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Biden: Voters "having a difficult time" electing first African American president
As Election Day looms just over two weeks away, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said Saturday that with Republicans firing "vicious" and "dangerous" attacks at Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., voters are "having a difficult time" opting for the man who would become the nation's first African American president.
"Undecided people are having a difficult time just culturally making the change, making the move for the first African American president in the history of the United States of America," the Democratic vice-presidential nominee said at a San Francisco fundraiser Saturday evening. "So we need to respond. We need to respond at the moment, immediately, not wait, not hang around, not assume any of this won't stick." H/T Ace, who notes two things. First off, Biden's referring to about 10% of the population there. Actually, he's really referring to at least 55% of the population, once you factor in all those Republicans who aren't voting for Obama, either (although I suppose that we're all regretfully damned already, poor us). Second, Biden's dropping one heck of a hint about this week:
"Mark my words, you're going to see these polls drop this week," Biden forecasted. "We got a bump. We're going to be in good shape. You're going to see them drop. There's nothing automatic about this at all."
Well, I guess that we'll see, Senator. I suspect that this wasn't a Joe Biden Opens His Mouth moment, either.
PS: And while we're on the subject of "...having these rallies where people are showing up saying, you know, the things they're saying - I don't even want to repeat them -- it's not a healthy thing." - may I refer you to this and this?
Yes, I'll wait until you check with the Obama campaign to find out what you think about them, Senator. Indeed, I expected it.

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Response to droughts and heat waves of the productivity of natural and agricultural ecosystems in Europe within ISI-MIP2 historical simulations
François, Louis ; Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; Dury, Marie et al
Conference (2016, June 23)
According to the projections of climate models, extreme events such as droughts and heat waves are expected to become more frequent and more severe in the future. Such events are known to severely impact ... [more ▼]
According to the projections of climate models, extreme events such as droughts and heat waves are expected to become more frequent and more severe in the future. Such events are known to severely impact the productivity of both natural and agricultural ecosystems, and hence to affect ecosystem services such as crop yield and ecosystem carbon sequestration potential. Dynamic vegetation models are conventional tools to evaluate the productivity and carbon sequestration of ecosystems and their response to climate change. However, how far are these models able to correctly represent the sensitivity of ecosystems to droughts and heat waves? How do the responses of natural and agricultural ecosystems compare to each other, in terms of drought-induced changes in productivity and carbon sequestration? In this contribution, we use ISI-MIP2 model historical simulations from the biome sector. Eight dynamic vegetation models have participated in the biome sector intercomparison of ISI-MIP2: CARAIB, DLEM, JULES, LPJ-GUESS, LPJml, ORCHIDEE, VEGAS and VISIT. We focus the analysis on well-marked droughts or heat waves that occured in Europe after 1970, such as the 1976, 2003 and 2010 events. For most recent studied events, the model results are compared to the response observed at several eddy covariance sites in Europe, and, at a lager scale, to the drops in crop productivities reported in national statistics or to the drought impacts retrieved from satellite data (Terra MODIS instrument). [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 13 (4 ULg)
Using a dynamic vegetation model for future projections of crop yields : application to Belgium in the framework of the VOTES and MASC projects
Jacquemin, Ingrid ; Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; et al
Poster (2016, April 22)
Dynamic vegetation models (DVM) were initially designed to describe the dynamics of natural ecosystems as a function of climate and soil, to study the role of the vegetation in the carbon cycle. These ... [more ▼]
Dynamic vegetation models (DVM) were initially designed to describe the dynamics of natural ecosystems as a function of climate and soil, to study the role of the vegetation in the carbon cycle. These models are now directly coupled with climate models in order to evaluate feedbacks between vegetation and climate. But DVM characteristics allow numerous other applications, leading to amelioration of some of their modules (e.g., evaluating sensitivity of the hydrological module to land surface changes) and developments (e.g., coupling with other models like agent-based models), to be used in ecosystem management and land use planning studies. It is in this dynamic context about DVMs that we have adapted the CARAIB (CARbon Assimilation In the Biosphere) model. One of the main improvements is the implementation of a crop module, allowing the assessment of climate change impacts on crop yields. We try to validate this module at different scales: - from the plot level, with the use of eddy-covariance data from agricultural sites in the FLUXNET network, such as Lonzée (Belgium) or other Western European sites (Grignon, Dijkgraaf,. . . ), - to the country level, for which we compare the crop yield calculated by CARAIB to the crop yield statistics for Belgium and for different agricultural regions of the country. Another challenge for the CARAIB DVM was to deal with the landscape dynamics, which is not directly possible due to the lack of consideration of anthropogenic factors in the system. In the framework of the VOTES and the MASC projects, CARAIB is coupled with an agent-based model (ABM), representing the societal component of the system. This coupled module allows the use of climate and socio-economic scenarios, particularly interesting for studies which aim at ensuring a sustainable approach. This module has particularly been exploited in the VOTES project, where the objective was to provide a social, biophysical and economic assessment of the ecosystem services in four municipalities under urban pressure in the center of Belgium. The biophysical valuation was carried out with the coupled module, allowing a quantitative evaluation of key ecosystem services as a function of three climatic and socio-economic scenarios. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 44 (12 ULg)
High-resolution climate and land surface interactions modeling over Belgium: current state and decennial scale projections
Jacquemin, Ingrid ; Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; et al
Poster (2016, April 21)
The interactions between land surface and climate are complex. Climate changes can affect ecosystem structure and functions, by altering photosynthesis and productivity or inducing thermal and hydric ... [more ▼]
The interactions between land surface and climate are complex. Climate changes can affect ecosystem structure and functions, by altering photosynthesis and productivity or inducing thermal and hydric stresses on plant species. These changes then impact socio-economic systems, through e.g., lower farming or forestry incomes. Ultimately, it can lead to permanent changes in land use structure, especially when associated with other non-climatic factors, such as urbanization pressure. These interactions and changes have feedbacks on the climate systems, in terms of changing: (1) surface properties (albedo, roughness, evapotranspiration, etc.) and (2) greenhouse gas emissions (mainly CO2, CH4, N2O). In the framework of the MASC project (« Modelling and Assessing Surface Change impacts on Belgian and Western European climate »), we aim at improving regional climate model projections at the decennial scale over Belgium and Western Europe by combining high-resolution models of climate, land surface dynamics and socio-economic processes. The land surface dynamics (LSD) module is composed of a dynamic vegetation model (CARAIB) calculating the productivity and growth of natural and managed vegetation, and an agent-based model (CRAFTY), determining the shifts in land use and land cover. This up-scaled LSD module is made consistent