The challenge of pests and pesticides in our Agriculture
Even with the use of pesticides,” between 20% to 40% of global crop production is lost to pests annually. Each year, plant diseases cost the global economy around $220 billion, and invasive insects around $70 billion
A personal Intro
I find myself grappling with the complex issue of pests and pesticides in agriculture and the intricate relationship between the two. Depending on one's perspective, it may seem like either the pest or the pesticide is the primary problem. Pests pose a significant threat to crops, necessitating the use of pesticides to combat them. However, in addressing this challenge, pesticides can inflict harm on human health, contaminate our food, and degrade the environment.
Finding a solution to this dilemma requires a nuanced approach that balances the need for pest control with the imperative to minimize the negative impacts of pesticides.
This issue has become my passion and mission over the past few years. Despite my background as a CFO and accountant, I have been drawn to the cause of reducing pesticide usage and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. I passionately believe that addressing thus is the key to addressing numerous global challenges, including environmental degradation, food security, and affordability.
My journey began when I sought out farming expertise for a business opportunity and crossed paths with Dr. Nimrod Israeli, an Israeli farmer and scientist. The founder of Biofeed https://biofeed.co.il/enhome/, a company dedicated to combating the devastating effects of pests on fruits and vegetables. Along the way, I encountered individuals like John Rouloc, Executive Producer of Kiss the Ground: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ and Anna Shevel, a founder of https://unpoison.org/ Who are leading the fight for regenerative agriculture.
Today, I am involved with a company https://www.scarow.com/ that is pioneering innovative technologies to measure pest populations and administer targeted treatments more accurately. Increasing crop yields while reducing pesticide usage contributes to a healthier and more sustainable agricultural ecosystem.
The unhealthy effects of pesticides, chemicals in farming, and food.
Even with the use of pesticides,” between 20% to 40% of global crop production is lost to pests annually. Each year, plant diseases cost the global economy around $220 billion, and invasive insects around $70 billion”, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The negative impacts of pesticides on the environment, human health, biodiversity, water, and soil are well-documented.. Pesticide residues can be found in many food commodities, beer, honey, pasta, fruits, vegetables, and even in playgrounds, urine, and the air.
Solve this problem then can make an impact in improving global food security,
Clear link to health and cancer
In November 23, Bayer was ordered to pay $1.56 billion in the latest US trial loss over Roundup weedkiller. Around 165,000 claims have been made against the company for personal injuries allegedly caused by Roundup, which Bayer acquired as part of its $63 billion purchase of agrochemical company Monsanto in 2018. In 2020, Bayer settled most of the then-pending Roundup cases for up to $10.9 billion.
Costs of Protection and Surveillance.
This also leads to Export bans and increased costs of surveillance. The cost of plant protection and quarantine by the US Dept of Agriculture is a staggering $648 million a year
Climate change, food security and food inflation, and cost living
The overall combination of natural produce loss, produce wasted through the supply chain, excessive use of chemicals and pesticides, increased farming costs, lower quality, and supervision costs leads to higher prices of produce. Climate change, food security, food inflation, and cost of living are all important issues that have a significant impact on our lives, and the world around us. It's crucial that we understand and address these challenges thoughtfully and proactively.
Solve this problem then we solve a lot of the world's problems and many SDGs.
A growing problem
Over the past 30 years, massive pesticide use on farms worldwide has increased by 60%, even though global cropland has declined by approximately 1 million square kilometres.
The overapplication of pesticides breeds resistance in the target pests, typically resulting in increased application of one or more pesticides.
Most pesticides damage a broad spectrum of beneficial insects and microorganisms, not just the target pest. This disrupts the biological controls that are essential in keeping pests and diseases in check. Without biological controls, crops suffer, and many growers respond with more and stronger chemical interventions.
Source – posted on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-knowlton-21a37a26/
The Pesticide Market
The European Union is one of the world’s biggest markets for pesticides. Almost a quarter of all pesticides sold worldwide are sold in the EU. It is also the top pesticide exporting region, increasingly selling to countries of the Global South to which pesticides that are banned in the EU can still be exported.
So, to make a change one needs to go up these big Agro Chemical companies who are fighting to keep their market dominance.
This is the chemical treadmill on which so many farmers find themselves stuck.
Four drivers of change need to be addressed:
• The number one challenge to farming worldwide is pests (fruit flies) which can destroy 50% to 80% of the crop, making farming unprofitable.
• It is now well known that pesticides negatively impact human health, biodiversity, water, soil, and global supply chains. The EU Green Deal has a targeted 50% reduction in pesticides and chemicals but is challenged to find solutions.
• The desire of consumers to eat healthier, to have better-tasting fruit, have longer buying seasons and have your fruit a longer shelf life?
• The potential to address solution 97% to global farmers who are smallholders in developing countries who have no access to premium Markets.
The solutions are not that apparent.
In my book – Upgrading ESG– How Businesses Can Thrive in the Age of Sustainability I wrote (page 265):
“French farmers drove hundreds of tractors into Paris on Wednesday to protest against pesticide restrictions and other environmental regulations they say are threatening farm production in the European Union's largest agricultural power.
"Our means of production keep being undermined by prohibitions without solutions," Jerome Despey, secretary general of the FNSEA, France's main farming union, told Reuters.
