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As fire crews mop up after more than two weeks fighting fires on North Stradbroke Island, residents and local business owners are preparing for a battle of a different kind.
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For an economy so dependent on the tourism dollar, the timing of the fires couldn't have been worse. Coming at the height of their tourism season, the fires have cast a cloud of doubt over holiday bookings for the coming months.
Milton Kemp, treasurer of the Stradbroke Island Chamber of Commerce and manager of Dolphin Holiday Accommodation, says that while bookings are solid at the moment, things don't look set to stay that way.
"There has been an effect on business in the latter part of January where some cancellations have happened... bookings in to February and March are also questioning whether the place is still standing."
The sad irony is that the townships of Amity Point and Point Lookout have remained untouched, largely due to the efforts of emergency services.
"The actual effect on those places from the fires was practically nil... In fact there is so sign of any incursion of fires in either place... we are totally open for business," Mr Kemp said.
The fire, which was started by a lightning strike on December 29, forced the evacuation of 900 campers from the Main Beach area on New Year's Day. Fire crews are conducting final monitoring and mop up of the blaze near Brown Lake, which has burnt out 60 per cent of the island.
Even still, residents are urging visitors to keep their bookings.
Point Lookout resident Kath Stevenson says it's business as usual and the beaches are beckoning.
"[Last week] you wouldn't know there was even a fire, at Point Lookout... it's been absolute perfection. I couldn't believe the crowds at the beach yesterday, it was just a magic day," she said.
A number of local businesses on the island who depend on a thriving tourist season are now wondering if they'll be left out of pocket.
Stradbroke Island contributes a significant amount towards the 50 million tourism dollars the Redlands generates annually, and supports hundreds of local jobs.
Division 2 Councillor Craig Ogilvie says that for Stradbroke to recovery properly people can't shy away from giving the island a visit.
"There's environmental impacts, but the economic impacts are just as important for this community.
"We have this 'make hay when the sun shines' economy... over December and January a lot of the businesses that might otherwise close make enough money that they don't do so," Cr Ogilvie said.
Now it's up to the Stradbroke Island Chamber of Commerce to develop a plan to get visitors back to the island.
"The Chamber of Commerce will have to put together a package to promote the island... and spend money to reinforce upon those who are out there thinking of coming here that yes, it is still standing, that we are open for business." Mr Kempt said.
Cr Ogilvie says the message to the mainland is clear - "do us a favour... do yourselves a favour... and try and schedule a visit."
Reporters Emma Sykes and Lachlan Mackintosh spent a day on North Stradbroke Island. Listen to their reports here.
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The people who post , tweet, share, like statuses and pictures that honor those affected in the community of Newtown all mean well and want to help ease the pain that those people are feeling. Do these posts actually help ease the pain that the people of Newtown or do they fuel the fire that will ignite more massacres similar to this? The insane amount of attention that this shooting has received makes me wonder if others who have the intent of getting the world's attention within a matter of minutes will consider trying the same approach. Does all of this attention and constant talk about Newtown and similar events in Auroura, Colorado just months before make some individuals thrive to achieve the same fame as the person before.
If there were no social media posts about these mass killings would the world be a safer place? Would there be less knowledge about these killer's murder plots? Would these tragic events be less glamorized and in turn not as likely to be repeated in another community of unsuspecting victims.
In no way am I trying to say that I do not feel sorry for the people affected by this unbelievable act of hatred. I feel just as sorry as those people who decide to share status' and pictures all over the internet that honor those killed and people who will be forever affected by the events of Friday December 18th 2012. I hope that next time you consider sharing a tweet or post that honors those affected by a tragedy such as this, you think about the consequences of these posts. Think about who those posts will actually affect.


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Heroin Highway: Part 4 - West Virginia, a 'sun up to sundown battle'
Heroin is a nationwide epidemic that crosses all geographic, social and economic boundaries.
In our area, police say the crisis is pronounced along a stretch of Interstates 70 and 81 beginning in Baltimore and running through Maryland, and beyond.
Police are calling the area, the new "Heroin Highway" and 7 ON YOUR SIDE traveled through the impacted cities and saw the devastation up close, and when we hit the streets of Martinsburg, West Virginia, it was as if everyone had a story to tell.
A young man named Daniel talked to us on a street corner, "They found a body over there, they found a body by the train tracks, all they are doing now is just finding bodies."
"There's too much heroin in Martinsburg. My son has overdosed three times; Three times they brought him back," a frustrated mother named Nancy told us as she walked passed us and into a convenience store.
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We sat down with Berkeley County Sheriff Kenny Lemaster and asked him where all of the heroin was coming from?
"Our resources, our information, a lot of it is coming from the Baltimore-area," he said. He added, "We have groups that pool their money together and one takes a turn, and goes and picks it up."
Daniel explained it this way, "How bad is it? The fact of the matter is they call this place Little Baltimore," he exclaimed.
Martinsburg sits in Berkeley County and in 2014 the Federal Government designated the county as a high intensity drug trafficking area.
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The morning 7 ON YOUR SIDE traveled to Martinsburg, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin had convened a summit on substance with agencies from across the state and families.
The governor, who is leading a statewide fight to save lives from the deadly drug, told us, "We have cracked down on pill mills, on the illegal use of prescription drugs, but what that has gone to now is the street drugs. Heroin."
We visited the emergency room at Berkeley County Medical center and, as one hospital official put it, they see the overdoses, they resuscitate them bringing them back to life, but sadly the patients will often just sign themselves out and walk away opting against further treatment.
Dr. Daryl LaRusso said, "We see something probably related to heroin every day."
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When we met with Kathy Stevens-Butts she was just days away from the one year anniversary of her 23-year-old daughter's Tiffany's fatal heroin overdose.
She said, "There was nothing, there was no help. If you do find somebody that has some kind of program there's a waiting list so long they are dropping dead before they get there."
Berkeley County's plan to build an inpatient recovery center in Martinsburg was met with such controversy, it went to court.
As night fell on the day we arrived, Otterbein United Methodist Church in downtown Martinsburg, opened its doors to residents in the effort to educate.
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It was a sun up to sun down battle to save lives.