with the surface scheme of the regional climate model (RCM: ALARO) to allow simulations of the RCM with a fully dynamic land surface for the recent past and the period 2000-2030. In this contribution, we analyze the results of the first simulations performed with the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model over Belgium at a resolution of 1km. This analysis is performed at the species level, using a set of 17 species for natural vegetation (trees and grasses) and 10 crops, especially designed to represent the Belgian vegetation. The CARAIB model is forced with surface atmospheric variables derived from the monthly global CRU climatology or ALARO outputs (from a 4 km resolution simulation) for the recent past and the decennial projections. Evidently, these simulations lead to a first analysis of the impact of climate change on carbon stocks (e.g., biomass, soil carbon) and fluxes (e.g., gross and net primary productivities (GPP and NPP) and net ecosystem production (NEP)). The surface scheme is based on two land use/land cover databases, ECOPLAN for the Flemish region and, for the Walloon region, the COS-Wallonia database and the Belgian agricultural statistics for agricultural land. Land use and land cover are fixed through time (reference year: 2007) in these simulations, but a first attempt of coupling between CARAIB and CRAFTY will be made to establish dynamic land use change scenarios for the next decades. A simulation with variable land use would allow an analysis of land use change impacts not only on crop yields and the land carbon budget, but also on climate relevant parameters, such as surface albedo, roughness length and evapotranspiration towards a coupling with the RCM. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 46 (16 ULg)
Drought-related vulnerability and risk assessment of groundwater in Belgium: estimation of the groundwater recharge and crop yield vulnerability with the B-CGMS
Jacquemin, Ingrid ; ; et al
Poster (2016, April 19)
Due to common belief that regions under temperate climate are not affected by (meteorological and groundwater) drought, these events and their impacts remain poorly studied: in the GroWaDRISK, we propose ... [more ▼]
Due to common belief that regions under temperate climate are not affected by (meteorological and groundwater) drought, these events and their impacts remain poorly studied: in the GroWaDRISK, we propose to take stock of this question. We aim at providing a better understanding of the influencing factors (land use and land cover changes, water demand and climate) and the drought-related impacts on the environment, water supply and agriculture. The study area is located in the North-East of Belgium, corresponding approximatively to the Dijle and Demer catchments. To establish an overview of the groundwater situation, we assess the system input: the recharge. To achieve this goal, two models, B-CGMS and WetSpass are used to evaluate the recharge, respectively, over agricultural land and over the remaining areas, as a function of climate and for various land uses and land covers. B-CGMS, which is an adapted version for Belgium of the European Crop Growth Monitoring System, is used for assessing water recharge at a daily timestep and under different agricultural lands: arable land (winter wheat, maize...), orchards, horticulture and floriculture and for grassland. B-CGMS is designed to foresee crop yield and obviously it studies the impact of drought on crop yield and raises issues for the potential need of irrigation. For both yields and water requirements, the model proposes a potential mode, driven by temperature and solar radiation, and a water-limited mode for which water availability can limit crop growth. By this way, we can identify where and when water consumption and yield are not optimal, in addition to the Crop Water Stress Index. This index is calculated for a given crop, as the number of days affected by water stress during the growth sensitive period. Both recharge and crop yield are assessed for the current situation (1980 – 2012), taking into account the changing land use/land cover, in terms of areas and localization of the agricultural land and where the proportion of the different crops had considerably evolved through time (e.g., increase of grain maize and potatoes while winter cereals decrease). The preliminary results of the recharge lead to an average value in the area showing a significant negative trend, in both simulations with fixed (base = 1980) and changing land cover. In the same time, we could observe an increasing number of water stress periods, especially for maize, one of the main crops in the area. Finally, a preliminary test will be presented for the horizon 2040, for which we use meteorological time series (for high and low hydrologic impacts) given by the CCI-HYDR Perturbation Tool (Ntegeka V. and Willems P., 2009). This preliminary test aims to (1) evaluate the amplitude of the potential recharge deficit and, (2) especially, to define vulnerability zones, affected by frequent water stress, in connection with irrigation needs which could possibly increase the groundwater extraction. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 29 (3 ULg)
Response to droughts and heat waves of the productivity of natural and agricultural ecosystems in Europe within ISI-MIP2 historical simulations
François, Louis ; Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; Dury, Marie et al
Conference (2016, April)Detailed reference viewed: 14 (2 ULg)
Classifying simulated wheat yield responses to changes in temperature and precipitation across a european transect
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Conference (2016, March)Detailed reference viewed: 27 (11 ULg)
Assessing the Risk of Ecosystem Disruption in Europe using a Dynamic Vegetation Model driven by CMIP5 Regional Climatic Projections from EURO-CORDEX
Dury, Marie ; Hambuckers, Alain ; Henrot, Alexandra-Jane et al
Conference (2015, December 18)
While the combination of warmer and drier mean climatic conditions can have severe impacts on ecosystems, extreme events like droughts or heat waves that break the gradual climate change can have more ... [more ▼]
While the combination of warmer and drier mean climatic conditions can have severe impacts on ecosystems, extreme events like droughts or heat waves that break the gradual climate change can have more long-term consequences on ecosystem composition, functioning and carbon storage. Hence, it is essential to assess the changes in climatic variability and the changes in frequency of extreme events projected for the future. Ecosystems could not be in a condition to adapt to these new conditions and might be disrupted. Here, the process-based dynamic vegetation model CARAIB DVM was used to evaluate and analyze how future climate and extreme events will affect European ecosystems. To quantify the uncertainties in the climatic projections and in their potential impacts on ecosystems, the vegetation model was driven with the outputs of different regional climatic models (RCMs), nested in CMIP5 GCM projections for the EURO-CORDEX project. We used the ALADIN version 5.3 (Météo-France/CNRM) and other EURO-CORDEX RCMs. These climatic projections are at a high spatial resolution (0.11-degree, ~12 km). CARAIB simulations were performed across Europe over the historical period 1951-2005 and the future period 2006-2100 under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. We simulated a set of 99 individual species (47 herbs, 12 shrubs and 40 trees) representing the major European ecosystem flora. First, we analyzed the climatic variability simulated by the climatic models over the historical period and compared it with the observed climatic variability. None of these climatic models can reproduce accurately the present natural climatic variability. Then, to assess the risk of ecosystem disruption in the future and to identify the vulnerable areas in Europe, we created an index combining several CARAIB outputs: runoff, mean NPP, soil turnover, burned area, appearance and disappearance of species. We evaluated the severity of change projected for these variables (period 2071-2100) relative to their current variability (period 1961-1990). Mean changes were considered severe if they exceed observed variability. The highest values of the index were found in southern Europe, indicating that the amplitude of the expected ecosystem changes largely exceeds current interannual variability in this area. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 43 (8 ULg)
