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Of the global population of more than 7 billion people, some 800
million do not have enough to eat today. By 2050, the population is
expected to exceed 9 billion. It has been estimated that some 15%
of food production is lost to plant diseases; in developing
countries losses may be much higher. Historically, plant diseases
have had catastrophic impact on food production. For example:
potato blight caused the Irish famine in 1845; brown spot of rice
caused the Great Bengal Famine of 1943; southern corn leaf blight
caused a devastating epidemic on the US corn crop in 1970. Food
security is threatened by an ongoing sequence of plant diseases,
some persistent for decades or centuries, others more
opportunistic. Wheat blast and banana xanthomonas wilt are two
contrasting examples of many that currently threaten food
production. Other emerging diseases will follow. The proposed title
aims to provide a synthesis of expert knowledge to address this
central challenge to food security for the 21st century. Chapters
[5] and [11] are available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Of the global population of more than 7 billion people, some 800
million do not have enough to eat today. By 2050, the population is
expected to exceed 9 billion. It has been estimated that some 15%
of food production is lost to plant diseases; in developing
countries losses may be much higher. Historically, plant diseases
have had catastrophic impact on food production. For example:
potato blight caused the Irish famine in 1845; brown spot of rice
caused the Great Bengal Famine of 1943; southern corn leaf blight
caused a devastating epidemic on the US corn crop in 1970. Food
security is threatened by an ongoing sequence of plant diseases,
some persistent for decades or centuries, others more
opportunistic. Wheat blast and banana xanthomonas wilt are two
contrasting examples of many that currently threaten food
production. Other emerging diseases will follow. The proposed title
aims to provide a synthesis of expert knowledge to address this
central challenge to food security for the 21st century. Chapters
[5] and [11] are available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Join the journey of a young family through career, relocation,
humor and reflection.
Father Richard Strange SJ was born in 1611 and entered the Jesuits
in 1631. It may be of interest to append a few characteristic
anecdotes of the Saint, drawn from the evidence of 'witnesses who
knew him well. As to his outward appearance, Brother Robert, the
sacristan at St. Bartholomew's, London, describes him as ' having
an angelic face, a complexion white and ruddy, a good beard and a
long nose, with flaxen hair.' Hugh the Barber tells the Papal
Commissaries, not without a certain pride, that his master' was no
hypocrite or humbug, trying to make himself out better than other
people; that in dress and other things he was not different from
his equals; that when at the Universities he wore indoors a mantle
and a cassock like what Prelates wear (for he was Archdeacon of
Stafford). Out of doors he had furred garments and a furred
coverlet to his bed' After the Saint's death, William Gandro, his
body-servant, and the heir to his wardrobe, says that so anxious
were the Saint's relatives to get keepsakes of him, that he had to
tear to pieces both cassock and tunic, but the mantle and hood he
kept for himself, though a Welsh rector offered twenty pounds for
it. A story is told of the Saint's hair-shirt, which he inherited
from his uncle, the Bishop of Worcester. The Saint did not find it
hard enough or knotty enough for him, so he sent it to Oxford to
have it roughened and hardened. This he wore to the day of his
death, and Robert of Gloucester, the witness, says it was the
hardest that could be found. The same witness says that once he
ventured to expostulate with the Saint on his excessive abstinence,
saying, ' You eat and drink too little, my lord; you wont be able
to last out. Getting no answer he repeated the remark, when the
Bishop said, 'Eat and drink what you like, and hold your tongue and
leave me in peace.' Robert rejoined, ' My lord, I will not do so,
because I don't want you to die, for I should lose the promotion I
am hoping for from you.' St. Thomas answered, 'You want to flatter
me.' But it would seem that he did get his promotion, for he became
the Bishop's official, and was in some sense the occasion of his
master's death and his own excommunication.
I call this my Ignorant Pilgrim trilogy. This is volume one.
According to the US State Department, Child Snatching by the non
custodial parent is now an epidemic. Over 200 cases of parental
abduction occur every day, over 350,000 every year. Over 60% of our
children reside and are raised in single parent homes. Over 90% of
these homes the mother is the only parent.Our American children are
growing up without their fathers. Why? The conundrum, the status of
mere visitation is abhorrent to fathers.There's no interest in let
alone action being taken to address let alone relieve this woeful
situation, to reprieve non custodial fathers being marginalized,
amputated from their children's lives. Increased suppression, more
servile denigration is the zietgeist for the non-custodial Dad.
Criminalization of Fathers desperate to be with and to father their
children must be addressed, rescinded. It is not a crime to father
one's own children. America's children need their fathers. America
needs children raised by and with fathers.To ignore this crisis is
to invite catastrophe, killing fields, generations of feckless
citizens.The Ignorant Pilgrims trilogy speaks to these matters
through the profound experiencing of them by Henry and Cloe. Speaks
to them from their hearts and minds. From the depths of their
souls. For this is above all a love story, an intense journey, a
highland road adventure of the individual and their will pitted
against the oppression of Cinderella and her Beast--our American
society as manifest in our courts, our social work agencies, our
court of cultural and societal opinion. It is a battle to withstand
the oppression of our government in order to parent our children.
Come with us on our journey. We welcome you, your open minds and
open hearts on our truly unique honest to goodness American
Experience. .
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