The derailment of New York's Metro-North Railroad commuter train has claimed the lives of four people and injured more than five dozen, prompting federal transportation authorities to launch an extensive investigation in search of answers.
News outlets report the train's black box recorder has been located, and officials are scouring it for information that could shed some light on what exactly occurred in the moments before the crash, which happened with some 150 passengers on board. Eleven are said to be critically injured, while about six others have suffered injuries categorized as serious. Dozens more had broken bones, fractured ribs and major cuts and bruises.
Though still early in the investigative process, officials have already determined that speed was a factor in the New York train accident injuries. The speed around a sharp curve where the wreck happened is just 30 miles-per-hour. The stretch immediately preceding it is 70 miles-per-hour. The train was reportedly traveling at 82 miles-per-hour.
Investigators have said the train should have been slowing down long before it approached that curve near the Spuyten Duyvil station.
The engineer and operator, who was among those injured, was quoted by a number of news outlets as saying he attempted to apply the brakes. While this might indicate some type of mechanical failure, investigators so far believe there was no apparent problem with the train's braking system.
The tracks also appear to have been in working condition.
Neighbors of the operator have described him as an avid motorcyclist who liked to "live on the edge." That image has been disputed by his employer, who reported that he historically has stayed within the speed limit with his trains. The black box recorder should be able to tell investigators whether that was the case this time.
A similar crash happened six months ago, when an eastbound train in Connecticut derailed and was struck by a westbound train, causing some 75 people to suffer injuries.
These incidents come decades after the National Transportation Safety Board began urging railroad companies to update its infrastructure and install technology that would help reduce the risk of derailment due to excessive speed and other issues.
Four years ago, Congress passed a rail-safety law that gave freight and commuter train companies until the end of 2015 to install positive train control systems, designed at preventing crashes resulting from human error (about 40 percent of all train wrecks). However, due to the heavy costs involved, rail companies are trying to get that deadline pushed back another five to seven years.
The Metro-North line is among a few that are in the process of installing those updates. Right now, the firm has a kind of technology known as "automatic train control," which will apply brakes if the engineer doesn't respond to an excessive speed alert. However, that will only slow the train in some cases, not stop it.


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"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth."* (1 Corinthians 10:23-24) Maturity is seeking ways to benefit others and build them up in the Lord. My newborn baby is not trying to help me out. He's not trying to help me change fewer diapers. He's not worried about how much sleep I get at night. Babies are focused on themselves—I'm hurt, hungry, tired, cranky, I want more, I want this, I want that. There's a purpose for that, for they are very weak, and it helps us know their needs, so we can take care of them, and we teach them as they grow. My eight-year-old's back hurts, but he's going to run up another cartload of firewood anyway, because he's learning how to serve others. For a 20-year-old to cry because he's hungry, or to stomp his feet because he doesn't get what he wants, shows he gotten older without gaining maturity. There are people who like that who haven't matured—and then they tangle with police officers and other realities of life, and have to figure it out from there.
To grow up in the Lord, He tells the newborn baby in Christ, "Desire the sincere milk of the word."* (1 Peter 2:2) Store it up. Especially when your brain is still young—but it's never too old, though it takes more work to store up the scriptures. I'm amazed at how much more my children can memorize than I can. They just pack it in. But whether it feels easy or hard, just get the Word into your mind and heart, and then you can chew on it later.
I try to avoid the magazine aisle. Those things are mostly about you. There's even a magazine called Self. "Oh, yeah, I'm already pretty good, but I'm going to get that magazine and see how I can make myself better." The Lord would lead us from pride and selfishness to serving others. Self-centered: I always have a problem, I need everybody to help me, and fix me, and cure me, and encourage me, and bless me.
Now it's true that new believers are just learning what it means to become established, and they need to be poured into. New babies need to be poured into. They don't run the household, but the whole household is attentive to their needs. The temperature is kept just right for that newborn baby—you don't want them to get sick. When they're napping, you want to keep the noise level down so they can get enough sleep. But they ought not to be ruling the house. And the same thing in the church. We should surround the newborn Christians with attentive care and pour into them, but they ought not to run the Lord's house.
Being others-focused is humble, serving others. Jesus said, "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet"* (John 13:14)—to help and serve each other. When we see a piece of trash lying around, it's easy to think, "That's not mine," and walk on by. Then we ignore 14 more, because, "I didn't do it." But the spirit of serving one another would say, "Oh, someone dropped that. Maybe they didn't notice, or maybe they just didn't care, but I'm going to take care of the problem for them." Washing one another's feet is to serve.
1 Corinthians 6:19 says, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" If you've given your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, you don't own it anymore, He does. He's the boss, He's the master and Lord, as we just read in John. "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."* (1 Corinthians 6:20) Serving others is not about making everybody like you, it's about offering your body as a sacrifice to the Lord.


