With a central span of 1, 991 metres (6, 532 feet), the Akashi Kaikyo bridge, which opens on April 5th, between Kobe and Awaji Island in Osaka Bay, is bigger than Britain's Humber bridge and longer than the Great Belt East bridge that has just been built in Denmark.

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Increasing feed costs, in combination with withering grasslands in the Great Plains and Corn Belt regions, are prompting ranchers to downsize beef and dairy herds.

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As for progress onto his next belt, blue, he is "in no great rush because I want to go to another competition as a white belt".

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Demand for corn is such that more land is also being ploughed up in drier regions of the Great Plains states to the west of the corn belt, where irrigation in required, increasing water demand further.

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They have handy features like cuffable bottoms you can send to the tailor for perfect fit, belt loops, an underrated raingear feature, and great inside pockets.

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No longer focused on the need for dramatic hoarding of cash to survive a potential 2nd Great Depression, even in a temporary setback created by government belt-tightening, corporations will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and begin investing for growth again, spending some of that cash hoard in preparation for better times ahead.

FORBES: Corporate Cash Can Pick Up Where The Fed Leaves Off

Blu-ray has a month under it's belt and it is pretty apparent that the picture quality is great, but second to HD DVD.

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Many Corn Belt regions where distillers are sited, particularly in the Midwest and the Great Plains, have already begun to experience significant water supply problems.

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The new Ang Lee film is not about the great historical happening of forty years ago but about Elliot Teichberg (Demetri Martin), whose parents run a Borscht Belt motel.

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