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10/07/11--17:30: Analysis: Corn export dominance to bend, not break
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By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - For the first time in 40 years, U.S. corn exporters are not out-selling the rest of the world. Domestic ethanol is sucking up record crops. Emerging suppliers like Brazil and Ukraine are taking export share, while traditional exporters like Argentina move to open new markets. And consumers worldwide are looking to save every penny, cutting shipping costs or using other types of feed. After supplying four out of every five kernels of corn traded internationally in the mid-1990s, U.S. market share was projected to shrink to 45 percent this season, with U.S. dominance particularly hard hit in the past 10 years. However, that decade-long erosion should stabilize or at least slow as global demand growth may start to outpace steadily rising production outside of the United States, and as demand for corn from the U.S. ethanol industry plateaus. Still, the stiff competition in a market the United States once dominated appeared to be here to stay. "Other countries have been stepping up to the plate and improving their exporting abilities, getting phytosanitary agreements in place, and things of that sort," said Sterling Smith, analyst with Country Hedging. For instance, Argentina, the world's No. 2 corn exporter, is currently working out a health protocol that would allow China, the world's second largest consumer of the grain, to import corn from the South American country. Argentina, Ukraine and Brazil, the world's largest corn suppliers behind the United States, could see their combined market share grow to 41 percent in the marketing year ended September 2012 from 18 percent a decade ago, according to U.S. Agriculture Department data. "As foreign production over the past 10 years has grown faster than foreign consumption, our export potential has eroded," said Rich Pottorff, chief economist with Doane Advisory Services. "The outlook is a little brighter over the next decade than it was in the past decade, but that's not to imply that U.S. exports are going to rebound to the kind of market share we had a decade ago," he said. PEAK ETHANOL One big obstacle for U.S. corn exports has been the ethanol industry, seen soaking up 40 percent of the U.S. crop this year, up from less than 10 percent a decade ago. Proximity to crops in the Midwest farm belt often allows ethanol makers to outbid exporters. That rapid demand growth was seen tempered by 2015 as the Renewable Fuels Standard tops out its requirement for corn-ethanol blending in the U.S. fuel supply at 15 billion gallons, up from 12.6 billion gallons this year. With U.S. corn production steadily trending higher as science pushes the upper bounds of yield potential, a larger share of the U.S. crop would then be available to livestock feeders and exporters, analysts said. "Assuming that they don't raise the renewable fuels standard mandate and 15 billion gallons of ethanol is about all we can use domestically, then we've clearly seen the big gains in demand from the ethanol industry already," Pottorff said. CHINA'S DEMAND GROWING The next great growth area for U.S. corn demand may now lie half a world away -- in China. An increasingly affluent population in the world's most populous nation is urbanizing and upgrading diets at an exponential rate, requiring more grain to produce meat, eggs and dairy products. Demand from industrial processors was also soaring. "With demand from the (U.S.) ethanol sector topping out, China's going to be the next big market factor," said Shawn McCambridge, grains analyst with Jefferies Bache. "Their string of self-sufficiency in feed grains is slowly declining. If their economy continues to grow and demand for corn-based products such as meat continues to increase, they're going to have to come into the market more aggressively." U.S. corn prices plunged more than 6 percent to a nine-month low on Friday after the USDA pegged quarterly corn stocks well above market expectations. This revived trade talk of potential large corn purchases by China, although no deals have been confirmed. China's domestic corn consumption, projected by USDA at 182.5 million tonnes this year, is rising faster than production, seen at 178 million tonnes, according to USDA. Its state stockpile of the grain has been whittled down in recent years and is believed to be at less than a one-month supply. China, formerly a large corn exporter, imported more than 1 million tonnes of U.S. corn in each of the previous two marketing years and was projected to import at least 2 million tonnes in the current 2011/12 season, according to USDA. In a Reuters poll on Thursday, analysts on average forecast imports to hit 4 million tonnes. Other forecasts have suggested even larger imports of up to 9 million tonnes this year and 20 million tonnes by 2020. ACREAGE THE KEY Whether corn production outside