Sentences with phrase «years of breeding for»

Not exact matches

PARIS (AP)-- Researchers say they've discovered a worrying breed of power grid - wrecking software, saying the program was likely responsible for a brief blackout that hit Kiev late last year.

Maybe that's why he is one of the rare breed of CEOs who has held the top job for 17 years and is still going strong.

Humans have been breeding plants to have desirable traits for thousands of years.

The species of wheat that we in the West use for bread only developed in the last few thousand years as a result of two instances of sympatric speciation (different to selective breeding, but an agent of evolution none the less).

If they lived for hundreds of years did they breed like rabbits after the great flood for hundreds of years?

Per your assertions, humans in the cradle of humanity have been affected by Malaria for millions of years yet somehow, this negative trait is never bred out of the human population.

Those of us who dismiss the conservative tradition as being represented by Billy Graham or by the stance of Christianity Today ten or 5 years ago might, for example, take a look at Richard Mouw's Political Evangelism, which is typical of a new breed of theological writing from a very conservative, though hardly fundamentalist, biblical perspective, or God in Public, by William Coats, Episcopal chaplain at the University of Wisconsin.

If, for example, a dog breeder only ever allows the fastest male dogs to breed with the fastest female dogs, after many years of such selective breeding the resultant dogs will differ so much in body shape, leg length and, perhaps, lung capacity from their ancestor as to be considered a separate breed.

If, for example, a hunter - gatherer only ever allows the fastest male dogs to breed with the fastest female dogs, after many years of such selective breeding the resultant dogs would differ so much in body shape, leg length and, perhaps, lung capacity from their ancestor as to be considered a separate breed.

The species of wheat that we in the West use for bread only developed in the last few thousand years as a result of two episodes of sympatric speciation (different to selective breeding, but an agent of evolution none the less) and the various Shiraz, Char.donnay and Pinot Noir gra.pes we enjoy today, in the form of wine, were all developed and perfected in the last 100 years or so.

Aliens will come to earth and remove the deserving humans which have been successfully breeding for thousands of years in an unknowning effort to repopulate the slave supply for the Master Race.

It's a brand that has been around for more than 100 years and are known for their premium breed of petite, sweet peas.

According to its new policy, Burger King Corp. will transition to 100 percent cage - free eggs for all U.S. locations within five years, and only purchase pork from suppliers that have documented plans to end their use of gestation crates for breeding pigs.

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

By selecting the best performing rice plants and using them to breed new rice varieties, rice farmers, and more recently rice breeders, have been changing the genetic composition of rice to generate new and improved rice varieties for thousands of years.

In the past year, BMBRI, BA and BMBRI member craft brewers developed breeding targets for the next 10 years that, for the first time, incorporate the needs of all - malt brewers.

Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

The Company has uniquely vertically integrated its chicken supply chain for Pollo Tropical allowing it to control the feed and breed of all chickens purchased with the objective of «no antibiotics ever» by next year.

The restaurant industry has definetly made them cool again and thanks to different breeding practices (for lack of a better word), Brussels sprouts have actually became less bitter over the years!

I remember reading a paperback Guinness Book of World Records (forgot the year) which claims it is the hottest natural (meaning not artificially bred) chile in the world, having the highest capsaicin rating.JackHello Jack: For a while,...

This is because they are land races — adapted varieties that have been growing in the same geographic area for hundreds of years — and not recently bred - to - be-true varieties.

The mothers used for breeding (sows) are trapped in a cycle of suffering to give birth to as many piglets as possible until her body can no longer physically cope and she is sent to slaughter too - in factory farms this is usually between 2 and 3 years of age.

Early in the year, knowledge of the game is just developing, meaning the KOT is the breeding ground for future stars of the league, college and International players.

After that you must know how to angle; in what part of the water, how deep, at what time of day, for what kind of fish, in what weather; how many obstacles there are to this kind of fishing called angling, and especially what bait to use for each kind of fish in every month of the year; also how to make your baits breed, where you shall find them and how you shall keep them; and the most skilled art of all, how to make your hooks, of steel or of osmund, some to be dubbed and some for the float and the ground bait.

As for the American birds reported on by Mr. Gouk, Dr. Aldrich said they had been banded and released over the past few years from breeding grounds along the Arctic coast of Alaska and the Yukon Delta.

I can't tell you how vastly the breed has improved in temperament and in appearance in the past 20 years, and a great deal of the credit for this improvement must be given to the many able and competent men who have given of their time to officiate at such shows as Westminster and Westchester and others from coast to coast.

Regardless of whether Silver Spoon enters the Derby, or the previous day's Kentucky Oaks (for 3 - year - old fillies only), or neither race, she is properly bred to beat almost anything at almost any distance.

These days it's more of a thing than ever for the newer breed: two rookies and two third year players were either ahead of Bell in receiving yards or within four yards.

