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Monday, 12 February, 2001, 19:16 GMT
Farm incomes' 'disastrous' plummet
The leader of the main farmer's union in Wales is warning that the industry is on the verge of disaster after latest figures showed farm incomes fell by Ł60m last year.
The Total Income From Farming (TIFF) statistics released by the Welsh Assembly on Monday showed farm incomes fell to -Ł2.6m in the last 12 months.
It is first time ever that incomes have gone into the red and statistics shows the total value of farming output in Wales is less than the total cost of producing that output.
"This is an appalling state of affairs," said Farmers' Union of Wales President Bob Parry.
"These official figures reinforce what we have been saying for many years - that farming in this country is on the verge of a disaster."
This latest decline follows a fall of Ł11m in the year before.
The main reason was a fall in value of output - including subsidies - attributed to "market conditions and the weakness of the Euro."
"We simply cannot continue farming and making a loss," said Mr Parry.
"Our politicians must pay close attention to these figures and take immediate action to help farming through these tough times."
But Agriculture Minister Carwyn Jones said the situation had improved recently.
He said he was pressing farmers in Wales to " show more muscle which equals fairer prices which equals more profits."
Mr Jones also said he was pressing the UK government for full agri monetary compensation for Welsh farmers.
"Wales is almost totally dependant on livestock farming, so anything that affects either market prices or the value of European subsidies has an immediate and dramatic impact on our farmers," said Mr Parry.
"The assembly published estimate income figures for Welsh farmers before Christmas, which showed that the average income was just Ł4,100 a year."
"I believe that when the final figures are published in March, they will show that many farmers in Wales are operating at a substantial loss."
The FUW has already put forward recommendations to alleviate the problems including claiming more than Ł220m of European agri-monetary aid to compensate for the strength of the pound against the Euro.
Members have also suggested the development of a high-quality image with high premium prices for Welsh branded produce.
Conservative AM Glyn Davies, the chair of the assembly's agriculture committee, said the figures were "deeply depressing".
See also:
05 Oct 98 | Health
Farmers blame government for stress
16 Dec 99 | Wales
AM's tears over farm suicides
31 Jan 00 | Scotland
Scottish farm incomes plummet
12 Oct 00 | UK
Farmers' profits plunge
01 Feb 00 | Business
Farmers win sympathy but no cash
01 Feb 00 | Northern Ireland
Farmers protest at industry crisis
26 Jan 00 | Wales
Brown promises to back Welsh farmers
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Call for Musicians
25 October 2010
Liverpool Philharmonic and Tate Liverpool are looking for musicians to join an unforgettable relay of sound travelling through the city.
This is your chance to play alongside members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and in many of the city's key music and art venues - all on the same night!
To mark the city-wide cultural celebration that is the Long Night, Tate Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic have come together to stage the Sound Relay, as part of Liverpool Biennial 2010.
Join the magnetic relay of sound as musicians including Ensemble 10/10 and the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra perform a cumulative journey of musical happenings from Hope Street to the Albert Dock.
Inspired by the Tate Liverpool Touched exhibition as part of the Liverpool Biennial, and taking composer Jennifer Watson's Reflections as its focus, musicians create a series of surprising, experimental and reflexive happenings. Follow the Long Night trail as the procession gathers pace, picking up new musical material along the way. Starting at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall foyer at 7pm, the relay gathers momentum with performances at FACT and the Bluecoat before making its final journey to Tate Liverpool with music in the galleries, including in and around the installation of Magdalena\r\n
Abakanowicz's Embryology (1978–1980).
All instruments, abilities, styles and musical backgrounds welcome.\r\n
Over 18s only.\r\n
Due to the size of the ensemble, this is a voluntary event, and there are no fees or expenses available.\r\n
Rehearsals will be held on the evenings of 16th and 17th November. You need to be free for both.
To register your interest, please contact Jonathan Hering on email@example.com by Friday 29 October with 'Sound Relay Musician' in the subject line and including:\r\n
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ELYRIA TWP. — The vehicle of an Oberlin man suspected of using drugs was struck by a train Monday afternoon after witnesses said he drove through railroad crossing gates on West Ridge Road, authorities said.
Jeff Arndt, 22, was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, refusal of a BAC test, driving under an OVI suspension and failure to obey a railroad crossing signal after the collision, which occurred shortly after 1 p.m.
Jeff Lewis, of Lorain, said he watched the locomotive clip the 1998 Honda Civic, which he said was speeding southbound through the train crossing as it was coming down the tracks. The vehicle was pushed off the tracks and struck the south side crossing gate assembly before coming to rest off the roadway, according to the Elyria post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.
"The crossings were down, the horn was blaring on the train, you could hear it coming, and he just went right across," Lewis said. "The next thing you saw was just metal and plastic and everything ricochet."
Lewis said, miraculously, the driver appeared to be OK.
"He was pretty dazed and confused, about the only thing he could say was he wanted to get out of the car and that he was late for work. I informed him, I think he was going to miss the day of work," he said.
Arndt was taken to University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center with apparent minor injuries, according to the patrol.
Patrol Sgt. Tim Hoffman said drug use was suspected based on an officer's observations during an interview with Arndt. Arndt has former convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia, underage consumption and operating a vehicle under the influence, according to court records.
Traffic was halted on both sides of the railroad tracks Monday, as firefighters worked to clean up pieces of the vehicle, which were strewn across the road.
The Norfolk Southern locomotive involved was able to continue on after an inspection, but the road was closed for several hours while repairs were made, according to the patrol.
Chief Photographer Bruce Bishop contributed to this report.
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The HTC Wildfire S 32GB Expandable Phone is a Smartphone, introduced by HTC Corporation to cater to the middle-class pocket. It is not only a budget Smartphone but a phone that carries the world inside it. With the 600 MHz Qualcomm Scorpion Processor, it is a one of its own kind Phone that can be used by Collegiate or business class equally. With the latest Gingerbread Android system, it has an onboard RAM of 512 MB.
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Police log - March 17, 2014
The police log is supplied by the Washington County Communications Center.
An arrest is merely an accusation. All suspects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Total — 18
Treatment — 0
Male section — 16
Female section — 1
Work release — 0
Holding — 1
Special needs – 0
Contract inmates — 0
Billie Earl Nowell, 27, of Washington, was arrested Friday afternoon in the 2100 block of Lexington Boulevard in Washington for driving under suspension.
Christopher Robert Ewalt, 22, of Wellman, was arrested Sunday morning in the 600 block of Third Street in Wellman for driving under revocation and interference with official acts. Additional charges are pending.
Michaela Catherine Delzell, 36, of Washington, was arrested Sunday afternoon in the 900 block of South Fourth Avenue in Washington for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and driving under revocation.
Joshua Allen Gellerstedt, 23, of Moline, Ill., was arrested Sunday afternoon in the 2100 block of Lexington Boulevard in Washington for failure to appear on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance – marijuana.
Traffic accidents
A vehicle vs. deer accident was reported Friday morning in the 2500 block of Highway 1 in Washington. Officers responded.
A vehicle vs. deer accident was reported Friday evening at 265th Street and Highway 218 in Ainsworth.
A caller reported hitting a deer Friday night at Highway 218 at the boat ramp in Ainsworth. Officers were advised.
