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By Rose Ross, @Rose_at_O
It has been a while since we spoke to the wonderful Chris Mellor, Storage Editor of www.theregister.co.uk. So it's great to get further insights from him. For the original interview back in 2007 click here.
Q. Tell us a bit about yourself:
CM: I am a fisherman, casting my hooks into the storage waters and hoping to catch interesting fish, bottom feeders, predators and weeds.
Q – Tell us a little bit about the site and the blog you write and their interest in data storage:
CM: The Register aims to cover the most important and interesting storage news stories as fast and as comprehensively as possible, adding in relevant context and throwing in opinions, well-informed ones hopefully, about claims and assertions. Speed is essential for news, less so for comment and blog pieces where it's interest that's key and not timeliness. We're looking here for significance or something that points up a contrast with how things are usually done.
Q – What's hot in IT storage this year?
CM: The convergence of storage into integrated IT stacks; the re-emergence of direct-attach storage, even if it is really a locally networked SAN to a set of blade servers; the development of primary data deduplication; the expansion of SSD storage tiers and form factors; cloud storage; and federation ideas.
Q – How many storage events do you attend each year?
CM: As many as I can since they are a target-rich environment in terms of vendors. Many of the most interesting ones are in mainland Europe or the USA and travel is a constant concern. The old Storage Expo in the UK has been pretty much devalued by becoming 360 Degree IT (Ed, we feel a blog post is required on this. "Storage Expo is dead, Long live Storage Expo!"). Niche storage events like ones focused on flash memory are becoming more important. Vendor events are also becoming vital and are often extremely interesting for the depth of insight you get.
Q – Which one are you most looking forward to?
CM: SNW Frankfurt, and HP and IBM events.
Q. -What types of stories or companies are likely to attract your attention this year?
CM: Firstly, ones dealing with mainstream storage vendors. Secondly, ones dealing with emerging technology such as FCoE, primary data deduplication, enterprise MLC flash, HDD recording technology and areal density moves, and things like IT stack convergence. Thirdly, ones dealing with new ways of viewing existing technology.
Stories that have a hard time passing the door are me-too cloud storage, enterprise storage arrays at SME prices from relatively unknown vendors, and anything presented as coming from a 'thought leader' 🙂
Q. How many interviews do you do per week?
CM: Up to five, sometimes one. Two or three are comfortable. Not all result in stories which is unfortunate for the vendor and PR agency concerned as it looks as if they have wasted their time. However I value such meetings highly because of the background information and the relationship-building inherent in them.
Q – What's the best way to pitch a story to you? Email? Phone? Twitter? By mail?
CM: For PR people who know me then phone is okay but it is difficult for others because getting to what I think is the key aspect of their message is time-consuming. Of course it is more personal for them that way but I prefer to receive e-mailed pitches. That's impersonal and I may be late replying so that is unsatisfactory from a PR sense. Phone me if you can put up with often aggressive (very sorry about this) and interruptive questioning. I really am sorry about this and can only plead pressure of time.
In the working hours I am writing or researching and a phone call interrupts that and I don't often deal with the interruption gracefully. It's not a good trait.
A preference I have is not to talk to vendors until I think I have enough background information, collectedly web search or email. Talking is preferably face to face rather than telephone although that's not always possible of course.
Q. – Who is worth listening to?
CM: Vendor CEOs and CTOs and some marketing people, certain analysts both financial and IT, people who can marry detail, mid-and big-picture levels of an issue. Steve Duplessie and his analyst team, Jon Toigo, Steve Foskett, certain vendor twitterers, StorageMojo, certain vendor bloggers from EMC and NetApp, Pillar Data and Xiotech.
Certain vendor PRs such as Michael Hall from Seagate, Danny M from Western Digital, Liem from Compellent, several from EMC, Ken Saunders at IBM, Chris Drago at Pillar, Rob Peglar at Xiotech, and more. There are lots of great people in the storage world. Although it is largely about spinning media, there isn't that much empty spin in it.
Q. – What's your favourite blog?
CM: StorageMojo is great. So too is Mike Workman of Pillar. Chuck and Barry and Storagezilla at EMC are good value; Barry White at IBM too. Dave Hitz of NetApp has stopped blogging which is a pity.
It's not a blog but Jean-Jacques Maleval's Storage Newsletter is a heroic production and both mandatory and interesting reading. In general, I'm beginning to rely more on Tweet monitoring to get a sense of what is current and interesting in the storage world than tracking blogs.
Q – What is your favourite piece of technology?
CM: My iPad without question. It has transformed note-taking at interviews and is great for pictures, videos and music and remote Internet access. The thing is both fabulous and indispensable.
Q -What do you think is the most important development in IT storage to date?
CM: Virtualisation in its widest sense of RAID, storage pools, thin-provisioning, deduplication and unified file and block and, soon, federation. It's a continuing development more than a point invention.
Q – What is the best piece of advice for companies pitching stories?
CM: To me? First of all pitch and be damned. If you don't pitch, you don't get anywhere. Secondly, if you have time, research The Reg' and review a few of my stories to catch their subject matter and approach and type – news, comment or blog, and then pitch accordingly
Thirdly, if you don't know what you are talking about then say so and be willing to tell me how I can get access to the real goods but, for an unknown technology or vendor that is not with a telephone call to the CEO or head marketeer. It's printed information I want or a slide deck.
Lastly, don't please offer an interview with a 'thought leader' or a reseller boss who can present his or her view of the storage world and the trends in it that, funny this, the reseller is poised to take advantage of.
Q – What was the best press trip you've ever been on? Why was it so great? Any tips for PRs planning trips/events for bloggers?
CM: The HDS trip to Japan was fabulous in terms of access to vendor technology-aware executive staff, great vendor staff, insight into HDS' strategy and products and general insight into Tokyo. HP, Pillar Data, EMC and Compellent trips have also been excellent with great people, terrific access and enjoyable facilities.
A Unisys trip involved driving from London to the south of France and back; the lovely people paid the fuel bills. HP did the same for a trip to Bonn. Wowee; there and back in a sports car with the roof down and three figures on the speedo as often as not. Vroom vroom.
I like roaming untethered at tradeshow and vendor events. Having W-iFi access is absolutely essential.
Q- What's your favourite restaurant?
CM: Andrew Edmunds and Ransome's Dock in London, Pret a Manger for a quick lunch.
Q – Are you a social media lover? Which ones are you on? FB? LinkedIn? Twitter?
CM: I follow storage people on Twitter a lot and post there too. LinkedIn I use for research and accept link requests from people I know but don't use for my own professional networking at all. Facebook is something I don't use as it sucks up too much time and is difficult to set up filters to exclude the vast amount of excessive information on it.
Q- Tell us something no-one knows about you? Do you have any unusual or unexpected hobbies/interests? Do you have a claim to fame?
CM: Fame? No. Quirks? Yes. I walked down into and back up the Grand Canyon in a day while on a DEC trip to Denver. I have published over sixty sports car buying guides, several climbing guides plus a guide to Hawksmoor Churches in London.
Q – Anything else you'd like to share – something about The real Chris Mellor..
CM: I go rock climbing and my email address contains the name of a coastal headland – Pentire Head – in Cornwall where I had a really memorable climb. Secondly, I have driven at 160mph plus on a German Autobahn and it was utterly fabulous. The only thing better could be driving at 170mph … 180mph … Vroom Vroom.
From the Countdown2storageexpo team, a big thank you for his insights into what makes him tick and how to best pitch him stories. Chris is on twitter at www.twitter.com/chris_mellor or his stories here.
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As of this afternoon, we passed the 100% mark and are now fully funded! Thanks to all for you for your generous pledging and help in spreading the word. I couldn't have done this without you. Thank you!
So, now that we've crossed the $2000 threshold, I reckon it's time to announce some stretch goals.
If we raise $2600, everyone who is already getting a physical reward mailed to them (buttons, books, sketchcards) will also receive a copy of Plastic Farm #22 (which I have just started drawing) for FREE. Here is a picture of the first few pencilled pages:
At $3200 we can put Plastic Farm: Fertilizer back into print (along with a new cover, a new bonus section, and some cleaned up lettering). Anyone who has pledged $70 or more would receive this automatically. (Folks at the $60 level can add $10 to get it, everyone else would add $15.)
We upgrade the interior paper stock on BOTH books!
We upgrade the cover from a UV coating to a nicer gloss lamination on BOTH books!
Thanks again for all your help. We've still got a few days left in this Kickstarter and I think that we have a pretty good shot of hitting some of these goals.
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Project 1: Riparian Ecosystem response to timber harvesting for the purpose of restoring aspen
Contact Person: Dr. Kenneth W. Tate
Participants: Dr. Bobette Jones, Monika Krupa, Coye Burnett, Dave Burton, Shannon Cler, Betsy Huang, Sarah Hubert, Melanie McFarland, Tom Rickman, Yukako Sado, Alfred Vazquez, Natalie Wegner, and the Quincy Library Group
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Project Background & Description
Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides michx.) occurs in the montane zone of California's Sierra Nevada/Cascade range. In the West, aspen is considered a keystone species providing crucial habitat to support a high diversity of local and landscape plant, animal, and insect species. Because of the importance of aspen, there is currently growing concern about declines in the health and distribution of aspen stands across this region. Much of this decline is caused by the lengthening of fire intervals through fire suppression, as well as by historic and current heavy grazing of aspen suckers, which lead to the encroachment of aspen stands by conifers.
Recent studies have found that the use of commercial timber harvest techniques to remove conifers is an effective treatment for stimulating aspen when combined with controls on ungulate herbivory. The broad-scale implementation of conifer removal treatments in this region is of concern because many aspen stands are associated with riparian areas, which can be severely impaired by logging activities
|The management challenge we are facing is to design and implement prescriptive conifer removal strategies sufficient for restoration of encroached riparian aspen stands with minimal short-term and no long-term negative impacts on riparian resources. To this end, we monitored the soil, streamwater, and macroinvertebrate impacts of four conifer removal treatments in Lassen National Forest from 2003 through 2010.
This study examined the riparian ecosystem impacts of 2 different management-scale conifer removal projects:
1.Pine-Bogard Project (located in the Eagle Lake Ranger District, on the eastern side of Lassen National Forest, at the confluence of Pine and Bogard Creeks ) which consisted of 3 conifer removal treatments:
i.Phase 1 in January 2004
ii.Phase 2 in August 2005
iii.Phase 3 in January 2008
2.Bailey Project (located in the Hat Creek Ranger district on the western side of Lassen National Forest, in Brokeoff Meadow) which consisted of 1 treatment implemented in August 2006.
Specifically, we performed water quality, stream temperature, solar radiation, canopy cover, aquatic macroinvertebrate, soil bulk density, and soil moisture monitoring, both before and after the implementation of each of the 4 conifer removal treatments.
Unhealthy Pine Creek riparian aspen stands encroached by conifers and without recruitment.
|Figure 1. Timeline of Pine-Bogard Project and Bailey Project
treatment implementation.
|Left: Pine Creek aspen stand treated during Phase 1 conifer removal. (photo May, 2005) Below Left: Load transport from Pine-Bogard Phase 1 treatment. Below Right: Aspen stand north of sample stations BO4 and BO6 on Bogard Creek, treated during Phase 1. Left side illustrates post treatment, right side illustrates initial conifer encroachment level. Bogard Creek lies ~ 30m to the right of treatment boundary. (photo May, 2005)
Study Design
Sampling and monitoring were carried out from May through September each year from 2003 through 2010.
i. stream and air temperature – every ½ hour
ii. stream discharge and chemistry, including nitrate as N (NO3-N), ammonium as N (NH4-N), phosphate as P (PO4-P),
sulfate as S (SO4-S), potassium (K), total suspended solids (TSS), and turbidity ~ every 2 weeks
iii. soil moisture ~ every 2 weeks (excluding Phase 1 treatment)
iv. soil bulk density – before and after each treatment (excluding Phase 1 treatment)
v. stream canopy cover and solar radiation inputs – before and after each treatment
vi. aquatic macroinvertebrates – before and after each treatment
Grab Sample
|Stream Flow
|Solar Radiation
|Soil Moisture
|Soil Bulk Denisty
Soil moisture and bulk density were measured in treatment and reference aspen stands (Figs. 3 – 4). Treatment stands are aspen stands in which conifer removal took place, while reference stands are untreated aspen stands. Streamwater parameters and aquatic macroinvertebrates, were measured at stream monitoring stations (Figs. 3 – 4). Canopy cover and solar radiation measurements were made along treated reaches, that is, the stream reaches located between the upstream and downstream stations for each treatment (Figs. 3 – 4; Table 1).
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Table 1. Stations immediately upstream and downstream of each treatment area, with the corresponding lengths of treated reaches.
Analysis Approach
|In order to evaluate treatment effects on the various parameters measured, the difference (?) between the reference and treatment measurements were compared before versus after treatment using linear mixed effects analysis or graphical and tabular analysis. Fig. 5 (right) illustrates this concept.
The reason for this analysis is that within these systems, both treatment and reference values for a given parameter can be expected to fluctuate over time, primarily in response to the annual climatic variability. However, if there is no treatment effect (Fig. 5a), then the difference between the reference and treatment values will remain the same (Δ = 1 in both 2003 and 2010), despite changes in both treatment and reference values across years.
In contrast, if a treatment effect occurs (Fig. 5b), then the difference between reference and treatment values will either increase or decrease relative to pre-treatment years (Δ = 1 in 2003 and Δ = 3 in 2010).
Solar radiation and canopy cover do not fluctuate over time without disturbance, therefore these parameters were analyzed using a simple before versus after treatment comparison along each treated reach.
|Figures 5a and b. Conceptual diagram of no treatment effect (5a) and treatment effect (5b) occurring for parameters measured in this study.
Summary of Findings
The major findings of this study are that conifer removal activities:
i. had no effect on stream chemistry or aquatic macroinvertebrates,
ii. had no effect on soil bulk density but did cause a significant increase in soil moisture
iii. decreased canopy cover and increased solar radiation following the Bailey Project and following
Phase 3 of the Pine-Bogard Project, but did not influence stream temperature.
This information indicates that riparian habitats, aquatic ecosystem functions, and native fish species are not impaired by conifer removal in riparian aspen stands.
A summary of the major findings from this study found below
|Stream Chemistry
Stream nutrient (nitrate-N, ammonium-N, phosphate-P, sulfate-S, and potassium), total suspended solids (TSS), and turbidity levels across all years and sampling locations were consistently below levels of concern for drinking water safety and aquatic ecosystem function. Additionally, all nutrient concentrations showed little variation within creeks and across years. Turbidity and TSS exhibited annual variation, but there was no significant increase in the difference between upstream and downstream turbidity and TSS levels in response to timber harvesting. >>More
Canopy Cover & Solar Radiation
|Stream Temperature
The difference between upstream and downstream temperatures did not increase in response to any of the conifer removal treatments. Stream temperature appeared to be driven primarily by discharge. Maximum stream temperatures were almost always within the optimal temperature range (60.8 to 64.4F) for rainbow trout, which is the native trout species in the region. >>More
Aquatic macroinvertebrate
|Soil Bulk Density
There was no significant change in soil bulk density in either the 0-6 inch or 6-12 inch depths following conifer removal at Bailey Creek and following Phase 2 and 3 conifer removals at Pine and Bogard Creeks. >>More
Soil Moisture
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The Jetpack, canonically known as the Jetpac, is a drivable vehicle in Perfect Dark Zero.
In-Game Description
State-of-the-art Personal Flight Device (PFD) with walk mode fitted as standard.
Twin machine guns and hover capability for firing in place or on the go.
The Jetpac offers the user unlimited traverse over difficult terrain and shooting down enemies from the air. The mounted machine guns are rather accurate and they do sport quite a decent amount of damage when the shots connect.
The Jetpac has two modes of locomotion: The flight mode deploys the wings and the pilot may hover around and shoot from above.
The walking mode offers limited ground traverse over the terrain, the pilot can still use the machine guns but they travel slower than in the air.
The Jetpac is far less armored than the Hovercraft, as a single explosive blast can easily bring it down. Also the pilot is exposed, allowing skilled marksmen to kill the pilot with a well aimed shot and leave the Jetpac fairly intact for their own acquisition.
Presenting a slow, larger than usual target even on the ground, will make it less possible to miss as well.
Jetpacs also have a limited maximum altitude, meaning it is not possible to reach tall skyscrapers or buildings. Not all surfaces are safe for allowing Jetpacs to be deployed in walking mode.
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Datacore Demolition - An endless fleet of Jetpac-riding dataDyne soldiers try to kill Joanna Dark and Jack Dark and stop them from reaching the rocket at the end of the level.
- Trinity Escape - Used as a means of stopping Joanna, Jonathan, and their team from reaching the dropship in time.
- Jungle Storm - Found near the end of the level and can actually be commandeered after being reoriented. On Perfect Agent difficulty, the Jetpac is required to progress through the level.
- Bridge Assault - A few dataDyne soldiers are seen riding Jetpack to try to kill Joanna.
- Bots do tend to fly around at ground level when engaging others but they do fly above occasionally and always when you're above them.