Environmental activists say pesticide residues damage soils and wildlife and they have welcomed the EU ruling against the use of sugar beet seeds treated with neonicotinoid insecticides that can harm bees.
"Biodiversity, indispensable for life on earth and farming, must not be sacrificed," anti-pesticide group Generations Futures said in a statement supporting the neonicotinoid ban.
Farmers argue that sugar beet plants do not attract bees and that the ban leaves them exposed to crop disease virus yellows, raising the prospect of lower production and more imports from countries that allow neonicotinoids.”
To summarize, we do not have adequate solutions, and yet despite that saying beets do not attract pests, they still want to use pesticides because of the potential risk. I am going to add to this the data and measurement challenge. This cries out for a solution.
The way forward
Over the last few years, I have been learning and searching for solutions to the problem.
As a starter, consumer awareness is key to making a change. Therefore, I am advocating for Product ESG or labelling (QR Codes) that shares the journey of the product and provides transparency of the environment (waste, climate, chemicals, transport) and social (fair profit and wages) and Governance (transparency) of each product we consume.
However, this is just a starter, and one of my brandings is where “ESG meets Innovation”.
Farm Up - Driving Increased Global Food Security
Empowering farmers for sustainable growth
FarmUP is a platform dedicated to increasing Food security. It does that by promoting cutting-edge agro-technology and agro-social finance - providing tailored project opportunities for sustainable farming.
We believe in the power of agriculture to drive positive change and create a more sustainable future.
We do this by addressing by the promotion of:
Technology that can make a global impact.
Investing inprofitable agro-business models.
FarmUP is working with some cutting-edge agrotechnology companies looking to solve the pest and pesticide problems.
Please reach out to me if you are driven to invest in opportunities to make the world a better place,


The next stop on our Cote D’Azur (Southern France) trip was to check out Cannes & Mandilieu a Napoule. I have had alot of fun interpretting and checking out all the signs on our journey as I am the designated navigator on our trip. It also took me like 5 days to finally capture one of these signs.
Fun fact – Whenever you see a sign like this – the top is the city you are entering and the red lined city is the city you are leaving.Before heading out, we had our favorite French American breakfast.We had a different server this time and my eggs did not come out Bien Cuit. I just ate the whites leaving the yokes behind.Cannes has all the flare you’d expect of a “Hollywood” like town. There are fancy shops and artwork all over downtown.It is situated right on the beach with a harbor filled with all types of boats and yachts.This is the first beach we have seen with sand versus all rocks.There are still parts of the city that have the historic buildings and cobblestone paths.In front of the building where they have the annual film festival is the star walk of fame.Before heading out we shared a “pizza snack” and caprese panini. Both were surprisingly tasty.The second stop of the day was the Chateau de La Napoule. I completely fell in love with the story behind this castle.We were too late to take the tour inside but were free to read all the signs, walk all around outside and in the garden.The gardens were so peaceful and pretty.The castle sits right on the water and I could just imagine sitting outside overlooking the sea every day.The love the two owners shared for each other extended to those around them.You can walk along the beach or walk on one of the paths along the castle.When we got back to Nice, we headed out to have pizza at La Pizza Cresci.
We shared a Caprese salad – the creamy dressing was a bit much for me but overall the salad was good.Plus 1/4 peppeeoni pizza each. I loved this pizza – thin and crispy yet doughy and super cheesy.We finished the night with pralines and cream cones.My last two recaps are coming up soon for our trip to Italy and Castle Hill.
Here are my France Recaps for our trip so far:
- France Recap #1: Road Tripping
- France Recap #2: Chateau de Crussol
- France Recap #3: La Tour de Crest
- France Recap #4: Les Baux de Provence
- France Recap #5: A walk through Nice
- France Recap #6: Menton and Monaco
- France Recap #7: College Sure Loup and Saint Vincent Les Fort


Hung controversy draws focus from military's real importance
The China Post news staffThe Taiwanese military is in a period of soul searching (and some suggest internal conflict) amid the controversial death of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu, which drew 200,000 protesters to the streets last week and brought down a defense minister. The resignation of the replacement, Andrew Yang, an academic appointed to bring a fresh face and reformative force to the Defense Ministry at a time of crisis, only six days after taking office due to plagiarism accusations, is yet another blow.
August 13, 2013, 12:05 am TWN
The death of the corporal resonated in the nation not because it is unique but rather because it symbolizes the widely viewed systematic sleaziness of the armed forces. The scandal grew into a national crisis in no small part thanks to the numerous tipoffs and exposes by current and former servicemen. Everyone seems to have a tale about their “dark days in the army” to tell.
The controversy, however, underlines a more profound danger for Taiwan. Military forces around the world have not been known for their respect of human rights, nor their transparency. As organizations dedicated to the art and science of efficient eradication (or at least the incapacitation) of human beings designated as enemy, the armed forces can find themselves psychologically far-removed from the norms and rules of the civilian society they defend. Brigadier General John B. Murphy, a commanding general of Division Artillery of the U.S.' 100th Infantry Division during World War II, dismissed the idea of a democratic army as absurd, saying such a force would be an “undisciplined mob.” Many U.S. servicemen and women are probably still reminded of a similar philosophy by their boot camp sergeants: “You are here to defend democracy, not to practice it.”
The significance of Taiwan's spectacular response to Hung's death is therefore twofold. First, it highlights the Taiwanese people's extraordinarily high regard for human rights. The 200,000 protesters amassing outside the Presidential Office for Hung showed the world the proudly humanistic spirit of Taiwan.