I was pretty happy when I figured out that my new girlfriend wanted to let me move in with her, although it is really moving at light speed so far as the relationship goes. So I was a bit surprised that it did not provide me with a shock to the system. Usually I am not in any sort of hurry to move forward in a relationship, but this seems to be a lot different. She has a pretty nice one bedroom apartment at a place called Seaside Residences by Fraser. It is a long way from being one of the nicest of the places there, but they have two huge towers with over eight hundred condos. Of course her father and her grandfather helped her buy this place, but she has a better job than I do as well. It is not the sort of place where I could hope to afford to be able to live.
In fact the place where I used to live is going to get torn down. They are going to level about a dozen places and then they are going to erect a huge skyscraper for rich people. In fact they have these sorts of things all over the island, since the amount of land is very limited and there are so many people jammed on it. That is the big problem for me when it comes to getting to work now, because this place is on the wrong side of Singapore for me and my job. I can not really complain though, since I am not being asked to pay my way. I am going to pay for stuff obviously, but the condo is bought and paid for, or at least that is what she is telling me about the subject when I ask.
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Madison High School is a public high school located in Madison Heights, Michigan, United States, in Oakland County. Its mascot is the Eagle. It is a part of Madison District Public Schools.

The original high school was built in 1924 to serve students who had attended the one-room school houses in the southern half of what is now Madison Heights.  Its first graduating class, in 1929, consisted of two students.  The Madison School District became a graded district in 1925.

The original high school's gymnasium had its first electric scoreboard in 1941, the result of a magazine sale conducted by the Eagles basketball team.

In 1958 the current Madison High School was built; the former high school is now Wilkinson Middle School.

Notable alumni
Renee Ellmers (1982), Republican U.S. Representative of North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

References

External links
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Public high schools in Michigan
High schools in Oakland County, Michigan
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you really to seem to not want to try to be friends.
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So I was thinking how to celebrate this monumental achievement. My favourite movies list? Who cares about that? Best movie by genre? Still a bit dry? A list of the best "so bad it's good" movies? Now you're talking!
Starting off our list is this "horror" movie about a group of people attacked by a random assortment of vicious birds. Well the only thing terrifying about Birdemic is the severely wooden acting and some of the worst special effects ever put to film. Just looking at the birds hovering in mid-air or the extremely fake blood effects is enough to make one spit out their soft drink. It does not get higher on the list because the first half of the movie is a banal romantic drama for some reason. Thankfully the second half is pure delicious terribleness.
Some movies with a low budget try to do clever things to hide it. Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space does not. It does not at all. They used a curtain and chairs to simulate a cockpit and it looks like a curtain and chairs. The flying saucers are also clearly hubcaps.
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You don't watch a movie called Samurai Cop and expect an Oscar-worthy film experience. But you would at least expect there to be, well, samurai. What you instead get is a train wreck of a cop movie with cringe-worthy dialogue and a couple of scenes of amateurish sword play that look like it was choreographed by five year-olds. Star Matt Hannon aka Joe Marshall aka not-so-samurai "Samurai" had thought filming was completed and cut his long hair short only to be asked back for reshoots. This spawned an entertaining game of Spot the Real Hair, Spot the Obvious Wig.
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When a vacationing family in El Paso, Texas stops off at a weird house they meet the mysterious caretaker Torgo and become the prey of an evil cult. Sounds like your normal horror movie set-up doesn't it? Oh there is nothing normal about Manos. This shoe-tip budget cult catastrophe is a master class in how not to make a movie and you cannot help but laugh at all the ineptitude.
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Q: Loop over array of a charts I am trying to write a code that loops over a predefined array of chart names and does smth to every chart
My initial guess was
Sub Select_Charts_On_Sheet()
'Selects every chart on a sheet

Dim c As Chart
Dim ChartArray As Variant
ChartArray = Array("Chart 1", "Chart 2", "Chart 3", "Chart 4")
For Each c In Charts(ChartArray)
    MsgBox (c.Name)
Next c

End Sub

Yet it does not work. Any suggestions?

