 our presence, and were nervously watching us from above, chattering to each other and swinging about using their unusually long tails like an extra leg. Spider monkeys are difficult to find here; their numbers were hit hard by logging in the years before this area was protected, and they remain nervous of humans.
The trip back to Rurrenabaque was much quicker downriver, taking just three hours, and we stopped off on the way to see a cliffside where scarlet macaws congregate to eat minerals in the clay. We also passed through a narrow, steep-sided section of the river which reminded us of something Andrés had told us about on our last night at the lodge.
It's at this spot that the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, wants to build a new hydroelectric dam, a move that is fiercely opposed by the indigenous people of the Amazon. This dam would involve the flooding of a significant area of Madidi National Park, displacing several indigenous communities. It would also make it impossible to travel up the river by boat to Chalalán, which would effectively spell the end for the lodge.
We hear about threats to the Amazon so often that it's easy to become a little desensitised to it, but this fragile ecosystem is in danger like never before, and not just in Bolivia. Three days before we arrived in the Amazon, Brazil's presidential election was won by Jair Bolsonaro, who has promised to open up the rainforest to agriculture and logging, and has threatened to strip indigenous communities of their protections.
While I don't think you need to visit the Amazon to understand why it needs protecting, our trip certainly gave me a new found appreciation for exactly what we stand to lose if people like Bolsonaro and Morales are allowed to shape the future of the rainforest.
Sometimes, on a Mac, I have a Python file /that/is/buried/in/some/deeply/nested/path/filename.py I might be in Emacs looking at that file, and I wish I could open it with: open -a wingide Or, alternately, I wish I could double-click on the file and have it open in Wing IDE. In Emacs dired mode, I have a silly function od that opens the current directory in the Mac Finder, which is how I'd get to something deeply nested quickly in order to double-click on it. (defun od () "Open current directory (Mac)" (interactive) (shell-command "open.")) I find that if I use any of these techniques, or the command-line scripts I found in: /Applications/WingIDE.app/Contents/MacOS{,/bin} WingIDE will start up, but the file I want to look at hasn't been opened, requiring me to go digging for it. I was wondering if someone has found an elegant way of doing this. The only other thing I can think of is copying the value of (buffer-file-name) in Emacs to the pasteboard so that (hopefully) WingIDE can pick it up in an open-file dialog as a paste. GeoffLiberia: GVL Rehabilitates School Building in Grand Kru
As part of its commitment to support education in its operational areas in southeastern Liberia, Golden Veroleum (Liberia) GVL Inc. has constructed and dedicated a modern elementary school for more than 250 students in Trembo Gbanken Community and its surroundings in Grand Kru County.
GVL says the seven (7) classroom school building is part of the company's ongoing commitments to support the development of local communities in Sinoe and Grand Kru counties where it operates, providing education and other basic social services to the locals.
It also notes via press release that the construction of the primary school in the area which is the first of its kind, means that students do not have to attend classes under dilapidated makeshift structures anymore as it was in the past.
GVL's Assistant Manager for Sustainability, Philip Wilson, said the project fulfilled a key commitment set out in the Memorandum of Understanding and Social Agreement signed between the communities and Management. "We see this as a key part of our relationship with you our partner community. The company will continue to work with local communities to improve social and economic opportunities," said Philip.
Presenting keys to the school building to the community, Mr. Wilson urged the school's administration and the community to take good care of the facility, underscoring that the company has constructed the school, and it is now up to the community to manage the school and encourage their children to attend to realize the value of educating future generations of the community.
In separate remarks, Trehn District Superintendent Amajie Sieka, School Principal, Mr. Moses Wleh, District Education Officer, Mr. Nyemah Jones, Township Commissioner, Jimmy Dioh, Gbanken Clan Chief, George Dioh, and Warteken Paramount Chief, Henry B. Davis, lauded Golden Veroleum Liberia for the project, acknowledging that the project has brought relief and new hope to Gbanken community's children and youth.
They disclosed that the facility is the first modern school structure in Gbanken, thereby describing the project as a blessing to the community.
"We are more than happy to have this modern school building for the first time in our community. GVL as a company continues to demonstrate its commitments to supporting development and improving our livelihoods. With the new building, our children are happy to come to school and learn under a conducive atmosphere," they told GVL representatives.
Currently, GVL is investing over US$200,000 annually to support schools in Sinoe and Grand Kru counties under its Golden Veroleum Educational Support Program (GES) which is designed to support educational needs of employees' dependents and pupils from surrounding communities.Mewi's Stuffed Squid is not just an easy to prepare recipe, but it is also a very healthy one too.
Squid plays an important role in all Mediterranean cookery and in Mewi’s Stuffed Squid recipe, large squids are recommended just to make the stuffing a little easier.
* This ingredient can be added in whichever amount suits your taste best.
- 75 ½g/2oz of Cheese, grated.
Tip: To garnish once the dish is completed, you can add a flat leaf of parsley.
1) First you must prepare the stuffing.
2) Chop the spinach and steam cook it while you heat the olive oil in a large frying pan.
3) Now fry the onions pieces for 5 minutes or until they start to soften.
4) At this point you must remove the frying pan from the heat and add the garlic, spinach, breadcrumbs, parsley, cheese and as much of the sea salt and powdered black pepper as you need to suit your taste (normally a pinch of each is enough for flavour but you can taste as you cook and add more if it is required).
5) Stir all the ingredients well until they are well blended together.
6) This is the time to prepare the squid. Be sure to dry the squid tubes with kitchen paper after thoroughly washing them.
7) Fill the squid tubes with the prepared stuffing using a teaspoon.
8) You must secure the ends of the open squid tubes with a wooden cocktail stick to ensure that none of the stuffing comes out once you start to cook them.
9) Heat the remaining olive oil in a large frying pan and then add the squid. Add some mixed herbs for flavour.
10) Fry from all sides and ensure that they are well cooked before removing them from the frying pan.
11) Insert the tomatoes into a container with boiling water for not more than 30 seconds, then remove and refresh in cold water, peel away the skins and chop into very small pieces.
12) Add the remaining onions to the frying pan in which you were cooking the squid and cook for 5-10 minutes or until they start to soften and become of a golden brown colour.
13) Now add the tomatoes and white wine and stir well.
14) Cook well until the mixed ingredients become thick and pulpy.
15) Return the staffed squid tubes to the frying pan with some rosemary for seasoning.
16) Cover and leave to cook in gentle heat for around 30 minutes. Make sure they do not stick to the frying pan.
17) Once cooked, serve each squid tube in individual plates immediately, covering with the sauce and scattering over some pine nuts. If you would like, garnish with the flat leaf parsley.
The work is being carried out with the construction company Arcona.The aims are to evaluate and make recommendations about theirbuilding logistics solution CSL. For now, CSL is only used forprojects in Stockholm. If a need for CSL occurs in Uppsala, it willalso be introduced there.The purpose of the study is to investigate how CSL works inStockholm, what good experiences and challenges identified by theusers in Stockholm. Another purpose is to identify which partfunctions of the logistics solution that are requested by futureusers in Uppsala.To find out how the solution works today on projects in Stockholm,three qualitative interviews have been conducted. To find out aboutthe expectations of subcontractors (UE) on a logistics solution inUppsala, a qualitative interview has been conducted with asubcontractor. All interviews were then encoded to find themes andsubcategories.The conclusion is that both the subcontractor and Arcona see bothpractical and financial gains in introducing CSL in Uppsala. The mainadvantage of CSL is that it is scalable and you can choose to insertonly