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Birthday gift for Svalbard Seed Vault
Far below a mountain of permafrost, the seeds are secured for future generations. Here they are safe from war, earthquakes, tsunamis and other catastrophes. The "Doomsday Vault", as it is sometimes called, was set up on Svalbard six years ago. Some 800,000 different seed samples have since been brought north. This week marks six years of the seed vault, ten years since the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT), was opened.
Farm crop diversity dwindling
"We need to conserve the diversity of the major crops, in order to be able to feed the world in the future. This diversity is really the building blocks for the future of agriculture. And agriculture is up for some major challenges," Marie Haga, the Executive Director of GCDT, told me in an interview as she prepared to head for Svalbard for an anniversary board meeting.
"We need to feed one billion more people in the next ten years and we have to do this in the midst of climate change."
At the same time, many species of food crop are disappearing, she explained. "Since 1900, the US has lost 90% of the diversity of its fruit and vegetables in the fields. That is dramatic."
Haga said there are similar events being documented in European countries, including major food producing nations like Spain.
"In the 1970s, Spain had 400 varieties of melons in the fields. Today they have only 12. We we are losing diversity out there in farmers' fields because of the way we do agriculture," Haga said. "That's why it is so important that we conserve these seeds in seed banks around the world."
Haga believes that by saving seeds and preserving a diverse collection of plant genes, we will be prepared for the climate challenges of the future.
"The temperature is increasing globally. The weather is more unpredictable," she said. "We know we will not dramatically change the way we do agriculture over the next few years. And that means we are even more dependent on these seeds that are stored in plant gene banks around the world."
War and disaster endanger crop diversity
GCDT supports an international network of gene banks which collect seeds from their particular region. But in the event of war or natural disaster, these facilities may be vulnerable to damage.
"We know we have lost plant gene banks in the Philippines for instance, in floods and fires. Very important gene banks have been lost in Afghanistan, These days we are very concerned about what is happening to a very important seed bank in Aleppo in Syria. Something could happen to the very important diversity of wheat we have in that seed bank. "
But the Svalbard Seed vault is considered one of the safest seed storage sites in the world. "It is in permafrost and we know that will last for a long time even though the climate is changing," said Haga. "The seed vault is far above sea level. It is in a very stable part of the world. There are no earthquakes and it's a politically stable area."
As the conflict in Syria continues, the seed bank there is in danger. But the same seeds are also stored at the site in Svalbard. "So if something happens to the gene bank in Syria, we know it is possible to retrieve the material on this island in the far north."
This week 20,000 new samples are arriving on the Arctic island to mark the seed bank's tenth anniversary,
"For the first time we will get a substantial deposit of seeds from Japan, which is important. We know Japan has gone through terrible stresses with the tsunami and earthquakes."
So far, the "Doomsday Vault" has never been called on to release its underground treasures – but they are ready if the need should arise.
"There are lots of uncertainties around the globe, some man-made, some by natural disasters. In case something were to go terribly wrong, we know it's a very unique possibility to go to Svalbard and retrieve material lost out there in the real world."
DateFebruary 26, 2014 | 3:50 pm
Why melting Arctic ice leaves us cold!
Since I attended a workshop on "Creating a Climate for Change" in Tromso in January, I have been thinking a lot about the psychological reasons why things are not moving forward on climate change. Although scientific knowledge is growing all the time, public perception of the need for action has not kept pace. Even in regions of the Arctic where climate change is very visible, a lot of people seem to be unwilling to take it on board. Of course there are people who will benefit to some extent. But the danger of a warming world for future generations and the environment is hard to avoid. Yet there is what you could all collective inaction. Is it all in the mind? I touched on this briefly in a post from Tromso, but feel it is important enough to come back to in some more detail here.
In connection with climate change, the word "denial" is highly emotionally charged. Her book entitled "Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life" brought American sociologist Kari Norgaard storms of hate mail from right-wing climate skeptics. Yet the academic from the University of Oregon is not concerned with this minority group.
"I think it is a very disingenuous debate that has been manufactured by political interests who stand to lose as the economy shifts away from fossil fuels. What they're doing is trying to make it sound like there is a debate – but actually there is no debate", Kari told me in an interview. What she wants to understand is why the vast majority of people who do not dispute the existence of human-induced climate change still fail to translate that knowledge into action in their own lives.
"How is it possible that we have so much knowledge about the urgency of climate change, yet when you look around, it seems that either nobody knows or nobody cares?". Norgaard sees an "incredible disconnect between the moral, social and environmental crisis of climate change and the lack of a widespread sense of a need for urgent action." Humans, says Norgaard, are "not getting it" and "carrying on regardless".
Refusing to accept the obvious?
