No Harvest This Year #california #drought #haiku

penned in moon dust

John Deere John Deere

out to pasture

headed for the city

furrows of weeds

fallfarms bothofs2 A normal year with water

cattle and corn

crops on the horizon

a good year

The prompt for Carpe Diem “Harvest Dusk” brought a tear to my eye. The harvest season is upon us but there are only weeds to harvest. If you haven’t heard, California has not only had a drought but the government has mismanaged water allocations so agriculture was allowed to return to weeds and sagebrush aka DESERT.  Friends in Porterville have no water out of the tap.

The good news – your grocery bills will be higher this fall!!!

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Disowned and forgotten: Russian soldiers in Ukraine | Crisis in Ukraine | DW.DE | 29.08.2014

Lev Schlosberg, representative of the deputy assembly for the Pskow district in northwest Russia, was the first to speak openly about secret burials of soldiers from the Pskower parachute division.

“The community must know what’s really happening. To my great regret, the civil authorities as well as the defense ministry are not telling the truth,” Schlosberg told DW. “There is enough evidence that regular Russian troops – disguised as units of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk – are taking part in the fighting in Ukraine.”

Valentina Melnikova of the Union of the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia, an organization which works to exposes human rights violations committed by the Russian military, spoke of an exceptionally high numbers of troops.

“By my estimate, between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers are taking part in the fighting in Ukraine,” Melnikovasaid. “That is my estimate – only the defense minister knows the exact number. There are parachutists and infantry. We’re not taking about mercenaries or volunteers, but regular soldiers.”

via Disowned and forgotten: Russian soldiers in Ukraine | Crisis in Ukraine | DW.DE | 29.08.2014.

Iranian cleric says 3G phones are un-Islamic – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Those who like to argue how many angels can dance on a pin head, will love this Iranian cleric – “In consideration of the various corruption that you presented in regard to the spreading of high-speed internet, such as access of youth and even adolescents to polluted articles, films and pictures and films that are against Islamic morals and beliefs and in regard to that, permission for this law has not been given, and that opposing laws of the Islamic Republic is not permissible, and with consideration that the national information network, which can solve many of these problems, has not been provided, certainly steps in something hurried, meaning high-speed mobile internet devices and 3G mobile communication services and higher, are against Shariah and against moral and human norms.”

The response continued, “And officials should not only think about material profits and not think about it as a religious intellectual manner. It’s necessary to put this to the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, which is the legal reference for this affair. And after compliance in these matters, which would prevent the negative aspects, then take action. The judiciary must also not be indifferent in this vital matter.”

via Iranian cleric says 3G phones are un-Islamic – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East.

Plateau Tribes – Facing Climate Change – Benjamin Drummond / Sara Joy Steele

Rising temperatures impact every stage of the salmon lifecycle. Salmon need cold, clear and clean water to survive. In winter, more rain and earlier snowmelt increase the risk of floods that can destroy salmon spawning grounds. In summer, low flows reduce the quantity and quality of salmon habitat. Warmer water temperatures physically stress the fish and block migration routes.

Climate change could also shift the ranges of roots and berries. Scientists project that air temperatures in the Pacific Northwest will increase 3°F by the 2040s, and even relatively small increases in temperature can alter conditions that sustain life. With temperatures changing too quickly for native plants to adapt, their range may shift north or to higher elevations for cooler temperatures. Some may become extinct.

The Umatilla’s First Foods have deep history, extending back to original creation beliefs. What’s new is the application of this tradition to modern land management decisions affecting all of the reservation’s 178,000 acres – from the salmon that spawn in the floodplains to huckleberries growing in the mountains, and beyond to other lands where the tribe has rights to harvest and gather traditional foods.

The Umatilla might be the first tribe in the nation to use foods served at the Longhouse table to guide the way they protect, restore and manage natural resources. The First Foods promise to take care of water, fish, game, roots and berries continues to serve the Umatilla as they adapt to a changing landscape.

via Plateau Tribes – Facing Climate Change – Benjamin Drummond / Sara Joy Steele.

Avian Flu Diary: Kansas City Outbreak Identified As HEV 68

Avian Flu Diary: Kansas City Outbreak Identified As HEV 68.