It, however, also reveals the predicament of the nation's armed forces, which seem to have lost their purpose.
The Taiwanese military should have built a reputation as one of the forces in the world most needed by its nation. It defends Taiwan from the world's most populous and armed (in terms of military size) nation, one which is also a major nuclear power. The mainland's People Liberation Army (PLA) has been advancing rapidly in recent years. Decades of military standoff and Taiwan's recent detente with the mainland seem to have stripped the military of its purpose and a substantial amount of respect.


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Weekend before last, I went out both days with the big glass. I’m referring to the Sigma 150-600mm lens that weighs a ton but lets me get pretty close to things very far away. The 35mm equivalent on a crop sensor camera like my Sony a6400 is 225-900mm. Then add Sony’s Clear Image Zoom, which is the best digital zoom I’ve ever used, and I can double that to 450-1800mm. Snazzy, huh?
But that lens is heavy, so I’ve attached a shoulder strap to it, which makes it a lot easier to carry. The older I get, the harder it is to walk some days. I found out a few years ago I have arthritis in my hips, and my right knee hasn’t been doing so good lately. Ah, the joys of getting old. <–Yes, that’s sarcasm.
That Saturday, my aging body was brought home to me when I visited a new-to-me park for the first time. It’s called Seven Lakes, and it’s very near Highland Hammock State Park. It was my first time there. They wanted me to walk, walk, walk. Well, I expected that, but there were no benches where I could sit and rest, so I didn’t get far. Disappointing, and I said so in a review of the park. Don’t tell me you’re handicapped accessible and then not have benches.
I got a fabulous picture of an eastern Meadowlark within minutes, though. First time I’ve managed to take a pic of one. I heard it singing, and because it was sitting at the top of a tree, and it’s brightly colored, I located it easily.
The original. It looks a lot closer in the photo than it did when I was looking at it with my eyes. 😉 This was taken at full extension of 600mm, plus the Clear Image Zoom at another 1.5 magnification, which equals a 35mm focal length of 1350mm.
And here’s the final image.
That was the only good photo I got at that park. Across the street was a scrub park. Yes, another walkable area with no benches to rest on, but I’ve been looking for the crested caracara and Florida scrub jay. Didn’t see either one, damn it, but did glimpse a red-headed woodpecker. Remember that fabulous shot I posted of one about a week ago? That kind of picture isn’t as common as you think. THIS is what usually happens.
Could NOT get a clear shot of it, even though I hung around a while and even tracked it to another tree. This is the original picture; I didn’t do any processing on it. At least you can see what pretty coloring it has on its back, right? 🙂
Moving on…. I revisited Lake Wales Ridge Sunday afternoon and saw a couple of ospreys. They are back in their nests. Here’s the unimpressive original.
As you can see, it was a dreary, overcast day with little light, but post-processing turned it into something pretty good!
They are installing an observation deck in a newly-opened section of the refuge, and I followed the road a while as the sun went down. On the way back, I saw this birdhouse. The original.
Kinda dark, because sunset was imminent, and it was hidden in trees and undergrowth, but I knew I could do something with it. A careful crop and some color grading, and voila!
See you next time.


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Kanchana Kanchanasut: Thank you. You know, I was very surprised to receive this recognition. However, once I received the news I became so happy. Not just for myself but for all my Thai colleagues who worked together with me in bringing the Internet to Thailand. It’s not just me. And I think my experiences may be very similar to Gihan Dias and to other South American [?]. And so I will not repeat that. Instead, I would like to briefly talk to you about what I had to go through playing this pioneering role in a developing country.
The most difficult thing was in order to get involved in this type of activity, we needed to get finance. We needed to get funding. And for us, it was very difficult because our government would not understand what we wanted to do. The telcos would not let us touch their equipment. So that was our first task. And once you overcome that, we had to start finding people, students, and we had to try to train our engineers. And for this I received a lot of help from a lot of my friends in [SRC?] and APNIC. And I really want to thank them here as well.
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Category Archives: Budgets
Interesting special report from CNNMoney regarding the future of the motor fuel tax in America. The article discusses the idea of the need for a big energy tax to alter our use of oil and lead to more alternative sources of energy.
You can read the series of articles here: Does the country need a big gas tax?
On a different issue there is an interesting article in the New York Times today about the bidding process for municipal bonds. The article states:
Three federal agencies and a loose consortium of state attorneys general have for several years been gathering evidence of what appears to be collusion among the banks and other companies that have helped state and local governments take approximately $400 billion worth of municipal notes and bonds to market each year.
This will be an interesting issue to follow. You can read the article here: Nationwide Inquiry on Bids for Muncipal Bonds
At least a dozen states are anticipating significant budget shortfalls in 2008. The biggest crisis is occurring in California where Governor Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency — after reporting a $4.6 billion revenue shortfall. Schwarzenegger recommended reducing every state program by 10%. One in interesting quote in the article comes from Iris Lav (deputy director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
“It’s amazing how sales tax revenues are tied to the housing market,” said Iris J. Lav, deputy director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “People aren’t buying construction materials, people aren’t furnishing new homes. Some states also have real estate transfer taxes.”