A: You need to loop through the worksheet's ChartObjects, and check per each ChartObject.Name if it's found inside your ChartArray.
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Option Explicit

Sub Select_Charts_On_Sheet()
'Selects every chart on a sheet

Dim ChtObj As ChartObject
Dim ChartArray As Variant

ChartArray = Array("Chart 1", "Chart 2", "Chart 3", "Chart 4")

' loop through worksheet's chart objects
For Each ChtObj In Worksheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects ' modify "Sheet1" with your sheet's name
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    End If
Next ChtObj

End Sub

A: To do every chart on a worksheet, it's easy:
Dim ChOb As ChartObject
For Each ChOb In ActiveSheet.ChartObjects
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    End With
Next

Alternatively:
Dim iCht As Long
For iCht = 1 To ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Count
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Westwood Runs Title Streak to 5
By Craig Remsburg
Special to Second Half
ISHPEMING — His team has now won five straight MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 championships. But coach Chris Jackson isn't about to call his Ishpeming Westwood High School girls tennis program a dynasty.
"We just have good player participation," he said after his Patriots totaled 14 points to beat runner-up Iron Mountain by one Wednesday. "This is the biggest 'team' victory out of all of them, though."
West Iron County placed third with 10 points followed by Ishpeming (7), Ironwood (6), Munising (4) and Gwinn (1).
"I'm just drained," Jackson said. "This was the most tense finals out of all of them."
Westwood's No. 3 doubles team of Lacey Pietro and Olivia Derocher, its No. 4 doubles tandem of Emily Carlson and Jamee Ferris, and Rachel Anderson at No. 4 singles all won titles.
Jackson said his No. 4 doubles unit, which rallied to knock off Hannah Hakamaki and Grace Hansen of Iron Mountain by a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 count, was a key to the win.
"They were our last group on the court. If they win, we win by one point," he said. "They were down 5-2 in the second set and won 7-5, In one stretch, they won 10 of 11 games."
Anderson added a No. 4 singles crown to her resume after winning at No. 4 doubles last season.
"At first, I was shaky," she said of her 6-3, 6-0 win over Jessie Prudhomme of West Iron. "But after a few games, I got into my rhythm.
"It was great to be a No. 4 doubles champ, but this one is better because I did it on my own."
Jackson said his team's victory came from other factors as well.
"Our No. 3 doubles are both seniors and got our finals started," Jackson said. "It was our first finals win (of the day).
"Megan Chapman got into the semis and got us a point, and Caitlin Hewitt (at No. 2 doubles with Gabby Hebert) picked up points playing with a leg injury. Caitlin had been playing No. 1 singles until her injury three weeks ago. She was able to contribute at No. 2 doubles, and it's a case of a senior sacrificing for the better of the team."
Iron Mountain claimed wins at No. 1 singles with Katie Brule, No. 2 singles with Olivia Truscott and No. 2 doubles with twins Katie and Emily Bugni.
"It was a very hard match," Brule said of her 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 win over Ironwood's Katie Piispanen. "She hit the ball well, placed it well and made me run. But my overheads were good and so were my serves.
"I stayed consistent in the tiebreaker and didn't get frustrated. I felt better about things after winning that." she added, noting she won a U.P. title at No. 2 singles in 2012.
Truscott, meanwhile, beat Jaime Olson of Ishpeming, 6-0, 6-4.
"My ball placement was good, my serves were 'on' today and I came to the net a lot," Truscott said. "(Olson) hits everything back to you and my approach shots had to be good. I just had to attack.
"In the second set," Truscott added, "I had to slow it down and just try to get my shots in."
Said Iron Mountain coach Greg Stegall: "Olivia's a sophomore with a good work ethic. She's a competitor."
The Mountaineers' Bugni sisters, who won a peninsula crown at No. 3 doubles last season, knocked off Westwood's Hebert and Hewitt, 6-1, 6-3.
"We had to get each other's confidence up. Those (Westwood) girls are good," said Emily, 45 minutes older than her twin.
Added Kate: "We hit the ball well, and communicated well. I was also good at the net."
Iron Mountain placed second to Westwood last year by two points.
"It seems to be our scenario: we come up one match short of making everyone happy," Stegall said. "It's disappointing to come up one point short.
"But I have a good group of sophomores — five are coming back. It's a pleasure to work with them."
Ironwood's Rachel Pallin and Danielle Begalle defeated Adelle Gendron and Alex Paquette of Munising, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 1 doubles.
"We had to fight for it," Begalle said. "This was only our second time playing together.
