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The truth is that if (post-9/11) America wanted to fight two wars simultaneously -- and apparently endlessly -- protect our shores and project power into other parts of the globe simultaneously we needed draft. But we are a culture that refuses to make hard choices and likes happy endings, in other words we're experts at lying to ourselves. Instead of facing the fact that if you're going to fight wars you need to raise taxes and mobilize the whole country and draft citizens, we pretended we had a military adequate to the task. Besides, anyone who questioned the civilian wartime leadership would be accused of "disrespect to our wonderful men and women in uniform."
What is disrespectful to people who serve is to do what we're doing now. We keep lying to ourselves by hiring contractor personnel to do the job the military could be doing -- if it was big enough and if we stopped lying to ourselves. More "contractor" (read mercenary) abhorrent behavior is surfacing. This time it's not civilian murder in Iraq, or child prostitution from XE (formerly Backwater). It comes from a US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Some contractor guards have come forward with sworn testimony and visual evidence of sexual deviancy and drunken hazing.
In my capacity as the proud father of the United States Marine I wrote a series of opinion pieces for the Washington Post and several books on what it's like to be in military parent in the all volunteer military era while my son was a war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One of those books Keeping Faith -- A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps became a New York Times bestseller (once Oprah invited me on her show.) I also co-authored AWOL--The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country. After that was published I established close contact with hundreds of military families and many military leaders. What I say here comes from the perspective of someone connected to the military as a civilian author and also as the proud father of a son who fought in our ongoing wars. I have a deep personal love for the military family.
That said, I have less and less respect for the way our civilian leaders lack the courage to tell the truth about our wars.
Lies From the Right and Left
Which brings up a point: both the right and the left, the military and civilian leadership, Democrats and Republicans have a stake in either lying about or ignoring a very inconvenient fact: given the scope of American foreign entanglements our "all volunteer" military is a sham. It is the same sort of sham that fighting wars without paying for them is idiocy.
We are so over-extended that we hire professional contractors to bulk up what in fact is a military far too small for the onerous rotations that military people are now being deployed on again and again and again. High divorce rates, custody battles where military people, including women and mothers who come back from war are denied access to their children, and suicides are just the tip of the dysfunctional iceberg. The real problem is that the right and the left the Democrats and Republicans and our top military establishment and the government all have a percentage in keeping quiet about the truth.
As reported by various news sources, including NPR, ( Sept 2, 2009), The Pentagon's civilian contractor work force in Afghanistan outnumbers the deployment of uniformed U.S. soldiers, with contractors accounting for 57 percent of Defense Department personnel there, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service-- "the highest recorded percentage of contractors used by DOD in any conflict in the history of the United States," concludes the report. Overall, as of March 31, 2009, the Defense Department employed more than 240,000 contractors in the two war zones, compared with approximately 282,000 uniformed soldiers.
How Have the Contractors Worked Out?
The founder of Blackwater USA allegedly deliberately caused the deaths of innocent civilians in a series of shootings in Iraq, attorneys for Iraqis suing the security contractor told a federal judge. The attorneys singled out Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL who is the company's owner, for blame in the deaths of more than 20 Iraqis between 2005 and 2007.
Amid allegations that the contracted security force guarding the Kabul embassy have run riot the State Department a team to investigate. Alcohol has been banned at Camp Sullivan -- the compound where the guards live -- and diplomatic security officers have been assigned to keep an eye on the guards.
As reported by AP and many other sources, Blackwater's secret work for the CIA has leaked out. The company's involvment in the assassination program and the CIA drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan are front-page material in the Washington Post and New York Times. Blackwater also offered "foreign" operatives to work on the CIA assassination program.
The Real Problem
The fact is our all volunteer military has long since departed from the citizen soldier military our founders had in mind and is now professional force that is close to becoming a permanent class of mercenaries set apart in virtually gated communities rather than citizen soldiers. And with today's contractors we've taken the fateful next step: America now fields a truly imperial mercenary force.
To appease the left who will not countenance a draft, we pretend we have a military global force that doesn't need public support. And to allow the right wing Republican fat cats to send other people's children to war without asking them to commit their own children, we say the all volunteer force "works just fine."
Fighting wars without national mobilization is a sign of decadence. It means that sacrifice is denied and ignored by most while a few pay the price for a system that depends on an out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind military. This is also part of a crazy anti-government right wing nuttiness, wherein "privatizing" everything, now even our military, is seen as "good." Everything must turn a profit, right? Everything is about choice. right?
The Truth
The United States needs to face the truth: If we don't have the stomach to reintroduce the draft and have a military large enough to do the military's job we should stop fighting wars around the globe. We should also stop lying to ourselves. If the American public doesn't support our wars to the extent that they will tolerate a draft and much higher taxes then our wars are bogus.
The military needs to stop selling itself to the American public as the greatest American military ever while it lacks the numbers to do the military's basic job. The generals should be screaming bloody murder about the fact that traditional military roles -- such as Marines guarding our embassies -- are now being farmed out to private (and grossly incompetent, largely unsupervised) companies who answer to no one. Talk about dishonoring our men and women!
It's time for the military leadership to tell the President and Congress that the need for the hundreds of thousands of civilian workers bolstering the military proves the military can no longer do the job the President is asking it to do.
Here Are the Honest Choices:
1) Get out of our wars now or raise taxes, and raise a force commensurate with our global obligations by the draft.
2) Trim our military to a true defense force and stop thinking that we can fix the world.