the United States can keep pace with such a jump in world import demand will be the key to determining if U.S. market share continues to shrink, stabilizes, or if it bounces back. Corn output outside the United States has grown far faster than global demand for imports over the past 10 years, thereby narrowing the world corn deficit that U.S. supplies have traditionally filled. The deficit of 61 million tonnes in 2001 will shrink to a projected 39 million tonnes this year, according to USDA data. If foreign corn acreage were to freeze at the current level while yields and demand continue to grow as they have over the past decade, the deficit would rebound to roughly 2.5 billion bushels, or about 63 million tonnes, Pottorff said. But if acreage continues to grow by the roughly 6 million acres a year as is has averaged over the past decade, along with demand and yield growth trends, that deficit would narrow to 1.4 billion bushels, or about 35 million tonnes, he said. The reality -- to be determined by market prices, the broader economic climate, global weather and other factors -- lies somewhere in the middle. High corn prices will keep encouraging output growth, which must come from higher yields in the United States and China as the top growers have little room left to expand farmed acres. China this week said it would look to boost domestic production, possibly planting higher-yielding genetically modified crops. Brazil and Argentina were more likely candidates for opening up unused land to corn seeding.
14148 19619 23826 2039 10/07/11--17:33: Cie impegnommi a difendere la di lei oneste. 0 0 11091 6850 2626 Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. 23235 The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. 15476 The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give. 5273Love truth, and pardon error. 1367 My home is not a place, it is people. Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of 17426 anyone stumbling on something sitting down. 16748 There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. 24125 15043 12147 22597 1151 1174310/07/11--17:34: "Dolphin Tale" jumps to top of movie box office 0 0 4075 9410 By Lisa Richwine 10815 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Simba the lion may rule the jungle, but he couldn't beat a plucky dolphin at the weekend box office. 8225 Family film "Dolphin Tale" made a surprising leap to first place with a projected $14.2 million in domestic ticket sales over three 19775 days, studio estimates released on Sunday showed. 13477 The movie about an injured dolphin rehabilitated with a prosthetic tail, which finished third last week, knocked "The Lion King 3D" 7415 from the box office throne it held the past two weekends. "Lion King" dropped to third with $11.1 million. 4517 In between the animal-themed family films was "Moneyball," a baseball drama starring Brad Pitt as a general manager who fields a 5283small-budget team of unlikely contenders. The film finished in second place with $12.5 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters. 14928 8199All three holdover films outranked four newcomers, showing the appeal in recent weeks of feel-good movies over heavier-themed films. 20642 The fall movie season, typically a time for more serious films, has "seen a shift to the more upbeat and even inspirational films and 543 family fare," said Paul Dergarabedian, who heads up Hollywood.com Box Office. 19289 "Dolphin Tale" has gained on strong word-of-mouth buzz after rave reviews from critics and moviegoers, said Andrew Kosove, co6325CEO of Alcon Entertainment, the studio that produced the film. The movie is one of just a few this year to earn an A+ rating from audiences polled by survey firm CinemaScore. 1519 "The Lion King" also has drawn filmgoers with a triumphant story despite being a 17-year-old film. The Walt Disney Co animated 14428 classic has rung up $79.7 million domestically and $19 million in international markets since it returned to theaters last month. 13985 Combined, "Lion King" has grossed $98.7 million during its new run. 9035NEW RELEASES FALL BEHIND 16332 Of four new releases this weekend, comedy "50/50" had the best showing in fourth place but still fell short of studio hopes with $8.9 million. The film is a buddy comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Leavitt as a young man with cancer and Seth Rogen as his well15461 1725meaning friend. Despite the heavy topic, the movie earned an A- rating from CinemaScore. The film cost about $8 million to produce. 6649 While the cancer theme posed a "challenge," the film's makers hope audiences in the coming weeks will focus on the relationship 20341 between the friends and how the illness is "handled with humor," said Richie Fay, president of domestic distribution for Summit 13989 Entertainment, which released the film. 20045 In fifth place was drama "Courageous," a Christian-themed film about four police officers coping with a tragedy. The movie generated $8.8 million, beating studio forecasts of $6 million and more than earning back its production cost of $2 million. It also 5079 won an A+ from CinemaScore. 