June 22, 2008 6:00 o'clock am.

GMA orders relief, rescue operations
President Arroyo yesterday ordered relief and rescue operations for the victims of typhoon "Frank" before she left for the United States for a ten-day working visit.
Mrs. Arroyo convened the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and issued directives for the relief operations for the victims of the typhoon.
Mrs. Arroyo put the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) into "relief-and-rescue standby mode."
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been instructed to repair damaged infrastructure after typhoon "Frank" has left the country.
She also ordered the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development to "forward-deploy resources" to areas on the typhoon’s path.
"By law, Calamity Funds have been advanced to DND, DPWH and DSWD, which means that the tools to provide care and comfort have been prepositioned in our first responders," she said at the NDCC meeting.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF), including the Presidential Airlift Wing, was ordered to fly "mercy missions" and aid in rescue and relief operations of other government agencies.
Mrs. Arroyo also instructed Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap to ensure affordable rice to areas hit hard by the typhoon, and to repair agricultural lands expected to be damaged. (David Cagahastian)

"FLASH REPORT"

Today is june 22 2008. 6:00 o'clock in the morning, typhoon "FRANK " Is already devastating northern luzon, we are now experiancing the high speed of air passing from north to south, speed of 130kph, sad to say all my plants banana-tree, manggo-tree, all the vegetables plants were already down, we are lucky that until now there is no power outage.

A Simple message.

My family asking question of what is the benefit of all the things i did, trying hard blogger, question repeatedly asked especially of my wife, I too didn't know the answer. As far as i am concern, the benefits is knowledge. Since the time i started doing this, in a short period of time, i began to see the real world, i learned many things never in my whole life happened to me.

Mt. kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania. Depending on definition, Kilimanjaro may be considered as having anywhere from the tallest to the fourth tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world, rising 4,600 m (15,100 ft) from its base, and is additionally the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,340 ft), providing a dramatic view from the surrounding plains.

The GRAMPIAN Mountain

The name Grampians is believed to have first been applied to the mountain range in 1520 by the Scottish historian Hector Boece, an adaptation of the name Mons Graupius, recorded by the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus as the site of the defeat of the native Caledonians by Gnaeus Julius Agricola circa 83 AD. The actual location of Mons Graupius, literally 'the Graupian Mountain' (the element 'Graupian' is of unknown significance), is a matter of dispute among historians, though most favour a location within the Grampian massif, possibly at Raedykes, Megray Hill or Kempstone Hill.

ORCHID FAMILY

Orchidaceae, also called the Orchid family, is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). Its name is derived from the genus Orchis.
The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the exact number is unknown (perhaps as many as 25,000) because of taxonomic disputes. The number of orchid species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. About 800 new orchid species are added each year. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). The family also includes the Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), Orchis (type genus) and many commonly cultivated plants like some Phalaenopsis or Cattleya.

Ranch-style houses

(also American Ranch, California Ranch, Rambler or Rancher) is a uniquely American domestic architectural style. First built in the 1920s, the ranch style was extremely popular in the United States during the 1940s to 1970s, as new suburbs were built for the Greatest Generation and later the Silent Generation.
The style is often associated with tract housing built during this period, particularly in the western United States, which experienced a population explosion during this period with a corresponding demand for housing.
The ranch house is noted for its long, low to the ground profile, and minimal use of exterior and interior decoration. The houses fuse modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period working ranches to create a very informal and casual living style. Their popularity waned in the late 20th century as neo-eclectic house styles, a return to using historical and traditional decoration, became popular. However, in recent years the ranch house has been undergoing a revitalization of interest.
Preservationist movements have begun in some ranch house neighborhoods as well as renewed interest in the style from a younger generation who did not grow up in ranch-style houses. This renewed interest in the ranch house style has been compared to that which other house styles such as the Bungalow and Queen Anne experienced in the 20th century, initial dominance of the market, replacement as the desired housing style, decay and disinterest coupled with lots of teardowns, then renewed interest and gentrification of the surviving homes.

Central Asia

constitutes at least 20% of the GDP of every Central Asian country with the lone exception of Kazakhstan. Despite this, in all of the Central Asian countries, at least 20% of the labor force is employed in agriculture.

By far the two most significant crops in Central Asia are cotton and wheat. Only Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not cultivate significant amounts of cotton. This emphasis on intensive cotton cultivation in the Amu Darya watershed countries of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan has played a major role in the drying and polluting of the Aral Sea because of the large amounts of water and fertilizer used in cotton cultivation.

