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If help isn't found in the next few weeks, water rights holders in the northeastern region of California may be paying between 2.6 to 5.4 times more than usual for the state-run watermaster program.
This could have a profound effect on ranchers, for example, who use surface water for their hay and cattle production.
Some larger ranchers may have to come up with tens of thousands of dollars more than they expected to pay on their property tax bills come December.
But this news should not surprise them too much, for the increases have been coming down the pipe since 2004, when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Budget Act and Senate Bill 1107.
With these two acts, he eliminated general fund support for the watermaster program, the cost of which was supposed to be split equally between the state and water rights holders.
Before that, the state was willing to pay an equal share because both the state and water rights holders received benefits from the watermaster service.
According to state documents the cost was not really split equally, though.
Instead of covering half the cost, some farmers in 2002 were paying only 25 percent or less, because the state had not raised their rates since the 1990s, according to Bill Mendenhall, chief of the northern region water management branch.
Back in 2002 some fees didn't double because water rights holders fought the increase.
"So those people who did get doubled aren't being hit so hard this time," Mendenhall said. In other words, some water rights users have subsidized the others.
Lassen and Modoc counties petitioned the court after that, and ended up taking over their own watermaster programs, he added.
Lassen water rights holders will not be affected by this change in the state budget, since they have had their own program in place since 2006.
Shasta and Siskiyou counties water rights holders made their own watermaster districts back then as well, he said, in response to the increased charges.
Legislation was passed at that time to allow them and others to create their own watermaster districts, such as the one in Honey Lake, a conservation district run by the agricultural department.
To change the status quo, area water rights holders can petition their county superior courts, which are the holders of the water decrees, some of which date back to the 1920s.
For Lassen County, the process took more than two years, and more than one year for Modoc.
Watermaster program
The state created the watermaster program in 1924, due to the number of disputes over water rights, some of which were violent and resulted in injuries and deaths.
The state tasked the counties with allotting water rights in a democratic and scientific way, and the decrees were developed.
"But these decrees need to be policed to make sure one user isn't taking more than allotted in the decree," Mendenhall said, and this is where the watermaster program comes in.
The state provides those services in many areas, but not all, Mendenhall said.
Fee hike moves closer
With the budget in turmoil again, like in 2004, the state is once again planning to withdraw the supplement usually provided in the state budget through the general fund.
The budget is going through committee and has been approved at two levels already, Mendenhall said, at the general finance committee hearing and the agricultural committee hearing.
Then it goes through final process before being signed by the governor.
The Farm Bureau or Cattlemen's Association still may battle for some funding, but Mendenhall must assume it will go through the way it is for the fiscal year starting July 1.
The water department's planned budget must be posted by June 15, which it has been.
The next move is to send it to heads of the county boards of supervisors, and to the county tax collectors by Aug. 15 so they can create the tax bills.
For one Genesee rancher on the Indian Creek watershed, the rate will jump from $1,100 per year to more than $6,000. And theirs is a small family-run ranch.
What can holders do?
While it seems like there is time for changes to be made between June and August, Mendenhall did not think so.
"The bills will go out, whether or not users take action to hire their own watermasters," he said.
The process might go faster now that others in Lassen and Modoc counties have broken ground, but it would surprise him if Plumas could get it done by August.
He advises watermaster area water rights holders, like members of the Upper Feather River Watershed Group, to get going and set a trigger date for the changeover from the state-run program.
These groups may be able to make a deal with the state and use a portion of the next year's worth of paid watermaster fees as a start-up fund for their own watermaster service.
Some have questioned the high cost of the program, and Mendenhall tried to explain.
For a state employee the cost is around $100 per hour.
"There is a lot of overhead involved in that," he said.
The fee must include money to pay for department chiefs, lawyers, cars, gauging stations, structures, extensive paperwork and other costs, not just that one person's hourly wage.
"We try to keep the costs down," Mendenhall said.
No matter what, water rights holders must have a legally defensible position.
Last year one lawsuit over water rights in Shasta ended up costing millions in the end.
Lassen was also involved in a lawsuit that ended up costing the county about $200,000, he added.
Plumas County supervisors met to discuss this water-related situation Tuesday, June 7, after press time.
District 2 Supervisor Robert Meacher thinks they may be able to find some short-term relief.