17098 4962"Dream House," a new horror film, disappointed with $8.3 million to manage only sixth place for its A-list cast. It stars Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and James Bond actor Daniel Craig. Critics bashed the movie with only 5 percent surveyed by website Rotten 13045 Tomatoes giving a positive review. 2320 Morgan Creek, the studio that produced the film, noted the movie earned a B from audiences polled by CinemaScore. 23546 The weekend's other new film, adult romantic comedy "What's Your Number?," floundered in eighth place with $5.6 million. In the movie, star Anna Faris revisits past relationships to see if any of her ex-boyfriends look more appealing. 24668 93 Chris Aronson, senior vice president for domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox, said filmgoers gave the movie a B at CinemaScore and the film attracted a majority female crowd, the target audience. 4939 "Dolphin Tale" was released by Warner Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc. Privately held Summit Entertainment distributed "50/50." 2663 "Courageous" and "Moneyball" were released by units of Sony Corp. News Corp's 20th Century Fox distributed "What's Your 23777 Number?," and "Dream House" was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp. 1196(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; editing by Cynthia Osterman) 10912 7234 9795 20762 12073 18817 2361 14888 5446 10/07/11--17:34: U.S. doles out last of loan aid to solar projects 0 0 810 24721 23749 20103 22859 19424 By Ayesha Rascoe 7534 649 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday approved more than $4.7 billion in loan guarantees for major solar 6626 7326projects as the government closed out an incentive program embroiled in controversy over the bankruptcy of one of its biggest 24021 13291 projects. 10959 With the program's statutory deadline approaching, the government finalized deals with First Solar, SunPower Corp, and Prologis 13498 Inc. 3956 19507 The government's clean energy program has been at the center of a political firestorm since the high-profile collapse of Solyndra, a 2568 8201 solar panel manufacturer that was the first company to receive backing from the program. 13067 558 Still, the projects that received loan guarantees Friday differ from the Solyndra deal, which relied on the company's ability to sell 19173 11914 panels manufactured after its plant was completed. 23081 18743 Instead, both First Solar and SunPower received guarantees to build solar power plants, which need contracts to supply electricity to 23391 utilities for financing and therefore have a fixed revenue stream. 1137 The government closed a deal to partially back $1.46 billion in loans for First Solar's massive Desert Sunlight plant in Riverside 5507 1717 381 9125County, California. Once completed, the 550 megawatt plant, which could power more than 110,000 homes, will be one of the largest solar plants in the 1747 11186 world. 11638 14326 First Solar also closed a deal for $646 million in backing for its 230 megawatt Antelope Valley solar plant, while SunPower received 4574 1466a $1.2 billion guarantee for its 250 megawatt California Valley Ranch plant. 5131 With loan guarantees in hand, all three of the plants have already been sold. 8654 First Solar said Exelon bought the Antelope project. NextEra Energy, Inc and GE Energy Financial Services have acquired the 14237 18236 12484 66 Desert Sunlight plant. NRG Energy has purchased the California Valley project, SunPower said Friday. 19452 22600 'BRUTAL' PROCESS 21171 13820 The completion of the loan guarantees for industry stalwart First Solar will remove some uncertainty for investors in the aftermath of 5548 20474 Solyndra's bankruptcy. 18534 "The difference is that First Solar's is proven technology, Solyndra's was not," said Mark Bachman, an analyst at Auriga USA. "This 3244 2041 968 solidifies the longer-term prospects; it would have been a huge negative if the government had not done this today," Bachman said. The FBI has been probing the collapse of Solyndra and Republicans have launched an investigation as they step up criticism of the 15001 13726 Obama Administration's handling of the program. 15304 18355 Republicans have complained that the department may be rushing to complete deals to meet the program's deadline. 18791 2259 The department has strongly disputed these claims, saying any deal that is completed will be "fully vetted" following months of 17042 18906 intense review. 10442 Energy bankers and financiers have also said the department's process to qualify for the loan guarantees was far more onerous and 16870 detailed than required by private banks. 