Analysing the response of European ecosystems to droughts and heat waves within ISI-MIP2 simulations
Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; Dury, Marie ; François, Louis et al
Conference (2015, December 14)
With unprecedented speed and extent, the future climate change can be expected to severely impact terrestrial ecosystems due to more frequent extreme events, such as droughts or heat waves. What will be ... [more ▼]
With unprecedented speed and extent, the future climate change can be expected to severely impact terrestrial ecosystems due to more frequent extreme events, such as droughts or heat waves. What will be the impacts of these extreme events on ecosystem functioning and structure? How far will net primary production be reduced by such events? What will be the impact on plant mortality? Could such events trigger changes in the abundance of plant species, thus leading to biome shifts? In this contribution, we propose to use ISI-MIP2 model historical simulations from the biome sector to analyse the response of ecosystems to droughts or heat waves, trying to understand the differences between several vegetation models (e.g. CARAIB, HYBRID, LPJ). The analysis will focus on Europe. It will compare and assess the model responses for a series of well-marked drought or heat wave events in the simulated historical period, such as those that occurred in 1976, 2003 or 2010. This analysis will be performed in terms of several important environmental variables, like soil water and hydric stress, runoff, PFT abundance, net primary productivity and biomass, fire frequency, turnover of soil organic matter, etc. Whenever possible, the response of the model will be compared to available data for the most recent well-marked events. Examples of data to be used are eddy covariance, satellite data (including leaf area and fire occurrence) or tree rings. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 59 (9 ULg)
Evaluation de la vulnérabilité et du risque associés à la sécheresse des nappes phréatiques en Belgique : simulation de la recharge au niveau des zones agricoles avec le modèle B-CGMS
Jacquemin, Ingrid ; ; et al
Conference (2015, July 02)
Groundwater drought remains poorly studied under temperate climate. The GroWaDRISK project aims at covering this gap by studying the influencing factors and the drought-related impacts on the environment ... [more ▼]
Groundwater drought remains poorly studied under temperate climate. The GroWaDRISK project aims at covering this gap by studying the influencing factors and the drought-related impacts on the environment, water supply and agriculture in the area of the Dijle and Demer catchment. In order to evaluate the current recharge (1980-2012), both models B-CGMS and WetSpass are used under various land uses and land covers. Only BCGMS will be presented in this paper. The model will be adapted in order to be applied on agricultural land: for arable land (winter wheat, maize,…), orchards, horticulture and floriculture areas and for meadows and grassland classes. The use of this model can be justified by the precision, from both spatial and temporal, which allow us to propose a more accurate recharge assessment in function of the main crops of the study area. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 39 (2 ULg)
Quantifying drought effects on groundwater recharge in a human-influenced catchment
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Conference (2015, June)Detailed reference viewed: 32 (1 ULg)
Modelling carbon fluxes of forest and grassland ecosystems in Western Europe using the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model: evaluation against eddy covariance data.
Henrot, Alexandra-Jane ; François, Louis ; Dury, Marie et al
in Geophysical Research Abstracts (2015, April), 17
Eddy covariance measurements are an essential resource to understand how ecosystem carbon fluxes react in response to climate change, and to help to evaluate and validate the performance of land surface ... [more ▼]
Eddy covariance measurements are an essential resource to understand how ecosystem carbon fluxes react in response to climate change, and to help to evaluate and validate the performance of land surface and vegetation models at regional and global scale. In the framework of the MASC project (« Modelling and Assessing Surface Change impacts on Belgian and Western European climate »), vegetation dynamics and carbon fluxes of forest and grassland ecosystems simulated by the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model (Dury et al., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 4:82-99, 2011) are evaluated and validated by comparison of the model predictions with eddy covariance data. Here carbon fluxes (e.g. net ecosystem exchange (NEE), gross primary productivity (GPP), and ecosystem respiration (RECO)) and evapotranspiration (ET) simulated with the CARAIB model are compared with the fluxes measured at several eddy covariance flux tower sites in Belgium and Western Europe, chosen from the FLUXNET global network (http://fluxnet.ornl.gov/). CARAIB is forced either with surface atmospheric variables derived from the global CRU climatology, or with in situ meteorological data. Several tree (e.g. Pinus sylvestris, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies) and grass species (e.g. Poaceae, Asteraceae) are simulated, depending on the species encountered on the studied sites. The aim of our work is to assess the model ability to reproduce the daily, seasonal and interannual variablility of carbon fluxes and the carbon dynamics of forest and grassland ecosystems in Belgium and Western Europe. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 118 (21 ULg)
unité: Eau-Environnement-Développement (ULg Campus Arlon): la télédétection au service de l'agriculture
Wellens, Joost ; Lang, Marie ; et al
Diverse speeche and writing (2015)Detailed reference viewed: 104 (19 ULg)
A crop model ensemble analysis of temperature and precipitation effects on wheat yield across a European transect using impact response surfaces"
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in Climate Research (2015), 65
This study aims to explore the utility of the impact response surface (IRS) approach for investigating model ensemble crop yield responses under a large range of changes in climate. IRSs of spring and ... [more ▼]
This study aims to explore the utility of the impact response surface (IRS) approach for investigating model ensemble crop yield responses under a large range of changes in climate. IRSs of spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) yields were constructed from a 26-member ensemble of process-based crop simulation models for sites in Finland, Germany and Spain across a latitudinal transect in Europe. The sensitivity of modelled yield to systematic increments of changes in temperature (-2 to +9°C) and precipitation (-50 to +50%) was tested by modifying values of 1981–2010 baseline daily weather, with CO2 concentration fixed at 360 ppm. The IRS approach offers an effective method of portraying model behaviour under changing climate as well as advantages for analysing, comparing and presenting results from multi-model ensemble simulations. Though individual model behaviour may depart markedly from the average, ensemble median responses across sites and crop varieties indicate that yields decline with higher temperatures and decreased precipitation and increase with higher precipitation. Across the uncertainty ranges defined for the IRSs, yields are more sensitive to temperature than precipitation changes at the Finnish site while sensitivities are mixed at the German and Spanish sites. Precipitation effects diminish under higher temperature changes. While the bivariate and multi-model characteristics of the analysis impose some limits to interpretation, the IRS approach nonetheless provides additional insights into sensitivities to inter-model and inter-annual variability. Taken together, these sensitivities may help to pinpoint processes such as heat stress, vernalisation or drought effects requiring refinement in future model development. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 50 (15 ULg)
Differentiating between influencing factors land use and climate to assess drought effects on groundwater recharge in a temperate context
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Conference (2014, November)Detailed reference viewed: 28 (0 ULg)
Can a global dynamic vegetation model be used for both grassland and crop modeling at the local scale?