A vehicle vs. deer accident was reported Saturday morning at Highway 218 and ramp ramp in Ainsworth. Officers were advised.
A two-vehicle accident was reported Saturday morning at East Third Street and North Fourth Avenue in Washington. Maria Garcia-Merino of Washington was cited for failure to have a valid driver's license, failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to provide proof of insurance.
A vehicle reportedly spun out Sunday morning at Highway 218 and 130th Street in Riverside. Officers responded.
A hit-and-run accident was reported Sunday evening in the 3100 block of Highway 22 in Riverside. The incident was documented.
Intoxicated driver
A caller in the 900 block of South Fourth Avenue in Washington reported Saturday evening her daughter drove home intoxicated and he wanted an officer to respond. The subject denied driving. Information will be forwarded to the probation officer.
Traffic other
A stop arm violation was reported Friday morning in the 1600 block of Highway 22 in Wellman. Charges are pending.
Fire calls
A chimney fire was reported Friday evening in the 5500 block of Eagle Avenue SW in Kalona. Kalona Fire responded and assisted Johnson County.
A grass fire reportedly got out of control Saturday afternoon in the 2600 block of 320th Street in Wayland. Wayland Fire Department responded.
Search warrant
A search warrant was reported executed Saturday morning in the 200 block of South Van Buren Street in Brighton. Charges are pending.
A caller in the 100 block of East Second Street in Washington requested to speak with an officer Friday afternoon in reference to pressing charges on a client. In the first incident the subject had thrown chemicals in his roommate's face. It the second incident the client punched a hole in the complainant's wall. The incident is under investigation.
A caller in the 1100 block of East Second Street in Washington reported Friday afternoon a fight occurred between herself and her boyfriend. Officers responded. The incident was documented.
An officer was requested Friday evening in the 300 block of East Washington Street in Washington in reference to the caller's son being assaulted. The incident was documented.
A caller in the 200 block of North Mechanic Street in Brighton reported Monday morning that her brother and her mother's boyfriend had gotten into a fight. Officers responded.
Drug/narcotics violations
A caller in the 100 block of East Madison Street in Brighton reported Friday night her 16-year-old brother had come home and appeared to be under the influence of something. He was also being aggressive and trying to leave. Officers responded. Charges are pending.
Possible drug activity was reported Sunday afternoon in the 1500 block of East Washington Street in Washington Sunday afternoon. Officers responded.
Motor vehicle thefts
A possible intoxicated driver reportedly took a vehicle from a residence in the 900 block of South Fourth Avenue in Washington without the owner's consent. Officers responded.
Stolen property
The theft of livestock was reported Saturday morning in the 2600 block of Highway 22 in Riverside. Officers responded. The caller reported 17 goats that were 2 years old had been taken. No suspects.
All other thefts
A caller in the 200 block of Franklin Street in West Chester reported Friday evening someone had taken firewood from his property within the last week. Officers were advised.
Laundry was reported missing from the Laundromat in the 1000 block of West Monroe Street in Washington Sunday morning. The caller had left the clothes there since Friday. Officers reviewed the tape. An employee had put the clothes in a safe place. Items were returned. Unfounded.
An officer was requested Sunday afternoon in the 100 block of South Iowa Avenue in Washington in reference to the theft of a fundraiser can. The incident was documented.
A caller in the 2800 block of 130th Street in Riverside reported Friday night that her ex-husband was threatening to harm her. Officers spoke with the caller.
Public intox
A subject was reported staggering Saturday morning in the 400 block of East Main Street in Washington. Officers responded. The subject was transported to Washington County Hospital for evaluation. Charges are pending.
Illegal dumping
Someone reportedly dumped bags of trash in the 2200 block of Yucca Avenue in Ainsworth Saturday morning. Officers made contact with a subject whose information was inside. The trash was removed.
Animal complaints
Two black Labs were reported running loose Sunday morning in the 500 block of South Third Avenue in Washington. Officers were unable to locate.
Barking dog
A barking dog was reported Friday evening in the 1000 block of East Third Street in Washington. Officers spoke with the owner.
Loud music was reported coming from a business in the 500 block of east Seventh Street in Washington Friday night. Officers responded.
All other offenses
A caller reported a situation involving a rental property and the previous owner Friday morning in the 600 block of North Fifth Avenue in Washington. The caller reported the previous owner had shown up the previous night and was demanding current tenants let him inside to look for things that may belong to him. They refused and told him they would call the police. He eventually left. The caller stated he is not welcome on the property and had been given opportunity to retrieve items.
A deputy was requested Saturday morning in the 1400 block of Fir Avenue in Wellman. The caller is the executor of the estate and had been advised her brother was at the property tearing down a building. Officers responded. The subject was located and advised if he was going to do anything further he needed to contact the caller for approval.
A caller in the 600 block of North Seventh Avenue in Washington reported Sunday night wanting to pick up her father's belongings and a subject was not allowing her to. Officers responded. The subjects received the belongings and were advised not to return.
Family offense non violent
An officer was requested Friday evening in the 400 block of South Third Avenue in Washington in reference to her 15-year-old stepson being disrespectful and refusing to leave the residence. Officers responded.
A caller in the 2100 block of Lexington Boulevard in Washington reported Saturday afternoon a child was getting in trouble by his father and the caller was concerned it could be hurtful. Officers responded. Child Welfare Services will be contacted.
A caller in the 200 block of North Mechanic Street in Brighton reported Sunday afternoon her son was acting out again. Officers spoke with the mother.
Runaway/missing person
A caller in the 1000 block of Ninth Avenue in Wellman reported Saturday night her daughter left the house.


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Color Me Happy
I have been pretty open here about my health challenges. And sadly I have more bad days than good days. Most bad days I can handle okay. There is such a thing as getting used to feeling sick, if you can believe that. What I can't seem to get used to is how isolated it makes me feel, and how difficult it can be to fight the constant sadness that comes with it. I always find myself looking for a bright spot in my often dreary world.
There is something I do. It always makes me smile. I can do it comfortably, no matter how bad I feel. It even engages my foggy brain, helping me think without frustrating me. I lost touch with this thing for a while. To get acquainted again I had to go back to my childhood.
And now it happens to be one of my favorite things to do in the whole world.
Recently I was having a particularly bad day. A lot of pain, a lot of frustration and a lot of tears. Husband wasn't sure of what to do, but he really wanted to make me smile. He was a man on a mission. He grabbed his keys and said he would be back in an hour. I went straight to bed and pulled the blanket over my head. My attempt to shut out the world and bring an end to a miserable day.
When he returned, he pulled me out of bed and led me to the living room. Waiting for me on the table was a brand new box of Crayola crayons and a coloring book. A Disney Princess coloring book! And not just Disney Princesses, but Disney Princess Brides!
Yes. Coloring is one of my favorite things.
I opened the box and ran my fingers along the perfect crayons, sharpened and bright. With that fresh, waxy crayon-ey smell I love. I picked up my new coloring book, and there they were: Snow White, Cinderella, Jasmine, Belle, Ariel and Sleeping Beauty, waiting for me to bring them to life with 120 colors to choose from.
Husband made my day. And the best part? Visions of my very masculine mate getting excited over his hot Disney Princess find. Mission accomplished.
Fresh Crayola crayons and a crisp, new coloring book. What a magical combination. There is comfort and joy in going back to the simplicity of a childhood. Beautiful colors to make me feel happy and bright.