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By Kim Jae-heun
Many young people are delaying marriage until they find employment and save a certain amount of money. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), Tuesday, the marriage rate has plummeted rapidly over the last 20 years.
Kim Soo-hyun had once planned to get married in her early 20s. It was her dream to have a family and go on picnics together by the Han River in Seoul.
However, now at 31, Kim does not even have a boyfriend.
"It was my dream to date a guy for two to three years and get married at age 24. I heard younger mothers give birth to more healthy babies," Kim told The Korea Times. "But I learned the reality that you cannot get married if you don't have money or a job in Korea."
She said at least 50 million won ($44,456) is needed just for a wedding in Korea. But before that, a couple should have saved 200 million won together and borrow an additional 100 million won from the bank to start off at a small apartment in a commuter town outside the capital city.
"I am talking under the circumstance that you've graduated straight from university and found a high-paying job and saved at least half of your salary for five years," Kim said. "You can say no job means no marriage, unless your parents are rich."
In 2015, 90 percent of Korean men aged between 25 and 29 were unmarried, a sharp increase from 64 percent in 1995. The ratio hiked among all male age groups: for those aged between 30 and 34 went from 19 percent unmarried to 56 percent; those between 35 and 39 went from 7 percent to 33 percent; and those between 40 and 44, from 3 percent to 23 percent.
The trend was the same for women, as 30 percent of women aged between 25 and 29 were unmarried in 1995 but 77 percent in 2015. For those aged between 30 and 34, the unmarried ratio went up from 7 percent to 38 percent, those between 35 and 39, from 3 percent to 19 percent; and those between 40 and 44, from 2 percent to 11 percent.
The rate of unmarried young people is higher than that of Japan, which faced the same issue at a much earlier period.
Japan showed a lower marriage rate among young people than Korea back in 1995, but its rate is now higher than Korea's.
Besides marriage, the number of young people in relationships is also low, as only 33 percent of unmarried men and 37 percent of women aged between 20 and 44 were in one, according to 2012 data. That number also dropped to nearly zero among the age group of 30 to 35.
The KIHASA said in its report that Koreans in their 30s give up dating to focus on their careers and they do not start relationships easily because many think relationships need to lead to marriage.
"The government has to help young people secure financial stability to encourage them to have relationships and get married," KIHASA said in the report.