3) If we are attacked, hit our enemies with everything we've got, then go home. Let them fear us or pay the price, no more dreams of Marshall Plans applied to completely different situations, like Iraq and Afghanistan.
To believe our own BS: that we can fight wars without costs, is leading to a bad end. Nation-building is after-the-fact nonsense. War is hell, not nation building. We aren't the good guys. We are just one more country protecting its interests. Deal with it!
Blame the Right and the Left
The left is culpable because it so denigrated and politicized military service coming out of the Vietnam era that the military brass ran for cover and are still hiding behind the all volunteer concept to protect the military from political scrutiny.
The right is culpable because it keeps launching wars without asking for moral or financial accountability from the whole American people, including higher taxes and a draft of our sons and daughters. This is lazy man's war: no need to sell it to the American people, because they aren't involved. "Other people" fight and our grandchildren will pay the bill. Let's call decadence by its name.
Frank Schaeffer is the author of Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back and the forthcoming Patience With God: Faith For People Who Don't Like Religion (Or Atheism)


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The story features an all-Japanese cast as the eponymous characters: a poor toymaker, his son and daughter (Hansel and Gretel), and his wicked new wife. The evil, greedy stepmother, who overtly despises her stepchildren, leads them out into the woods, which is a labyrinth from which the children are unable to find their way out on their own. Here, she abandons them. They do manage to find their way back home, only to be led by their stepmother back into the woods a few days later. She distracts them with one of their father's toys and runs off. The children, no longer trusting of their stepmother, left a trail of rocks. The toy duck they were dragging had, unbeknownst to them, been eating the rock trail they left along the way. Once again they find themselves deserted in the woods, with no direction home. So the children have no choice but to sleep in the woods, and in the morning, the toy transforms into a robot and leads them to a giant house made of gingerbread and candy. A hook-nosed witch who lives there lures them inside with the promise of sweets. The Witch brings out an enormous cake which turns out to be only a decoration. The furniture and even the walls of the house are the real candy, which the children happily and greedily enjoy. Then when Hansel and Gretel lie in the two beds the witch prepared for them, they are immediately kidnapped by the beds, which have come to life. Hansel is forced to eat a creepy gingerbread man who insists that he eat him. Before the Witch can shove Hansel into her oven (as she has been planning on eating the children all along), a kung fu style battle ensues between her and the children. The Witch is defeated and the children escape the house, which completely melts. The toy reappears and leads them back home to their happy father. It also begins to spout gold coins, providing them with the wealth they have needed.
- Jim Ishida — father
- Michael Yama — stepmother/wicked witch
- Andy Lee — Hansel
- Alison Hong — Gretel
- David Koenigsberg — gingerbread man
- Vincent Price — host[2]
Filmed for $116,000 on 16mm, this live-action short film featured a cast of amateur Japanese actors, kung fu fights (despite kung fu being Chinese) and Japanese toys, as Burton was obsessed with Japanese culture at the time of production. The film's design style and color schemes paid homage to the Godzilla movies and is said to be heavy on special effects, making use of front projection, forced perspective and even some stop-motion animation. Most reputable sources claim the film runs a full 45 minutes, but other fan reviews have a listed runtime anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes, though the full run time is 34 minutes and 17 seconds.
A New York Times article states that this was screened at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) as part of a Tim Burton special exhibition which ran from November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010. It was part of a traveling exhibit, and the last time it was shown was in Paris, where the exhibition ended in August 2012.
In June 2014, a copy of the short appeared in its entirety online.[3]
- ↑ "La Cinémathèque française"..
- ↑ "Hansel and Gretel".. Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ "Watch the Formerly-Lost Tim Burton Hansel and Gretel In Its Entirety".. io9.
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- Slashfilm
- MoMA Site
- La Cinémathèque française
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Crop measurements that predict spatial yield variability and correlate with yields may facilitate development of variable N rate management. We evaluated growth, N concentration, and N uptake of two corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids at two N rates (130 vs. 185 kg ha−1 at two sites and manure vs. manure + 55 kg N ha−1 at another site) in 2000 (wet) and 2001 (dry) to help explain corn spatial yield variability that existed at five of six site–years. Biomass, N concentration, and N uptake mostly had no spatial variability at the sixth leaf stage (V6), silking (R1), and physiological maturity (R6). Plant height at V6, which had spatial variability at four site–years, correlated with yields at two sites (0.55 and 0.66) in 2000 and at one site (0.56) in 2001. Plant height at V10, which had spatial variability at all sites, correlated with yields at all sites (0.50–0.64) in 2000 but at only one site (0.69) in 2001. Nitrogen uptake at R6, which correlated with yields at all sites in 2000 (0.25–0.58) and 2001 (0.34–0.65), did little to explain the N response within sites. Stalk NO3–N concentrations showed no spatial variability, despite spatial variability for residual soil NO3–N concentrations at all site–years. Residual soil NO3–N, which had distinct zones of high concentrations in the upper 30 cm in 2001, may provide more useful information than crop measurements for development of variable N rate management.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Today, Rep. Ed Royce joined members of the Formosa Foundation's Ambassador Program to highlight the need to expand U.S.-Taiwan trade relations. The Ambassador Program brings students to Washington, D.C. to help develop the expertise and contacts needed to promote the U.S. relationship with Taiwan. This year over 20 students participated in the program, meeting with members of Congress and their staffs.
"These students have shown a keen interest in learning about our political system, and are thoroughly engaged in helping promote issues of importance to the U.S. and Taiwan. These future leaders are an important bridge between the two nations," said Royce.
