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(WBIR) Oak Ridge police arrested a 13-year-old boy after he brought a BB pistol to his middle school Thursday morning.
At least five officers responded to Robertsville Middle School at shortly before 9 a.m., according to an Oak Ridge Police Department press release. They found the BB pistol in the student's backpack located inside his locker. Officers arrested the teen and charged him with carrying a weapon on school property and aggravated assault.
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On Feb. 4, a week before Julian Assange's extradition hearing in London, thousands of people gathered in Melbourne at a free-speech forum. The star of the show was the WikiLeaks founder himself, who delivered a pre-recorded video message to the crowd. "I can't wait to be back in Melbourne, where I have fond memories of taking a tram up Swanston Street, dropping in at Trades Hall and having my favorite coffee at the New International Bookshop," he said, playing the crowd like a rock star. After comparing his fight for transparency to the American struggle for civil rights, he ended with an appeal to Australia's Prime Minister: "Julia Gillard should be taking active steps to bring me home."
That, of course, hasn't happened. Assange is still in London awaiting the results of the hearing. If he loses, he will be handed over to Sweden to face sex-crime allegations. From there, he could face extradition to the U.S., where a stay at a military prison like Guantánamo Bay and the death penalty are possibilities, his lawyers say. That has Australian legal experts, rights groups and politicians wondering if Australia will help him out.
So far, Julia Gillard's government has offered Assange little other than condemnation. In December, the former lawyer described his role in WikiLeaks as "illegal" before an investigation by the Australian Federal Police found he had committed no crime under Australian law. In response to Assange's appeal, Gillard told Australian media that "there's not anything we can or, indeed, should do about that." She added that she doesn't "go around issuing invitations to come to Australia," but that Assange was entitled to enter the country "unless there is some legal obligation keeping him overseas."
Indeed, Australian lawyers say there is not much the country should do while Assange is caught up in the British court system. "If the extradition request fails then Assange could return home," explains Donald Rothwell, a professor of international law at the Australian National University. However, that could change if he is extradited to Sweden. If he does end up there, the Australian government would have a "stronger obligation" to intervene through diplomatic channels.
That obligation relates to the risk of extradition to the U.S., where federal prosecutors are reportedly building a case against Assange. Geoffrey Robertson, Assange's lawyer, has told the court that sex-assault cases in Sweden are regularly "tried in secret behind closed doors in a flagrant denial of justice." He believes that from Sweden, Assange could be extradited to the U.S. where he could be sent to Guantánamo Bay or even be sentenced to death. Adding to doubts about Assange's potential safety in the U.S., Sarah Palin has already said that Assange should be "hunted down," while fellow Republican Mike Huckabee has called for his execution.
"Public threats to Assange in the United States have not been treated as incitements of violence, says Robert Stary, a Melbourne-based lawyer who works with Assange. He believes his client deserves more help from his country. "If Assange was a U.S. citizen then government emissaries would be sent overseas to intervene," he says. "Australia has been conspicuous by its silence. They have abandoned him, and he has not committed an identifiable offense."
It's a position shared by many Australians, who worry their government has abandoned Assange to appease the U.S. In December, 200 prominent (and mostly Australian) figures, signed a letter asking Gillard to step in. There have been several rallies in his support, included a gathering in Brisbane shortly after the flood there. One of the most vocal government critics is Assange's mother, Christine Assange. "This is the time for Julia Gillard to stand up and say [to the U.S.], 'You are an ally but we think you're going down the wrong path on this issue and we can't walk down that path with you.'"
So far, Gillard seems unlikely to budge, and some analysts don't believe she should. Michael Fullilove, the director of the Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a think tank in Sydney, believes the WikiLeaks dump of information was too random. In December, he blogged that WikiLeaks has failed to exercise its duty of care to maximize the good effects and minimize the bad effects of its leaks. Fullilove told TIME that "Mr. Assange should be given exactly the same consular assistance in his legal proceedings as any other Australian," but said he would be "surprised" if Canberra accepted his request for special treatment. In other words, Assange may be on his own.

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It can be quite hard to tell the difference between Brother's all-in-one devices. So many of them have similar designs, with curved tops that get steeper towards the front, where the control panel is located. The grey-and-black MFC-490CW looks a little different, with a very low-profile and a 15-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) set into the lid of the scanner.
The device comes with a dual-paper tray cassette. The A4, plain paper main tray can hold up to 100 sheets, and a smaller, photo tray is set into its lid. To print a photo, you have to remove the cassette and slide the photo tray forwards. Plain and photo pages are fed out to the top surface of the paper trays, though in the case of photos, you have to delve inside to reach them.
The control panel is well-designed, with a fax dial-up pad on the left - the fax memory can hold up to 400 pages - and function and navigation keys on the right. The buttons on the panel's extreme right start and stop jobs, while Brother's trademark 84mm widescreen, colour LCD screen is located in the middle. This displays thumbnails of photo images alongside menus of things to do with them.
The MFC-490CW includes memory card slots for all the standard types and a PictBridge socket for direct camera connection. Sockets for USB or Ethernet connections and a fax line are located at the rear of the device.
Wireless print connection is an attractive option if you can't position the MFC-490CW close to your Mac, and is pretty straightforward to set up. A front-panel wizard scans for all available wireless networks, and once you've selected one and, if necessary entered a network key, it's pretty easy to use Brother's MFL-Pro Suite, loaded from CD, to print.
There's also a copy of Presto! PageManager 7 for handling document scanning and management. This application provides OCR facilities, once Brother's Twin scanner driver is selected.
Brother claims speeds of 33ppm and 27ppm for mono and colour print, respectively. These are both draft mode speeds, though, and most people will use normal mode, which is a lot slower. Our 10-page text document took three minutes 27 seconds to print, which is 2.9ppm and less than a tenth of the draft mode claim.
The five-page black text and colour graphics document took two minutes 15 seconds, a slightly slower 2.2ppm, but a 10-page plain text copy from the ADF was nearly as fast as a straight print and came in at 2.8ppm. 15 x 10cm photo prints, whether from Mac, memory card or PictBridge camera, averaged about one minute 40 seconds.
Very few inkjet all-in-in one devices get close to their manufacturers' claimed speed figures, but these results are still sluggish in comparison. At the same price, there are machines from Canon and HP, for example, which can print black text at over 5ppm. The MFC-490CW photo print speeds are better, but still nothing special.
Print quality is also only average. Plain text is reasonably sharp, though not as densely black as some of its competitors. Colour graphics are a little pale, too, and more so when you copy from the scanner, so it's not surprising that scanned images may need compensation to restore their true colours. Colour photos are closer to the output from other inkjets and show good colour matching and smooth gradations in hue.