Doug Macdonald, ULCT economic consultant, has been saying the same thing. In fact, at our September Annual Conference Doug presented on the cycle of residential development. In this presentation Doug stated that for every $1 billion decrease in residential construction values, taxable sales in Utah could drop by 3%. Utah is not one of the handful of states that is experiencing the budget shortfall this year…but historically Utah has been a year or two behind the national curve. So what can we anticipate in 2009? The way things look right now (with national trends and a slowing local housing market) I would bet on some level of a budget shortfall for the next FY. You can read a couple of recent articles here:
Cycles Happen — November ULCT Newsletter
After a few month hiatus from blogging I’m back and recommitted. I figured today is a good day to relaunch the blog since today is also the first day of our new website: ULCT website (thanks to the great work of our new friends at Utah Interactive). So what is the topic of the first blog post of 2008? Budgets and taxes, of course…
The ULCT staff has continued with tradition and have spent our winter (post municipal election years) touring the state offering training to newly elected municipal officials. One piece of the half day training seminar is a presentation offered by Roger Tew and myself. Cities still left on the training tour are:
- Price (January 19th)
- Cedar City (February 2nd)
- Salt Lake City (February 9th)
Our presentation of budgets and taxes is focused more of the overall fiscal policies of municipal government and less on the exact nuances of managing a budget. For example, we spend a large portion of the presentation addressing the policy questions related to each revenue stream utilized by local government (property tax, sales tax, and fees). If you are interested in the presentation you can access it here: Taxes presentation to Newly Elected Officials 2008
Or if you have questions please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.org
There have been a number of questions about the tax changes made during the 2007 Legislative session and how they will impact Utah cities and towns. In particular, there have been questions about what action cities may have to take in response to legislative actions.
It should be noted that virtually all of the tax changes were part of the comprehensive tax bill which incorporates virtually every tax change made during the session. This bill was Second Substitute Senate Bill 223 sponsored by Sen. Niederhauser. The bill incorporated not only all of the sales tax related changes but also the income tax reform. It also included a number of special business tax changes.
The following information outlines the primary changes that affect our cities. Obviously all cities are not impacted by every tax change. However, there was enough of an overlap that we chose to outline all of the tax changes here in this information.
The Removal of Food from the Specialty Taxes
Non-prepared food was exempted from the sales tax base for the specialty tax levies (previously referred to as the “boutique taxes”). In some instances there have been attempts at offsetting revenue increases. All sales tax changes take effect on January 1, 2008. Be aware that the actual impact of the food removal will vary from community to community and will depend entirely on what portion food sales represent of your community’s tax base.
Municipal Local Option Tax (1%)
This municipal local option tax was not affected by the partial removal of sales tax from unprepaired food items. There will be no revenue implications associated with this revenue source.
Municipal Transportation Tax Levies and Transit Levies
There are a number of specialized transportation levies that were impacted by the removal of food. To offset the impact of the food removal the tax rates were raised on the remaining tax base. The cities are required to amend their ordinances on this matter. If you wish to recapture the money that was associated with sales tax on food, you are allowed to raise the municipal transporation levy from .25% to .30%. This must be done prior to November to ensure that the new rate is reflected in January when the rate changes take effect. If you have questions on the oridnance, we have attached a sample ordinance for you to review. Also, please feel free to call or write with additional questions.
Resort Community Tax
The legislation authorized an increase in the base resort community tax rate cap from 1% to 1.1% to minimize the impact of removing food. Since this action involves an increase in a rate cap, cities will have to pass a new ordinance to implement the new rate cap. Be aware that although the law change itself does not take effect until Jan. 2008, current law requires a 90 day notification to the tax commission prior to implementation. As such, impacted cities should not delay making decisions and necessary ordinance change. Lastly, there was no offsetting rate increase on the additional .5% resort tax dedicated for debt reduction.
Generally speaking, the offsets that were provided in the legislation cover any anticipated losses that would be associated with a reduction in the tax base. While this is predicated on the composition of the tax base for each affected community, it is fair to say that most cities and towns will see little or no negative impact related to the removal of sales tax on food, and in many circumstances the net result will be revenue positive.
Hopefully this information helps. Please call myself or Lincoln with any additional questions or concerns.
A new study released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) predicts that large and growing fiscal challenges will confront state and local governments in the coming years. Absent policy changes, the study finds that within the next decade expenditures will exceed revenues in the state and local government sector, resulting in a deficit. It is no surprise that the largest burden in future expenditures is going to come as a result of health care expenses.
The GAO state and local model projects the level of receipts and expenditures of the sector in future years based on current and historical spending and revenue patterns. The report concluded, “In particular, two types of state and local expenditures will likely rise quickly because of escalating medical costs. The first is Medicaid expenditures, and the second is the cost of health insurance for state and local employees and retirees.
I was intrigued when I grabbed the Deseret News this morning and saw the headline “Tax rates are jumping” and I admit I was pretty surprised to see that residents of Kanarraville would be paying $172.70 more in property taxes. So I did a little research and it appears to me that the property tax jump isn’t quite what Lee Davidson describes.
First of all the first five cities mentioned by Davidson are also some of the cities with the lowest property tax rates in the state (bottom 10%). In addition in this analysis the Des News assumes a $200,000 home value to apply the rate to…this assumption is pretty high for at least 3 of the top 5 cities. For example, home values in Kanarraville (the lead city of the story) are closer to $100,000. And according to the latest census only 8 homes (which is also around 8%) in Kanarraville are valued at over $200,000. So what does this mean? It means the jump is closer to $50 or $60 annual increase for 92% of the city, not quite $172.