10297 10389 "For the ones that went through the whole process, it's been brutal," said Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James. "The fact 10725 16704 that there are still loan guarantees being finalized shows that Washington is not completely dysfunctional," Molchanov said. 23510 21234 In addition to the SunPower and First Solar guarantees, the department finalized a partial guarantee for a $1.4 billion loan to 16730 18901 support a project installing solar panels on industrial buildings. The project is owned by Prologis and backed by NRG Energy Inc. 681 325 (Additional reporting by Anna Driver, Stephen James, Roberta Rampton and Braden Reddall; Editing by Dale Hudson and Philip 12726 Barbara) 10413 13475 8183 1337 23712 888 20791 3275 20287 15999 1198610/07/11--17:36: Non vi e stata cosa da me voluta, che ottenuta non l'abbia. 0 0 12990 17484 4596 23169 5793 7930When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were. 2850 21769 Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. 18454 1162 Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy. 7559 Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever14848 ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds 11462 20617 to the joy and glory of the climb. 5557 14880 By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up. 22767 18175 To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. 14733 7263Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against 9011 7676good wit. 15424 3368 18805 560 1462 17285 5293 22393 19112 13978 10/07/11--18:13: Anche Lelio in calesse? 0 0 15148 13540 13057 2975 24115 23472 Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, 11680 15005 from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. 8982 6495Who were these clowns? 20769 16723 There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.' 21599 6596 Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. 10994 16724 Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. 14208 21149 It's important to begin a search on a full stomach. 9897 6123 Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path. 19861 23661 5422 18646 9954 18912 2865 9787 7161 7639 10/07/11--18:14: Article 8 0 0 17296 20514 11298 17852 4754 1701 It is important for a web site to contain the appropriate website design to be successful. Though the talent and the creativity are 14585 13473 compulsive in case of website designing, the value of experience is not little at all. In general, the people doing the web design 14961 9239 works for the first time are seemed to be denounce somewhat. But he should remember that a top-quality website designer gained 23682 10255 his place after practicing it through the years. 21162 19992 3003 20271 Remember that you can do well in the field of website design by applying your own taste and of course the common sense. But also remember that the personal tastes differ from the people to people and the visitors may not like your website-designing qualities. So 16253 24747 it is essential to include some basic website-design techniques along with your tastes while creating a web site. The basic things 15085 14905 you require to check while developing your website-design strategy are as follows – 21737 14590 12740 23246 (1) The title of the web site: It is essential to put an SEO friendly title to make your web site successful. The title needs to be catchy, 19608 19565 applicable, and interesting. Remember that a visitors sees the title of 19913 19330 the web site first. If a visitors doesn't like the title, he will never click the link of your web site on the вЂ˜search engines'. Spend a session of brainstorm to find a great website - title or ask your friends or the relatives to provide you some dazzling phrases or 14191 14492 words. 19287 22603 20668 18677 (2) Columns: The number of columns you use within your website design may alter the complete acuity of a web site. In general, the 9861 17194 beginners start to design the sites with only one column. But, it is seen that the large percentage of readers prefer the site pages that 21462 17415 contain two columns. In the two-column site pages, the first column deals with the written content and the second column deal with 4156 20418 the navigation link. Even people like three-column web sites too. However, if your website design needs extra spaces for the 22757 4477navigation options and writing spaces, then you can add extra columns in your website design. 229 4852 (3) Colors: The most challenging part in complete website design procedure is to put suitable colors for a web site. Don't use too 18910 11464 light or too hard colors on your website template. The visitor will consider your web site as a dull one if you use very mild color. On 17095 5083other hand, very heavy and bright color will make the visitor feel unpleasant because they are hard on the eyes. If the colors of your 7544 4325 web site are comforting and warm, the people will visits your site more frequently. 