Added Pallin: "We took our time and placed our shots well. We weren't rushing.
"What a way to end our senior year. This was (coach Annette Burchell's) first time with a flight winner in the U.P. Finals (in her 10 years of coaching)."
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PHOTOS: (Top) Westwood's Rachel Anderson returns the ball to her West Iron County opponent during their championship match. (Middle) Iron Mountain's Katie Brule runs to return the ball to her Ironwood opponent during a championship match of the Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals on Wednesday. (Photos by Adelle Whitefoot for Second Half.)
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Team of the Month: Negaunee Girls Tennis
MHSAA.com senior editor
The Negaunee girls tennis team's Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals championship won Sept. 28 was its seventh over the last 10 seasons, to go with runner-up finishes the three seasons the Miners didn't win it all during that time.
So when coach Kyle Saari says this year's team stands out among them, that's actually saying quite a lot.
And what all of it says about his program is pretty defining as well.
Negaunee is the fifth-biggest tennis school in the Upper Peninsula, but with an enrollment count of 414 has about 700 fewer students than Marquette and even about 235 fewer than the second-biggest tennis school, Escanaba.
And yet, the program may be on its way to getting even stronger coming off this season's championship, won with 19 points and flight championships at Nos. 3 and 4 singles and Nos. 2 and 3 doubles and earning Negaunee tennis the MHSAA/Applebee's "Team of the Month" honor for September.
"We've been fortunate, really beyond the (last) decade, to just get solid groups of athletes out that want to compete. I think what happened, on the girls side anyway, is when we won our first Division 1 title in 2012, the next group that comes in wants to leave their mark and wants to do a little more," Saari said. "When you have a solid group of leaders throughout the course of the last decade, it's contagious with the freshmen and even trickles down to the middle school too."
That might sound like an understatement given the success of the middle school tennis program last year, it's first. More than 100 students attended, and the middle school has only about 450-500. The tennis program was for only sixth, seventh and eighth graders – so it's fair to put an estimate at roughly 25 percent of the community's middle schoolers had a racket in their hands.
They have plenty of standouts to look up to, as both Finals singles champions were freshmen and both doubles pairs finished the fall undefeated. Together, those six players are among 10 total starters who should be back next season. Negaunee will graduate only No. 1 singles Jordan Enright and No. 1 doubles Stella Harris.
Harris and sophomore Madison Frustaglio finished runner-up at the Final, and with No. 2 champs Olivia Lunseth and Sage Juntti and No. 3 winners Kallen Schultz and Madalynn Peters gave the Miners a comfortable predicament in August as Saari believed all six were capable of playing the No. 1 flight. As they powered to titles, Paytin Brunette and Autumn Ring finished out the strong doubles lineup with a runner-up Finals finish at No. 4.
On the singles side, the freshmen pair of Rheana Nelson at No. 3 and Lilliana Saunders at No. 4 anchored like veterans, joining No. 2 singles runner-up Aubrey Johnson and Enright at the top as all eight flights scored at least one point at the championship tournament.
Negaunee finished 13-0-1 in dual matches this fall, that lone tie coming midway through the season against more experienced Iron Mountain. The Mountaineers were on the cusp of victory when Nelson stepped in to seize the tie-saving point.
She and Saunders, because of their inexperience, carried some uncertainty entering this season. They also ended up major reasons why this championship team will continue to stick out among the many the program has celebrated.
"We felt pretty good about two freshmen stepping into our singles lineup. We knew they were athletic, and we knew they were high-character kids," Saari said. "But at the same time, under pressure at the end of the year, you don't know how they're going to react.
"Those are two (singles) titles, as time has really went on, it's put into perspective how special those two flights were for us."
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iQOO 9 Series Confirmed to be the First to Feature 50MP Samsung GN5 Camera
Reported by Anupam Sharma December 31st, 2021 at 09:20 pm 0
In the post shared by iQOO, the company has informed that the iQOO 9 series will come featuring a primary camera with Samsung's 50MP ICOCELL GN5 Sensor whereas the secondary camera will have a 150-degree ultra-wide-angle lens. According to the company, iQOO 9 will be the first smartphone series ever to feature Samsung's 50MP GN5 sensor.
iQOO 9 series will come featuring a primary camera with Samsung's 50MP ICOCELL GN5 Sensor.