Minet, Julien ; Tychon, Bernard ; Jacquemin, Ingrid et al
Poster (2014, February)
We report on the use of a dynamic vegetation model, CARAIB, within two modeling exercises in the framework of MACSUR. CARAIB is a physically-based, mechanistic model that calculates the carbon ... [more ▼]
We report on the use of a dynamic vegetation model, CARAIB, within two modeling exercises in the framework of MACSUR. CARAIB is a physically-based, mechanistic model that calculates the carbon assimilation of the vegetation as a function of the soil and climatic conditions. Within MACSUR, it was used in the model intercomparison exercises for grassland and crop modeling, in the LiveM 2.4 and CropM WP4 tasks, respectively. For grassland modeling, blind model runs at 11 locations were performed for various time ranges (few years). For crop modeling, a sensitivity analysis for building impact response surfaces (IRS) was performed, based on a bench of model runs at different levels of perturbation in the temperature and precipitation input data over 30 years. For grassland modeling, specific management functions accounting for the cutting or grazing of the grass were added to the model, in the framework of the MACSUR intercomparison. Initially developed for modeling the carbon dynamics of the natural vegetation, CARAIB was already adapted for crop modeling but further modifications regarding the management, i.e., yearly-dependent sowing dates, were introduced. For grassland modeling, simulation results will be further intercompared with other modeling groups, but preliminary results showed that the model could cope with the introduction of the grass cutting module. For crop modeling, building the IRS over 30 years permitted to assess the sensitivity of the model to temperature and precipitation changes. So far, the participation of CARAIB in the intercomparison exercises within MACSUR resulted in further improvements of the model by introducing new functionalities. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 65 (10 ULg)
Implementing agricultural land-use in the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model
François, Louis ; Jacquemin, Ingrid ; et al
Conference (2014)
CARAIB (Dury et al., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 4:82-99, 2011) is a state-of-the-art dynamic vegetation model with various modules dealing with (i) soil hydrology, (ii) photosynthesis/stomatal ... [more ▼]
CARAIB (Dury et al., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 4:82-99, 2011) is a state-of-the-art dynamic vegetation model with various modules dealing with (i) soil hydrology, (ii) photosynthesis/stomatal regulation, (iii) carbon allocation and biomass growth, (iv) litter/soil carbon dynamics, (v) vegetation cover dynamics, (vi) seed dispersal, and (vii) vegetation fires. Climate and atmospheric CO2 are the primary inputs. The model calculates all major water and CO2/carbon fluxes and pools. It can be run with plant functional types or species (up to 100 different species) at various spatial scales, from the municipality to country or continental levels. Within the VOTES project (Fontaine et al., Journal of Land Use Science, 2013, DOI:10.1080/1747423X.2013.786150), the model has been improved to include crops and meadows, and some modules have been written to translate model outputs into quantitative indicators of ecosystem services (e.g., evaluate crop yield from net primary productivity or calculate soil erosion from runoff, slope, grown species and various soil attributes). The model was run over an area covering four municipalities in central Belgium, where land-use is dominated by crops, meadows, housing and some forests and was introduced in the model at the land parcel level. Simulations were also performed for the future. In these simulations, CARAIB was combined with the Aporia Agent-Based Model, to project land-use changes up to 2050. This approach is currently extended within the MASC project (funded by Belgian Science Policy, BELSPO) to the whole Belgian territory (at 1 km2) and to Western Europe (at 20 km x 20 km). [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 80 (9 ULg)
Towards Participatory Integrated Valuation and Modelling of Ecosystem Services under Land-use Change
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The lack of consideration for Ecosystem Services (ES) values in current decision-making is recognised as one of the main reasons leading to an intense competition and arguably unsustainable use of well ... [more ▼]
The lack of consideration for Ecosystem Services (ES) values in current decision-making is recognised as one of the main reasons leading to an intense competition and arguably unsustainable use of well-located available land. In this paper, we present a framework for the Valuation Of Terrestrial Ecosystem Services (VOTES), aiming at structuring a methodology that is applicable for valuing ES in a given area through a set of indicators that are both meaningful for local actors and scientifically constructed. Examples from a case study area in central Belgium are used to illustrate the methodology: a stepwise procedure starting with the valuation of ES at present. The valuation of the social, biophysical and economic dimensions of ES are based on current land-use patterns. Subsequently, scenarios of land-use change are used to explore potential losses (and/or gains) of ES in the future of the study area. With the VOTES framework, we aim at [1] incorporating stakeholders inputs to widen the valuation process and increase trust in policy-oriented approach; [2] integrating valuation of ES with a sustainable development stance accounting for land-use change; and [3] developing suggestions to policy-makers for integrating ES monitoring in policy developments. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 134 (46 ULg)
A System-based Paradigm of Drought Analysis for Operational Management
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Drought-related vulnerability and risk assessment of groundwater resources under temperate conditions
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Drought hazards are usually associated with (semi-)arid regions. Due to the assumed insignificance of drought hazards under temperate conditions this field remains poorly studied. This study aims at ... [more ▼]
Drought hazards are usually associated with (semi-)arid regions. Due to the assumed insignificance of drought hazards under temperate conditions this field remains poorly studied. This study aims at filling this gap by: (1) Increasing understanding of influencing factors determining drought in a temperate context; (2) Developing a methodology and quantitative tools aimed at planning and decision support with respect to groundwater management. In the first place drought is a phenomenon caused by deficient precipitation for a large area and significant duration and as such it is mainly a meteorological-related hazard. In case the temporary water deficiency affects groundwater bodies, the term groundwater drought is used. Groundwater droughts develop slowly but can have considerable socio-economic and environmental consequences. Groundwater drought is a complex phenomenon. Three main variables are important: groundwater recharge, groundwater level and groundwater discharge. Groundwater recharge is important as it is the source (inflow) of all groundwater. The groundwater table gives an indication of the storage, while groundwater discharge represents the outflow from the groundwater system. Next to natural meteorological variations also human induced factors play a role. In the Belgian context the main influencing factors determining the inflow and potentially resulting in a recharge deficit and an overall deterioration of groundwater resources are climate and land use/land cover. Groundwater demand for human activities has a direct effect on groundwater storage (level). The combined effect of these factors makes that some groundwater bodies are under pressure. In these groundwater bodies the outflow exceeds the inflow generating a reduction in storage and hence an unsustainable situation. A thorough knowledge of all three influencing factors and their interaction or combined effect is essential for a reliable estimate of the groundwater budget and a sustainable management. Hence, there is a need for an improved understanding of groundwater drought and the human-induced factors influencing the groundwater balance. This should form the basis for an integrated approach which allows tackling these negative effects and safeguarding sustainability of groundwater resources. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 29 (0 ULg)
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except bill, who has called these streets home for more than 20 years. once, brother john looked for help from the one person he was there to serve. >> one time he was going to stop and said bill, you know, i don't think they appreciate what doi for them. i said brother john, let me tell you. i said as long as one person appreciates what you do that, is good. >> and today there was nothing but appreciation for brother john and kindness he showed to those who don't often get it. appreciation and anger. >> that man doesn't have an enemy. waits a senseless killing. >> brother john is still clinging to life. police are not releasing his identity that. witness that we spoke to says the shooter was driving a late-model astro van. there is a $25,000 reward for an arrest in this case. reporting in oakland abc 7 news. >> and thank you very much. >> to washington next.