They were alerted by Brian Morris, general manager of the Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and by calls from their concerned constituents.
An update about their discussion will appear in later issues of Feather Publishing's hometown weekly newspapers.
For more information about the watermaster program or specific watermaster areas, go to water.ca.gov/watermaster, or call Bill Mendenhall, chief of the northern region water management branch, at 529-7380.
Documents referenced in this article include the Summary of Operations for Watermaster Service in Northern California, 1998 season.
Due to budget constraints, this was the last such report made.
It and other annual reports dating back to the 1920s are available online at water.ca.gov/watermaster, where visitors can click on Watermaster Service Reports in the dark gray left-side menu.
To peruse the related part of the California Water Code, go to leginfo.ca.gov and click on California Law. Then click in the box for California Water Code near the bottom of the right-hand column and then on the search button. Division Two is not far from the top, then see Part Four.


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Region: | Kanto |
Family: | Grandparents (Nanny and Pop-Pop) and unnamed Parents, Jessebelle (ex-fiance), Jessie (Wife- Manga only), Unnamed Child (Manga only) |
Class: | *Team Rocket Agent |
Friends: | Jessie |
First Appearance: | Pokémon Emergency! |
Voice actor: | Ed Paul (English) (temp.) Eric Stuart (English) (4kids) Jimmy Zoppi (English) (PUSA/DuART) Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese) |
James (Japanese: コジロウ Kojirou) is a member of Team Rocket which is an evil team who try to capture rare Pokémon and his trio has a keen eye on Ash's Pikachu.
In the anime, he is a common member of Team Rocket and in many ways, is the anime representation of the Male Agent. During his adventures in trying to capture Pikachu, James is part of a unit made up of himself, Jessie, and Meowth. Although born into a rich family with loving parents, he runs away from home to avoid Jessebelle to whom he was supposed to marry later on. With a very caring and thoughtful personality, James can sometimes have a hard time dealing with the "rotten things" he and his team mates do from various times to get what they want, but in the end he fulfill his obligations with less-admirable results, he also gives out information on Pokémon whenever Meowth cannot do it himself via Index cards. James is also a bottle cap collector as well. In a flashback that James was having it was about a man that cheated him into buying a Magikarp. The same guy appeared in Battle aboard the St. Anne and Tricks of the Trade.As compared to the Team Rocket Trio, James is the most emotional and most caring towards others, as well as his Pokémon. In A Hole Lotta Trouble, he told Ash that he just want to have a fair battle with him rather than to do dirty tricks on them as suggested by Jessie and Meowth. In Training Daze, he is also the one always helping Meowth all along when Meowth gets stuck in the Obstacle Courses. In episodes like Sweet Baby James and Once There Were Greenfield, it also clearly shows his emotions and feelings towards his Pokémon when they are departing each other. It also shows his love and good cooperation with his Pokémon as seen in Off The Unbeaten Path and Holy Matrimony!, with his Growlie and Mime Jr. He is especially even more careful and catious with his Chimecho, treating with additional care and not letting it suffer through battles, just like how Misty treats her Togepi. Due to His great care of his Pokémon, most of his pokemons like to have physical contacts with him when his pokemons came out of their pokeball. He also tend to be good to people who treat him well, Like his grandparents as seen in the episode Sweet Baby James. He was also seen comforting May in that same episode while her Munchlax got sick too with his Chimecho in the same episode.
As of his, Jessie's and Meowth's promotion and transfer to Unova, James has become a highly skilled stealth artist, an excellent hacker and is often successful in many missions with his team mates to the point of the trio becoming a serious enemy for Ash and co. The trio were key in Team Rocket's Meteonite plan, taking order directly from Giovanni himself as well as his secretary. James and his team-mates worked together with Pierce and met Doctor Zager. Once the plan culminated, James and his team-mates were asked to be as they please in Unova, so they continued working hard to do Team Rocket good and now work closely with Zager. Ash has also become less important to them but they will still antagonize him if he interferes in their plans.
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- Japanese: Shin-ichiro Miki
- Italian: Simone D'Andrea
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- For some reason when Jessie and James make a disguised entrance as a couple of sorts, James is the female character and Jessie is the male character.
- Jessie and James are more successful in the Unova region.
- Jessie's and James' English names are derived from the notable outlaw Jesse James.
