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A new global ranking of climate change finds most Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan will face the greatest risks to their populations, ecosystems and business environments. See original here: Bangladesh, India vulnerable to climate change

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(The Weekly Standard) A food versus fuel debate has raged for the past few years as ethanol consumes more and more of the U.S. corn supply. See original here: A mess we made: The biofuels fiasco

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(Reuters) - Opponents of Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as being genetically altered from conventional corn. Original post: Food companies petitioned to ban new Monsanto GMO corn

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SAKARA, Rwanda - In a remote corner of eastern Rwanda, farmer Louis Ntiricakeza hacked at the trunk of one of his banana trees with a small, rusty machete. View post: Bananas grown with coffee to combat climate change

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A new initiative aims to tackle the unscrupulous agents and lack of credit that stop Tanzanian farmers making a good living View original post here: Why Tanzania's cotton crop is still bound up with poverty

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Anyone can be a blogger these days, but only some understand the extent of their rights. Whether a blogger writes about food, local politics, or her business, she is subject to a set of legal rules that both limit and protect her blog and its content. The list of rules is endless and draws from a variety of...

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The Sacramento Bee – October 26, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown will propose a higher retirement age and a less generous pension system for newly-hired state workers, sources familiar with Brown’s pension plan said this afternoon. The Democratic governor, who is expected to release his pension plan Thursday, will also propose prohibiting the purchase of additional…[ http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/10/jerry-brown-to-propose-mandatory-hybrid-among-pension-changes.html ] Read...

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NRA Protests BLM Proposal to Ban Recreational Shooting in Arizona's Ironwood National Monument See the original post here: NRA Protests BLM Proposal to Ban Recreational Shooting in Arizona's Ironwood National Monument

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These materials were submitted by Toni Blake, J.D., M.A., Jury Trial Consultant, San Diego, California. These materials were used during her presentation on the subject of “Jury Questionnaires and Selection with Emphasis on Cases with Pedophilia and Paraphilia NOS Diagnoses.” Originally presented on July 9, 2011 at the CPDA Defending SVP Cases Seminar in Berkeley, California 2011-July-SVP-Cases-Seminar-Toni-Blake-Materials Note:...