24171 9807 (4) Navigation: Don't forget that the appropriate navigation is the key of success for any web site. Each and every page of your web 8224 3353 3327 5010site should be linked back to the homepage to provide easy-surfing options to the visitor. Ensure that the web site is designed such way, so that the visitor are never lost. 6009 8310 10931 6791 (5) Content: It is essential to put the appropriate contents about the service/product that you are promoting on the web site. 7791 4459 Remember that no one will visit your site ever, if they don't find any appropriate contents about the promoted service/product on the 11455 14882 web site. 20037 12489 The leading website design companies are providing some great job opportunities for the talented and creative website designers. 24300 13684 So if you learn the website design properly and carefully, you will never run short of money. Good luck!!! 24066 10840 21364 12837 4225 14788 1547 12453 13796 13950 11139 1491010/07/11--18:17: vi raccomando l'innocente amor mio 0 0 22204 17730 13442 845 1102 4011Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. 3583 17533 Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. 14726 15989 Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic. 12331 12073 The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. 5990 1288You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature. 13535 3460After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has 7593 10482 been removed. 4858 9066 14965 9228 2943 1023 11055 14361 22384 7123 10/07/11--18:17: Andiamo; andiamo a morire. (parte col Mastro di posta) 0 0 18170 10288 3445 8376 3465 24106 Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a 21052 12396 week. 20884 5942If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. 13671 The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a 12935 good one. 11554 24230 There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. 4109 18393 The average person thinks he isn't. 13346 18324 Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. 5608 15605 Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. 54 16846 12354 12431 6206 5331 8307 1908 19539 24701 10/07/11--18:29: L'e ande via. L'ha fatto scampar i sbirri, el s'ha defeso, e el s'ha salve. 0 0 14963 23234 16858 16106 4900 10983 If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? 14249 10161 Walking is man's best medicine. 19227 15119 The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions. 18196 12155 The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. 5628 1266 Starting with getting run down by a drunk burning his way down Valencia -- that were infinitely more likely and immediate than 13800 6822terrorists. 23251 5532I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't? 11467 14545 4592 1467 5416 12875 21602 24441 11015 11213 6034 1993810/07/11--18:36: Egli mi vuol sua sposa... 0 0 18860 15810 23676 4363 11040 20375 I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure. The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying 11722 22036 9101 4481virtues. I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap. 24322 897 Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. 10220 10222 Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. 12898 3210If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. 7964 19732 Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. 2622 14120 7529 19519 17255 4049 2011 24930 15296 7316 10/07/11--18:37: Il cielo vi remuneri di tutto il bene che siete disposta a farmi. 0 0 17166 23510 15624 9954 20974 7141 It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. 6114 636 Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. 4322 15009 Well done is better than well said. 21361 Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. 11738 The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. 1502 20539 Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. 214 17940 A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't? 17234 19477 664 17228 11271 6351 2263 20225 17124 12552 12373 1850 10/07/11--18:37: GE may lease vehicle batteries for electric cars 0 0 5174 8988 7090 22642 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich (Reuters) - General Electric Co may lease costly vehicle batteries to electric-car buyers, joining other 1628 15888 4932 1134companies looking to get more people to buy alternative-energy automobiles. The largest U.S. conglomerate is just at the "thinking stage" of such a move, said Mark Little, head of GE's research and 18356 20138 development efforts, on Friday at an event at Nissan Motor Co's research center near Detroit. 24589 8286GE makes batteries and is one of the biggest investors in Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems Inc. 13260 11131 A battery leasing program is a venture that could allow GE to show off its range of businesses, from its industrial core which could be 3741 17718 influential in manufacturing the batteries, to its GE Capital finance arm which could support the leasing. 1220 8335These kinds of batteries are relatively new to the auto industry, leading to a level of skepticism among consumers. Questions about durability and performance could be addressed if buyers were simply asked to lease the battery that came with the electric vehicle. 