iQOO 9 will be the first smartphone series ever to feature Samsung's 50MP GN5 sensor.
The 150-degree ultra-wide-angle lens will only be available with the pro model.
Earlier, a leaked poster had surfaced for the upcoming iQOO 9 series of smartphones, according to which the series was going to be launched in China on January 5, 2022. Now, Vivo's subsidiary brand iQOO has made an official confirmation via Weibo that the devices will be arriving on January 9. Details about the camera specifications of the handsets have also been revealed. The upcoming iQOO 9 series will consist of iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro models. The company took over Weibo previously as well to share an image for the upcoming iQOO 9, providing details on one of the colour options of the device.
Details on Upcoming iQOO 9 Series
In the post shared by iQOO, the company has informed that the iQOO 9 series will come featuring a primary camera with Samsung's 50MP ICOCELL GN5 Sensor, whereas the secondary camera will have a 150-degree ultra-wide-angle lens. According to the company, iQOO 9 will be the first smartphone series ever to feature Samsung's 50MP GN5 sensor. The poster shared by the company also reveals that a 7P lens and gimbal stabilization will be featured in the series. However, the 150-degree ultra-wide-angle lens will only be available with the pro model.
iQOO has also shared in a separate post that iQOO 9 Pro will come with a 120W GaN charger which will be lighter and smaller than the previous generation adapters. It has also been informed by the company that the iQOO 9 series will feature a 4700mAh battery backup. Previous leaks have also suggested that iQOO 9 is expected to come featuring a 6.78-inch AMOLED E5 display made by Samsung and will have a Full-HD+ resolution with a 120Hz refresh rate. In addition to this IQOO 9 may come with a second-generation independent display chip, two stereo speakers, and a dual X-axis linear motor. The device is most probably going to be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset. IQOO 9 is also expected to feature 8GB RAM.
iQOO is yet to release proper specification details for the iQOO 9 series, and we can expect more details to be revealed by the company as the launch of the devices are just around the corner.
Anupam Sharma
Anupam has been a tech enthusiast for a while and is always on the feet to know about the new launches whether it is smartphones or any other devices. He's trying to share this passion with the help of his writing skills. Apart from these he's also a pursuing freelance digital artist and loves creating artworks.
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Angelina Jolie visits refugees in Iraq camp
Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meeting members of the Yazidi minority in Khanke IDP Camp, in northern Iraq on January 25. AFP PHOTO
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie returned to Dohuk on Jan. 25 to visit Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqi citizens in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to offer support and emphasize the dire needs of 3.3 million displaced people in the area.
"It is shocking to see how the humanitarian situation in Iraq has deteriorated since my last visit. On top of large numbers of Syrian refugees, 2 million Iraqis were displaced by violence in 2014 alone. Many of these innocent people have been uprooted multiple times as they seek safety amid shifting frontlines," Jolie said, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency.
Jolie visited an informal settlement and a formal camp at Khanke that accommodates internally displaced Iraqis as well as 20,000 people from the Yazidi community that fled the Sinjar region in early August last year. Jolie spoke to people and listened to their experiences of hardship and loss.
"Nothing can prepare you for the horrific stories of these survivors of kidnap, abuse and exploitation and to see how they cannot all get the urgent help they need and deserve," Jolie said. "The needs so dramatically outstrip the resources available in this vast crisis. Much more international assistance is needed," the special envoy added.
Although much aid has been provided by the government, most of the aid coming from the UNHCR and partners are inhibited by a lack of funding, as well as security constraints.
Jolie also made a visit to the Domiz camp, which now accommodates more than 50,000 Syrian refugees.
While the conflict approaches its fifth year in Syria, Jolie said: "The war in Syria is at the root of so many of the problems faced here in Iraq and across the region. There is an urgent need for international leadership to break the cycle of violence in Syria, and to find a way forward toward a just and sustainable peace agreement."
While concluding her first day of two-day visit to Iraq, Jolie also expressed her sympathy to the family of Haruna Yukawa, a Japanese hostage reportedly executed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Jan. 24, as well as to all families and victims such acts.
