Bog in Ireland comes from peat, and it is also used for fuel in Finland, Scotland, Germany, and Russia. Russia is the leading exporter of peat for fuel, at more than 90 million metric tons per year. Ireland's "Bord na Móna" ("peat board") was one of the first companies to mechanically harvest peat, which is being phased out. The other major use of dried peat is as a soil amendment (sold as "moss peat" or "sphagnum peat") to increase the soil's capacity to retain moisture and enrich the soil. It is also used as a mulch. Some distilleries, notably in the
Adam Moss were hired by "The New York Times." According to Wolff in his "New York" magazine profile: "It is hard to overstate what kind of magazine-world hero Moss became with "7 Days" and its particular pop-culture idiom, and what kind of success failure can be." A 2003 profile of Moss in the Oberlin alumni magazine notes, "Concepts introduced by Moss in "7 Days" would later insinuate themselves into "The Times" (take the wedding narratives in the Sunday Styles section; visceral stuff cleverly packaged)." In his first year at "New York", Moss completed an extensive renovation of the weekly magazine emphasizing an