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What We Learned By Watching The Crunchies
Last night Techcrunch held their 2nd annual Crunchy awards. The evening was a near mirror image of last year's event. Sixteen awards were given and big congratulations go out to all of the winners. CBS Interactive's Josh Lowensohn attended the event and has a good recap of each of the awards handed out in San Francisco.
I kept notes on each of the winners from my office in NYC on a scratchpad. I'd like to share some of my general thoughts about the event.
The first award went to Google Reader for best web application. Accepting the award was Marissa Mayer from Google. In a company that has many thousands of employees and a Google Reader team that probably has more than a dozen employees, did Marissa really need to accept the award? It's clear from past experiences that Google is a very controlling company when it comes to their public face, but why not let someone actually on the Google Reader team have the spotlight. One of my Twitter followers wondered if she was asked by the Crunchies to accept to make sure a woman accepted at least one award. I don't buy that – I think it's just Google's controlling behavior at work.
During the Crunchies event, there were 3 "quick Q&A" and VentureBeat's Matt Marshall spoke with Mayer. It immediately became apparent to me and the Twitter audience that the questions were staged (for all of the Q&A bits) because Matt started to joke around (seemingly off the script) about cupcakes and when he switched back, Marissa started to answer before Matt even finished his question. Why does Marissa get such fluff interviews? Back at LeWeb, Marc Canter called the interview fluff and last night's discussion was fluff as well. I don't know if Marissa demands easy questions but there are plenty of topics that the people in the audience care about. Techcrunch writer Steve Gillmore has been very vocal lately about FeedBurner – why not ask her about that? There are plenty of other topics as well that the audience and the Ustream viewers care about.
Let's now move to location… that is, where does your company need to be located to win a Crunchy? Loic LeMeur noted on stage that there was only one award given to an international company and all of the companies in that category were from Europe. LeMeur has a longer post today about the valley vs. non-valley topic with regards to the awards show.
As each winner was announced, I took a look at where the company is located and noted it on my scratch pad. Every single startup company, outside of the international award which went to eBuddy, went to a company in California. In fact, all of the award winners are located in Silicon Valley except GitHub which is located near San Diego. Take a minute and think about that…not one company won from NYC, Chicago, Denver, Boulder, St. Louis, Portland or anywhere in between. Internationally, Techcrunch runs blogs in France, UK and Japan and there was no winners from any of those locations or any other city around the world except one winner from Amsterdam.
Does all of the "great" Web technology only come out of California? Absolutely not. I am going to have a lot more on this topic early next week.
Dennis Howlett made a comment that's worth repeating. "If they were being honest then the Crunchies would be renamed as the Consumer Crunchies". In fact you should read his Twitter stream for some good, honest commentary on the overall event. He's right and when I looked at the nominees last month I was disappointed that the only startups in the running were those who basically get pushed around in the early adopter crowd. Where are all of the (()#@*&^%% companies that are creating real value for their users and have business models? Where are the web utility companies? I could name 100 companies that deserved to win an award last night. We see this behavior on a daily basis from the valley and I will have more on this topic as well next week.
In closing, it's great that Techcrunch puts on this award show and gives the community a chance to celebrate their combined success. My hope is that for their 2010 show they will consider some of the points above and make some positive changes which will benefit the Web community worldwide.
Just to add some numbers to the discussion
I nominated (in a very unbiased way ;) ) Blogcatalog for Best Bootstrapped Startup.
I also posted a link for voting on their discussion forum, and within a short while there were 50 or 60 clicks through to vote from members.
I also tweeted a couple of times a link – later on in the voting it was pointed out that it was possible to vote every 24hrs, so a few people on BC might have voted 2 or 3 times.In total the were maybe 200 clicks through, possibly from 100+ individual people, though the end result was they didn't make it through to the top 5.
It was a little disappointing not to get through to the final 5, but some of the sites that did make it were well deserving of recognition.
I am glad that the winner of the category was one that had a business model
Can't wait to see CN start their own awards and take the time to make it important to the wider community at large. Next year maybe?
WOW – thank you for the compliment!
Allen Stern does some of the best critical (in the sense of evaluative rather than negative/cynical) pieces on the tech industry. This discussion of California-centricity reminds me of the piece that made me want to subscribe to the centernetworks feed in the first place – the one in which he pointed out the closed nature of the NY Tech meetup selection process. Great stuff.
All the web companies outside of silicon valley were too busy working on real business plans and making money, and not so concerned with getting featured on TechCrunch. :)
Right on about the fluff questions for the interviewees Allen and I also noticed the "valley meme" of the evening.
Allen, thanks for the writeup. Surprised too that all of the awards went to CA based companies (except for the International award)
What I don't like about the Crunchies is that its awards aren't about the actual business of the companies but rather the hype and userbase – which doesn't always mean that these are sustainable companies.
Thanks Darren – was a semi-shock to me. As for the userbase hype versus actual business models – this is a bigger problem than just with the crunchies. I am going to write more about this later on but basically by pumping these userbase companies it pushes new develoeprs into creating more of these companies.
In regard to your statement: "Does all of the "great" Web technology only come out of California? Absolutely not. I am going to have a lot more on this topic early next week."
I would love to see a series on a tech blog with guest posts by folks all over the U.S. and the world talking about tech in their neck of the woods. I think it would be compelling and shine some much needed light on companies and tech scenes that typically don't get covered solely because of their geographies.
Thanks for the comment Amy – I was thinking of something similar – was going to put it in my post next week but basically I'd like to create a way to push other blogs in other areas and vice-versa. It's time for the rest of the world to stand up and especially startups that have business models and aren't just spamming google to get traffic.
ebuddy – international winner – is a sponsor of tc!
Well that really doesn't matter considering it was all done by votes. Yes they could have smudged them, but its a stupid award that probably means nothing. The real prize is getting nominated for the award and getting a little 4 sentence advertisement in.
Yes, pretty much all good web startups come out of California, and you only need to take a quick glance at Alexa or Quantcast to verify that fact. As an example, take a look at the top web startups in Seattle – http://is.gd/fgWz . None of them come anywhere near the top 100 web companies.