The MFC-490CW uses four separate ink tanks, which are easily accessible behind a fold-down panel at the front. Slide these into place and you have enough ink for 450 ISO mono pages or 325 colour ones. There are high-yield cartridges that physically fit this machine, but Brother has disabled their use, probably to differentiate this machine from higher priced models.
Using the standard-yield tanks gives page costs of 2.7p for mono and 8.6p for colour. The colour price is around average for all-in-ones in this price bracket, but the cost of a mono print is on the high side.
The Brother MFC-490CW has the virtue of packing a lot into a comparatively small footprint device. You've got an automatic document feeder, memory card slots, wireless connection, fax and a convenient widescreen LCD display. What you don't get is fast print or particularly high quality results on plain paper.
A smart, self-contained design and high spec, but speed and print quality are no better than average.
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According to a report in today's Los Angeles Times, soap opera star Victoria Rowell, who has played the character of Drucilla on The Young and the Restless, has just placed her Hollywood Hills home on the market for a paltry $2.599 million.
The actress and author's home is located in the Beachwood Canyon area of the Hollywood Hills, just beneath the Hollywood sign. It is nearly 4.400 square feet and sits on more than a quarter-acre lot with a swimming pool.
Soapdom has learned that the home was built in 1923 and boasts 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a library, media room, family room and an updated kitchen with a breakfast room. According to public records, she purchased the home in the early 1990's for under $900,000.
Rowell's home is a classic Mediterranean style with terrace, city views, and Italian-style gardens. The grounds include mature trees and privacy hedges.
The long-time star of The Young and the Restless is 52 years old. She started in Genoa City in 1990 and continued to play the character of Drucilla through 2007.
She likewise co-starred on Diagnosis Murder (from 1993-2002).
But acting is not her only passion. She is also an author. To date, Rowell has penned two books, "The Woman Who Raised Me," a memoir about growing up in the foster care system, and "Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva: A Novel."
Here is the cool thing about book number two! It is currently under consideration as a prime-time series. Who says soaps are dead?
Rowell is selling her home in the Hollywood Hills to be in New York and Altlanta with her husband of two years, Radcliffe Bailey, a visual artist. There have been some rumors that she is in talks to return to Y&R this year, but if she's moving east, how much truth can be placed in those rumors?
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Google photo gives judge standing to hold man responsible for accident
A defendant surnamed Lee denied being the dog's owner and causing injury through negligence.
The victim surnamed Peng testified that he became scared after the dog began pursuing him while he was riding his bicycle last July. He said he fell off the bike and injured his forehead.
Judge Song Kuo-chen said Thursday that a two-year-old Google Street View picture showed the dog standing in Lee's yard which meant that Lee was its owner. Police had earlier said there were no other dogs in the rural neighborhood in Miaoli County south of Taipei where Lee and the victim live.
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A single, well-crafted piece of journalism on alcohol abuse can have a massive impact, writes Michael Mabasa.
Pretoria - A free, vibrant and inquisitive media is a cornerstone of a functional democracy. That fact is all too often countered by warnings that the media oversteps its brief, shaping public opinion with some odious or nefarious agenda.
There are certainly examples of mischievous, even malicious work by individuals or at times, entire news brands. The hacking of voicemail by the staff at the now-defunct News of the World was a good example. But a clear-headed look at these admittedly damaging incidents show us how isolated they are, and that there's no spin doctor, star-chamber conniving to enslave the weak-minded.
The media generally makes an effort to present a balanced view. There will always be lapses and exceptions to objectivity, just as there are lapses in any profession.
Like any profession, there are means of recourse, such as ombuds and the right of reply.
The media in South Africa is certainly not without its blind spots. The apartheid government knew the media's power and had broadcasters and media houses to present its view. The independent media on the other hand helped expose apartheid's dehumanising effect, from the puerile legislation of whites-only park benches to the vicious crackdowns on dissent.
The messengers got shot, sometimes literally.
The much-vaunted objectivity of the media is largely subjective. Take climate change, a scientific fact: man-made carbon emissions cause Earth's atmosphere to heat, altering weather patterns and changing our world for the worse. But denialists are still granted a disproportionate media space to trot out fallacy, presented as debate.
How far should the media go in its quest for balance? Should a picture of our convincingly spherical planet, taken from space, be accompanied by a painting of a flat Earth to allow earthlings to make up their minds? At what point does offering an opposing view, however discredited, simply become absurd?
Another example is the still-too-generally accepted misconception that banning alcohol will decrease alcohol abuse. This has been roundly debunked as it simply hasn't worked anywhere in the world, but it's still regularly cited as a solution.
Part of the reason may be that abuse and binge-drinking is such a serious problem with long-reaching, often tragic consequences. Journalists don't live in isolation: many live in communities with deep social problems, which are prey to South Africa's overriding crises of poverty, inequality and unemployment. Also, journalists almost universally have a social conscience.
That's why efforts aimed at influencing how society behaves work when the media buys in. The LeadSA campaign has helped drive the awareness of responsible citizenship by promoting success stories about South Africans. Through its media partners LeadSA has made being a good South African en vogue. It's helped citizens feel empowered to take responsibility.
Despite its occasional slips, the media and its independence place it in a trusted position in society and in a powerful position to change behaviour. It's why we so value the effort that goes into reporting public attitudes towards responsible drinking. In the US the media has often been credited in playing a role in the drop of alcohol-related vehicle deaths over the past three decades. In the 1970s, the media turned what was common behaviour into something anti-social and unacceptable. In Australia, the media helped highlight law-enforcers' zero-tolerance approach towards drunk driving and helped stigmatise it.
Alcohol company brandhouse has taken cognisance of the role the media plays in fighting alcohol abuse. In 2011, it launched its Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMAs) in recognition of the effort being made by the media to report on alcohol abuse and as an educational tool.
The RDMAs recognise journalistic efforts in supporting, promoting and contributing to the responsible drinking agenda and ultimately to helping change consumer behaviour. It encourages journalists to use their craft and their platforms to shape perceptions and behaviour around the responsible use of alcohol.
Responsible reporting about alcohol abuse and the ways we can fight it help to improve society is important. These awards are a modest way to recognise journalists who inform the public about the role they can play. A single, well-crafted piece of journalism on drunk driving, underage drinking, foetal alcohol syndrome, binge drinking, alcohol-related violence or illicit alcohol can have a massive impact.
I look forward to seeing the entries this year, especially since no fewer than 166 entries have been received this year, the highest so far. We've had strong entries in all categories: newspaper, magazine, broadcast, online and blogs. While it's a sombre topic, it will be refreshing to experience stories that have at their heart the hope of making society better. This is an opportunity to recognise journalists – from those writing for a small community newspaper to those working for the nation's biggest television stations – and the equal contribution they make to society.