One focus of the student's meetings was U.S.-Taiwan trade ties. While ties remain strong, there is concern for the future. Taipei has launched trade talks with Singapore. Taiwan and Japan are expected to sign a trade pact this year. Six other economic agreements with various trading partners are under negotiation, and negotiations on an economic cooperation agreement with the EU are ongoing.
"Taiwan is moving ahead quickly with its trade agenda, with or without us. Not being party to agreements, of course means that U.S. businesses are made less competitive, hurting our economy."
While a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement - the main forum for Taiwan and the U.S. to discuss major economic issues -- was signed in 1994, there have been no negotiations since 2007. Royce and Rep. Gerald Connolly (VA) are circulating a letter for signature calling for the renewal of TIFA talks between the U.S. and Taiwan.
"We can't wait any longer to restart these talks needed to strengthen our economic and strategic partnership. That is why my colleagues and I will be writing President Obama, urging him to reinvigorate the TIFA. Letting it flounder will unnecessarily harm the U.S.-Taiwan relationship," said Royce.
Rep. Ed Royce is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and is a member of the Congressional Caucus on Taiwan.
Source: http://royce.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=301567


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Automatic Solution
Win 7/Win 8 Protection 2013 behaves like the real useful antivirus program, performing that scanning processes (but without users' consent) and asks to buy the full version of the program in order to remove the found infections, the list of which is so long and the names of them are so frightening that users often pay their money. If the alert message from this fake antivirus frighten you, then it is better to remove Win 7/Win 8 Protection 2013 and not to see the scam messages that can spoil your nervous system.
How to remove Win 7/Win 8 Protection 2013:
Here are the instructions that you can use in order to remove Win 7/Win 8 Protector 2013:
- You should boot your computer into Safe Mode with Command Prompt. For that you should reboot the PC and when it will begin to load, you should begin to press F8 repeatedly till the moment when you will see the black screen with the menu. You should select Safe Mode with Command Prompt in this menu and press Enter.
- Then you should remove the following files and folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\adca9a8827ca83eb.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Win 8 Security System
- After that you should remove the following values from the registry keys. For that you should open Registry Editor, using the open Command Prompt. Type regedit in the line and press Enter. Then you should use the search option (CTRL+F) in order to find the needed registry value:
Find it and remove.
- Scan your computer for infections with the help of any of the available antivirus program, re-installed and updated in order to remove Win 7/Win 8 Protection 2013 from your computer once and forever.
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When you think of the Denver Broncos, chances are you think of John Elway, who quarterbacked the team for almost two decades. You also might think of the "Orange Crush" defense back in the day. But the Broncos, who play in the thin mountain air, have always fielded great receivers too. Here is a list of the all-time top 10 in receiving yardage for the Broncos' franchise, which began play in the AFL in 1960:
Rod Smith (11,389)—Rod Smith was the epitome of steady, playing for the Broncos, his only team, from 1995 to 2006. Smith helped the team win two Super Bowls but became better with age, making the Pro Bowl three times after his 30th birthday. Smith ranks first in Broncos' history with 11,389 receiving yards, and his best season was 2000, when he caught 100 passes for a career high 1602 yards 8 touchdowns, while adding six rushes for 99 yards and a TD as well.
Shannon Sharpe (8439)—Tight end Shannon Sharpe played most of his career in Denver, from 1990 to 1999 and then again in 2002 and 2003. Sharpe ranks second in Broncos' franchise history with 8439 receiving yards, and he made the Pro Bowl seven straight times from 1992 to 1998, including first team All Pro four times. Sharpe racked up a career best 1107 receiving yards in 1997, but his best overall season was 1996, when he caught 80 passes for 1062 yards and a career high 10 touchdowns.
Lionel Taylor (6872)—Lionel Taylor was an original Bronco, playing in Denver from 1960 to 1966, and still ranks third in team history with 6872 receiving yards. Taylor made the Pro Bowl four times, including three as a first team All Pro in a Broncos uniform. His best season with the team was 1960, when Taylor caught 92 passes for a career best 1235 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns (also career high).
Ed McCaffrey (6200)—Ed McCaffrey began his career with the New York Giants and then played one year in San Francisco before coming to Denver and helping them win two Super Bowls. McCaffrey played for the Broncos from 1995 to 2003, and ranks fourth in their history with 6200 receiving yards. McCaffrey made the Pro Bowl in 1998, but his best season was 2000, when he caught 101 passes for 1317 yards (both career highs) with 9 touchdowns.
Steve Watson (6112)—Steve Watson played his entire career in Denver, from 1979 to 1987, and ranks fifth in Broncos' history with 6112 receiving yards. Watson made the Pro Bowl in 1981, which was his best season. That year, Watson caught 60 passes for career highs in receiving yards (1244) and touchdown catches (13).
Riley Odoms (5755)—Tight end Riley Odoms played his entire career in Denver, from 1972 to 1983, and ranks sixth in team history witih 5755 receiving yards. Odoms made the Pro Bowl four times, including twice as a first team All Pro. His best season was 1978, with career highs in catches (54) and receiving yards (829) with 6 touchdowns.
Vance Johnson (5695)—Vance Johnson played his whole career in Denver, from 1985 to 1995 and ranks seventh in franchise history with 5695 receiving yards. In 1989, Johnson had career highs in catches (76), receiving yards (1095) and touchdown catches (7).