11800 20662 "The life span and the performance of the batteries is not well understood," Little said. "We may be better off owning the asset." 22429 16495 He did not comment on how far along GE is in its consideration of leasing, and did not provide a timetable for entering the business. 4187 6113Little did point to GE's approximately 6 percent stake in A123, a 10-year-old lithium-ion battery maker that went public in 2009, as a 13379 15620 position GE can use as it digs deeper into the electric-vehicle market. Little said that GE has "no interest in being in the car 13548 17724 business." Little is an A123 board member. GE's involvement in the company dates back to its venture-capital investment before A123 went 1956 14488 public, and Little advised GE when they invested in the start-up. 8514 7192 Talk about electric-vehicle battery leasing has come up in the auto industry in recent years as top automakers unveiled plans to 9950 20134 launch vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and General Motors Co's Chevrolet Volt. A variety of companies, including Palo Alto, California7640 17943 based Better Place and Nissan, have proposed battery leasing programs as a way to ease anxiety about electric cars. 8783 15714 Electric cars have been slow to catch on. In the U.S., a lack of available models, skimpy infrastructure, relatively low gasoline costs 16097 19622 and high vehicle sticker prices are factors holding back demand for such vehicles. Nissan has sold 7,000 Leaf electric vehicles in 8028 1940the United States since launching it 10 months ago. On Friday, GE said it is embarking on a two-year research project with Nissan that could help it better understand energy demands 4678 5627 of electric vehicles and their owners. GE attempted to partner with Chrysler Group LLC a few years ago on hybrid vehicle programs, 11934 15245 but that relationship failed to pan out. 7616 5379 (Reporting by John D. Stoll. Editing by Robert MacMillan and Carol Bishopric) 21075 10691 (This story corrects paragraph 8 to show A123 Systems went public in 2009, not "last year.") 4430 22392 7876 24037 4548 10978 8700 3569 4472 4210 0 0 17282 1287 10/07/11--18:37: Analysis: World divided on new plan to combat global warming 9248 23976 7036 22934 970 3122By David Fogarty SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A new plan to curb global warming risks becoming a battleground between rich and poor nations and 17507 1904 could struggle to get off the ground as negotiators battle over the fate of the ailing Kyoto climate pact. 20237 13939 The 1997 Kyoto Protocol covers only emissions from rich nations that produce less than a third of mankind's carbon pollution and its 14914 13171 first phase is due to expire end-2012. Poorer nations want it extended, while many rich countries say a broader pact is needed to 8329 3434include all big polluters. Australia and Norway have proposed negotiations on a new agreement, but say it is unrealistic to expect that to be ready by 2013. 18089 13524 They have set a target date two years later, in 2015. 4963 8619 "This is the only way ahead. There is no other way than failure," said a senior climate negotiator from a developed country on the 3883 934 Australia-Norway proposal, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the talks. 12187 14486 Developing nations insist Kyoto be extended to commit rich countries to tougher carbon cuts and fiercely resist any attempts to side23476 19154 line the world's main climate pact, meaning the Australia-Norway plan faces a tough time . 13511 2128Failure to agree on a new climate deal could lead to nations committing only to voluntary steps that are unlikely to put the brakes on 16814 3593climate change, risking more extreme droughts, floods, storms and crop failures. It would also weaken efforts to put in place tough policies to promote cleaner fuels and green energy. 11175 9984 The proposal calls on major economies to quickly strengthen steps to curb emissions, agree on a way to standardize actions and a 2264 21331 system to compare and verify what everyone else is doing. 5627 14599 Marathon U.N.-led climate talks failed to meet a 2009 deadline to agree a new pact to start in 2013 and a major conference in 602 4264 Durban, South Africa, in two months is under pressure to launch a process to negotiate a new treaty. WILD WEATHER 8477 14476 As negotiators haggle, data show the world is heating up, as emissions, particularly from big developing nations, keep growing from 11309 17834 burning more coal, oil and gas. 9660 5157 Scientists say floods similar to those that left millions homeless in Pakistan last year and ravaged parts of Australia, could become 14924 11204 more common, along with more intense Atlantic hurricanes and wildfires. 19575 5528The United States has already tied its yearly record for billion-dollar weather disasters and the cumulative tab from floods, tornadoes 24762 17105 and heat waves this year has hit $35 billion, the National Weather Service said in mid-August. That doesn't include billions in losses and disaster relief from Hurricane Irene , which struck in late August. 