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Arrested Development Postmortem: Mitch Hurwitz Tells Vulture What's Next for the Bluths
The next chapter is about the family coming back together.
[The following interview discusses plot points from the entirety of the new season of Arrested Development. If you have not all watched all fifteen episodes, bookmark this page and come back later.] Arrested Development boss Mitch Hurwitz is always thinking of the next arc, the next reveal, the next joke, the next twist on a joke. So by the time he wrapped the latest season, which premiered on Netflix, he already had the Bluths' next chapter mapped out. It's why every member of the family is seen hitting rock bottom at the end of what Hurwitz has long talked about as an eight-hour prequel to an eventual Arrested Development movie (which might instead morph into another season!). After digesting all fully stuffed fifteen episodes, Vulture got Hurwitz on the phone for an extensive talk about what the next iteration of Arrested Development will look like, how he managed to keep this season's overlapping stories and time lines straight, and most important, why he denied us George Michael's full chicken dance. Plus: he shares the stories behind the ostriches and Fantastic 4: An Action Musical.
The season ends with a lot of heartbreak for the Bluths. Lucille wants a divorce from George Sr., Michael and George Michael are at odds, Gob's still got Tony Wonder on his mind. Obviously, those are all great cliffhangers for whatever comes next, but was a movie (or more episodes) a foregone conclusion when you wrote it? If not, why end that way?
Because it's the ineluctable result of not developing as a human being. To reward that behavior would be really a mistake. The initial idea for these new episodes was to reset things. Let's show what happens to this family, who were starting to make progress as human beings, when they decide to go it alone. Part of the theme of this thing is that we do need our families. Our families are attached to us whether we like it or not, in all these mysterious, invisible ways. It's somewhat allegorical but we see that they've all affected each other's lives in really profound ways for the negative because there's no communication between them to speak of. So in one sense that was the theme, but in another way it really was just setting up the future. If the pilot was about their lives falling apart, then this was designed to be the first act of a larger story about winding everybody up, getting everybody to a point of peril and then having a jumping-off place for the next story where they all come together.
The biggest cliffhanger is that Lucille Austero is dead. Does that mean that whatever comes next, be it a movie or another season, will be a murder mystery?
That's right. That really is the idea. Everybody's gotten their lives into a state of peril and everybody said, "To hell with this family," and Michael said "I'm done with all of you," and then — Buster is arrested for murder! Now what do they do? Now they have to come together or let their baby brother go to the chair. We're sort of resolving or ending the season with both an emotional story and a plot story. The plot is that Buster's been arrested for the murder of Lucille 2. And think about it, all the Bluths have a relationship with her. One of the main reasons we were kind of obsessed with telling the story in the right order is because we wanted to slowly reveal not only that Lucille 2 was gone and that she died, but that they all had ways in which they were connected to her that could either look like motives or could exculpate some of them. But they're all connected to this woman who disappeared … It's always been a show that dealt with a lot of big plot points, stealing the Queen Mary and all these off-the-wall things. The more important stuff is really what's going on in their hearts and minds. That's what the Michael–George Michael thing is about.
Did you ever consider dividing the story lines so that there were more of the main characters in every episode? Would there have been a way to do that?
Well, no. You do in the creative process explore so many different ways to do something, and then a lot of it is also driven by the constraints that are put on your shooting and the material. All of creativity is about what can't you do more than what can you do. In this case, because of the schedules of the actors, the initial idea was, Well, I know I can get them all for one week at a time, or this four-month window of time that they were all available at different points. That's how the idea of an anthology emerged. I haven't actually done the math but I'll bet they're in a lot of each other's episodes. It's just that the narrative point of view is from one perspective. I think if you were to take apart one of the old shows there wouldn't be that many scenes they're all in. There would be a lot of two- or three-person scenes. I think we just did it in an eight-hour version instead of a twenty-minute version. It's almost like, here's all the separate A, B, C, D, E stories, but we're going to give them each a lot of room to play.
If you had your way, would the next chapter of the Bluths' lives play out as a movie or another season? It seems like a movie would be easier as far as scheduling goes.
That's always why I wanted to do a movie. I thought then we just book it. We tell everybody to book it as if you would book a movie. But that's still a little more complicated than a regular movie because in a regular movie you cast and you get people who are available as opposed to asking nine people to become available. Whatever the next step is, I will say that by design the Bluths will come together. They're all going to be together. Now it's a question of what's the most efficient way to do that, how do we make that happen and when do we make that happen? It certainly won't be another seven years. If we do it, we're going to do it soon while we're all still alive. While we're all still sensate. A lot of it has to be worked around John Beard's schedule.
By the time you're done with all fifteen episodes, you realize just how much layering and interweaving was there from episode one. How did you keep all the stories and timelines straight?
Well, I spent a lot of time breaking all of the stories, well into the time that we should have been delivering scripts. It became clear that we were not going to be able to do these with one character per week – we're going to be shooting these in every single order you can imagine. It had to be mapped out ahead of time. Like anything, you just start really internalizing it. I just thought about it all the time. I'd wake up and think about it, I'd go to bed thinking about it. This continued all the way through post-production where I would still be saying, "Wait a minute – if he's going to be in the restaurant that means he already had to run into Lindsay and already had to get her permission for the movie because he won't be able to do it there. So we're going to have to go reshoot a scene. Then I'll have to open up her episode…" That's the long way of saying we did have cards up on the wall with lots of string, marking things that had to happen before these other things happened and at the same time as these other things. And a lot of it was just me being on set and realizing this is the only time I'm going to have these two actors together. There was a lot of frantic rewriting on my part on the set. A lot of it. I mean almost every scene. On the old show, I used to take my big pass at the end of a script — we'd write it, I'd sit at the keyboard and drive through with a few really trusted writers and throw things in it, and then I'd take a final pass straightening everything out. I didn't get to do that here. There was no time.
Was there anyone from the original run that you wanted back but didn't get?
We couldn't get Franklin. He was touring. He's very big in Japan. He has a vodka ad that put him over the top. No, Franklin will be back at some point. The truth is I couldn't get Ben Stiller for the longest time. I just refused to rewrite the Tony Wonder story. We stopped shooting in December, and I don't think we shot Ben until March, and it was just because I wouldn't let it go. He was very busy and directing his own film. But I didn't want to recast Tony and I didn't want to create a new magician because then it's just a magician joke and it's not really about that. It's about connecting. It's about somebody else who has secrets. These two guys have been in the field where it's all about secrets. You don't connect to anybody. Finally, we stopped editing. I bet it was three or four weeks before we were done editing all of the episodes and people were getting nervous, like, What are we going to do? Finally, I called him one more time. He had just gotten done and was going to be in LA for two days. I sent him the script, he loved it, but said, 'You've got about 20 pages of me here. I mean, I'm really only probably available to shoot about five." I said, "It's okay! We'll make it!" it was intense. It was like, "Great. Now to the magic club. Now back to the apartment. Now we're going to do the bed scene with [Stiller's wife Christine Taylor]. Now really quickly, we've got to go do the magic act."