- In one episode of the Anime (which is banned in the US) James is shown swearing at Kaiser.
- In Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness, there is a trainer in Mt. Battle in zone 35 that has a Cacnea and Chimecho, who asks if you've seen anyone with the same Pokémon. This is an obvious nod to James, when he had those Pokémon in the Hoenn region.
- Sometimes, Meowth calls him "Jimmy", a sort of nickname for people named James. He normally calls him that when he is confused about something that James knows or has said.


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If you notice any of these three things, call your doctor.
On the flip side, if your period stops for more than 3 months, talk to your doctor about that, too. Even if you're not bleeding, the lining of the uterus can continue to build up. Eventually it will need to flow out.
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A doctor also might ask questions that don't seem connected to bleeding — like about recent weight changes or if a girl has ever had sex. That's because conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome and some STDs can cause abnormal bleeding. If they're not treated, they may lead to more serious health issues, like infertility.
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The Edge 810 GPS-enabled cyclocomputer is built for the cyclist who wants everything in one device -- navigation, advanced training capabilities and connected features* through your Smartphone. It tracks distance, speed and more, plus it has a built-in basemap which is compatible with optional detailed street or TOPO maps, so it can guide your ride for touring, commuting or extended activities. Connected features include instant uploads and downloads to Garmin Connect for sharing and analysis, live tracking, social network sharing, and weather updates. The Edge 810 tracks data from your ride and sends it via the Garmin Connect Mobile app on your phone, allowing you to connect with the social world, and share and receive data, all from the road. This setup saves your phone battery, protects your phone, and gives you and your follower's access to valuable, complete and precise ride data. Activity profiles feature lets you to configure data fields and device settings based on cycling activity, such as training or racing. Pair the Edge 810 with an ANT+ heart rate monitor, speed/cadence sensor or compatible power meter for a finely tuned analysis of your ride.Physical & Performance:
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An Iterative Approach to Innovation Strategy
Crafting design strategies that result in truly compelling brand experiences, products, and services demands a change from traditional methods. It requires a more creative and iterative design approach that is optimized for identifying real human needs and addressing them with meaningful experiences.
Traditionally, the design process begins only after an organization has documented an exhaustive list of "must have" features and requirements. The assumptions used to generate this document are typically based solely on market research data and voice-of-customer (VOC) information. Information garnered through market research tends to be based on what has sold in the past, providing only a rear-view-mirror perspective of the market. Typically, VOC information consists of survey-generated data and anecdotal stories from ad-hoc customer groups. This data is helpful only for creating incremental improvements, but it does not provide the foundation of knowledge necessary to enable innovative leaps forward into "Blue Ocean" spaces, which are uncontested market spaces (as described in the book Blue Ocean Strategy by Kim and Mauborgne).
Many user needs are latent, so it is extremely unlikely that you could uncover any game-changing insights through customer interviews alone. It is unreasonable to expect that typical customers will have the imagination necessary to describe a future that is much different from today's reality. This is the basis of the famous Henry Ford quote: "If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse."
Many organizations spend enormous effort analyzing and refining the wording of their requirements documents based on customers' preconceptions of what they want. The result is that they miss what is of fundamental importance to their customers. This is why I believe that many requirements documents are highly polished but deeply flawed.
A Better Way: Human Needs Determine Success Drivers
Uncovering latent and unmet user needs demands the use of contextual and generative design research techniques optimized for discovering the valuable insights that drive innovation and create brand experiences that delight customers. Such techniques as empathetic immersion, user observation, and participatory design provide a deeper understanding of what is truly important to customers. This knowledge provides the background needed to create product experiences that are authentic, meaningful, and engaging. Providing your customers with these types of compelling experiences results in increased customer loyalty and superior long-term business results.
With that in mind, here are the five critical keys to uncovering those true success drivers:
1. Identifying needs and solutions is an iterative process.
The insights garnered from the holistic approach outlined here serve as a strong foundation to validate, complement, and challenge existing market research and VOC information.
Synthesize the insights you discover so that needs are described, as opposed to solutions. View these as a flexible set of product guidelines that become more definitive as the design process progresses. As conceptual solutions are created based on this flexible "insight-based" framework, validate them with customers. Use this feedback to refine the product guidelines.
2. Provide benefits, not features.
The value you provide customers lives in the quality of the experience you create for them—much more so than in your products and services themselves.