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VOL. 33 · NO. 4 | November 2013
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33(4), 361, (1 November 2013) https://doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741-33.4.361
MountainNotes Becomes MountainAgenda: MRD's Third Peer-reviewed Section
Hans Hurni, David Molden, Anne Zimmermann, Susanne Wymann von Dach
33(4), 362-363, (1 November 2013) https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.3304
MOUNTAINDEVELOPMENT
Constructing Roads—Constructing Risks? Settlement Decisions in View of Landslide Risk and Economic Opportunities in Western Nepal
Thomas Lennartz
33(4), 364-371, (1 November 2013) https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00048.1
KEYWORDS: Landslide risk, risk perception, road construction, decision-making, Nepal
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Government authorities and development agencies use road construction as a tool to support socioeconomic development in remote areas worldwide. In mountain regions, roads are closely connected with landslide risk. They destabilize slopes and often lead to the expansion of settlements into hazard zones. Weighing increased landslide risk against economic opportunities, inhabitants of adjacent areas acquire land along road corridors and build shops and houses. This article presents a case study from western Nepal, where an internationally supported road construction project triggered the establishment of a new bazaar in a landslide-prone area. Based on data gathered from qualitative interviews and a quantitative household survey, it discusses people's rationales for moving to the hazard zone, placing special emphasis on risk perception and economic reasoning from a livelihood perspective. The article also considers the extent to which the approach to rural road construction presently used in Nepal influences such developments. The study provides insights into the links between risk perceptions, livelihood strategies, and road-related development interventions and provides suggestions for a risk-sensitive adaptation of current approaches.
MOUNTAINRESEARCH
The Atta Abad Landslide and Everyday Mobility in Gojal, Northern Pakistan
Nancy Cook, David Butz
KEYWORDS: mobility, roads, disaster, Landslide, social change, Pakistan
In early 2010, the massive Atta Abad landslide blocked the Hunza River in the Gojal region of northern Pakistan. It also buried or flooded 25 km of the Karakoram Highway, the only vehicular transportation route connecting this region to the rest of Pakistan. Since the Karakoram Highway opened in 1978, road mobility has become deeply integrated into the everyday economies and time–space fabric of Gojali households. In this paper, we focus on what happens when a natural disaster unexpectedly slams the brakes on movement as a way to understand more fully the sociodevelopmental implications of roads in the rural global South. We review the history of mobility in the region to explain the importance of the Karakoram Highway as a mobility platform that restructured sociospatial relations in Gojal. We then turn to interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, and local news sources to outline how residents of 4 Gojali communities were experiencing the economic, social, and emotional impacts of landslide-induced mobility disruptions in the 18 months following the disaster.
Carbon and Nitrogen Flow in the Traditional Land Use System of the Himalaya Region, Nepal
Anjana Giri, Klaus Katzensteiner
KEYWORDS: sustainability, farmyard manure, fuelwood, organic matter, Nepal
Traditionally, agricultural systems in the Himalayan region of Nepal rely on livestock, forestry, and crop production. The extraction of litter, tree fodder, and grasses from the forest ensures a net movement of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) from the forest to the agricultural land. This study assessed the sustainability of farming systems by computing the C and N input and output of the agroecosystem. The study was conducted in the buffer zone of Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal. A questionnaire survey, field measurements, and laboratory analysis of samples were used to determine the C and N inputs and fluxes in the systems. Forest litter is a major source of C and N for agricultural land, as is fodder from the forest fed to livestock (lopping of trees, grazing). Amounts that are fairly significant are supplied by human waste. To produce the average amount of 40 kg N ha−1 per year applied as compost, 25 kg N from forest litter, 23 kg N from forest fodder, 9 kg N from human waste, and 3.5 kg N from field grazing and straw are required. Losses are attributed to volatilization, denitrification, and leaching. Harvest residues amount to 14 kg N ha−1. Rather than discouraging the use of litter toilets, a modernized version of indigenous waste management and composting practices could reduce dependency on forests for fuelwood, fodder, and litter. To maintain the present fertility status, each household needs an estimated 2–5 ha of forest land.