Not all journalists will have a role in toppling oppressive political regimes or exposing gross human rights violations, but in highlighting issues such as alcohol abuse, they can strike a real blow for a better society.
* Michael Mabasa is corporate relations director at brandhouse.
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When Sally Corbin founded Union Services Agency with her father, former Michigan state senator Gary Corbin, she had a vision for what success would look like for the niche insurance provider.
It took 17 years and three moves, but in 2013—with help from Herman Miller's Small and Medium Business Program—the business she started in her basement finally created a space that lives up to Sally's vision.
As Union Services Agency has grown, what has space meant to the company?
Corbin: Our office space has always represented where we were at that time as a company—and has been a source of inspiration for us all along, a motivator. I am a very vision-oriented person, setting and attaining goals for myself—sort of always imagining what you are going to look like, until you grow into that vision.
What was it about the converted warehouse near downtown Lansing, where Union Services Agency has been headquartered since 2000, that matched your ideas about the type of space you wanted for the company?
Corbin: It was one of the first renovated warehouses in town, and I thought it was a very forward-thinking space. We actually had a client in the building, and when I delivered a policy to them, I just looked around the building and thought, 'This is the kind of space we need to be in'—a space that looks to the future and makes you feel good about where you are.
In 2013, when you expanded into the adjacent space in your building, how did you decide to work with Herman Miller?
Corbin: I had gotten on the Herman Miller mailing list years ago, so I had been getting emails for quite a while. I was aware of the Small and Medium Business Program, and I sent them an email when we began to look seriously at expanding. I got a phone call within 24 hours, and they put me in contact with our local representatives. They met with us in our space, and we started talking about the plans we had for the office. There was still a wall up that divided our old office from where we wanted to expand, so we couldn't entirely imagine what it would look like. But they showed us some digital examples that really gave us a sense of how much space it would afford us.
How would you evaluate Herman Miller as a partner for realizing your vision for space?
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I have one of these garage door openers from Craftsman/Liftmaster that has an internet gateway module. As far as I know, there is no API or anything available to interface with this directly. It is, however, controllable through an https web page. Does anyone know how I could possibly mimic a login to this secure page, and then issue commands to open/close the doors from EG? In the past, I looked at some python projects like Scapy or Mechanize - and another one I found that looks super interesting (spynner), but otherwise, I'm pretty clueless. I had thought about using something like wireshark to reverse engineer the communications directly to the gateway module, but I'm sure there is probably some kind of rolling code or something to their servers. (Not positive of this, but I wouldn't know for sure until I sniffed those communications a few times). I was leaning towards integrating with the web interface anyways, as I have a Bryant thermostat that works the same way - so if I could figure it out, I could apply it there as well.
Also, most of these packages, like spynner, require quite a few dependencies and installation procedures that I am having a hard time understanding. For example, spynner says to install, you run the command "easy_install spynner" - when I open the python shell in EG, and type this, it not only thinks I'm smoking crack, it knows it. Anyways... total newb here, and I'm hoping one of you more advanced developers can get me at least started on how to install some of these other libraries so I can play around.
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As of 2015, the Goods and Services Tax, or GST tax, rate is 5 percent for British Columbia, notes the Canada Revenue Agency. A provincial sales tax used to also apply to purchases in the province, and its removal lowered the total tax on purchases, notes the Retail Council of Canada.Continue Reading
The GST tax applies to many products in British Columbia, although some accept items related to groceries, education financial services, health care, transportation, medications and residential rents. For items that are taxed, some rebates are available for taxpayers who meet requires as low-income.
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I went to the home of Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, last night for dinner. Sachs, a Harvard classmate (one of those people you identified at age 18 as having superior intellect), has taken a leadership role in the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a coalition of academics, business and non-governmental organizations. SDSN released a white paper earlier this month called "Pathways to Deep Decarbonization," a plan to limit the mean temperature increase to less than two degrees Centigrade, which was agreed to by major nations at the 2010 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Cancun, Mexico. Sachs noted that earlier in the day the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that June 2014 was the hottest June since the start of records in 1880, 1.3 degrees warmer than the average of the 20th century and warmer than the previous record year of June, 2010. He noted that the current global trajectory is toward a four-to-six degree Centigrade increase in temperature by the end of the century; "The world is on a very dangerous path," Sachs asserted.
Sachs is seeking a step-reduction in CO2 emissions. At present, the U.S. emits around 16 tons of carbon dioxide per person, China around eight tons, while the world average is around five tons per person. "We need to cut tons of carbon emitted per capita by around two-thirds by 2050," he said. Among his ideas are a move away from carbon heavy fuels such as coal; use of renewable sources of energy with focus on solar and wind; carbon capture and sequestration into geological aquifers; mass electrification of motor vehicles; next generation nuclear facilities (France gets a large percentage of its power from nuclear); gains in energy efficiency in commercial and residential buildings; a change in lifestyle patterns; and urban planning and reimagining of industrial processes (think of electric heating of metals instead of old method of smelting).
According to Sachs, the U.S. and China are the decisive votes at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 climate negotiations that will be held in Paris in December, 2015. The EU is strongly on board for a strong agreement. There are important milestones leading up to that event, including the opening of the United Nations General Debate on September 24, 2014.
New research notes that 45 million Americans are alarmed about climate change and another 50 million Americans are concerned. But 40 percent of Americans believe that humans are not changing the climate. There is a significant failure of communications regarding the environment. Meanwhile, the profound decline in air quality in China has caused a significant shift in public opinion, Sachs said.
I made a strong case for private sector involvement in the process. Market-based solutions are the best path forward. Companies such as GE* have specific expertise in new forms of energy transmission and installation of electric charging stations. Pepsico* has 38 million friends of its various brands on social channels such as Facebook. Project Sunlight from Unilever* generated nearly 100 million views of a video on sustainability. I also suggested mobilization of youth groups such as One Young World.
The sad reality is that environment is often a political loser, with short-term pain for long-term gain. Imagine implementing carbon taxes at a time of weak employment in the West or insisting that India not implement new power plants based on low-cost coal. What is required is a vision of what is possible if COP 21 negotiations succeed. That is why an outside-in strategy, of pressuring politicians through mass consumer participation in the issue, plus pressure from business, is an essential approach.
I go along with the comment by Keith Weed, CMO for Unilever. "Some people argue that in the future, everyone will just consume less. I see no evidence for that in consumer behavior… Growth needs to be sustainable economically meaning to grow our business but it must be sustainable environmentally and socially as well…What's the business case for sustainability? I always answer, 'I would love to see the business case for the alternative.'"
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I want to commend the Valley News Dispatch for publishing articles on the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor.