The cultivation of wheat has also contributed to regional environmental issues, starting with the Virgin Lands Campaign during the Soviet era. Because the precautionary measures taken to preserve soil quality when the campaign began were insufficient, the soil eroded and its nutrients became degraded by excessive mono-crop cultivation. This history continues to impact grain production today, particularly in Kazakhstan.

Aside from these two primary crops, the region produces a wide variety of products which include:
barley, corn, flax, grapes, potatoes, rice, sugar beets, sunflowers, tobacco, apricots, pears, plums, apples, cherries, pomegranates, melons, dates, figs, sesame, pistachios, and nuts.

Animal husbandry constitutes a large part of Central Asian agriculture. Cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, and horses are raised in the area. Some famous local breeds include the karakul, sheep and Akhal-Teke horse. Some regions also cultivate mulberry trees and silkworms.

CENTRAL ASIA

Climate
Since Central Asia is not buffered by a large body of water, temperature fluctuations are more severe.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Central Asia is part of the Palearctic ecozone. The largest biome in Central Asia is the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. Central Asia also contains the Montane grasslands and shrublands, Deserts and xeric shrublands and Temperate coniferous forests biomed.

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south. It is also sometimes known as Middle Asia or Inner Asia, and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent. Though various definitions of its exact composition exist, no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics. For one, Central Asia has historically been closely tied to its nomadic peoples and the Silk Road.As a result, it has acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, Western Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.
Central Asia is largely coextensive with Turkestan. In modern context, Central Asia consists of the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The nations of Afghanistan and Mongolia may also be included in Central Asia, in addition to the western Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet.

OIL REFINERIES

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more usefulpetroleum products.

Such as:

gasoline,

diesel fuel,

asphalt base,

heating oil

kerosine,

liquefied petroleum gas.

Oil refineries are typically large sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units.

Anacorets Refinery

Haifa Refinery

The Land scape

A desert is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. Deserts can be defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm (10 in), or as areas in which more water is lost than falls as precipitation) In the Köppen climate classification system, deserts are classed as BWh (hot desert) or BWk (temperate desert). In the Thornthwaite climate classification system, deserts would be classified as arid.

Philippines

The country
is rich with mineral and thermal energy resources. In 2003, it produced 1931 MW of electricity from geothermal sources (27% of total electricity production), second only to the United State,and a recent discovery of natural gas reserves in the Malampaya Fields off the island of Palawan is already being used to generate electricity in three gas-powered plants. Philippine gold, nickel, copper and chromite deposits are among the largest in the world. Other important minerals include silver, coal, gypsum, and sulfur. Significant deposits of clay, limestone, marble, silica, and phosphate exist. About 60% of total mining production are accounted for by non-metallic minerals, which contributed substantially to the industry's steady output growth between 1993 and 1998, with the value of production growing 58%. In 1999, however, mineral production declines 16% to $793 million. Mineral exports have generally slowed since 1996. Led by copper cathodes, Philippine mineral exports amounted to $650 million in 2000, barely up from 1999 levels. Low metal prices, high production costs, lack of investment in infrastructure, and a challenge to the new mining law have contributed to the mining industry's overall decline.

Domesticated Birds

Poultry is the category of:

domesticated birds kept for meat, eggs, and feathers.

These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens and turkeys) and the family Anatidae (in order Anseriformes), commonly known as "waterfowl" (e.g. domestic ducks and domestic geese). Poultry also include other meat birds such as pigeons or doves or game birds like pheasants.

The term also refers to the flesh of such birds.

Type of Poultry

TYPE OF POULTRY:

BIRDS WILD ANCESTORS DOMESTICATION USES

Chicken Red junglefowl, india c. 3000 BC, meat and eggs

Goose Greylag Goose/ various ,

Swangoose, meat, feathers, eggs

Duck mallard, various, meat, feathers eggs

Swan Wild Swan, various, feathers, eggs,landscaping

Turkey Wild turkey, mexico, meat

Peacock various, various, meat, feathers, ornamentals,landscaping

Breeding season: Goat

In some climates, goats are able to breed at any time of the year. In temperate climates and among the Swiss breeds, the breeding season commences as the day length shortens, and ends in early spring. Does of any breed come into heat every 21 days for 2 to 48 hours. A doe in heat typically flags her tail often, stays near the buck if one is present, becomes more vocal, and may also show a decrease in appetite and milk production for the duration of the heat.