If you live in West Virginia and are looking for help, there are more than 147 treatment and recovery centers throughout the state. The governor gathered all of that information and set up a toll free number: 1-844-HELP4WVA. For more information click here.
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Smartphones today require more than just brand value to sell in the market. While people have been fairly favorable towards the iPhone over the years, things have begun to heat up for Apple with competitors stepping up their game in a major way. Samsung in particular has grown and benefited immensely with its barrage of Android smartphones leaving behind the rest of the competitors. And now, according to a new ranking chart set up by uSwitch, Samsung's Galaxy S III is the most popular smartphone in the UK. These rankings are based on searches, monthly sales numbers and pre orders.
The region has been a stronghold of Android OEMs with companies like Samsung and HTC always showing decent sales figures. However, this time it's Samsung on the top spot followed by Apple's iPhone 4S. Yes, the iPhone 4S and not the iPhone 5 as you would have imagined. The iPhone 5 is ranked third in the list, which is not good news for Apple as the device has been available for a good two months now. Apple will undoubtedly make up for the sales in the U.S, but outside of the U.S Apple doesn't have great numbers to brag of. The reason behind the iPhone 4S being ranked in #2 is believed to be due to the recent price cuts of the device. Regardless, Apple has some thinking to do. The customers are seeing the iPhone 4S as a more worthy buy compared to the iPhone 5, which is never good news.
Sadly for Google, the LG Nexus 4 is placed at 5th which is one spot behind the Galaxy S II from mid-2011. There are a total of five Samsung Galaxy smartphones in the list and only one HTC smartphone (One X) in the rankings. This speaks volumes of Samsung's dominance in the mobile arena. Yet another point to be noted, as rightly stated by Phone Arena, is that there is not a single Windows Phone device in the top ten list. This is not surprising, as we've been used to not seeing Windows Phones do all that well in the market anyways. However, things were said to be much better with Windows Phone 8. Retailers even reported good sales of handsets like the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X. But sadly, that doesn't seem to reflect in the overall sales of the devices. It is however still early days for the platform, and since we're only taking the UK market into consideration here, we can't really call it a failure. So there you have it folks, the Samsung Galaxy S III is still the top dog in the UK, for the 7th consecutive month apparently. If that tells you anything about the craze and following for the device, imagine what the overall global sales would do to you. We would however like to see some Windows Phones making its way to the list as well.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid the music and celebration, the Grammys turned serious for a moment when President Barack Obama called on musicians and music fans alike to pledge to stop domestic violence.
"It's not OK and it has to stop," Obama said in a spot aired during Sunday's Grammy Awards. "Artists have a unique power to change minds and attitudes and get us thinking and talking about what matters."
Domestic violence survivor Brooke Axtell followed, taking the Grammy stage to share her experience as a survivor and to urge others to recognize their worth and seek help to save themselves. Her life was saved, she said, when she sought help at a domestic violence shelter.
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Kareena Kapoor lashes out at media. Says, "leave me alone"
Kareena Kapoor is one Bollywood actress who has to make it to the headlines every other day irrespective of her not-so-great career. Be it for her choice of films or her relationship with her colleagues and contemporaries, the begum is always at the receiving end.
Just when stories about her pregnancy came to an end, new theories about her rivalry with Deepika Padukone regarding Ram Leela, began to do the rounds. Now that it's all calm, the actress apparently ignored Priyanka Chopra during the recently concluded IIFA Award ceremony has cropped up.
Kareena is now fed up. In an interview to a popular tabloid, the actress said, "You know, for the last 10 years, everyone is like 'Kareena is now having problems with this one or that one'. Leave me alone, baaki sab ko dekho na. Why are they always after me? Why must I always be targeted? You know, I always ask Saif, 'Why?', but he says, 'No, take it as a compliment.'"
According to Kareena these are all alleged accusations and things are hugely blown out of proportion.
She also added, "I don't even go out. Everyone tells me, 'You should do more PR' and I am like, 'I don't know'. I don't actively participate."
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Kojima Ready to Announce New Game?
According to a staff member of Kojima Productions (and a close friend to Gameplayer's Mark Serrels), Hideo Kojima will make a huge announcement in "T minus 3 days and counting".
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This area is monitored by the Vesuvius Observatory.[2]
Geological phases
Three geological phases or periods are recognised and distinguished.[3]
- The First Phlegraean Period. It is thought that the eruption of the Archiflegreo volcano occurred about 39.28 ± 0.11 ka. (older estimate ~37,000 years ago), erupting about 200 cubic kilometres (48 cu mi) of magma (500 cubic kilometres (120 cu mi) bulk volume)[4] to produce the Campanian Ignimbrite.[5] "The dating of the Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption to ~37,000 calendar years B.P. draws attention to the coincidence of this volcanic catastrophe and the suite of coeval, Late Pleistocene biocultural changes that occurred within and outside the Mediterranean region. These included the Middle to Upper Paleolithic cultural transition and the replacement of Neanderthal populations by anatomically modern Homo sapiens, a subject of sustained debate. No less than 150 km3 of magma were extruded in the CI eruption, the signal of which can be detected in Greenland ice cores. As widespread discontinuities in archaeological sequences are observed at or following the CI event, a significant interference with ongoing human processes in Mediterranean Europe is hypothesized." [6] New research led by Liubov Vitalievna Golovanova and Vladimir Borisovich Doronichev of the ANO Laboratory of Prehistory in St. Petersburg, Russia, supports the hypothesis that these eruptions drove Neanderthals to extinction and cleared the way for modern humans to thrive in Europe and Asia.[7] The area is characterised by banks of piperno and pipernoid grey tuff at Camaldoli hill, like in the northern and western ridge of Mount Cumae; other referable deep products are those found at Monte di Procida, recognizable in the cliffs of its coast.
- The Second Phlegraean Period. Between the 35,000-10,500 years ago,[3] it is characterized by the yellow tuff that constitutes the rests of an immense underwater volcano (having a diameter of ca. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and Pozzuoli to its center) Approximately 12,000 years ago the last major eruption occurred, forming a smaller caldera inside the main one, centered on the town of Pozzuoli. This event produced the Neapolitan yellow tuff, referring to the characteristic yellow rocks there.