Most media outlets do not given appropriate attention to tragedies involving abortion and medical malpractice, not because they don't claim thousands of lives, but because they're not a part of our current agenda.
If Gosnell had killed those women and babies with an AK-47, he would have been on the front page of every newspaper in the United States.
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But Director of Rugby Ruddock was left frustrated as Aleki Lutui (twice) and Thinus Delport were denied scores that would have given his team a first win of the Guinness Premiership season.
"We are very disappointed but I am proud of my players," he said. "I thought we were fantastic, we scored two tries which were very well taken and had three potential scores chalked off.
"I have asked the players involved and they felt they had scored. Aleki said on the first occasion he got the ball down and was then flipped over, in the second half he definitely got the ball over the line.
"Thinus races over in the second half but it is called back for a forward pass which we felt was a very big call against us. I haven't seen the replays but we felt we scored them."
The result saw Warriors move two points away from Leeds Carnegie at the bottom of the table as they took a losing bonus point for a third successive league game.
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"There are 12 games to go and if we play the way we did against Newcastle we will score points and climb away from the foot of the table," he said. "Our defence was excellent but we have got to stop giving away too many penalties.
"When you look at the quality in our game and the way we played in attack and defence we look a real threat.
"I don't want to take anything away from Newcastle, I admire the way they play, but ultimately we dealt with them.
"We edged the game and were the better team on the day, even if that was not shown on the scoreboard. We looked like a top half team and, if we cut out the penalties, the rest of our game looks in good shape.
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U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians
Car accidents have killed 47,700 pedestrians and injured 688,000 in the last decade, according to a new report from Transportation for America.
"The majority of deaths occur on roadways that encourage speeding but do not provide the sidewalks, crosswalks, signals and other protections for people who are walking," says the press release from T4America. "Most of these roads were built using federal transportation funds. The report comes as the federal transportation bill is being debated in Washington DC and calls to eliminate programs that can promote safer, more walkable streets have increased."
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Tom Donati has been appointed as head coach of London Bees ahead of the new Women's Super League season.
The 31 year-old joins the Bees from Barnet FC, where he was lead professional development phase coach.
Donati has previously held roles at Charlton Ladies, Chelsea, Watford and Reading and will be assisted by the current staff at the club.
Speaking to the Bees' official site, Donati said of his appointment: "This is slightly a different role as it's about winning not developing players, so I'm excited about that.
"The bits I have picked up in my career will have helped, I'm learning all the way and this is another learning curve.
"I hope all my experiences will come together and start to build a clear philosophy and structure of how I want to build as a head coach," explained Donati.
Donati arrived at Barnet in 2012 and has noticed an improvement in the setup at the club in that time.
"It's definitely a step up in terms of stature and in terms of the ladies team, there're definitely a few good ladies here," observed Donati.
"I'm impressed with not only the level but also the attitude [of the ladies] was impressive, I think there is a few tweaks that need to be made to push them on a little bit which is good, but hopefully we can all work together in the right direction and get them moving on".
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Guns N' Roses Adds Dates
The current version of Guns N' Roses has added two more dates to the small U.S. summer tour it is putting together, announcing that the band will now play on June 1st in Lubbock, Texas and June 2nd in Kansas City, Missouri. Those gigs join previously confirmed appearances at the Rocklahoma, River City Rockfest and Governor's Ball festivals. There's no word yet on whether more dates are going to be added to the schedule.
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Miki Hoshii (星井 美希 Hoshii Miki) is a character in THE iDOLM@STER video games and anime series.
- Voiced by: Akiko Hasegawa
- Age: 15/16
- Height 167 cm
- Image Color: Fresh Green
- Image Songs: "OVERM@STER" , "Shocking No Kare" , "Day of the Future"
- Personal Song: "Relations" , "FuruFuru Future" , "Omoide Wo Arigato"
Miki has rarely had to work hard for anything. It is because of this that she always approaches tasks with a very laid back attitude. She manages good grades with minimal effort, and was born with good-looks that belie her age. She even receives around 20 confessions of love per day from boys. She's grown up in a very laissez-faire family, who had no problems with her becoming an idol. While she doesn't really have cruel intentions, she believes like everything else, she can make her way to becoming top idol easily.
Miki gets a long fairly well with everyone, though sometimes her out-ward personality can cause others to waver with her, since her personality will make her sound too mean while she speaks her mind.
As she appears only in the Xbox 360 version of the game, Miki is in some ways the second main character (behind Haruka) and her character is developed considerably over the game's year-long timespan. Later in the game, she cuts her hair short and no longer dyes it blonde. Originally, Miki wasn't supposed to be in the game (as seen in the promo). This could be why she does not appear in anime spin-off Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. In the PSP games, Miki is unsatisfied with the way she is being managed, and switched to another production company, '961 Production', as a member of the group 'Project Fairy'. Her personal song was at first Relations, but it was later changed to 'Overmaster' upon her switching to 'Project Fairy'. In the Xbox 360 port, she shares the image song Omoide wa Arigatou with Chihaya Kisaragi. She is the only idol in the 360 game not to appear in Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. Miki grows her hair at the front in iDOLM@STER2.


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Scoop: 48 HOURS on CBS - Saturday, October 26, 2013
Tracy Smith and 48 Hours report on a special investigation into the rise of dating and breakup violence among adolescents in "Loved to Death" to be broadcast Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Lauren Astley was a popular teenager from Wayland, Mass., looking ahead to starting at Elon University in the fall. Her ex-boyfriend was Nathaniel Fujita, a star football player with a football scholarship to Trinity College. They had a tumultuous relationship with a pattern of breaking up and getting back together. But as their senior year was ending, Lauren had broken it off for good. By all accounts, Nathaniel struggled coming to terms with the breakup. Nathaniel's mother was so worried about his post-breakup behavior she took him to a psychiatrist. Among Lauren's friends, their relationship was discussed on social media.
Lauren secretly visited Nathaniel to see how he was doing. The meeting proved fatal for Lauren.
In a short time, a life was lost and two families were shattered forever. Along the way, their names were added to the growing and startling statistics on dating and breakup violence. Researchers estimate that one in three young adults between the ages of 14 and 20 has experienced some form of dating violence. "Of teenagers who are in abusive relationships, 3% will tell an authority figure, 6% will tell a family member, but 75% will tell a friend - that's why we focus on kids," former Middlesex County, Mass., District Attorney Gerry Leone tells 48 HOURS.
Dating or breakup violence wasn't something anyone in either family considered until it was too late.
"I think with the final breakup she felt some relief, life was somehow opening up," Lauren's father, Malcolm Astley, tells 48 HOURS.