Impacts of Cultivation and Fallow Length on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Availability in the Bolivian Andean Highland Region
Javier Aguilera, Peter Motavalli, Corinne Valdivia, Miguel Angel Gonzales
KEYWORDS: fallow, elevation, Altiplano, active soil carbon and nitrogen, crop rotation
Inclusion of periods of unmanaged or natural fallowing is an important soil management practice in the potato-based cropping systems of the resource-poor Andean highland region (Altiplano) of Bolivia. However, in recent years the area in fallow and the fallow length are being reduced due to greater land use intensity and competing land uses. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of the length of cropping and fallowing periods on soil degradation or soil restoration, and to compare the potential soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization from a range of cropped and fallow lands at different elevations. Four representative indigenous communities of the semiarid central Altiplano were selected, 2 at a relatively high elevation and 2 at a relatively low elevation. Soil samples were collected in 2006 and 2007 from fields at the first, second, and third year of crop rotation and from fields with 1, 10, 20, 30, and 40 years of fallow and analyzed for several soil properties. In general, the upper elevations had significantly higher soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, inorganic nitrogen, soil test phosphorus and potassium, exchangeable calcium and magnesium, and cation exchange capacity than the lower elevations. Cropping significantly decreased total and active soil organic carbon and total, inorganic, and active soil nitrogen. Fallowing was observed to restore total and active soil organic carbon and total and active soil nitrogen more rapidly in the higher communities than in the lower communities; this difference was mainly attributed to differences in initial soil properties, climate, and land management in cropped fields with elevation. Further research may be needed to determine which factor has the most influence on soil degradation and soil fertility restoration in this environment in order to assist farmers to improve soil fertility.
Constraints on Agricultural Production in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam
Bui Tan Yen, Saskia M. Visser, Chu Thai Hoanh, Leo Stroosnijder
KEYWORDS: Northern Uplands, land-use constraints, land evaluation, resource use efficiency, Vietnam
The Northern Uplands of Vietnam form one of the largest ecological regions in the country, characterized by complex biophysical conditions and a high diversity in ethnic minorities, cultures, and farming systems. The Doi moi ("renovation") program has, since the early 1980s, resulted in significant changes in agriculture production and related economic trends. However, poverty, low agricultural productivity, and land degradation are still major problems. This article illustrates the factors that drive these problems by analyzing agricultural land use in Suoi Con, a small agroforestry watershed in the Northern Uplands. We first identified the current land-use systems and analyzed constraints on agricultural production. The results indicate that although low soil fertility and land degradation are considerable problems, availability of household capital, low technology levels, and land fragmentation are major constraints on agricultural development. These constraints were analyzed from different points of view to identify mismatches between the implementation of top-down government policies and specific conditions that may explain why actual land-use change in the Northern Uplands deviates from the government's development plans. Results of land-use analysis in the Suoi Con watershed suggest that participatory and bottom-up approaches are needed to better understand problems and opportunities in household agricultural production in order to develop appropriate land-use plans and policies.
The Rental Market for Farmland in Vietnam's Mountainous North Central Coast Region: Outcomes and Constraints
Van Le, Michael Lyne, Nazmun Ratna, Peter Nuthall
KEYWORDS: market efficiency, transaction costs, social capital, land use efficiency, equity, Vietnam