It works every time.
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Southern Rail is running bus services between Haywards Heath and Three Bridges to try an bypass today's (Friday) flooding at Balcombe Tunnel.
However, the train operator is warning passengers to try and find alternative transport to help ease the problems.
On Twitter this morning the company said it was unable to comment on how long the disruption would last.
One person asked about getting the 1.06 train from Victoria to Brighton this afternoon but was told "it's looking unlikely at the moment due to the flooding".
Another person asked if it was forseen that the problem would last all day as she had to get an elderly grandmother down to Brighton this evening.
She was told: "We are unable to comment I'm afraid, I would advise checking your journey on National Rail before you leave."
Commuters trying to bypass the rail network gridlock were taking to their cars this morning but facing long delays and jams due to volume of traffic and diversions around flooded roads such as the A23 and other main commuter routes.
A pinch point was Balcombe itself where it was taking drivers nearly 30 minutes to negotiate the Haywards Heath road going north towards Three Bridges.
Many roads in the area are under several inches of water at their edges and drivers and other travellers are having to take great care and reduce their speeds.


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Great Goats to grow
North County's oldest brewery planning its first expansion
Ian Anderson 5 p.m., Nov. 24
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Like most hunters in San Diego, Marc has not yet seen a feral pig in the county. He's seen pictures of them and read the chatter on internet forums, where hunters talk with one another while revealing no precise location of pig sightings. "What they know about game, they learned in the field, so they guard it jealously," he says. Descanso hunter John Ogle bagged a 241-pound wild pig last October east of Ramona near the San Diego River. He told the Union-Tribune, "I've hunted San Diego County for 38 years and I've never seen a wild pig here before." After butchering, Ogle had the oinker's head stuffed and mounted. When I contacted him about my tagging along on a hunt, he curtly replied, no thanks. I took it to mean that lugging a reporter (decidedly, a nonhunter) into the field would identify tactics and spots Ogle has earned through long, hard slogs — and for what, tipping his hand to some writer?
A purple haze bands the eastern sky. We're a good mile into a steep ravine, trying not to crash through the brush. Marc slows and says softly that "a pig is more intelligent than a dog. If we startle one, he's going to go for the guy with no gun" — his glance at me is merciless — "so stay behind." If there's a choice of hogs, Marc continues, he'll try to bring down a hundred-pounder. It would be onerous to drag a 300-pound boar, despite its being field dressed and boned, out of this gulch.
Soon we find rutted ground, telltale pig presence. The churning is spread under a grove of coast live oaks, their trunks scorched from the 2003 Cedar Fire but their crowns grown back. Full-grown pigs use their upper and lower canines like a garden tiller to unearth buried acorns and plant roots. Maybe a week ago, they came through, Marc estimates. "They bedded here, stayed a couple of days, and moved on."
Wandering a bit drunkenly downhill, slipping on rocks that look firmly in place but suddenly tip up, dodging dry swirls of cow dung, putting my arms up and creeping through poison oak brambles, I feel my wilderness schooling in the Boy Scouts settle me down. Step softly like the moccasin-footed Indian. Keep your voice at a whisper. Anything worth saying can wait. Linger, scan for movement. There, what's that? Is that a boar or a boar-shaped rock?
For the next three hours, morning comes on, quiet and tranquil. Marc and I find overlooks above creek washes, and there we sit. We don't talk. We watch with and without binoculars. We take in the terrain. Far off, the delicate lavender of Ceanothus sprigs. Close by, the ritual upper-body bobbing of a male lizard courting Ms. Right on a sun-dappled rock. During a one-hour bivouac, Marc, hands tucked under his armpits, gun across his lap, dozes. Only the rustle of the creek and the infrequent squawk of a Steller's jay break the silence. We wait for the pigs to come into view. I learn that hunting is waiting, requiring more patience than fishing, where, reeling in and casting out, you have, at least, some dialogue with the fish, imagined or not.
Waiting, we seem to melt into the landscape, inconspicuous. Hunting is about noticing everything else while you wait.
Later, over lunch, Marc tells me about himself. A solitary hunter, he learned to hunt with rifle and bow just recently, following a self-defense class. That class was brought on by the bruising year of 2003, when he lost his home in Harrison Park. Harrison Park, he maintains, was "sacrificed" to save Julian during the Cedar Fire. He's still dry-mouth bitter about the fire's and the government's unfairness, during and after the siege. A computer programmer who is rebuilding his home with solar panels on the roof, Marc is "hooked on hunting." Out in the grand quietude of the Cleveland National Forest, waiting for boars, he likes to contemplate his fate.
Moreover, Marc has been driven to hunt as a move toward self-sufficiency. For one, he says, "Human psychology has a hunter-gatherer streak"; for another, he believes we must face an impending loss of resources, especially electricity, and scale back our communities to the basics, living as our ancestors did in the 19th Century. He's not a survivalist, he says, though he will survive. He's not political. He's pragmatic. Learn to garden, hunt, use less. Only a hunter, he says, knows where game animals are in the Cleveland National Forest: incredibly, animals worth shooting for food occupy, he notes, about 1 percent of the forest's 460,000 acres. The thing he's learned is that animals "are extremely intelligent, far more than we can imagine." They don't just give in and wait to be shot.
Such is our lot: eight hours spent in the placidity of perfect pig habitat yields no pigs. They've been and gone, at least, in the ravine we'd been told they were. Or perhaps they were asleep in a thicket, dreaming of cattails, unstirred by our morning arrival.
They Use Their Tusks to Scar and Bleed
A rainy evening last December, Susan Wells heard a commotion outside her home, coming from her corral. She owns Morning Star Ranch, "Where," as her website says, "horses are boarded with T.L.C." The horses were spooked by something. Wells's ranch is in Poway, near the top of the Sycamore Canyon Preserve and numerous riding trails. Running outside, she discovered a boar and a sow, about a year old, rooting in the corrals for food. They had squirmed in under the fences to where horse feed and droppings lay. She tells me that "an older horse got scared, slipped, and fell down. He couldn't get back up." The pigs were not attacking the horses, but their presence was "traumatizing" them nonetheless.
Wells says she espied the culprits right off; they had stumbled onto a bounty of eats: fallen fruit, leaves, hay, grain, horse manure. "They thought they'd found the best place on Earth here," she recalls. Wells phoned "a million different people." She contacted neighbors to see if they had lost a pair of pigs. Then she called the Humane Society, Animal Control, Project Wildlife, Fish and Game. None of those agencies returned her call that evening. "The only people to respond were the Emergency Animal Rescue," a volunteer group. "They came out and helped me catch them." It wasn't hard, either. They laid down a trail of cookies, a line of tasty deception the pigs fell for. Wells and Animal Rescue guided the pair into a pen.
This is an excellent story. The first part, about the hunting, is right on the mark. Every fall I put myself through a ritual called "deer hunting." The descriptions of the area, the tedium of waiting, and the distant prospect of success are accurate. I'd only have hoped the author had found a local hunter who had, at least, seen a wild pig locally. While there is plenty of evidence that they are in the area, the number of sightings of them rivals the rarity of sightings of Sasquatch. For the past two or three years, my son has bought a pig tag along with his deer tag, but he's seen nothing porcine. The herd will have to grow much larger before sightings of wild porkers become commonplace.