For a true global audience, the Open Web Awards had blog partners representing 25 countries and 10 languages. The true global scale definitely indicates that much of the activity resides outside of the "Valley": See the winners at: http://mashable.com/2008/12/16/open-web-awards-2-winners/
You want to look at how the voting took place (which decided the shortlist, and then the finalists).
Anyone could vote (fine) but you could vote as many times as you liked (up to one time a day).
Someone at the part afterwards (off-the-record) quipped that any large company or smaller company with a large dedicated fan-base, could co-ordinate mass voting for their products with ease.
As much as I'm into everything 'community', I'm actually thinking it would be better of Crunchies was judged by a committee of experts, not the public — where v clear distortions can easily take place that do not represent the true reflection of public feeing.
I thought a lot about the idea of public voting vs. an expert panel. From the TC point-of-view, the public voting gets TC way more press than a panel. I saw tons of press releases from the nominees and finalists all pointing to how great the crunchy award is. If they went with a panel, they lose that press. Maybe there's a balance in the middle.
As for the voting, you don't need to look any further than FriendFeed to see how they pushed their users to vote. Paul (founder) setup a thread to remind people to vote and people kept replying to it, keeping it on top of the FF page of practically every user. What other finalist has the ability to do that?
I had no idea (as you noted) that a person could vote 1x a day. In my days running online contests with millions of entries, anytime there was a public vote as part of the contest, it was one vote period.
Listening to Jason Calacanis, it is clear he doesn't read much outside of TC, Describing their people as the best analysts around is laughable. I could provide a ton of examples of quality analysis but then I remember this is a SV only event. Nobody outside that circle really cares. The decision takers I meet most certainly don't care.
The last year I've had several clients ask if they should pitch at TC. My answer is always the same: if you want your servers killed for a day then fine. Otherwise forget it because people who are making serious buying decisions don't read TC. Or Techmeme.
One point Loic LeMeur made which is important – there are companies the US has never heard of that are making huge revenue and are profitable. They haven't needed the valley to establish a strong market.
The lesson is clear – SV is not the beginning and end of the world.
Jason has to be nice to them – they are the ones who were very nice to him on his Answers launch :)
From the feedback I've heard and saw, the "servers killed" is no longer true.
Loic is right – there are tons of startups in the US and elsewhere that are generating revenue but don't need or want SV press. They are just building great things.
With the crunchies I am not sure that the best were even nominated for the awards . How could yammer have 2 nominations when all it has done is cloned twitter and made it for companies. I believe that the nominations / awards were not fair.
Yes, the companies were selected by Techcrunch. I think that the best ones were picked popularity wise, but there are some cool ones I found that didn't make the list


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21 July 2011, 10:56
G'day ALNAP forum global colleagues
With the Horn of Africa drought situation biting, I feel this ALNAP forum could provide some really useful insights which could be translated into workable outcomes for stakeholders operating in the region. I guess I'm interested in this region, as I worked in a large refugee camp in what was then N.Somalia (now Somaliland) in 1980/1; lugged in a huge, cumbersome satellite phone system (140 kgs in total !) for a major NGO in Oct 1992; am currently being considered for a possible consultancy out to this part of the world; and include this scenario in our accredited Disaster Risk Management (DRM)workshop we have coming up in early Nov (see Torqaid website)
As a start-off I'm including the following:
Horn of Africa SituationLong-term drought, complicated by conflict situation in Somalia. Total of nearly 11 million need assistance (including 25% of Somalia's pop of 7.5 million). Famine now in parts central/southern Somalia (including Lower Shabelle).
Affected people include:- Ethiopia: 4.56 m - Somalia: 2.85 m - Kenya - 2.4 m (note 400,00 + Somali refugees in Dadaab refugee camp)
Particular challenges:- The ongoing difficulty/challenging in flagging a worsening drought/food insecurity situation to outside world (before famine commences)
- Conflict/insecurity in Somalia since 1992 (Al-Shabab) - in past years increasingly related to current so-called 'War on Terror'
- Problems of donor funding (seemingly intractable problems/Somalia/summer holidays kicking in for northern hemisphere decision makers)
- Financial crises in Europe & possibly US
- Arab Spring (particularly Egypt), & border difficulties on northern frontier of S.Sudan
Operational Priorities- Coordination/liaison with host governments, particularly Kenyan; as well as with international community. Nairobi main coordination centre, with Clusters both here and out in the field?
- Challenges of working with Somali Al-Shabab regime (any input from Islamic Relief regarding the 'do's and 'don't' ?)
- How best to bring food/NFIs into Somalia ? Realistically a mixture of air/sea/road routes should be used. Could a road route from the north be opened up? Berbera has a great port (barring dodging the pirates !), and there used to be a brilliant Italian-built road linking Berbera - Hargeisa - Mogadishu, running just to the east of Ethiopian frontier?
- Challenges of working with pastoral population (latest ALNAP/ACF Int. paper, plus other, earlier HPG publications, in DRM Selected Bibliography below)
- Importance of drawing down on regional expertise (eg agricultural research centres/universities/logistics companies etc)
DRM Selected Bibliography
Would be interested in comments, ideas or suggestions to any of this.
(Topic starter)
26 July 2011, 04:31
Hi everyone,
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET) - www.fews.net and the (Nairobi-based) Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) - www.fsnau.org have together recently (22nd July) brought out their first joint Somalia Food Security Report. They will be repeating this every 10 days or so. The link to this is given below:
This is the best up-to-date food security information around on the Somali situation! Could you please circulate this around your various networks, and ask your contacts to share this information with colleagues working in the Horn of Africa.
Other global agencies involved in food security issues can be accessed from the third section (International organisations) of the enclosed AARTG (eg CGIAR, FAO, IFPRI, IFAD etc). Again, please feel free to share this with colleagues
Latest Australian Aid Resource & Training Guide (AARTG) - July 2011[urlhttp://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/aartglatestedition.pdf[/url]
Chris Piper
Senior Quality and Accountability Advisor, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International (HAP)
26 July 2011, 12:55
Thanks Chris for starting this discussion topic.
I would like share the recent statement by Humanitarain Accountability Partnership(HAP) International, Sphere, People in Aid and ALNAP regarding the drought and the need for greater accountability and quality in the ongoing and planned humanitarian response.