In the original show, Ann Veal was a character so plain and forgettable the family called her almost everything except Ann. Seven years later, she's far from a quiet pushover. Why give her a personality?
I always liked the idea that the people who aren't in the family, even the ones who seem like jokes, are still much more functional than this family. Gob is embraced by Ann's loving family and that's him hitting bottom, in effect. He doesn't understand love and acceptance. The idea of the season in general is to go deeper into each of these characters. I liked fleshing them out. Also, I didn't want to go back to all the same jokes that Ann was just this one-dimensional, plain girl. She's a real girl who has been horribly mistreated by this foolish man.
Where did the idea for a Fantastic Four musical come from? And are there full versions of the songs, because I need them.
We played that medley – and it's just a medley – out on that boat at 3 in the morning in Long Beach Harbor probably 700 times. It got to the point where I couldn't stand it anymore. [Sings] I doooon't want to beeee – invisible. I liked the fact that there's sort of a foursome at the heart of Arrested Development with the four siblings. I liked that there's a lot of metaphor in Fantastic Four. Somebody who's invisible, someone who's too hot like Gob, somebody who's awkward like Tobias. Then there's Michael, who has to stretch like Mr. Fantastic and be the leader and turn himself inside out for the family. And I liked the idea of having rocks all over Tobias.
Have you heard from Marc Cherry, who became "baby-faced singer Mark Cherry" on the show?
For a little while, I was trying to get him to also be in Lucille 2's rehab, but he had to go to Atlanta where he's shooting Devious Maids. I wanted there to be two Marc Cherrys in the scene. I've got to call him still because the best line of the whole thing is "baby-faced singer." In the old show, it was "baby-faced showrunner." My favorite lines are so inside. I go way back with Marc Cherry. We started on The Golden Girls together.
What about Peter Scolari, star of the direct-to-DVD Angels and Demons sequel?
We had to get his permission actually. We shot him for that poster, which is for the Spanish translation of the sequel, Angeles y Diablos: ¡Mas! ¡Mas! ¡Mas! You can see the poster in Michael's office in Hollywood and then when we go down to Orange County, it's there in Spanish. All of those posters, we spent so long on all of them and you barely see them. Splash is Agua. The Dilemma says something like, "Two men. One sees the other man's wife kissing another man. What does he do? Does he tell her?" Cinderella Man was Señor Princesa. [Executive producer] Jim Vallely and I tend to do most of that stuff together. They'd come back and tell us, there's a computer screen in the James Lipton scene – did we want to put something on it? My first reaction is always, "Oh, come on! Does everything have to have something? Why did I start this?" Then we find something and I'm so happy! You can see the Craigslist page for the cave that George Sr. buys, and it's there for a fraction of a second, but every single word on it is a joke. I think it's too small to even see. Everything is like that this season. There's more than anybody could ever see. But it turns out it's not that easy to rewind on Netflix!
I did a lot of pausing during my marathon, and you're right.
I didn't realize that until it premiered. It's challenging. But there is stuff everywhere. There's stuff on the back of the flat where Buster is testing his new hand. There's stuff when they're driving in the Entourage sequence, they're passing funny signs, and not just And Jeremy Piven.
Have you heard from Jeremy?
No. We talked about Julie Bowen a lot, too. I wonder how she is with this? At first, they're probably flattered. Then their next thought is maybe, "Wait a minute…."
You almost revealed George Michael's chicken dance. Why almost?
It was what was funniest. The absence of it is funnier, I think. There's the big wind-up, then oh! Someone's on the phone! Listen, it's not our fault. He answered the phone and had to stop. There is more life in the chicken dance.
In another interview, you mentioned that the ostriches are part of the show's future world. What did you mean by that?
Yeah, I mean I think so. I don't know why I said that. There will be more explanation at some point. But in general, I just like the idea of a flightless bird, a badly designed bird, a bird that almost flew away and then just runs around in circles and sticks its head in the sand.
There was a lot of great uses of animals. I liked Tobias and Lindsay trying to cook a live duck.
There were so many other funny things in that sequence too that we couldn't get in. They don't know what to set the oven on to cook the bird so they decide "self-clean" is right. Yes, let's cook it on self-clean! They don't know anything about cooking but they know they need a clean duck!


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Man accused of stabbing ex-wife loses bid for bail
A MAN accused of stabbing his ex-wife in the chest while she slept has lost his bid for bail.
Toowoomba man Darren James Williams, 36, is charged with the attempted murder of his former wife, 27, which police claim occurred on October 14.
It will be alleged the woman woke in her bed at a Kurrajong Crt residence at 11.30pm with a sharp pain only to find she had been stabbed.
She was hospitalised for a number of days.
Defence solicitor Kyna Morice made the bail application on behalf of Williams in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court yesterday.
Prosecutor Sergeant Tony Costa opposed Williams' bid for freedom.
Sgt Costa said Williams left the knife in his ex-wife's chest and that she woke up with the knife in her chest.
Ms Morice said Williams suffered from mental health issues and was not taking his medication before the alleged offence.
Williams is also charged with entering a dwelling with intent and using violence, unlawful stalking and contravening a court order.
Magistrate Bruce Schemioneck denied the bail application and Williams was remanded in custody.
The case was adjourned for a committal mention on February 20.


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Answer: Yes it does the same damage, even though the rounds are slightly slower. No the boom gun cannot burst, and is restricted to only a single canister/fletchette round per firing.
Answer: Even though the rounds will be affected by the plasma, they will be traveling through it fast enough that there will be little to no chance of a MDC round being destroyed. SDC based attacks would be vaporized.
Answer: The psi-sword was accidentally left out. It costs 10 I.S.P. and lasts for 1 hour. It inflicts 1D4 x 10 M.D.
Answer: They would be hardened.
Answer: The Glitter Boy Killer Armor is armed with 10 missiles. These have a maximum range of 1 mile, a 15 ft. blast radius, a speed of 1200 mph, and inflict 1D6x10 M.D.C.
Answer: If no MDC is listed by location, allocate 20% for each leg, 15% for each arm, 5% for the head, and the rest to the main body.
Answer: They do not possess Auto-Dodge.
Answer: It might require extensive alterations but such a conversion should be possible.
Answer: Borgs have armor that is intrinsic as opposed to power armor which, although providing protection, is not part of its wearer, regardless of how well trained he is in its use.
Answer: The speed of the Samson Power Armor is 150 mph.
Answer: 20% per each leg, 15% per each arm, 25% for main body, and 5% for the head.
Answer: 20 years
Answer: The Gunner is in charge of a number of weapons (generally listed). The Gunner uses their hand to hand attacks using their weapon systems, while the pilot uses their hand to hand attacks in piloting (dodging, punching etc).
Answer: 1000 feet (305m), can fly at 100 mph (160 km/h)
Answer: Since it is not designed for deep sea operations, 450 feet (137m), you might want to incease the depth by 50% to account for its construction.