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still nothing encouraging to report regarding the debate over the debt keeling that drags on, still, tonight there. is a live look at the countdown to crisis clock. t-minus five days, three hours and 58 minutes. before the government supposedly runs out of money. abc 7's mark matthews is here with the latest on negotiations in washington, d.c. it looked like there was a deal a week ago. now we've got separate plans, one from republicans and one from democrats, both having trouble with the math. >> this is another day, another dollar closer to reaching the debt ceiling. and there is another chance for political parties to blame each other. >> this plan is on life support. and this is time to pull the plug. >> senator reid, i think has proven everything he does is political at this point. and this is about reelecting barack obama for president. >> and now, assessments of the plan show shavings may run
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short as well. and a congressional budget office says senate majority leader's plan saves $500 billion less than proposed and says speaker boehner's plan overpromised savings by $350 billion. >> nobody believes that the babeor problem is anything more than a big, wet kiss to the right wing. and i mean, i mean the tea party that. is who i mean. it's too bad it's being run by a small number of people. >> the speaker's version is now being reworked. the tea party express rally went on in washington. supporters vowed not to back down. >> this president said when you call them, tell them we've got to balance the budget. >> this is where the dow dropped as it has all week, investors want a sign of a debt deal, so far they don't seem to see it. >> and on monday, president obama and speaker boehner took
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arguments to the nem dualing speeches. coming up at 6:00 tonight how the president and the speaker stretched the truth as we fact check their statements. dan? >> okay. thank you. >> and there is a survey showing californian who's live along the coast are more optimistic about the economy than those who live inland. according to citi bank, 61% of the los angeles residents believe job opportunities will improve over next year. san francisco is second follow bid san diego at 53%. and sacramento and fresno trailed at 48% and 47%. and analysts say results are not surprising since unemployment remains high in those areas. the survey of 1900 people was conducted in june. now, we'd like to hear your personal testimonial. how did the recession impact your life? record it on your cell phone and upload to it you report.abc news.com so we can use to it tell your story.
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>> and california will soon join west virginia as the only state in the nation without state fund adult day care centers. 300 centers serving 35,000 disabled, poor and elderly californians will be forced to close by december 1 when the funding runs out. they're the victims of the state's bear-boned budget. governor brown vetoed a bill that would have kept those centers open but says that his administration is working on finding suitable alternative autos when it comes to adult day care we're going carefully and slowly. to transition each of the individuals into an appropriate program. >> but adult day care providers say few clients qualify for other program that's could help them like medical. it stands centers will have to raise money on their open to stay open or contract wex pensive managed care providers.
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>> and care quality officials say at this point it looks like there is no health hazard from a fire in a plastics plant in fairfield that dominated news yesterday. the blaze sent a huge cloud of toxic smoke into the air. people in a nearby neighborhood were told to stay inside and keep their windows closed for a time. shelter in place. investigators say employees sparked the fire while doing maintenance work in the storage yard of the sta facility. health officials say despite the fact plastics burned it appears toxins sent into the air were no worse than a normal wildfire, which is remarkable. you can see the thick, dark cloud of smoke. they say waits not as toxic. we're learning about the investigation into the trace elementary school fire. it destroyed 16 classrooms and caused $15 million in damage. and according to documents, mercury news, police say two teenagers admitted to starting
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it. and detailed how they lit the fire in two locations. the teenagers are being tried as adults. >> and a rally tonight in hayward for a missing nursing student michelle lee, last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward, family and friends say they're maintaining community strength and keep hope alive that he they will find her. the rally begins at 6:00 p.m. at mount eden park in hayward. >> and the brother of a man killed in a police-involved shooting in san francisco bay view is now under arrest. the 21-year-old andrel harding taken into custody in seattle where he's a murder suspect. police say his brother, 19-year-old kenneth harding shot himself to death while falling after being hit by a police bullet. that round and another one that killed harding were different calibers. four separate investigations into harding's death are now underway.
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and two men arrested following a shooting of an 11-year-old san francisco girl have been released from jail because of a lack of evidence. the girl shot in the chest when a stray bullet pen straighted -- penetrated walls of her apartment friday night. she's still in critical condition. she's at san francisco general hospital. police arrested two men, ages 19 and 20 on saturday. and prosecutors did not have enough evidence to charge them. and investigators say the case is still, however, open and active. >> pleasant toon's only no-kill animal shelter is in dire straits tonight. so much so, it's on the verge of having to close its doors permanently. the valley humane society serves entire tri-valley area and faces staffing and programming cuts if it doesn't raise $125,000 in the next 30 days. relying on public donations which are down 31% in this economy. >> the last few years we've seen a steady decline in
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donations. our board has worked very hard to deal with the issue. and unfortunately, we just can't, we can't compensate on our own, anymore, we need help. >> the humane society gets no local, state or federal funding, depending on donations from private citizens and lowered the number of animals it cares for by half. this is because of the financial constraints. >> and walnut creek police are looking for a car thief who also made off with valuable san francisco giants pair kneela. the camera caught the suspect outside of mcdonalds. the owner of a silver hyundai went in to get coffee, leaving the key in the ignition. the thief drove off with the car and giants paraphernalia inside. and include bats and balls autographed by willy mccovey. valuable stuff.