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Sinead O'Connor Opens Up About Mental Illness on Facebook
Musician Sinead O'Connor recorded and posted a video on Facebook from a South Hackensack motel—described by her as "the arse end of New Jersey." The Irish singer, well-known for her version of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U," tearfully opened up about her struggles with mental illness and suicidal thoughts in the 12-minute video posted on August 3.
"I hope this video is somehow helpful," she said. "Not actually to me but the fact that I know I'm only one of millions of millions of millions of people who are just like me who don't have necessarily the resources that I have in my heart, or my purse for that matter."
O'Connor, who suffers from three mental illnesses, stated that she has walked the world alone for two years as punishment for being mentally ill, angry and suicidal. She explained that mental illness is like addiction, in that it doesn't care who you are. "People who suffer from mental illness are the most vulnerable people on Earth," she said. "You've got to take care of us. We're not like everybody else."
In the video, O'Connor asked her children in Ireland why it's acceptable for their mother to be living in a Travelodge motel.
Keith Kaulfers, a guest also staying at the Travelodge motel, was surprised to find out that O'Connor was staying there as well. "I think she would stay at a much nicer place—a hotel, five stars, things like that," he said.
In her video, O'Connor encouraged people to care for those suffering with mental illness. "Don't wait until it's too late," she said. "It doesn't matter if you've already abandoned them. Go get them."
Many people using substances feel exactly the same way as Sinead. They just don't talk about it. If you peek back the layers, the root of substance abuse problems is mental health issues.
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The Mark Challenge made university history in Finland by arranging a preselection competition, which was called The Mark Challenge Finland powered by Laurea University of Applied Sciences. This was the first time when a Finnish university decided to hold a luxury competition for business students, and at the same time, it was an international competition. Hence, two great achievements with a single touch.
I was extremely honoured to connect The Mark Challenge and Laurea University of Applied Sciences together, and the first request came from Mrs Annalisa Tarquini who is the founder of The Mark Challenge and Program Director at The International University of Monaco to discover possible university candidates.
I had a personal challenge to discover a suitable university to participate in the competition. Laurea University of Applied Sciences came to my mind because I have been the President of the Alumni Council at Laurea since 2015, and I will serve my final year in 2019 because Presidents can only serve for a limited time.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences is a modern Finnish university, and it is always applying and trying new things. Laurea has over 7,800 students and the university has several campuses in Southern Finland. Largest campuses are in the Capital Region. Laurea is also one of the most favourite universities in Finland among applicants. Therefore, Laurea did not hesitate to participate.
Laurea had three student teams, who understood the meaning of luxury extremely well. One team was able to reach the semifinals in The Mark Challenge but one team had to cancel their competition journey because team members did not have enough time due to their work and family lives. However, every single team member is excited about the luxury industry, and we might see Finnish luxury brands in the future.
The Mark Challenge is a global luxury and premium business plan competition and it has already made history in many international universities. It made history in Finland with Laurea University of Applied Sciences, and it can make history in many other countries as well. Leave your mark is certainly not an empty phrase.
The article was firstly published by The Mark Challenge and the original article can be read from here: http://www.themarkchallenge.com/clubdet.php?id=12
An article was written by Jukka Aminoff author of Luxury, Buying Revolution, and Social Selling Luxury. He is also a member of The Mark Challenge Entrepreneurship Club, which is powered by The International University of Monaco.
Published in Luxury Sales Academy.


