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Music Choice on Demand... *I do not own All Time Low or any of it's members. Nor do I own Music Choice, Fresh Crops, or Time Warner Cable. But I DO own that television and the camera that recorded this. **also, I'm sorry for the sound of IM'ing in the background...

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Les plus beau crops circles de la saison.

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Michigan State University Agricultural Extension Agent Dale Mutch demonstrates how to use a crimper to flatten rye, to form a weed-suppressing bed for growing pumpkins. The demo was held at the Kellogg Biological Station outside Battle Creek, Michigan, as part of the 2008 Vegetable Cover Crop Workshop.

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Robert B. Goldberg, distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology at UCLA and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has won numerous awards for his pioneering research, which employs genetic and molecular approaches to study gene expression during plant development and differentiation. In his dynamic lecture on genes, seeds and crops, "What Are the Genes Required to Make a Seed? Importance for Food, Fuel and Engineering New Crops," he addresses what can be done about the 40,000 people who die each day of hunger. The lecture is part of the UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series. Part 2 of this lecture is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDVa8llYwmk

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Robert B. Goldberg, distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology at UCLA and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has won numerous awards for his pioneering research, which employs genetic and molecular approaches to study gene expression during plant development and differentiation. In his dynamic lecture on genes, seeds and crops, "What Are the Genes Required to Make a Seed? Importance for Food, Fuel and Engineering New Crops," he addresses what can be done about the 40,000 people who die each day of hunger. The lecture is part of the UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series. Part 1 of this lecture is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSQfl2vVQI

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-That's funny. -What? -That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops.

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UFO Sightings and Crop Circles - History of Alien Contact section 6 and 7 Crop Circles were the actual formations formed in Crops of Farmers across the world due to actual landings of space-ships of alien-races upon the crops of farmers across the world as this was, for such aliens with their space-ships quite comfortable, easy access into direct human civilization. The particular designs of the Crop-Circles are due to alien-races space-ships existing as sound-formations as most space-ships of the interdimensional existence of alien-races were constructed and designed of and as sound, that would manifest their space-ship within and as a particular identified sound-pattern. This particular identified sound-pattern as the identification-sound-symbol formation-design of space-ships of alien-races is what would manifest within the Crops of Farmers referred to as Crop-Circles when the alien-races with their space-ships land. http://www.desteni.co.za

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one urban farmer who successfully uses the CSA model to produce long-term sustainable crops that are fresh, cost efficient to produce, environmentally friendly, and that offers local members a stake in the harvest crops. Recipes from the episode: Oven Roasted Tomatoes & Herbs; Spanish Eggplant Salad; and Caponata Pasta

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drug money laundering by wall street is common knowledge at least since the 1980's, price of gold & silver is manipulated, speculation & gambling, opium crops in Afghanistan, war on drugs, Columbia drug dealers, neo feudalism, bank frauds, lehman brothers show trial, Richard Fuld is a scapegoat, enron's Kenneth Lay lives in Paraguay, you can win up to two onces of silver if you predict when Dick Fuld disguised murder happens, 700 billion bailout bonuses, recorded on October 18th 2008

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Some scientists suspect that pesticides are the cause of plummeting bee populations, which could have serious consequences for pollination and production of food crops.

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http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/idei IDEI won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2006. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com International Development Enterprises, India (IDEI) has commercialised low-cost treadle pumps for irrigation. Over 510,000 pumps have been sold in the rural areas of the Eastern part of India, bringing substantial benefits to farming families. Many farmers in the plains of the North and East of India rely on a single annual crop such as wheat or maize, watered by the monsoon. The income which they derive is small, and this forces many to seek casual work in cities such as Lucknow for part of the year, often disrupting children's education since the whole family moves to the city. The water table in the region is consistently high, so out-of-season crops can be grown under irrigation if a pump is available. Affluent farmers can afford to buy and operate diesel pumps. Poorer farmers may also hire diesel pumps, but often at very high cost. IDEI commercialised low-cost treadle pumps for irrigation. The pumps are designed to be simple for people of all ages to operate, and most members of a household, including children, can take part. Typically, the household will pump for two to eight hours a day. Poor farmers can now cultivate and sell a variety of crops outside the normal growing season and bring additional land under cultivation because it can be irrigated. The increase in family income means that the cost of the pump can be paid back from the profits of one extra harvest. All components of the pumps are manufactured locally, and IDEI has successfully developed a supply chain of manufacturers, distributors, retailers and installers.