As to his concluding comments, I can only caution that I've "seen" all sorts of wild game that turned out to be something else. There are many instances where I wished antlers onto does that I could see. Only waiting until I was "absolutely, positively" sure kept me from bagging a prohibited animal. Wishful thinking can produce wonderful memories of things that never were there and never happened.
I will boycott this magazine and it's site for a week, due to the killing of pigs.
That goes to show what you know about the harvesting of wild animals for poulation control. Do some reading before you make your silly comments!!
Why? Near as I can figure out, the magazine nor the site killed any pigs...
Refried, just keep in mind that the VERY IDEA of hunting or killing is a total turn-off to some folks. thestoryteller is likely one of those folks. Ya' gotta understand.
Well, Visduh, ya gotta kill something or you're not gonna eat! I'm not much on hunting, although my father used to when I was young. I love venison to this day. And I can't see a problem with hunting what you're going to consume. Some people don't dig it, and that's understandable, but it isn't the Reader's fault that some people hunt.
Funny story about Tijuana, one morning I went downtown and noticed a new taco stand, Tacos Venados. I went about my business and then came back to that taco stand, "venado" is "deer". I asked for a venison taco and he looked at me like I was nuts, and then he laughed, "No, that's just the name of the taco stand."
I was highly disappointed.
I like to fish. The meat tastes great and what's not edible makes for great fertilizer.
There are some who see animals as capable of experiencing something akin to emotion. Animals give birth, fiercely protect their young, and give unconditional love. This is a very nice poem that I happen to love, and that I think describes best how those that feel about this, feel strongly.
Saint Francis and the Sow by Galway Kinnell
"The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower, or everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing; as Saint Francis put his hand on the creased forehead of the sow, and told her in words and in touch blessings of earth on the sow, and the sow began remembering all down her thick length, from the earthen snout all the way through the fodder and slops to the spiritual curl of the tail, from the hard spininess spiked out from the spine down through the great broken heart to the blue milken dreaminess spurting and shuddering from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking and blowing beneath them: the long, perfect loveliness of sow."
Ms Grant,
Thats a beautiful poem.
Heres the new installment of 'Soccer Mom' at myspace.com/diegonomics:
Mindy1114-- This may sound crass, but in order for one being to survive, another must die.
Be it animal or plant--one must die to feed another. Even when we die, we feed so many other organisims (such as bacteria, worms, crabs, fish, plankton, bugs, plants), either from the grave, the sea, or in ash form.
I respect your choice of nourishment style (I'm trying to cut out red meat myself, adding more beans, rice, and fish), but that little crack about the kharmic (hoped-for) reincarnation of the "Mexican Caretaker" was uncalled for. I can see the sadism in his method of dispatching the animal-in-question, but leave the "afterlife destiny" speculation for this fellow to his chosen Deity, OK?
Oh, as for the wild pigs in our county? This is a prime example of what happens when a non-native species takes root in it's new environment. Just as with the "snakehead" fish in the Ohio River Valley, the Aisan Carp in the Great Lakes, and the feral Burmese Pythons in Southern Florida (plus the well-known example of rabbits-running-rampant in Austrailia)? They soon become pests that destroy their adopted habitat (and the fauna within).
And all to make a few bucks on hunting rights (or in the case of the pythons, unwanted pets being tossed into the Everglades).
That, in itself, is sadistic...for eventually, we all suffer.
What seems like such a good idea at first can have catastrophic consequences. When humans arrived in what is now called New Zealand, the only mammal there was a tiny bat. The rest of the fauna was birds, including flightless birds that had no predators. A huge bird, now extinct, called the Moa was in some ways like the ostrich and the emu, only larger. The first human arrivals (now known as Maoris) brought, I recall, rats and dogs, the first by accident I suppose and the latter intentionally. But for a long time those species coexisted with the native animals, except for the moa, which the Maoris hunted to extinction. Then Europeans came along, and decided that they needed some things to hunt. First came big rabbits that proliferated to a point of crowding everything else off the islands, so some predators were introduced to hold down the rabbit population. Yeah, weasels and stoats added to the mix. They really like kiwis, and now that national symbol bird is hard to find, endangered, and kept in a few refuges that have no predators.
But the Brits couldn't leave it alone, and introduced domestic sheep, cattle and hogs. To make the hunting even better they added big red deer and some wapiti (elk) to the islands, forever altering the ecology. They had so many deer that they found in recent years that they could farm them along with elk. If you order "venison" in a restaurant here or in Europe chances are that it came from NZ. In a few hundred years those islands went from being a sort of shangri-la for birds to a huge meat and milk factory. And there's no going back to what the islands once were.
@ #13: Even when humans do this sort of thing thinking that they're doing some good, it often ends up being bad in the long run.
Hawaii has quite a mongoose problem.
When the first ships began to arrive in the islands, they brought rats, and there were no natural predators for rats, so it wasn't long before Hawaii had a large rat problem. The studied and wise humans who brought the rats felt really bad about it and came up with a solution: They introduces snakes onto the island in order to combat the rat infestation! This worked a little too well. The snakes had no natural predators on the island, and so they not enly enjoyed the rats but also the eggs of many birds that didn't otherwise have any need to over-protect their nests.
In short order, Hawaii had a large snake problem. You can imagine how bad the humans that introduced the snakes to the islands felt, and they thought long and hard to reach a solution in order to combat the snake problem. They introduced the mongoose, that fierce snake-loving rascal (that also eats rats), and so the mongoose has been responsible for the destruction of several native birds and other critters on almost all of the Hawaiian island chain.
To date, Hawaii still has quite a mongoose problem.
Hawaii was probably as screwed up as New Zealand, maybe more so. Each fix was a worse choice than the thing it was intended to repair. Sad that those birds were exterminated unintentionally in Hawaii. There's also an effect on the flora of those islands. Animals and birds interact in many ways we can only begin to understand. New Zealand is covered with a shrub that has bright yellow blooms, called "Scotch broom." It is aptly named because it is an exotic, having been brought along from Scotland. They'd love to get rid of all of it, but it is so well-established now that is impossible.
So, if these wild pigs in southern California tear up the oak mast, that will result in failure of oaks to regenerate, and the forests will be forever altered here. There's enough going against oaks now, with the borers that are killing them right and left. With limited opportunities to grow seedlings, in a few years, oaks in the mountains may be a rarity instead of a mainstay. So, if anyone needs a reason to want these wild porkers kept under tight control or exterminated, there's one. There are more reasons for that.
Who knew? Reporters actually getting into the field and researching topics. Hopefully more will follow.
As for the comment about boycotting the site, I will make sure to tell other people about the good reporting and try to offset any negative effects of boycotts.
As for me...I LIKE pork. If we can get some fresh local pork that was naturally raised with no preservatives or hormones, or steroids, or anti-biotics and whoknows what else, I don't see a problem.
OK, SDLaw, does that mean you are volunteering to assist some hunter in bringing his pig carcass out of some canyon in exchange for some of the meat? Just let these guys know your cell phone number, and you can expect a call soon to assist. That's the essence of "living off the land." Have fun!