A doe and her twin offspring.
Bucks (intact males) of Swiss and northern breeds come into rut in the fall as with the doe's heat cycles. Rut is characterized by a decrease in appetite and obsessive interest in the does.
In addition to natural mating, artificial insemination has gained popularity among goat breeders, as it allows easy access to a wide variety of bloodlines.

Gestation length is approximately 150 days.

Twins are the usual result, with single and triplet births also common. Less frequent are litters of quadruplet, quintuplet, and even sextuplet kids. Birthing, known as kidding, generally occurs uneventfully. Right before kidding the doe will have a sunken area around the tail and hip. Also she will have heavy breathing, a worried look, become restless and show great display of affection for her keeper.

The mother often eats the placenta, which gives her much needed nutrients, helps stanch her bleeding, and is believed by some[who?] to reduce the lure of the birth scent for predators.
Freshening (coming into milk production) occurs at kidding. Milk production varies with the breed, age, quality, and diet of the doe; dairy goats generally produce between 660 to 1,800 L (1,500 and 4,000 lb) of milk per 305 day lactation. On average, a good quality dairy doe will give at least 6 lb (2.7 l) of milk per day while she is in milk, although a first time milker may produce less, or as much as 16 lb (7.3 l) or more of milk in exceptional cases. Meat, fiber, and pet breeds are not usually milked and simply produce enough for the kids until weaning.

Domestic goat

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep, both being in the goat antelope subfamily Caprinae.
Domestic goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. For thousands of years, goats have been used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world.

1) In the last century they have also gained some popularity as pets.
2) Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks or billies; their offspring are kids. Castrated males are wethers. Goat meat from younger animals is called kid, and from older animals is sometimes called chevon, or in some areas mutton.

Some goats are bred for milk, which can be drunk fresh, although pasteurization is recommended to reduce naturally occurring bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. If the strong-smelling buck is not separated from the does, his scent will affect the milk.

Goat milk is commonly processed into

cheese,

butter,

ice cream,

cajeta

Other products.
Goat milk can successfully replace cow milk in diets of those who are allergic to cow milk.However, like cow milk, goat milk has lactose (sugar) and may cause gastrointestinal problems for individuals with lactose intolerance.It also contains a form of Casein, a Protein in all Mammal's milk.
Goat's milk is naturally homogenized, which means the cream remains suspended in the milk, instead of rising to the top, as in raw cow's milk. If the milk is from healthy animals and is kept scrupulously clean it can be drunk raw.
Many dairy goats, in their prime, average 6 to 8 pounds of milk daily (roughly 3 to 4 quarts) during a ten-month lactation, giving more soon after freshening and gradually dropping in production toward the end of their lactation. The milk generally averages 3.5 percent butterfat.

A doe may be expected to reach her heaviest production during her third or fourth lactation.

a) It is also said that "formula derived from goats' milk is unsuitable for babies who are lactose intolerant as it contains similar levels of lactose to cow's-milk-based infant formulae."

b) Goat butter is white (compared to yellow butter from cow's milk) because the goats produce milk with the yellow beta-carotene converted to a colorless form of vitamin A.
c) Goat cheese is known as chèvre in France, after the French word for "goat". Some varieties include Rocamadour and Montrachet.

d) Feta is a well-known Greek variety that may be made with a blend of goat and sheep milk.

Urban Agricultural Facts

1. 50% of the world’s population lives in cities.
2. 800 million people are involved in urban agriculture world-wide and contribute to feeding urban residents.
3. Low income urban dwellers spend between 40% and 60% of their income on food each year.

4. By 2015 about 26 cities in the world are expected to have a population of 10 million or more. To feed a city of this size – at least 6000 tonnes of food must be imported each day.

The quality of Foods and it's Energy efficiency

Although the taste of locally grown food is subjective, many participants in the urban agriculture movement report that they prefer the taste of local agricultural products, or organic food, to that of industrial food production. Also, urban agriculture supports a more sustainable production of the food that tries to decrease the use of harmful pesticides that result in agricultural runoff. Urban and local farmers also eliminate the need for preservatives, as their products do not need

to travel long distances.

Energy efficiency
The current industrial agriculture system is accountable for high energy costs for the transportation of foodstuffs.