The joint statement by these Quality and Accountability Initiatives can be read at:http://www.hapinternational.org/news/story.aspx?id=258
HAP's Roving Team is also planning a deployment to the Horn to support and strengthen accountability efforts by agencies. Last year, to highlight and support the silent emergency of the Somali refugee influx into Kenya, HAP conducted a three month deployment in Dadaab, the largest refugee camp complex in the world, details can be read at http://hapinternational.org/projects/field/hap-in-dadaab.aspx. On this page you can also watch a documentary called 'Our Say', made by the refugee youth in Dadaab, it highlights their concerns and challenges.
Hope to update you as modalities of the deployment are finalised. Any thoughts or questions welcome
Head of Emergencies, HelpAge International
26 July 2011, 14:41
The focus of the international response in the Horn so far has been very much on children under 5 years. They are without doubt an extremely vulnerable group. But if the response is to be genuinely principled and impartial, it needs to assist all vulnerable groups. HelpAge Intl has compiled some data on the numbers of older people affected by the drought in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya - attached.
Attached file: horn-drought-overview.doc
Programme Leader, Global Humanitarian Assistance, Development Initiatives
26 July 2011, 15:32
East Africa data:
We've produced some data and analysis on aid flows towards the drought.
Available here:http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/report/horn-of-africa-food-crisis-july-2011-2
Jan Kellett, Programme Leader, GHA
Consultant, Independent
29 July 2011, 11:31
To echo others, thank you Chris for starting this topic.
Its been 5 years since ALNAP and ProVention published the Drought lessons learned paper, and we've learned much (at least on paper) since then with the evaluations of the Sahel and Horn crises (2005-2010). Its time to update that paper. Kim and Josh will follow this message with a request for evaluations and lessons learned to inform a review of the 2006 paper. What has already been posted on this page will also help.
In the meantime, there are other documents worth reading from previous droughts. They are crossing my desk daily now. Is ALNAP thinking of doing a page like for Haiti, on resources relevant for the Horn?
More importantly, as I sit at my desk in my house far far away from the Horn, I wonder what else can those of us not there, do to help those operating on the ground? Is anyone there reading this? What do you need? (Other than staff, money, time, sleep, etc)
Ain o Saliish Kendra(ASK)
29 July 2011, 18:44
I support the idea of new page like Haiti.
Shah Alam
Directeur général, Groupe URD
1 August 2011, 10:44
The saddening element of all of that is that it is a mere repetition of the 2005-2006 situations which we evaluated in length in 2006 for the IASC: Early warning, no reaction leading to highly visible crisis inducing all kinds of costly emergency responses
See on Groupe URD web site the page http://www.urd.org/Alert-in-the-Horn-of-Africa
François Grünewald
independent consultant, public health and crisis management, WHO retiree
1 August 2011, 16:29
Saddening indeed... The special vulnerability/ies of the border areas of the Horn had been the object of some developmental/humanitarian inter-agency work already in 1994-96 ( "looking at the Poorest of the Poor", or something like that ) under the aegis of the UN Emergency Office in Addis Ababa, ... WHO even launched an inter-country program of local health development that was to cover all the border districts, in Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibuti, Somalia and Uganda... the program closed in 2000, by general lack of support. Donors and other international bodies were at least as unresponsive as the countries concerned...
and, as far as I know, there was at least another inter-country initiative addressing the vulnerabilties of the desertic areas - I don'tt remember the name, now- that was being brought forward from Nairobi in 2006-7... what happened ? was ( again) all investment spent on early warning systems ?
5 August 2011, 05:19
G'day again everyone,
The Horn of Africa drought/famine situation will become increasingly complex, and the following agencies will all play complementary roles in the weeks and months ahead. All these can be accessed from the AARTG (see link below). The occasional reference can be found on the selected DRM Bibliography link (also below) - both references can also be accessed directly from the TorqAid website - www.torqaid.com The numbers in brackets eg (4) link to the AARTG page numbersLatest Australian Aid Resource & Training Guide (AARTG) - August 2011[urlhttp://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/aartglatestedition.pdf[/url]
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Selected Bibliography (this includes Francois Grunewald's RTE of the 2006 drought which he mentioned last week)http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/DRMBibliographyMaster.pdf
Overall- The best site to track any global disaster is ReliefWeb (20). This includes the latest OCHA Sitreps; the latest FEWs-NET/FSNAU Dekadel Food Security Monitoring (this is actually included in the DRM Selected Bibliography above) ; plus a mass of other material- The best site to access previous humanitarian evaluations is ALNAP (11). it would be terrific if they could develop a Learning & Accountability Portal similar to the Haiti one... - The HPG/HPN (16) also include useful papers on drought-related issues in this part of Africa
General Background Info- The major new services both report the situation, and sometimes give surprisingly in-depth analyses - eg BBC (12); al-Jazaeera (11); Australian SBS (10); Guardian Weekly (15)- The following give more ion-depth studies: ICG (17); Chatham House (12); Feinstein Centre (14)
Drought/Nutrition/Famine- FSNAU (14); FEWS-NET (14); ENN (14); GAIN (15); SCN (22)
Food Production/Animal Husbandry/iLogistics- FAO (14); WFP (23); IFPRI (17); IFAD (19); CCAFS (12); CAADP (13); CGIAR (13); OIE (23); LEGS (18); Oxfam-GROW (19), ACIAR (5)
Refugees/IDP's- RSC (20)/FMR (14); USCR (22); UNHCR (22)
Vulnerable groups (such as young, old, disabled, women etc)- Many agencies focus on children. For others see HelpAge (13); GAN (14); CBM-Nossal Institute (6); HI (15)
Standards- The main agencies involved in this include Sphere Project (21); HAPI (16); People in aid (20); GHD (15). Note link to summary on latest Sphere project Handbook:http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/SphereProjectSummary.pdf
Human Rights/Advocacy/Corruption- AVAAZ (12); Amnesty (11); HRW (16); TI (21)
Security- I find Van Brabant's book (latest edition) on Security Management (see selected Bibliography) is still the best one around. Also look at RedR training (28); Aid Workers Security Database (11)
Hope this is useful. Please feel free to share around..Cheers
Communications Officer, ACAPS
5 August 2011, 14:55
This could be useful for those of you working (or planning to) in the region:
ACAPS (the Assessment Capacities Project) and the Emergency Capacity Building Project (ECB) published a report on the situation in Eastern Africa, with a special focus on Somalia and displacement. This document was released a couple of days ago (26 July) and an updated version will be posted next week. ACAPS also set up an Assessment Help Desk for any questions related to assessments in this region.