"In all of our talking about boys and drinking and drugs and driving and contraception, you name it, I never heard the term before - breakup violence," Lauren's mother, Mary Dunne tells 48 HOURS.
"It is a crime that has no zip code," reports Smith. "It's urban, suburban, and rural. A relationship ends and what happens is an emotional surge of uncontrollable anger. It can be verbal, physical and sometimes, as in the case of Lauren Astley, it can end in death."
Smith and 48 Hours report on Lauren's rollercoaster relationship with Nathaniel, their breakup, and what led up to her brutal murder, through interviews with their friends, police investigators, prosecutors, Nathaniel's uncle and Lauren's parents. The broadcast also provides critical information parents and young adults Need to Know about the warning signs of dating violence and how not to become a victim. The broadcast features several Massachusetts high school programs, including a dating violence awareness club and Mentors in Violence Prevention aimed at helping teens recognize the signs of a healthy and unhealthy dating relationship.
"After you have broken up with somebody, you don't go and see that person alone, ever," Mary Dunne says.
48 HOURS: "Loved to Death" is produced by Marcelena Spencer. Kathleen O'Connell is the development producer. Mead Stone and Bruce Spiegel are the producer editors. Claire Anderson is the field producer. Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.


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Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z1
The Galaxy S5 TouchWiz interface is richer in functions, and more graphically intense than the simpler Xperia UI of the Z1.
Samsung has toned things down with its customized TouchWiz experience, layered on top of Android 4.4.2 KitKat, when compared to previous versions. Gone are the abundant S-branded apps, and the menu sections and icons have received a flatter, simpler look. It doesn't look very uniform this way, as the homescreens and widgets have remained the same, but it is highly functional. There are numerous new features in that version, like Private Mode and Kid Corner, aimed to make your multi-user life with the handset easier. We can also count on Samsung's Multi Window mode that divides the 5.1" display in two resizable sections that can run two apps independent of each other at once, aiding your multitasking needs.
The Xperia UI running on the Z1, on the other hand, is a simpler Android KitKat overlay, counting on a few widgets and wallpapers, as well as some branded apps, to make it stand out. It does offer a few Small Apps you can float on top of the homescreens underneath, and that's as far as multitasking goes here.
Processor and memory
The Snapdragon 801 processor in the S5 shows its might before the 800 in Z1, especially in the graphics rendering department.
Being the newer device, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is sure to attract the geeky crowd with its quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC with Adreno 330 GPU, paired with 2 GB of RAM. Thanks to that new piece of silicon, the S5 manages to maintain a very fast and consistent performance. Despite being outclassed on paper by its rival, the Xperia Z1's quad-core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 2 GB of RAM and the Adreno 330 GPU, exhibits the same likeable interface movements. Its GPU is clocked much lower, though, so the S5 is superior in 3D graphics and image rendering, as the benchmarks clearly show.
The two handsets are stuffed with 16 GB of internal storage, which can be supplemented thanks to their microSD card slots, and the S5 will also come in a 32 GB version. Since it's on the side, we prefer the location of the slot in the Xperia Z1 more – mainly because we have to remove the back cover of the S5 to access its slot.
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As can be expected from the fast chipsets, browsing on the Z1 and the S5 is fast, smooth, and offers fluid zooming, scrolling, or panning. Sony, however, uses Android KitKat's default Chrome browser, which doesn't let you sideload Adobe Flash, like the Samsung browser on S5.
The handsets have multiband LTE and 3G radios, depending on the area they are sold in, as well as a suite of other connectivity options, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, NFC, and DLNA streaming. The Galaxy S5 flaunts a Download Booster mode, which combines Wi-Fi and cellular data for quicker connections. It also offers an infared port at the top, which can be used to command home electronics like TVs, stereos, set-top boxes, and even AC units of various brands.
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1. danny_a2005 (Posts: 268; Member since: 06 Oct 2011)
What I really want to see its S5 trying to beat Sony Z2...
8. HansGoneInsane (unregistered)
guess we need 4 more weeks to find out.
2. techperson211 (Posts: 1280; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)
5. HansGoneInsane (unregistered)
I'd rather say Z2=S5 with each device having strenghs and weaknesses.
11. Ahmadovich (Posts: 43; Member since: 16 Mar 2014)
Like a boss!
3. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 597; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Z1 has real-time HDR on both stills and video. In stills, the HDR mode is activated when on Superior Auto Mode.
4. dmn666 (Posts: 244; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
TN-LCD is also a true HD and the amoled is a penile fake HD with much much less subpixels that gives it an unfair advantage in battery tests. It's common sense, but PA just had to declare that LCD drains battery twice as faster without mentioning it is a penile crap. I know you made few pennies, but hey, you could play it smart.
6. dmn666 (Posts: 244; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Also show us some lowlight photos before calling it a tie on image quality. Z1 rapes s5 hard in lowlight shots. Oh, the pros over DXOmark already ranked z2 as the best cameraphone. I'm looking forward to the comparison the PA noobs will do shortly to convince s5 camera is also "on par" with z2
7. mokhtar (Posts: 405; Member since: 06 Jan 2014)
wow my phone still compare and better than samsung 2014 smartphones .. damn
9. romeo1 (Posts: 729; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
im not sure about how honest this review is done as the z1 phones ive seen and had did around the 34-35k antutu and calling with the released software was 25hrs on 3g and with the updates battery time got better each time. so did the camera. but i have to use the s5 for myself before knowing about the camera as phonearenas camera tests aren't really good. the s4 for example doesn't make good low light pictures but according to pa its pretty good and even better than the sony and even the nokia counterparts if im not mistaken.


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THE launch of a new food bank will bring hope to Boscombe's most deprived residents, organisers say.
The facility will open at St George's Methodist Church in Haviland Road on February 4.
And many from the area have already volunteered to help staff the food bank, which will initially open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Rev Sue Gowling said it is 'shocking' that the nearest food bank for Boscombe locals is based in Charminster.
"If people are struggling to afford food, it's easy to assume they're going to struggle to pay the bus fare too," she said.
"The Charminster food bank does a fantastic job, and we will be working as a satellite distribution point for them.
"An operation like this is desperately needed in Boscombe, and we're delighted to be able to get going."
The idea has taken nine months to come to life after it was suggested in a Boscombe For-um meeting.
But for Councillor Chris Wakefield the project has been on the cards for even longer.
"It has been an aspiration of mine for some time, and I began to talk to people about it two years ago," he said.
"At that time, we were unable to locate a possible site for the food bank, but when St George's Church stepped in, we were able to start moving forward.
"Currently, people are making the trek to Charminster, so I think it's going to make a huge difference for those in need."
The councillor has himself been forced to turn to food banks in the past.
"They say you're only two pay checks away from needing to use one, and I know better than most that anyone can need some help," he said.