The average conventional produce item travels 1,500 miles, using, if shipped by tractor-trailer, one gallon of fossil fuel per hundred pounds.

The energy used to transport food is decreased when urban agriculture can provide cities with locally-grown food.

The Importance of Urban Agriculture

ECONOMIC
• UPA (urban and peri-urban agriculture) expands the economic base of the city through production, processing, packaging, and marketing of consumable products. This results in an increase in entrepreneurial activities and the creation of job opportunities, as well as in food costs reduction and products of better quality.

• UPA represents an important opportunity for women to be part of the informal economy of a city. Farming and selling activities can be combined more easily with household tasks and child care.

• Provides employment, income, and access to food for urban populations, which together contributes to relieve chronic and emergency food insecurity. Chronic food insecurity refers to less affordable food and growing urban poverty, while emergency food insecurity relates to breakdowns in the chain of food distribution. UPA plays an important role in making food more affordable and in providing emergency supplies of food.

.Research into market values for produce grown in urban gardens has attributed to a community garden plot a median yield value of between approximately $200 and $500 (US, adjusted for inflation).

. Community gardening program as well-established as Seattle's P-Patches, this can account for up to 1.25 million dollars of produce cultivated annually.

BENEFITS of Urban Agricultural Practices

Social benefits that have emerged from urban agricultural practices are;

1. Better health and nutrition,

2. Increased income,

3. Employment,

4. Food security within the household,

5. Community social life.

UPA can be seen as a means of improving the livelihood of people living in and around cities. Taking part in such practices is seen mostly as informal activity, but in many cities where inadequate, unreliable, and irregular access to food is an occurring problem, urban agriculture has been a positive response to tackling food concerns. Households and small communities take advantage of vacant land and contribute not only to their household food needs but also the needs of their resident city.

The CFSC states that,
“Community and residential gardening, as well as small-scale farming, save household food dollars. They promote nutrition and free cash for non-garden foods and other items"

This allows families to generate larger incomes selling to local grocers or to local outdoor markets, while supplying their household with proper nutrition of fresh and nutritional produce.
Some community urban farms can be quite efficient and help women find work, who in some cases are marginalized from finding employment in the formal economy.

Studies have shown that participation from women have a higher production rate, therefore producing the adequate amount for household consumption while supplying more for market sale.Due to the fact that most UA activities are conducted on vacant municipal land, there have been rising concerns about the allocation of land and property rights. The IDRC and the FAO have published the Guidelines for Municipal Policymaking on Urban Agriculture, and are working with municipal governments to create successful policy measures that can be incorporated in urban planning.Including UA in local plans and as proper land use will continue to help impoverished communities gain a better well-being while fighting urban poverty.
Localized food production in urban and peri-urban areas contributes to local economies by creating jobs and producing valuable products. Some researchers indicate that unemployed populations in large cities and suburban towns would decrease if put to work by local food movements. Schools have foreseen the asset of local food production and are beginning to incorporate agricultural sections in their curricula and present it as a career opportunity. Urban agricultural projects are beginning to open a new labor market in areas that have been negatively affected by industrial outsourcing of jobs

Production of Rice

In 2004 agriculture and forestry accounted for 21.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),

1994–2004 the sector grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent. (Agriculture's share of economic output has declined in recent years, falling as a share of GDP from 42% in 1989 to 26% in 1999, as production in other sectors of the economy has risen. However, agricultural employment was much higher than agriculture’s share of GDP.

In 2005 some 60 percent of the employed labor force was engaged in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Agricultural products accounted for 30 percent of exports in 2005. The relaxation of the state monopoly on rice exports transformed the country into the world’s second or third largest rice exporter.

BANANA Production in ICELAND

BANANA TREE

Although Iceland is reliant upon fishing and aluminum production as the mainstays of its economy, paradoxically, it is also known for banana production. However, this does not occur on a commercial scale, but was an experiment to show that water from the hot geysers could provide a localised climate sufficient for this.
The myth that Iceland is the "largest exporter of bananas in Europe" is not supported by figures from the Icelandic government's statistical body, nor any other source. In fact, the total area used for banana production is approximately 1000m2, significantly less than that for tomatoes, cucumbers or rosesHowever, this idea persists, as a result of being the subject of a question on the BBC's QI programme.
World trade figures show that Iceland is, in fact, a net importer of bananas, amounting to approximately 14kg per capita per annum.

chicken hen & a Rooster 2

I told you,

you are,

mine.