- The Third Phlegraean Period. Dated between 8,000 – 500 years ago,[3] it is characterized by white pozzolana, the material that forms the majority of volcanos in Flegrei Fields. Broadly speaking, it can be said there was an initial activity to the south-west in the zone of Bacoli and Baiae (10,000-8,000 years ago); an intermediate activity in an area centred between Pozzuoli, Spaccata Mountain and Agnano (8,000-3,900 years ago); and a more recent activity, moved towards the west to form Lake Avernus and Monte Nuovo (New Mountain) (3,800–500 years ago).
Volcanic deposit indicating possible eruption dated Ar at 315, 205, 157 and 18.0 kya[citation needed]
The caldera, which now is essentially at ground level, is accessible on foot. It contains a large number of fumaroles, from which steam can be seen issuing, and over 150 pools of boiling mud at last count. Several subsidiary cones and tuff craters lie within the caldera. One of these craters is filled by Lake Avernus. In 1538, an eight-day eruption in the area deposited enough material to create a new hill, Monte Nuovo. It has risen about 2 metres (7 ft) from ground level since 1970. It is a volcano capable of producing VEI 7 eruptions, as large as that of Tambora in 1815.[8] At present, the Campi Flegrei area comprises the Naples districts of Agnano and Fuorigrotta, the area of Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monte di Procida, Quarto, the Phlegrean Islands (Ischia, Procida and Vivara).
A 2009 journal article stated that inflation of the caldera centre in the vicinity of Pozzuoli might presage an eruptive event within decades.[9] In 2012 the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program planned to drill 3.5 km (2.2 miles) below the earth's surface near Pompeii intending to monitor the massive molten rock chamber below in order to provide early warning of any eruption. Local scientists are worried that such drilling itself could initiate an eruption or earthquake. In 2010 the Naples city council had prevented the drilling project. Programme scientists said the drilling was no different from industrial drilling in the area. The newly elected mayor allowed the project to go forward. A Reuters article emphasized that the area could produce a "super volcano" that might kill millions.[10]
Most recent study from Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia describing recent volcanic unrest of Campi Flegrei caldera from January 2012 to June 2013 characterised by rapid ground uplift of about 11 centimetres (4 in) with a peak rate of about 3 centimetres (1 in) per month during December 2012 mentions, that in previous years from 1985 to 2011 dynamics of ground uplift has been mostly linked to caldera's hydrothermal system. As study describes, this relation broke down in 2012 and the driving mechanism of the ground uplift changed to periodical emplacement of a magma within a flat, sill-shaped magmatic reservoir in depth cca 3,000 metres (9,843 ft), 500 metres (1,640 ft) south from port of Pozzuoli[11]
Italian wine, both red and white, under the Campi Flegrei DOC appellation comes from this area. Grapes destined for DOC production must be harvested up to a maximum yield of 12 tonnes/hectare for red grape varieties and 13 tonnes/ha for white grape varieties. The finished wines need to be fermented to a minimum alcohol level of 11.5% for reds and 10.5% for whites. While most Campi Flegrei wines are blends, varietal wines can be made from individual varieties provided the variety used comprises at least 90% of the blend and the wine is fermented to at least 12% alcohol for reds and 11% for whites.[12]
Red Campi Flegrei is a blend of 50-70% Piedirosso, 10-30% Aglianico and/or Sciascinoso and up to 10% of other local (both red and white) grape varieties. The whites are composed of 50-70% Falanghina, 10-30% Biancolella and/or Coda di Volpe with up to 30% of other local white grape varieties.[12]
Cultural importance
Campi Flegrei has had strategic and cultural importance.
- The area was known to the Greeks, who had a colony nearby at Cumae.
- The beach of Miliscola, in Bacoli, was the Roman military academy headquarters.
- Lake Avernus was believed to be the entrance to the underworld, and is portrayed as such in the Aeneid of Virgil. During the civil war between Octavian and Antony, Agrippa tried to turn the lake into a military port, the Portus Julius.
- Cumae was the first Greek colony on the mainland of Italy (Magna Graecia) and is perhaps most famous as the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl.
- Baiae, now lying underwater, was a fashionable coastal resort and was the site of summer villas of Julius Caesar, Nero, and Hadrian (who died there).
- A Flavian Amphitheatre (Amphitheatrum Flavium), the third largest Italian amphitheatre after the Colosseum and the Capuan Amphitheatre.
- The Via Appia passed through the comune of Quarto, entirely built on an extinguished crater.
- The Cave of Dogs -- a famous tourist attraction during the early modern period -- is on the eastern side of the Fields.
- Europe's youngest mountain,[13] Monte Nuovo is here. The WWF oasis lies beside the enormous Astroni crater.
- The tombs of Agrippina the Elder and Scipio Africanus are here as well.
- At Baiae, a Bacoli district the most ancient hot spring complex was built for the richest Romans. It included the largest ancient dome in the world before the construction of the Roman Pantheon.
- Patrick Moore used to cite Campi Flegrei as an example of why the impact craters on the Moon must be of volcanic origin, which was thought to be the case until the 1960s.
- A Campanian ignimbrite super-eruption around 40,000 years ago has been hypothesised as having contributed to the demise of the Neanderthal, based on evidence from Mezmaiskaya cave in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia. [14]
See also
This article has been completed with material from it:Campi Flegrei, Wikipedia in Italian and es:Campos Flegreos, Wikipedia in Spanish.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Campi Flegrei". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ↑ http://www.ov.ingv.it/OV/en/campi-flegrei.html
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brand, Helen. "Volcanism and the Mantle: Campi Flegrei" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ↑ Fisher, Richard V.; Giovanni Orsi; Michael Ort; Grant Heiken (June 1993). "Mobility of a large-volume pyroclastic flow — emplacement of the Campanian ignimbrite, Italy". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Elsevier. 56 (3): 205–220. Bibcode:1993JVGR...56..205F. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(93)90017-L. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ↑ Fedele, Francesco G.; et al. (2002). "Ecosystem Impact of the Campanian Ignimbrite Eruption in Late Pleistocene Europe". Quaternary Research. 57 (3): 420–424. Bibcode:2002QuRes..57..420F. doi:10.1006/qres.2002.2331. Retrieved Oct 8, 2010.
