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عاجل الفيفا تلغي مباراة مصر مع الجزائر..

في أخر خبر قررت الفيفا أن تعيد مباراة الجزائر مصر على أرض محايدة بعد إحترازات الكابتن زاهر وصقر مصر ولقد جاء القرار بعد ان تقدم الوفد المصري بملف ثقيل عن التجاوزات التي حصلت في أثناء اللقاء وبعده مع إنزال عقوبة قاسية على عنتر يحي


ولقد تضمن القرار أن تختار مصر مكان وزمان إجراء المقابلة مع إختيار من يلعب في المبارة

ومن النقاط اللتي اشارة إليها الفيفا انه ينبغي على مصر أن تتوفر على بعض الشروط قبل إقامة المباراة الفاصلة اللتي لا أستبعد أن تقام في مصر

وأول الشروط ان يكون جهاز التلفاز 15 بوصة على الأقل مع تفضيل الملون


ثانيا جهاز بالاستيشن من الجيل الثاني أو الثلاث أو * box


ثالثا قرص ليزري من نوع fifa 2008 مع إمكانية إختيار تعليق الشواللي على المبارات

رابعا أن تجد خصم يمسك لك ذراع اللعب على الأخر مع مراعات أن يكون أعمى وأصم والشلل ياريت

أخيرا أن تكون قريب من القاهرة لوجود الكهرباء هناك

في الاخير هنئ للمنتخب المصري الفوز بعدد المرات اللتي تريدون ولا تنسوا أن أخر الشهر راح تكون فاتورة الكهرباء ماتكثروش وإلا نقصوا من الفول والطعمية
أما عقوبة عنتر يحي فقد تم سحب رخصة القذف لديه لمدة ثلاث أشهر لتجاوز سرعة الكرة المئة كيلو متر مع أنا اللافتة تقول خمسون كيلومتر فقط وهذا وقد ندد العنتر في أخر بيان وطالب من هيفاء وهبي العودة للغناء في الجزائر ه

Sustainable energy supply might be a solution for the growing demand for electricity in Africa. It can also be a tool for development. In combination with new technologies like LED, people don't longer have to light their homes with oil, kerosene or fire(wood). We brought a solar LED light to Juba, Sudan and asked a nice family to use it and let us know what they thought of it.
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Butch & Sundance are halfway through on their trip in Southern Sudan. A short evaluation of the first week and a glance at what is to come.
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In Zuid-Soedan spraken we met enkele bewoners in Juba over hun verwachtingen over de komende verkiezingen.

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Womens rights in Southern Sudan, still a hot topic nowadays. Listen to what these women have to say. New Sudan Women Federation, supported by Oxfam Novib.
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This plant is a hemicryptophyte and a helophyte. Although every winter the above-ground portions of the plant die off, it is still a perennial. in the autumn lateral buds near the base of the main stem produce fleshy stolons, such as the one pictured above, which grow along the ground just below the surface of the soil. It is a helophyte because it can stand frequently waterlogged soils.
The roots you see here are adventitious, because this is actually a stem. Those thingys sticking off it are apparently called 'cataphylls'.

See. No petioles, hairy stem.

On distribution: This plant is native throughout Eurasia and much of northern, eastern and southern Africa, and has been introduced to eastern Australia and northeastern and the northern west coastal regions of North America.

This is the list of countries it is seen as native in: Iceland, Ireland, UK, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, India, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Namibia.
It is found in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, but nativity seems questionable.

It is apparently not found in Somalia, Djibouti, Sri Lanka or Taiwan.

I still must check the distribution in these areas: Malta? Middle East? Taiwan? Caucasus? Central Asia? Mozambique? Madagascar? SE Asia?

Here's some notes:
North America:
I was first inclined to think that the distribution in North America was again injudiciously seen as non-native, but I have since revised my opinion. There are three main reasons why this plant is probably not native to the USA and Canada:
1. Someone actually wrote a report explaining a timeline for its introduction; 'Distributional History of Epilobium hirsutum (great hairy willow-herb) in North America' by R. L. Stuckey, written 1970.
2. Looking at the proven distribution as provided by Den Virtuella Floran
(http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/onagra/epilo/epilhir.html) shows that it is not so adapted to northern conditions that a Bering Strait crossing during the Ice Age is likely.
3. Deilephila elpenor, a moth which uses this plant as a host plant does not share a North American distribution with E. hirsutum (well actually, it seems to have been introduced recently in southwest Canada).

Scandinavia: Some publications say it does not occur in Scandinavia. This is not true, it occurs throughout along the southern Baltic and North Sea coasts.