Answer: You are restricted to the power armors strength, using greater strength is likely to put stress on the PA systems and cause malfunctions.
Answer: Depends on the reactor involved. a good parallel is a anti-matter warhead (cruise missile) or the Annihilate spell as a basis.
Answer: The strength requirements still count even when using Power Armour. So the TX-500 cannot be used without a harness of some kind, or fired at a penalty to strike.
Answer: Generally a combination of body movement and controls (verbal, physical or even mental in some cases).
Answer: It does not.
Answer: One person could pilot it, but will have no control over the arms or weapon systems (if any).
Answer: Yes, but it cannot float, and will sink, and walk along the bottom of the river/lake/sea. Travel deep enough and it will be crushed by incredible pressure. See Rifts Underseas.
Answer: These units have been designed and manufactured in space, after the coming of the Rifts. These units if available on Earth would be very rare, and in all probabilities have been rifted to Earth.
Answer: They will not increase, but they can have additional armour added in. See Rifts Conversion Book One for details.
Answer: Treat the Force Field like a Naurni Force Field.
Answer: It is up to the individual GM, if arm weapons can be linked. Normally with most systems like that, it is very hard to do, since they are considered separate turrets with separate controls, and are not really linked together for dual firing (unless otherwise stated).
Answer: Nothing happens, apart from losing optics. The pilot is not in the head, but in the chest of a Veritech.
Answer: All Robot and Vehicle AR is considered Natural AR.
Answer: Most such systems do not have horror factors. However, is designed to look like a existing monster, they will have a equivalent horror factor. If not it would generally rage from 9-13.
Answer: The most comprehensive chart for T.M.F. is on pg. 4 of TMNT Guide to the Universe (cat. #508). In general, a T.M.F. can range from 1 (Cargo transports and 4-engine bombers) to 5 (combat fighters and stunt planes). Just extrapolate from those for other aircraft.
Answer: The correct amount is 3D6x10, the errata correction is on page 111 of the Rifter #3.
Answer: Yes, they affect all forcefields
Answer: The transports are owned and operated by the NGR military, or the Triax Corporation. The vehicles have never fallen into enemy hands since the operate only from secured bases and piloted by trusted pilots from the NGR. As for the CS stealing them, doing so, would cause a diplomatic incident between the CS and the NGR, probably causing trade between the two nations to cease, and maybe NGR throwing their weight behind Quebec (another trading partner).
Answer: The listed speed is only available on open roads and hard open terrain. Safe speeds through trains or broken roads is limited to 45 mph or below, while traveling through dense forests is restricted to 15-20 mph. dense forest may prevent vehicle travel altogether. M.D. weapons in this case can be used to blaze trails, increasing speed and travel.
Answer: Yes it can. 6 LY per hour
Answer: None were printed as we no longer have the Robotech license none can be made.
Answer: The name veritech was used in the Americanized series called Robotech. The Valkyrie was the original name for the transformable fighters from the original Macross Series which was also made into Macross plus, Macross 7 as well as Macross 2.
Answer: Only large gravity fields can be detected while in FTL space (going way to fast to pick up normal ships), but other ships in FTL flight can be picked up/detected.
Answer: Yes there would be.
Answer: The Shield Bearer missile tank was omitted from Phase World, it may appear in a future supplement.
Answer: There would be facilities for sleeping, cooking and recreation on a Garfish.
Answer: The pilot of the Alpha fighter controls the legios combination. In early testing the beta was just a big booster unit. There are no special bonuses to the legios combination.
Answer: Getting the book Ninjas and Superspies will assist you here.. From Ninjas and Superspies Submersible Water Capability $175,000 speed class 1 in the water, and can function like a submarine max depth 200ft. The pilot and passengers must wear scuba gear or a Pressurized Cabin must be bought
Answer: Destruction of a nuclear powered vehicle will not cause a explosion unless there is some other reason, like ammunition explosion or the self destruct device going off. In cases where a nuclear powered vehicle is destroyed, there is only a small chance that the nuclear power pack is breached or even destroyed. If a breach does occur it will not explode but it will contaminate the area with deadly radiation. Clean Up crews can do clean up operations to remove breached and intact nuclear power plants. Note: Nuclear power plants in vehicles etc are often well armored, and generally can only be targeted once the main body of the bot/vehicle is depleted.
Answer: Some like the aircraft are in use in the CS military, others were experimental units. They can still be found in the ordnance lists of the army, and some units may still be equipped with them.
Answer: It is up to the GM whether a Robotech Starship can fold without protoculture.
Answer: They will still be able to take control of them, since they also use conventional electricity.
Answer: Generally no cooling period is required if taking it easy, otherwise resting every 12 hours or so is recommended (to cool the exhausts and not the engine). There is no danger of the engine cracking and releasing radiation unless it is damaged (in combat, high speed crash etc).
Answer: Most hovercraft use a Vectored Thrust system so they can operate over water, or limited flight. There are very few ground effect hovercraft in Rifts., and even then ground effect hovercraft can operate on water (many need some sort of skirt to do so though).
Answer: Use the stats from Rifts Atlantis, since it came out after Sourcebook One. however high ranking or powerful minions may be MDC granted through other magic, or Splurgorth bio-wizard Transmutation.
Answer: Yes it is correct. They do not have shields since they are a carrier, and shields would interfere with fighter launchers. Also they are not a front line combat unit and will stand back from combat relying on their protective screen of support ships and fighters.
Answer: It is probably meant to read 19 feet, width is probably 6 foot across, and around 5-6 foot high.
Answer: I have no idea as to tank size, but it is a Diesel engine "Cummins VT-504 270-hp liquid cooled turbocharged V-8 diesel engine".
Answer: (Bill Coffin) Yep! Although off the cuff, I'd say they probably run off a hybrid gas-electric engine (much like those new Toyotas that are going to hit the market in about a year) that get super efficiency; This enables them to fly on ordinary gas.
Answer: The Thinking cap was a product of the Novels I believe, and is not part of the RPG.
Answer: They have what weapons are listed in their description.
Answer: It is possible to do stabbing strikes with the spear (4D6 MD). No you cannot do all three in one action since they are not linked weapons. Ramming is possible, but not firing simultaneously (ram then fire is a possibility) damage inflicted to the Metal Sired would probably be around the 4-6D6 MD mark.
Answer: They are two different series. Though related. In the original Macross series, the Veritechs etc were all nuclear powered, and when 3 different series were linked to produce Robotech in America, Protoculture was made the fuel source. However the original Japanese cartoon and its sequels, and clones etc, used nuclear power.
Answer: The psi-PA force field can be activated by spending 8 I.S.P. points and lasts for 1 hour.
Answer: It is considered Robot for repair bills.
Answer: Pilot Jet for the RDF VTOLs is appropriate. Power plants for the hybrids could be nuclear, or protoculture.
Answer: Rolling or dodging is possible (the recoil suppression system is able to be retracted automatically after firing).