The Rev Gowling added: "We want to ensure that anyone who comes to us needing support will be given privacy and dignity."
For more information, or to volunteer, call the church on 01202 391220. Donations of tinned or dried food will be gratefully welcomed at the church.


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Assistant Manager / Deputy Mgr - Ladieswear & Accessories Retail
- Recruiter
- The Retail Agency
- Location
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £14500 to £19000
- Posted
- 03 Aug 2017
- Expires
- 20 Aug 2017
- Sector
- Retail & Wholesale
Vacancy - AssistantManager / Deputy Manager Product - Ladieswear, Menswear and Homewares. It is working for a very exciting, stable and financially strong growing high street retailer. Whether it is career progression or just stability your looking forour client offers both as well as excellent development opportunities. One of the few Retailers opening New Stores this year. Job Title: AssistantManager Reporting Line: Store Manager Location: Store-based Business Contribution: Fully responsible for running the assigned store by driving performance and results, maximising sales, following Company standards and effectively leading store team to ensure the delivery of the Company brand values to every customer KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Commercial To achieve sales budgets or forecasts. Ensure execution across the area of: o Store layouts o Windows o Pricing/Promotions o Product presentation Advise Retail Area Manager of competitive behaviour. Advise on local marketing initiatives. Advise Retail Area Manager of customer profile of store. 2. People Management Recruit, train, manage & develop store team. Promote a challenging & professional environment 3. Financial Management To achieve profit budgets relating to the accountable contribution elements of the Profit & Loss accounts. Manage budgets set by Retail Area Managers. Manage Shrinkage and stock loss. Secure company assets at all times. 4. Standards Ensure strict compliance on policies and procedures at all times. Instil excellence in customer service . Ensure house keeping, repairs and safety is maintained. 5. Communication To act as key link for all communication between Retail Area Manager, Store Staff and Team.


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text: Washington (ANI): Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp is immensely proud of his work, after a stranger told him that his performances in Pirates Of The Caribbean films made his sick wife laugh for the first time in years. The 44-year-old star was amazed to hear that his character Captain Jack in the trilogy had such a huge impact on the woman, whos suffering from a form of Alzheimers disease. One time a guy told me that he brought his wife to see Pirates Of The Caribbean. She had lost her motor skills. I forget what you call it. Its not autism. They made a movie about it, where you recede and your functions start to go, Contactmusic quoted him, as saying. "Anyway, theyre watching the film, and when Captain Jack Sparrow came on the screen, she started to laugh. "This guy said he hadnt heard that laugh in years. And so he took her back to see the film repeatedly. For some reason, Captain Jack made her laugh every time. Thats right up there, he added.


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The dancer was in a vote with cricketer Phil Tufnell, and the public chose to keep Tuffers in the Australian Camp.
Tufnell will contest the Grand Final with ex-footballer John Fashanu and TV interior designer Linda Barker.
All three remaining contestants then had to complete a Bushtucker Trial to win food and Phil, who is tipped to win the ITV show, seemed to have the worst of them.
Beetles, ants and worms for tea!
He had to tuck into a not-so-tasty meal of live bugs including a live beetle, a handful of red ants, meal worms and a moth pupa.
Tufnell told Fash after the Trial: "that was probably the most disgusting thing I've ever had to do in my life."
Linda had to transfer a number of eels from one tank to another, while Fash had to wear a special hat with eels and goldfish in it.


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So, I was making some experiments on Flashsites on Bing, the result I have is nothing. Bing is obviously not indexing Flash content on its searches.
I tend to think that this is another political issue: Silverlight vs. Flash, but I don´t know if Bing ins indexing Silverlight content. Anyway if we are hand to hand to Google we won´t haver problems.
If you want to register a site freely in Bing, just go here. You can upload your sitemap or apply for an appID, etc. (I have the strange feeling of having seen this anywhere else haha). I saw the banner on hotmail not in any other site.


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Custom Cabinets in San Diego
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Skyhawk Baseball Coaches
Skyhawk Baseball Coaches
Head Coach Chris Davis
Chris Davis will enter his third year as head coach of the Skyhawk's baseball team after serving as the Assistant Head Coach and Pitching Coach the previous 3 years. Coach Davis focuses on the mental and physical approach to the game, on and off the field.
Coach Davis has been an assistant and head coach ranging from youth sports to high school level competition over the past 20 years, emphasizing fundamentals and team unity in each sport.
Growing up in Sterling, Davis played baseball and golf at the high school level for Sterling High School. He is a U.S. Army Veteran, having served his country for four years and is currently pursuing a degree in Sports Management/Coaching.
Coach Davis resides in Sterling with his wife Kimberly, and they have been married 26 years. Chris and Kim have 3 children. Emma (a Western Illinois graduate with a Psychology and Exercise Science Degree) is furthering her education at Pacific College Oriental Medicine. Former Skyhawk baseball players, Evan and Brady (Chicago State University graduates in Business) are working for the Chicago Cubs. All three children are living together happily in Chicago.


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Stardock just released a free public Beta of the TweakVista software that will be launching in August of this year. This program is really focused on those people who want to control many different aspects of the Vista operating system that wouldn't ordinarily be easy to change. Stardock says that the software is geared towards both the casual and power users, but there are a lot of things in there that would confuse any non-geeks.
So what kind of stuff does this program let you change? Here's the list as provided by Stardock:
- Security Handling. Users can now easily and safely adjust the way Windows handles security prompting including the new UAC (User Account Control)
- Memory Optimization. TweakVista knows which start-up services different types of users will typically use and offers recommendations on what services to disable. Users can easily switch between different profiles (including the default) based on their needs to maximize performance and memory use.
- Resource Control. Tweak Vista has several features for keeping an eye on and flagging programs that use excessive amounts of resources (memory, CPU, or system handles) as well as integrating seamlessly with built in hardware diagnostic reports.
- Start-Up Management. TweakVista not only will display and enable users to control what programs are loading on start-up but will identify in plain English what these programs do. Internet integration in the software allows users to comment on these processes within the program to one another.
- Performance Assessments. TweakVista uses the new Windows Vista assessment features to benchmark nearly every aspect of a user's PC and allow them to submit their results for comparison with other users of similar or upgraded hardware.
- TweakVista.com integration. TweakVista partners the software development skills of Stardock with the on-going tweak expertise of TweakVista.com to provide an on-going live database of helpful tips and tricks for maximizing the Windows Vista experience.
As you can see there are a lot of things that you can customize, and instead of trying to put it all in a bunch of screenshots I put together a quick 2-minute video that shuffles through all of the different tabs and options. There's no music so it is a little boring to watch, but just hit the pause button if you want to examine a tab's options a little closer.