Haven Moses (5450)—Haven Moses played most of his career in Denver, from 1972 to 1981, and ranks eighth in Broncos' history with 5450 receiving yards. Moses' best season in Denver was 1979, when he had career highs in receptions (54) and receiving yards (943) with 6 TD catches.
Mark Jackson (4746)—Mark Jackson was one of the "smurfs," three undersize receivers that were adept at catching passes for the Broncos in the '80's. Jackson played in Denver from 1986 to 1992 and ranks ninth in team history with 4746 receiving yards. Jackson's best season was 1990 when he had career highs in receptions (57) and receiving yards (926) with 4 touchdowns. He also carried the ball five times for 28 yards and one more TD that season.
Rick Upchurch (4369)—Rick Upchurch played his entire career in Denver, from 1975 to 1983, and was mostly a kick returner and an outstanding one at that. Upchurch made the Pro Bowl four times as a return man, three as first team All Pro. But 1979 was his best year as a receiver, when he started all 16 games and racked up career highs in receptions (64), receiving yards (937) and receiving touchdowns (7). That same year, Upchurch returned 30 punts for 304 yards as well.
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Bus Lane Enforcement
The new bus lane enforcement cameras became operational in Aberdeen in 2013. As per Scottish Government legislation any monies received from bus lane enforcement must be allocated towards achieving Aberdeen City Council's objectives and policies relating to the Local Transport Strategy (LTS).
Council services are requested to submit schemes they wish to be considered to be implemented from monies received from bus lane offences.
An example of such schemes is shown in the report at the following link:
Motorists caught driving illegally in Aberdeen's bus lanes can expect a £60 charge, reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days.
- Pay Bus Lane Fine (Penalty Charge Notice) Online
- Representations (appeals) against a Bus Lane Charge Notice
Recovery of an Unpaid Bus Lane Charge Notice
Do not ignore a Charge Notice
It may carry additional penalties if it is not paid (or contested) promptly.
- If payment remains outstanding 28 days after a 'Charge Notice' has been issued, or after an appeal or representation has been refused, Aberdeen City Council may issue a 'Charge Certificate' increasing the penalty by a further 50% of the original charge.
- After a 'Charge Certificate' has been issued and the penalty charge remains unpaid it may be passed to the Aberdeen City Council's debt recovery agent for further action. At this stage additional fees may be added above the sum owe to the council. At this stage recovery is no longer in the hands of ACC. Any communication should be made to the Sheriff Officer who will issue a payment demand.
The only vehicles allowed to use the bus lanes are buses, taxis, private licensed hire vehicles and bicycles. Emergency service vehicles can use them only when responding to an emergency.
Eleven digital cameras have been installed on strategic routes across the city to tackle the growing problem of illegal use of the bus lanes. Aberdeen City Council was granted authority to carry out the civil enforcement of bus lanes after submitting a business case to the Scottish Government. The main objectives are to improve traffic flow, journey times, encourage the use of public transport, and improve air quality in the city.
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Though bees may seem distantly removed from human beings, we have more in common with these tiny insects than you might think. We have certain physiological mechanisms that cause us to see optical illusions in a particular way; and these tendencies are the result of our deep history, our evolutionary past. To understand our perception mechanisms, then, we can look at animals whose perception system is like a simplified version of our own—like bumblebees.
Like human beings, bees see color. Unlike human beings, though, a bee's environment can be completely controlled; that is, we can raise bumblebees in an environment where we know everything about the colors that they have seen. We can then see how their experience in that environment shapes the development of their brain and the behaviors that they exhibit.
This investigation of bees is one of Beau Lotto's many projects. He has created the bee matrix, a plexiglass cube with 64 flowers at one end, backlit so that Lotto's team can control the flowers' color. The team trains the bees to go to certain colors rather than others using a reward system: sugar water for some, salt water for others.
Then, the real magic happens, explains Lotto in a 2009 interview:
So what we can do is we can train them to go to, for instance, find the blue flower, except the blue flower is now under different colours of light. So the light coming from the blue flower varies. So what they have to do is they have to use their relationships between the flowers and the surround in order to figure out which is the cracked one and what we found is that they do that. They actually encode the colour relationships so they can learn to go to the bluest flower in the array or the yellowest flower in the array. Now sometimes, a grey flower is the bluest flower if everything else is yellow so it's actually a pretty complex thing that they're doing and then what we can do is we can look to see how those relationships are encoded in the architecture of their brain. So the brain doesn't do absolutes. It can't do absolutes. There's no point in seeing absolutes. What it does is it encodes relationships and it's actively encoding the relationships that matter.
So the bee's brain is constantly comparing the colors to each other, rather than trying to see them as chromatic constants. And though humans and bumblebees have very different types of brains, they both take in the same information and come out with the same solution. If Lotto can discover how both human brains and bee brains manage this feat, then he can understand the underlying principle relevant to both. With luck and help from the bumblebees, we may even finally get an answer about how and why we see things the way we do.
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Further proof that machines are slowly conquering the world – apparently one episode of The Simpsons at a time.
Fox has announced that it will feature a short segment of Homer Simpson, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, answering questions live on May 15.
The three-minute instalment will see the patriarchal animated character discussing "topical subjects" and answering fan questions. It will air live during both the East and West coast broadcasts.
Curious as to how the show is planning to pull of such a feat? The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunner, Al Jean, who revealed that they "will use a motion capture technology in which Homer's voice and motions will be depicted in an animated scene talking about things he 'could only be saying live on that day.'"
It was also revealed that the theme of the episode preceding the live segment, explores improv comedy. Jean added that "Dan is a great improviser."
