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Zimbabwe - Oct 2010
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A bungy (bunji) jumper hangs on a rope over the Zambezi river at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is establishing itself as an adventure sport centre.
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardar announces formation of fund for victims of the floods in Northern Pakistan at the Pakistan High Commission, London, Britain - 07 Aug 2010
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardar, son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and the late Benazir Bhutto, whose portrait hangs in the background
Bilawal Bhutto Zardar announces formation of fund for victims of the floods in Northern Pakistan at the Pakistan High Commission, London, Britain - 07 Aug 2010
Bilawal Bhutto Zardar, son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and the late Benazir Bhutto, was at the Pakistan High Commission in London to announce the formation of a fund for victims of the recent floods that have devastated Northern Pakistan.
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Baseball bat manufacture, Canada - 14 Jul 2010
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Jared Greenberg, founder of Prairie Sticks Bat Company, hangs a baseball bat to dry after staining it
Baseball bat manufacture, Canada - 14 Jul 2010
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132bg )
Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK
For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.
But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.
An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.
Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.
In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.
In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.
It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.
While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.
Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.
The Worm
The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.
He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs
The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.
It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.
Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mat...
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132bp )
Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK
For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.
But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.
An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.
Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.
In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.
In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.
It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.
While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.
Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.
The Worm
The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.
He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs
The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.
It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.
Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mat...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU
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America - 2010
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Winchester gun hangs in street in Winchester, Idaho City, America
America - 2010
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America - 2010
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Winchester gun hangs in street in Winchester, Idaho City, America
America - 2010
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Passion Play, Oberammergau, Germany - 04 Mar 2010
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Jesus Christ hangs from a wayside cross
Passion Play, Oberammergau, Germany - 04 Mar 2010
Oberammergau will host its once every decade Passion Play in 2010, between 15 May and 03 October. Residents of Oberammergau swore they would hold the passion play on a regular basis if the they were spared from the plague that swept Europe in 1633.
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Smallest police dog in the world, Midge the chihuahua drug sniffer dog. Geauga County, Ohio, America - June 2009
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World's Smallest Police Dog
THE SMALLEST POLICE DOG IN THE WORLD
She may be the smallest police dog in the world, but Midge the canine cop is not to be sniffed at.
At 11 inches tall and weighing just under 4 kilos, this plucky pooch is small in stature but presents a big threat to wrongdoers.
The tiny Chihuahua recently clocked up her first solo drug conviction after discovering drugs hidden in a burglar's vehicle.
Midge was enlisted as a puppy by Sheriff Dan McClelland of Ohio's Geauga County Police Department to sniff out illicit substances.
Dan, who is now her owner and partner, admits he was not looking for such an exceptionally tiny dog at first, let alone end up with a Guinness World Record holder.
He explains: "I got the idea for a smaller animal when watching German shepherds struggling to turn around in the back of cars. Increasing payouts for damages caused by larger dogs scratching or damaging paintwork or interiors in their excitement to get the job done was another factor.
About the same time, one of his dispatchers, Melissa Metz, brought in a puppy, the last remaining runt of a litter produced by the union of a rat terrier mum and a Chihuahua dad.
At 10 weeks, Midge was calm and self assured around people and sniffed everything in the Sheriff's office enthusiastically, but at under a kilo could fit on the palm of his hand.
"I decided to take a chance on her as an experiment, and since none of our regular dog handlers was keen - its hardly macho to run an animal this small - I became her partner," says Dan.
First certified on marijuana just after her first birthday, Midge has since passed the tough exam needed to be allowed to snif...
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Smallest police dog in the world, Midge the chihuahua drug sniffer dog. Geauga County, Ohio, America - June 2009
Exclusive to Rex - Special Fees for UK use (No UK website usage unless fee is agreed - contact Toni Saint - 0207 239 8655 tsaint@rexfeatures.com)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Louise Murray / Rex Features ( 938739k )
World's Smallest Police Dog
THE SMALLEST POLICE DOG IN THE WORLD
She may be the smallest police dog in the world, but Midge the canine cop is not to be sniffed at.
At 11 inches tall and weighing just under 4 kilos, this plucky pooch is small in stature but presents a big threat to wrongdoers.
The tiny Chihuahua recently clocked up her first solo drug conviction after discovering drugs hidden in a burglar's vehicle.
Midge was enlisted as a puppy by Sheriff Dan McClelland of Ohio's Geauga County Police Department to sniff out illicit substances.
Dan, who is now her owner and partner, admits he was not looking for such an exceptionally tiny dog at first, let alone end up with a Guinness World Record holder.
He explains: "I got the idea for a smaller animal when watching German shepherds struggling to turn around in the back of cars. Increasing payouts for damages caused by larger dogs scratching or damaging paintwork or interiors in their excitement to get the job done was another factor.
About the same time, one of his dispatchers, Melissa Metz, brought in a puppy, the last remaining runt of a litter produced by the union of a rat terrier mum and a Chihuahua dad.
At 10 weeks, Midge was calm and self assured around people and sniffed everything in the Sheriff's office enthusiastically, but at under a kilo could fit on the palm of his hand.
"I decided to take a chance on her as an experiment, and since none of our regular dog handlers was keen - its hardly macho to run an animal this small - I became her partner," says Dan.
First certified on marijuana just after her first birthday, Midge has since passed the tough exam needed to be allowed to snif...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HNHDBQSK
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