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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Interesting story about lack of diversity in commercialbananas
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:30 -0600



Wow, that's something. Do you think that this service files the old
bookmark and assigns a new bookmark to the article? Would the link
always be available, even if tinyurl.com went out of business or was
disconnected? -- Sam Brungardt

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of K Q
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 4:20 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Interesting story about lack of diversity in
commercialbananas


It is worthwhile to note that if you go to http://tinyurl.com/ you can
enter in really long internet addresses like those given below, and they
come out as really short, simple ones.

The first address would be given as follows: http://tinyurl.com/7uycrr

Tinyurl converted 290 characters to an easy to post 25.

The second link is given as follows: http://tinyurl.com/9n7yze

Tinyurl took 235 characters and converted it to a very usable 25.

Thanks to Sam for posting links to some very important articles.

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Subject: [NAFEX] Interesting story about lack of diversity in commercial
bananas
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Banana's past and future: Author stalks the fruit in Congo
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/i
ndex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D17312:bananas-pa
st-and-future-author-stalks-the-fruit-in-congo%26catid%3D64:wilton-local
%26Itemid%3D123&ct=ga&cd=2qu4mjMPfCQ&usg=AFQjCNGJ0rGhwjRAmTs1bsgYYyWIWfw
ADw>
Wilton Bulletin - Wilton,CT,USA
Mr. Koeppel said the banana represents an interesting paradox; while it
needs to be transported from thousands of miles away, it is the cheapest
fruit in ... See all stories on this topic
<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.acorn-online.com/jooml
a15/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D17312:banan
as-past-and-future-author-stalks-the-fruit-in-congo%26catid%3D64:wilton-
local%26Itemid%3D123>

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