"As far as I know, this is the first time that's been done by any animated show," said Jean.
Fox is asking fans to tweet their questions using #HomerLive starting on Sunday, May 1, through Wednesday, May 4.
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African Nations Increase Hydropower Alliance
A number of hydropower construction projects are underway in East Africa as international cooperation increases to ensure reliable water supply. Neil Ford reports on the latest happenings.
Some accuse the East African nations of having an over reliance on hydropower and cite recent power crises caused by low rainfall as evidence for their views. So it is with curiosity that many are watching the increased investment being put into hydroelectric power in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
These countries – grouped together to form the East African Community (EAC) - are aiming for full economic integration within the next decade and the creation of a regional power grid is seen as one of the best ways of achieving this. They all rely heavily on hydro schemes and regional integration is likely to encourage construction of further dam projects as well as thermal plants, as investors take advantage of an increasingly integrated market in electricity.
An interconnector already enables Uganda to export electricity to Kenya but a new transmission line is under development between the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha and the Kenya capital Nairobi, thereby enabling much greater trade in electricity between the three countries. However, Rwanda and Burundi, which joined the EAC last year, also hope to connect their power grids to the rest of the EAC pack in the near future.
Transmission integration is viewed as the best long-term solution to the periodic power rationing that continues to undermine attempts to encourage greater industrial and manufacturing activity in East Africa. Droughts have become increasingly common, with severe cuts in hydroelectric production from 1997 to 1999 and more recently between 2005 and 2006. Towards the end of the latter period, falling water levels forced most Tanzanian hydro schemes to cut production by half. At the same time, consistently low water levels on Lake Victoria reduced the generating capacity of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company by 40%.
Kenyan concerns
The Kenyan government is being forced to seek long-term power import agreements from outside the EAC while it waits for new capacity to come on stream within the region. South Africa was originally the preferred option once the Arusha-Nairobi interconnector was completed, effectively making Kenya part of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). However, South African power utility Eskom is facing its own power supply problems and has put increased cooperation in jeopardy.
Last August, Kenya's then newly installed Prime Minister Raila Odinga suggested that imports were most likely to come from Ethiopia where the Tekeze, Gilgel Gibe II and Beles dam projects jointly provide 1155MW of new generating capacity. However, a new transmission link would be required to transport Ethiopian electricity to the main areas of Kenyan demand.
Electricity consumption has increased by about 8% a year over the past five years and KenGen – which supplies about 80% of Kenya's electricity supply – is only just able to satisfy today's demand when hydro schemes are fully operational, so additional capacity is required as soon as possible.
So while it temporarily relies on outside sources KenGen is busy investing into its internal structures. The first of these is increasing the height of the Masinga dam that is being increased by 1.5 metres at a cost of $12m to boost water storage capacity in the entire Seven Forks Cascade by 12%. The Seven Forks Cascade lies on the River Tana, about 150-200km from Nairobi, and forms the heart of Kenya's hydro backbone.
In addition, KenGen also increased the capacity of its two Kiambere turbines – two of Kenya's largest hydro plants – by a further 12MW at the end of 2008, taking total capacity at the plant to 164MW.
As well as these upgrades a brand new hydro plant is also being constructed. The new Sondu/Miriu venture was due to come on stream last August but water levels were too low causing a substantial delay. However, when it is up and running it is expected to produce an average of 330GWh a year and has attracted $98m in financial support from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
Rather than consisting principally of a dam like conventional plants, the Sondu/Miriu project is largely made up of a 6.2km tunnel and surface mounted penstock to take water down the Nyakach Escarpment to the turbines. Water will then be returned to the Sondu River 13km downstream of the intake via a 4.7km outlet. In addition, KenGen has constructed a 50km transmission line to connect the plant to the Kisumu substation. Once the Sondu/Miriu plant is completed, KenGen will have 737MW of installed hydroelectric generating capacity.
A large number of other attractive sites are also yet to be developed. The small 2MW Gogo plant was originally built to serve mining needs and could be expanded to 60MW but transmission problems in the southwest area would have to be tackled first. Downstream of Sondu/Miriu, KenGen plans to construct the 21.2MW Sang'oro plant and has already secured a US$46.6m loan from JBIC to cover all costs. Finally, a third 20MW unit could be added to Kindaruma and there is some potential for small hydro development in the country.
However, while the reliability five plants on the Seven Forks Cascade have an average availability of about 96%, a high figure by regional standards, most other potential hydro sites beyond the Cascade can not offer such a high degree of assurance.
East African powerhouse
The untapped Seven Forks sites aside, KenGen is more likely to rely on supplies from Ugandan dam projects than hydroelectric schemes on other Kenyan rivers. The government of Uganda has long touted the country as the powerhouse of East Africa, with large untapped hydro potential waiting to be developed to drive economic growth across East Africa. Yet the country still has just 300MW of capacity and suffers from its own power shortages.
A decade of frustration over a major scheme in Bujagali has deterred interest in the country's other planned dam ventures. However, construction work on Bujagali began late 2007, reigniting enthusiasm for the landlocked nation's other proposed hydro projects.
Today Uganda relies on the 180MW Nalubaale and 120MW Kiira hydro schemes, both of which lie on the Ugandan stretch of the Nile, north of Lake Victoria. Bujagali, which will be located downstream of the existing two dams, has long been mooted as the next most attractive hydro site in the country but funding problems held up development for many years.
