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Postcard From Africa

Around The Blogosphere Little Known Facts 39 Comments

Ken Opalo- Three Billion Africans, How demographics will shape African states’ economic and political futures

For much of history the continent of Africa has been largely underpopulated. For example, it wasn’t until the mid-1990s that the entire region’s population surpassed Europe’s (see below). Now the region is in the middle of a demographic boom that will see its population double over the next 50 years to more than 3 billion. By 2100 half all humans being born will be African. It is not an overstatement to claim that the world’s demographic future is in Africa.

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The hosting company techs are working on our connection problems today, so I anticipate that site access will remain wobbly for a day or two. Know also that content and comments posted during this period may be left behind when work is completed. Check @katewerk on Twitter for updates should we go down for an extended period.

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Blogging 19 Comments

I’ve tweaked the comments a little — enabled avatars and downgraded the number of links allowed in a comment to a maximum of two before it goes to moderation (which I don’t bother checking, because I don’t have time).

So — if your comment goes to moderation or you think it’s been deleted, reflect on what might have sent it there. 95% of the time, it’s the software: you used a term that the filter doesn’t like, or dropped too many links. It’s annoying, but it’s just how it has to be to prevent filling the place with spam. And if it was a blog author who deleted your comment because you insulted them — try a different approach, Einstein.

On that note, I remind that minority of regulars who insist on engaging in insults and namecalling that you need to stop. Quit pissing on the carpet. Stay on topic. You know who you are.

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Blogging Dogblogging 37 Comments

As readers have likely surmised from my infrequent postings, I’ve been on an extended road trip over the past two weeks. We (including my friend and wildlife spotter, Karen) returned last night from our annual terrier extravaganza in Pennsylvania, covering over 2,000 miles in about 53 hours in our 2008 E350 Econoline war horse.  Say what you like about Fords, but it will be a sad day when we put that beast out to pasture.

My own dogs did very well, with several major wins over their two weekends shown, while the “extended family” of breeders who have incorporated our Minuteman dogs into their own lines did extremely well — including a clean sweep of the top awards at the American National at Montgomery County on Sunday.

Ch.Kaos Black Is King, Best of Breed at the AMSC National was bred in Ontario and owned by Dr.Lisa Sarvas (originally from Biggar, SK). “Nyo” is a grandson of our top sire AmCanCh.Minuteman Up With The Birds.

Below:  AmCanCh.Minuteman Lex Luthor, making his first appearance at the “big show” with a win over the top winning males in the USA on the second day of competition (handled by yours truly).

I have one more long weekend trip with family coming up later this month and then my travel season is over, probably until early spring. My deepest thanks to the guest bloggers who kept the place running in my absence. I did check in from time to time, your content was just exceptional as always!

I should be rested  and back to regularly scheduled blogging by tomorrow. Until then, I have a lot of gear still waiting to be unloaded.

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We’re back – for now.

The move to the new server isn’t yet complete, as the techs continue to wrestle with an ornery database. Thus, don’t be surprised if we go offline again as they work their way through the mess.

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Blogging 17 Comments

Those of you who visit regularly will no doubt have noticed the increasing episodes of downtime when the blog has been unreachable.

The host company is currently working at the long-promised migration to a more robust server. It’s not easy, it’s a large move. So if you encounter difficulty reaching the site over the next day or two, that’s why. If they have problems that result in a prolonged outage, I’ll keep you updated as best I’m able via my Twitter feed, @katewerk.

Thanks to everyone for your patience, I know it’s been frustrating for us all.

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I’m currently in upstate New York, finishing off a dog show circuit that included Westminster Kennel Club. No, I didn’t win, but my dog looked and worked great and we left it all in the ring. I’ll be heading for home on Sunday, all 2,000+ miles of it driving solo. Ugh.

Many thanks to our guest bloggers for keeping things humming. It was a long two years away from my hobby and passion, it feels great to get off the porch and run with the big dogs again.

I spotted this in passing, it’s worth the smile.

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ DEF Fluid

Around The Blogosphere Climate Cult Democrats 39 Comments

What’s everyone seeing out there?

Sensing Online-  Get ready for the catastrophic DEF shortage

Unless the nation’s truckers can refill with Diesel Exhaust Fluid, the trucks will stop. Literally. DEF production and imports are about to crater and the country’s largest truck-fueling company, Flying J, has been directed by Union Pacific railroad to decrease its DEF-receiving shipments by 50 percent or be 100 percent embargoed. Unless resolved, this demand may cause countless thousands of 18-wheelers to be force-parked very soon, perhaps starting this month. That would be a very, very terrible event, because according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the trucking industry transports almost three-quarter of all goods shipped in the country.

There is no wand to be waved to make the DEF shortage simply disappear. But doing nothing is both reprehensible and indefensible.

Instapundit- UPDATE: A Knoxville friend writes:

“Ha, Rural King literally had pallets of 2.5 gallon DEF containers in their stores. $6.99, then $9.99. Now none. Same at Walmart. Tractor Supply etc. All of the newer ag equipment, tractor’s, combines etc require DEF. Talk about food shortages!”

We just need a hack so it’ll run without it. But EPA will probably block this. I liked it better when Atlas Shrugged was just a novel.

It’s too bad nobody warned us about this potential problem.

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