- ↑ De Vivo, B.; G. Rolandi; P. B. Gans; A. Calvert; W. A. Bohrson; F. J. Spera; H. E. Belkin (November 2001). "New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)". Mineralogy and Petrology. Springer Wien. 73 (1-3): 47–65. Bibcode:2001MinPe..73...47D. doi:10.1007/s007100170010. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ↑ "Volcanoes Wiped out Neanderthals, New Study Suggests". ScienceDaily. Oct 7, 2010. Retrieved Oct 10, 2010.
The research is reported in the October issue of Current Anthropology
- ↑ Newhall, Christopher G.; Self, Steve (1982). "The volcanic explosivity index (VEI): An estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism". Journal of Geophysical Research. 87 (C2): 1231–1238. Bibcode:1982JGR....87.1231N. doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231.
- ↑ Isaia, Roberto; Paola Marianelli; Alessandro Sbrana (2009). "Caldera unrest prior to intense volcanism in Campi Flegrei (Italy) at 4.0 ka B.P.: Implications for caldera dynamics and future eruptive scenarios". Geophysical Research Letters. 36 (L21303): L21303. Bibcode:2009GeoRL..3621303I. doi:10.1029/2009GL040513.
- ↑ Antonio Denti, "Super volcano", global danger, lurks near Pompeii, Reuters, August 3, 2012.
- ↑ D'Auria, Luca; Susi Pepe; Raffaele Castaldo; Flora Giudicepietro; Giovanni Macedonio; Patrizia Ricciolino; Pietro Tizzani; Francesco Casu; Riccardo Lanari; Mariarosaria Manzo; Marcello Martini; Eugenio Sansosti; Ivana Zinno (2015). "Magma injection beneath the urban area of Naples: a new mechanism for the 2012–2013 volcanic unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera". Scientific Reports. Nature Publishing Group. 5.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 P. Saunders Wine Label Language pg 132 Firefly Books 2004 ISBN 1-55297-720-X
- ↑ "Pozzuoli:history,archeology,art,architecture,environment".
- ↑ Liubov Vitaliena Golovanova; Vladimir Borisovich Doronichev; Naomi Elancia Cleghorn; Marianna Alekseevna Koulkova; Tatiana Valentinovna Sapelko; M. Steven Shackley (2010; 51 (5): 655). "Volcanoes Wiped out Neanderthals, New Study Suggests" (news release). ScienceDaily. University of Chicago Press Journals. Journal Current Anthropology. doi:10.1086/656185.
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With the speculative FX community quite long on AUDs, there are real risks of sizeable downside in AUD should we get a quarterly print of +0.2% or lower, with the market's implied 14% probability of a November rate likely increasing to around 40%. However, this seems unlikely. A number above +0.7% quarter-on-quarter or above means the discussion may even change to one of whether inflation fully stabilises and whether we should be talking about rate hikes in late 2017, early 2018? It's no surprise that the AUD was the superstar performer overnight, rallying against all G10 currencies, notably against the CAD, which has taken a hit as US crude has closed below $50. A level that looks quite important for the barrel and has been key support since mid-October.
The commodity story is one that is front and centre in Australia and the doomsday spruikers are shaking their heads in disbelief. Perhaps they can also focus on the property auctions in Sydney and Melbourne last weekend too. Coking coal has been going nuts since the beginning of the year, which is not a new story. However, iron ore and steel futures are now the hot topic, especially after iron ore futures rallied by its daily limit of 6% yesterday. Last night we saw copper rally 2.2%, one of the biggest moves in a while, so that can go on the radar too. Given the momentum/trend mentality of the Chinese mainland trader, if this rally has legs, we'll soon see traders branching into other markets like Dalian egg futures! Overnight though, we saw some of the heat come out of the move with iron ore futures up a mere 0.8%, while small losses have been seen in steel (-0.8%) and coking coal futures (0.2%).
Gold has seen some better buying and has reclaimed its longer-term 200-day moving average at $1270, despite the market increasing its implied probability of a December rate hike (from the Federal Reserve) to 72.5%. What seems more important to me is the pace of hikes in 2017 and if the Chinese decide to start buying more gold as a result of sustained CNY weakness. Looking into market pricing in the Fed funds futures, we can see the implied probability of just one hike in 2017 fell overnight from 80% to 78%, which seems supportive of gold. Technically a break of $1280 (the 38.2% retracement of the September to October sell-off) would open up a move into $1290-$1300.
BHP's ADR (by way of a proxy for the mining space) is up 15c, but the traders are preferring to play the likes of FMG and AWC, which look like a momentum and trend traders' dream. Both look very bullish on any time frame.
The broader market should see modest losses on open, with financials likely to see a flat open. The financial sector contributed 14 points to yesterday's index gain and it hardly shows fear about the upcoming 2H16 earnings season. It will certainly be interesting to see how banks and REITS perform on the Q3 CPI print as there is such a fine balance between a further fall in the cash rate and the implications on margin. If inflation runs too hot, what will the implications mean to housing and the future supply of credit? The banks will clearly dictate the performance of the broader market today, so in banks we trust.
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The enforcement of regulation of drug use and drug related crimes cost the United States more than $7.7 billion in 2006.
Enforcement and prison costs can also be factored into this. It costs us, the United States citizens at the minimum $50,000-65,000 a year to keep them in prison. If we were to legalize marijuana we should still regulate the use to an extent, like you can only carry this much or grow this many plants in one property. That would help reduce excessive produce of marijuana because if you are producing a field of marijuana it is obviously not for personal use but for sale, which should still be illegal from person to person. Taxing marijuana can introduce a considerable revenue along with subtracting the majority of the around $8 billion dollars cost of regulation. Also we would not be arresting as many people and forcing citizens to pay to keep inmates in jail every year. Alcohol and tobacco are clearly more harmful to the body physically and organs of the body than marijuana. Even sugar poses more of a threat to our nation's health than marijuana. We have more of a problem with overeating and eating the wrong foods than we do with causes of marijuana use. Although I do support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, I do think there should be an age at where you can start using marijuana legally. It has less of a chance of damaging any part of you if you do not smoke when you are younger as you are still developing.