34 20551 All this throws the spotlight on emissions curbs by the world's major economies and the fact that these are not enough. When Kyoto 13160 5527 was agreed, emissions from poorer nations were much smaller. Now they dwarf those of rich countries. 4011 16415 At the least, the talks need to restore faith that countries can do more to fight global warming. 8422 2895 "We need to push away from this annual cycle of what are we going to achieve into a more realistic timeline of when can we achieve 10647 9792 a new agreement. My sense is that none of the negotiators disagree with that. It's obvious," said the senior delegate. 13734 23659 The Australia-Norway proposal will be a focus of U.N.-led climate talks in Panama this week, the last round before the conference in Durban. 14287 12914 "RECIPE FOR INACTION" 11596 6846 The EU said it broadly supported the submission. 5999 7023 "It tries to take forward the international climate negotiations into the next years, seeing how we can build a broader climate regime," 1342 11563 Artur Runge-Metzger, the EU's chief climate negotiator, told Reuters. "We think that this seems to be a workable timeline." 1307 5775 He said it was crucial the Durban meeting agrees on building a new climate framework for all countries, referring particularly to the 20758 16960 United States and major developing economies. China produces about a quarter of mankind's greenhouse gas pollution and is the top global emitter. While the government is taking 6215 20693 steps such as promoting energy efficiency and vehicle fuel standards, these are voluntary. 14011 2852 The proposal will prove divisive for poorer countries. 12377 24137 None more so than nations most vulnerable to climate change, such as low-lying islands that face ever rising sea levels, flooding 16560 8266 and shrinking fresh water supplies. They want faster action by big polluters and feel Kyoto is the way to go. 9411 24232 "It basically delays real action to address climate change and vulnerable countries aren't going to like it," said Ian Fry, lead climate 23410 3682negotiator for the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, told Reuters, adding: "It's a gift to the United States." 13288 8709India, the world's third largest carbon polluter, has also dug in its heels over the proposal. "Such a plan takes the focus away from Kyoto and redraws negotiating paradigms. Why should the developing countries agree?" 21314 8318 said an Indian official with knowledge of the global negotiations, who spoke on condition of anonymity. 59 23815 The United States, the world's second-biggest polluter, never ratified Kyoto, saying the pact is flawed because it doesn't commit big 11221 1102 developing economies to meet legally binding emissions curbs. 9263 5571 The proposal could however benefit investors in cleaner power generation, carbon-offset projects and greener buildings. 7163 3007"Anything which moves the world toward more unified action increases the confidence level of investors," said Geoff Rousel, global head of commodities, carbon and energy for Westpac Institutional Bank in Sydney. 9253 8880 "Therefore, if this plan was to be accepted, you'd be more likely to see more confidence in capital expenditure in energy efficiency 21035 16219 and emissions abatement," he said. 2075 9669 The United States remains cautious. 14089 2252 "A legal agreement has to apply with equal legal force to at least the major developing countries so that means China, India, Brazil 16169 2408and so forth," said chief U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern in recent remarks to the media. And that meant no "escape hatches" or 22285 19728 conditions on meeting those commitments, he said. 10360 6541(Additional reporting by Gerard Wynn in London, Krittivas Mukherjee in New Delhi and Tim Gardner in Washington; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan) 3880 14318 6989 19712 4839 2740 6682 23190 4644 2337 19774 20834 9704 13227 7212 12276 10/07/11--18:37: Vermillion blood test shows promise in identifying patients 0 0 4842 9606 11427 4130 3439 18963 4469 7779 20925 (Reuters) - Vermillion Inc said its experimental blood test showed promise in identifying patients with risk of blood vessel clots, 15489 23078 1214 sending its shares up 10 percent in morning trade. 9278 13388 2082The company found that the test Vasclir showed statistically significant different levels of three different blood components in 21735 patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and non-PAD subjects. 6337 20922 5390 19298 7953Peripheral artery disease is a condition in which the arteries in the legs or arms are narrowed or blocked. People with peripheral artery disease are at a high risk of heart attack, stroke, poor circulation and leg pain. 13190 17112 1925The Austin, Texas-based company's shares, which have lost 36 percent of their value in the last three months, rose 10 percent to a 16175 12783 21535 high of $2.89, Monday on Nasdaq. 