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>> and a lot more to bring you here tonight at 5:00 ai. woman singlehandedly ties up an emergency call center. what she did that put everyone in danger. >> and... the force working against george lucas and storm troopers in a court of law today. >> and i'm sandhya patel. warmth is building. temperatures continuing to rise. how much warnler it's going to get in the coming days when i get back. >> and also tonight, game-show host alex trebek ends up in jeopardy himself. why he's on crutches now. the news continues in one minute.
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. it seems call of nature isn't helping to budge a gray whale stuck in the clammage river. rescuers hoping to get this whale who you have-to-move. it just didn't work.
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the whale and calf wandered into the river in late june. the calf went back to the ocean saturday. the mother is still stuck. >> a san francisco judge issued a tentative ruling that could strike a proposed circumcision ban from the upcoming ballot. saying cities and counties can not regulate medical issues. a pro moanent filed an opposition to the ruling so oral arguments taking place tomorrow morning on this issue. and a legal victory today for supporters of embryonic stem cell research stem cell research. a federal appeals court dismissed the lawsuit threatening to end all federal funding of embryonic stem cell research claiming research funded by national institutes of health violate aid law prohibiting taxpayer financing for work that harms an embryo. the court sided with the obama administration in this case, which argued embryos were culled long ago, using private funding. researchers hope that embryonic stem cell research stem cell research can one day
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cure spinal cord injuries, parkinson's disease and other human ailments. a small group of people in east san jose are fed up with the i way a local banking branch is maintaining foreclosed homes. about 20 members of the community organization took three small trash bags into the branch. the garbage came perfect a property own bid wells fargo, serviced by bank of america. san jose code enforcement say they're going to fine owner who's don't properly maintain properties. bank of america tells abc 7 news it will pay fines and clean up property within 48 hours. a sacramento woman faces charges tonight for excessively dialing 911. chp arrested the 44-year-old jennifer today for making nondrg emergency calls to chp command center in sacramento. police say in june she called 911 a total of, ready for this?
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2147 times, all nonemergency calls. on the 4th of july she accused of calling 180 times. today the chp says it received more than 130 calls. she's charged with unlawful use of 911. why she's allegedly doing it, unknown at this point. and low income residents of san francisco now have a healthier option for using their food stamps. the heart of the city farmers market in the civic center is searching for -- reaching out, rather to neighbors for offering healthy food options and takes cal fresh cards, and organizers want to make sure everyone takes advantage of the program. >> we're surprised how few people know they can use their food stamps here at the market to buy wholesome, fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers. >> the heart of the city farmer's market separates praits wednesdays and sundays in the city. this year, celebrating its
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30th anniversary. >> and continental airlines forced to cancel two dozen flights because many pilots called in sick. most flights were out of newark, new jersey. it operates a large hub. they did not elaborate on the crew problem but work today to get customers on alt in a knit flights. and united airlines is working to stream line operations into one airline. labor negotiations have been contentious. flights at bay area airports are not affect bid this. >> and some of the world's brightest whiz kids came to google today to participate in the "national geographic" world championships moderated by alex trabec. >> he's a heavy supporters "national geographic". 23 years hosting this. >> the man who made what is a
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well known phrase left everyone asking what happened? after entering the stage. >> the answer is... at 2:30 yesterday morning, chasing a burglar down the hall, at my san francisco hotel. >> more on the who is in just a moment. but first, let's talk about what brought the host of jeopardy to an san francisco. he's moderated the world championships. this year, hosted by google. >> the island which is part of what country? >> italy. >> no. it's spain. spain. >> and teams from 18 countries participated. today the top three countries canada, chinese taipei and russia answered questions. >> two points for you in the
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end there was a team from russia who won the top prize. brian mcclendon is with google earth. >> we discovered and felt this was a perfect avenue for us. >> not to take away from competition, but let's get back to why he's on crutches. he says he caught a woman stealing money and jewelry from a san francisco hotel room. >> i said what are you doing? i said what are you doing said visiting friends. i said... no, you weren't. let's see what security has to say about that. i reached for the phones to call security, she bolted. ran down the hall, i chased and didn't get more than 25 feet before my right achilles tendon ruptured. and i... crashed to the ground. >> and well apparently he gave hotel security an accurate description of the woman. she was caught in the lobby. most everything was recovered except cash and a bracelet.
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he will have surgery on friday, and will be in a cast for six weeks. he says it could have happened anywhere. >> in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> and thank you very much. what a strange story that is and glad he's okay. and sandhya patel is here. and there is a look at the forecast. we're in a nice stretch of weather. >> if you like the heat, next couple days are your kind of weather dweemplting to get into mid to upper 90s as we head into next couple days and got up to 94 today in livermore. and tomorrow, 9 1k36 close to 100 degrees thachl is not until friday n time for weekend plans. there is a live picture, wind not a factor. showing another live picture, it shows you our contrasting micro clim yits thchl is a view from our sutro camera looking towards san francisco. you can see fog sitting there, san francisco, only into 60s today and like i said, livermore goat goth into 90s.