Believe it or not, less than one half of one percent of people in jail are there for marijuana charges. The rate of current, past 30-day use of marijuana by Americans aged 12 and older in 1979 was 13.2 percent. In 2008 that figure stood at 6.1 percent. So as you can see, illegal marijuana use is going down. Although I do agree with you that we are spending too much money on prisoners.
I don't like to complain about things if I can't give a solution to them, but this always bothers me. In America, if we catch someone with illegal drugs, they usually get arrested, fined some money, and get a misdemeanor. Well, this isn't a very big charge for doing something that is highly illegal (you can check your states penalties here: http://norml.org...). So it's like police men pulling people over and just giving them warnings. They never learn. If there are only minor consequences, and you can pull some major cash if you don't get caught, why not try it? I just don't think that the punishments are harsh enough. In other countries around the world, the punishment is so much more severe. And guess what! People don't push it. Because they have a family to support and they can't afford 50 years in prison for carrying an ounce of marijuana.
Now, this is my personal opinion, it has to do more with my morals. But to me, making money off of something that is highly illegal, will hurt the person you are selling it to, and you know that more than likely they'll get addicted to other drugs because of this, is just wrong. Sure, you can make some money fast, but come on. If our country has to legalize a drug that deteriorates your immune system, interferes with learning by impairing thinking, reading comprehension, and verbal and mathematical skills, makes people become physically dependent, and ruin people's lives, then our morals are officially gone. Our forefathers would have set up a budget, strict laws, and would have enforced them with no if ands or buts. They wouldn't of legalized a highly known gateway drug.
You had an idea that we should legalize it, but "still regulate the use to an extent, like you can only carry this much or grow this many plants in one property.". Now, the only problem I have with this is, if it's legal for adults to have it, how easy is it going to be to distribute to children? Do you know how many adults there are that are willing to give marijuana to a kid even when just them possessing it is illegal? And how can we really check to see how much marijuana people have on them at any given time? Police can't just pull you over. They have to have a legitimate reason. And what will the charges be if you're carrying an ounce or so too much. A slap on the wrist? Or are we going to send them to prison and pay to give them three meals a day with 8 hours in the sun? There are just too many speculations that won't line up. By making it legal you create so many different problems.
So, I don't really believe that legalizing it would do any good to this country. It would make our youth addicts, it would make our working class dependent and lazy, it would totally tear down this country's morals, and it would not help us out of debt. For every "good" reason to legalize it, there are so many negatives. I just can't see the good side of legalizing marijuana.
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- Meanwhile, back in Baghdad, the focus of all federal humanitarian efforts, it's SNAFU. The New York Times reports that in a sampling of eight projects declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and electrical failures, lack of proper maintenance, apparent looting and expensive equipment that lay idle. Add that to the millions rejected in Katrina help and you have the squandering of billions while helping no one.
- Memo to Kenneth Starr: You may be needed back in Washington again. We've got something right up your alley in need of investigation.
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123DDesign is one of the 123D family of apps. It's available as an app for Windows or iOS devices and can also be used in a browser window. For a free app, it's pretty impressive, and the learning curve is virtually nonexistent. There's even a library of downloadable models provided to get you started, and upgrading to a Pro account for a year gets you free stuff and a voucher off a MakerBot printer.
2. Blender
Blender is one of the most popular 3D modelling programs around. It's free, works with Windows, Macs, and Linux, and it has a large, friendly community built up around it. It's also an open-source project, so it's constantly being developed by the thousands of people devoted to using and improving it. If you're a beginner, it might take a bit of effort to find your way around, especially when it comes to making sure your models are actually printable, but there are plenty of tutorials available for free, and plenty of forums where people will help you out if you're really stuck.
3. Tinkercad
Tinkercad is the original browser-based 3D design program. It was created in 2011 and bought out in 2013 by Autodesk, so it now forms part of the 123D suite. The interface is fairly straight forward and intuitive: to get started, you select, manipulate and group solid shapes to create the object you want. It will also let you create new shapes or import 2D images and extrude them into 3D shapes. And it'll export into any number of different formats. It's not free, and pricing is subscription based, so if you want to use Tinkercad on an ongoing basis, you'll need to cough up every month. but there's a free trial available so you can check it out.
Do you know how to use any of these 7 softwares?
4. Solidworks
Positioned at the professional end of the market, Solidworks has a customer base of over two million engineers. It's been around since the early 90s, when 3D modelling and printing at home would've been almost unimaginable, but that history does mean the developer knows what it's doing. Again, there are plenty of tutorials available online to help you find your feet, but beginners may want to start out with a simpler program first. If you're really serious about design and 3D printing, though, Solidworks is pretty much the industry standard.
5. ZBrush
As the name implies, ZBrush is all about digital painting - or digital sculpting. It has 30 brushes available to begin with, and models are created by building 3D meshes and then using the brushes to add volume and texture. It might be easiest to think of it as putting clay or papier mache over a wire frame model.
ZBrush models can be incredibly detailed, but there are free plug-ins available to convert them into a resolution suitable for use with a consumer 3D printer. There are lots of learning resources available to help you get going with ZBrush, including official video tutorials and links to schools that host classes.
6. Rhino
Currently on its fifth incarnation, Rhino is a 3D modelling program commonly used by design professionals. It's good for architectural and industrial design, but it's got a fairly manageable learning curve, so it started to become popular with hobbyists as well as professionals. There are plenty of tutorials available online, and there are plenty of plug-ins available too, to add even more features to Rhino's already impressive capabilities.
7. Art Of Illusion
Another open-source 3D modelling program, Art of Illusion is Java-based and claims to be extremely easy to use. It's aimed more at artists than engineers, and it's capable of creating some beautiful things, including amazingly intricate photorealistic renderings of fantasy objects. You just have to be careful to make sure your designs can actually be turned into physical 3D objects!
It doesn't export to the kinds of files you'll need for your 3D printer natively, but there's a free plug-in you can install to add that functionality; as long as you know that, you shouldn't have any trouble. You'll either love or hate it, but since it's free, it's worth giving it a try to see.