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What an incredible first event of the year! Our Spring Social was a success and it couldn't have happened without all your support. It was a pleasure sharing what we do and why we do it with everyone who visited SASHA Farm on Sunday, May 12.
We're sending out a huge THANK YOU to all of our guests who visited us on the Mother's Day holiday – it was just a little cold and cloudy (😊) but it never dampened your enthusiasm and love for the animal residents at SASHA. Thank you to our donors and sponsors who continuously provide care for our animal residents – we saw many old friends and lots of new ones throughout the day. AND, our volunteers – we just can't thank you enough – you tirelessly cleaned and prepared for this big event, and then on this very special day, you lovingly shared the stories of the animal residents with our visitors. Your compassion shows through in everything you do.
Much appreciation goes out to Nosh Pit and Shimmy Shack for providing their delicious vegan food, to the Kharts Kids for creating beautiful artwork to share, to Joe Maroon Photography and Chase VanEckoute for their breathtaking photography, to the SASHA Board and Staff members for managing everything before, during, and after the event, and of course, to Monte Jackson and Dorothy Davies for creating such an amazingly safe place for farmed animals to call their forever home.
To all our friends who attended – we truly appreciate your compassionate choice to celebrate this Mother's Day especially with us.
We can't wait see you at the Humane Fair on August 11!
Here are some additional pictures for all to enjoy – and stayed tuned as more pictures are added throughout the week.


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"Daddy, I want to be a martyr. Can you get me an explosive belt?"
"Most of you have probably already seen this Time article on the guy who supplies and trains murder-suicide bombers.
When his 9 year-old-son asked him the question that I've chosen for the title, he says "I didn't know what to say."
His brother and sister have approached him about becoming human bombs as well. He gave them "basic training", but talked them out of it. For his son?"


text: Beware tracks in here span from all across the Electronic Dance Music spectrum, when i am out and want to hear a groove I like it best to vary in style, in the tempo and in the moods that it elicits too, if the kick drum, the bass line and the general texture of the sound offerings make me feel good, well that's all I wish for myself in that particular moment. Same goes with DJ mixes I suppose, hence, such sequence came about. Recorded live on Web Radio ( AHDJS ), on a Saturday afternoon


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William Topaz McGonagall
Beautiful Rothesay
Poem by William Topaz McGonagall
Beautiful Rothesay, your scenery is most grand,
You cannot be surpassed in fair Scotland.
Tis healthy for holiday makers, to go there,
For the benefit of their health, by inhaling the pure air
And to hear the innocent birds, on a fine Summer day,
Carolling their sweet songs, so lively and gay,
Therefore, holiday makers, be advised by me,
And visit beautiful Rothesay, by the side of the Sea.
Then sweet Jessie, let us go,
To Scotland's garden of Eden O!
And spend the lovely Summer day,
In the beautiful village of Rothesay.
There you can see the ships, passing to and fro,
Which will drive away dull care, and woe,
And, the heavens breath smells wooingly there,
Therefore, let's away dear Jessie, to inhale the balmy air.
The mansions, there, are most beautiful to be seen,
Likewise the trees, and shrubberies, green.
Therefore, we will feel happy and gay,
Walking hand in hand, together the live long day.
Along the beautiful walks with our hearts fu' cheerie,
My dear love! Until we grow weary.
Then, return home at night, with our spirits light and gay,
After viewing the beautiful scenery of Rothesay.
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Update: A Pandora rep explains that "some developer or unlocked phones will not be able to see the app in the Android market."
We're hearing that the excellent streaming music app from Pandora is not available in the Android Market if you're using a Hero.
This is a very strange development: it's available to G1 and MyTouch users with no problem. Some folks are jumping to the conclusion that Spring is blocking this high bandwidth app, but it comes preloaded on the Palm Pre, so that also seems unlikely.
We've asked Sprint for a comment and will update this post if/when we hear back from them.
If you've got your hands on a Hero and can check, let us know in the comments if you're having the same problem. (And if you are, this should help.)


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Motions were heard at the U.S. District Court in Charleston on Thursday in the proposed class action complaint filed against Ridgeland's I-95 Traffic Safety Program.
Lawyers representing both sides appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Sol Blatt, Jr. After a questioning lawyers for both sides, Blatt dismissed major portions of the case against the town's traffic camera program and ruled that other portions could not go forward.
The court concluded that the program did not appear to violate any constitutional rights and concluded those people who had paid the fine were prevented from contesting the validity of those charges. The court did allow further filings to be made in the civil suit with respect to those plaintiffs who still have charges pending in municipal court to determine whether they could state a case. Those filings are expected in 30 days.
Ridgeland's camera program uses town police officers in a roadside computer-equipped RV operating sophisticated radar triggered traffic cameras which photograph the rear license plate and faces of drivers going more than ten miles above the speed limit. Tickets are mailed to drivers who may elect to appear in court or can pay a fine.
Ridgeland Mayor Gary Hodges said that he was pleased with the Court's ruling. Hodges credits the Ridgeland I-95 Traffic Safety Program with saving lives.
Hodges said "During the three years before we implemented the program, we were averaging over three fatalities per year. Since implementing the program in August 2010, Ridgeland has had zero fatal accidents. And as of the most recent statistics available at the end of March, Ridgeland has experienced a 51 percent decrease in accidents with injuries."
Ridgeland's Police Chief Richard Woods stresses Ridgeland officers are only taking pictures of the "super-speeders" going more than 10 miles and hour above the speed limit. Woods said "The speed limit on that stretch is already pretty generous at 70 mph and we are giving drivers another 10 mph before issuing tickets. Anyone going over 80 driving on that stretch is traveling at a dangerous speed. We are clocking some cars going in excess of 100 mph---and that is after the driver sees the sign at the town limits warning they are entering into an area with photo-assisted traffic enforcement."
Hodges said, "Ideally, people will hear about this program and will just slow down. If drivers keep their speed to 10 miles over the speed limit or less, it would end the program very quickly."
Hodges says word is getting out about the program and drivers are starting to slow down.
"Traffic counts before the program averaged approximately 1200 vehicles per day in excess of 80 mph," he said. "The most recent statistics show this number has been reduced to less than 500 per day."
The lawsuit said an officer should have to pull over each speeding driver and personally hand him a ticket. Woods defends the system of mailing tickets to the super speeders as a safer alternative.
"It is very dangerous to stop a vehicle on I-95 in order to perform the clerical function of filling out a traffic ticket when there is a much safer way to accomplish this task."


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William Wells Brown was born in Kentucky, 1814, to a slave mother and a slaveholder. In January 1834, Brown escaped to freedom becoming a fugitive slave in Canada. William W. Brown an antislavery lecturer, novelist, playwright, and author was one of the most prominent and prolific African American in the mid-nineteenth century.
After seizing his freedom, Brown (who received his middle and last name from an Ohio Quaker who helped him get to Canada) worked for nine years as a steamboat man on Lake Erie and a conductor for the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, New York. In 1843, the fugitive slave became a lecturing agent for the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society. Moving to Boston in 1847, he wrote the first, and still the most famous, version of his autobiography, Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself, which went through four American and five British editions before 1850, earning its author international fame.
Brown?s abolitionist career was marked by a turning point in the summer of 1843 when Buffalo hosted a national antislavery convention and the National Convention of Colored Citizens. Brown?s expanded service to the antislavery community brought an invitation to lecture before the American Anti-
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By. Neil Williamson, President Free Enterprise Forum
Adapted from comments made at the June 10th Public Hearing on Albemarle County's Comprehensive Plan
My new year's resolution was to be more positive. The current draft of Albemarle County's Comprehensive Plan has made this mission difficult.
There are good things in this 4 years long gestating plan including recognition of rural area farming conflicts with development and the right to farm, an enhanced chapter on economic development, as well as a plan condensing and reorganization that makes the formerly unwieldy tome slightly more user friendly.
But the Free Enterprise Forum must stand opposed to the current draft. We believe this plan should be vetoed.
Ultimately, we fear that the restrictive growth tenor and regulatory direction of this comp plan will be harmful to Albemarle's advancement and will significantly jeopardize the ability of our children and grandchildren to afford to live and find work in this great community.
While we believe the vast majority of the citizens may not be in favor of this plan, but I can count noses and I believe the majority of the Board of Supervisors is prepared to move forward.
This opposition is based on (but not limited to):
- providing Monticello veto power over development in its so called viewshed
- apologizing rather than fully embracing economic development
- increasing the cost and complexity of providing housing
- mandating residential densities the citizens and market does not want
- seeking to move people out of cars rather than moving cars
- falsely declaring Natural Resource protection the County's number one priority
- makes false promises about infrastructure investments while threatening to restrict property rights based on your failure
- removing specific rural area recreational uses without considering others.
The Free Enterprise Forum has been an active participant in this process for the last four years, we are disappointed that the final document speaks to more government expansion, reduced property rights and less flexibility.
While we can not support this plan, the Free Enterprise Forum is disappointed but not disheartened.
If you choose to pass this plan, we look forward to working with you and continuing our fight for increased flexibility, economic advancement, reduced regulation and increased respect for property rights as you and staff attempt to move forward to implementation.
I really wish I could be more positive, at least I made it to June – thank you for the opportunity to comment. Thank you to staff for their hard work on this project. I know at times I have been a burr in their side.
Respectfully Submitted,
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is the President of The Free Enterprise Forum, a public policy organization covering the City of Charlottesville as well as Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson County. For more information visit the website www.freeenterpriseforum.org


