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Evil Twin Brewing Falco India Pale Ale

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Instead, he formulates his recipes on paper as blueprints for other brewmasters to follow, farming out production to several far-flung collaborators. The genus name Falco is said to derive from the Latin falx , meaning a sickle, the talon-like farm tool used to harvest grain, making it a fitting name for any malt beverage.

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Fog, drizzle and four road blockades

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There’s an incoming car in my lane, and I am not in India! Pied Avocet by Boris Okanovic Next we find ourselves at the famous fish farm in the village of Sakule. A mile later, there’s a traffic jam in front of us, where everyone stands still. There are no traces of the mist any more, the sun is finally out. Protest indeed!

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India Reaches Out to Neighbors to Save Tigers

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They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits. Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

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The poor Mountain Bulbul carries the scientific name mcclellandii , after Sir John McClelland (1805–1875) … … even though said man mainly worked as an ichthyologist … … apart from also being sent to north-eastern India to identify if tea could be grown there.

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China Calls for Tiger Protection

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From the Economic Times (part of the India Times, I think). India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. You can put tigers on a farm for legal parts harvesting and still call it "protection." I don't trust the Chinese government on any issue.

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GARBO TALKS!

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I did a bit of wind farm surveying, which forced me to spend hours at the same point. So I managed to finally understand what were they chatting about – me!

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The Six Good Birds of Christmas

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I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list. Usually only several birds overwinter in Serbia – the biggest count ever was less than 10.

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