While in Beta TweakVista is completely free, but when starting up the program I was promptly notified that it expires at the end of the "pre-release period." I'm not sure how long that is, but once it is available in final form there will be a feature-limited free version as well as a premium version costing $19.95.
One of the cool things about this program is that you can run it, configure the options that you want in Vista, and they will remain that way until you change the options back. That's because most of the settings modify registry values, which will remain changed even if you uninstall TweakVista.
One thing that I would like to see them throw in is an Alt-Tab configuration screen. As I previously pointed out it is possible to adjust the settings of Vista's Alt-Tab thumbnails to utilize more of your screen, but it is kind of a pain to change. This is something a user interface would be extremely beneficial for doing.
Other than that there are a few tools that we've mentioned here that also help with configuring Vista. The first being TweakUAC which can help you avoid UAC prompts without needing to restart your computer. The second program is Vispa which has a bunch of different configuration options, but no where near the extent of TweakVista.
Download TweakVista Beta for Free
As the anonymous commenter pointed out below, the software says in the installation screen that it expires October 1.


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In our news wrap Tuesday, the military-backed Egyptian government extended voting for a third day and kept polls open later to boost the number of voters, but Islamists boycotted the election over the Army crackdown that's left hundreds dead or in jail. Also, Nigerian authorities say Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 54 people in the north. Continue reading
In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency amid outbreaks of polio across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The U.N. agency says the number of new cases last year nearly doubled to 417. Also, some landslide survivors say they haven't received assistance after the disaster in northeastern Afghanistan killed as many as 2,700 people. Continue reading
Officials in Afghanistan have largely given up hope for uncovering more survivors from a landslide that hit northern Afghanistan on Friday, leaving more than 2,000 people dead. Continue reading
In our news wrap Friday, at least 350 people were killed in a landslide in Afghanistan, while 2,000 others may still be trapped. The slide engulfed a village in the country's mountainous northeast, according to the U.N. mission in that country. Also, Syria's government agreed to a ceasefire in the city of Homs. Under the deal, hundreds of rebels could begin leaving the city tomorrow. Continue reading
The last time the U.S. Geological Survey made a national map of landslide hazards, it did so on paper. It didn't use laser imaging for landslide detection and it didn't render the maps with the high-powered geographic software near-universally used … Continue reading
The number of people thought to be missing from a deadly landslide in a Washington town has dropped from 90 to 30 late Saturday as authorities verified information and cross-referenced lists. Continue reading
The technology exists, but the degree to which planners are using the latest mapping technology to make decisions about development in landslide-prone areas varies county to county. Continue reading
ARLINGTON, Wash. — Authorities have confirmed that the landslide on the Stillaguamish River north of Seattle has killed several people and destroyed homes. EarthFix's Ashley Ahearn turned to Dave Montgomery to find out what caused the slide. Montgomery is a geologist at the University of Washington. Continue reading
In other news Wednesday, heavy rain created a mudslide down into a Chinese mountain village where 67 people were reported missing and 25 hurt. In Northern India, another mudslide killed at least 18 children when it hit a school building. Continue reading
A powerful aftershock killed eight people and destroyed 70,000 homes in China's Sichuan province Sunday, amid continued disaster relief efforts from the initial deadly May 12 quake. Continue reading


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Kanye West Looks Thrilled To See Kim Kardashian Again, Just Thrilled
After weeks of it being painfully obvious he dumped her ass then fled the country, Kanye West flew to New York yesterday to spend time with Kim Kardashian but probably just to make sure she didn't feed the fetus he left in her to Khloe. He also met up with Jay-Z and you can barely tell who Kanye was more excited to be around. The man's face gives nothing away. It's like staring at a cyborg if cyborgs stopped coming back from the future to fix the past. She's standing right next to you! DO IT.
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How To Make An At-Home Manicure Look Professional
While I was backstage at New York Fashion Week, I got to chat with Nonie Creme, the founding creative director of Butter London. (In case you're not familiar, Butter London makes amazing nail polish without formaldehyde, toluene, or DBP.) Nonie shared an awesome tip for making nails painted at home look professionally manicured.Nonie said to slap on polish the night before you want your nails to look good. Don't worry about getting the color on your cuticles; just get it on there. Then, let it dry overnight so it completely hardens. When you're taking your morning shower the next day, use an old toothbrush dipped in olive oil to scrub the excess polish off your skin. Finally, push back your cuticles to get that perfect edge around the bed of your nails. Your digits will look polished without dropping $15 at a salon, meaning you'll have plenty of extra dough to spend on new colors of nail polish.


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Offering up tips to make anorexia victims see sense, the actress says, 'The thing that I would have responded to was, 'You look sick. You don't look well'.'
Actress Portia de Rossi has urged the worried parents and friends of potential anorexia victims to offer up their concerns - before an eating disorder consumes their loved ones. The former "Ally McBeal" stars talks about her battle with anorexia in new memoir "Unbearable Lightness" and she fears she would be really ill or even dead if her brother hadn't voiced his opinion about the star's drastic weightloss.
De Rossi fears too many people worry that they'll be "shut out" or even disowned if they approach an anorexic about their concerns but she insists it's the best thing you can do. In a taped interview for her wife Ellen DeGeneres' TV talk show, the actress explains, "A lot of people don't say anything at all because they are worried that that person is just going to completely shut them out of their lives and that actually may happen."
"But it is really important to say something. And the thing that you should say... the thing that I would have responded to was, 'You look sick. You don't look well. You look like you're suffering' - because the anorexic wants to be admired."
"Dieting is really hard and, to get down to that weight, you want people to admire you... 'You're too thin' to me was more of a compliment. Who can be too thin? There is a joke about it. You can't ever be too thin. So that just felt like a compliment."
"Anything that would suggest that a girl is not as in control as she wants to appear to be is a better thing. Because an anorexic wants control more than anything." The interview will air in America on Thursday, November 4.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 4/5/2012 (1936 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Niamey, Niger -- For the second time in as many years, a food-security crisis is looming over Africa, this time over a broad and rain-starved swath of the continent known as the Sahel.
Food shortages in the Horn of Africa threatened the lives of millions in 2011. Local and international relief efforts prevented famine conditions from arising in Kenya and Ethiopia, but mass deaths occurred in Somalia due to the failed state's inability to mount an effective response to food shortages.
The United Nations fears a similar crisis is taking shape this year in the Sahel, a semi-arid strip of Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, on the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert.
Drought and crop failures threaten the food security of millions in Mauritania, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, the nations that collectively make up the West African portion of the Sahel. Estimates of the number of people at risk of hunger or malnutrition vary from six million to 15 million.