I hope this might be helpful. Any comments or suggestions welcome.
Global Coordinator, CDAC Network
5 August 2011, 15:49
In an effort to support your communications work with communities affected by the famine in the Horn of Africa, we would like to share what we believe are some useful resources:
Attached is a Matrix of Communications Activities in the Horn of Africa which represents a first step in trying to determine who's doing what in terms of communications activities across the region. It is a very basic who's doing what, where, with some key contacts. We would be delighted to continue to build and update this matrix, and if you would like to contribute your agency's information please be in touch with Craig Tucker at the CDAC Network: firstname.lastname@example.com However, ideally this will be taken on in-region.
Media Landscape Guides and Country Research ReportsMedia Landscape Guides are being developed by the infoasaid project for 22 countries. See [ur]http://www.infoasaid.org[/url]. They contain practical information about media consumption habits and news and information flows in each country.
You can find the Media Landscape Guide for Kenya here. In addition, infoasaid is also producing two Guides for Ethiopia and Somalia. The one for Ethiopia should be written, edited and ready for distribution by the end of August; that for Somalia by end September (though a provisional guide will be ready at the end of August too).
BBC World Service Trust country reportsIn the meantime you might be interested in the BBC World Service Trust's Somalia Report as part of its African Development Initiative. You can find this report here. There's also one for Ethiopia here.
Infoasaid's Message LibraryFor those of you who may not be aware, infoasaid is collaborating with global cluster leads to develop a library of generic messages for key sector areas including WASH, Nutrition, Health, Protection (Child Protection, Mine Action and SGBV), Food Security, Education and Shelter. The aim of the message library is to develop a set of generic, multi-sectoral messages on the main threats affecting populations in crisis according to type of emergency. The messages are focused on risk mitigation (for the first phase immediately following a disaster) and programmatic interventions (information on service delivery). Examples from past emergencies, such as posters, banners, drawings etc will also be available on the library. An accompanying guide will explain how to use the library and the importance of contextualisation. Few, if any of the messages can be rolled out verbatim. Each message will need to adapted to the situation, the culture, the political and social context etc. They will then need to be translated and piloted before roll out to avoid any misunderstanding. Thus, any preparedness work done around messaging before an emergency can greatly reduce the time spent in a response.
The messages are currently in draft form on a spreadsheet. Over the next few weeks, once the content is signed off at global level, the messages will be migrated to a web-based tool for easy access and use. If any agencies are interested to see a particular sector or to learn more about the message library, please contact Miranda Eeles at firstname.lastname@example.com Infoasaid Animation 'Communication is Aid'The Communication is Aid animation is designed to demonstrate the positive impact of two way communication with crisis affected populations. Please disseminate this widely with colleagues.
Report from the Listening Project The Listening Project - http://www.cdainc.com/cdawww/project_profile.php?pid=LISTEN&pname=Listening%20Project - has just published a new and enlightening report on Feedback Mechanisms in International Assistance Organizations.
Attached file: communications-activity-matrix-horn-of-africa-10-august-2011.pdf
11 August 2011, 10:50
World Food Programme is hosting a tweetup on the situation in the horn of Africa on Thursday, August 11 at 13:00ET/ 18:00 BST. Five staff members currently in the region will be answering your questions and talking about what it's like to be on the frontlines of an escalating hunger crisis. Join the conversation on twitter at #HoACrisis
Full details can be found on the WFP website
15 August 2011, 06:50
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a very useful, but sobering, human rights assessment of the current situation in Somalia. Details are given on the link below:Human Rights Watch, 2011, You don't know who to blame. War Crimes in Somalia, http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/somalia0811webwcover.pdf
24 August 2011, 04:32
G'day everyone
FEWSNET have just (23rd Aug) brought their latest food security update for the Horn of Africa. These updates, together with other FEWSNET reports, give the clearest current, and likely future (at least until Dec 2011), situation in this region. It is probably essential reading for planners want to work out best possible initiatives in what is becoming an increasingly complex and challenging situation.
This report is available at: http://www.fews.net/docs/publications/east_regional_fsou_2011_08_23_final.pdf
Chris PiperDirector, TorqAidPO Box 13, Torquay, VIC 3228, AustraliaTel: + 61 (0) 412 497 317
29 August 2011, 07:02
G'day again, ,
Our friends across the Tasman, Global Focus Aotearoa, no doubt smarting a little over this last weekend's international rugby match, have produced an excellent two pager on Somalia. Please feel free to share this with interested parties.
Global Focus Aotearoa, 2011, The Politics of Somalia, http://www.globalfocus.org.nz/uploaded/documents/SomaliaOnePager%20.pdf
Cheers & best wishes
15 September 2011, 10:56
Following a first report released end of July, ACAPS (the Assessment Capacities Project) and ECB (the Emergency Capacity Building Project) published an updated report on the situation in Eastern Africa.
The report is available at:http://www.acaps.org/en/news/update-secondary-data-review-on-horn-of-africa/1
I hope this might be helpful for those working in the region. Any comments or suggestions welcome.
Communications Officer, ALNAP
17 October 2011, 16:57
ALNAP has just published a new lessons paper particularly relevant to the Horn of Africa Crisis. The paper 'Humanitarian action in drought-related emergencies' identifies 17 key lessons for humanitarian agencies responding to droughts. Featured are topics such as early warning, targeting, working with government, food aid, water interventions and nutrition.
The paper is especially aimed at people working in relief and recovery operations in drought-affected areas, those who have to decide if, when and how to intervene. It is also designed to assist agencies in designing evaluations and advocacy messages.
Download here.
We're looking forward to your comments on any of the issues addressed (or missed) by the report.