Plants

A weeks old "Sigarillas" one of our vegetables planted in the yard.

The ROQUE'S

My name is Bryan. I wear a red t-shirt with my grand-ma. In this Cabana, i can still remembered the things we did before with my little brother, my cousin caryl shown in this photo. we did playing Chess, scrabble, and sometimes eating stuff foods while playing here. My aunt Jannyl seen in this picture is preparing the foods to eat for my cousin caryl.


The Happy Family

The " DUYAN "

The "DUYAN".

Duyan is a filipino words , it is made of twisted abaka fiver or plastic.

seating in here, and swing it and you will feel better,

ROSES for YOU

My name is PITIMINI, I'm the smallest Roseflowers.
Sir ed wanted us to grow healthy and fresh everyday.

The LOVER'S

chicken hen: kyok kyok, oh my god!!!!

you are so handsome!!

chicken rooster: krokokok, no! no! no! don't you ever think that you are my type.

chicken hen: kyokok, ok, its up to you!! but i'm sure, in a couple of minutes you are mine, hi hi hi,kukorukuk.

chicken rooster: well, will see.

Ronnel "humm delicious"

chicken & Duck's

" food "

be careful boy

Plants

VEGETABLES

This are our harvest for today, eggplant, okra, alukbati, ampalaya. My wife is preparing to cook
'boiled vegetable with salt & pepper'
with matching bagoong alamang & calamansi.
Every one of us here ate vegetables except the kids, my three grand-children. We do a lot of tricks, explanations with a combination of hugs & kisses, still, they didn't like it.

there is a time my wife and i talking about things she did before on our
child, they really wanted to eat vegetables instead of meat.
Well in my opinion, we have freedom to choose anything we want.

carrots, potatoes, ginger, spinach,..*soon*

it's a beautiful morning..

HELLO!

FLOWERS IN THE TERRACE 2

FLOWERS IN THE TERRACE

MAN'S BESTFRIEND

Her name is TANYA real name: AKI'S PRIDE TANYA,

Breed: ST. Bernard

Sire 0455V3: ARGON OF DIDO DOZU

Sex: Female

Date of Birth: Dec. 23, 2001

Registered No. : PCCISB 0574V3

Color of Markings: Red & White

She was so thin when i saw her in my brother's house. First, i was afraid to touch her because she is big, she's liked a giant puppy, 5 ft. standing, 2 1/2 ft. normal stand. She is in the family almost 3yrs now. We love her very very much. When she's sick, all of us didn't know what to do.

Now, she is healthy, taking exercises every morning walking with me. She is our best friend, a man's best friend.

" SHE LOVES ME "

Look at me, I'm happy because until now my wife and i love each other.we have just celebrated our birthday last June 4, of this year. we had been together for almost 33 years. She looks pretty until now isn't it?. I remember the time of our teenage life when we first met each other, i saw her with a beautiful hair, very long down to her hips. she was so beautiful, she's around seventeen yrs.old. I want to talk to her, but it's impossible for me, i was so nervous on that time, so i left, wishing that someday, if I'm ready, i will introduce myself to her.

The next day, i was on my way home walking near my father's house. I was shock, no words coming out from my mouth, but deep inside my mind, it feels so great, my hearth beat so fast that never happened to me. I saw her walking going to our neighbors house. My mind asking me to "go ahead! talk to her, introduce yourself!" So i talk to her, where she live,her name e.t.c. While I'm talking, my eyes closes a little bit repeatedly, she laugh when i asked her if she is willing to be my girlfriend, and she reply, "why not, there are so many times i saw you looking at me and besides, i really like you too.
and that's the beginning of a true love story.

In our backyard

It's almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon now,
i'm here at the back of the house watching
the natural beauty created by God, and in this
coming month of July, it will start the
season of planting rice grain, 'palay'.

This farmland is surrounded by a banana tree,
manggo tree, coconut tree, and most i liked is,
watching the beauty, the color of the sky when
the Sun goes down trough the north.

what else i can say? Oh i forgot, we plant goldseeds,
we will harvest Goldseeds too, soon after the
process of milling , it is our daily bread 'Filipino bread'
" rice"


see: The Banawe Rice terraces

a Home Sweet home

this is our house where my family live with me.
simple, but full of happiness, a home sweet home.
a Gift of God