Despite the uncertainty, the UN and some of the world's largest aid groups are sufficiently concerned to appeal for donations to avert the crisis, which could be compounded by regional conflicts that stymie food-distribution efforts as well as "famine fatigue" among potential donors.
"The challenge we have in a situation like the Sahel is we're projecting a disaster. We're trying to get ahead of the curve," said Jim Cornelius, executive director of the Winnipeg-based Canadian Foodgrains Bank, an umbrella organization for 15 Christian charities.
"In this particular situation, it's much harder to raise money when it looks like it's going to be bad, versus when it is bad. But when you wait until it's bad, it's too late."
Cornelius's fear is borne out by fundraising statistics released late last month by the UN, which announced it had only collected half of the $725 million it hoped to raise to avert crisis conditions in the Sahel. The same week, four of the world's largest aid groups -- World Vision, Oxfam, Save The Children and Action Against Hunger -- declared they had only raised one-fifth of the $250 million they hoped to collect.
Crop failures in 2011, dwindling food supplies on the ground this year and satellite-image observations of the region allowed disaster-relief organizations to begin their preparations early. Based on previous experiences, the agencies believe it's easier and cheaper to distribute food to people when they're still in their homes and relatively healthy rather than when they're on the move or living in camps and are in desperate need of sustenance.
"The challenge for this is if you're successful, then everyone will say, 'Well, there wasn't a food crisis' and they would be right," Cornelius said. "It's a lot harder to raise money for prophylactic activities than for treatment."
Food shortages are hardly new to the Sahel, one of the world's poorest regions, which has experienced rapid population growth, political instability, deforestation and at least two severe droughts over the past 30 years. The region has experienced not just severe weather events, but climate change on a scale unseen elsewhere in the world, according to an overwhelming consensus of environmental scientists.
From 1969 to 2009, average temperatures in the central Sahel -- Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan -- increased 1 C, the U.S. Geological Survey reported late in 2011. The effect is believed to be the result of a warming Indian Ocean, which also appears to be drying out large swaths of Africa.
In the 1970s, the western Sahel experienced what is locally known as "the dessication," a marked drop in rainfall that turned sandy soils into cracked pavement and reduced the growing season, devastating subsistence agriculture in a region where most people survive on food they grow themselves.
Unlike in North America, where many farmers heavily irrigate their crops, agriculture in the Sahel depends almost entirely on rain. When the rain doesn't fall, reduced yields of staple crops such as sorghum, millet and cowpeas cause food prices to rise beyond the reach of the very same subsistence farmers. Export crops such as cotton and groundnuts also fail, depriving Sahelian nations of the ability to purchase food.
The economies of most Sahelian states depend on a single, uncontrollable commodity: rain.
"Very little rain means very little growth, and vice-versa," University of Nebraska and Water For Food Institute researcher Marc Andreini told a sustainability conference in Winnipeg in early May. While many mid-continental regions of the world -- including the flood- and drought-prone Canadian Prairies -- suffer from weather extremes, impoverished African nations with little irrigation infrastructure suffer the most from variations in precipitation, he said.
During the 1980s, rainfall returned to average levels in many parts of the Sahel. But increasing heat led to more of what hydrologists call "evapotranspiration," the combined loss of moisture from evaporation off the land and transpiration from trees, grasses and other plants.
As a result, vegetative cover in the region also began migrating south and the Sahara advanced into the Sahel. One in six trees in the Sahel died during the second half of the 20th century alone and one in five species of trees disappeared entirely from the region, according to Patrick Gonzalez of the U.S. National Park Service, whose team of researchers published its findings in late 2011. Farmers in the Sahel rely on trees to shade their crops during the dry season, which prevent soil from blowing away in the wind. They also use the wood for fuel and raw materials, he said.
What was once one of the world's largest lakes -- Lake Chad, at the border of Chad, Niger and Nigeria -- has shrunk to a fraction of its size, depriving both farmers and fishers of food.
Adding to this litany of challenges this year are conflicts that force people off their land and confound food-distribution efforts, not to mention educational programs aimed at improving agricultural practices in the long term. The most pessimistic reports point to a growing breakdown of the social cohesion that once united diverse ethnic and religious groups across the Sahel.
The UN estimates more than 320,000 refugees have fled this year from Mali, which has struggled to recover from both a recent coup in the capital and ongoing Tuareg and al Qaida-affiliated insurgencies in remote desert areas. Tensions between Christians and Muslims are threatening to divide northern Nigeria, fighting has reignited in Sudan and even relatively peaceful nations such as Niger have reported incursions by arms dealers from a free but relatively anarchic Libya.
All of these factors have had a major effect on a region where ordinary people struggle to find food during normal years.
"It's an area that sits on the margins," Cornelius said of the Sahel. "It doesn't take much to push it over the edge."
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has, in part, sponsored Kives's trip.


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A to Z mysteries. Books K-N [cd] / by Ron Roy. - SHERLOC
A to Z mysteries. Books K-N [cd] / by Ron Roy.
Other title:
Kidnapped king.
Lucky lottery.
Missing mummy.
Books K-N
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2010.
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4 audio discs (ca. 60 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Friendship in children -- Juvenile fiction.
Lotteries -- Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
Princes -- Juvenile fiction.
Theft -- Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Children's audiobooks.
Compact discs.
Read by David Pittu.
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The kidnapped king: Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. Then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
The lucky lottery: L is for Lucky ... And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him turns out to be a million-dollar winner! But before Lucky can cash it in, someone sneaks into his house and steals it. It's up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to track down the thief!
The missing mummy: It's Mummy Monday at the museum, and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited about the new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unravel the mystery?
The ninth nugget: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are spending a week at a dude ranch. Everything is normal in a cowboy kind of way-- until Josh finds a huge gold nugget! Just as they are deciding what to do with their newfound riches, the nugget disappears. Will the kids be able to track down the thief?
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The kidnapped king -- The lucky lottery -- The missing mummy -- The ninth nugget.
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Nicole Kidman freaks people out
Nicole Kidman made a brief appearance at the CMAs Wednesday night (above) and apparently scared the living bejebus out of people. Page Six reports:
"She looked freakish," said one witness. "She just had her lips done, and now she looks like Meg Ryan." The Aussie actress didn't want to be interrogated on the red carpet and fled, leaving behind her perplexed husband, Keith Urban. "She just flipped out and took off running," said our source. "Keith kept saying, 'Where is she? Where is she?'"
Maybe I'm desensitized from staring at 95% plastic people all day, but Nicole Kidman honestly doesn't look that scary to me. Completely dead inside? Sure. Freakish? Only if you're a two foot tall Scientologist forced into a sham marriage by Paramount. "I have to touch her what now? Quick, someone drown me in their coffee mug. DO IT!"