Robber fly - Nature photographer Thomas Shahan specializes in amazing portraits of tiny insects. It isn't easy. Shahan says that this Robber Fly (Holcocephala fusca), for instance, is "skittish" and doesn't like its picture taken.

Nature by Numbers (Video)

"The Greater Akashic System" – July 15, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Caroll) (Subjects: Lightworkers, Intent, To meet God, Past lives, Universe/Galaxy, Earth, Pleiadians, Souls Reincarnate, Invention: Measure Quantum state in 3D, Recalibrates, Multi-Dimensional/Divine, Akashic System to change to new system, Before religion changed the system, DNA, Old system react to Karma, New system react to intent now for next life, Animals (around humans) reincarnate again, This Animal want to come back to the same human, Akashic Inheritance, Reincarnate as Family, Other Planets, Global Unity … etc.)

Question: Dear Kryon: I live in Spain. I am sorry if I will ask you a question you might have already answered, but the translations of your books are very slow and I might not have gathered all information you have already given. I am quite concerned about abandoned animals. It seems that many people buy animals for their children and as soon as they grow, they set them out somewhere. Recently I had the occasion to see a small kitten in the middle of the street. I did not immediately react, since I could have stopped and taken it, without getting out of the car. So, I went on and at the first occasion I could turn, I went back to see if I could take the kitten, but it was to late, somebody had already killed it. This happened some month ago, but I still feel very sorry for that kitten. I just would like to know, what kind of entity are these animals and how does this fit in our world. Are these entities which choose this kind of life, like we do choose our kind of Human life? I see so many abandoned animals and every time I see one, my heart aches... I would like to know more about them.

Answer: Dear one, indeed the answer has been given, but let us give it again so you all understand. Animals are here on earth for three (3) reasons.

(1) The balance of biological life. . . the circle of energy that is needed for you to exist in what you call "nature."

(2) To be harvested. Yes, it's true. Many exist for your sustenance, and this is appropriate. It is a harmony between Human and animal, and always has. Remember the buffalo that willingly came into the indigenous tribes to be sacrificed when called? These are stories that you should examine again. The inappropriateness of today's culture is how these precious creatures are treated. Did you know that if there was an honoring ceremony at their death, they would nourish you better? Did you know that there is ceremony that could benefit all of humanity in this way. Perhaps it's time you saw it.

(3) To be loved and to love. For many cultures, animals serve as surrogate children, loved and taken care of. It gives Humans a chance to show compassion when they need it, and to have unconditional love when they need it. This is extremely important to many, and provides balance and centering for many.

Do animals know all this? At a basic level, they do. Not in the way you "know," but in a cellular awareness they understand that they are here in service to planet earth. If you honor them in all three instances, then balance will be the result. Your feelings about their treatment is important. Temper your reactions with the spiritual logic of their appropriateness and their service to humanity. Honor them in all three cases.

Dian Fossey's birthday celebrated with a Google doodle

Dian Fossey's birthday celebrated with a Google doodle
American zoologist played by Sigourney Weaver in the film Gorillas in the Mist would have been 82 on Thursday (16 January 2014)

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Malaysia to ride commodities sector boom in 2007

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Malaysia will ride a commodities boom in the year ahead, with soaring prices for palm oil, rubber, tin and timber providing a boost to the economy, analysts say.

Palm oil has been a star performer in 2006, buoyed by the bright future for biofuels which Malaysia is aggressively pursuing. Palm oil futures contracts recently surged to their highest levels since 1999.

In a move to cement Malaysia's status as a top producer amid growing regional competition, three of the nation's leading plantation firms have begun moves to combine into the world's largest listed palm oil company.

A deal on the 8.86 billion dollar merger is expected to be signed in January.

Rubber prices, which reached 20-year highs earlier this year, are also expected to rise thanks to growing demand from the booming automotive sectors in China and India.

The price of tin reached an all-time high of 11,600 dollars per tonne on the Kuala Lumpur market in the closing days of 2006, reportedly on concerns of tight supply as Indonesia cracks down on illegal mining operations.

"As long as the mining sector does well, and the resources sector -- rubber, palm oil and timber -- continues to do well, that should be quite supportive of spending and income in the rural sector," GK Goh economist Song Seng Wan told AFP.

"There's still some question mark over recent floods and low consumption, but at this point I think it still looks like Malaysia can achieve GDP growth of 5-6 percent on the basis that the export-oriented sector stays on an even keel."

The government has given a robust picture on Malaysia's economic prospects recently, saying it expects growth to exceed its projection of 5.8 percent for 2006, and reach 6.0 percent in 2007.

A leading Malaysian forecaster in December raised its 2006 economic growth projection to 5.9 percent from 5.6 percent and its 2007 forecast to 5.2 percent from 4.8 percent on the back of improved business and consumer confidence.

The influential Malaysian Institute of Economic Research said that "goodies and incentives" under a national development plan to boost the economy -- and the agriculture sector in particular -- had contributed to a better business environment.

Malaysia's palm oil products contributed some 27 billion ringgit (7.7 billion dollars) in exports in 2005.

It is currently the world's biggest palm oil producer, but Indonesia -- which has a much larger area for plantations -- has said it aims to snatch the title by 2008. The two countries account for 85 percent of world production.

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