The graphic below pokes fun at how a technology company might promote a product like an apple; they focus on the features rather than its health benefits, its natural flavor, or the experience of biting into a fresh, juicy apple.
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3. Understand the context of use.
Understanding context is imperative when considering user experience. Observe the moment of use from a range of perspectives with the human experience as your central focus.
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Cultural background also shapes how people perceive their environment and the products and services they interact with. Factors such as the emotional, cultural, social, and physical aspects of the experience are often overlooked, but are crucial inputs.
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Examine the user experience both before and after the moment of use. Think about how your customers research, purchase, setup, learn to use, and maintain your products and services. Ask yourself: "What is the environmental impact of my product or service? What happens at the end of its service life?"
Identify the range of customer interactions with your brand (products, services, out-of-box experience, purchasing experience, user interface, customer service, web portals, etc.) and consider how they can be coordinated as a single brand ecosystem. Each interaction provides an opportunity to positively impact the overall brand experience.
A holistic view of the entire product experience, including the product's benefits to each stakeholder, offers valuable insight that may lead to new business opportunities and improve the overall experience.
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A "brand audit" is a valuable exercise to gain a deeper understanding of how your customers respond to your brand and what preconceptions they have of your products and services.
Internal stakeholders, such as executives, marketing, sales, engineering, supply chain management, and regulatory teams all have different and sometimes conflicting requirements for future development programs. These needs must be understood and correctly weighted against each other, so that they are always based on what is most important to your customers.
Constructing design guidelines based on deep insights into customer needs is the most vital step toward creating compelling brand experiences and greater brand loyalty. Get these guidelines wrong, and you risk creating products and services that are highly polished but deeply flawed.
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Great design strategy is as much about saying "no" as it is about trying to be all things to all people. To achieve a unique and valuable market position, tradeoffs need to be made. If you want to achieve the highest possible value, you must provide your customers with meaningful experiences, not just a collection of features.
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Great article.
One minor gripe though - the Henry Ford quote. I was reminded of this quote at a recent conference when it was used to almost argue against any form of customer research, and it struck me as a little shaky. This recent question on quora asked the same thing:
and it seems the evidence for Henry Ford saying it is not particularly substantial.
Bit of a shame because the quote provides a useful talking point for how to deal with different types of research and how taking quotes at face value for real customer needs limits innovation
Thanks for all the feedback
Traci - you're correct, there are many analogies between theater improv and the iterative, non-linear activities involved in design thinking.
An example of one such technique that I've used effectively is what I call the "hot seat". This is a quick-fire ideation technique whereby the team rotates seats and develops the thinking in front of them that there colleagues had been pursuing. It's a great way to quickly build on ideas with the benefit of different perspectives - particularly from multiple different disciplines.
Try it sometime - it's also very fun!
I agree too that you should always do warm-up exercises before a brainstorm!
All the best
Great article, Paul.
One way to achieve the objectives that you d3escribe is to involve the end user in the design process. This can be archived to some extend using advanced generative design technologies - which are capable of embedding the core intelligence into a web intractable model.
I especially like the pyramind of value where you have placed creation of 'Meaningful' experience as the highest value-generating proposition for the customer. As per point #4, the experience is the product, and a 'meaningful' experience is created by "a compelling and transformative experience" (per the pyramid graphic).
I wish to add this one resource from Adobe http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/pdfs/Forrester_Best_Prac_In_User_Exp.pdf which provides a set of best practices for user experience practitioners like 'become the user' 'trust no one' 'incorporate user feedback into the UX life cycle' and 'embrace philosophically rather than as guidelines or mantras'
Fantastic! Very succinctly put. You are so right that innovation requires more empathy in the process. And iteration is the way to get there. I preach that as well. In fact talked about exactly this in a recent presentation for Boston UPA conference. (http://www.slideshare.net/treygd/miniupa2011-lepore-8162115). Have you ever tried any theater exercises for looking at things from multiple perspectives???


