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...among many. "Rice is basically buggered," says Brett Heffernan, of Australia's National Farmers' Federation. In a normal year, Australia's 2,000 rice farmers produce about 1.2 million metric tons of the grain. This year's harvest was a paltry 18,000 tons - the lowest yield since 1927, when the country's rice industry was four years old. "Frustration is the common feeling at the moment," says Gordon, president of the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia. "We think we're really good food producers. But at the moment we're not producing any food...
...foot on the gas. At the Aurora North mine, a giant shovel fills up another 797B Caterpillar heavy hauler with a 400-ton load of material that--after being spun in what looks like the world's largest cement mixer to separate the bitumen from the sand--will eventually yield 200 bbl. of oil. "A year from now, that mountain won't be there," says Crisby, referring to the black wall of bitumen-rich soil gradually being demolished by shovel, dozer and a convoy of heavy haulers that operate around the clock...
...companies in other public portfolios. By contrast, terror-free investing is comprehensive and accounts for the financial well-being of pension funds. That is why terror-free models use prescreened investment products excluding all foreign firms doing nonhumanitarian business with Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. This ensures high-yield returns at minimal cost with zero exposure to terror-sponsoring nations. Kevin J. Murphy, Representative Massachusetts House of Representatives BOSTON...
...dramatic changes in early admissions and financial aid meant that last year’s yield equations were rendered obsolete, the admissions office said. To avoid overcrowding the freshman class, 110 fewer students were admitted this year...
...over all their medium and heavy weapons. "We want everything from rocket-propelled grenade launchers and up," says Hussam Asrawi, a senior official with the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a secular opposition party and ally of Hizballah. But Jumblatt has signaled some defiance, saying that he is willing to yield his weapons to the Lebanese army, but "our dignity is important and the people of the [Chouf] will not allow anyone to enter their homes...