global chocolate complain that his plants and pods have not been companies. attacked." Separately, state radio said a bridge over the Ntem River in the South region, the country's No. 3 Environmental Issue growing area, collapsed due to floods, preventing farmers from taking produce to market. (Reporting; Editing by David Lewis) Research & Development Promotion & Consumption COCOA PRODUCERS' ALLIANCE, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, 14 P.O. BOX 1718, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TEL: +234(0)1-263-5574 FAX: +234(0)1-263-5684 Email: email@example.com Website: www.copal-cpa.org


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Choosing a major, figuring out a financial plan, and researching the spiritual climate are all vital steps in choosing a Christian college. However, there is another vital piece that your student must consider — dorm life! For today's post, we asked Joe Poelzer, one of Cedarville's Resident Directors, to weigh in on the important role that Residence Life plays in a students personal and professional development.
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The Best Barbecue Burgers
Summertime is burger time. What could be easier than throwing some burgers on the grill? Actually these days just picking which ground beef can be a challenge. Raising cattle takes a toll on the environment, and you need to choose carefully to find something that satisfies your taste and your desire for something healthy. The main outlets for purchasing beef used to be the butcher shop, supermarket or those old school mail order steakhouses. These days there's grass fed beef, Black Angus beef and American style Kobe beef to choose from as well.
We like each of the following for different reasons:
The Healthiest Choice:Grass fed Black Angus--La Cense
Price $2.28 per 6 ounce patty
+ Taste is very lean and clean
+ Better for the environment because the cattle don't eat grain
+ Leaner meat, less calories
+ Healthier to eat, Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio of 2:1, plus vitamins and antioxidants
The Best Value: Natural Black Angus–Roseda Farms
Price $1.97 per 6 ounce patty
+ No growth hormones, artificial color or flavoring; no chemical preservatives, other synthetic ingredients
+ Cattle are are fed grass, soybean meal, corn, hay and fresh water with grain to finish
+ Rich flavor, earthy and juicy texture
+ Dry aged 14-21 days for flavor and tenderness
The Best Taste: American style Kobe–Snake River Farms
Cross between Japanese Wagyu cattle with premium American Black Angus
Price $3.45 per 8 ounce patty
+ Very rich flavor
+ Cattle fed on grains very slowly for a long-period of time (350-500 days)
+ Very juicy, a special patented process provides "spaces" for meat juices to cook "into" and "stay in", with up to 50% more juice retention than a standard patty
+ Free of both hormones and antibiotic residues
+ Cattle fed an all-natural diet of barley, golden wheat straw, alfalfa hay and Idaho potatoes
+ Healthier with a 3:1 ratio of unsaturated to saturated fat
Regardless of which beef you choose, here are some cooking tips:
1. If your burger is frozen, defrost it and season with salt and pepper on both sides of the patty right before cooking. Cook directly on the grill or in a cast iron skillet. Start with high heat to sear then lower the heat to medium or move to a cooler spot on the grill. (Notable exception: Snake River Farms recommends not defrosting their burgers before cooking)
2. Burgers can dry out fast. Take them off the heat as soon as they are done. How to tell by sight when the burger is ready? When juices start to come out of the top of the burger, it's medium. When the juices that have oozed out of the top get cooked (stop looking red and become a bit more clear), it's medium-well. For safety, use an instant-read thermometer to check and see when the meat reaches the safety zone of 160 degrees.
3. Resist the urge to press patties with a spatula. You will squeeze out the juice.
Amy Sherman is a San Francisco–based writer, recipe developer, restaurant reviewer and all around culinary enthusiast. She blogs for Epicurious , GlamDish , Bay Area Bites and Cooking with Amy .
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