"March 22, 2009"
http://www.spaceweather.com/
"Daily Sun: 22 Mar 09 The Sun is blank--no Sunspots. Sunspot number: 0"
"Far side of the Sun: This holographic image reveals no sunspots on the far
side of the sun."

The face of the Sun is without blemish:
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Please visit:
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The right panel shows the face of the Sun as it looked on a good day during
the late Modern Warm Period. Sunspots are the apparent size of craters on
the moon. The left panel shows a Sun as it appears today. Please write to Al
Gore so that Al knows that the Sun is not living up to his religious
expectations. Al Gore is a divinity school dropout. George Carlin had a
better grasp of the true nature of God's creation, than does Al Gore.

Please visit:
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which shows the relative sizes of the Sun and planets. Compared to the Sun,
Jupiter is the size of a pea, earth is the size of a grain of sand.

New UN online tool shows food prices in poor countries have yet to fall
Source: BI-ME , Author: BI-ME staff
Posted: 22-03-2009

INTERNATIONAL. A new online database of staple food prices on national
markets in 55 developing countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe shows that
local prices have not fallen the way they have at the global level, the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

The 'National Basic Food Prices Data and Analysis Tool', developed by FAO as
part of its response to high food prices, shows the prices of different food
commodities in local currencies or dollars and local measurements as well as
standard weights.

The interactive tool allows for price comparisons between domestic and
international markets, between different markets in the same country, as
well as between countries.

"While food prices have fallen internationally, as indicated by the FAO food
price index, this tool shows that in developing countries they have not
fallen so fast, or at all," said Liliana Balbi, a senior economist with FAO's
Global Information and Early Warning System.

"The easy-to-use database will be an invaluable source of information for
policy and decision-makers in agricultural production and trade, development
and also humanitarian work."

FAO noted that a rise in food prices hits the poor the hardest given that
the share of food in their total expenditures is much higher than that of
wealthier populations. While food represents about 10% to 20% of consumer
spending in industrialised nations, it can be as much as 60% to 80% in
developing countries.

Depending on available funds, FAO plans to add new countries and series to
the database, which has benefited from a financial contribution from Spain
under the FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices.

According to the agency, 963 million people or around 15% of the world's
population are currently suffering from hunger and malnutrition.