The American researcher spent ten months studying a community in northern Norway, a country where media literacy, political participation and climate awareness are high. The winter she spent there was unusually warm and the snow came two months later than usual, causing problems for the community's two main revenue sources farming and tourism. Yet Norgaard observed that the phenomenon of climate change was "invisible in social or political life". Although stories in the media linked the warm winter explicitly to global warming, residents did not react by contacting politicians or cutting down on fossil fuels. Norgaard attributes this lack of response to what she calls "socially organized denial": although people are informed about the findings of climate science, this knowledge remains disconnected from political, social, and private life. She sees this as symbolic of how citizens of wealthier, industrialized countries are responding to global warming. In her home county the USA, regions are already experiencing climate impacts with economic consequences. Yet people do not want to accept that it could have something to do with their lifestyle and require unpleasant action.
"People have a real fear about what it means for the world and their future. Then a sense of guilt comes up because they realize that our high quality of life through our use of fossil fuels is directly linked to this problem. Then there is a sense of helplessness, because it feels so large and we see the lack of political response."
People prefer, it seems, to live as though they did not have the worrying evidence of climate change. Norgaard compares this behaviour to people's ignoring the holocaust or the dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II: She thinks we are trying to protect ourselves by avoiding unpleasant facts and the need to do something about them.
The greatest communication failure of all time?
Per Espen Stoknes is a psychologist at the Center for Climate Strategy of the Norwegian Business Institute NBI. He says the communication of climate science has failed to take account of psychological defence mechanisms of the sort Norgaard describes. "For a long time it was hoped that just the facts would be sufficient. But there are psychological barriers which stop people taking to heart what climate science is telling us, and these have been underestimated", he told me in an interview.
Stoknes says people perceive climate change as something distant, in time and place. An IPCC (intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) forecast for 2100 seems a long way away. Melting sea ice or sea level rise in places like Bangladesh or the Maldives seem geographically very remote.
Paradoxically, the better the facts on climate change become, the less people seem to care. Stoknes quotes surveys going back to 1989 in Norway which show a decrease in people's concern about the greenhouse effect and climate change."Only four in ten now see it as a problem".
Another interesting statistic Stoknes quotes shows the public has the impression only 55 percent of climate scientists agree on global warming. In reality, the figure is 97%.Getting the message about climate change across is the "greatest communication failure of all time", says Stoknes. He says scientists need to lecture people less and engage more in dialogue and discussion. Media coverage also plays a role: "We know about 85 percent of all the media reports about climate have been framed as doom and disaster. We know this gives people an aversion and leads to avoidance behaviour. We stop wanting to hear about the issue".
This would appear to fit with a downward slide in climate coverage around the globe, says Elisabeth Eide from the University of Bergen, author of various works on climate change in the media. She refers to "climate fatigue" in society at large and in journalists in particular.
How to motivate people to combat climate change?
If these researchers are correct and the lack of climate action is mainly psychologically motivated, the problem requires psychological solutions. Stoknes says we have to cross the "doom and disaster barrier" and point the way forward. Norgaard too argues for more positive examples and indications of what we could do to change things.".
Psychologist Stoknes stresses the power of social norms to change behaviour: He suggests campaigns that make people compete with their peers – neighbours, other towns, friends, relatives, at being climate-conscious. He reports the success of an app where people can record and compare how much energy they have used. Another possibility is to make "greener" options the default in all aspects of daily life. "If the normal way a printer works is to use both sides of the paper, for instance, people will do that. Not if they have to change a setting" says Stoknes. A mind-shift away from portraying climate change as a paralysing threat towards stressing practical behaviour that would change the situation could avoid triggering what the experts call "the emotional need for denial". Any thoughts on that?
DateFebruary 21, 2014 | 2:28 pm
Climate change back on the agenda?
Trawling the media for climate-related stories over the weekend, I began to see some signs that the message might be getting across after all. I had just put the finishing touches to my story on "Why we don't want to hear about climate change", based on interviews with sociologist Kari Marie Norgaard from the University of Oregon and psychologist Per Stoknes from the Norwegian Business school, when I heard US Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement that the USA and China would be cooperating and exchanging data in the run-up to the 2015 Paris climate talks, where a new climate deal is supposed to be agreed. I found myself feeling just a little bit more optimistic. If these two key players really put climate protection into action, maybe we will be able to get somewhere. A report on a study by the Chinese government on the disastrous air pollution in Beijing is not happy reading, but gives grounds to assume the Chinese government has to be serious about taking emissions in hand.
Arctic ambassador – a sign of the times?
Another announcement by the US Sec of State leaves me with mixed feelings. There is going to be a US ambassador for the Arctic. On the one hand, it is always good to see the Arctic getting attention. On the other hand, the motivation does not make me jump for joy. An item from the news agency AFP writes of "a region increasingly coveted by several countries for its oil and other raw materials". Indeed. That is the worrying bit. In case you missed it, (the Arctic announcement did not get huge coverage), Kerry said in his statement:
"The Arctic region is the last global frontier and a region with enormous and growing geostrategic, economic, climate, environment and national security implications for the United States and the world…President Obama and I are committed to elevating our attention and effort to keep up with the opportunities and consequences presented by the Arctic's rapid transformation – a very rare convergence of almost every national priority in the most rapidly-changing region on the face of the Earth". It is good to see climate and environment get a mention at least.