So in defense of Kanarraville and many of the other cities mentioned, their property taxes comparatively were already very low and the tax increase isn’t impacting most of their residents to the degree claimed in this article. Also, the city portion is still a minor percentage of the total tax bill.
To me this article does raise an interesting issue though…why are these government entities raising taxes? I think some of it has to do with the continuing discussion that while growth stimulates the economy it also comes at a cost (more infrastructure, more schools, more people to serve, etc).
The Florida Legislature last week in special session passed an interesting tax cut in two parts… First, the tax-cut requires cities and counties to hold tax rates at 2006 levels – and then cut up to another 9 percent, depending on how much they raised taxes over the past five years. Those that raised the most will have to cut the most.
However, the more interesting (to me) component will come in January. In January FL voters will vote on to change the state’s constitution to increase the property exemption for primary residential homes. It will take 60 percent of the voters to approve the measure, which would exempt 75 percent of the first $200,000 of a home’s value from property taxes. Homes valued between $200,000 and $500,000 would get an additional 15 percent exemption.
I’m curious how the campaign will go the next few months…of course we all want lower property taxes, but what are we willing to give up? Or will this just cause a shift in public finance (higher impact fees for developers, higher sales tax for residents, etc)?Florida Gov. Crist signs tax-cut legislation last week (I love how this kid with the truck is so uninterested in the Governor).
What happens when a city owes $6.2 million to a wastewater treatment company and only has a $300,000 reserve? Ask the city of McCall in Idaho. The options are pretty grim for this small Idaho resort town:
- Take out a loan — challenge: can’t get a loan quickly enough
- Double property taxes — challenge: state law caps property tax increase at 3%
- Sell off city property — challenge: may be illegal and requires public approval
- Raise sewer rates — challenge: Idaho supreme court has ruled rate increase
- Declare bankruptcy — challenge: the debt will still be owed.
It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. You can read the Idaho Statesman article here: Residents Balk at Tax Hike for McCall debt
For local governments May is budget season. A number of cities are presenting their budgets for the 2007-08 fiscal year (Mayor Billings’ presents Provo’s budget on a bus tour of the city). I’m sure you’ll see a lot more news stories about city budgets as they are debated and finalized.
Today on KCPW’s Midday Metro show Bill Anderson (South Salt Lake City Councilmember), Gary Hill (Park City budget officer), and myself discussed the state of local government finance with KCPW host Bryann Schott. If you are interested in the 20 minute podcast check here: KCPW discussion May 14th 2007.
Excellent column in the The Spectrum this weekend written by Steve Kiggins, Cedar City Bureau Chief. I keep telling people that local government finance really is an interesting issue that people should pay more attention to…sounds like Steve agrees. One quote from his column, “In the past 21 months, I’ve learned more about the world around me than I did in all my years as a sports reporter. That’s because I’ve covered city council meetings, interviewed state, county and city leaders, studied subjects such as health care, taxes and education, opened my eyes to the issues and challenges around me….If you don’t pay attention to city government, I urge you to start.”
You can read the full column here.
On another note…how about those Jazz? Western Conference Finals here we come (am I jumping the gun?).


I see the word "strong" refers to a group of army in two contexts:
In this post:
We're now a sub of nearly six hundred thousand strong
In this context the word "strong" refers to the subscribers of the subreddit.
In this game:
Here we go loading up for a huge strong
Here the word refers to a group of army about to be dropped to the opponent's base.
But Oxford Dictionaries doesn't count this as a meaning of the word. Is this the case the dictionary hasn't caught up the usage of the word? Can it be used as a noun?


We are living in the era of technology and the digital world. The present generation is quite aware of what the digital world means, but the pandemic brought the digital world closer to the people.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought everything like shopping, entertainment, business, jobs, etc., to home. People connected and the rest of the world through the internet during this pandemic.
Researches have also shown that the e-commerce world has shown a drastic rise during the pandemic, which was never seen before. The acceleration in e-commerce has been recorded to be around $183 billion in the United States.
As the coronavirus continued to spread, so did the e-commerce world showed a considerable rise. In 2020 leading companies introduced digitalization to their business. Whether you are a B2B brand or a B2C brand, the idea of each brand has been visioned by providing a better shopping experience and shopping platform.
Digital competition has also risen during this pandemic, and that is why a summit was held. At the conference, Adobe Commerce which is powered by Magneto and this has helped in creating experiences for our next-generation technology.
Al-powered live search
Magneto Commerce extended the intelligence of features like Product Recommendations and Live Search. Experts have shared their experience and process of working that helps keep the proper control over the business and ultimately lead to the business’s growth.
If we talk about online shopping, which is quite common these days, the customers look for easy-to-find or search products. A quick view of products is something that the customers demand. If the customers are directed to their relevant searches, this could prove advantageous to the merchants.
The Adobe Commerce merchants can now use the Al-powered site search considering the above point. This helps the merchants understand the relevant searches done by the customers, which finally allows them to upgrade their storefront.