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композитор Марк Фрадкин, слова поэта Льва Ошанина Течет река Волга Издалека долго течет река Волга, Течет река Волга, конца и края нет Среди хлебов спелых, среди снегов белых Течет моя Волга ,а мне семнадцать лет. Сказала мать :"Бывает все, сынок. Быть может, ты устанешь от дорог, Когда придешь домой в конце пути, Свои ладони в Волгу опусти". Издалека долго течет река Волга, Течет река Волга, конца и края нет. Среди хлебов спелых, среди снегов белых Течет моя Волга, а мне уж тридцать лет Твой первый взгляд, твой первый плеск весла- Все было ,только речка унесла. Я не грущу о той весне былой, Взамен ее твоя любовь со мной. Издалека долго течет река Волга, Течет река Волга, конца и края нет Среди хлебов спелых, среди снегов белых Гляжу в тебя, Волга, седьмой десяток лет. Здесь мой причал и здесь мои друзья - Все ,без чего на свете жить нельзя. С далеких плесов в звездной тишине Другой мальчишка подпевает мне. Издалека долго течет река Волга, Течет река Волга, конца и края нет. Среди хлебов спелых, среди снегов белых Течет моя Волга, а мне семнадцать лет, А мне семнадцать лет . English version: The river Volga flows From far away The river Volga long flows, The river Volga flows, And there is no end to it. Among ripe crops, among white snows my Volga flows, And I am seventeen. My Mother has told me, Anything can happen, son. You could get tired of traveling the roads. When you come home at the end of the path, Dip your hands into Volga ". From far away The river Volga long flows, The river Volga flows, And there is no end to it. Among ripe crops, among white snows my Volga flows, And I am thirty already. That first look and that First splash of a paddle - All that has happened, but the river carried it away. I do not long for that past spring, I have your love with me instead. Among ripe crops, among white snows I have been looking at you, Volga, For seventy years. This is my harbor, all of my friends are here, Everything one cant live without. From distant reaches of the river in star silence Another boy sings along with me. From far away The river Volga long flows, The river Volga flows, And there is no end to it. Among ripe crops, among white snows my Volga flows, And I am seventeen, and I am seventeen, and I am seventeen. Russian version Latin letters : Izdaleka dolgo techet reka Volga Techet reka Volga konca i kraya net Sredi hlebov spelyh sredi snegov belyh Techet moya Volga a mne semnadcat' let Skazala mat' byvaet vse synok Byt' mozhet ty ustanesh' ot dorog Kogda pridesh' domoj v konce puti Svoi ladoni v Volgu opusti Izdaleka dolgo techet reka Volga Techet reka Volga konca i kraya net Sredi hlebov spelyh sredi snegov belyh Techet moya Volga a mne uzh tridcat' let Tvoj pervyj vzglyad tvoj pervyj plesk vesla Vse bylo tol'ko rechka unesla Ya ne gruschu o toj vesne byloj Vzamen ee tvoya lyubov' so mnoj Izdaleka dolgo techet reka Volga Techet reka Volga konca i kraya net Sredi hlebov spelyh sredi snegov belyh Glyazhu v tebya Volga sed'moj desyatok let Zdes' moj prichal i zdes' moi druz'ya Vse bez chego na svete zhit' nel'zya S dalekih plesov v zvezdnoj tishine Drugoj mal'chishka podpevaet mne Izdaleka dolgo techet reka Volga Techet reka Volga konca i kraya net Sredi hlebov spelyh sredi snegov belyh Techet moya Volga a mne semnadcat' let A mne semnadcat' let

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Chocolate...the mere mention of the word brings a smile to your face. More than 6.5 million small family farmers across the globe depend on farming cocoa for their livelihood - particularly in places like Africa, South America, and Vietnam. In fact, over the past 15 years, the global cocoa industry has had to deal with a trio of devastating fungal diseases, which cost cocoa growers an estimated $700 million in losses annually. And more than two million people globally have been adversely affected in ancillary, cocoa-related industries. IBM Research - the world's largest commercial lab, in collaboration with Mars - the world's largest chocolate company, and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, are teaming up to safeguard the world's chocolate supply and help the agricultural community worldwide. By combining their scientific resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome, the groups are aiming to create healthier, stronger cocoa crops with higher yields that can fend off disease and drought and enable farmers to plant better quality cocoa. This work could have vast implications for making crops more resilient, combating food shortages through science and eliminating disease outbreaks like what we've witnessed in the US recently with tomatoes and spinach. And through this work perhaps chocolate will taste even better. The collaboration will leverage more than a decade of IBM Research's experience in computational biology as well as the computing power of the Blue Gene supercomputer to ultimately protect an important social, economic and environmental driver in places such as Africa, where 70 percent of the world's cocoa is produced.