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But now, how do you decorate it? What kind of themes do you want in your new home? Do you want bold, confident colours with statement pieces? Or a nice relaxing theme to your home? The task of choosing what theme to decorate your new home can be a daunting one. Luckily, we have some advice for you.
Decorating a condo is a unique challenge since modern suites are compact with open concept floor plans. The most important thing you can do to maximize your space is to invest in furniture that provides double duties. For example, an Ottoman that doubles as a storage bin. This allows you to have a clutter-free living space, while still having everything you need within reach. Glass coffee tables are also a good centre piece for your living room, as it keeps the room open and does not impede the eye. You can also create "invisible walls" through the use of furniture. For example, separate your dining area and living space by placing a couch where you'd like the living space to end. Behind the couch, place a chest of drawers to add storage and create the feel of a new room.
The choice of paint is also critical when decorating your new home. Dark colours tend to close in the room, so avoid these unless you're using it on an accent wall. Mirrors are also your best friend. By placing mirrors on the walls throughout your home, you will be amazed at how much bigger your space looks.
While many colours in one room can be overwhelming, don't be afraid to use them. For example, going with a neutral theme in the room and adding a pop of colour, for example, a nice orchid purple (Pantone's colour of the year for 2014) will help to spice up the space in a unique way. Adding accents of the colour throughout will help tie it all together. Be wary of using too many different colours, however. It is best to use either variations of the same colour, or complementing colours (for example, those which are close to one another on the colour wheel).
Don't be afraid of adding texture to your new home, either. A great way to add accents without adding more colours is the use of textiles and patterns. For example, throws, pillows, and rugs can all spruce up a room in the same tones you are using, and they are easy to find.
Overall, the most important thing you can do in your new condo is make sure it's comfortable. Whether you're design theme is bold and outgoing, or relaxing and calming, you have put in the resources to purchase a Carrington Communities Condo, it's time to make it your own.


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A book that is more a labour of love
Winston Churchill's quote "the best way to make history is to write it," which I read for the first time in Richard Nixon's book, kept me enraptured and gave me immense satisfaction. The inference that one can draw from this is that a historian makes history just by writing it. Of course, as a historian, writing history is my vocation, therefore, I too fall in the category of makers of history. In a milieu where history and historians are both relegated to academic as well as social neglect, such quotes are indeed a veritable source of solace and consolation.
My pleasure and satisfaction is immense because the number of such makers of history stands swelled today by two. Mrs. Talat Rana and Gen. Ghaziuddin Rana have joined the ranks of historians, which must be a great source of gratification for the fraternity of historians. One must not forget that history is kind only to those people who write it themselves. We must not lose sight of the fact that the greater the number of historians, the more narratives of history there will be, which obviously will ensure a safer future for us and for our posterity. Multiple narratives mean there will be no one grand or meta narrative, which is what our era needs to understand.
Before I introduce this book, let me shed some light on why such narratives, generally designated as socio-cultural histories, hold a lot of importance. The very practice of history-writing in Pakistan has been confined to the mere arrangement of certain facts in a sequence, and those facts are inevitably political. Consequently, most of the narratives of history churned out in Pakistan are bare political commentaries without even a fleeting allusion to cultural or social traditions and conventions. Description of political events without their social and cultural moorings is only historical meta-narrative construction.
Viewed in that context, the book under review has a tremendous academic significance. Its salience increases because we do not find any credible account on the Rajputs despite them being one of the three most important clans currently inhabiting Punjab. The book Ranas of Hariana is a breath of fresh air primarily because the 'history' books produced in Pakistani academic circles are mostly 'national' not only in their characterisation but more significantly in their epistemic focus.
Family histories and autobiographical accounts add a fresh dimension to that monotonous trend that dominates history teaching in universities and colleges. Therefore, the authors must be commended for joining the ranks of those who want the frontiers of the discipline of history to be expanded.
The ancestral origins of the Rajput clan are somewhat confounded because the point of their origin exists at the very confluence of history and mythology. I am asserting that because Ram Chanderji's status as the first ever Rajput in our world is shrouded in mystery; it is debatable whether he was a historical figure or a figment of mythological imagination. Ironically, this is a universal conundrum that makes the question regarding the origins of castes, communities or kinship rather insoluble.
Leaving these tangled cobwebs of ascertaining the exact origins of the Rajputs aside, what is fascinating is the Rajput tradition, which can be summarised as the epitome of four ideas: romance, valour, uprightness and pride. All such adages like sar kat sakta hai magar jhuk nahi sakta (a Rajput's will choose beheading over bowing to anyone), or such high-sounding words and phrases like Aan (sense of self), Sanskriti (culture), Parampra (tradition), we owe to the articulation of Rajput tradition. However, equally fascinating, and seemingly opposite, aspect of Rajput tradition is it's not being rigid, allowing it flexibility to adapt to changing times.
If Rana Sangram Singh of Chittorgarh in the state of Mewar was a diehard follower of the Rajput parampra, a representative from his succeeding generation, Rana Hari Singh embraced Islam, thereby effecting a synthesis between the centuries-old Rajput traditions and Islam which accorded the Rajput ethos, an added measure of impregnability.
Coming from Rajasthan and taking up their abode in Hariana (district Hoshiarpur) during the reign of Mughal King Shah Jahan amply demonstrates that flexibility which is an essential ingredient for survival against all odds, no matter how onerous they may be. In Ranas of Hariana, one of our protagonists, Rana Jalalud Din Khan (1859-1926) acquired English education when the Muslim elite were still ambivalent about it. Even while Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was struggling to convince the Muslim Ashraaf to equip their children with modern education, Rana Jalalud Din Khan went to school, acquired English education and went on to join the police service under the British, a very wise step under the circumstances.
When posted to a difficult region like the North West Frontier Province, he never shirked and discharged his duty with a consciousness typical of a daring (Rana) Rajput, who knew only to surmount every challenge coming his way and never to be succumbed by it. Learning in the process the language and other social subtleties that people's lives were punctuated with, seems quite an impossible feat in such trying circumstances but Rana Jalalud Din performed it with grace and diligence. All these details have been furnished in the book at some length, while maintaining the Rajput aura of romance and adventure.
The Rana clan kept climbing the social ladder with the onward march of history under Khan Bahadur Rana Talhey Mohammad (1884-1956) who seems to have wielded tremendous influence on his clan and kin. A graduate of F.C. College, suave and civilized in his bearing, exuding the charm and charisma of a born leader, Rana Talhey was extremely gregarious and personable, with an uncanny ability to forge friendships. Like his father he too joined the police force and spent all his active service in the NWFP. Later, he was seconded to Patiala state as the Inspector General of Police, where his friend Bhupinder Singh was the ruler. Music connoisseur, tennis player of extraordinary merit, possessor of incredible sartorial taste and sense of style, he was so well-rounded a person, that an example of such a person is hard to find now. Rana Talhey Mohammad was an incarnation of the perception, widely circulated far and wide, which said: The duality in the Rajput character was astonishing. He was a grim warrior, forever ready to draw his sword, taking the cruelty, horror and pain of war in his stride. He was gentle, warm in his hospitality, a lover of music and dance, and kind to the womenfolk, even those of his enemy.
The last protagonist in the narrative is the larger than life figure of General Bakhtiar Rana (1908-1998). Like his father Rana Talhey Mohammad and grandfather, Bakhtiar Rana retained primal status in the Rana clan. Any word uttered by him was respected and complied without demur not just by his family but also by the extended clan as well as others around him. Like his father, he studied at F.C. College Lahore. Bakhitar Rana then joined the Indian Army and fought in the Second World War. After partition he was among the senior-most army officers who chose to migrate to Pakistan. He rose to the rank of a three-star general, making his position virtually unassailable in terms of worldly achievements. Keen golfer and tennis player, Bakhtiar Rana had profound interest in sports that might be a reason for his accepting the responsibility of heading the Gymnkhana Club in Lahore.
All said and done, Bhakhtiar Rana was a complete man, devoted to his family and kinsmen, a thorough professional and the upholderof Rajput aan, parampra and sanskriti. As he was proud of his Rajput origin, Rajputs must also be proud of having such a scion.
This book, Ranas of Hariana is the outcome of love's labour that the representatives of the fourth generation of this family have assembled for the benefit of the fifth and the sixth generations. There is no greater feat than this benefaction of the elders for their posterity. Now it is up to the youth to be acquainted with their past because without proper grounding in the past, the future become elusive and uncertain, and the present remains what it is now: bleak and uninspiring.
(This column is a speech delivered by the author on the launch of the book Ranas of Hariana)