The Adobe Commerce merchants will be able to integrate the Live search after they download the Magneto marketplace. Also, the Adobe Commerce merchants would be able to take up the new B2B product recommendations by the second half of 2021.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
I'm taking part in an art auction to benefit Japan. The event will take place on Saturday 2nd in San Francisco at
The New People
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And here's my piece...
Saturday, March 26, 2011
I was working on something else and that came out instead...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Uyen recently complained I never draw girls. So here it is : Girls!
Friday, March 11, 2011
of the art blocks for Ghana starts now!
with all the blocks and a lot of them are really cool!
I'm going to try to get some (probably won't be able to but that's the game...)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
and here's the drawing of the week...
while working hard on the rest of Solomon's Thieves...
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From the day she started crawling my firstborn was a climber. She would climb on top of the coffee table… she would climb on top of the sofa… she will climb from the sofa to the window ledge… Nothing in our tiny New York City apartment was safe. I remember asking a wise mother – […]
My little one is at this wonderful age where he pauses at every photo in the house and names the people he sees… ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Those photos silently signal to him what we hold dear in our life… as he flips through the custom designed photo albums for our kids, he sees grandparents, parents and siblings… […]
Happy. It’s my 18 month old sons favorite word. He says it constantly. Sometimes it’s a statement… Sometimes an exclamation… but the most poignant is when it’s clearly a question. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I mean, y’all he is just one and a half and he’s reading others for happiness. It blows my mind how simple it is […]
Being a photographer, I find myself on the side of telling stories for those around me but recently I had the chance to share a bit of my story with Voyage Houston. Here is a look at the featured interview with Voyage: MAY 2, 2018 Meet Lauren DeFrehn of Lauren DeFrehn Photography Today we’d like […]
As a 20something in NYC, it was all about brunch… Brunch was not a noun to describe the meal between breakfast and lunch. It was a verb. And it was a damn good one too. Mondays at the office would start with tales of where we had brunched that weekend and hearing about new spots […]
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Passion Of Life
It has been a long time, I had myself a good break and being able to rest up.
Went to do something I like and enjoy the wonderful scene that I had near the seaside.
Watching the sunset, slowly moving towards the ending...
While sitting at the rock of wonder just beside the sea,
with friends that I could express my heart.
It's life, where no one is better than anyone.
Just that someone are special in term of being more hardworking etc etc.
yea, life still goes on.. bare with it and learn to live with it.


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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently considered a defendant’s challenge that his second degree murder conviction should be overturned because his constitutional rights were violated when the trial judge refused to grant immunity to potential defense witnesses. In the case of Commonwealth v. Brewer, although the SJC affirmed the defendant’s conviction, the court left open the issue of defendant’s, as opposed to only the government, having a means to offer immunity to potential witnesses.
In this case, the victim had been shot after leaving a party, though the evidence suggested that he was not the intended target of the shooting. The government called three witnesses who claimed the defendant was the shooter, one of whom was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony. The defense, however, attacked these witnesses’ credibility and asserted that one of these three witnesses was actually the shooter.
After the prosecutor rested, the defendant requested to call two defense witnesses, both of whom had asserted their privilege against self-incrimination. Any witness who is found to have a 5th Amendment Privilege against self-incrimination cannot be compelled to testify, unless the government grants that witness immunity and insulates him from prosecution against anything that may result from his compelled testify. Typically, where the government wants the witness to testify, they will grant the witness immunity, thereby nullifying the privilege. In other words, the government gets what they want – the witness to testify as they expect them to in order to help their case. On the flip side, however, the defendant has no such power to unilaterally grant immunity to witnesses, so there is an argument that the government has an ‘upper hand’ in situations where a necessary witness could offer helpful information and can overcome the privilege and compel the witness to testify.
Given the privilege, the defendant was not able to compel their testimony and therefore requested the judge that they be granted immunity and be forced to testify. The judge refused and the SJC unfortunately affirmed his decision.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court left open, however, that there could be instances where a judge could properly grant immunity to a defense witness, essentially acknowledging the defendant’s argument that a prosecutor’s selective grant of immunity could deprive a defendant the possibility of presenting exculpatory evidence from a witness who may likewise hold a privilege against self-incrimination.
The SJC conceded that a witness’ assertion of his right against self-incrimination could very likely affect a defendant’s ability to present an effective defense, but that a defendant’s constitutional rights to compel witness testimony do not necessarily override that right, nor do they mandate a judge to grant immunity ‘as a matter of course’.
The court did leave, however, “open the possibility” that unique circumstances could grant a limited form of immunity to a defense witness, they stated that this was not such a case. The decision also left unclear what, specifically, circumstances would warrant a trial judge to grant immunity to a defense witness who hold a 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
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“GOOD” OR “CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD”?
This is an attempt to meet the objections made by Anna and Andrzej Jerzy Jedynak in their article (cf. “Etyka” vol. 19) criticizing the views of this author concerning truth value of evaluative propositions. Replying to this criticism the author tries to show that his views do not lead to the elimination of the evaluative predicates like “morally good” by descriptive predicates like “considered to be morally good”, as the critics have claimed.


The most important person in my life
Have you had your world to turn 360 degrees in one minute ? It happened to me. I was so
happy that day, because I have not seen my friends for a long time and we were walking down
the streets of our city, talking and laughing as usual. But even I was happy I have this kind of
sense that something not good will happen soon. And there we go - my grandmother called me
to tell me awful news about my dad. Something was going on with him and I was scared to find
I was sitting in the corridor of the hospital and was waiting to hear what was happening to
my father. The smell of medicines and the atmosphere there suppressed me. The walls of the
hospital were white, but even white the whole place was somehow dark. I have never loved to
go to hospitals, the view of people, who are almost lifeless and are lying on beds in the middle
of the corridors drives me crazy.