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My dad and I started going to horror conventions together many years ago and though I don't remember the exact year we first went, I know it was Horrorfind Weekend in Maryland that gave us our first taste. We went to that one a couple times and then my mom decided to get in on the fun and join us, which she has done for nearly every convention we've gone to since - same goes for my girlfriend Jen. I never would've expected horror conventions to become a family bonding experience, but they really have. My brother, though he is a big time horror fan, has only been to one convention with us and that's the one i'm here to talk about today - Monster Mania 5 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. That convention was already all the more special given the fact that he came along and given that it was my first Monster Mania, but what I stumbled into that Saturday night in May 2006 will forever remain one of the greatest memories of my adult life.
One of the best things about horror conventions is that the genre stars appearing there often hang out in the hotel bar Friday and Saturday night, mingling with the fans - this often provides for the most memorable convention moments. Paying twenty bucks to walk up to a table and meet/take a picture with Derek Mears is cool and all, but nothing beats doing a couple round of shots with him at a hotel bar - I would know, i've had that awesome opportunity. Convention lesson #1 - Hang out in the bar. So on this particular Friday night, I was hanging out at the bar, unfortunately by myself because my brother wasn't feeling too hot and had gone to bed by this time. There was a couple guys that I ended up talking with and eventually Greg Nicotero, the N in KNB FX, came over and sat down at the table in the bar we were sitting at.
After experiencing a few horror conventions, you kinda condition yourself to not be so star struck by people you're a huge fan of and you end up treating them like they're just old friends of yours, especially in the bar situation. When these guys come into the bar, they just want to have a few drinks, relax, and chat with some fellow horror nerds. They don't want you drooling all over them and asking for autographs and pictures, they just want to hang. Picture and autograph time is when they're sitting at their tables with pen in hand, not when they're sitting at the bar with Jack Daniels in hand. Convention lesson #2 - Play cool. So Greg Nicotero came and sat down and a couple of the people that I was sitting with started telling him they were huge fans and all that jazz. I just treated him like he was a dude who liked horror movies and chatted with him as such, and I think he appreciated that. Hung out at that table with him for an hour or so and then I went up to bed, thinking that he would have no recollection of me come the next day and not really caring - that one night was enough for me.
Saturday morning we went down to the traditional buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant, another place where you often find the stars hanging out, and who comes walking from the back of the restaurant, right past us on his way out, but Greg Nicotero - and he waved to me! The fact that he had seemingly remembered me from the night before and cared enough to wave to me meant a lot to me. I could've went up to his table later in the day and been all "hey you remembered me lets hang out tonight!" or something stupid like that, but I left it alone - again, the bar encounter and wave were enough for me and again, even when you're geekin out on the inside, ya gotta play cool.
Saturday night rolls around and I was again walking around the lobby/bar area by myself - my brother unfortunately still wasn't feeling too great and went to bed early (although I must say he drank and hung out all day, despite feeling crappy). It's awkward sometimes walking around alone, especially when you're fairly sober, and i've often been in situations where I don't strike up any conversations with anyone and just end up getting bored and going up to bed. This was one of those nights and I don't remember the time, but it was just about getting to the moment where I decided to go back up to the room and call it a night. That is, until some drunk guy came up to me and told me about a big party happening in one of the rooms. But it wasn't just any old room, it was George Romero's room. I'm not sure what gave me the balls to do so, but I immediately knew that I was going up to that room, sober and alone. Thinking back on it, I never even questioned whether I would be allowed in or not, I just went for it. Convention lesson #3 - Make the most of the fact that you're in the same building as your heroes. So I went up to the room, the door was open, and there was a security guard of some kind guarding the door - presumably to prevent people like me from coming in. Before he got the chance to stop me, I got called over to the bar area inside the room. "Hey man, nice shirt! Come here!" It was Greg Nicotero and if it weren't for him calling me into the room, this night would have never happened - I will forever be grateful to him for for this. For the record, it was a Hostel shirt I was wearing, a flick that KNB did the effects for.
I went over to the (open) bar acting like I belonged there, ordered myself a Screwdriver, admittedly referring to it as 'an orange juice and vodka' - hey, I wasn't 21 yet I didn't know bar lingo too well - and chatted with Nicotero a bit. At some point he wandered off and I noticed that sitting in the corner of the room, at a table like a king, was George Romero - this really was his room, that drunk dude wasn't lying! He sat there smoking cigarettes and chatting with a couple people, never getting up from his seat. Respecting his privacy, and realizing i'd have nothing to say if I were to approach him, I never did go near that table. But I did end up spending most of the night hanging out with various Cenobites, drinking free 'orange juice and vodkas', and trying to pick up chicks with Friday Part 3's Jason, Richard Brooker. I don't know how well he did, but all I remember is nearly getting into a fight with a black chick. But anyway, back to the Cenobites.