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Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. For Afghans themselves, however, feelings about poppy are conflicted: It's harmful to their country and to their people, but it is also a livelihood for many where instability offers few alternatives A Fateful Harvest A documentary by Voice of America (VOA News) http://www.voanews.com/english/fateful-harvest.cfm There are signs Afghanistan is emerging from the darkness ... recovering from thirty years of war and repression, with a new democracy in place But the country's still under siege from within: War with Taliban insurgents threatens the nation's security ... Corruption reaches into the highest levels of government ... Addiction rates rise among women and children... And a booming, multi-billion dollar illegal drug trade continues to thrive. Antonio Maria Costa 'The amount of cultivation in Afghanistan is scary; it's actually terrifying. No other country in the world has ever produced that much narcotics.' At the center of Afghanistan's crisis -- a hardy, drought-resistant crop that joins poor farmers with criminals and extremists ... ... while pushing the nation toward the brink of disaster. Under cover of darkness -- somewhere along Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan --... a farmer delivers his opium poppy crop to a local trafficker. ... [Dealer]Have you brought the opium? [Farmer] Yes [Dealer] Is it the [right amount]? [Farmer] I didn't weigh it [Dealer] Then let's weigh it. Here begins a world wide illegal narcotics revenue stream -- one generating four billion dollars a year in Afghanistan ... Prior to 2002, opium cultivation was legal and highly profitable for farmers -- returning up to ten times more money per acre than other crops. The source for heroin, poppy became Afghanistan's most lucrative export. And it still is today. Cultivation has been banned since 2002. Yet poppy still grows in regions of the country where the central government has little control. The international community -- led by the US and Great Britain -- has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to combat Afghanistan's drug trade. Mainly, because money from opium helps fuel the Taliban insurgency. But when US-trained Afghan-eradication teams plow up poppy plants -- like here in Helmond province -- it's not always the criminals who pay the price. Boy (crying): 'They are destroying our poppy ... The tractors are doing it! Boy (continuing): They are destroying our opium, how are we going to eat now? ... With no money! Others grow opium around here, but they have destroyed ours... They have destroyed our crop for good.' The United Nations sees Helmand as the center of the poppy trade, supplying over half the opium in the world. But many farmers here see poppy as a means of survival ...and eradication by their own government a harsh punishment. Boy's Father: Other crops don't make enough to feed our children... The government's not doing anything to help us. They don't offer food or any support. Nothing! They don't help us at all. Old Farmer: 'Everyone's deep in debt and without growing poppy we can't pay off those debts! No other crops make as much money ... Afghanistan is torn apart, For forty years now our country's not had a peaceful night.'

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Documentary: The World According to Monsanto The following documentary is a thorough, in-depth look at the history of one of the world's most dangerous and despised corporations and the serious issues swirling around genetically modified crops -- from the implications for biodiversity and personal health, to the corporate control of our food, and more.

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Even without genetic "engineering", how "natural" are our crop plants? How do genetically modified crops differ? Join biologist Maarten Chrispeels and explore how crop plants have changed since humans began farming. Series: "Science Matters" [2/2001] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 5417]

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A permaculture community subdivision based on tree crop agriculture, on the edge of an Australian country town.

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The Rodale Institute's cover crop roller is a ingenious low-tech tool that allows farmers to roll down a cover crop into a weed suppressing mulch mat and plant right into it, all in one pass. This tool marries two sustainable farming practices, organic and no till, into one low-input system that saves time and energy, produces bumper crops and sequesters carbon.

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Move over corn, a new crop is cornering the alternative fuel market and University of Florida researchers say this plant could be a solution for the high cost of diesel fuel. For years, jatropha curcas plants grew well in the drought conditions and margin soils of India, Africa, and China. The plant's seeds are high in oil that can be made into bio-diesel fuel. Now UF researchers are planting the trees in southwest Florida where the climate and soil is better, which could lead to a higher number of seeds. And, researcher Roy Beckford says jatropha curcas already outproduces the two leading bio-fuel crops by more than 500%. Beckford: "Soy and corn produce, in terms of oil yield, less than one hundred gallons per acre per year. Jatropha has the potential to produce at minimum 600 gallons per acre." Researchers say the plant could produce as much as a thousand gallons of bio-diesel per acre per year, once they figure out the best way to harvest the seeds. Beckford: "We may have to use some hand harvesting at first, but certainly that's one of the things I'll be doing at the demonstration plots. I'll definitely be looking at various ways to harvest this mechanically." Researchers will monitor the first test plot of the plants to determine the yield, speed of growth, and best growing methods. http://www.eflorida.com/innovationcenter