Visduh - YEP! I would be happy to help haul it out (Old Alice pack frames are good for that - btw). Not crazy about tent camping form more than seven days or "living off the land", but if the population of these pigs is not controlled, things can get out of hand very quickly. I believe pigs can have piglets twice per year and about 10+ each time, with the new pigs able to breed in under two years. Their population has the potential to increase much faster than just doubling every year. Supposedly these pigs are Russian (big ones too) and were bred and released on Tribal land. I fear that once they become more visible it will mean their population has alrady exploded and they can no longer hide at night because they need to find food during the daylight. They shouldn't have been released into the ecosystem here. A large pig population can really throw things out of whack. I'm not sure what predators could control their population. If no predators, then their population grows until they starve and likely starve several other native species along with them. It is not a good situation, something similar happened on Santa Cruz Island. Although the pigs were limited to the small island, they managed to get to a balanced population of over 5,000 pigs. I believe it cost the government about $1,000 per pig to have them removed to restore the island. So, to answer your question, I WOULD help haul some pigs out now, BEFORE they create an ecological mess.


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Farmer Participation, Processing, and the Rise of Dairy Production in Greater Beijing, P. R. China
"With rapid income growth, dairy production and consumption in China have increased significantly. The emergence of the dairy sector provides opportunities for farmers to participate in a high-value, potentially more lucrative enterprise. The overall goal of this paper is to analyze the major determinants of farmer participation in dairy production. Our main questions include whether or not the pace of the emergence of the dairy processing industry has affected the ability of farmers (especially small and relatively poor ones) to participate in dairy production; and whether or not it has limited the expansion of their herd size. Based on household, village, and processor surveys conducted in the Greater Beijing region, our analysis indicates that the location of dairy processing firms is one key factor that determines the participation of farmers in dairy production. Although other factors affect participation and herd size, including road access and the ability to find employment off the farm (which affects the opportunity cost of household members), the proximity to a dairy processor is shown to be one of the major factors that has encouraged the growth of dairy production for a given farmer in a specific region during the past decade. The results also show that poor, less educated farmers with relatively less access to land are not excluded from the expansion of the Greater Beijing dairy market." Copyright (c) 2010 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.
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Radiohead to begin recording next album in September
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Pretty much, but I'm severely biased.
Aaah the sweet smell of a radiohead announcement.
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They'll split
Fuck yeah
Will come out before new Tool album.
Yes this is such great news, hopefully will be just as good as In Rainbows
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suspiciously there's no indication in the article that the next Radiohead album isn't a tribute to Korn
"They'll split"
We don't use those words around here.
A few sessions.
Creativity at a bit of a low ebb
Solo output for evermore
I'll put me house on it.
radiohead will never split theyre robots designed to create the best music ever without ever splitting
First three happened during In Rainbows sessions, but they kept at it until they got the creativity back. Took two years, but they stayed together. Hopefully they don't call it quits this time just because they're at a creative low.
Good news, interested to see what will happen after King of Limbs
king of limbs WAS their creative low. Juices gotta be flowing by now.
will be out before half life 3
everyone is misinterpreting this imo. sounds to me more like they're gonna meet up in sept just to jam and work on some new stuff, but they've said fuck all about recording a new album just yet.
so this isn't really news. it's radiohead. they might release an album tomorrow or not until 2017.
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radiohead album confirmed for tomorrow then
"king of limbs WAS their creative low. Juices gotta be flowing by now."
TKOL was excellent what are you talking about
Will come out before new Tool album. [2]
TKOL was excellent what are you talking about [2]
awesome news either way. it's cool just to hear these guys are all converging from their recent solo stuff to just jam together and get back in the groove.
is there seriously a staffer called sgt pepper now? i don't know why i expect better from you, sputnik.
TKOL was one of their best. they're on a hot streak right now and i hope they keep it going with this
whenever the hell it comes out
the tkol stuff was infinitely better live. seeing them play those songs live made the album seem incomplete in comparison.
Sgt. Pepper has been a staffer for a few years now dude
Joined 02-26-12 so "a few years" seems like a stretch now dude
I'm not among the most memorable, but yeah I've been here for two years (a staffer for 1).
While I do like the sound of some of tkol stuff live (the guitars in magpie coming directly to mind- especially the basement recordings) i disagree. I think the album versions sound much better. It might not sound as instantly engaging as the other albums, but there is a hypnotic quality to the dreary like mood of tkol. I like that every radiohead album has a different "mood", and being someone who is proned to depression and insomnia, tkol's is one i always return to. I've really begun to love that moody and 'mechanical' sound they went for. (i don't know how many feel that way though).
yeah i agree In Rainbows/TKOL (live for me personally as thats my favorite way to listen to it, how can you beat TKOL + staricase and the daily mail?!) have been two of my personal favorites from them so I'm interested to see where they go from there. Hopefully they lay down some of the tracks they've been playing live like skirting on the surface, cut a hole, ful stop, identikit, etc
i'm not talking about "live versions," i mean LIVE live. i was blown away and haven't listened to the actual album since because i knew that'd be an exercise in disappointment.
that would be cool. id like to hear studio versions of those as well.
oh, my apologies. I misread. I havent seen Radiohead live unfortunately aside from youtube videos (but obviously not even close to the same thing).
yeah they came to michigan for the first time in over 15 years a couple summers ago. easily the best single set i've ever seen.
(not my vid but thom holds the body of his guitar up to the mic and sings into the sound hole at one point so)
yeah at 3:40. I love Thom's concert antics. I love how he doesn't just perform the music he plays, like he gets truly consumed by
it (does that make sense?). My favourite song from them is "the national anthem" and in a few sets (like the one from I Might Be
Wrong) he does this rhythmic coughing in the intro, a small alteration, but it just makes it so much more awesome.
TKOL was indeed excellent, and even if you didn't like it, the creativity is still apparent. new album, please please please be released in 2015
what's the track from TKOL with the extra drums. like it goes BLOMPA DOMP DOMP in a repeated pattern for most of the song
that was brilliant
Live version of TKOL is so better than the original y'all should check
this it? lots of the songs on the album use multiple drums iicrc. they had 2 drummers on the entire tour also.
i bet the new album will be released in 2016
Please be as good as In Rainbows.
agreed elbaliem. early to mid-2016.
fuck yea
Hoping it'll be a little bit better than KOTL, that album was a little bit lackluster (only when compared to their other releases though)
kol is their third best album sup
lol /mu/core band
Please be as good as In Rainbows {2}
I mean if it's not KoL can it not be great?
TKOL is great in its own way but I'd prefer something different from what they've done before. Which knowing them will probably be the case
If there is a case to be made for any specific direction they'll go, I think it will be a more electronic/dancier album with the
style of the unreleased songs "Identikit" and "Fullstop" from their 2012 tour. I would really dig that too because those
songs are awesome.
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OK, I hit a major road block researching for my McHale's in Canada. The trail runs cold around 1870. According to the 1871 census, Ellen McHale was unable to read or write. Her husband Martin passed away between 1864-1871.
Both Martin (b ? - Ireland) and Ellen (b 1825 - Ireland)
came to St Marys, Perth. The first child was born in 1853 somewhere in Canada the last in 1864.
I would assume they immigrated around 1850-1853, marriage could have taken place around the same time. Nothing else is known.