Due to strong drink and the fact that this was almost four years ago now, the details of the night from this point on are a little fuzzy. I admittedly don't remember exactly which Cenobites were in the room, but I do know that most of them were there as was the writer of Hellraisers 2-4/Barbie Cenobite in Hellraiser 3, Peter Atkins. Looking back at the guest list from that convention, the Cenobites that were there were Chatterer, Butterball, Bound Cenobite, Female Cenobite, Channard, and of course Pinhead, and i'm pretty sure most if not all of them were at that party, but it was Atkins who I spent most of my time with.
Again, details are fuzzy but I remember asking him and Doug Bradley (Pinhead) to teach me their British accents, having him make sure no one went into the bathroom while I was in there (lock was broken - he ended up telling a girl at the party that no one was in there and sending her in), inquiring about writing screenplays, and telling him how I wanted to be an actor (a desire which has since changed). Though I don't remember the whole experience, I do remember that he was one of the nicest and sweetest guys i'd ever met, as was Doug Bradley and all of the Cenobites. At some point the party came to its inevitable end and I was left with no choice but to go back up to the hotel room, sleep off the many drinks I consumed, and brag about it all in the morning.
While I don't have much memory/documentation of this night, I will truly never forget the night that I partied with George Romero, Greg Nicotero, and The Cenobites - there's not enough alcohol in this world to make you forget that. As I said, it's likely that no convention memory will ever top this one but I will continue to seek such memories out. Next month is Monster Mania 14 and with a lineup including Thom Mathews, Gary Busey, and Dario Argento as well as some bar time scheduled with the Fright Rags crew, it's looking to be yet another memorable convention experience to add to the resume!


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After 13 innings on Wednesday night, Minnesota and Tampa Bay will return to Tropicana Field bright and early for the series finale.
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Moore, a left-hander, is 12-3 on the season with a 3.42 ERA and 98 strikeouts this season.
Moore faced a bit of a slump in early June as he took three straight losses in which he gave up 19 earned runs. Since those three losses, Moore won his next four starts and allowed only four runs over that span.
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All the Legos used in the project were donated from the Lego Graffiti Styles Convention in Munich. Vormann trolled New York for missing bricks, crumbling facades and plaster cracks and filled them in with the colorful blocks. The result was a striking reminder of how worn down so many New York City buildings are. With limited resources to fix the buildings facades the cracks and dents become a part of the city scene.
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It has been a particularly nasty week for climate news.
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Some of the freed methane would combine with dissolved ocean oxygen making the dead zone issue worse.
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Let's hope that the scenarios are significantly worse than what actually will happen. However, that would seem increasingly to be wishful thinking indeed. But while we must hope for the best (in-order to preserve our sanity and to avoid causing our children to lose their childhood), we must prepare for the worst by doing our utmost to go carbon neutral and if possible carbon negative.
And to that end we need legislators to legislate accordingly and to educate the populace about what the science actually says, rather than the codswallop served-up by the deniers.
So much bad news and it's only Tuesday! What else can we look forward to this week?
Now that would really upset you but I doubt it is going to happen since $34 billion (a year) buys a lot of votes.
It's becoming almost Monty Pythonesque the absurd alarmist scenarios being peddled to the public Frank. Is it any wonder the general public is tuning out on the issue?
Are these "researchers" unaware of the millions of tons of nitrates, phosphates and just plain manure being flushed into the sea from urban sewage and excessively fertilized farmland?
Is there any environmental problem that somebody hasn't blamed on GW?
Even the IPCC bureaucrats haven't been silly enough to claim that there has been any significant warming of the oceans but why quibble about the possibility of perceptible heat transfer from the atmosphere into that vast resevoir? So much for the state of scholarship in the 21st century.
Are these "researchers" unaware of the millions of tons of nitrates, phosphates and just plain manure being flushed into the sea from urban sewage and excessively fertilized farmland?
So you're saying that because there are other problems in addition to global warming, therefore there's no problem at all?
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Let's also think of some names for this oven. I propose "the flame thrower!" .Chau
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