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and there is a satellite picture from afternoon. you'll notice off the coastline here there is a circulation formed off our coastline this afternoon. it's a week eddy. it helps to pull fog away and provided with us lots of sunshine. temperatures coming up today. and are going to continue to see number goesing up. low 90s now inland. 80s around the peninsula, south bay and north bay. and there is areas of fog, coast and bay, warmer tomorrow. and warmth holds into the weekend fchl you have outdoor plans it's going to be a beautiful weekend. and fog tonight around the coast and locally, inland. areas into 50s except antioch. taking a look at water vapor imagery. there is a hot air
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mass that is expanding across the desert southwest moving our way a little bit. we're going continue to see a warming trend over the next couple days. tomorrow morning, usual fog. in over the bay, pulling away from the bayside communities, and sitting still near the coast. so as fog lingers, temperatures into 60s, and inland areas we'll get into 90s once again. it's inching up for the next few days. there is highs for thursday into the south bay, 86 san jose and cupertino. and there is sunshine looking at 78 in palo alto. los altos, 85 degrees, fog holding new check. 62 in pacifica. and there is downtown coming up to 69 degrees, getting close to 70 there. patches of fog still around daily city. 63 degrees. and there is into north bay
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you're going to see upper 90s in places and 87 in santa rosa. and there is 90 degrees in calistoga. along the coast, into 60s. east bay communities 75 oakland, 82 union city. and inland areas, you're going to run warm. 95 in livermore and fairfield. around the bay, 68 degrees in monterey. 76 for you in santa cruz. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. it's very warm, bordering hot, inland heading into friday. mid to upper 90s, coastal areas 60s to 70s. and you'll notice, still, mid-90s inland over the weekended. mid 60s to low 70s along the coastline. temperatures moderating early next week. >> and not insane. >> not excessively. >> thank you very much. >> coming up here next, tee shirt demand at a dolly parton theme park that turned a trip inside out. and new at 6:00 from michael
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britain's supreme court dealt a blow to lucas's company. trying to stop a prop designer from making and selling the iconic star wars storm trooper helmets. the designer now sells replicas over the internet. the court ruled they were props and therefore, could be replicated. however, the court did uphold u.s. copy right laws and ruled they cannot be sold here. >> and coming up on the news at 5:00, bad rap on the debt ceiling showdown turns into a real rap. catch the beat as we continue.
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san francisco's ed lee to run for mayor. he would be the front runner but also a target. and cutting adult day care in california. pardon me, we'll follow up with a blogger taking a look at the humanitarian crisis developing in africa, coming up tonight at 6:00. now, back to you. >> see you then. >> all of the bickering in washington over the debt ceiling sounds better when you add a good beat. ♪ [ music ] . >> comedian remi took a unique approach inventing frustration, his rap has become one of the top videos on you tube. he takes jabs at the obama administration, criticizing those who want to increase the debt limit saying debt is more unsustainable than his rap career. and he's right about the latter, boy say. >> that is our report here at 5:00. world news is up
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Masters and Johnson's research1 pioneered an important therapeutic approach, sometimes called "the sexual revolution," on which many studies and therapies were based. The sexologists of the 1960s and 1970s reexamined previously accepted solutions and definitions (eg, the definition of homosexuality, the "normal" female orgasm, and precoital foreplay). Perhaps the sexological movement's main achievement was in stepping outside the strict Psychoanalytic viewpoint that any sexual dysfunction is but a marker of a considerable mental disorder requiring in-depth and prolonged treatment.
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Skip to comments.Record U.S.meat prices to make dining tables leaner:Reuters poll
Posted on 02/04/2011 11:27:46 PM PST by FromLori
U.S. cattle and hog futures are expected to hit record highs this year, a Reuters Polls showed, setting the stage for less meat on the dining table.
The expected higher prices could make it harder for many countries to tamp down surging inflation and calm citizens angered by record high food prices. Already, there have been riots and protests in some North African countries.
Grain prices have been forecast to remain stubbornly high as well this year, with two straight years of high prices seen as the latest sign in the end of cheap food.
"There is going to be less meat per person in 2011, quite a bit less," said Ron Plain, an University of Missouri agricultural economist. "That should push up prices."
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I bought five turkeys at Thanksgiving. Gotta get them canned.
Yeah... if food prices ever skyrocket here expect unrest and rioters to start burning down government offices. We've been spared that misfortune so far. Most countries subsidize staple food prices to keep a lid on discontent because it could be explosive.
It's amazing to me what it costs now to make a plain ole pot of chili with 2 pounds of meat. Last time I tried 1 1/2 pounds and added more beans.
Food scarcity has been the key ingredient in revolutionary unrest for centuries.
I've been selling calves and buying pork or chicken for the house. We used to butcher beeves but it doesn't pencil out as good now, better to take the cash.
Hogs are way high now. We do try to put 3-5 deer in the freezer every year.
Miss eating the beef, but no one is losing weight yet.
Then one might imagine that a certain regime's intentional destruction of its country's currency through hyperinflation will probably have the desired effect for a "fundamental transformation".
Go fishing,it's FREE!
"Food scarcity has been the key ingredient in revolutionary unrest for centuries."
Yea, and on top of high unemployment, near depression, and rising prices.
I expect it to get much worse.
It is a good time not to be back in the USSA.
I saw two or three articles in the last few days talking about civil unrest coming here.
We're all going to take a hit with the rising prices. But with a little savvy I think the worst of it can be avoided.
My parents taught me how to cook, and how to cook frugally, from an early age. There's a lot of good eating to be found in cheaper 'off-cuts' like pork neck bones. And chicken backs and necks can still be had for a pittance if you can find a store that still carries them. You'll never taste a better chicken soup than one made with a rich homemade stock and the 'pickins' from a bunch of necks and backs.
Buying in bulk helps, too. I love pork more than any other meat, so I usually buy a whole loin in cryovac at Sam's or Costco and cut it up for chops and roasts. Whole boston butt/pork shoulder is even cheaper. I use shoulder for everything from homemade Italian sausage to grilling to simmering a big hunk of it with sauerkraut and wine.
Don't tell Helicopter Ben!
How do you can a turkey ?
Cut it up, raw pack it or precook it and run it through
the pressure caner, very easy to do!
Thanks a ton :)
Fishing is Free? Where? Have you bought all of your permits yet, and lures and bait and gas for the boat?
"How do you can a turkey ?
15 posted on Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:57:25 AM by Lera "
Give it a pink slip and severance pay.
I did the hunting math too - between your license, travel and butchering venison can be over $2 per pound, (at least in NY)
"eah... if food prices ever skyrocket here expect unrest and rioters to start burning down government offices"
The difference will be that those on the government dole will be given meat while those who are working will go without. Control the food supply and control; the serfs.
Old proverb: "you don't burn food!"
We'll be forced to start withholding our food from the people who eat it and don't pay for it. Specifically, welfare cases and government employees.
What a shame.
I bought five turkeys at Thanksgiving. Gotta get them canned.
In tough times when the shtf, it will be about getting the protein. Spices can make up the difference from defatting the meats for flavor. Defatting keeps the meats from becoming rancid after dehydrated.
"Yeah... if food prices ever skyrocket here expect unrest and rioters to start burning down government offices. "
Naa - we'd up the food stamp level. Never a problem here, at least for people that get free food. Others, maybe you have a point.