English: Hairy Willow-herb, Great Willowherb, Great Hairy Willowherb, Codlins-and-cream (UK), Apple-pie (UK), Cherry-pie (UK), Kaporie Tea (UK?)*, Salt of the Shepherds (SA)
Arabic: ذنب القطة ,علفة ,شيخ ,فرفور
Catalan: Epilobi Hirsut, Matajaia
Chinese: 柳叶菜, pronounced 'liu ye cai'
Czech: Vrbovka Chlupatá
Danish: Danish: Lådden Dueurt
Dutch: Harig Wilgenroosje
Estonian: Karvane Pajulill
Farsi: علف بید
Finnish: Karvahorsma
French: Épilobe à grandes fleurs, Épilobe hirsute, Nériette amplexicaule, Épilobe hérissé, Épilobe velu
Frisian: Stokroastieneblom
German: Zottige Weidenröschen, Zottiges Weidenröschen, Zottigesweidenröschen, Zottiges-Weidenröschen, Rauhes Weidenröschen, Rauhhaariges Weidenröschen, Kleinblaettriges Weidenroeschen (?)**
Greek: Παραχνούδι, pronounced 'parachnouthi'
Hebrew: ערברבה שעירה, with vowels written עֲרַבְרַבָּה שְׂעִירָה
Hungarian: Borzas Füzike, Gyapjas Füzike
Italian: Garofanino d'acqua, Viole di palude
Japanese: オオアカバナ
Korean: 큰바늘꽃
Latvian: Pūkainā Kazroze
Lithuanian: Plaukuotoji Ožkarožė
Norwegian: Stormjølke
Polish: Wierzbownica Kosmata
Portuguese: Erva-dos-estolhos
Romanian: Limbricas, Rascoage, Pufulita, Sburatoare***
Russian: Кипрей Волосистый
Sami: Horbmášattut for the entire genus Epilobium
Samogitian: Plaukoutuojė Uožkaruožė
Spanish: Epilobio Velludo, Hierba de San Antonio, Adelfilla Pelosa
Swazi: iciKiciki, itSwayi Lentaba
Swedish: Rosendunört
Turkish: Yakı Otu, Yakıotu (tüylü), Meragülü
Ukrainian: Знітом Шорстким
Upper Sorbian: Kosmičkata Wjerbinka

*Weak source = According to Mrs C.F Leyel in her 1937 book Herbal Delights "Willow Herb went by the name Kaporie Tea in Russia". PFAF has quoted that fact, and Jean-François Leger from Tela Botanica probably got it from them. Tea in Russian is Чай, which is pronounced something like 'chaí', for one.
**From Israeli source
***Also used for E. angustifolium

Greg Millar, from UNHCR Washington, found his two-week mission to see our operation in Chad the most memorable in his career.
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Impressions of UNHCR’s work in Chad.

WASHINGTON, USA, 1st December - Two weeks in Chad in early October became the most memorable experience in my 20 year fund-raising career.

Eastern Chad hosts 257,000 refugees from Darfur in 12 UNHCR camps along the Sudan border and 167,000 internally displaced people. There are 52,000 refugees from the Central African Republic in Southern Chad.

I joined a small group visiting Djabal and Gaga refugee camps in Eastern Chad and an IDP settlement in Goz Beida. We then traveled south and visited Gondje, Dosseye and Moundou camps.

I came away with some vivid memories. I met three teenage brothers whose parents had been killed in Darfur. One of the boys skillfully played a beautiful guitar-like instrument he had made and each talked about his life and the importance of education. Education is seen by so many as the main hope of some day being able to return and make a difference in the life and future of their country.

One young father soon to be resettled to the US spoke with such hope that one day his two daughters would use their upcoming US education to go back and make a positive difference in Africa.

Sport has an incredibly important part to play in the lives of children in the camps. It was only during the soccer and the basketball games that the group I was with almost became invisible as the children focused on the game they were either in, or playing.

There was the young father of two girls who talked sadly about the loss of his father and brother in Darfur, and it was painful to see his sadness and loneliness. On my final day in the South of Chad I met with a group of mothers who had only just arrived in the UNHCR camp, so many of them had fled after their husbands had been killed in the Central African Republic.

I share with you four brief observations.

UNHCR is at the forefront of the humanitarian efforts in Chad, effectively reaching parts of the country where very few other agencies have a presence.

Chad is a complex situation, with no simple protection formulas or durable solutions, yet UNHCR is clearly grappling with this and has developed some innovative and effective responses.

UNHCR staff live in incredibly difficult situations, in basic conditions, often extremely isolated and they work incredibly long hours.

I became increasingly aware, in the course of this brief mission, of the many millions of lives that have been saved and protected over the past 59 years thanks to the work of UNHCR. In visiting these camps, I was overwhelmed by the fact that although the number of displaced people can sometimes appear so vast, each is a very real person with his or her own story of both tragedy and hopes and dreams.
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Greg Millar, a senior regional officer for Public Sector Fund Raising based in Washington, contributed this article to the latest edition of Dispatches, a monthly news letter issued by the Washington office of UNHCR .

See Greg’s video from his mission on YouTube.

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This set of shots was my first attempt at silhouette photography and although I usually prefer taking shots without people, I have to say this was not too bad at all. Perhaps I am hiding all the flaws because I am posting a smaller resolution shot. Having said that, the Nikon D40 will not take any crowns for it's 6 megapixel sensor.
All EXIF details should be here in case you were wondering what I have done post processing.

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