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HM the Queen, celebrates her Jubilee Saturday at Epsom today. I hope she sees that handsome headcase, Bonfire (by Manduro), win. There is nothing so yawnsome as the Ballydoyle mafia winning all the classics and, so far, this season, their record is 3 out of 3.
I am not sure what the purpose of a jubilee is, never having had one of my own. Are we meant to be celebrating longevity, or just the fact that she hasn't thrown the crown in? Does having a Queen make *a material difference to our lives, or has she provided decoration for our currency and postage stamps. It's just a question, I do not have the answers.
This is a snapdat I took of Her Maj racing at Newbury a few years ago.
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The Encuentro
Delaney Ross '09
I finished saying my last words to the women and sank back onto the floor, tears streaming down my face. To hide my embarrassment I buried my face in the pillowcase they had given me as a good-bye gift, and the next five minutes were filled with the most intense and diverse array of emotions I've ever felt from one experience.
I was in Chiapas, Mexico, with twenty classmates. I had been working with the Oakwood Chiapas Project for four years, selling artisan clothing crafted by indigenous women and sending the proceeds back to them. Not only is Chiapas the poorest state in Mexico, but it is also in the middle of a revolution of change. The cooperatives we work with live in a constant struggle for human rights, economic justice, and self-governance. We were there to learn more about these efforts and to get to know the women. The days were spent sharing stories about home life and culture, and playing games and making art and singing songs with them and their children.
At our last goodbye, as each student and woman said what these days had meant to them, I was trying to think of some perfect thing to say, to capture all my feelings and all that I had learned. I realized there was simply too much to say and too much I didn't understand yet, and I blurted something out about how thankful I was and how much I had learned and how much they meant to me.
I had come with a lot of sympathy for these women, for their poverty and suffering, but I had expected them to speak simply and quietly and, really, without much thoughtfulness — because of the severe limits to their education and life experience. Their pride, dignity, intelligence and strength struck me without warning. They took critiques of their clothing graciously and reflectively, and talked solidly about complicated political and social issues. Their persistence in working to achieve a balance of love and autonomy in their communities made them the furthest thing from pitiable. It transformed the nature of my sympathy: they were no longer women in need of charity, but instead a group of friends who were in a bad situation and were willing to accept a helping hand
I also had never fully grasped the idea of tragedy. I had seen pictures of beggars in the streets and emaciated children, but talking with these women about their lives was different. They had been able to make the best out of a horrible environment. Their determination to form a better community showed me how strong humans can be. They weren't just victims of a cruel world, but wonderful people with enormous talent who would be incredibly successful with a reasonable chance. This is a deeper kind of tragedy, and I now have a personal connection with it. It's given me more courage to help change tragic wrong into right, a new feeling for the importance of passion .
All of this overwhelmed me, in those last minutes we had together — with sympathy, love, admiration, sorrow, and hope. I am grateful beyond words to have experienced the sheer truth, courage, and love that these women have put into everything they do with their lives.