A "Stern" warning
The Guardian had a guest article by Nicholas Stern, the author of that famous Stern Report on the economics of climate change back in 2006 (yes, it really is that long ago).The background to this, of course, is the wild weather in the UK. Now I do not wish that kind of weather on anyone, but in terms of drawing attention to climate change it has certainly been very important. Stern writes "The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change". He makes a clear case for linking the two. He also brings in the other extreme weather around the globe, including Australia, Argentina and Brazil and the devastating typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines last year. Stern has clear advice for the politicians:
"This is a pattern of global change that it would be very unwise to ignore." Stern says the risks are even bigger than when he wrote the 2006 report. "Since then, annual greenhaouse gas emissions have increased steeply and some of the impacts, such as the decline of Arctic sea ice, have started to happen much more quickly."
I hope a lot of decision-makers and influential business people have read or will still read Stern's article. He calls for rapid action and investment. He has a clear message for the European Union, currently not the most popular international organisation with the British government. "The UK whould work with the rest of the EU to create a unified and much better functioning energy market and power grid structure. 'this would also increase energy security, lower costs and reduce emissions. What better was is there to bring Europe together?" Other measures recommended would be to implement a "strong price on greenhouse gas pollution across the economy". This, remember, is a renowned economist, not an environmental campaigner. He also warns against the temptation to cut overseas aid to fund adaptation to climate change. "It would be deeply immoral to penalise the 1.2 billion people around the world who libve in extreme poverty…In fact, the UK should be increasing aid to poor countries to help them develop economically in a climate that is becoming more hostile largely because of past emissions by rich countries"- Yes. Yes. Yes.
Don't let the weather distract from your climate awareness!
The other piece of writing which inspired me over the weekend was in the ImaGeo blog by Tom Yulsman: "Move over polar vortex". He looks at the new analysis produced by the UK's Met Office:
"If a new scientific analysis is correct, the repeated bouts of extreme weather on either side of the Atlantic are indeed unusual – and both are manifestations of a chain of climatic teleconnections that reach half way around the globe and all the way to the tropics".
There is a lot of talk in this piece of whether the polar vortex is weak (as discussed in my article More Arctic Weather in a Warming World?) Or actually "particularly intense". I would recommend you read Tom's blog for yourselves for the details and his views. But the insight I would leave you with here as "food for thought" is where he quotes a paper in the journal Science.
"They conclude that the recent discourse focusing on the possible connections between winter weather and climate change distracts from the bigger issue: that is, regardless of extreme winter weather, climate change is undoubtedly real, and that harsh winters are not what we really need to be concerned about going forward as the climate continues to change".
People love to talk about the weather. But if we use every instance of unusual weather to question the overall trend of global warming, with all the complex effects that has on our climate, winds, oceans etc, we run the risk of losing a necessary sense of urgency when it comes to reducing emissions. I am reminded, as I often am, of a young climate ambassador from the Netherlands during a fact-finding trip to Alaska in 2008. As we stood at the Visitor's Centre for a glacier which is now no longer visible from that spot because it has retreated so far, he said that just brought home to him how "everything is connected". Our everyday lifestyle in the industrialised world is melting the Arctic ice – and that, in turn, is contributing to the changing climate patterns which can radically alter the planet.
DateFebruary 17, 2014 | 3:20 pm
Arctic infrastructure cannot keep pace
The Russian response to Greenpeace's protest at the Arctic Prirazlomnoye oil rig made it clear to a lot of people that in spite of environmental concerns, the commercialization of the region is proceeding "full speed ahead"and enjoying top political priority. The controversial rig went into production at the end of the last year. Shipping has also increased dramatically in Arctic waters in the last few years, with international freight companies using the Northern Sea Route along the Russian coast to transport gas and other commodities. This reduces the distance between Shanghai and Hamburg by around 6,400 kilometers, compared with the usual route via the Suez Canal. Tourism is also on the up, with an increasing number of cruise ships making their way through Arctic waters during the summer months. What happens if one of these ships sinks? When the Costa Concordia cruise ship hit rocks off the italian island of Giglio in January 2012 and tipped onto its side, the risks of this kind of tourism became graphically clear. The thought of something like that happening with an iceberg in the remote regions around Spitsbergen or Greenland doesn't bear thinking about. But that, of course, is exactly what we have to do with a view to minimising risks for people and the environment.
The Arctic Institute Center for Circumpolar Security Studies has examined existing infrastructure in the six Arctic coastal states (USA, Canada, Greenland/Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Russia). I attended a workshop as a side-event to the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso in January, where the initial results were presented. They should really set the alarm bells ringing.