Answer: The head is locked in place when the armour is operational, however the head can be targeted through called shots to get to the pilot.
Answer: The center of the suit (chest area) opens up allowing the pilot to climb into the suit.
Answer: Yes they can use their pylons on Wormwood.
Answer: The Laser Pylons are deployed immediately, but can be automatically retracted after firing. This will allow them to fire, dodge, then fire again (using the normal combat sequence). However, if in a secure firing position, the pylons can be fixed, in that case no dodge or roll is possible.
Answer: They are in the leg compartments, generally 3-4 spare clips can be carried.
Answer: You do get the bonuses.
Answer: Macross 2 Mecha are about 80 years more developed than 1st generation Robotech weapons.
Answer: There would be a set pattern.
Answer: The bike shown is a beat up bike, which is missing the AR-44 Rail Gun from the shoulder mount, with 2 fitted on either side of the bike. and the lance is missing. Many bikes of different types are often customized by their riders/owners.
Answer: When using their weapon arms, that replaces their normal attacks per melee.
Answer: It is the Krugatch Annihilator (p38).
Answer: Such systems generally start for around 1 million credits and go up to 10 million based on type, plus labor charges to install.
Answer: Only one Boom Gun can be used.
Answer: No, since direct eye to eye contact can be made. If direct optics is obscured and video cameras are used, then the hypnotic powers of the vampires are not effective.
Answer: It would be possible.
Answer: Thrusters would still be required. while the CG pack may allow fight, it cannot cope with the recoil.
Answer: The Pilots head is now exposed and can be targeted.
Answer: It is the OH-23 Raven
Length: 41 ft (12.5m)
Weight: 1,821 lbs (810 kg)
Payload: 851 lbs (383 kg)
Cruising Speed: 90 mph (144 kmph)
Range: 439 miles (707 km)
Answer: Stealth systems are described on page 153 of the Phase World Main book.
Answer: If the seat is on automatic, then no action needs to be taken, if the ejection needs to be done manually then it will take an action.
Answer: It is correct as listed.
Answer: It should be 50 per 100 feet.
Answer: Ignore the x10 for the single blast damage (should read 4D6)


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Al Qaeda fighters in Syria may have sunk to a new low with a video that appears to show a 4-year-old boy squeezing off rounds from an AK-47 as jihadists exhort him on with cries of "Allahu akbar."
The little tyke, whose father stands proudly behind him, is dwarfed by the heavy automatic weapon, and props the barrel up on a street barricade in the stomach-turning clip. The gun's recoil knocks him back, and his father helps him hold it, offering encouragement in Arabic. International experts say the use of child soldiers is a disturbing trend previously seen in the bloody Syrian civil war, but the use of such a young boy is a new depth.
"Syria is unique to any other conflict we've worked in over the last 20 years," Kate Adams, policy and advocacy manager at London-based charity War Child, told FoxNews.com. "Children do seem to have been targeted by both sides, more than we might necessarily see in other conflicts. Children are being used almost as pawns of the war and not just as collateral damage."
The child, identified as "Muhammad," wears a black mask as he fires the gun, then removes it to reveal the chubby cheeks of a boy who should be playing harmless games with friends. Local reports say he arrived in Syria with his father from either Uzbekistan or Albania, along with the thousands of foreign fighters who are now answering the call for Holy War in the key Middle East nation.
The original video of the boy carried the title, "A message from one of the cubs of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," an Al Qaeda-linked group bent on establishing a terrorist state spanning Iraq and Syria. The video was removed from YouTube, but copies of the brief 30-second clip had already been released onto the web.
While Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Syria are clearly using child fighters, the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is accused of using children as human shields. Its blanket bombing and alleged use of chemical weapons against its own citizens has resulted in the deaths of thousands of children among the nearly 130,000 casualties of the conflict.
"I was in the region recently and spoke to two brothers aged 5 and 8," Adams said. "We asked them, 'What do you want for your future?' The 5-year-old said he wanted a gun so he can fight for his country, yet the 8-year-old said he wanted a laptop and to go back home. You can see that the very young children are very impressionable to this kind of violence, and the social damage that this is going to cause inter-generationally could be huge and incredibly worrying. People who aren't close to the issues can see it as de-humanizing and don't see that child as a child. It forces children out of their childhood through no fault of their own."
There has been growing anecdotal and photographic evidence of children having been drafted into fighting for jihadists and other parties in the Syrian conflict. With many hundreds of European and other foreign young men, including some from the U.S., having traveled to Syria to fight, there is a significant fear that when these fighters return home after being further radicalized by their battlefield experiences, they might use their newly acquired skills and willingness to kill in their home communities.
Such a scenario turned to reality in Britain last summer with the horrific daylight decapitation of an off-duty soldier on a quiet London street, by two men, one of whom had previously tried to join the Somalia-based Al Qaeda-affiliate organization, Al Shabaab. Britain's Daily Mail last week reported an alarming rise in returning jihadists, saying, "In the past month, 16 people have been arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after traveling between Syria and the UK. This compares with 24 in the whole of 2013."
In October 2013, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that, "Dozens of children and their parents...had fled Somalia fearing forced recruitment. Several of the children had escaped after Al-Shabaab took them from their schools and homes to training camps. The children were petrified of being re-recruited." One 15-year-old Somali boy, interviewed by HRW, said "Out of all my classmates -- about 100 boys -- only two of us escaped; the rest were killed."
The tragedy of child soldiers has been well documented in African conflicts where children are often kidnapped and forced to fight, as well as work as sex slaves for the older soldiers. In Gaza, such radicalization of impressionable youth -- the youngest only 6 years old -- is apparently government policy. As many as 100,000 schoolchildren have attended Hamas and Islamic Jihad military training camps where the curriculum includes learning to shoot automatic rifles and playing games based on kidnapping enemy soldiers.
There have, however, been some recent successes in those behind the recruitment of child soldiers being brought to account.
"Thomas Lubango Dylo, an armed group leader, was the first person convicted [in 2012] by the International Criminal Court for his role in recruiting and using children in eastern [Democratic Republic of Congo]," charity organization Child Soldiers International confirmed to FoxNews.com. "In 2013, the Appeal Chamber of the Special Court confirmed the conviction of former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, for his role in supporting armed groups which used children during the conflict in Sierra Leone."
Paul Alster is an Israel-based journalist who can be followed on twitter @ paul_alster and at www.paulalster.com.
Paul Alster is an Israel-based journalist. Follow him on Twitter @paul_alster and visit his website: www.paulalster.com.


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South Korea's impeached president left her nine dogs behind when she vacated palace
Impeached South Korean president Park Geun-hye apparently left all nine of her dogs behind when she vacated the presidential palace over the weekend.
Park, named as a suspect in a wide-ranging corruption scandal, vacated the palace and moved into her house in an affluent district of Seoul after her impeachment was upheld Friday by a constitutional court.
A palace spokesman told Reuters that the dogs were left at the palace partly because it would not be good for them to be uprooted from their home.
