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Dispute over play park is no fairy tale BY RYAN LILLIS RLILLIS@SACBEE.COM 01/25/2015 4:00 PM   01/26/2015 12:00 AM Fairytale Town would like to expand by half an acre, toward some soccer fields and a picnic area in Land Park. Organizers would like to add an indoor learning space and spruce up the bathrooms the facility shares with the park.   LISA WELGE Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall above the entrance to Fairytale Town, that beloved children’s play land in Land Park. But if Humpty’s friends aren’t careful, we might one day be asking whether someone pushed him from his stoop. That’s because the folks who run Fairytale Town are thinking about expanding. The park has been open since 1959, and advocates think it’s time for some “enhancements.” Kathy Fleming, the facility’s director, said the planning is in an “embryonic” stage, but she has some ideas. Fairytale Town would like to expand by half an acre, toward some soccer fields and a picnic area in ...

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China Wastes 35 Million Metric Tons of Grain a Year—Enough to Feed 200 Million http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-17/china-wastes-35-million-metric-tons-of-grain-a-year-enough-to-feed-200-million#r=nav-f-story 中國廢物糧食3500萬公噸年，足以養活200億  By  Dexter Roberts     October 17, 2014           Photograph by Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg A farmer harvests rice in Xizhou county, China Chinese officials like to point out that their country has less than 10 percent of the world’s arable land but has to feed a fifth of the world’s population. So you would think that China obsessively ensures there is no wastage in its agriculture sector. You would be wrong. Every year China wastes at least 35 million metric tons of grain through subpar storage, during transportation by truck, rail, and boat, and through excessive processing, said a Chinese official earlier this week. “The losses can feed 200 million people for a year, which is ...

IN ASSOCIATION WITH 6 October 2014 Last updated at 12:33 ET Hong Kong protests: Mapping the crowds Latest Protest wall Story so far Protest map Tiananmen echoes Symbols Continue reading the main story The number of protesters taking to the streets in central Hong Kong has started to drop away, eight days after the demonstrations began. Tens of thousands of people had been turning out for the rallies against the Chinese government's decision to limit candidates in forthcoming leadership elections, bringing parts of the territory to a standstill. But as student leaders have started meeting government officials to lay the groundwork for talks on political reform, the protesters out on the streets are in their hundreds, not thousands . Connaught Road, central Hong Kong On Sunday 29 September, Occupy Central joined forces with students who had been staging boycotts and sit-ins to demand democracy. Their occupation of the busi...

香港抗議     A tough test for China's leaders Sep 29th 2014, 12:17 by G.E. | HONG KONG Umbrella man IT IS a most unusual sight on Chinese soil, and most unsettling for leaders in Beijing. On September 28th and 29th tens of thousands of demonstrators surrounded government offices and filled major thoroughfares around Hong Kong, braving rounds of tear gas from riot police to call for democracy and demand the resignation of Leung Chun-ying, the territory's Beijing-backed chief executive. One image broadcast and shared around the world, of a lone protester holding his umbrella aloft in a cloud of tear gas (pictured above), has given the non-violent protests a poetic echo of “tank man” from the crackdown at Tiananmen Square in 1989. It also captures precisely what Communist Party leaders in Beijing fear from Hong Kong and its special status under the “one country, two systems” arrangement it has enjoyed since the territory’s handover from Britain in 1997. No...

Sacramento’s grid: How would you improve it?    Posted on  September 23, 2014  by  City of Sacramento Why is the Downtown Grid so important to Sacramento?  And how would you improve it?  The City wants to hear from you! The Grid is the network of streets within the Central City. The Grid does a wonderful job of serving diverse users including bicycles, pedestrians, transit riders and automobiles but improvements can be made. Planned development in the Central City warrants a second look at how the grid operates and we would like to engage the community in helping to determine the appropriate improvements for the future of the gird.   Click here  to tell us what you think.

TOP 10: MOST POPULAR "BONSAI OF THE DAY" IMAGES TOP 10：最流行的“盆景的日子”IMAGES On social media (including Facebook and Twitter) we share a "Bonsai of the Day". The ten most popular trees deserve special attention in this Top 10. Enjoy! 十大最受歡迎樹木值得特別注意在這前10名享受！  (#1) Juniper Bonsai tree by Luis Vila By far the most popular image; A Juniper Bonsai tree by Luis Vila. It is placed in a unique Crescent Bowl, which enhances the dramatic effect of the cascade composition. This is a personal favorite, stunning composition! Photo by: Salvador De Los Reyes. Check our  Bonsai gallery  for more images. (#2) Bougainvillea by Lorna Toledo Abundant flowers on this massive Bougainvillea Bonsai, by Lorna Toledo. (#3) Bougainvillea Bonsai by Eko Bonsai Purple flowers on a Bougainvillea Bonsai tree, in Moyogi style, by Eko Bonsai. He also works on  Ficus Bonsai  trees. (#4) Juniper by Peter Ebensperg...