HoA Operations Coordinator, IFRC EA Region
15 November 2011, 08:41
It is amazing to see the amount and frequency of publications that cover the reoccuring food insecurity/drought and chronic political crisis especially in Somalia. The question is, where does this all feed into, does it inform us all to do better in the way we engage in the chronic crisis in the HOA, or does all of it remain at best a mental exercise? What is hindering us learning from or applying the `unlearned Lessons' that often we find in all evaluation reports, and in recommendations of countless conferences and meetings? How come after all these intellectual debates, huge amounts of funds and numerous pilots of new DM and development approaches is the number of the needy for food assistance on the rise all the time in HOA? Are we doing the right things at the right time with and for the right people?
20 January 2012, 11:36
G'day everyone, I'm sure most of you would have seen news about the Joint Agency Briefing Paper, produced by OXFAM and Save the Children, entitle 'A dangerous Delay. The cost of late response to early warnings'. The link is: Joint Agency Briefing Paper, 2012, A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa, https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-dangerous-delay-horn-africa-drought-180112-en.pdf
This relates to the recent/ongoing drought situation in the Horn of Africa, in which around 13 million people have been affected, and possibly between 50,000-100,000 have died, many of these in Somalia.
This is both a brilliant written, yet damning, report. It highlights the fact that the Early Warning Systems (EWS) we have in place, an example being www.fews.net, work really well, and warnings about potential drought were being flagged during the second half of 2010 !! What the key stakeholders, and these include host governments, donors, NGOs and UN, have (with honourable exceptions) generally failed to do, is respond effectively in time for this..to be honest, this is feeble.
Whilst the report highlights the challenge of NGOs (for example) really needing to get to grips with issues such as DRR and risk management, what seems to be the major problem, is the inability of all the above mentioned to players to provide 'traction further up the line'..
From an observer from here 'Down Under', I wonder whether the problems for NGOs (as just one stakeholder group) are the following:1. Do we focus too much on 'doom and gloom', and not alert our constituents to some of the really excellent risk reduction work being carried out by agencies such as FEWS-NET, and, to a lesser extent, some of the early interventions which the Ethiopian government began to put in place at a relatively early stage?
2. Alerting the general public to a slow-onset hazard (potential disaster), is much more challenging than a medium/fast onset disaster (where there is invariably a much more prominent media 'trigger'). Please note the article I've recently updated below which usefully illustrates key diagrams relating to disaster risk management (DRM), these including variants for slow-onset hazards such as drought..Piper, C.A.H., 2011, TorqAid Diagrammatic Framework for Disaster Risk Management http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/TorqAidDiagrammaticFrameworkforDRM.pdf
3. Where on earth are our 'Champions' (people of the calibre & fire in their belly like Desmond Tutu), ie the leaders of our agencies, who should be in the faces of policy makers in Whitehall; Brussels/Strasbourg; New York, and banging on about these issues? Also, who are the corresponding policy-maker champions in power, whom our people can connect with, ones like (and I'm going back a few years) Clare Short or Gordon Brown (before he became PM !)...? Are there any champions in the various levels of the European Government?
Just some thoughts, and I'd appreciate receiving any responses.
Communications Manager, Emergency Capacity Building Project
10 February 2012, 12:20
Hello, A further seconday data review of the Horn of Africa crisis is available herehttp://www.ecbproject.org/resources/library/198-ecb-horn-of-africa-secondary-data-review-december-2011 For further information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com With thanks, Andrea
9 March 2012, 10:52
Latest climate forecasts predict a new drought likely to affect the Horn of Africa. In addition, plans for action are currently being drawn up to deal with the threat of drought-related livelihood insecurity in the Sahel, according to an IRIN article.
The recent ALNAP Lessons Paper on 'Humanitarian action in drought-related emergencies' suggests that 'Drought is a recurrent and natural event in many areas. Humanitarian organisations can be more effective when they take this into account in their programming' (Lesson 1).
A lot has been learnt in terms of integrating humanitarian action with longer term programming, and there will undoubtedly be more lessons coming out of the evaluations - some already published on the Horn of Africa Learning and Accountability Portal.
If forum readers have any suggestions or experiences as to how to create flexible programmes for these drought prone areas, we'd like to hear from you.
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24 August 2012, 12:22
Earlier this year ACF carried out an external evaluation of the organizations regional response the to Horn of Africa crisis in 2011. As one of the only agencies present across the Horn (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Somalia) this evaluation was unprecedented. The evaluation was an important step for the organization as well as for the first time we evaluated a response that covered multiple countries (4), for than one managing HQ (Paris and New York) and all 5 HQs (adding Montreal, London and Madrid) in other capacities. The evaluation did not cover the finer details of the various programmes implemented during the response but looked into ACF's Overall Response (30%) and ACF's Systems (70%) for the response.
For the full report you can go to the ALNAP ERD here http://www.alnap.org/resource/6304.aspx.
There has been lots of discussion/postings on this blog over DRM and early warning systems, so I thought I would share the recommendations from the report in regard to preparedness. ACF have some solid structures in place in order to enable missions to prepare better for emergency response and some recommendations from the report shed some interesting light on how these should be mobilised, which I am sure other agencies could benefit from.
R.3. ACF in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere should have an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP) at country level and when appropriate at regional level. Currently Paris and Madrid are leading the development and dissemination of the comprehensive EPRP toolkit. This is a comprehensive and useful tool, but greater utilisation can still be achieved at country-level. More efforts and resources need to be allocated to put those plans into functional effect and staff trained to understand and participate on the EPRP.
R.4. In that frame, information on ACF resources (HR, stocks, etc.) should be updated and shared between countries on a regular basis, through the coordination of the Desks Officers in respective HQ's in absence of any regional structure for coordination or by passing this responsibility to the Horn of Africa Regional Logistic Center.
R.5. Rehabilitation or development programmes in disaster-prone countries should be designed with a Switchboard to Emergency Response (see. That is, prepositioning specific project resources for emergency response and identifying activities to be switched in order to address preparedness response (in slow-onset crisis) or to address emergency response in the case of a sudden on-set emergency.
R.6. ACF country teams should be empowered in order to proactively promote and decide on preparedness and response to emergencies. At the same time, support HQs may need to adapt to the power conferred to the missions they are supporting, avoiding more exigencies than from the managing HQ
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11 October 2012, 15:35
Less than a year ago DARA completed the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)/Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia 2005-2010.