Kathrin Keil from the IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany, looked at developments in the oil and gas sector. She warned that the unpredictability and variability of weather and ice conditions would severely limit the options for responding to an oil accident in the region. The ice cover in May can be between 30 and 90 percent, she explained.
The ice-free period can be as short as one month or as long as nine. To date, there is no adequate technology available to successfully deal with the results of an oil spill in Arctic waters. The Institute also says the 'Oil Spill Response Plan' provided by Gazprom for the Prirazlomnoye rig lacks detail. The rig is located close to several nature reserves and Kail warns that these areas would be extremely vulnerable if oil or fuel were to spill. She argues for the tightest possible safety regulations, given that this is the first offshore oil platform to go into operation in the Arctic.
Not enough icebreakers
The existing infrastructure is also inadequate for the increase in Arctic shipping, says Malte Humpert, Executive Director of the Arctic Institute. He says the icebreaker fleet is not big enough to support the growing number of vessels sailing through Arctic regions.
The increase in the number of cruise boats, especially near the Norwegian Spitsbergen archipelago and off the west coast of Greenland, is another cause for concern. If a cruise ship carrying 3,000 people were to collide with an iceberg near the popular tourist town Ilulissat, the existing search and rescue capacity would not be sufficient to cope. The available planes, helicopters and ships would be too few and take too long to reach the accident site, says Arctic Institute's Marc Jacobsen.
With just 4,500 residents, Ilulissat would be unable to provide adequate medical treatment or shelter for people affected by the crash. Oil and other toxic chemicals dumped by the damaged vessel would be very difficult to clean-up. There is also a shortage of satellite, internet and mobile phone connections, meaning communication would be limited.
Politicians are prepared to take risks
The risks of the increasing commercialization of the Arctic are high on the priority of the region's politicians, says Magnus Johannesson, Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Arctic Council . In an interview at his office in Tromsø he stressed to me the importance of ongoing negotiations aimed at introducing a 'Polar Code' to regulate Arctic shipping. It is set to come into effect in 2016. Johannesson also referred to the SAREX exercises conducted in 2013. These simulated a shipping accident to test search and rescue capacity. But Marc Jacobsen from the Arctic Institute says the exercise was too small in scale to provide a realistic picture of readiness. There were only 250 people on the vessel used in the mock accident.
"I think everyone is aware that there could be better infrastructure, but these are the first steps," Johannesson told me . "The Arctic states are very aware of that and doing their best to speed this up".
Disaster in the Arctic: a possibility
Anton Vasiliev, Russia's ambassador to the Arctic Council, assumes his country will have proper infrastructure in place along the Northern Sea Route within the next few years. Iceland's Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson also told me in an interview in Tromso he was confident that security and response infrastructure would be improved.
"In the end we are always worried about the ocean around Iceland, so the environment and security matter. The possibility of a disaster in the Arctic is why we are paying so much attention to the region," he told me. "The attention to the economic potential of the Arctic is growing fast. But I don't think it is moving so fast that we cannot manage it."
But environmental groups are increasingly concerned about commerical activity in the Arctic. I noticed a distinct lack of ngo participation at the Arctic Frontiers event this year. The price of conference attendance seeems to be one factor that reduces the number of ngo people attending. On the official programme, it seems only one ngo is officially invited to speak each year. This year, it was WWF's turn, and Nina Jensen the CEO was on one of the panels. I interviewed her in Tromso and she told me: "With the increasing ship traffic, there is a higher risk of accidents and pollution that will impact both humans and wildlife to a very serious extent. We do not know enough about the marine environment to be able to avoid serious impacts. We do not have adequate regulations in place, and there is no sufficient oil spill preparedness." While she welcomes the Polar Code, she stresses it is only a first step, and fails to tackle issues such as black carbon pollution, invasive species and the use of heavy fuel oil.
She sees a huge discrepancy between the political rhetoric, with politicians all paying lip service to the need for a better infrastructure to protect the fragile Arctic environment, but taking little action to make this happen in time.
We also talked about the huge paradox that is Arctic oil drilling. Climate change is making it possible – and burning oil, in turn, is creating the emissions which cause climate change. The world needs to get away from fossil fuel, says Jensen. The future of the Arctic has to be renewable.
My article on this is on the DW website: Are we prepared for a catastrophe in the Arctic?
DateFebruary 10, 2014 | 10:13 am
Greenland glacier at record speed
I have been working on a story about whether the Arctic infrastructure would be able to cope with a shipping or oil spill accident, which is increasingly likely to occur as development speeds ahead. During the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, I attended an interesting workshop on the topic, where the organisers, the Arctic Institute Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, came to what their experts describe as "worrisome" conclusions. Malte Humpert, Kathrin Keil and Marc Jacobsen presented three incident scenarios involving shipping and oil exploration in the Arctic. Jacobsen's scenario involved a giant cruise boat with 3000 people on board hitting an iceberg off the West Greenland Coast, near Ilulissat.