Multilateral funding bodies have been encouraged to invest in the Bujagali project after they received World Bank support. The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank will provide credit to the tune of $135m and $110m, respectively. The scheme is to be developed and operated by Bujagali Energy Ltd (BEL), a joint venture of Industrial Promotion Services (IPS) of Kenya and US firm Sithe Global Power. IPS is the industrial development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.
It is hoped that Bujagali will help to satisfy demand within the Ugandan market but BEL also expects to make a significant proportion of production available for export. A large number of companies are involved in Bujagali, including the turnkey contractor, Salini of Italy, and substantial progress has already been made on turning the project into a reality.
To diversify the generation mix, the Ugandan government has also proposed the construction of a 100MW thermal power plant. In addition, oil has now been discovered in the Lake Albert Basin that ministers have suggested can be used as power sector feedstock but it remains to be seen whether field operator Tullow Oil & Gas will prefer to market its production as a vehicle fuel.
Tanzanian temptations
At Steigler's Gorge on the Rufiji River in Tanzania African specialist firm Energem Resources plans to develop a 900MW hydro scheme. Development, however, is by no means certain, as the project was originally planned by Norwegian donors in the 1980s and then shelved because of limited regional demand at that time.
Energem provided Infrastructural Development Finance (IDF) with just a $1.2m loan to secure a 40% share in the venture in May 2008, leaving IDF with 40%, the Rufiji Basin Development Authority 10% and private investors the remaining 10%. At the time, Energem chairman Brian Menell said: "The indications are that it's a robust project – subject to the updating of the feasibility study, which will be completed over the coming months."
Construction costs are already estimated at about $2bn, so securing the required funding may not be easy. Menell's intention is to end up with a significant position in the project without significant cash equity participation, suggesting that sizeable donor support and investment from additional sources will be required. World Bank support will be crucial, particularly given its new found enthusiasm for large hydro ventures in Africa but the fact that Stiegler's Gorge is located in the Selous Game Reserve, the second biggest protected area in Africa, could prove a stumbling block.
If the Rufiji dam is developed, it would be the biggest hydro scheme in East Africa and would provide a huge increase in the region's generating capacity. Alongside exporting to the EAC, it could also export electricity to Zambia. After decades of economic stagnation, the reforms of the past 20 years have resulted in economic growth in Tanzania consistently in excess of 5% a year and a boom in mining industry activity that will require much greater power supplies within a decade.
At the other end of the consumption scale, the Tanzanian government hopes to use renewables to drive its rural electrification programme. At the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in March 2008, it pledged to provide electricity to one million rural inhabitants by 2023 through renewable energy projects, with small hydro and wind power schemes the most likely options. The programme is being backed by a $105m loan and $6.5m grant from the World Bank's Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Total national small hydro potential is 300MW but most sites have not yet been developed because they would be too expensive to connect to the national grid. However, the new emphasis on rural electrification makes such projects more rather than less attractive precisely because such remote rural areas are distant from the grid.
The hydro sector accounts for the lion's share of electricity produced in East Africa and is likely to continue to do so for a long time to come. Some thermal capacity may be added, particularly in Tanzania, where gas reserves are being developed, but as in most of Africa hydro remains the cheapest form of power production. With small hydro an excellent method of promoting rural electrification, it seems clear that East Africa will provide a growing market for companies involved in the hydro industry for years to come.


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2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 8:76 — Sale or transfer of cemetery authority; application for new certificate of authority; compliance required; late charge
§76. Sale or transfer of cemetery authority; application for new certificate of authority; compliance required; late charge
A. Within thirty days after the sale or transfer of ownership or control of a cemetery or cemetery authority, the transferor must return its certificate of authority to the board. The transferee must file an application, within thirty days, after the sale or transfer of ownership or control of a cemetery authority, and meet all the requirements of this Chapter. The application for a certificate of authority shall be accompanied by the prescribed regulatory charge.
B. Transferees which fail to file an application for a certificate of authority at the time required herein shall, in addition to the prescribed regulatory charge, pay an additional late charge of fifty percent of the prescribed regulatory charge or one hundred dollars whichever is lesser.
C.(1) Upon the filing of a completed application, the transferee may operate the business until its application is acted upon by the board. The board shall issue a certificate of authority to the transferee upon the transferee's compliance with all of the provisions and requirements of this Chapter.
(2) If the board refuses to grant the transferee a new certificate of authority, it shall inform the transferee in writing by registered or certified mail of the reasons therefor and the transferee shall be entitled to a hearing if requested within thirty days of receipt of the denial. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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I'm not a crusty old goat. You know, that old guy who sits on the park bench reminiscing about the good old days and how these new technological fangle-dangles have ruined society. I love technology. My house is wired (actually most wireless) like few others I know. I have an iPhone, my wife has an iPhone, the kids use the iPad like they were born with it. I have this blog where I publicly express my opinions with no concern of what others may think. I also have accounts with and use (with varying frequency) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and the like with no real fear of my online privacy beyond an occasional worry about identity theft. (Note to would be identity thieves: If you take on my identity you must also agree to take on my mortgage, car payments, and watch the kids at least twice a week.)
Yet still, for some reason that I'm still trying to fully flush out, the announcement of the Facebook timeline yesterday concerns me.
Before I get into my personal opinions about the matter, let me first present my 'professional' (lol) opinions.
As a technologist, specifically as one deeply involved with the web, I absolutely love what Facebook has done. I've tried out the timeline via the developer preview and I love the design and the experience. I know it's not perfect or ready for mass consumption yet, but damn! I think they've done a fantastic job. I know that the future of the web is real-time and Facebook has taking a great leap forward to present it to the masses in a way that is very user-friendly. Kudos to them!