While I and my family were waiting for the doctor, I did not talk with any of them. Just sitting
there and thinking about how far from each other me and my father have become.
I go back to the past and realized how frustrated I was of him because of the control that he
had over me. Almost all of the time we had painful conflicts, not only mentally, but also
physically. We did not talk to each other with months and in my own home I was feeling like I
am stranger. The problems between us were coming from his desire to protect me from
everything, even with the means of restricting my personal freedom.
Finally after two hours waiting for the doctor, he came to us. He said that my dad had cirrhosis
and had a chance not to be healed. That was the moment in which my world came down and I
realized that no matter how often we fought and what words we said to each other he was the
most important person in my life. I was sorry that we had lost so much precious time for
conflicts. Time we could use to become closer and to have our...


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El Coco is one populated place in Panama. This town belongs to the La Chorrera district with more than 19,600 occupants. Though it is not considered a tourist hotspot, El Coco is a likely place to visit if you happen to be in the area of La Chorrera especially if you’re looking for a place to do a little stop-over. El Coco is quiet, safe and a bit far from the pollution and toxic city life.
Since this town is not a primary tourist destination, you obviously won’t find any cheap flights to El Coco from your place of origin. What you should do is fly to Tocumen International Airport and travel by land from Tocumen to reach La Chorrera and finally El Coco. There are rental cars available at the airport if you want to travel with style but taxis and buses are also available for those who want a cheaper form of transportation.
When you reach El Coco and did not find anything of interest in that place you don’t need to fret since the colorful district of La Chorrera is just around the corner. This place contains enough natural attractions and festivities to keep you busy and entertained. It has beautiful waterfalls, lakes and rock carvings and among the most popular is the Sandy Lake Gatun located in Iturralde. This lake is a tourist favorite especially those fond of fishing and different boating activities. Fishing newbies can even have an experienced guide to teach them of the proper way of fishing. The lake also has enough food stalls selling sumptuous local cuisines to keep your stomach full. Another nice attraction nearby is the Pipe Jet Quebrao in Mendoza district, a few minute drive from La Chorrera.
Of course, you should also use your cheap flights to El Coco wisely and visit other places in Panama. If you’re done with La Chorrera you should go to the nearby cities and explore a little bit or simply go barhopping. You may also want to find a good hotel to spend the night in the city since there are no available hotels in El Choco and even the district of La Chorrera has few lodging options.


The season of home entertaining and dinner parties is nearly upon us and cheese straws really have to be one of the loveliest homemade nibbles you can serve to your guests when they first arrive. They’re oh so easy to make (because I cheat and use shop-bought puff pastry) and if you’ve got kids you can probably get them in on the act too.
As with all simple foods, success is down to the quality of the ingredients. To make good cheese straws, you must start with really good cheese. Continue reading “Grana Padano cheese straws with Prosciutto di San Daniele”
Autumn is almost upon us. We enjoyed the warmth of the sun yesterday on our bike ride under the Suspension Bridge towards Pill, but by the time we got home there was a distinct nip in the air. The blackberries are out in full force, the leaves have started to turn and we spotted conkers and acorns on the ground.
It’s a brilliant time of year. While summer is for picnics in the park and eating out, autumn marks the return of proper home cooking – making the most of the glut of glorious autumn vegetables; cooking up slow, hearty, satisfying dishes to warm the cockles.
It was good to return home from our bike ride to this spicy sausage chilli – an absolute cockle-warmer if ever there was one, and just what we needed after working up quite an appetite. I came up with the recipe to celebrate the return of #OrganicSeptember, the Soil Association’s annual campaign to encourage more people to go organic. Continue reading “Spicy sausage chilli for #OrganicSeptember”
Like many of my fellow food bloggers, I’ve been taking part in the #OrganicUnboxed challenge this last few weeks. The idea of the challenge is simple. Organic UK is sending bloggers a big mystery box of organic produce to see what easy, every day dishes they might come up with to inspire more people to switch to organic. In my excitement I failed miserably to get a picture of the organic goodies being unboxed. Which is why I’ve brought you a gratuitous shot of our cat Tango in the box instead. Now, hasn’t that brightened your day? Continue reading “Chilli beef pasta with Savoy cabbage and caraway for the #OrganicUnboxed Challenge”
Normally I try not to start thinking about Christmas until at least the first of December. Yes, I know the decorations are already up in our shopping centres and our social media timelines are chock full of festive cheer, but it just seems wrong to be talking about Christmas until the first door of the Advent calendar has been peeled open.
Which is why it felt very strange to be roasting a turkey in November for this review. But at the end of the day, it’s really only a rather large relative of the chicken, so why consign it to just a couple of days in December? Our friends in the States will be consuming vast amounts of turkey this week after all to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Copas Traditional Turkeys is a small family business that has been producing free range, hand-plucked and game-hung turkeys just for Christmas for the last half a century. Based in the beautiful Berkshire countryside, Copas has a reputation for combining centuries old production methods with state-of-the-art facilities, as well as taking their time for a superior taste. Continue reading “Review and giveaway: Copas Traditional Turkeys”
I’m a bit of magpie when it comes to recipes and gather my inspiration from all over the place. That’s why social media was made for people like me with tasty ideas being shared every second of every minute of every day on the likes of Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.