How To Use Modelling Software
3d modelling software differs greatly between versions, but this should help you get
Starting to use 3D modelling software can be intimidating. Although the software is more accessible than ever before, it can still be a bit off-putting when you first try to use it. Well, unless your job involves daily use of a complex CAD program, because then, naturally, you'd be able to navigate the simpler 3D modelling software easily. But if you're new to the whole thing, you might find yourself overwhelmed with options. Out of the many 3D modelling programs available for your computing platform, there will be some that will look and feel better than others and which you'll be far more comfortable with using over another version. In many ways, it soon becomes a personal thing. Bear in mind, though, that it will be some time before you're able to create the likes of what you'll see advertised in the media, on the likes of Thingiverse and on the boxes of the 3D printers themselves.
As with most projects of this kind, it's often best to learn to crawl before you can walk, and gathering the tools necessary together first is an absolute must. Choose Your Weapon The old saying, 'there's a hammer for every job', is actually quite apt here. You'll need a little trial and error when choosing the right 3D modelling software, as all are not quite created equally.
You'll need to find one that's easy to learn and use, especially if you're a beginner. Also, it'll need to be capable of importing or loading pre-built models and allowing you to edit something that's already designed. This way you'll be able to work from something that is already conceived; there's little point in reinventing the wheel here. On top of that, you'll also need to find 3D modelling software that's capable of either communicating with your printer or, at the very least, capable of exporting your finished design into a format that your printer in particular is able to read and understand. Above all, though, it's best to find a modelling package that has plenty of support available for it, in terms of tutorials, and preferably an active community who can help answer any questions for you and from where you can get answers to pretty much anything you're likely to come across during your use of the product. In the end, though, the modelling package you use will be a personal choice.
Things To Look Out For
There are a couple of tools worth looking out for when choosing a 3D modelling program. If these tools aren't available, then it may be necessary to shop around for a package that contains most, if not all, of the below tools.
With the design you want loaded up and ready to be exported over to the printer, take a moment to consider the cost of the print. Hollowing out an object is an easy way to save on both material and time, which will ultimately mean an overall saving of money. Most 3D modelling programs already come with the tools necessary to allow you to hollow out an object; some even do this automatically for you, especially those with 3D printing in their design.
A hollowed out object isn't as strong as a solid object, mind you, and some may even need an elaborate raft designed into them before being able to print successfully, so try to find software that will allow you to take all this into consideration. Also, the hollowing out tool should also be able to reduce the number of internal polygons, because hollowing can increase the polygon count inside your model.
One of the biggest problems associated with modelling software (or rather the untrained user with their modelling software) is the creation of non-manifold geometry. This occurs when you have any edge that's shared by more than two faces. The result may look okay on paper or in the design, but it's non-manufacturable, which means it's impossible to actually make it or print it in real life.
Most 3D modelling packages are able to warn you of a non-manifold geometry issue and, as a result, most are able to fix the problem for you by cleaning up the polygons and vertices or, at the very least, highlighting theareas where non-manifold geometry has occurred and allowing you to resolve the issue.
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In addition to the bird species, a large variety of Butterflies can be seen around the Resort. In recent years a number of host and food plants have been planted to attract different species. Australia's two most spectacular butterflies can be seen around the Resort at certain times of the Year. Of the two, the Ulysses or Mountain Blue is the more common. This large butterfly can not be missed, as the upperwings are a brilliant electric blue. It flies so rapidly that often, all you see is a blue flash.
The second one is the Cairns Birdwing and is Australia's largest Butterfly. This species is much less common, usually seen only in some of the warmer months of the year. The female Birdwing is much larger than the male and is mainly black, yellow and red. The male is a beautiful combination of metallic green and black, which rivals the blue of the Ulysses.
The birdwing is much slower flying that the Ulysses, if you see either of these it is an unforgettable experience.
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The last few days something very strange has happened...the sun decided to show its face. So with everyone in a better mood, a desperate need to fill the fake tan void in my beauty stash and an urge to spend a few pounds I hit the shops!
So apparently I can't seem to do a haul post without including a new pairs of shoes. The latest are from Primark coming in at a grand total of £8. You can't go wrong with a pair of black, gold studded flats and I almost picked up the nude pair but resisted after telling myself I didn't need another pair of nude shoes...possibly.
In a couple of weeks my brother is getting married and I'll be performing my bridesmaid duties whilst having to get my casper legs out. So as not to scare the guests, nor cringe at every photo it was time to raid the fake tan aisle in Boots. First up is an old favourite of mine, Garnier Ambre Solaire - No Streaks Bronzer body mist. I used this a few years ago and it gave a really natural, healthy glow to the skin. Spray it on, rub it in and a couple of hours later you'll be looking like you've just come back from your hols. I decided to get it in medium this time though so wish me luck in not having a Ross from Friends moment!
I've heard good things about the Palmers Cocoa Butter - Natural Bronze gradual tanning moisturiser lately so it went straight in the basket too. Not being a fan of the cocoa butter scent I was a bit reluctant to try it but after a couple of uses it's definitely something I can get used to but too soon to tell yet on it's tanning abilities. Also I managed to snag a bargain in TK Maxx of another of Garniers offerings in the form of Ambre Solaire Wash Off No Streaks Bronzer. Usually over a tenner I picked this up for £2.99 hoping it will add some instant colour that my legs are craving!
Another old faithful that has returned to my life is Maxfactor - False Lash Effect mascara. This used to be a regular repurchase of mine and I still love it. Not clumpy and volumising, what I look for in a mascara. The next few buys were all influenced by one blog or 20! Don't ever say I'm not easily led. L'oreal - Micellar Solution if the first of it's kind that I've tried so there's not comparing it to the infamous blogger favourite Bioderma, but on first impressions it does the job nicely (and getting it free in a 3 for 2 offer always helps). Then there's Rimmel - Stay Matte Pressed Powder which has been mentioned far too many times for me to be able to resist any longer. Plus the latest new release, Bourjois - Cream Blushes has done the rounds by every beauty obsessive and now it's my turn. Number 02 - Healthy Glow was the one that I plumped for and so far it does what it says on the tin, creates a healthy glow, but I can't help wanting a little more pigmentation from it.