Over the last few years the humanitarian environment in Somalia has increasingly deteriorated and concern has been raised about issues of accountability and quality of assistance to Somalia. The extent of the crises, the challenges of delivering assistance and the limited system for monitoring and feedback has further emphasised the need to review quality; impact and accountability of the assistance delivered.
The IASC/HCT for Somalia initiated an inter-agency evaluation of the collective response in South Central Somalia, to identify best practices and lessons learned from the response to date with the aim of improving continuing and future humanitarian assistance.
Objective:The evaluation informed both strategic discussions within the IASC and between the IASC and the donors on the wider humanitarian response and future strategy for aid delivery in Somalia; as well as provided, concrete operational input and guidance to Clusters and individual agencies for their future programming.
Context:The humanitarian response was set against the backdrop of a very complex environment as Somalia experienced one of the world's most protracted emergencies. Limited access and security have hindered the response. Nevertheless, in the period under review, the overall response was successful in key areas: food distributions, health, nutrition, water and sanitation. There were a number of innovative features in the response, especially around remote management.
Timing and funding:The evaluation was undertaken between March and November 2011, and was commissioned by the Inter Agency Standing Committee and was funded by four bilateral donors: Danida, DFID, SDC and SIDA.
Link to the evaluation:http://daraint.org/2011/12/14/2910/new-report-evaluation-of-humanitarian-response-in-south-central-somalia/http://www.alnap.org/pool/files/hct-somalia-evaluation-2005-2010-dara-report.pdfhttp://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/9/29/49335639.pdf
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Hi Riccardo,
This is a brilliant report, thank you, and I encourage ALNAP Network readers to share this with colleagues..
Interesting I received this the same day as ODI mentioned the launch (on 31/10 in London & West Africa) of their Humanitarian Exchange # 55: Crisis in the Sahel - time for a new drumbeat?
I've included this DARA report in our updated DRM Selected Bibliography (see link below). Again feel free to share with interested colleagues:Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Selected Bibliographyhttp://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/DRMBibliographyMaster.pdf
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Matt Turner & Chum: Never, Never Now
Cellist Matt Turner is a rather worldly and altogether complete musician who is equally adept at performing solo recitals, jazz, free-improv or supporting singer-songwriter Kitty Brazelton on her excellent 1999 release, "Love Not Love Lust Not Love". Here, Turner along with monster bassist-solo artist Jeff Song and rock solid drummer John Mettam engage in a bit of psychedelic avante-garde-rock on Never, Never Now. "Matt Turner and Chum" are perhaps the wildest rock orientated cello-bass-drums trio you are likely to hear or perhaps the only trio of this ilk in modern music. Folks, this is downright honest to goodness fun as these gents get the ball rolling in heated fashion on the opener, "Never, Never Now". On this piece the band get down to the nitty gritty as a tightly integrated and extremely organized outfit as they indulge in a bit of New York City East Village style rock/funk/rap. Throughout, Turner's acoustic cello is heavily amplified through microphones and coupled with Song's loud electric bass, convey a sound that is quite large and expansive, given the instrumentation!
Pieces such as "Misfortune Cookie" feature Song's heavy lead bass, Mettam's pounding and resilient straight four beats amid somewhat somber lines by Turner who injects a bit of sobriety into the quite playful demeanor. "All Alone" is a cosmic ballad enhanced by Song's harmonics, Turner's probing lines and Mettam's backwash of cymbals yet "Monkey Talk/Chim Chim" borders thrash rock along with the glib vocals of John Mettam. "Fire" is a piece that would fit right in with the "Sonic Youth" crowd thanks to a slightly in-your-face motif, enhanced by Mettam's electronically distorted vocals and punishing rhythms.
Never, Never Now is a blast! You're not liable to hear many bands of this nature as the tenacity, resolve and three-dimensional approach succeeds at maintaining a high level of interest although some of this is noticeably tongue-in-cheek. Without a doubt Turner and co. were having some fun with this project and it shows, much to the listener's delight! * * * *
Matt Turner; Cello and Voice: Jeff Song; Bass and Lead Voice: John Metal; Drums and Lead Voice.
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March 31, 1999 By Raymond Dussault
Some may have warrants, some may be on parole and you can get them for hanging out with known offenders. If they say they have no ID, you take them in until you know who they are. If you check them out and they are not on parole or have no wants or warrants, you give them the ticket for drinking in public and let them go on. But maybe out of 10 you find five with various violations. Then you take those five in to be debriefed by detectives. These are your off-duty crooks; you can get on to other crimes and accomplices. It is like pulling a loose thread on a sweater -- you can unravel a major crime from these quality-of-life crimes.
This works in the rougher neighborhoods well. It is one strategy. There is no single strategy that works for all. You have to use a variety of strategies, but when cops do this, they can see why they are doing what they are doing and how it fits into the patterns of crimes.
Q: You have said you think mapping makes policing more egalitarian. What do you mean?
A: In the old way of policing, the poor people got [underserved], but maps don't know the difference between a poor person and a rich person. The dots are the same size regardless. A robbery is a robbery. Those 10 dots tell you where to put your cops. The dots don't say, "This affected Donald Trump; it's a press case." That is one beauty of mapping.
If you go by the maps, you see where the crime is and you deploy there. That crime goes down. Then those people that need the help the most get the best service.
Q: How important is it to get the information out to the public as well as the cops?
A: It is imperative. In New Orleans, where they had the biggest crime decline in 1996, in murder, rapes, robberies and assaults, of any city in the nation. It went down again in 1997 and 1998.
It is very important to get that information out to the public. Newspapers should print the maps every day. The community has a right to use crime stats to make decisions on how they get home from work, where they are going to live, where their kids are going to play. It also gives them the knowledge they need to help law enforcement and to hold law enforcement accountable. They have a right to know what the solve rate is. That is why [New Orleans Police] Chief Richard Pennington puts all his solved rates up -- he knows that sunshine is the best disinfectant.
Q: What is the next step? What is the future for COMSTAT?
