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China in major battle against locusts; hopes to prevent migration to Beijing(curse continues)
SI ^ | 07/01/08

Posted on 07/03/2008 6:51:56 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

China in major battle against locusts; hopes to prevent migration to Beijing

BEIJING - More than 33,000 exterminators have been dispatched to battle a locust infestation in northern China.

The official Xinhua news agency says officials hope the effort will prevent a potentially disastrous migration to the Beijing area during next month's Olympic Games.

The insects, which devour crops, routinely plague Inner Mongolia, which is home to one-fifth of China's grasslands.

Xinhua quotes one top agriculture official as saying China has launched a `full prevention plan' to prevent locust migration during the Games.

Under the plan, some 200 tonnes of pesticides, 100,000 sprayers and four airplanes are being used to kill the pests.

(Excerpt) Read more at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blueturban; china; locust; locusts; olympic; olympics
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Then, there is also Algae problem:

Algae Overload Threatens Olympic Sailing Course

by Louisa Lim

Diggers load up trucks to carry away the algae in the city of Qingdao, China. According to local government officials, 170,000 tons of algae have already been cleared away.

“It's an interesting and challenging place to sail.” Michael Jones, Austrialian sailing program director

Thousands of volunteers are helping to manually scoop the green algae out of the sea. Experts say the Enteromorpha prolifera algae was flushed into Qingdao city waters by southerly winds and ocean currents.

"It's like a bad episode of Poltergeist," says U.S. Olympic windsurfer Benjamin Barger. "The green stuff will get on the board and you'll slip off. It's pretty nasty."

Morning Edition, July 3, 2008 · When China's leaders boasted they would host a green Olympics, they surely did not envision an entire coastline blanketed in great swaths of bright green algae. It is almost luminous green and smells absolutely foul.

Armies of volunteers are using rakes and even their bare hands to scoop algae off the surface of the Yellow Sea in an attempt to clean it up in time for the Summer Olympics in August.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92141130&ft=1&f=1001

1 posted on 07/03/2008 6:51:56 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 07/03/2008 6:52:44 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

What food product we import will these algae be part of?


3 posted on 07/03/2008 6:54:12 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Is eating them an option?

(the N. Koreans would be grateful for the food)

4 posted on 07/03/2008 6:54:40 PM PDT by airborne (End the "open primary" system now!!! Only Republicans should vote in Republican primaries!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

BAD KARMA

- to be continued -


5 posted on 07/03/2008 6:58:38 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Flavius
I found that it is used for
thickening agent for ice cream, and for shampoo and drugs.
6 posted on 07/03/2008 7:01:23 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I suppose I should be ecstatic at least its natural made vs toxic chemicals they send regularly


7 posted on 07/03/2008 7:02:47 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: Flavius
Seashore is not free from pollution, either. However, toxic chemicals may be more diluted in algae.
8 posted on 07/03/2008 7:06:22 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

SUSHI !


9 posted on 07/03/2008 7:08:17 PM PDT by traumer
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Jonathan Hunt from Fox News did a series of reports approximately three months ago about the Gobi Desert rapidly expanding to the point where sand storms frequently deposit large amounts of sand in Tianneman square.
10 posted on 07/03/2008 7:10:59 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: traumer

Hmmm..
The China I remember wouldn’t have had a Front End Loader and all those Dump Trucks.....

If the people from the provinces make a move on Beijing prior to the Olympics, the Govt will make Tieneman (sp) Sq look like a day at the beach...


11 posted on 07/03/2008 7:14:06 PM PDT by xrmusn
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A ping list dedicated to exposing the quality, safety and security issues of food and other products made in China.


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12 posted on 07/03/2008 7:16:48 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I think God has spoken.


13 posted on 07/03/2008 7:40:21 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: Carry_Okie

ping


14 posted on 07/03/2008 7:42:15 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
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To: Flavius

New “Dragon Puffies” make happy taste smile.


15 posted on 07/03/2008 7:43:59 PM PDT by Ratblaster ( Obama's house, Rezko's yard)
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http://www.valcent.net/i/misc/Vertigro/index.html

Algae is actually good for oil production. We should make them a deal.


16 posted on 07/03/2008 7:48:39 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we're still retarded.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Stay tuned for the plague of frogs....


17 posted on 07/03/2008 7:59:44 PM PDT by Ronin (Is there some rule that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Hmmm.

Let’s see. China seems to be having parallels to the Plagues Of Egypt from the Bible.

1. Rivers and other water sources turned to blood killing all fish and other water life - Red Tide
2. Amphibians - those Chinese snakehead amphib fish
3. Lice or gnats - same
4. Beasts - same
5. Disease on livestock - same
6. Unhealable boils - seen their chemical victims?
7. Hail mixed with fire - recent geological activity?
8. Locusts - locusts
9. Darkness - smog blotting out sun in most Chinese cities
10. Death of the first-born of all Egyptian families - they’re working on this one.


18 posted on 07/03/2008 8:05:45 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thanks. I read about this in the Seattle Times - but the photos are great. In the Times article a racer said he watched four sail boats have to get pulled free from the algae by a tugboat!

Several weeks ago there was an article talking about how in Bejing they were alternating vehicle use, no trucks, shutting down factories and construction to try to clean up the air. (A liberal’s wet dream!)


19 posted on 07/03/2008 8:11:56 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: traumer
BAD KARMA

No kidding. Riots, Bird flu, earthquakes, algae, a plague of locusts, and what next? The Ancestors are signaling time for a new emperor.

20 posted on 07/03/2008 8:18:36 PM PDT by JimSEA (Kaffur and proud of it.)
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