In 2009 I was in Ilulissat, working on radio features on climate change in Greenland. This is the Greenland of the tourist brochures, with a constantly changing panorama of icebergs floating past your hotel window – or porthole if you are on a ship. While I was there, the fragility of that beautiful glacier ice was brought home to me.
The Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, also still known by its Danish name "Jakobshavn Isbrae", is the fastest flowing glacier in Greenland (or Antarctica, these two major ice sources being of key importance to global sea level). The icebergs which create the spectacle floating past the brightly coloured houses of Ilulissat, are breaking off from the glacier. Beautiful to look at, extremely worrying if you think about the background. Back in 2009, scientists were already telling me the glacier was speeding up. Now the latest research published in The Cryosphere (the journal of the European Geosciences Union) confirms that the summer flow of the ice mass has reached a record speed. The scientists, from the University of Washington in Seattle and the German Aerospace Center DLR, say the speeding up in 2013 was 30 to 50 percent higher than previous summers. The scientists analysed satellite images taken every 11 days from early 2009 to spring 2013. Satellite technology plays a key role in observing the ice. Two German radar satellites TerraSAR-X und TanDEM-X provide high resolution data that facilitates precise calculations, according to DLR. One of the authors, Dana Floricioiu from the DLR Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, told journalists it had been striking to see how much the glacier was changing within a very short time.
The researchers found that the glacier's average speed peaked at 46 metres per day during the summer of 2012. This is the fastest ever recorded for a glacier in Greenland or Antarctica. The big surges take place in summer, but the researchers say the average annual speed of the glacier over the last two years is almost three times what was measured in the 1990s. It is retreating by around 17 kilometres per year. The scientists say these speeds were achieved "as the glacier terminus appears to have retreated to the bottom of an over-deepened basin with a depth of around 1300 m below sea level. The terminus is likely to reach the deepest section of the trough within a few decades, after which it could rapidly retreat to the shallower regions some 50 km farther upstream, potentially by the end of this century".
The huge volume of ice going into the sea from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier is already influencing sea level. The glacier drains around 6 percent of the massive Greenland ice sheet Scientists estimate it added about 1 millimetre to global sea levels from 2000 to 2010. The increased speed of the discharge will exacerbate this further.Badnews for people in low-lying coastal areas around the globe. And this is not the only Greenland glacier melting increasingly.
Coming back to the subject of disaster-preparedness – this glacier is thought to be the source of the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912. The Arctic Institute's scenario indicates that an accident like the "Costa Concordia", which happened in an easily accessible region with no ice or dangerous weather conditions, would have devastating consequences if it happened, say, off the coast of Ilulissat. Search and rescue, accommodation and medical treatment, lack of transport facilities, poor communications infrastructure, no adequate oil spill response technology for icy waters…. food for thought for companies looking to profit from the changing climate of the Arctic – and the governments that should be responsible for protecting humans, wildlife and that beautiful but fragile Arctic ecosystem.
DateFebruary 6, 2014 | 12:43 pm

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Grenade by Afghan's body bolstered soldiers' account, officer says
A Russian-made grenade placed next to the body of an Afghan made credible the story U.S. soldiers told — that the man had tried to attack them before he was killed, a U.S. Army officer testified Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
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Charges against Morlock• Three counts of premeditated murder;
• One count of assault;
• One count of wrongfully endeavoring to impede an investigation;
• One specification of violating a lawful general order;
• One specification of wrongfully using a controlled substance (hashish).
Source: Joint Base Lewis-McChord
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — In early May, when 2nd Lt. Stefan Moye came upon the dismembered body of an Afghan man, he had no reason to doubt the story outlined by his soldiers, he testified Monday.
Men in his unit said the Afghan had tried to attack them, and, as evidence, pointed to a Russian-made grenade that lay next to the corpse.
"The reason I wasn't suspicious was that I saw this grenade that I had never seen before," said Moye, who knew it wasn't American made.
But the grenade actually had been carried around secretly by one of the soldiers to be used to stage a killing, according to Spc. Jeremy Morlock, who, in a videotaped interview and in sworn statements to investigators in Kandahar, Afghanistan, outlined the plot to kill this Afghan and two others. That day in May, the grenade was put next to the dead man to make a murder appear to be a justified battlefield action, he said.
Army prosecutors, on the basis of those statements and other evidence, have charged Morlock with participating in the three murders and other crimes. In the hearing Monday, they sought to persuade a presiding Army officer to recommend a court-martial that could result in a penalty of up to life imprisonment or death.
Morlock, who has been held in detention, appeared in court in his Army uniform.
Morlock had taken a prescription muscle relaxer during his initial Kandahar interview, said investigators who testified Monday via telephone from Afghanistan. But they affirmed that Morlock under questioning was articulate, full of details and able to make good eye contact without slurring words.