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Trailers: Shadows of the Damned Teaser
The developers behind Killer7 and Resident Evil introduce us to Garcia Hotspur.
1Up.com got Grasshopper's Goichi Suda to admit that there was indeed a plan to release Shadows of the Damned on the PC but apparently that's not in the cards anymore. Suda would not comment on why the game won't be coming to our platform.
You might want to correct that.
Looks like a cross between GhostRider,Dante's Inferno and Catherine.
Doesn't look that flash, reminds me of the art style from Arkham Asylum....
Hmm... Kinda seems like a modern version of Dante's Inferno. Plot-wise at least.
It might be fun, at least the gameplay might be, not so sure about the story, but we'll see when it comes out.
TALKING GUN awesome .
Devil May Cry and No More Heroes had a baby, and they let Catherine and Grim Fandango bring it up.
I like. I like a lot.
That damned teaser is blocking all the light!
I'm confused...
Did EA just redo the plot of Dante's Inferno?
im kind of sick of "guy descends into hell and kills demons to save girl" plots...
where is my "like dante's inferno BUT' stamp?
I dont know, to me this smacks more of the video game incarnation of From Dusk Till Dawn than most the suggested references.
Edit: Ok, perhaps the plot of DI and co directed by Tarintino and Kevin Smith.
Yes folks, Suda51 has finally become mainstream.
ok, this looks like it could be a funny/weird FPS and will hopeful not take it's self to seriously
Color me interested.
Here's hoping for another Killer7
I know it doesn't fit, but for some reason I had to think of shadowman all the time while watching this.
somebody call robert rodriguez heres a game he can translate into a flim in no time flat!
Ok the story is basically Dante's Inferno. The gameplay looks like a cross between No More Heroes and Resident Evil and the art style is a cross between Wet and Dead Space. Yep, not gonna bother with this one.
so, this guy went to the depths of hell to get laid?
God damn, I'm excited for this.
We need more grindhouse style games.
"Leon Help!!"
I mean... "Garcia Help!"
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It's the worst drought California has had in 1,200 years. The drought is getting all the attention in the headlines, but don't believe everything you read. Most blame almonds for the lack of water, but those little nuts aren't the bad guys here. The "almond fear mongering campaign" has pit almonds against humans ("California faces 'almonds v people' dilemma") and dubbed them water-hungry nuts ("Since California's Drought Started, Water-Hungry Almonds Planted on 150,000 More Acres"). While it's easy to denounce the almond for its water-usage, the California drought is not so simple.
A simple reality is we are using water faster than it can replenish. We all know 71% of earth's surface is water, but very little of that water is drinkable. In fact, 96% of it is too saline for the seven billion of us on earth to drink. The water we can drink must be taken from underground, glaciers, rivers, or lakes.
Eventually our unsustainable practices are going to catch up with us, it just caught up with California first. The state has recently reached a pinnacle in a four year-long drought, some water tables have dropped the equivalent of five stories over the years. The ramifications are evident: rich green lawns starkly contrast the parched environment, land is sinking, canals are changing directions, farmers are without water. Any attempt by the state to gauze its water turmoil behind the glow and glamour trademark of the Californian lifestyle is futile. It's time to get serious about what to do.
There needs to be more than cutting back. Gov. Jerry Brown has passed an executive order to cut 25% of use by water agencies that supply most of the state. This is it's too little too late. Urban water usage takes up 10% of the state's surface water. The real culprit of extreme water use is the large farms, which have recently agreed to a similar 25% cut. But cuts only serve as a short term solution. Instead of giving speeches to residences about the bygone era of green lawns and vibrant golf courses, federal legislators need to overcome partisan opinions about revamping the agricultural methods and invest in them for a long term solution.
Almonds aren't the only thirsty crop. While most news sources cite almonds as the bane of California's water usage, it is far from the real culprit. Alfalfa used 1.4 million acre-feet more water that almonds and pistachios in 2010. The hay isn't even being used nationally. Most of the hay is exported, especially to Japan and other Pacific nations. There needs to be more media and local awareness about what's being watered, and where those crops are going.
Critics argue that these thirsty crops support the agro-oriented Californian economy, the seventh largest in the world. In order to keep these crops, local government needs to look to invest in conserving water while irrigating crops. Farmers need to be supported in changing conventional sprinkler methods which waste water, and look to water these crops with target specific methods like drip irrigation. Though costly, the dollar per acreage for thirsty crops seems large enough to support more spending on irrigation methods.
California needs to get organized. Detailed information on California's agriculture water-usage is disappointingly poor. Data, if collected, is accumulated by individual districts, counties, or agencies which all use different tools and measures. Usage is rarely based on actual observation or reporting, but model estimates. In order for legislators to make the right executive choice, data needs to be available.
You should care. College campuses in California are small towns in themselves, and use an insane amount of water. In order to avoid scrutiny, college campuses are going into action. USC has invested upward of 150 million dollars to conserve water and fund sustainability projects. If you begin to wonder where your tuition money is going, it may be there. Besides the question of finances, it's time to start caring. It is estimated by 2025 two thirds of the global population could experience water shortages. That statistic isn't limited to the sub-saharan nations who seem to be the stock photos in representing water scarcity, but extends to our neighborhoods.
We can point fingers at the celebrities who groom their lawns with excess amounts of water, or lean into desperation and paint our lawns green. But that is just brushing our mistakes under the rug. Water is a finite resource: the one percent available to us is unevenly distributed, polluted, or hard to access. Like other finite resources, namely coal or oil, scarcity breeds conflict.
The Pacific institute has documented hundreds of conflicts driven by water shortage, namely between Kenyan tribes and in South Africa. A conflict in 2000 was the most recent which took place in Sudan. The chances of these conflicts staying isolated within remote or poverty stricken areas is slim as richer areas like California experience similar shortages. The argument that there would be a dividing difference that would prevent citizens of one nation reacting similarly as another is invalid. There is nothing more primitive than our need to hydrate. There is nothing more pressing than protecting and preserving our ability to do so.
47 years ago American ecologist Garrett Hardin coined the term "tragedy of the commons." His concept centers around the idea that individuals act independently and in self-interest at the expense of everyone else by depleting a common resource. Never has Hardin's notion been so applicable than in our modern era. Water as a public resource has been drained and taken for granted. It's time for a reality check, this is our problem now.


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I don't think anyone could say that Miley Cyrus isn't acting out. Practically every public appearance she makes is designed to get attention. From twerking to her tongue-jutting smile for the cameras, she makes every act exaggerated, which is often a sign of insecurity. What does she have to be insecure about? She's got a burgeoning music career that she's building on a successful (but past) acting career. She's commonly considered attractive, and she has millions of adoring fans. But perhaps it's her smile that makes her insecure.
Problems of a Child Star
Miley Cyrus has already had orthodontic work. As the child star Hannah Montana, she grew up on the screen, so the typical tooth problems that teens encounter were on TV for everyone to see. Since then, she's reportedly had her teeth fixed with lingual braces (braces that go on the back of teeth, near your tongue), so her teeth are better aligned than they used to be. But does she still feel the sting of her earlier tooth problems?
Calling Attention to and Away from Her Smile
Miley Cyrus recently (Jan 5) announced to her Twitter followers, "Wearing my Invisalign [sic] for the 1st time in a while. It's unclear whether referring to an Invisalign aligner or a similarly styled retainer, which people are supposed to wear after orthodontic treatment, but what is clear is that she's thinking enough about her smile that she wants to have it fixed. Then a week later she tweeted a picture of herself wearing big fake teeth, then followed up with , "I get called an ugly lesbian a lot more than one would think. Or maybe not. Can you at least call me an interesting lesbian. I hate the U word." She may here be expressing the source of her sensitivity to "the U word" as her teeth. And her iconic tongue-thrusting smile may be another way she's trying to overcome her sensitivity about her teeth–it's certainly one way to take attention away from her teeth in pictures. Celebrities have a hard time dealing with their insecurities in the public eye, but for many of us it's a similar problem, just on a smaller scale. If your smile makes you uncomfortable, you don't have to live with it, we can help you fix it. To learn more about your options, please contact Collins Dentistry & Aesthetics in Spokane and Spokane Valley.


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Tired of dropping present hints and still finding another pair of lacklustre socks under the tree? It's time to steer 'Father Christmas' in the right direction. We recommend leaving this gin-lover's lust list on the kitchen table tonight …
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With so many local gins on the market, it can be hard to figure out which of the beautiful bottles are packing the good stuff. The gorgeous new South West Independent Gin Guide takes G&T devotees on a whistle-stop tour of this spirit-rich region and guides aspiring spiritsmiths to the best true-craft gin bars, schools, retailers and distillers.
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Sloe gin usually too sweet for you? The latest ingenious invention from Wrecking Coast's Cornish distillery hits the after-dinner spot without sending your blood-sugar to dizzying heights. We recommend sipping the Honey Sloe Gin neat to make the most of the jammy notes and smooth mouthfeel.
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Reckon you've got the nose to create a cracking gin? Create your own bespoke blend of botanicals at Salcombe Distilling Co's half day gin course. Not only will you get to tour the slick south Devon distillery but distil a bottle of own-branded gin to take home.
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SSC MTS 2016 Questions Paper – Staff Selection Commission conducted much awaited exam SSC MTS paper 2. In this article we are giving the list of questions asked in SSC MTS paper 2 2016 exam conducted on 28 January 2018.
SSC MTS 2016 Questions Paper
As you know SSC MTS paper 2 is a descriptive paper and you just need to write essay or letter of your choice in the language of your choice which are included in 8th schedule of constitution of India.
Lets check the topics.
Essay Topics MTS 2016
Write an Essay on any one of the following subjects:
- Education & Life
- Rainy Season
- Mobile Phone
- Cricket Match
- Responsibility of a good citizen
Essay topics in Hindi,
निम्नलिखित विषयों में से किसी एक पर निबंध लिखें:
- शिक्षा और जीवन
- बरसात का मौसम
- मोबाइल फोन
- क्रिकेट मैच
- एक अच्छे नागरिक की जिम्मेदारी
Letter Writing Topics
now let's check letter writing topics which were asked in paper 2 exam
- Letter to librarian to get new story books for the college library
- Letter to your father seeking permission to visit Jaipur with friends
- Letter to your friends inviting him/her to spend summer vacation
- Letter to the Regional Electrician officer regarding not getting your electricity Bill In time
- Letter to the Editor regarding deteriorating law and order situation
We have provided SSC MTS Previous year questions paper and important topics in SSC MTS exam and most of questions are being asked from there only.
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Been on HSN 34 yrs.., playing arcade games every week for 9 years..never won anything..but… now, I can only get 2 games to play. no others come up.. been 5 weeks now..tried all your suggestions…sad shopper ! will order again when fixed..
What browser are you using? Seems to be browser problems for the most part. Firefox and Edge Creators Update no longer allow Flash even though they say Flash enabled.
Internet Explorer is decent. I reinstalled that after the Creators Update took away Flash on Edge.
Then I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome and now Chrome is working really good (not as good as Edge but better than IE.).
And this is for PCs and laptops. I cant help you with Ipads, tablets, etc.
Any better suggestions as to getting games in arcade back on ? Help !
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Recently I competed in a cross country race where I represented Wiltshire. As a result of coming home as the 2nd Wiltshire runner I have been asked to represent Wiltshire squad in the National Cross Country Competition! It will be held on the 8th of March in Birmingham. Due to it being the Nationals it… Read more »
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Schools Library Service Literature Quiz
The first Schools Library Service Literature Quiz took place on 6th Feb. Test Valley School participated in one of the Regional heats, which was hosted by the Romsey School. The quiz covered all areas of Literature with answers ranging from Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Michael Morpurgo, the Gruffalo, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, James… Read more »
Sports Leaders KS2 Basketball
Three Test Valley Cluster schools attended the basketball coaching session on Tuesday 4th February 2014. Pupils from Wherwell, Stockbridge and Wallop developed their basic skills and knowledge of the game from the Year 10 Sports Leaders. Twenty Sports Leaders taught the skills of basketball involving dribbling, shooting and passing and developed the game situation using… Read more »
Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassadors Conference Tuesday 21st January 2014
"The Young Ambassador Programme is a true legacy of London 2012. Established by the Youth Sport Trust (YST) when London won the right to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the programme has now become embedded in our schools. Young people are now aspiring to, and striving to become, the next Young Ambassadors in… Read more »