4407 7215 5872 (Reporting by Vidya L Nathan in Bangalore; Editing by Don Sebastian) 14281 12667 7693 7201 9836 24966 2284 17556 3766 4446 21358 24056 191 1634 8348 6238 19813 20516 18173 10/07/11--19:14: Se, conosco anche lui. Giovane di buoni e morigerati costumi. 0 0 1509 18597 23327 12009 2642 3054 23293 11283 12912 13522 15224 24729 Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. 1409 13749 18361 7855It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. 6515 3066 15608 15881 Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you. 4856 16418 20087 23624 I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been 16995 24311 11828 8598getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always. 568 We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them. 2265 1418 2561 11874 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all 16124 6374 15514 progress depends on the unreasonable man. 18754 14781 10249 4 Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. 9351 16059 20744 21297 14185 6014 21464 13497 5571 21244 18770 5909 17920 18155 9528 1650 3156 13277 12983 16637 2978 0 0 23482 19111 5472 10/07/11--19:17: Chi sprezza un pare che gh'ha de la vita, no merita compassion 1676 2064 19852 20695 17124 19589 20620 3975 14787 18846 3412 8413What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my 19121 8899 16643 991 efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. 4785 7407 14340 22208 Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. 6466 6985 14778 18307 It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from 5159 16194 24536 5401old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. 23340 More movement, and the sense of bodies being shackled in alongside of me. 6189 13832 7875 7109 675 15390 9082When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world 2900 8838 3035 16882 outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is 22352 19185 3811 2318a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. 14988 10536 24872 14940 24460 16459 16637 13458 24524 14717 20066 14164 23682 11074 6935 19903 974 5237 8316 13796 17927 0 0 21478 5682 1528710/07/11--19:18: Lasciatemi, o scellerati. 15547 8720 12563 5182 17266 4215 16157 17716 22375 If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to 11545 2816 6490 recommit, to be whole-hearted once again. 22540 22970 6270 7256The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. 2443 1260 3175 9555 I felt the doors open near me, and then saw a confusion of booted feet moving close by. 15836 2151 13215 6588 I use an optimistic, positive approach to deal with my symptoms and it came the hard way, before I learned to laugh with myself a 1125 2590 24579 little. 23211 6461 The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions. 20880 10786 14829 21782 Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. 6947 19914 23728 You should not live one way in private, another in public. 15234 10941 19392 19417 6148 9684 14329 7628 20738 24165 20657 8550 7419 443 16850 16418 3010 18625 6466 6131 2930 18747 13331 8761 10/07/11--19:20: Sappiate, signore... 0 0 5901 20419 5450 21542 7013 15989 23225 7869 14982 2376 The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a 1357 15279 7487 good one. 19128 978 7819 7748 Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him. 19118 20593 18138 There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be 17555 19728 15354 16840 president. 10290 15100 17001 16370 The hands behind me gave me another shove. 24112 12074 9480 3450I got up the third step and reached for the fourth, but it wasn't there. 14022 9251 If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be. 19224 15417 18599 We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players. 21566 6625 14211 7661 19120 12327 2234 6419 7143 17718 20546 2754 9430 15 15828 16793 17820 7445 1278 10762 10306 21572 5916 10/07/11--19:21: Che dite voi di questa strana avventura? 0 0 23119 3093 18294 9401 9702 1060 11699 10254 11816 46 24843 904 Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted. 20529 11276 7334 22947 Let me tell you, quite frankly, it took a while and a lot of therapy to get here. 12087 21022 14828 810 I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand 13249 sustenance and happiness from others. 14193 23037 20646 I believe that every now and then it is important to laugh at ourselves and take a lighter approach to our life conditions. 10313 20253 17771 7885 I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism. 23966 7679 4451 23261 Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. 21860 1632 18605 23668 Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. 19976 18476 8869 22004 20294 11449 16753 6529 2013 4430 14161 8340 19122 7505 7478 7789 older | 1 | .... | 685 | 686 | (Page 687) | 688 | 689 | .... | 1082 | newer 21838 12128 21550 8105 9822 999 21470 11538 996 1323 19156 20672 13474 HOME | ABOUT US | CATALOG | CONTACT US | © 2018 http://www.rssing.com 16383 1833 5891 10384 9988 11449 1147