Thank u kiwi I've been saying this for years these new breed of gooners are a spoilt bunch who have never seen their team finish outside the top 4 before and the funy thing most our probably gooners cause of wenger in the first place

One of the most remarkable changes that has occurred in racing over the last 30 years, outside the advent of the use of corticosteroids, is the rise of the commercial yearling market and the breeding of horses solely for the marketplace.

A son of the English - bred Aristophanes (himself a son of Hyperion), Forli was bred at Ojo de Agua and sold for about $ 20,000 as a 2 - year - old to Buenos Aires Steel Executive George Acevedo.

A new breed of Arsenal player in Jack Wilshere is coming through (thanks to Steve Bould), but it has taken nine years for this to happen.

There's no doubt that the three - sport athlete, especially one who competes in the big three of football, basketball and baseball (or track and field), has been a dying breed for many years.

At the Barrett's auction of 2 - year - old horsesin Pomona, Calif., Hendricks and his longtime client Cecil Peacock, an oilmanfrom Calgary, wanted Brother Derek, and Peacock paid $ 275,000 for theCalifornia - bred juvenile.

He is fascinated by the breeding of birds, be they chickens or pigeons, and for a three - year stretch he had the most 300 - egg hens of any chicken farmer in the state.

The time of 1:44.76 was just shy of Breed's mark from the year before, but it did set a National Independent high school record (for non-public schools).

Michael Owen is a horse enthusiast; he even owns race horses and has even bred a few of his own but unfortunately for the Englishman, Owen could never learn to ride or race in competitions during his playing days but since he retired over 3 years ago, the Ballon d'Or winner has enough time to focus on training and learn the ins and outs of horses and horse racing.

While the above 3 were in the rare breed of the European elite, Torres nominated for the Ballon D'Or, Ronaldo as we all know him, and Bale being the Premier league player of the year award winner, the Brazilian has never even won the Premier league player of the month award.

In the past three years I've handled round - the - clock feedings, both kids being hospitalized for RSV (a respiratory infection), an ER visit for stitches after a run in with the edge of the bath tub, countless colds and stomach bugs, nightmares, the particular breed of torture that is a tantrumming 2 year old (times two), and still, I would go through all of that forever, Groundhog Day - style over reliving my labor.

Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for twenty - five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager.

I want absolutely everything organized and clean to the point where I am a little OCD about it, I like watching The Bachelor / The Bachelorette on Mondays, I prefer straight tequila over wine, I have a Beagle and a Chihuahua even though I don't even like either one of those breeds, I like Justin Timberlake, Michael Buble and Lyle Lovett, I have at least 20 bottles of shampoo and conditioner in my bathroom at any one time, Audrey Hepburn is my idol, I have an unhealthy addiction to Target and Zulily, Singing In The Rain is my favorite movie, Purple is my favorite color, my best friend and I have been friends for 20 years now, I haven't gotten my driver's license yet out of sheer laziness, my favorite desert is key lime pie and cheesecake, I hide chocolate all over my house for when PMS strikes, I have asthma that I've been hospitalized for 3 times, I used to play guitar, piano and conga drums, (I think) I'm a good photographer, I use to dance professionally (ballet) for 15 years, I love Mexican food and I'm Italian.

The Council has been a breeding round for Independent politicians in recent years, two council mayors in Rory McEwen and Don Pegler having won the local state of Mount Gambier in the South Australian Parliament.

Years of exposure to Home Office intelligence have - understandably perhaps - bred a desire for control and a loathing for legal red - tape in the prime minister.

Big Ed, you were a tough but reasonable mayor of New York City for three years, and now you are engaged on another tough undertaking which, if successful, will benefit the State and all its citizens by cleaning up the redistricting mess bred by old and discredited politics, which still haunt us all.

The Obamas ended up with a pure - bred dog, despite the president's preference for a mutt, largely because of 10 - year - old Malia's allergies - Portuguese water dogs don't shed - and because of opportunity.

Not Daily Mail readers, that's for sure: «Prime Minister mauls best - selling author Hilary Mantel over «plastic princess made for breeding» jibe», a classic of its genre, and one my 22 year old self would thoroughly approved of had I written something similar for my then employer.

Last year, the Department of Environmental Conservation proposed closing the plant for up to 100 days in the spring and summer in order to mitigate damage to Hudson River fish populations during breeding season.

Memorial Day signals the start of warm weather that means prime breeding conditions for mosquitoes and every year, it means health officials throughout the region go on the offensive as the West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis can begin percolating among the insects that live here.

This dry dog food can be fed to puppies of all breed types, including to large breed puppies for up to two years depending on their growth period and adult weight range.

Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years, sometimes by inbreeding dogs from the same ancestral lines, sometimes by mixing dogs from very different lines.