A: This should not be limited to the police department. It should involve every city agency, the fire department, the building department, the transportation department; everybody should be contributing and coordinating. And other law enforcement agencies need to participate fully. The FBI, DEA and ATF offices in a city should be running their own numbers and then bringing those to COMSTAT meetings at the police department.
Q: Of course, now we are back to those traditional turf issues, right?
A: Yes. That's why the chief needs to be out there schmoozing them. Then, if needed, twist their arms. There are children dying in the streets because law enforcement agencies don't want to get along. This is obscene.
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On this picture you can see the console front view and the situation of each MagicKey 2.
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STE. MARIE CEMETERY Le Havre Seine-Maritime France |
General Directions: Ste. Marie Cemetery is one of the town cemeteries, but it is actually situated in the commune of Graville-St. Honorine. It stands on the ridge overlooking Le Havre from the north and is north of the N.182. During the First World War, Le Havre was one of the ports at which the
British Expeditionary Force disembarked in August 1914. Except for a short
interval during the German advance in 1914, it remained No.1 Base throughout
the war and by the end of May 1917, it contained three general and two
stationary hospitals, and four convalescent depots. Victoria Cross: 355014 Serjeant William Herbert Waring, VC, MM, 25th Bn. (Montgomery and Welch Horse Yeomanry), Royal Welch Fusiliers, died of wounds 08/10/1918, aged 33. Division 62. V. I. 3. Citation: An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 31st Jan., 1919, records the following:- "He led an attack against enemy machine guns and, in face of devastating fire from the flank and front, rushed a strong point single handed, bayoneting four of the garrison and capturing twenty others with their guns; then under heavy shell and machine gun fire, he re-organized his men, led and inspired them for another 400 yards, when he fell mortally wounded." Shot at Dawn: 3019 Lance Serjeant A. Wickings, 9th Bn. Rifle Brigade, executed for murder 07/03/1918. Division 62/1/K3. Shot at Dawn: 253617 Gunner F. O. Wills, 50th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery, executed for murder 27/05/1919. Division 64/6/E5. The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War was enacted in section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which came into effect on royal assent on 8 November 2006. Further Information: The war graves within this cemetery are in 5 separate plots (4, 1914-1918 and 1, 1939-1945) scattered throughout the large communal cemetery, the two larger plots are to be found at either end of the cemetery and two smaller plots in the middle section, the other (WW2) plot can be found to the left of the cemetery upon entering through the main entrance. Casualty Details: UK 1433, Canada 101, Australia 131, New Zealand 7, South Africa 14, India 3, Total Burials: 1689
Salta Memorial The memorial in Plot 62 marks the graves of 24 casualties from the hospital ship 'Salta' and her patrol boat, sunk by a mine on 10 April 1917. The memorial also commemorates by name the soldiers, nurses and merchant seamen lost from the 'Salta' whose bodies were not recovered, and those lost in the sinking of the hospital ship 'Galeka' (mined on 28 October 1916) and the transport ship 'Normandy' (torpedoed on 25 January 1918), whose graves are not known. Latest additions to the site | Belgian Cemeteries WW1 Index | French Cemeteries WW1 Index | Turkish Cemeteries WW1 Index British Cemeteries Index | Other Countries WW1 Index | Belgian Cemeteries WW2 Index | French Cemeteries WW2 Index Other Countries WW2 Index | Memorial Index | Architects | Roll of Honour Dedications | Roll of Honour Cemeteries with Victoria Cross burials | Cemeteries with "Shot at Dawn" burials | Regimental Badge Archive Information on how to submit a photograph or image to the site | Book Reviews | About Us and our task | Links Site Map | Miscellaneous articles | WW1 Battles Index |


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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It appears Nichole Cable's body was found around 9:30 p.m. Monday at at a wooded site off Route 43 in Old Town, eight days after she disappeared.
A contractor from New York says CMP failed to deliver materials on time, costing the contractor extra time and money during a yet-to-be-finished transmission-line upgrade.
Legislators will look into fixes after the Sunday Telegram reported that the state's inspection program is one of the least rigorous in America.
Oversight of Maine restaurants diminishes, just as complaints rise
The governor says he'll focus on that effort if the people of Maine re-elect him to a second term, but he won't support the current bipartisan plan to cut the tax in half.
Maj. David Cote hopes to honor the 46 Mainers who have died in the war on terror with engraved rocks atop the state's tallest mountain.
The bill, fiercely opposed by Republicans, is designed to combine one of the Democrats' leading policy initiatives with Gov. LePage's payback plan.
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An accused drug dealer from Old Orchard Beach is named in court papers as a suspect in the killing.
The former Old Orchard Beach employee reported financial irregularities, and was retaliated against because of it, the panel says.
Fire and code officials will inspect the building after the lack of working fire alarms forces evictions.
Rural Maine communities protest turbines, which they say deface 'God's country,' but wind developers say they've invested too much money to be shut out now.
Dr. Crothers was a prominent Portland surgeon and the driving force behind the formation of Maine Handicapped Skiing.
But the City Council stops short of opposing its transportation through the pipeline from Canada.
The bill passed overwhelmingly, 90-50, but it still fell shy of the two-thirds majority it will need to go to a voter referendum.
Camden resident Don McLean will perform his iconic song and others at the city's annual celebration.
Three times Portland scratches back to one run, only to have the visitors extend their lead and streak.
No one wins when the doors of higher education are shut to society's newcomers.
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Federal Grand Jury Investigates Possible Twitter Threats Against Bachmann
The judge in the case says the tweets are "extremely crude and in almost incomprehensible poor taste."
A federal grand jury is investigating a man who used Twitter to allegedly threaten Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann while she was on the presidential campaign trail. The Twitter user allegedly "professed desire to engage in sadomasochistic activities with" Bachmann, according to a 13-page ruling U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth released Thursday. The judge in the case says the tweets are "extremely crude and in almost incomprehensible poor taste." According to a post on Bring Me the News, the judge said the person responsible would likely not face charges because the messages would not constitute a "true threat" to the congresswoman. Lamberth disclosed the investigation in a 13-page ruling that denied the user's …
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58-83-201. Board.