"What you have is videotaped evidence of Spc. Morlock, in a completely normal manner, confessing to ... homicides," said Capt. Andre Leblanc, a prosecutor, at the Article 32 hearing.
Defense attorneys said Morlock never confessed to the killings and that his statements indicate other soldiers fired the fatal shots or tossed a fatal grenade. His attorneys questioned investigators' claims that Morlock had been properly informed of his rights during the interviews and said his prescription-drug use should render the statement invalid as evidence. They noted that in the video Morlock frequently slumps in his chair or leans his head on the wall.
"No police officer or investigator in their right mind would interrogate a guy right after they popped a pill," said Morlock attorney Michael Waddington.
Morlock is a 22-year-old from Wasilla, Alaska, who went to Afghanistan in summer 2009 with the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, (since renamed) and served nearly a year of tough duty in Kandahar province.
The information from his interviews in Kandahar has helped Army prosecutors piece together a wide-ranging case against soldiers in a troubled unit.
Waddington alleged widespread use of potent hashish at the base, and an Army criminal investigator, Special Agent Anderson Wagner, under questioning did not dispute the claim.
The investigation also has led to the retrieval of 60 to 70 photos of several soldiers, including Morlock, posing by Afghan corpses. Those photos are being closely held by the Army, which will allow only defense attorneys to view them at a secure location on the base.
So far, a dozen soldiers have been charged with a series of crimes ranging from possessing human body parts to assaulting a fellow soldier. Five of the soldiers, including Morlock, are charged with involvement in one or more of the murders.
Many of the accused were asked to testify on Monday but declined, citing their Fifth Amendment right that protects them against testimony that could result in self-incrimination.
Four other soldiers, including a first lieutenant, who have not been publicly charged with any crimes also invoked their right not to testify.
The hearing ended late Monday afternoon, and in the weeks ahead the Army command at the base is expected to decide whether to order a court-martial.
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This is my very favorite mascara that I always go back to. Best I've ever used. Awesome stuff.
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I got a sample of this and was eager to try it after all of the rave reviews. After trying it, it seems like a pretty good mascara, but definitely isn't for me. I thought it lengthened and separated my lashes incredibly well, but it did nothing to make them look less thin or sparse. If anything, the definition almost seemed to make my lashes' sparseness even more obvious. So if I had thick, fantasy lashes, maybe this would be the mascara for me, but since I don't I think I'll just pass.
I did not like this product at all. It made my eyelashes look messy and clumpy, and it was hard to apply. It just didn't want to go on smoothly. I love Lancome products, but I would *not* recommend this mascara.
This is a great mascara. The texture is so natural, it doesn't look like I'm wearing makeup, yet it defines and lengthens lashes exactly as it claims to do. I was so happy I tried this and would definitely buy again.
I have this in a GWP size, which I know is not always indicative of how the full-size product will be, especially with regard to the brush. At any rate, this was a good mascara, but nothing that IMHO justifies its large price tag. It lengthens only marginally, and for my taste, thickens a bit *too* much. I can see how the formula would get clumpy quickly, too. The mascara is heavy, so my lashes sagged a bit, but it didn't smudge, smear or flake. Having tried mascaras that perform just as well or better for far less money, I wouldn't spring for the full-size of Definicils.
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This is a decent mascara which separates and coats my lashes nicely/evenly. It's a very natural wearing mascara (no clumps/spidery effects), but I noticed no true difference than I would have seen by using a drugstore mascara. I don't think this product is worth the $$$. It's very average. I do buy Lancome's Flextencils, however ~ that is my all time HG mascara !
i honestly don't know why so many rave about this product. it didn't do anything but darken my lashes. i must admit its the most beautiful shade, and it doesn't smudge, flake, or clump. BUT to pay 21 dollars for something that simply darkens my lashes?? not me, i returned it the day after i bought it.
Well,this mascara is great at lengthening but clumps alot!!! Will not buy it again.
This is my standard mascara and I love it (expensive though). It gives a lot of separation. I have naturally long lashes that are much lighter than than my eyebrows. This mascara has always given me a dramatic, non clumping lash that lasts and doesn't smear. It has a thin texture which I think might not be so great for some one looking to add body or curl.
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I have short, straight, down pointing asian lashes that are hard to deal with. I curl them, then prime them, then apply mascara in order to attempt to achieve long and thick lashes. This is alright. I acquired it as a GWP and 2 applications does define and lenthen them some while one application is a softer daytime look. Not the "HG" but it'll do for now as I still search for the "HG" that will lengthen, thicken and give me "wow" lashes without clumping!


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Hey everyone, as part of my studies at university I was tasked with writing a short review about a movie of my choice. I decided to choose a classic that I believe everyone should have watched at least once: Back to the Future. Hoping that you will like it as much as my tutor did – the review and the movie – I am sharing it with you right here. Enjoy!
