Sentences with phrase «after a drought on»

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One day after Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters he gets on his knees every day and prays for rain, the Council for Secular Humanism - a leading atheist group - accused the Obama administration of sending the wrong message to farmers caught in one of the worst droughts in decades.

However, I stand by the claim that this chocolate's aroma reminded me of the land after heavy rain — that delicious, fresh, clean, wholesome smell of wet earth (which we've been sorely missing here in Australia, what with the drought that's seemingly been going on half my life).

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

It is quite another to say to a young player, you are no3 striker after giroud, who will go on a goal drought at some point and walcott who wants to play on the wing and will almost certainly get injured.

However, there can be no question that the Spanish tactician would still be the right man for Arsenal — and at precisely the right time; another FA Cup win should be on the horizon this season to continue that growing «winning feeling» at the club after such a long silverware drought prior to last season.

Such moves will depend greatly on how the North London club are faring when the transfer window re-opens but it is believed that the Arsenal board are keen to bring an end to the club's silverware drought and are keen to appease supporters after a seven year run without tangible success.

Many of us felt, on top of losing all our best players year after year during that period, not to mention a never ending trophy drought, we had little time to put faith into a player testing the waters all over again.

However, he managed to end the season on a positive note by ending his drought after 15 long matches with a strike against Manchester City and his hat - trick against Villa.

If the long, sad death of Fernando Torres taught us anything, it's not every goal after a drought is the start of a flood; sometimes, it just means he'll carry on being a shower.

Mane went through a bit of a sulk after he was denied a move to Utd, I don't understand why some comments on here are calling him inconsistent for going through a goal drought....

Don't get me wrong — after the 10 year drought I was over the moon but it's time to move on.

Despite not starting a Grand Slam event since he missed the cut at the 2015 PGA Championship (with MCs at that year's British and U.S. Opens after a T17 at the Masters), one bookmaker has Woods at 5 - 1 to break his majors drought on the 10th anniversary (if not before) of his last major victory: the 2008 U.S. Open.

Not only that but this our only shot I starting a streak of at least a trophy each season... it's not the EPL or CL trophy but I think it's important to show that we have progressed on that regard after our decade long drought more so against one of our bitter rivals: It doesn't matter by how much or well we win the game but that ww WIN period!!

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane hasn't got his season off to the blistering start Spurs supporters may have hoped, but after ending his goal - drought in England's Euro 2016 qualifier against San Marino, he will be looking to quickly kick on.

That was the third game in a row that Welbeck had started on the bench and after the way he impressed after his return to the side and with Giroud being on his longest ever goal drought, it seemed an odd decision.

After a decent start to his Arsenal career, Chamakh quickly went off the boil and went on a nine - month goal drought, seemingly losing all confidence and ability to score easy chances.

Alvaro Morata ended a four month goal drought to score Juve's first, converting from the spot after on - loan Chelsea star Juan Cuadrado was brought down in the box.

Not spending has gotten us nowhere, as soon as money was spent on Ozil we won the FA Cup after a 9 year drought, bringing in superstar players brings optimism for an upcoming season amongst fans, players, staff and everyone associated with the club

After a wild first quarter of seemingly nonstop scoring, the Sun Devils and Ducks went on a 16 - minute, 30 - second scoring drought.

Variants of one gene had a major effect on rapid changes in beak size after a drought, researchers report in the April 22 Science.

Researcher on ladder measures tree diameters in Tambopata National Park, Peru, soon after the 2010 drought.

Fighting Fire With Fire They called it Black Saturday: On February 7, 2009, after a decade - long drought and a suffocating heat wave, a firestorm of unimaginable ferocity swept through southern Australia's farms and forests.

The report, commissioned by the charity Oxfam, tracks the effects on four countries: Russia which experienced a heatwave in 2010; flood - hit Pakistan the same year; East Africa during the drought of 2010 - 2011; and the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

The picture you get from these cores is the same as you get if you sit on the edge of the lake today, after one of these droughts, the intermittent wobbles.

Trees growing on normally wetter sites and those from drought - tolerant species — including the wood and furniture industry staples, loblolly pine and white oak — are better able to recover their pre-drought growth rates after a drought ends.