(1) There is created the Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Licensing Board consisting of the following seven members: (a) two members who are licensed under either Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practices Act, or Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practices Act, of which: (i) one shall be engaged in the delivery of online pharmaceutical services; and (ii) one may not be an online prescriber licensed under this chapter; (b) two members who are licensed as a pharmacist under Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, of which: (i) one shall be associated with an online contract pharmacy; and (ii) one may not be associated with an online contract pharmacy; (c) two members of the general public who are not associated with: (i) an online prescriber; (ii) an online contract pharmacy; or (iii) an Internet facilitator; and (d) one member who is licensed under this chapter as an Internet facilitator. (2) Notwithstanding any other requirement for membership on the board, no more than one member of the board may be associated in any of the following ways with the same Internet facilitator: (a) as an owner; (b) as an employee; (c) as an officer; (d) as a director; (e) contracted with; (f) as an agent of; or (g) having any direct or indirect financial interest. (3) The board shall be appointed and serve in accordance with Section 58-1-201. (4) (a) The duties and responsibilities of the board shall be in accordance with Sections 58-1-202 and 58-1-203, and as otherwise provided in this chapter. (b) The board may designate one of its members on a permanent or rotating basis to: (i) assist the division in reviewing complaints concerning the unlawful or unprofessional conduct of a licensee; and (ii) advise the division in its investigation of a complaint. (5) A board member who has, under Subsection (4), reviewed a complaint or advised in its investigation may be disqualified from participating with the board when the board serves as a presiding officer of an administrative proceeding concerning the complaint. Enacted by Chapter 180, 2010 General Session |
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Whistler is a Nordic paradise. With over 129 km of trails over three venues, cross country skiers of all levels will find their perfect escape. Explore towering fir forests, workout on Olympic quality groomed trails, go night skiing close to the Village or experience sub-alpine wilderness. For more information on snowshoeing in Whistler, visit the snowshoeing page.
Whistler Nordic - The Rise of the Skinny Ski
Conventiently located close to the Village, Lost Lake Park boasts over 32 kilometers of cross country trails including a lighted loop for night skiing and dedicated snowshoe tracks.
Whistler Olympic Park hosted nordic competitions for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The venue now serves as a cross country legacy for the enjoyment of local residents, visitors, and athletes.
To escape from it all, make time for cross country skiing in the Callaghan Valley. Enjoy groomed trails, navigate the snowshoe routes or head for the wilderness and stay in the Backcountry Lodge for a unique nordic getaway.
Whistler hosts a range of nordic events from festivals to races and national competitions. Here is a list of all Nordic events from January 1 - April 1 2013.
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Reggie Miller compares the Knicks-Indiana Pacers rivalry to the Hatfields vs. the McCoys.
Miller is right. The names of some family members have changed. But the rivalry remains intact.
Surviving a serious road test, the Knicks outlasted Indiana, 92-90, last night in a thrilling game at Market Square Arena. It was quality entertainment, featuring last-minute heroics by Reggie Miller, great defense by the Knicks and a pressure shot by Patrick Ewing that put New York ahead for good.
While the Knicks have been analyzed and scrutinized heavily this season, their ultimate fate will be decided in how they handle pressure games like this. Can they find enough players to step up offensively in crucial situations? Will their defense remain as rock solid as in years past? And can a team that made drastic off-season changes find enough cohesiveness to contend for a title before the playoffs begin this spring?
Last night, the Knicks answered those questions in a positive way. They didn't flinch when Miller scored 8 consecutive points during a 66-second span, turning an 85-80 deficit into an 88-85 lead. When Miller made a 3-pointer with 1 minute 14 seconds left to put Indiana ahead, 88-85, he did a dance after the Knicks called timeout. Miller should have saved his energy. The Knicks had the last dance tonight.


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IRENA launches global renewable energy atlas
Shines a light on wind and solar to help spur adoption
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has kicked off its third assembly in Abu Dhabi with the launch of an open-access renewable energy atlas.
The atlas, available here, currently charts solar and wind resources and infrastructure.
IRENA hopes that a single resource for renewable energy data will help countries "assess their renewable energy potential", as well as supporting companies considering investments in renewables.
"Assessing renewable energy resources is the necessary first step in answering these questions and in eventually creating an enabling market environment for deploying renewable energy. This first step requires large upfront investment in evaluation, and a high level of technical knowledge. That is why a global and open portal providing this information can make it easier to take this first step," IRENA explains.
Work in progress: IRENA's view of solar irradiation data at launch
By next year, IRENA hopes to include geo-thermal, bio-energy and marine energy in the datasets behind the map.
The agency is pleased with the progress of the summit, with China announcing its intention to join the agency. There are currently 104 member states, with a further 55 countries either applicants for membership or signatories to IRENA.
At launch, the agency notes, the map is incomplete: "In the build-up phase, the availability of data will vary from region to region depending on what has been made available to the initiative. There will also be variation in the temporal and spatial resolution of the available data", it states. ®
IRENA is yet another lobbying group with Central European origins promoting trivia, paraphernalia, snake oil, all designed to maximize revenue to enterprises that exist only on subsidies. Atlases, roadmaps, salvation...
The first step in assessing renewable energy is to work out how much sunlight you will have at midnight, or wind in a high pressure zone and decide if you have the fossil energy capacity to cover the deficiency.
Once you have paid for that, why bother with the renewable energy at all?
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Coventry, West Midlands.
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Parking is impossible at this pocket-sized, six-table cafe tucked away behind Colaba Causeway's teeming shops and stalls. Yet, it's always packed to the seams with cheery crowds (can get loud) who come for wholesome VFM European/Global and Italian fare like sandwiches, pastas, main courses, burgers and first-rate desserts. New and popular recent menu entrants include Chicken Cordon Bleu, Shop 'n' Chop (two breasts of chicken fillet, crumb-fried and served with spicy tomato sauce), Crackerjack Prawns (prawns with cheesy coating deep-fried and served with homemade tartar), Lobster Thermidore and Lamb Chops at the Mountain. Generous portions sizes - their soups (Mushroom and Bacon or Cream of Mushroom) are meals in themselves. My picks? Lasagne, Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Valdostana, Chicken � la King and Prawn Shashlik. Service can be slow, but that just gives you time to soak in the charm of this popular neighbourhood eatery.
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