"She told… staff to take good care of the dogs and to find good foster homes for the puppies if necessary," said the spokesman.
The nine dogs are all Jindos, a breed known for their loyalty and devotion, and one that the South Korean government has proclaimed a national treasure.
She brought two Jindos with her — both of them gifts — when she took office in 2013.
The pair later produced several puppies, some of whom she kept while others were adopted.
The Busan Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Busan Kapca) says Park could have violated animal protection laws by leaving the dogs behind.
Another animal welfare group, Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (Care), claimed she had abandoned her pets. Both organizations offered to find new homes for the dogs.
South Korea has been run by prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn since parliament voted to impeach Park in December. The country will hold its presidential election on May 9.
Park's troubles center around a corruption scandal involving presidential aide Choi Soon-sil.
Park is accused of colluding with Choi to extort money and favors from conglomerates. Choi is charged with using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to non-profit foundations she controlled.
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GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Voters in southern Oregon's Curry County were rejecting a property tax increase Tuesday night and their decisions could eventually test a new public safety emergency funding law.
Early election results showed 58 percent voting no and 42 percent voting yes.
Residents were asked to approve tripling their county property tax rate — the lowest in the state at 59 cents per $1,000 valuation — to raise $3.3 million a year for sheriff's patrols, the jail and other law enforcement.
"It's unfortunate that the citizens did not pass this three-year funding bridge," County Commission Chairman David Brock Smith said.
"We will work together with citizens to craft a funding solution that can be palatable," he said. "I know in these economic times it can be difficult for people to look at their checkbook and decide whether they can afford added taxes."
Smith said he hopes to offer county voters another proposal in May. Current public safety funding only runs through the middle of next year.
County officials will also begin talks with the governor's office about declaring a public safety emergency if need be, Smith said.
"We have to ensure the public safety of our citizens," he said.
An emergency declaration would allow county commissioners to impose a surcharge on some existing tax to fill half the budget gap, and the state to pick up the rest.
The Legislature enacted the law this year in anticipation that rural counties like Curry would face funding crises related to declines in federal subsidies to timber counties, and voters' refusal to increase their taxes.
The county had proposed a three-year levy. By the end of that time, county officials hope that legislation will have been enacted by Congress to boost logging on federal lands in Western Oregon known as the O&C lands.
Counties with O&C lands within their borders get a 50 percent share of revenues from timber sold. Revenues have been declining since the 1990s due to logging cutbacks on federal forests to protect fish and wildlife habitat and clean water.


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December 6, 2000
NEWS FROM: Nevada Division of Investigation 00-142
Nevada Division of Investigation Busts Multi-State Meth
Manufacturing and Distribution Ring
Task forces led by NDI and Tri-Net arrest over 20 suspects in meth distribution investigation
Investigators from the Nevada Division of Investigation's Tri-Net Task Force, in cooperation with Nevada and Montana jurisdictions, joined forces on Wednesday, December 6 to secure evidence of a methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution organization. The investigation suggests that since February, the multi-state drug ring suspects are allegedly responsible for the manufacture and distribution of up to 60 pounds of pure meth with a street value of over a million dollars.
The meth produced by the suspects is labeled "pure" by investigators, who believe the drug commands prices up to $1000.00 per ounce. Investigators believe that the organization was purchasing and receiving huge quantities of the necessary meth manufacturing ingredient, "pseudoephedrine" from the Dayton Valley Corner Store in Dayton and the Country Store Food Mart in Carson City. The owner of both stores, Shahawali Abdulwahabzada, is currently in custody at the Carson City jail.
Investigative leads led to the Great Falls, Montana area where officers from the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, Great Falls Montana Police Department and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office joined the case. Their participation in the bust has resulted in the service of fifteen initial warrants of arrest in residents of Nevada and Montana. Located in the searches were three clandestine meth laboratories in Ulm, Montana, Great Falls, Montana and Dayton, Nevada. A second possible lab was also located in Ulm, Montana. $5,000.00 and over one pound of methamphetamine was seized at the locations. (See attached list of arrested suspects and their addresses.)
More requests for warrants of arrest are expected in the weeks to follow as up to 45 people have been implicated in the investigation. It is anticipated that the dismantling of this organization will disrupt the availability of methamphetamine in Western Nevada and Great Falls, Montana.
DMV&PS Director Richard Kirkland praised the efforts of the involved jurisdictions, "This case provides an excellent example of the benefits of task force enforcement conducted by local, state and federal law enforcement. Governor Guinn and I are very proud of the investigative work of these officers."
Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force is comprised of members of the Douglas County Sheriffs Department, Lyon County Sheriffs Department, Carson City Sheriffs Department, Storey County Sheriffs Department and the Nevada Division of Investigation. Other Nevada law enforcement jurisdictions involved in the intensive surveillance and investigative work include: North Central Nevada Narcotics Task Force, Nevada Parole and Probation, Nevada Highway Patrol, Humbolt Consolidated Task Force, US Drug Enforcement Administration, US Internal Revenue Service, South Lake El Dorado Narcotic Enforcement Team (SLEDNET) and the Northern Nevada Violent Crime Task Force.
Suspects arrested at the listed locations include:
|Robert Ray Roberts
|294 Prospector Road
|J. Novak
|294 Prospector Road
|Kimberly Rigdon
AKA Kimberly Powers
|608 North Nevada
|Carson City
|Kenneth Chandler
|Four Seasons Hotel, 299 3rd Street
|Great Falls, MT
|Melvin Tom Cowperthwaite
AKA/Tom Cowperthwaite
|Four Seasons Hotel, 299 3rd Street
|Great Falls, MT
|Joe Flood
|124 Milligan Road
|Ulm, Montana
|David Neal Adkins
|124 Milligan Road
|Ulm, Montana
|Larry Powers
|1191 East Long
|Carson City
|Erica Crandell
|1191 East Long
|Carson City
|Shahawali Abdulwahabzada
|4557 Muldoon
|Carson City
|Marvin Higday
|Plaza Motel
|Carson City
|Kyle Higday
|Plaza Motel
|Carson City
|Robert Beattie
|2789 Gardner Lane
|Carson City
|Bruce Peart
|2789 Gardner Lane
|Carson City
|Brian Mitchell
|2789 Gardner Lane
|Carson City
|Christina Moriarty
|2789 Gardner Lane
|Carson City
|Rebecca Wilcox
|1123 Azul
| Gary Sabino
AKA/Gary Pavallero
|1123 Azul
|Cathy Wurster
|630 E. Long Street #101
|Carson City
|Russell Dean Robinson
|2350 Poole Way
|Carson City
|Teddy J. Peterson
|2350 Poole Way
|Carson City
|Christopher Adkins
|2521 7th Ave.
|Great Falls, MT
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By David Alexander
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Saturday he was confident enough U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 to accomplish the three-part mission agreed to by allies at last year's NATO summit in Chicago.
Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not know whether President Barack Obama would announce the size of the post-2014 U.S. force for Afghanistan during his upcoming State of the Union address.