So I think I covered all bases. Got my summer tan sorted, a few new make up picks to give that summery look, a cleanser to wash it all off and beautiful shoes to pair with some skirts that need to be dusted off from the wardrobe!
Have you tried and tested any of these lovely products? Any recent purchase you've made with the sunshine in mind?


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Apple have just pipped Microsoft to the title of largest tech company. Now with a capitalisation of $222 Billion, they have knocked Microsoft into second with only $219 Billion value.
The popularity of Apples hardware is difficult to argue with and when compared with the relative unpopularity (inspite of it's use) of the windows platform. With the Uk launch today of the iPad, Apples star is on the rise.


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Hungry kids don't learn!
Our goal at Keene Food Services is to serve healthy and fun meals to our students, while exceeding the State and Federal nutritional guidelines to enable every student to reach their full potential.
Keene Food Services
77 Arch Street
Keene, NH 03431
(603) 357-9011
Food Service Bids for the 2019-2020 School Year
Any organization wishing to submit a bid for the following items for the 2019-2020 school year, please contact Andrea Volikas at 603-357-9011 for more information and the product list. Bids will be available April 2019
Disposable Products/ Detergent and Chemical items
Every child in SAU 29 is automatically enrolled in the food service program. If you do not wish for your child to be able to make purchases please contact us directly at 603-357-9011
SAU 29 school cafeterias are meeting and exceeding new strict federal nutrition standards for school meals, ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced, portion controlled and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school.
School meals offer students 1% or fat free milk, a large variety of fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size. School lunches must also meet additional standards requiring:
Age-appropriate calorie limits
Larger servings of vegetables and fruits
(students must take at least one serving of produce at both breakfast and lunch)
A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes
Fat-free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat-free)
Whole grains rich foods
Reduced sodium levels
School meals are a great value and are convenient for busy families too!
Please see our pricing page for the breakdown of pricing for each school.
We look forward to welcoming your children to the cafeteria this year and feeding them fun and healthy meals!
Keene High School - Keene Middle School - Symonds - Wheelock - Franklin - Fuller - Jonathan Daniels - Chesterfield - Marlborough - Nelson - Harrisville - Perkins Academy
Manage your child's food service account from the convenience of your home or office 24/7
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View your child's school meals account balance
Schedule automatic payments so you will never forget to send in a payment again
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If you do not have a computer, you can register & pay by phone 1- 888-994-5100
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At schools with computerized systems, they will be given a pin number. Please do not give anyone else your pin number. You are responsible of all charges on your child's account. If you do not wish your child to be able to make purchases through the food service program, please send a letter stating that to the Keene Food Services office. A child wishing to purchase a meal or snack will only be refused if a letter from the parent or guardian is on file.
Keene Food Service is self-funded and receives no local tax dollars other than utilities. Funds from the State and Federal Government are received through meal reimbursement and the Government Food Surplus Program.
Keene Food Services provides services toall of the schools in the Keene School District as well as the schools in Marlborough, Harrisville, Marlow, Nelson, and Chesterfield
There are two main kitchens located at Keene High School and Keene Middle School.
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We are going Green and saving over 50,000 sheets of paper each year! The menus are available in our menu section on this website and on each school's web sites as well.
Any student owing $(25.00) or more, purchasing hot lunch, will have to take a choice of sandwich as their entrée. They will not be allowed to take the main entrée listed on the menu.
We encourage you to talk with your children and explain what will be happening if they have an outstanding balance. If you have a large balance and would like to set up a payment plan, we would be happy to speak with you.
We will continue to send home the balance notifications on a weekly basis with the students, but know that they do not always make it to the parents. We do make phone calls and send letters home via regular mail for the larger balances as well. You may always call the school cafeteria to check on your child's balance.


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Season 1 Episode 10
Airdate: November 18, 2009
Will's Stupid Assignment of the Week: Ballads
"Ballads are stories set to music," Will tells the glee kids, "blah blah blah…Pick a name out of a hat and sing a ballad to your partner."
Will has to put his name in because that kid who will be dropped at the end of the season is not here. Rachel picks his name, so the two immediately sing a duet.
At the home of her over the top parody of a conservative WASP family, Quinn's mom helps her fit into a dress for the upcoming chastity ball. Mommy notices that Quinn has put on a little weight in the tummy. Quinn's dad steps into the room to say that Finn should come over for dinner, then goes to watch Glenn Beck. Quinn doesn't want Finn here because her parents don't know that she is pregnant and would not react well to the news. And she knows Finn is a dumbass who will no doubt let it slip.
Back at school, Rachel presents a gift for Will, a tie with a musical note and stars. Due to the duet, Rachel has developed a crush on Will.
Will has previous experience with students becoming smitten with him. He tells Emma the story of Suzy Pepper, a student who had a crush on him two years ago. She gave him a gift, clothes with peppers designs on them. "So you can wear them and think of me," she said. Man, she really liked peppers. Suzy quickly developed into a creepy stalker who called his home in the middle of the night. Finally, Will had to tell Suzy that he did not like her in the same way. Suzy was so distraught that she swallowed "the world's hottest pepper" which she kept in her locker. The pepper burnt a hole in her esophagus and put her in a coma for three days. Knowing that Rachel is also a crazy psycho, Will does not want to let her down the same way. "These girls are too fragile," he says.
I do not find it surprising that so many girls in this school have developed infatuations towards Will. I am not saying he is an attractive man, far from it. But bear in mind that the male celebrities that are always marketed towards teen girls tend to be non-threatening and not terribly masculine. Think of N'SYNC-era Justin Timberlake, the Hanson brothers, or Justine Bieber. You can even see it in pictures of John Travolta when he was a teen heart throb in the '70s. And Will is one of the most unmanly men in America. A girl would feel safe around him.
Finn and Kurt are ballad partners. Finn is having a hard time with the idea of singing to another boy, which just adds to the stress of having a pregnant girlfriend. Kurt tells his friend that girls are the problem. "You need to be with someone who you don't need to worry about getting pregnant." This was the beginning of Ryan Murphy's Kurt's creepy attraction towards Finn.