Some simple and incontrovertible facts. First, inflation is a tax, and it is both inefficient and (perhaps for this reason) typically an act of desperation.
Second, there is little way to escape inflation taxes unless one withdraws in whole or in part from the market system. And because some people — usually those who are most affluent — can put their wealth into illiquid forms (i.e., far removed from the monetary system), it is quite inefficient, arbitrary, and regressive. Wealth can be hidden in illiquid forms. Income usually can not and so it hits the working poor disproportionately.
Third, this is all well known to economists on both the left and right. For a Democratic administration to resort in such great measure to inflation is tantamount to intellectual and ideological treason. And yet they do it.
Fourth, inflation isn't the underlying problem, in that it is merely the immediate manifestation of a country that is bankrupt and often out of fear has compromised and degraded its basic values — and I mean that quite literally. Devaluing the currency is only the most transparent manifestation of a general degradation of values.
Thank you for reading my little recitation of Macro-Econ 101 first principles.
You've just illustrated a great example of hedonic adjustments to your own personal food prices. Less quality and more effort but rated equivalent to prime rib.
That is not correct. Ethanol from corn is not the reason for higher corn prices and meat prices. Humans consume less than 12 percent of what is produced in the US. The balance is produced for cattle and other products and basically unpalatable to the human palate.
The primary by product from a gran ethanol plant is highly enriched cattle feed. Basically, you are taking out the crap from corn that does not benefit the cattle diet and end up with a byproduct quite good for cattle. It is added to the normal ration of cattle actually and in ideal cases can increase the weight gain productivity up to 10 percent.
In fact, there is a glut of distilled grains available to cattle producers from ethanol plants and it is selling well below its market value. We export several hundred million tons to China alone.
The reason for higher food prices including corn, meat, etc. is the higher price of oil and the current manipulation of financial markets. When you devalue currency, which is what is happening in the US and around the world, commodity, including food prices, goes up.
It is a major part of it. One of my long time friends is a hog farmer and the price he has to pay for corn is virtually putting him out of business.
I live here in Iowa and am closely aware of it.
After being processed, the "left-overs" are almost pure fiber and don't have as much food value as is being "spun" about it. That info from an Iowa State University experimental farm about four miles from here.
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To the relief of hog farmers, prices have eased a bit lately, but not by much.
Gee, and here they've been subsidizing food-to-fuel conversion. Yeah, that was a good idea; right up there with shutting down irrigation in CA.
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Thank you for posting it I think it's a great breakdown and I agree.
"Go fishing, it's FREE!"
Not where we live. You have to pay for a license. If you are caught fishing or crabbing without one, there is a hefty fine. Sigh....
"Meat was the next food item to be controlled. A ration of two pounds per person per week became effective in May. [ca 1943] Consumers needed to present small blue tokens to receive the rationed portion from a meat dealer. On 4 May Meatless Tuesday for public eating-places was introduced. Anyone keeping meat in a cold storage locker had to declare it by 30 June. On top of these controls, it became mandatory for butchers to follow new rules for cutting meat."
An interesting read for those who haven't gone through this drill, and may be a template for the future, is HERE.
Must have a pressure canner. This assumes quart jars, cut the salt and pepper in half for pint jars.
Cut the raw meat from the bone, putting it into clean jars. Once full, add 1 tsp salt (adjust to taste) and 1/2 tsp pepper, fill with water or broth, put on lids/rings and pressure can according to your canner instructions. This is "raw pack".
You can cook the turkey (like you would a chicken for soup), bone it, put the meat and broth into clean jars. If you seasoned the broth, you don't need to add any spices to the jars. If you didn't season the broth, add the 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper to each jar. Add the lids/rings and pressure can according to your canner instructions.
The Ball Blue Book covers this, as do most "how-to" books that come with the canners.
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As in Egypt so will we end up in a few short years.
People will have a big problem in the US putting food on the table sooner than later.
But thanks to a bunch of dead folks and people who vote numerous times per election we have "hope and chains"
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Skip to comments.Woman Accused Of Threatening To Fight Restaurant Guests
Posted on 09/17/2011 12:10:08 PM PDT by Morgana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Shepherdsville woman is facing alcohol intoxication charges after police said she threatened guests at a restaurant and refused to leave.
Louisville Metro Police said officers were called to Joe's Older Than Dirt about 1:20 a.m. Friday because the woman, 41-year-old Katherine Carey, was yelling and threatening to fight guests at the restaurant.
Police said Carey was asked to leave by the restaurant's staff, but initially refused.
According to arrest records, officers followed the car that Carey was riding in, and saw her jump out near the intersection of Lyndon Lane and New LaGrange Road, and start running back toward Joe's Older Than Dirt.
Police said officers stopped Carey and told her to get back in the car, which she did. However, they said officers saw Carey get out of the car again about another block down the road.
At that point, police said they felt it was necessary to arrest Carey to ensure her safety and that of others.
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"Louisville Metro Police said officers were called to Joe's Older Than Dirt"
Uuummmmmmm yea!
And, we need to know this why?
Without even seeing her mug shot... guilty.
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Being a drunk can get you in trouble. Being an obnoxious drunk is dangerous, especially for a woman.
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"Put that salt shaker down NOW!!"
Mmmm, what to order...what to order...
Should I get the "daily special" or the "Joe's last weeks favorite"?
She's not bad looking. She's just crazy.
The article doesn't state why a sobriety test wasn't given then and there........
Now THAT"S a fight inciting woman!!!
Sounds like a classy joint.
She's not crazy, she's just an animal lover!
She's ugly and crazy.
A drinker's oasis in an area otherwise bereft of bars, Joe's is guarded by concrete animals with an interior that is pure hunting lodge. A new addition is the large outdoor drinking area, complete with open-air pool tables. (Don't worry, there's at least a roof to cover you if it rains.)
Joe's Older than Dirt is an area classic proclaimed to be the location for the beer drinker. However, it also offers outdoor seating with a very family friendly atmosphere. Stop by with the family or with your boys for live music Wednsdays and karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Don't get so caught up in the beer that you forget to try the barbecue!
I grew up a few frog hops from a Viking Beer Garden, oh man, I'm salivating at the thought of the cheeseburger baskets fries and onion rings, and they had a pool table outside too,, but no roof.. it too was family friendly,, :-)
Are we sure this wasn't Randi Goldklank using a pseudonym?
She sure is one strange looking bug.
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