But he said an announcement on the management of forces in 2013 "has to come fairly soon, simply because we're two months in(to)" the year. Officials have said a decision on the size of the post-2014 U.S. force would be made before any announcement of the speed of the 2013 drawdown.
Afghan forces are expected to take over the lead role for security in Afghanistan this spring. The international force plans to hand over full responsibility for security to the Afghans by the end of 2014, with most international combat forces being withdrawn.
Dempsey spoke to reporters while en route to Afghanistan for a change of command ceremony for the International Security Assistance Force. Marine Corps General John Allen will hand over command of the international coalition to Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, expected to be the force's last commander.
Dempsey played down a suggestion by some White House officials that the United States might consider a "zero option" and leave no troops behind in Afghanistan. Dempsey said no one had suggested that to him, "and I would never recommend zero."
White House officials told reporters last month ahead of a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the possibility of leaving no troops behind after 2014 was an option.
"The military at this point is confident that the number will match the mission," Dempsey said. "Let me put it this way: I will not at any point ask 10,000 troops to do 20,000 troops' work."
At a NATO heads of state summit in Chicago last year, the leaders agreed that the post-2014 mission in Afghanistan would focus on counter-terror operations against al Qaeda, training and assisting Afghan forces and supporting other U.S. government diplomatic and development operations.
Dempsey said the only circumstance under which a zero option was likely to come into play was if the two sides failed to negotiate a bilateral security agreement, as happened in Iraq.
"This is why the bilateral security agreement is so important, because if we get this agreement in place soon, then it takes away all of the anxieties related to our enduring presence there," he said.
He noted that Karzai and Obama had agreed they wanted to complete a bilateral security agreement this year, if possible by the spring.
Dempsey said he thought the chances of reaching a security agreement that would provide immunity and other protections for U.S. forces were better in Afghanistan than in Iraq, where the United States failed to reach a deal.
"Using the lessons of Iraq we started this process sooner," he said, adding that it gave them more time to deal with internal domestic political issues.
He also noted that Afghanistan's economy was considerably weaker than Iraq's, which led Afghans to recognize they would need international support for the long-term, an issue that did not confront oil-rich Iraq.
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Facts about turkeys: Can they outrun Olympic champion Usain Bolt?By PAULA TRACY
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 21. 2012 10:46PM
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest-known human, averaged 23.35 mph during his world-record 100 meters. He would not be able to beat an Eastern wild turkey, which can run up to 25 mph.
More turkey talk:
-- The domestic, farm-raised turkeys most Americans eat on Thanksgiving Day are nothing like the wild turkey feasted on by the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Wild turkeys rarely weigh more than 24 pounds, while domestic turkeys regularly grow to more than 40.
-- Most domestic turkeys are too heavy to fly. But wild turkeys have as many as 6,000 feathers and can fly as fast as 55 mph.
-- This year in New Hampshire, 3,873 turkeys were taken from farm and field by shotgun in the spring; another 621 were killed in the Oct. 15-19 gobbler shotgun season.
-- Archers have only been able to take 234 birds so far (the season runs into December) because they are hard to hit, notes Ted Walski the state's turkey biologist.
-- John Brasier of the National Wild Turkey Federation in Edgefield, S.C., said there are now almost 7 million wild turkeys in the country. That is up from 1.3 million in 1973, when the association began its work.
-- Wild turkeys can make at least 28 different vocalizations, with gobbles heard up to one mile away. They roost (sleep) in trees, often as high as 50 feet off the ground, and have much sharper vision than humans.
-- The federation discourages putting food on the ground for turkeys to eat, but encourages planting crops that will "become permanent food sources," Brasier said.
-- Those include crops that push through snow, such as corn, sorghum and wheat, as well as shrubs and small trees such as crab apple. Native grasses and various white and red clovers are good food sources before snow cover.
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By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uruguay President Jose Mujica, meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, on Monday urged the United States to become bilingual, joking that immigrants from Latin America would fill the country with Spanish speakers.
"We belong to a continent where our mother tongue is more or less Spanish. And we live in a time where we need to learn English," the leftist Mujica, dressed in a suit but no tie, said to Obama.
"And you will have to become a bilingual country ... because the strength of Latin women is admirable and they will fill this country with people who speak Spanish and Portuguese, too," he said.
Obama is pushing for broad immigration reform in the United States that would require undocumented immigrants to learn English, pay fines and eventually earn a pathway to citizenship. The effort is stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mujica also used his time with the U.S. president to encourage a fight against smoking, which he said was killing 8 million people around the world every year.
"That is more than World War I, World War II. It's murder. We are in an arduous fight - very arduous - and we must fight against very strong interests," he said, according to an interpreter.
Obama is a former smoker.
The U.S. president praised Mujica for his leadership. He did not mention the issue of marijuana. Mujica signed a decree earlier this month outlining a new policy that would allow Uruguayans to be able to buy up to 10 grams of marijuana a week at between $0.85 and $1 a gram, a low price compared to the black market.
"I have had the pleasure on several occasions of having discussions with President Mujica, and have been consistently impressed with the progress that Uruguay has been making under his presidency," Obama told reporters, speaking before his counterpart in the Oval Office.
He said both men were interested in deepening their respective countries' mutual bonds.
"So this gives us an opportunity to find ways that we can further deepen this relationship. We both think that there's room for additional work to expand trade and commerce between our countries," Obama said.
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enough to be traveling Honolulu doesn't have to give a reason. They can just
say, "We're going to Honolulu," and imagination will take over. Honolulu will
probably live up to and surpass whatever we dream the experience will be.
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Beach is the center of activity for Hawaii's biggest industry: tourism. It is
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Besides enjoying
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awe-inspiring sights. Several museums, including the Bishop Museum, combine
exhibits of Hawaiian natural history with lessons about the history and culture
of its diverse peoples.
The Waikiki
Aquarium is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States and features
many of Hawaii's most interesting sea animals. The Honolulu Zoo houses some of
the unique mammals, birds, and reptiles that inhabit the forests just outside
the city.
The history of
Hawaii is rich, as the islands have always attracted people representing many
cultures. Visitors can tour the Tolani Palace, the residence of the last of the
Hawaiian monarchs. They can also visit Honolulu's Chinatown, which is authentic
in every way. The Arizona Memorial, commemorates the destruction of the
Battleship Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the
United States into World War II.


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Artists: Victor Chil
Family Art Tattoo
C/Regomir 18-22
Barcelona 08002
Email: [email protected]
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What year did you start tattooing?
I started tattooing at 19. I had just returned to Barcelona after moving to a very small town where I started with graffiti. In Barcelona I started drawing school and decided to get a tattoo by Rafa from Ronin Tattoo. After getting a bit more confidence, I told him that I would like to learn to tattoo. He agreed to help me. Then I went back to my town and tattooed my friends. When I had more practice I started tattooing more often in Barcelona. It was really hard at first because I did not know people in the tattoo world, but I was always very consistent and I never thought about quitting.