Kurt plays the piano so Finn can express his feelings towards his unborn daughter by singing "I'll Stand by You". Finn's mom, Carole, sees him singing to a video of a sonogram. Now she knows the truth. Maybe Carole can finally explain to him how babies are really made, because Finn has no idea.
To communicate to Rachel that her crush is inappropriate, Will sings a mash-up of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Young Girl" because singing to a girl is a good way make her no longer attracted to you. Emma is present because this was her suggestion as an incompetent guidance counselor.
And Emma gets turned on as well. Good job Will, now Emma and Rachel are up for a three way. Also, "Young Girl" is wildly inappropriate to sing in this context.
Will gets home to find that Rachel is there! Used to students with crushes on her husband, Terri takes advantage of the situation by making Rachel do all the chores around the house. Will drives Rachel home, but makes her sit in the back seat. Rachel sings "Crush" but Will cuts her off after only a few seconds. If this goes too far, Will risks being sent to Pedophile Island, Florida.
Puck admits to Mercedes that he is the real father of Quinn's fetus. Mercedes tells him to back off because being a father is more than just making a baby. "That roles already been cast," Mercedes says, "by the kid who has no money. Quinn picked him." Mercedes doesn't make any sense. Puck is actually better suited to fulfill the role of father than Finn, due to having a job. It's not like Quinn can unilaterally remove Puck's parental rights, either.
Finn has dinner with Quinn's folks. But he has to duck out to the bathroom to call Kurt to ask how to handle the situation. Kurt's advice is to sing to Quinn's mom and dad. That's the only idea any of these people ever have: sing about it. Finn does, despite the objection of Quinn. The song is "(You're) Having my Baby" written by Canadian music mogul Paul Anka (Paul Anka is Canada's Jay-Z). Quinn has been outed without her consent. It is good practice for Finn when he outs Santana two years from now.
Quinn's father kicks her out of the house.
Suzy Peppers says something to Rachel about how it is a bad idea to crush on teachers. Then, Will gives a speech to Rachel along the same lines. I wasn't paying too much attention to what was said at this point. It's 3am when I write this and I shouldn't be up recapping Glee. I have a busy day tomorrow. I'm going to buy some milk and then watch an America's Next Top Model marathon on Oxygen and then another Top Model marathon on Style Network.
The episode ends with the glee kids, led by Mercedes, singing "Lean on Me" to Finn and Quinn.
Grade: A-
Best Song: "I'll Stand by You" – The Pretenders. Sung by Finn


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Billy Campbell Joins Emma Roberts in 'Delirium' Pilot
It looks like Emma Roberts has herself a co-star. TVLine is reporting that Billy Campbell has landed the role of Thomas Fineman in FOX's Delirium pilot. This particular casting is interesting (and a bit revealing), because the character of Thomas doesn't show until Pandemonium, the second book in Lauren Oliver's trilogy.
To catch you up to speed — it was announced last week that Emma had been cast as Lena in FOX's pilot based on the YA book, about a girl who lives in society where love is forbidden. All citizens must go through a procedure that takes away their ability to love, but Lena falls for a guy named Alex mere weeks before she's to undergo the procedure.
Billy's character Thomas is described as "a wealthy lobbyist who supports the use of the procedure … Despite his good looks and perfect image, though, Campbell's character can be reduced to unbridled rage during times of trouble." In fact, this casting leads many to believe they'll be combining books for the potential TV series, as Thomas is the father of (SPOILER) Lena's love interest, Julian, in the second book.
While you can never translate a book to screen perfectly, it appears as though they might be going for a love triangle aspect, a la Vampire Diaries. However, it remains to be seen until more people join the cast.
And don't forget — Teen teamed up with Delirium's author, HarperTeen and Figment.com to give one reader the chance of a lifetime. Not only will you get to visit the HarperTeen offices in NYC, but you'll have a column on Teen.com for a whole year! For more details, click the link below.
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Ninja Gaiden 2 dev looking for Achievement idea
Tired of seeing so many developers taking the easy route when it comes to Achievements ? Well, here's your chance to set an example of how Achievements should be done to developers everywhere!
Ninja Theory have put out word that they're letting the community come up with an Achievement for the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 2. To make a suggestion, you need to head over to the Gamerscore Blog and leave your suggestion(s) with your name, possible artwork, gamerscore, and description in the comments section. They'll be taking suggestions until January 24th.
There's already a whole bunch of suggestions there including a few from jokers (Insert game disk into 360 – 1000G) and some hardcore gamers (Complete the game without dying on the hardest difficulty – 100G) but nothing really new and interesting caught my eye.
[See also: Ninja Gaiden 2 gallery]


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Almost everyone wishes they could be a little healthier and the Wichita County Public Health District is trying to make that a reality. Health District employees formed the Health Coalition of Wichita County last October to help make the people of Wichita County residents healthier.
The coalition has grown from 32 to 39 experts. Before the coalition could come together, a study had to be made.
Two years ago the Wichita County Public Health District performed a study, and found out people in Wichita County tend to struggle with three illnesses.
"Some of the primary issues that were identified as part of the community health assessment were tobacco related illnesses, obesity and overweight related illnesses, and then some behavioral mental health issues," said Assistant Director of Health for Wichita County Public Health District Amy Fagan.
The coalition will do more than reduce the impact of those illnesses. They will help make the entire healthcare system for Wichita County better.
"The three that are system focused are increase collaboration and coordination amongst community health providers, assure availability and access to appropriate number of providers in the community and assure continuity of care amongst health facilities," said Fagan.
The coalition definitely believes they can make a difference in the health of the Wichita County's population.
"You can achieve a vision much faster and much more efficiently with people who can actually move the needle," said Fagan.
The Health Coalition of Wichita County is made up of a variety of health experts: hospital CEOs, dietitians, physicians, and more. But even though everyone has a different background, they all have the same goal.
Fagan said, they envision a healthier community and a better quality of life for the people of Wichita County.
The coalition will not have a direct impact on the citizens of Wichita County, but it will have an indirect effect by bringing organizations together and making people more aware of all the health organizations.
James Parish, Newschannel 6