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"Make the most you can of the hemp seed & sow it everywhere." - George Washington Archaeologists agree that cannabis was among the first crops purposely cultivated by human beings at least over 6,000 years ago, and perhaps more than 12,000 years ago. The most resourceful crop on earth, cannabis yields industrial hemp for canvas, oil, fiber, and paper among other things; a harmless medicine for gravely ill individuals; and a source of recreation for millions of people around the world. Hemp prohibition is the result of propaganda by the petrochemical, cotton, and wood-based paper industries, who foresaw competition from hemp. Virtually anything that can be made from petroleum can be made from hempseed and other vegetable oils at a much lesser cost, and hemp fiber is many times more durable and resourceful than cotton or wood-based paper. Let's restore our right to grow this resourceful crop! "Canvas" is derived from "cannabis", the Latin word for "marijuana." Indian Hemp was properly christened by Linnaeus, in 1753, as Cannabis sativa, which remains the botanical name for the plant species. Benjamin Franklin started one of America's first paper mills with cannabis, allowing a colonial press free from English control. The U.S. Government distributed 400,000 pounds of cannabis seeds to American farmers in 1942 to aid the war effort.

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This documentary exposes a vast conspiracy to contaminate and control the world's food supply through genetic engineering of food crops. Leading scientists and activists present the facts that you need to know about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The methods used to genetically engineer plants are imprecise and extremely dangerous. Eighty percent of food sold in North America already has ingredients made of GMOs that have not been adequately tested for safety. This program presents all the facts about this alarming controversy and features the most credible bio tech / agriculture authorities in the world today. Now on DVD, Catalog #K596 and #K652. Visit us online: http://www.UFOTV.com UFOTV is the worlds largest library of Exotic Science and Suppressed History films. Topics include UFOs & Aliens, Conspiracy & Science, Mind & Spirit. Visit us online: http://www.UFOTV.com and at our YouTube channels: UFOTVstudios and UFOTVonline.

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During the summer of 2006, Dr. Usha Rani Palaniswamy returned with her father, Dr. K.M. Palaniswamy, to the International Rice Research Institute ( http://beta.irri.org )for the first time in 35 years. While yet a young child, her family moved from India to Los Baños, Philippines, in 1968 because her father was assigned to IRRI as a scholar in the Institutes Statistics Department. She fondly recalls those days through the mind and eyes of a child and relates how the experience influenced her future career in science. When interviewed, she was an assistant professor of plant physiology at the University of Connecticut. Today, she is chair of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Excelsior College in Albany, New York. She also pays loving tribute to her father, who at age 78 died tragically in a road accident in India on 5 December 2007, a little over a year after his own Pioneer Interview (see box) during the same 2006 IRRI visit. She is the co-author (with her father) of A handbook of statistics for teaching and research in plant and crop science and just recently of Asian crops and human dietetics.

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From Rise Against's new album "Appeal to Reason" when our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow And when our summers grow longer and winters won't snow From the breaks of the ocean and the ice in the hills And the fight in the desert where progress stand still when we've lost our will, that's how we'll know that this is not a test we'll know this is cardiac arrest When the world is too proud to admit our mistakes we're crashing into the ground as we all fall from grace when the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke when the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes when your home on the range has been torn down and paved the buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave what more will it take? For us to know this is not a test we'll know this is cardiac arrest When the world is too proud to admit our mistakes Kissing the ground as we all fall from grace this is a chance to set things straight to bend or break the rules back into place there is no middle ground, no compromise we've drawn the line, with perfect aim we've stood back and thrown glass windows break and it's all about to blow Lights go out, as we pass the torch again and hope that it stays lit neutrality means that you don't really care because the struggle goes on even when your not there blind and unaware That's how we'll know this is not a test we'll know this is cardiac arrest When the world is too proud to admit our mistakes Crashing into the ground as we all and we all fall from grace thanks goes out to Eric Loyd for the lyrics

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The methods of growing comercial hydroponic lettuce.

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Informational production aimed at educating the general public on the services of the Water Management Alliance in Eastern England

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