Although you have a new school style, your work is very clean, and it's also nicely saturated. It often incorporates textures and creates good depth, and the way you use the color is amazing and soft. How do you manage to find ways to make your ideas transfer to your work?
I always try to play with several styles. With new school, traditional, Asian, and realism, I merged resources and the applications of each technique into one. Whenever I draw up a design for a tattoo I first look for fluidity and a dynamic in line with the body. The same idea does not have the same composition for a leg as it does for an arm. Each part has its composition, and then I look for a more aggressive, sweeter, or crazier style. Then I add illustration and narrative techniques, which allow a clear reading of the drawing and personalization according to the customer, all with a clear and worked application to last for years.
In addition to caricature, your work in realism and portraits is very good. You use great colors that resemble actual skin tones. You get to work in these styles that are so different from new school—so which do you find more difficult?
The truth is that realism relaxes me. It also requires more time because I have to be copying. Compared to new school, in which I have the flexibility to be more expressive and looser as I decide how to do it. I do not start from any reference, I find it more comfortable and faster. Regarding the difficulty, I think realism is more difficult, as just a line or a shorter color spot in the wrong place can change everything and make a beautiful girl look like a man. With new school, you can change a teddy bear to a fat teddy bear, and that helps. [Laughs] So it is easier since I will decide where the lines and colors go and what colors to use. Obviously, the style that I find most amusing is new school; I can do crazy and funny stories as seen in my tattoos that tell stories very visually.
Where do you find your muse, your inspiration? Inspiration?
I love Pixar animation movies; they do an amazing job! I am also inspired by comic artists, and certainly many tattoo artists inspire me.
What artists inside and outside tattooing have inspired or influenced you?
First Rafa, who taught me. Once I acquired more culture, the likes of Shige, Jeff Gogue, and friends like Alan Padilla, Fonzy, and Riccardo Cassese impressed me. Outside of the tattoo world, artists like Caravaggio, Goya, and many others of that time fascinate me, and my favorite contemporary and close friend of many years, Raul Moreno (Xusco).
You are an artist with a very full schedule. Which conventions do you attend regularly?
Normally I attend conventions around Europe, like Rome, Barcelona, Naples, Amsterdam, Milan, Florence, Nantes, Brussels, and some others. Last year, 2013, I attended the London Convention for the first time. It's the best yet! I plan to visit friends in Los Angeles in March 2014. I guess I'll be there a month and I'm thinking of going back again for summer—I cannot wait!
When you are not tattooing, how do you like to spend your time?
When I have free time, of which I have very little, I try to rest if I'm not painting—and attempt, I repeat, attempt to do a bit of sport, and that does take guts. [Laughs.]


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In April 2016, he was ranked one of 150 Best Fintech Journalists You Should Follow by Fintech Ranking for his work at Blockchain News. In August 2015, he was tagged in the Top Ten Top Influencers in Consumer Technology for his writings on TV by Traackr.
Kastelein has judged hundreds of startups for the European Commission Horizon 2020 and UK Technology Board funding programmes.
He's a Fellow of the UK Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and UK Royal Television Society (RTS) member.
Kastelein has spoken (keynotes & panels) on Media Tech & Blockchain in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Brussels, Brighton, Copenhagen, Cannes, Cologne, Curacao, Frankfurt, Hollywood, Hilversum, Gdansk, Geneva, Groningen, London, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Madrid, Melbourne, NYC, Oxford, Rio de Janeiro, Sheffield, San Francisco, San Jose, Sydney, Tallinn, Vienna, Zurich and been on advisory boards of TEDx Istanbul, SMWF UK, & Apps World. Judged @ AIB awards, Social TV Awards Hollywood, Banff Rockies, TV Connect & IPTV Awards.
He was the 2010 Winner of the Deloitte Technology, Media & Telcom (TMT) Predictions for Entrepreneurs in Holland for futurist views on Social TV and Media Convergence (Tech Visionary). In 2011 he won a Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation for www.atlanticfreepress.com and most recently was a finalist for IBC's ConnectedWorld. TV Personality of the Year 2011 for work at Appmarket.tv – where he lost to Marc Zuckerberg from Facebook.
Former publisher of TV App Market and founder of The Hackfest acquired in 2013.
A Creative Technologist & Canadian (Dutch/Irish/English/Métis) his career ranged from the Canadian Native Press (Arctic) to the Caribbean and Europe. He's written occasionally for Wired Insights, Guardian & Virgin & his work and ideas have been translated into Dutch, Greek, Polish, German & French.
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Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation - 2011
June 2011
My five year atlanticfreepress.com project and Free Press Group were honored in the Innovation category which recognizes organizations for the design and development of new technologies and/or the application of an existing technology in a new and unique way to advance overall human health, security or well-being. Category co-winners included NASA and Duke University. Established in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. Laureates' achievements are recognized publicly at the Computerworld Honors Laureate Ceremony and Awards Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. where honorees are presented with a medallion inscribed with the Program's mission, "A Search for New Heroes." See here.
Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Visionary 2010
March 2010
Winner of 2010 Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions for Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands for futurist views on Social TV and Media Convergence. The 2011 Deloitte TMT Predictions provide an in-depth look at the emerging issues that will impact the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors for the next 12-18 months.
We are a Dutch Foundation that design, build and run extraordinary Hackathons! Our mission is to drive innovation by running the best hackathons on the planet – we are a registered stichting (foundation) in the netherlands.
We believe that hackers are the alchemists of our time… the masters of the binary evolution.
We believe that hacking can help solve the world's problems.
We believe we can not only help run a brilliant hackathon but we also believe we can teach you how to build the best hackathons.
We are not out to shelter our methodology and knowhow. No. It's our goal to teach more people who can teach more people to run hackathons.
We have a huge rolodex and network of some of the top hackers and innovators on the planet.
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At Expathos Netherlands, I focus more broadly on future technology and publisher Blockchain news, the leading online news portal for the emerging Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology worlds.
Expathos is a Netherlands-based media company that specialises in events, publishing on and offline, market intelligence, marketing and more... The award-winning company has been trading since 2005 and it's triumphs include Blockchain News, TV App Market online (acquired in 2013), The Hackfest event (acquired in 2013), Atlantic Free Press (Computer World Laureate 2012), and more.
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Can a balance be found between the environment and development? That was the question discussed at a meeting to work out how the Dhamra Port project in Orissa, India, can go ahead without harming the Olive Ridley turtle population.
The Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The coastline south of Dhamra Port is one of the world's largest mass nesting grounds for the turtles.
"This is an extremely unique and special area, a globally significant monument," said Roderic Mast, Co-Chair of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group and Vice President of Conservation International. "It's not just sea turtles and arribadas; it's horseshoe crabs and mangroves and birds and more. From what we have heard today, the area is important enough to be declared a World Heritage Site."
IUCN has been advising the Dhamra Port Company Ltd, a joint venture between TATA Steel and Larsen and Toubro, on how to mitigate the impact of its development on the turtles.