Local media reports (see Unusual respiratory virus strikes metro kids) from Kansas City, Mo. indicate that a rarely seen – and not yet well understood – respiratory virus called HEV 68 (Human Enterovirus 68) has sickened hundreds of kids in the region this week, and that the local Children’s Hospital is unusually at full census in late August.

Without specifying the pathogen, Children’s Mercy Hospitalposted the following notice yesterday on their website: Viruses in the Community Prompt Inpatient Visiting Restrictions.

Urgent – le Sénégal enregistre son premier cas Ebola

L’importante déclaration que le Ministre de la Santé, Awa Marie Coll Seck doit faire dans quelques minutes est pour annoncer le premier cas de malade du virus Ebola au Sénégal.

La fièvre hémorragique a pu transpercer nos frontières malgré la décision de fermeture. La personne atteinte est d’origine guinéenne. Elle est venue en vacances au Sénégal en emportant dans ces bagages le virus. Elle est actuellement internée au service des maladies infectieuses de l’hôpital de Fann.

Le gouvernement avait fait cette assurance à savoir qu’il jouerait à fond la carte de la transparence. Ceci, après les cas suspects de l’hôpital Fann et celui de Ourossogui qui s’étaient avérés finalement négatifs.

Le Ministre de la Santé et de l’Action sociale fera face dans quelques minutes à la presse Nationale et Internationale. La salle de conférence du Ministère où ces lignes sont écrites, est présentement envahie par des journalistes des médias nationaux et internationaux.

PressAfrik détenait l’information depuis hier. Sa source à l’hôpital Fann est formelle. Toutefois avec le caractère très sensible de la question, nous ne pouvions donner l’information. Et pourtant, nous avions tenté de joindre les autorités du Ministère de la Santé comme le Directeur de la Prévention, Dr El Hadji Mamadou Ndiaye qui est hors du pays et la cellule de communication. Mais, nos tentatives ont été vaines, certainement, la nouvelle devrait être annoncée par la plus haute autorité comme le disait le docteur Dayi Ka du service des maladies infectieuses de l’hôpital Fann.

via Urgent – le Sénégal enregistre son premier cas Ebola.

Be the Hero of Your Story. | Rebelle Society

Love.

The final ingredient in the hero’s story is love.

I’m not talking about conventional or romantic love although these are wonderful to have too. I like the mundane kind of love. It’s great.

But no, you can be a hermit on the top of the tallest mountain, no wife, no children, but with universal love in your heart, and that’s a hero’s love.

On the other hand, you might wander the world having truly selfless and loving relationships with 10,000 people, that’s a hero’s love.

On the other, other hand, you might have a wife and two children and live in the suburbs while cultivating infinite compassion, and that is a hero’s love.

Whatever you do, do it with love.

If love is missing, your story will be an unhappy one. Love those close to you. Love those far away. Love people you have never met and will never meet.

Find your values.

Be fearless.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.

And be the hero of your own story.

via Be the Hero of Your Story. | Rebelle Society.

IRIN Asia | “Third wave” of malaria resistance lurks on Thai-Cambodia border | Cambodia | Thailand | Early Warning | Health & Nutrition | Migration

{“Come Fly with Me” is a 1950’s tune playing on the popularity of flying for vacations and now commonly for business, as well. Malaria, Dengue, Chik V, West Nile virus, and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes can tag along the same flights and people who have been infected but not exhibiting symptoms can fly and get bitten by a local mosquito and spread the new virus to a new location.}While almost 40 percent of the world’s population is exposed to malaria, no vaccine currently exists. In 2012, it killed 627,000 people globally; WHO estimates that 207 million cases were detected worldwide that year. The mosquito-borne parasite mutates to resist popular treatment drugs.

From the late 1950s to the 1970s chloroquine was the most commonly-prescribed drug, but resistance spread across Asia to Africa, resulting in a resurgence of malaria infections and millions of deaths. Chloroquine was replaced by sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in 1973, but resistance to SP emerged in Thailand by the end of the 1980s and spread to Africa. By 2006, ACT became the treatment of choice for malaria in many malaria endemic countries, replacing SP.

“Now we face the prospect of history repeating itself for a third time,” said the Bangkok-based Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) in a July 2014 statement.

via IRIN Asia | “Third wave” of malaria resistance lurks on Thai-Cambodia border | Cambodia | Thailand | Early Warning | Health & Nutrition | Migration.

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