As an employee of a media company, I'm just as excited. Although not acknowledged often (enough) a media company is inherently two opposing beasts in one, a content creation / delivery platform AND an advertising platform. Although they may at times abhor each other, neither can well survive on their own. From the content side, this new realtime timeline is going to be a game changer for us. We are going to have to shift our tactics once again as we compete for eyeballs. That's partly why my team is here, to ensure we don't get caught flat-footed and that our editorial teams have the tools they need at their disposal to take advantage of this platform. I am slightly concerned that this way lead to more sensationalist news stories as we compete even more-so with cats playing pianos (more on that in a later post) but I trust the integrity of our content teams.
At the same time, putting on my advertising hat, Facebook is now going be a much stronger competitor than it has in the past. And make no mistake about it. Facebook is not a public service. It is a corporation. (I know, so are media companies. I don't deny that.) They exist to make money, a lot of money, and the data that is going to feed this timeline is going to be an advertisers dream. As Facebook continues to be the de facto web for many people, and as those people continue to feed in their personal data, the segmentation and targeting opportunities they will be able to present to advertisers will be game changing. As a competitor, we will need to either present better alternatives or find a way to partner and take advantage of what they offer. No wonder Google came out with Google+. Search is no longer going to be strongest advertising vehicle, it will be social media.
None of this is bothersome. It may be difficult, it may require significant changes, but our industry will adapt. It must to survive.
On a personal level one of my first concerns was with regards to personal privacy. I'm not saying I have anything to hide, but the thought of a corporation tracking and archiving my entire life seems a bit creepy. And let's face it, Facebook doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to personal privacy. However that was short-lived as I realized once again that at the end of they day we each have a choice as to what social networks we join and what data we share. I don't have to hook up Netflix to my Facebook account if I don't want to. Does anyone really care how many Dora the Explorer shows I watch anyways? I choose which photos to upload, what messages to write, and which friends I expose all this to.
The part that does bother me is the apparent expansion of what I call anti-social media. It's a concern for society, both today and the one my kids will grow up in. What I observe is that social media is in some fashion actually brewing anti-social behaviour. Somehow it will be deemed social to watch the same movie, listen to the same song, or cheering for the same team without ever being physically present. I realize that there are at times barriers that prevent people from getting together, and for those times this tools are a great alternative. But I pray it doesn't become the norm, that someday we will share the great dish we cooked up via 'social-media' because it's just more convenient as opposed to inviting that same person over to share that dinner with you. After watching this all unfold at F8, an old quote came to mind that I've taken the liberty to revise:
A good friend will tag you on Facebook, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying 'Damn, that was fun!'
Feel free to correct me. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this matter. I hope I'm wrong. This may all be completely unfounded and one day I may just be that old guy sitting on the park bench talking to the pigeons. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go publish this post on Twitter, Google+, and yes, even Facebook.


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Every city has its dark side, even one whose reputation is already of a questionable hue. Noxus - though its name is already invoked with a mixture of reverence and revulsion - is no exception to this simple truth. Deep within the winding dungeons that honeycomb the earth beneath its dark, meandering streets lies the real underbelly of this sprawling metropolis, a haven for all manner of malevolence. Amongst the cults, covens, and secret societies that call this labyrinth their home, LeBlanc, the Deceiver, presides over the Black Rose, a remnant from a lost, yet similarly unscrupulous time in Noxian history. Ruthless and seemingly ageless, LeBlanc and her ilk were a mainstay in Noxian political affairs during the era before the militarization of the Noxian government. In those days, this guild of powerful magicians met in secret to further their hidden agenda, and to hone a craft more subtle than that preferred by those currently in power.
While their exact motives have always remained mysterious, it was widely believed that the Black Rose was the true power behind the throne while the aristocracy still reigned in Noxus. When raw martial prowess became the ultimate determination of whose will held sway in the Empire, the Black Rose seemed to vanish overnight. Many believed that perhaps their time had simply passed, and that its members had put aside their quests for social and political dominance. When LeBlanc reemerged at the gates of the Institute of War, however, it became clear that these masters of shadow and flame had simply been bidding their time, waiting for a new global authority to emerge: the League of Legends.
''The world is very different for those who cannot see beyond what is placed before their very eyes.'' -LeBlanc, the Deceiver
Blanc is one of League of Legends crazies midder. Blanc can do insane burst damage when she gets her ultimate, which mimics last spell used with some more damage. Blanc usually has the right to mid, because she needs to get her ulti asap, to start the ganking. Blanc is very squishy champion and take place in same case with Twisted Fate, Twitch, Shaco, Lux etc..
So you want to stay as far as possible from enemy champions when laning/levelling and when in teamfights.
Playing LeBlanc
LeBlanc is crazy*** burst damage mage champion. When u are fighting against ur opponent use combos like these:
q-r-w-e or q-w-r-e
if u wanna get away from a gank quickly use your w spell and right after it use ur ultimate, which mimics the last spell u cast.
Few starting item variations
What comes to the item build u can variate the starting items. The one I've noticed to work are:
Replace dorans ring with mejai's soulstealer; which says get amplifying tome at beginning with health potion.
Replace doran's ring with hextech revolver which gives u 15% spell vamp and 40ap; this also says u need to get amplifying tome at beginning with a health potion.
Summoner spells
The spell variations are large. But i recommend takin teleport when playing 5on5 because u can get very fast back in lane.