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I first remember being aware of geopolitics during the Cuban missile crisis. When I was 7 or 8, I found a pamphlet for fallout shelters on the coffee table in my family's house in Ontario, and I remember thinking, "What's this about?" I had the sudden sensation that my coddled existence was a facade. Something dark and terrifying lurked behind it.
I've been fascinated ever since by our human propensity for dancing on the edge of the apocalypse. So when I wrote the first Terminator outline around 1982, I was just working out my childhood stuff. It was also born out of the science fiction movies and literature I grew up with. For the most part, they were warningsabout technology, about science, about the military and the government. You couldn't escape those themes or the fear of nuclear holocaust.
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So, Summit Entertainment hires the wolf pack in the "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon." This wolf pack is our friend! In the "Twilight" world, they defend humans against mean vampires!
The actors hired to run with the pack are: Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon, and Tyson Houseman.
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Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman to Star as Members of Wolf Pack
Los Angeles, CA March 23, 2009 Summit Entertainment announced today that Native American/First Nation actors Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman have signed on to star as the members of the wolf pack in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. In the film, the wolf pack defends humans against vampires although they have a tribal history intricately entwined with Edward Cullen and his family. The wolf pack members will join Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and fellow wolf pack member Taylor Lautner in the film directed by Chris Weitz which will be released domestically November 20, 2009.
In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.
Each member of the wolf pack is of Native decent. Spencer is Lakota (Sioux), Pelletier is Cree-Metis, Meraz is Purepecha (Tarasco), Gordon is Hualapai, and Houseman, who was discovered at an open casting call, is Cree. Casting of the wolf pack was overseen by award-winning casting director Rene Haynes who is well-known for her work on Native projects ranging from DANCES WITH WOLVES to BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE.
The action-packed, modern day vampire love story and blockbuster success of the first film in the series entitled TWILIGHT was released in theatres on November 21, 2008 grossing $60.9 million domestically during its first weekend. To date the film has grossed nearly $380 million worldwide. TWILIGHT was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD this past Saturday, March 21st and sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release making it one of the top five best first day DVD releases over the past two years.
About Summit Entertainment LLC:
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.
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Why didn't I think of this before? I can totally see Anne Hathaway as Judy Garland!
As we reported last month, the Weinstein Co. is set to turn the life of tragic icon Judy Garland into a major Hollywood motion picture!
But wait there's more! Hathaway will also star on stage as Garland! The studio is also producing a stage version of the book by Gerald Clarke called "Get Happy."
Harvey Weinstein was heard saying:
"Hathaway will be a true class act in this challenging role" and Clarke's book is a great resource because it "is particularly outstanding because of its exlusive details from her own writings."
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Zac Efron bowed out of the Paramount remake of "Footloose" because he says he's on a path of acting legitimacy and doesn't want to be associated with another song and dance film.
Everyone behind the production were all shocked, since they've been working on it since last July!
Apparently, Efron used the latest script revision as his parachute to say, adios! He probably didn't like the new script? Or he just used it as an out!
The Wrap is reporting:
The teen-throb star of Disneys first three High School Musical films, has pulled out of Paramounts planned remake of Footloose, in an apparent effort to stretch his career beyond fame as just a cute song-and-dance man.
Efron told the studio last week that he did not want to do another musical at this point in his career, according to a senior member of the production team.
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As we reported here last week, Lindsay Lohan revealed to Nylon Magazine that Seth Rogen ignored her and Sean Penn's repeated requests to call them.
It's supposed to be for a new movie that Penn is working on that he wanted Rogen to star in.
Well, Moviefone interviewed Rogen, and this is what he had to say about that:
That is not ... That's the first I had heard of that. And my assistant hadn't heard it either. I can tell you that she hasn't called me. If she has, I haven't heard about it. [But] I would call her back, sure! I'd return a call.
So Lindsay, wait for Rogen's call!
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A high speed rail line through the district's towns is one step closer after MPs voted to press on with the proposals.
The HS2 hybrid bill passed its second reading in Parliament on Monday by 451 voted to 50.
Agreement for the £50billion scheme from London to Birmingham was carried despite opposition from Conservative back-benchers and dozens refusing to back the legislation.
Many MPs, including Leamington and Warwick's Chris White, voted no in an objection to HS2 carving a path through their constituencies.
And as well as 26 Tories voting against the legislation, many abstained - including Kenilworth and Southam MP, Jeremy Wright who withheld his vote on grounds that he supports the scheme, but not in its present form.
Warwickshire County Council's Bob Stevens, cabinet member for HS2, described it as "no surprise" the House voted to progress the scheme.
"We have opposed it at a local level since day one but we have to be realistic that this is going ahead," he said.
"The vote was a watershed moment, in which the principle of building HS2 was formally agreed by Parliament.
"The county council is now faced with only one course of action, and that is to try and shape the impact of HS2 through seeking protection, safeguards and as many mitigation benefits as we can for Warwickshire."
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" Manufacturer: Boost / Type: Energy drinks "
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I will admit that I do have a slight addiction to energy drinks and will have one most days. This is mainly due to the fact that I do not drink tea and coffee so find it hard to get through a day without a little help from some caffeine. Over time I have tried various different brands of energy drinks and have found some of the cheaper ones to be just as nice and effect as the more expensive branded ones. One that I have tried recently is the Boost energy drink.
The Boost energy drinks can be purchased from most convenient stores and are available to buy in cans or larger sharing bottles. I purchased a 250ml can from my local booze buster store for 55p which I thought was very good value at less than half the price of some brands.
This drink is described as a mixed fruit flavoured drink with taurine, caffeine and B vitamins. As stated I purchased this drink in a can which is Blue and Black in colour and has a ring pull opening. You can find all the product information that you need on the back of the can including nutritional information, ingredients listings, storage instructions and things to be aware of before drinking. It also states that the can is made from aluminium and is suitable for recycling.
These types of energy drinks are very high in caffeine with this one containing 30mg per 100ml, therefore they are not recommended for children, pregnant women or anyone who is sensitive to caffeine. These drinks also contain a high amount of sugar with there being 26.5g in a single 250ml can so not very good for the waistline or the oral health.
Energy drinks like Boost claim to reduce tiredness and fatigue. I always tend to drink one of these in the afternoon at work when I reach the mid afternoon slump. This drink is carbonated and a pale yellow colour, I find that although it claims to be a mixed fruit drink it like other energy drinks have quite a unique taste and are slightly fruity but it is more of an artificial taste and slightly tangy but strangely pleasant. In fact I quite enjoy the taste of these energy drinks although I know that they are not as appealing to some people who really do not like the taste especially as they are quite sweet and I will personally try and purchase these types of drinks in the sugar free form if possible due to this. But the main reason I choose to purchase this drink is to help me feel more awake and alert and I did find that it really helps. Within around 30 minutes of drinking I did feel much more awake and able to concentrate better rather than having sleepy eyes. I think the only issue is that the effect of the drink is a little short lived and the tiredness soon creeps back after around a couple of hours but it is effective in giving me a little boost when it is most needed.
Overall I know these type of drinks are a little controversial due to the high amount of caffeine contained in them but for me it is the only caffeine that I consume. I did find this Boost drink to be pleasant is taste although a little sweet but it did improve my energy levels and alertness for a while which was the effect I was hoping for. I would purchase this drink again as I think it is much better value than some other makes of energy drinks for what is effectively the same drink but I would look out for the sugar free version.