One thing I enjoy most about social media is the way it’s allowed me to reconnect with family members strewn across the world and discover a shared obsession with food. Take my cousin Sisi for example in Australia. The last time I met her in person was at our family house in Malaysia and I was just eight-years-old. But since we connected on Facebook, I’ve got to know her and her lovely family and be wowed by photos of her culinary creations. Likewise with my Aunty Lorene. She lives in the States and I think the last time I saw her was in Singapore when I was in my early 20s. And I so enjoy reading her posts on Facebook where she recreates her favourite foods from her childhood in Malaysia.
So when I was invited to come up with a lamb curry recipe using fantastic Welsh lamb to celebrate National Curry Week (12-18 October 2015), I turned to Lorene and Sisi for some Malaysian inspiration. And they didn’t disappoint. Continue reading “Malaysian curry with Welsh lamb for National Curry Week”
If you are a bit of a foodie and/or follow any social media here in the UK, you’re probably more than aware that this month has been dubbed #OrganicSeptember. Everyone’s being encouraged to celebrate all things organic. The message is that by making a small change to your everyday shopping, we can make a big difference: swapping to organic food has huge benefits for people, animal welfare and the environment.
While most of us will agree that organic produce is better for our environment, better for animal welfare and, well, just a more natural approach, isn’t it hideously expensive to shop organic? I try to buy organic wherever I can, particularly fruit and vegetables. For instance I have a weekly organic veg box delivered by Riverford – although I tend to do this less during late summer and early autumn when we tend to have a glut of veggies in our own garden. But I doubt I could afford to go totally organic.
Or could I? Continue reading “#ThriftyOrganic three-course family meal”
Boasting honey, figs, grapes, nuts and sweet wine, this Italian feast would surely have won the approval of Bacchus himself. When I think about good food, when I dream about delicious dishes bringing together the simplest ingredients to create something truly magical, when I picture myself being served an incredible meal in an idyllic setting, I tend to find myself transported to Italy.
It’s been a few years since I’ve travelled in Italy and I long to return. My parents are in Tuscany right now and as you can imagine I am extremely jealous. My step-mum Sue has been sending me droolsome updates on Whatsapp, replete with photos, documenting their food adventures. There have been accounts of wonderful salads with chicken, ravioli in a walnut cream sauce, the thinnest pizzas with just one or two toppings, grilled sea bass with roast courgettes, fritto misto in the lightest of batters, fagiolini with fine green beans and bacon in tomatoes and garlic. Oh and lots of gelati with figs and cherries… The list goes on. It’s been pure torture.
So when Expedia challenged me to come up with an Italian meal for their #expediaworldonaplate challenge, I knew I would be taking my inspiration from Tuscany. Continue reading “Italian baked chicken with grapes followed by semifreddo with honey, figs and walnuts”
One of the things I love most about summer holidays abroad is the opportunity to try out lots of local dishes. Sadly we’re not going overseas this year. But that’s OK. Instead we’re heading up to Durham and Northumberland next week and while the North East might not be renowned for its cuisine – although saying that, I am extremely fond of that Geordie favourite, stottie cake with ham and peasepudding – I know we’re going to have huge amounts of fun exploring all the castles, beaches and Roman remains along Hadrian’s Wall.
So while we might not enjoy guaranteed sunshine on this year’s summer getaway (my fingers are firmly crossed nevertheless), we have been enjoying a taste of the continent right here at home. Think of Spain and I think of tapas, and this habas con jamon has to be one of the tastiest tapa on the menu. Continue reading “Habas con jamon (broad beans with Serrano ham and mint)”
One of the joys of being an Aga owner is being able to pop a dish, be it a joint of meat or a casserole perhaps, into the bottom oven (the simmering oven) and forget about for several hours or all day, or in this case overnight, and when you return, it has magically transformed into the most succulent and tender of feasts.
As it’s a rather fatty meat, lamb is perfect for slow-roasting, as the fat keeps the meat mouth-wateringly moist. This slow-roasted shoulder makes for a very special meal, and since a large joint of lamb isn’t particularly cheap, I’d save it for suitably special occasions or big family gatherings. But the beauty of it is that’s so incredibly easy to do, yet tastes a million dollars. And I reckon you do get your money’s worth. One shoulder of lamb served seven of us for Sunday lunch, with plenty of leftovers for a further two more meals during the week. Continue reading “Overnight roast spicy lamb shoulder – perfect for the Aga”
When the first spears of asparagus appear in the garden or in our weekly vegetable box, there is only ever one way to eat them: simply steamed and served with melted butter and sea salt. There is something so beautiful in this simplicity, focussing completely on the heavenly fresh green taste of the fresh, crisp asparagus, it needs nothing else.
Then as the English asparagus season continues, the recipes become more varied and asparagus makes an appearance in all kinds of meals. We tend to eat as much of it as we possibly can this time of year. This easy pasta dish, which sees the asparagus partnered with tender stems of purple sprouting broccoli, also at its best in late spring, is a firm family favourite. Continue reading “Springtime tagliatelle with chicken, asparagus and purple sprouting broccoli”


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