Back to the Future is the first of three action packed science-fiction comedies about Marty McFly and his time travels. The story begins in 1985 where his friend Doctor Emmet Brown (aka 'Doc') invents a time machine in form of a DeLorean sports car. Marty is accidentally sent to the year 1955 where he seeks the help of Doc's younger counterpart to find an energy source to power the DeLorean and get back to the present (or from Doc's point of view, the future, hence the title). However, things get complicated as Marty runs into his young mother who falls in love with him. Now he has to find his young father, who is a complete loser that his mother isn't attracted to at all, and make them fall in love with each other, otherwise he will never be born and simply fade away.
Back to the Future is not the best movie in the world but probably the one with the highest 're-watch' value I have ever encountered. The characters are well thought out, and the comedic situations they are put in as well as their reactions to it are guaranteed to make you laugh if not at least chuckle and smile. Together with the captivating musical score and a compelling story, this movie will glue you to your seats every time.
If you want the comedy of 'Forrest Gump' with less drama combined with the action of 'Indiana Jones' and an added element of 'The Time Machine', Back to the Future is for you. And even if you are not into any of these things, I recommend giving it a try and watching it anyway.
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My favourite little thing about OS X Mavericks is the fact that the sleepimage file in
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My new favorite little thing about iOS 7 is the new sound it makes, when you connect the device to a power outlet ^^ It's so cute and easier on the ears than before!
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I have long enjoyed the webcomic RealLife. The first strip was published on November 15, 1999 and Greg Dean, the author, has been putting out new strips ever since. Though I didn't start reading the comic until around 2003, I have read every strip. The majority made me laugh, some just made me smile, but some were so hilarious that I decided to bookmark them. And instead of keeping those bookmarks to myself, I will share my favorite RealLife Comic strips with you.
I did not embed all strips directly into this post, because A) that would take up too much space and B) I want to give reallifecomics.com some traffic (and kudos!)
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Geek Olympics (October 03, 2000)
Can't Hit Macs (November 27, 2000) (the one you see above)
L33tness (February 22, 2001)
All Your Base (April 13, 2001)
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Over-clocked Hamster (April 30, 2002)
Xtreme Spam Deleting (January 21, 2004)
Service Pack 2 (August 13, 2004)
On the topic of games and LAN-parties
UT 2003 (September 19, 2002)
Redeemer (January 10, 2003)
What's Unreal Tournament? (February 04, 2003)
Counter-Strike (May 24, 2004)
On the topic of food & drinks
Damn (December 29, 2000)
Water. Astounding. (May 20, 2002)
I Won't Believe That's Butter! (February 19, 2002)
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At The Movie Theatre (May 10, 2002)
Human Reaction #243 (January 08, 2003)
On the topic of plain silliness
Weather Phenomenon (February 21, 2001)
The Muffin (December 06, 2001)
End Freeway (June 11, 2002)
Fuego! (February 27, 2004)
I know, these are all pretty old, but the new ones are good, too, I promise! Here's an example:
Episode VII (October 31, 2012)
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The floor is spread, the offense flows.
The extra wing, the defense swarms.
The floor is spread, the offense flows.
The extra wing, the defense swarms.
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Tagged Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry, Steve Blake
We got a look at the Shadow Warriors in this victory over the Bulls. By which I mean the seldom-seen lineup combinations within this Warriors roster, the true full squad within the #fullsquad, that GM Joe Lacob, Spokesmodel Bob Myers, and interim coach Mark Jackson would strongly prefer to keep hidden from view.
I'm referring of course to the one big + four smalls, and even five smalls units that worked to perfection last night in blowing out a bigger, rougher and tougher Chicago Bulls team. I'm referring to the gloriously talented Nellieball units contained within this extraordinarily versatile Warriors roster, that have the power to transform this Warriors team from pretender to contender. Continue reading
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The Warriors essentially held serve on this road back-to-back, beating the team they were supposed to. And now, finally, the schedule starts turning radically in their favor. Well, after Indiana on Monday. But after that, they don't play again until Friday, giving them some much needed practice time to get Jordan Crawford integrated into the team. Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bogut, David Lee, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Jordan Crawford, Stephen Curry
The Warriors gave up 114 points to the Heat on this night.
And won by 9.
In Miami. Becoming the only Western Conference team to beat the World Champions in their home crib since… the Warriors did it last year, playing exactly the same way.
Playing The Right Way, for this most gloriously gifted offensive team in the NBA.
Playing Nellieball.
I'm not going to recap this game, because as everyone who reads this blog knows, I have been recapping it for four long years. In my mind, and on the pages of this blog, trying my best to explain to others the players that Stephen Curry and David Lee could become, together, if surrounded with the right pieces, the right coach, and if played in the right system.
Championship Caliber Players.
Tonight, after three long years, you finally saw it not in my words, but in action on the court. I'll leave it to my faithful readers to fill in the details.