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The enterprise roundtable is one of Workpath's event formats, where selected practitioners from medium-sized businesses as well as corporates come together to exchange in a moderated format and trustful environment on topics revolving around a new economic and working environment.
For the first enterprise roundtable, 15 participants followed Workpath's invitation and came to Munich. In short interviews Stefan Machheit (Executive Agile Consultant at the Otto Group), Andre Wilhelmi (People Manager at Flixbus) and Timo Salzsieder (CIO of Metro AG) shared their experiences and opinions about New Work with us:
What trends does Stefan Machheit see for New Work in 2019?
Stefan Machheit sees the difficulty in getting involved with the topic of New Work, especially among managers of companies with tayloristic approaches. How to lead in the future? How do I give people freedom and still have the responsibility? These are just a few of the topics that managers will be dealing with in the next years.
What trends does Andre Wilhelmi see for New Work in 2019?
For Andre Wilhelmi, the trend is to perceive people no longer merely as a resource, but as individuals. For companies such as Volkswagen and BMW, breaking down old structures is playing an increasingly important role, as they understand that a team, consisting of several intelligent individuals, can be more efficient than a single person at the top.
Which transformation and agility issues challenge Timo Salzsieder the most?
Timo Salzsieder describes cultural change as Metro AG's biggest problem by far. Especially for the employees of the IT department, the cultural change of the company poses a great challenge.
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The Larimer County Sheriff's Office arrested a Fort Collins man this week on suspicion of possessing more than 700 videos and 100,000 photos containing child pornography.
According to a release from LCSO Spokesman Jered Kramer, 49-year-old Grant James Hess was arrested at his residence Tuesday, following a 10-month investigation, and a search turned up the sexually exploitative files.
Arrest reports from that date indicate that Hess lives in the 600 block of East Coy Drive, just southwest of West Mulberry Street and South Shields Street in Fort Collins.
Kramer stated that Hess was booked at the Larimer County Jail with a bond of $35,000 for charges alleging 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a child — a Class 3 felony — in connection to publishing or selling images. He also faces three Class 4 felony charges alleging sexual exploitation of a child via possession of 20 or more pornographic videos.
According to Eighth Judicial Court dockets, Hess is due in court at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday for an advisement and will return 8:30 a.m. Thursday for his first appearance in Division 5A.


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A university don, Prof. Akinwumi Isola, has raised the alarm over the looming extinction of Yoruba and other indigenous languages in Nigeria.
According to him, failure of the people to speak Yoruba language to the young ones was capable of wiping out the language.
Isola, a literature icon and professor of language, said this at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko while delivering the 4th convocation lecture of the institution, which was presented in Yoruba language and entitled, 'Kini A fee Maa Fii Ede Yoruba Se?'He expressed concern that the country did not learn a lesson from China, which, he said, was able to achieve the present level of development because the people use their mother tongue for education and other transactions.
Isola, therefore, suggested that government should make Yoruba language compulsory from primary school level to higher institutions to ensure that the young ones understand the language from early stage of life. The don lamented that many elites consider their language as inferior to the foreign ones, saying some of them don't speak Yoruba language in their homes let alone train their children with it. According to him, "Government should also ensure that the Yorùbá language is made the medium of instruction in primary schools as it was done during the If?? experiment some years back.
The vice chancellor of the university, Professor Femi Mimiko, said the decision of the institution to present the convocation lecture in Yoruba language showed that it was committed to the development of the language.
"There is also the need for government to rescind its decision and ensure that Yorùbá language is made compulsory at the Senior Secondary Examination level. It will not be out of place for universities to include the teaching of Yorùbá language in the GST curriculum where they teach Nigerian peoples and cultures".


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At the heart of a great customer experience is successful execution of a great customer strategy. At CXP our people have many years of experience designing, implementing and managing contact centre centric solutions for clients across multiple industries from Retail to Utilities through to Insurance and Financial Services.
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The Engineering & Construction Division is responsible for all aspects of the management and execution of the Department's Capital Improvement Program as well as for providing engineering support to the Department's operating divisions (Roads, Wastewater, Solid Waste). Additionally, the division supports the capital construction projects for the departments of Parks and Recreation, Sheriff's Office, Community Services, Emergency Services and the Circuit Court.
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Five Star Dance Company is a newly formed Canadian pre-professional dance company that incorporates performance opportunities to dancers as well as cultural experiences. With annual performances, Five Star Dance Company will set the stage each season in a tropical location down south. Created and crafted by Jacques Monfiston, the President and Founder wants to push limits creatively, inspire and entertain by showcasing audiences the beauty of dance.
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This level can be a little tricky, but it's very easy to beat. From the start, jump into the room with the thwump and move over it, then jump over the launchpad and jump into the room with the zap drone, and move into the room with the switch, and flip it. Get back into the thwump room, and launch yourself up to the door. Let yourself hit the ceiling, then move into the doorway, otherwise you'll be blown into oblivion by the mines. Get the gigantic gold stash on the left. This will make the rest of the levels real easy, since you can concentrate more on beating the level and less on your lifespan. Jump into the room with the bounce block, then jump and run past the thwumps. Jump just before you drop, or else you'll drop into the room with the mines, and blow up. Flip the switch, then drop into the other switch room, and flip the switch and get the gold. Launch back up to the thwumps, then run across and land on the bounce block. Jump into the room above you, then drop into the unlocked terminal room. Activate the terminal, then get back out and drop past the mines, then drop out of the corporate center. Avert the laser drone, if you encounter it, then jump into the exit.
Method 2 (All gold)
Jump out and over the thwump, make your way past the zap drone and hit the switch. Move back out, and drop down onto the launch pad, move left when you hit the roof to avoid the mines. You should be able to collect all the gold in the huge cache in about 4 jumps. Go right making your way under the thwumps into the top switch room. When you go out, fall close to the wall and walljump away when you're across from the room with three gold in it. Get yourself out again and collect the bottom gold and switch. Launchpad back out and run back under the thwumps, landing on the handy bounce block. Hit the exit switch and make your way back to the bottom past the mines, exiting via the opening next to the exit. Hopefully you're fast enough not to have the laser drone seeking you, so go left, and walljump up to get the row of gold. Avoid the laser drone until you can jump into the exit.