The other spell option i take exhaust or ignite, those give u advantage on 1on1 and team fights.


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I bought a second hand AVIC-X1 BT a year or so ago, since they are going really cheap nowadays... it's still a great unit even today i think. Many have asked in the past about being able to add POI's and Speed Cameras. Unfortunately neither of them were really possible, at least not without major limitations. This unit is obviously getting pretty old now, but i set myself a little challenege to try and get Speed Cameras and Custom POI's onto the system.
Theres a fair bit of info on the net describing how the map dvd is organized, and after going through the POI files on the dvd with a hex editor for some hours, it all seems pretty straight forward. My aim is to create a program to:
- Read POI files from the map DVD and display them as formatted records
- Edit records within the POI files
- Add records to the POI files
- Load a POI file from another source (different formats supported) and convert/add the POI's to an AVIC POI file.
- Add/select custom symbols to use for a new POI, such as for Speed Camera locations.
I'f i succeed in covering all of these points, i might turn my hand to the map itself... being able to convert a newer map from another device onto the AVIC would be great.
I'm going to use this forum to keep people updated with my progress.
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hi james. do you know anything about changing the region code on avic-n2.i want to change from region1 (usa) to region free or region2 ( europe ).presciate answers
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It took me until this weekend to get this post up. ^^;;; Sorry! I wouldn't have been procrastinating if it weren't for my sudden 'problem.' ~_~
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What I really use is Olay's White Radiance which I got from my Mum. She gave it to me after my breakup late last year. 😛 I'm about to hit the bottom of the jar, so I went out to look for another. I found it odd that I couldn't find one. Then my Mum told me that she purchased it in the US. Now I hope this Natural White is as effective as White Radiance. Reviews for both to come. 😀
It's been almost a month since we were at the Mosbeau skincare launch at Toki, where they introduced us to two of their leading whitening products: Mosbeau Placenta White food supplements and Mosbeau White Underarm & Inner Thigh Cream. Karen & Shabby has already given you the background details of the company and the products, what I am here for is to put these products to a test.
I blogged about my Monday adventure that includes the Mosbeau event here. I won't be discussing about the event itself here anymore since Karen has already filled you in on the details. 🙂 Joiz and I would be the guinea pigs of the Mosbeau whitening products. I only got to open last Friday the documentations and freebies Mosbeau gave.
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Hannah Gollin - "I have always used art as an avenue to express myself. Art is a very important part of my life whether I am creating it or receiving it. Art is a way for me to escape my chaotic life and slow down to really look at things. It gives me a chance to express things in the way that I see them and it allows me to use my own voice, and share it with the rest of the world. Most of my work involves a camera in some way, whether I am doing a painting from a picture, or simply doing photography."
Evans Wellborn - "Art is one of my favorite activities to provide an outlet from my busy schedule of school, football, baseball and basketball. I look to art as a valuable pastime, which gives me the ability to express myself. It also provides an outlet from the rigorous factual-based knowledge required in other facets of education. Art also offers me the ability to use my creativity and imagination in ways that other activities cannot and allows me to express myself through abstract images without any right or wrong answer. The talents that I have been given in the field of art will always be important to me as I work to broaden my creativity."
Sarah Weinstein - "As an artist, color is my most valuable instrument. It has the ability to take something seemingly dead and bring it to life, a power that only the godly possess. Being so powerful, it not only serves as the provoker of an emotional response, but also acts as a physical stimulus. In these ways, it proves to be a more eloquent mode of communication, far more effective than words. Communication tends to be the root of each piece I create. Just as one uses many different definitions to define a given idea, I tend to use many different mediums to define my own messages. However, the most significant messages, the messages I intend my work to project, are the messages that lie hidden. Georgia O'Keeffe, my greatest influence, is the expert of this technique. Through her vivacious paintings, each flower receives a concentrated sense of character
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Amy Michel - "We were the same age, but looking into her eyes it was apparent that she had lost the youthful innocence I still enjoyed. Her eyes had the haunted look of someone who had seen too much, and I could not help staring into them. National Geographic photographer, Steve McCurry, who captured this famous image of an Afghan girl once said: 'In searching for a new portrait, I always look for a fleeting, unguarded moment and attempt to capture the personal experiences that are indelibly etched on a face.' My aspirations as an artist are as high, but I also want to attract the viewer's interest with the part of me that is indelibly etched in my work.
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Ramey Mize - "Ever since I can remember, art has played a major role in my life. During my elementary school years, my sister, Dad, and I lived in an apartment in the Reid House, which is directly across the street from the Atlanta High Museum. One of our favorite pastimes was eating lunch at the museum's café and then exploring whatever exhibits were currently showing. I believe that my love of art can be traced back to these weekend museum visits, and has gradually evolved into an even more important ideal. I hope to pursue my Ph.D. in art history and become a museum curator, and this ambition inspired me to enroll in the senior portfolio art class at Athens Academy this year. In order to gain a more complete perception on the history of art, I have studied painting, sketching, pastels and photography. In this way, I believe I will continue to grow in my appreciation of art and its effects on our culture, both as an artist and an art historian."
Katie Gazda - Her choice of mediums and styles includes photography and pop art; she is exhibiting a piece of each nature in the show. Her collage self-portrait, includes both photography and pop art. Her two photos are digitally enhanced; they deal with vantage point and light. Katie's inspiration in the art room stems from a desire to achieve unique, unprecedented pieces reflecting her personality and interests. She plans on studying Agricultural Communications at the University of Georgia with a focus on photography.
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