His comments came after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found last week that within two or three decades the world will face nearly inevitable warming of more than 2 degrees, resulting in rising sea levels, heatwaves, droughts and extreme weather.

Whether this is good news or bad news depends on where you are: For Californians, the prospect of a top - tier El Niño boosts the hopes for a & wetter - than - average winter, which is desperately needed after four years of record - setting drought.

In my blog post on Monday I mentioned that — after an unintentional post-Christmas shopping «drought» — there would be a couple of new purchases (yep, they finally happened!)

After years of drought, much of the state is now experiencing one of its wettest years on record.

M. Night Shyamalan is back on top at the box office after a decade - plus drought thanks to his latest Philadelphia - shot thriller Split.

After a severe drought of Xbox exclusives due to Microsoft seemingly not really giving a shit about them, in comes a brand new IP and from the likes of Rare no less; a once legendary studio that released some of the best games in history on the Nintendo 64, but having completely failed to achieve anything of note (comparatively at least) on the Xbox consoles.

After a long drought, Weekly Shonen Jump has revealed details on both One Piece: Burning Blood and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 DLC's.

After a six - year drought, Rockstar Games has announced the latest title in its Red Dead franchise, slated for an autumn 2017 release on Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

This is a great Wii U indie title to keep an eye on after the coming drought after Christmas.

Either way, after a long drought Marvel fans are about to enjoy some truly amazing titles starting with Spider - Man, the PlayStation 4 exclusive title which Insomniac is trying to make every bit as great as the best first - party content on the platform.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00 PM.

After six years of «perpetual» drought, California is now deluged with the highest precipitation for January and February on human record (Sacbee2017b).

On February 11, 2017 — less than 1 year after the worst drought in 1200 years [3][4][5][6][7][8]-- 3 of the largest reservoirs were simultaneously dumping water into the ocean for flood control.

After six years of drought, California was deluged in 2017 by sequential «atmospheric rivers» causing the highest January / February rainfall on recent record.

The first major historically recorded drought in the Sahel occurred around 1640, and a major drought after generally wet conditions occurred, based on the reports of European travellers, [10] during the 1680s.

Oh, and don't look now, but Southern California is currently on fire has had an extremely dry start to its wet season, raising the specter of a return to drought just a year after one of the worst droughts in state history.

After a record - breaking rainless January in San Francisco and much of the Bay Area, an «atmospheric river» will bring a rainstorm to the region this weekend — and one team of scientists will ride into the storm to study the phenomenon and its potential impact on California's devastating three - year drought.

On a slanting hill, Beatrice Rukanyanga looks over her lush green fruit garden boosted by weeks of steady rains, a rare occurrence in this part of the country after seasons of back - to - back droughts.

The California drought isn't over everywhere: Residents and visitors to Catalina Island have to rely mostly on desalination and bottled water after the island's main reservoir has become depleted because of severe drought conditions.

Ben Cook: Our results suggest that after 2050, if we continue on our current course of greenhouse gas emission, the likelihood of Western North America experiencing what we call a megadrought — a drought that lasts 35 years or longer — is very likely above 80 percent.

[H] ere is the Texas governor rejecting the science of climate change while his own state is on fire — after the worst droughts on record have propelled wildfires to devour an area the size of Connecticut.

After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift — just a little — last year, the hottest year on record in the U.S., with Hurricane Sandy flooding the New York subway, drought devastating Midwest farms, and California and Colorado on fire.

Though for half of the recent mass animal death events listed on the map weird weather is to blame, even if different specific weather events: Bucking the global trend of continued are marked warming, the UK just had the coldest December in a century; Australia experienced severe flooding after experiencing recent severe drought and heat; parts of North America have also had the usual weather patterns disrupted.

In unpublished written testimony provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his confirmation hearing in January, Mattis said it was incumbent on the U.S. military to consider how changes like open - water routes in the thawing Arctic and drought in global trouble spots can pose challenges for troops and defense planners.

Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator for South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) said, «After entering the millennium, we have had four drought - induced years; 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2012, while the whole of the 90s saw only two such.