"Orissa is a poor state, but rich in natural resources," said Upendra Nath Behera, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa. "The port and other projects are required for its economic development. We also have rich biodiversity in Orissa, such as Olive Ridley turtles, mangroves, and other flora and fauna. We need issues and suggestions thrown up to find a delicate balance between the environment and development."
The workshop, held from 24-25 February, brought together a mix of government representatives, the private sector, leading local and international scientists, technical experts, academics and local community representatives.
Participants discussed and debated scientific information and development agendas with the aim to ensure long-term security for Olive Ridley turtles and the ecosystems on which they depend.
"Eventually the port will be handed over to the Government of Orissa," said Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director of IUCN Asia. "Therefore a strong Environmental Management Plan is required. IUCN is using the sea turtle as an indicator species in this ecosystem, but the overall ecology of the area is critical."
Several major recommendations of IUCN are currently being implemented by the Dhamra Port Company, including use of turtle protective deflectors on dredgers and lighting techniques to reduce sky glow, which can confuse newborn turtles as they make their way from the beach to the sea.
The most serious threat to turtle populations was identified as trawler fishing which often inadvertently traps and kills turtles in nets. This can be dramatically reduced by use of Turtle Excluder Devices on nets, but much more work is needed to introduce the practice in the area.
Further research was recommended to better understand nesting and migration patterns of the Olive Ridley. The recommendations from the workshop will be integrated into a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan for the port.
"Dhamra is just one port in the area," said B C Choudhary, Wildlife Institute of India and member of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group. "Dhamra Port Company should enter into dialogue with other ports and other development sectors on how they can come up with a solution for a far-reaching and far greater impact on the coastal habitat and biodiversity and not just turtles."


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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
Our family farming history began with my great-great-... (nine generations ago) grandfather Johannes. He, his wife and three children left Saxony, Germany, on April 20, 1734, aboard the ship St. Andrew, mastered by Capt. John Stedman. They landed at Philadelphia on Sept. 22 and eventually settled our family's first "New World" farm near Society Run in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1743. Pig farming was our family's specialty until the mid 1950s. A lot has changed since then. Our BQA cow–calf operation includes 100% grass-fed registered Red Angus, Hereford and purebred Beefalo; 30 to 35 pastured Duroc and Spot pigs; 100 Freedom Ranger broilers; and 90 Golden Comet and Buff Orpington layers. We organically maintain 80 acres, comprising 15 acres in rotational pastures, 15 acres in tillable cropland, and alfalfa/mixed grass hay on the balance. We have never used chemical pesticides or herbicides on our pastures or hay fields. We are not a "certified" organic farming operation, but we prefer the natural/organic approach to help promote sustainability.
Certified Organic? Sure! I think?
Does anyone raise truly Organic Livestock? Are you sure? How do you know? Are you certified through an Organic organization or the always trustworthy Government? Do you think that the Government knows what Organic means to producers, what about the general public? I've done research on this subject over the last decade, and every time I ask a question (or find information about becoming certified Organic), for either livestock or commodities, I wind up with more questions because everyone including the USDA has different requirements or rules that change as often as the price of corn or oil!
There are so many producers out there that are claiming to be "Organic" or "Certified Organic" that when you see their operation you wonder, why would I want to be associated with that?! Don't get me wrong there are a few honestly certified producers that are doing everything in their power to be truly organic. But after having spoken with our local PA Dept. of Agriculture health inspector, he stated that "there are so many producers out there claiming to be organic that the Dept. of Agriculture can't regulate or check on all of them, so they don't. " So if you wanted to, you could claim to be organic or certified organic and no one can legally challenge your false claims. I believe this is because the rules and regulations have so many loopholes and confusing propositions that are constantly being changed, that it's hard to tell if someone is telling the truth.
In a proposed "Certified Organic" rule the USDA defined a dry lot as ''a confined area that may be covered with concrete, but that has no vegetative cover.'' Two similar edited versions of the definition were also received. One of the version received, which the USDA accepted, replaced the word ''confined'' with the word ''fenced'' That sounds nice doesn't it? They also modified "vegetative cover" as ''little or no.'' meaning NO GRASS/vegetation. Responses asserted that ''dry lot'' is commonly used in certain regions to describe outdoor access areas. Commenter's that recommended revising the definition to include ''little or no vegetative cover'' were concerned that areas of sparse vegetation could qualify as pasture. Otherwise known as a Feed-lot.
Other commenter's recommended revising the definition to clearly characterize dry lots as areas for continuous total confinement. The prohibition on dry lots in the proposed rule has been stricken from this final rule due to comments received asserting that ''dry lot'' is a term which, in some regions of the U.S., describes a feature that can be compatible with organic livestock production. Accordingly, the definition of ''dry lot'' has been amended to clarify the characteristics by which a dry lot would be acceptable for organic ruminant livestock. They may be fed organic feed stuff's, but what is their quality of life?
The USDA also accepted the commenter's suggestion to modify "vegetation" with ''little or no'' in order to prevent the incorrect usage of dry lots that have some vegetation, as pasture. The definition of ''Dry lot'' reads: ''A fenced area that may be covered with concrete, but that has little or no vegetative cover.''
So basically cattle can qualify under USDA criteria for Certified Organic when the majority of their lives are spent on concrete or as they put it "a dry lot". Next week we'll take a look at Certified Humane guidelines. You thought Organic had allot of loop holes and wishy washy definitions, wait till you find out what we've experienced with regards to "Certified Humane" criteria!
"Access To Pasture"
Under this provision the terms feedlot, yard, feeding pad are used interchangeably under the rule. Feedlot, yard and feeding pad are terms used to describe an area that functions as a space to provide feed rations, other than pasture, to livestock. Beyond their functional similarity, these attributes do vary in how they are used (the amount of time that animals spend in feedlots) and designed (how much space do animals have in the feedlot). During the non-grazing season and when animals cannot be out on pasture, organic producers need an area to feed their livestock. Animals cannot be continuously confined in a feedlot, yard or feeding pad. When animals are in a feedlot, yard or feeding pad, they must have enough space to eat simultaneously and without competition for food.
Soooo, can Certified Organic Livestock be confined in a "Feed-lot" or not? Re-read the last paragraph. In one sentence they state "Animals cannot be continuously confined in a feedlot". Than in the same paragraph they state "When animals are in a feedlot,….." Which is it? I guess you really can have your concrete and eat it too!?
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. The state fire marshal said a gas company worker responding to reports of a gas leak in western Massachusetts punctured a pipe that led to a massive explosion that injured 18 people.
Authorities on Sunday did not name the worker who caused the natural gas blast in Springfield, one of New England's largest cities. Friday's explosion there flattened a strip club, heavily damaged a day care center and scattered debris over several blocks.
Some officials called it a miracle that no one was killed.
Most of the injured were part of a group of gas workers, firefighters and police officers who ducked for cover behind a utility truck just before the blast. Part of the neighborhood already had been evacuated because of reports of a gas leak and odor.