Recently I have been in need of an extra dose of energy, what with sitting at a desk for 7 hours a day, being very time consuming and then going home to a 3year old I like to take all the help I can get lol. In the corner shop near my workplace they had a can of this Boost energy drink for 55p - which for me is a bargain! So I purchased it and have been sipping it at my desk!
It comes in a black can (mine was 250ml) and has this logo and label across, which simply says Boost Energy with a plain and dark effect to it. It is not extremely colourful but I don't need frills and thrills just an energy drink that works!
Taste wise, it is similar to red bull and of course has a rather high content for taurine and caffeine as stimulants to help me concentrate. It is a fizzy, carbonated drink which tastes much nicer chilled and is still refreshing. One thing I did notice is that Boost is a lot more sugary and sweeter tasting than Red Bull is, and almost felt like I was drinking a carbonated fruit drink with caffeine rather than an energy drink. Nevertheless, it does taste nice and is not awful and cheap like some of the other budget brands of energy drinks out there!
In terms of stimulating my mind, I think I drank this at about 3pm yesterday after lunch and began to feel a bit more rejuvenated and ready to focus on work again. However, by 4pm I was dozing again and losing interest and went for another wander off out the building and ended up in Burger King lol. I feel I have sincerely lost my mojo in terms of my attention/concentration span on work and had hoped this would help, and I must say it did but the effects were short lived, and my brain just switched off and went back to it's daydream like states lol.
Overall, I think for 55p this isn't bad. Taste wise it's ok and it does have some effect at being a stimulant and stretching my mental capacity capability it's just the effects are really short term. I have better luck with red bull and lucozade which of course are more expensive, so I definitely think that with this you pay for what you get, and the more expensive energy drinks are more effective.
Boost Energy Drink
Recently there has been a massive increase in the amount of energy drinks on the market. They all share similar names, names that characterise them as stimulants, for example: Emerge, Monster, Red Bull, Relentless, Kick, Red Alert and Boost. They all claim to rapidly increase energy levels, but how well does Boost do against the competition? How well does it compete with Red Bull? The Boost website says, "Our mission is... To give you great tasting energy drinks for a fraction of what you'd expect... Why pay more when Boost gives you the same energy and taste?" In my opinion there are three categories to judge the drink on - the taste, the effect and the price.
First thing I'll say is that its best served cold. Take a nice, chilled can from the fridge - when its warm it's not at all pleasant to drink. Open the ring tab to reveal the 250ml of Boost inside; the smell is not as strong as that of the market leader - Red Bull, though it still has a distinct aroma, its not off putting either. Boost is a carbonated drink and once opened it produces a satisfying fizz. The drink doesn't go flat right away, it will still go for an hour or two but it won't last as long as the likes of Coca-Cola. I could quite happily put it in the fridge and return later, regardless if there is life in the can or not I would still be happy to finish it if chilled. Although Boost's 'mixed fruit' flavour is evident, it's far closer to artificial fruit than the freshly squeezed juice. The taste is very familiar, it's similar to that of Red Bull but slightly less intense, it's a little sharper and slightly less sweet. It has been compared to the taste of Appletiser. It is definitely an enjoyable experience, more so than the majority of energy drinks.
The effects the drink has on the body and mind are quite apparent; it really does give you a boost. Twenty minutes after drinking three quarters of the can I began to feel energised, the muscles in my body felt as though they had a bit more power. Before drinking it I felt quite tired and after drinking I felt awake and charged. The combination of caffeine, taurine and sugar didn't do so well on my mind, the drink seemed to speed up the rate of the thought process. I found it hard to focus sometimes, but with a bit of extra concentration I managed well and could feel and improvement. The effects on the consumer last for an hour or two and after I didn't really experience a 'comedown', there wasn't a clear transition, which is a good thing. Some people have complained that energy drinks give them the shakes a couple of hours after consuming, but as long as you don't drink too much and eat sensibly then I have found it's not a problem.
I would say this is a middle range priced product; Red Bull is obviously the highest priced energy drink sometimes selling for over £1.50. The cheaper varieties include supermarket's own brands and Emerge sell for as low as 25p. Boost is sold in most stores for 49p, which in my opinion is good value for money. It is widely available to buy, although the Co-Operative Food stores don't seem to sell it, which is probably only a minor inconvenience for a few.
In my honest opinion, Red Bull is my preferred choice, but due to the high price I have been working my way through energy drink portfolio for a substitute. I have to say that Boost is definitely the best alternative. It is enjoyable to drink, thirst quenching and delivers the right effects.
You can take your pick of energy drinks in bottles or cans as there are so many varieties on the supermarket shelves and it is a really vibrant market with lots of choice. I have tried several of the own label branded energy drinks from Asda and Tesco for example and obviously the market leader is probably Red Bull and although it is is a good product it is expensive.
Energy drinks are popular because life is fast paced and people want to stay awake to get everything done that they need to,I personally have used energy drinks when I have worked a night shift for an agency or I am working late in to the evening at my regular job. As you can imagine purchasing cans of Red Bull potentially turns out to be very expensive and so I usually opt for a cheaper brand, Boost being one of the ones they sell in the petrol station I work at on a part time basis.
I may be wrong but I honestly can not really tell any kind of difference between the less expensive brands and the market leaders, they taste like energy drinks which is not to everone's liking but you buy and consume them to help you stay alert and not generally because you love the flavour.
I am glad the can informed me that this is a carbonated mixed fruit drink because it is hard to dinstinguish the flavour and as I said before it just has that classic energy drink taste. This contains taurine and caffeine, an extremely high caffeine content in fact with 30mg in 100ml.
I think energy drinks must help you to stay alert and keep going in whatever you are doing because of the caffeine and taurine and also probably subconsciously they help as well because you have drunk some and so you think it should help and therefore does almost like a placebo.
So this brand is a good alternative to Red Bull as although the latter is great it can work out very pricey if you buy and consume a lot of it and Boost for example is only 49 pence for a 250ml can.
Boost Energy drinks are a mixed fruit flavour carbonated juice drink. I love using these when I am really tired or feel weak, plus they work wonders when you are ill. They are sold in 250ml cans and 500ml bottles. Well, they have a very high caffeine content which can be bad for you if used in excess.
I recently bought a multi pack in a local wholesalers. These particular drinks are almost an economy version of Red bull. When it comes to advantages these drinks have many, first of all they do what they say they are going to do, give you a boost. The effects usually last around 3 hours until you start to feel tired again. They are just an aid to sleeping.
I personally use these drinks on my way to college to wake myself up at 7 in the morning. They start to kick in around ten minutes after you have drunk it, and wear off a few hours after. The disadvantages of this product is that they can make you feel quite hyper and full of energy while quickly converting you back to being tired again. Also, another disadvantage is that if you drink it too close to going to bed, you will not be able to sleep (Just a personal encounter of mine). Other than the fact that they keep you awake they are pretty much a recent version of energy drinks, just without the hefty price tag.
Boost energy drinks are sold in most major stores and off licences all over Great Britain. They sell for around £70p per bottle, although I have seen them sold for £99p. Overall, I feel that the price is good for a large sized bottle and the quality is very high. The cans are not individually sold, but they are sold in a multi pack in wholesalers for £5.