After I get one more thing off my chest:
Joe Lacob, the time for cheapness and running the Warriors like a business is over. This Warriors team stands on the cusp of greatness. The Championship of the NBA is up for grabs this season, and this Warriors team has it in their sights. It is beyond time for you to open the purse strings and get them the help they need. For long-suffering Warriors' fans sake, for the sake of one of the most gloriously talented cores in NBA history, for the sake of basketball history itself,
Posted in Golden State Warriors, Recaps
Tagged Andre Iguodala, David Lee, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Lebron James, Stephen Curry
Revenge played a big part in this turnaround Warriors effort against the Suns. Home cooking certainly played a role.
And Mark Jackson deserves a lot of credit. He committed to running Channing Frye off the three point line. He had the Warriors offense spacing the floor much better, and executing far more crisply. And running the ball back at the Suns. Great tempo in this game.
But I think the biggest difference between this game and the game in Phoenix was the ability to put Andre Iguodala on Eric Bledsoe. Iggy is still nothing like himself, one glance at the box score will tell you that. But Bledsoe was nothing like himself either with Iggy guarding him, and that's all she wrote.
Games like this get me thinking like I was thinking to start the season.
Thinking that the Warriors have the best starting five in the NBA. Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Iguodala, Andrew Bogut, David Lee, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry
I don't have time for a recap, but this Warriors — Clippers Christmas matchup was too great not to comment on. Apologies for those who follow me on Twitter, this is more of a recap of my timeline than the game itself. Continue reading
Posted in Golden State Warriors, Recaps
Tagged Andrew Bogut, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, David Lee, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry
I've figured out how to recap Warriors games going forward: Ignore the coaching, and focus on the players. There's just so much teeth gnashing I'm willing to do, and, I assume, you're willing to read. It is completely clear by now that Jackson is committed to playing big all game every game. Even if it means denying his core of supernaturally talented offensive players the system they were born to play in. Even if it means feeding the best-shooting team in the league 16 point first quarters and 22 point third quarters, regardless of opponent, from now until eternity. Even if it means reaching for an NBA reject big man in his first game up from the D-League, without an ounce of experience in his system, to match up with a 6-7″ center on defense, and plug up the middle on offense, in crunchtime.
Mark Jackson is committed, as Adam Lauridsen would ecstatically put it, to playing "the right way." It's pointless to argue differently. It's time for me, as the adage has it, to "lay back and think of England."
And Thank Jesus for Stephen Curry.
Oops, reading over that, I see a little recap of the coaching leaked out.
On to the players: Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Dirk Nowitzki, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
Mark Jackson joked in the post-game that his role in this nearly historic Warriors comeback victory against the Raptors was nothing more than "spiritual advisor." And the players and media pundits I heard credited the victory to the Warriors simply coming out in the second half with more fire in their belly, and playing hard.
I think we all know that's not true. Mark Jackson's decision-making was central to the outcome of this game. Jackson was instrumental in digging the Warriors a 27 point deficit, and he was equally instrumental in allowing his best players to dig their way out. Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, DeMar DeRozan, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Jermaine O'Neal, Klay Thompson, Rudy Gay, Stephen Curry
There's nothing like a Jermaine O'Neal injury to make Mark Jackson a better coach, is there? The Warriors played big virtually every minute of the first two games. But in this game against the Kings, Jackson was forced to give major minutes to Speights and Lee at center, and to Draymond Green at power forward in the second and fourth quarters.
Accidentally causing the Warriors to explode. Oops!
I have nothing against the Warriors playing big, particularly in the first and third quarters. Those are the quarters to meet size with size, force with force. And to save the bodies of your most gifted players for crunch time, and the playoffs.
And — in principle — I have nothing against the Warriors playing big with their second units, and in crunch time, either. Just so long as by doing so they are putting their BEST team on the floor.
As this game indicated, those big teams need to be pretty darn good if Jackson prefers them. Because the Warriors smallball units of Lee or Speights at center, Green or Barnes at stretch-four, Iggy at free safety, the Splash Brothers, and a sprinkling of Toney Douglas on top, are going to be absolutely extraordinary.
As good a smallball squad as exists in the league. Continue reading
How the Spurs can Win: Greg Popovich has a big problem. The first two games have made clear that the Warriors are by far the more offensively talented team. Curry, Thompson and Jack are far more talented than Danny Green and the aging and injured Parker and Ginobili. Draymond Green is far more talented than Bonner. And so far at least, there hasn't been a significant difference in the play of Barnes and Leonard.
Tim Duncan is still one of the great offensive big men in the game, but Bogut and Ezeli's ability to guard him one-on-one takes away a lot of his value to his team. Now he's just a semi-efficient scorer of two point buckets, and not the team facilitator of layups and open threes that he can be when double-teamed.
What can Popovich do about this? What is the correct strategy for a team that is facing a major deficit in offensive talent? Continue reading


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