Nutritional Information- Per 500ml
Protein nil
sodium- 0.06g
fat- nil
Overall, I would recommend this product to all people who are looking for a 'boost' not someone with energy looking for a hype!
Boost is an energy drink, sold in 1 litre bottles. It describes itself as a "carbonated mixed fruit flavour drink with taurine and caffeine". It's caffeine content is 30mg/100ml per bottle.
It states that it is unsuitable for children or those sensitive to caffeine, so it would be important to make sure that this product was kept in a high cupboard and not one that could be accessed by children.
When I tried this drink, I found it to be very effective in keeping me energised and motivated (I first used it at my wedding to keep me awake and fresh for photos throughout the long day!). On another occasion I drank some of this at about 7pm in the evening however the drink worked a little too well and I ended up unable to sleep until about 3am in the morning!
The flavour of Boost is very similar to red bull (although it does have an ever so slightly more bitter taste - perhaps less sugar?). The price difference is where you will see the biggest difference though. This drink is far far cheaper, made cheaper still by the fact that it is sold in larger bottles rather than small cans. This makes it ideal for parties/making cocktails or other occasions where you may need a lot of energy drink.
It is definitely worth buying, it tastes decent and it does the job! In a cocktail or if used as a mixer, I really don't think that you'd be able to tell the difference.
I do enjoy energy drinks, and I get bored of the regular same old ones - but I really enjoy Boost!
It comes in a grey bottle with a black and blue label which tends to stand out on the shelf. I can purchase it for 90p for 500ml or £1.30 for 1litre, which I think is very good value for an energy drink.
It's good when you need a little 'boost' of energy, or it's just enjoyable as a drink. However, I must admit that I find it a little addictive after a while and have to stop drinking it - it does contain a lot of caffeine!
It is vegetarian, free from nuts, gluten and diary ingredients, but unfortunately isn't organic just yet. However, they're also not suitable for people sensitive to caffeine or diabetics.
Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Citric Acid, Taurine (0.4%), Flavourings (Including Caffeine (0.03%)), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Colours (Ammonia Caramel), Inositol, Preservative (Sodium Benzoate), Vitamins (Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, B6, B12).
Per 100ml
Energy 200kJ/47 Kcal
Protein Nil
Carbohydrate 10.9g
Fat Nil
It contains vitamin B12 - which is nice to know, especially as vegetarian when this vitamin is harder to be found in food, so it does have it's health benefits too! One of their 60ml shots contains 75mg of caffeine, so I dread to think how much is in a whole bottle!
I do like my energy drinks from time to time when I need a bit of a pick me up or something to keep you going. Now there is the more commonly known energy drinks like Red Bull, Relentless, Lucozade, Monster and many more but I am always on the lookout for new kinds of energy drinks that may give me that lift that the others cannot so when I saw this Boost Energy Drink in my local Costcutters where the energy drinks are kept I was curious to see what this was all about and decided to purchase it and see if it was as good as the other energy drinks I had tried in the past.
As the display picture shows it comes in a plastic grey bottle with a black and blue lable amd Boost Energy written down the side of the bottle and has a black screw top where you open the bottle. Like most bottles you buy it is simple enough to open and you get that fizz sound when you first open it and then you get familiar whiff that you get when you buy the majority of energy drinks and so I thought that this could be like the others or not but I would take my first gulp and wait and see what I thought.
I was happy to find that it had different type of taste to some of the other drinks and tasted a bit more carbonated but not so much that you felt bloated and enough so that it would taste flat and tasteless after it had been opened for some time. I think that with every mouthful you take that you do get an invigoration that makes you want to get up and go and do something which is the basic aim of energy drinks.
I have bought this quite a few times and it is not always in stock at Costcutters so when it is not there I tend to buy another energy drink but I am always pleased to see it on the shelf as I have grown accustomed to it but will not drink it by the gallon as then I would get addicted as some people can with energy drinks and then they sadly have the opposite effect of why you bought it in the first place and why it was manufactured.
This bottle costs me 65p from my local Costcutter for the 500ml bottle displayed but as I have researched a bit further there are some offers such as from concordextra.com where you can get 12 bottles for £8.28 if you want to stock up on them but for me personally even though I like this energy drink I would stick to single bottles.
They have their own website which there is a link to below I would think that this range would be more in supermatkets as they have cans of Boost too and a sugar free range, active couple of bottles, sports couple of bottles and even smoothies that makes this look quite good so it will be something I will look out for in the future check it out for yourselves :-
If you like your energy drinks or you have never tried this or just want something to give you a bit of get up and go try this and I am sure you will like the taste and the feeling it gives you.
I hope this review may encourage you and be of some use to you and do enough to make you want to buy Boost Energy Drink and as always thanks so much for reading.
Rob :)


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Technology is great — but what's wrong with using pencil and paper?
As and adult, have you ever thought about how much technology has changed from when you were a kid until now? Many, many differences have occurred since the past — new phones, TVs, computers, iPods, and even some new radios.
Not only are they different, but the ways you use them are different, too. There are many examples on how technologies purpose has changed.
One of the main differences is cell phones. You used to just be able to talk on phone, but now there are many ways. The size has also changed. Old cell phones used to be 12 inches tall and three pounds. Now some phones are not even a pound and 2 inches tall!
The new thing to do with cell phones is texting. Adults text, teenagers text, and even some kids under the age of 10 have their own phone and text. People text during work, at home, and just whenever they want and can. Kids even text during school. Some people text while they're driving! What has this generation come to be?
Computers have changed a lot, too. There used to just be thousands of Websites; now there's hundreds of thousands. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other Websites have millions of users. Did you know that if the Facebook members had their own country they'd be the fourth-largest populated country in the world?
There was never a lot of ways to interact with others in the past rather than just talking. Now, on computers you can have a face-to-face conversation with camcorders. Even some real high-tech phones let you have face to face chats, too. Computers also have many other fun things to do. Computer games, and installments like Microsoft and Excel let kids be creative and have fun. Computers have changed a lot in past years.
Yes, technology is fun, but do we use it as little too much? Technology is everywhere. Homes, businesses, schools, and much more. When about 30 percent of the teaching techniques have to do with technology, you're a little overboard. Typing something is easier but what's wrong with a pencil and a sheet of paper? Typing won't improve your handwriting. Some video games let you do workouts on them and interact. But what's wrong with taking a walk or run around your neighborhood? I bet any video game won't get you in as much shape as really walking.
If technology keeps growing as fast as it is, will people leave their homes once a day at least in the future? Next time you're about to send a text or a quick email for something quick, how about you rethink that? Just give them a call or meet up with them. Probably a lot of these questions really do make you think, "Do we need technology as much as we use it?"
Welcome back to Arthurs Middle School eighth-grader Griffin Sawyer, who will again be a regular contributor to the Trenton Trib throughout the school year.


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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- At least 96 people were killed and at least 430 homes and shops were destroyed in flash floods on the Kabul River east of the Afghan capital, officials said.
The toll in Surobi District included many women and children, officials said Saturday.
Allah Mohammad, a member of the provincial council, said numbers are likely to rise from the current 96 confirmed dead.
The National Disaster Management Authority said flooding has also been reported in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, Khaama Press said. There were no reports available of casualties in those areas.
The flooding has damaged farmland and destroyed crops.
Surobi, the capital of the district, is about 40 miles from Kabul in Kabul Province.