Vietnam's rural areas are characterized by small and fragmented farms, cost inefficiency, and low agricultural income. An efficient land rental market is expected to alleviate some of these problems by creating incentives for allocative efficiency. Voluntary rental transactions are also expected to improve the welfare of both lessees and lessors. This study investigates the efficiency and equity outcomes of the rental market for farmland in a commune in Vietnam's north central coast region, a mountainous area with relatively low incomes and a high concentration of ethnic minorities. It also examines the efficiency of the rental market itself, recognizing that market participation is affected by cultural norms and mutual trust. Data for the study were gathered in 2 household surveys, each conducted in 2 villages. The first was a multistage sample survey of 200 households; the second was a census survey of rental market participants. It was found that the rental market is encouraging households to trade their land use rights in mutually beneficial ways that transfer land to more effective farmers. But there is considerable room for improvement through increasing the number of market participants by reducing transaction costs associated with inadequate information, opportunism, and lack of confidence in the legal system. Perceived levels of risk differed between Kinh and Thai respondents.
Estimating Summer Precipitation Over the Tibetan Plateau With Geostatistics and Remote Sensing
Shi-Guang Xu, Zheng Niu, Da Kuang, Yan Shen, Wen-Jiang Huang, Yu Wang
KEYWORDS: Precipitation, cokriging, digital elevation model (DEM), Climate Prediction Center morphing (CMORPH), data fusion, FETCH_OCK, Tibetan plateau
Although precipitation is important to climatology, hydrology, and agricultural research, the spatial pattern of precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau is difficult to determine because of complex surface conditions and a sparse rain gauge network. In the present article, a method we named FETCH_OCK—based on a combination of Yin et al's Fetch method (2008) and ordinary cokriging (OCK)—is proposed; it was used to estimate monthly summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau, which has limited rain gauge observations and a restricted satellite precipitation dataset. First, the monthly ground observations measured by rain gauges were interpolated using OCK, with a digital elevation model (DEM) as the covariant. Second, the spatial variability of the precipitation monitored by satellite was extracted from the Climate Prediction Center morphing (CMORPH) satellite precipitation dataset by calculating a parameter (FETCH) developed from Yin et al's Fetch parameter. Finally, the precipitation datasets estimated by OCK were corrected by the FETCH parameter derived from the CMORPH satellite precipitation dataset. Summer (June to August) precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau from 2005 to 2009 was estimated using this model. The precipitation datasets estimated by FETCH_OCK were tested using ground observations from 55 independent rain gauges. The results indicate that the FETCH_OCK model not only is an improvement compared with the input precipitation datasets (OCK and CMORPH) but also performs better than other widely used precipitation datasets, including universal kriging with DEM as a covariant and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 3B43. The present study aims to correct the smoothing effect of kriging interpolation models and to provide a more accurate precipitation dataset for the Tibetan Plateau.
MOUNTAINAGENDA
Alpine Ecology in the Iberian Peninsula: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Learn?
Isabel C. Barrio, C. Guillermo Bueno, Laszlo Nagy, Sara Palacio, Oriol Grau, Ignacio Munilla, María Begoña García, Ana I. Garcia-Cervigón, Maite Gartzia, Antonio Gazol, Carlos Lara-Romero, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Josep M. Ninot, Cristina Chocarro, Concepción L. Alados, Federico Fillat, Regino Zamora
KEYWORDS: alpine ecosystems, global change, mountain areas, socioecological research
The 11th Conference of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology, held in Pamplona, Spain, on 6–10 May 2013, included a symposium on alpine ecological research in the Iberian Peninsula. This session offered an excellent opportunity to assess the state and progress of alpine ecology in this region, identify knowledge gaps, and discuss further directions for research. Iberian alpine ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots and have traditionally contributed to sustaining rural livelihoods. Today, these ecosystems are subjected to large changes in land uses, including land abandonment, and are affected by climate change. This article reviews the current state of Iberian alpine ecology and proposes a research agenda. Alpine ecology in the Iberian Peninsula is a growing field of research. The need for larger spatial and temporal scales in research and monitoring, along with the integration of socioecological aspects, is a critical issue for understanding the major drivers of change in the alpine ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula. The implementation of effective mitigation strategies aimed at reducing the impact of the pressing environmental and socioeconomic problems of Iberian mountain areas can only be accomplished through a multidisciplinary and integrative approach.
Assessing the State of Sustainable Land Management Research in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Chad Dear, Jyldyz Shigaeva, Bettina Wolfgramm
KEYWORDS: Sustainable land management (SLM), rational use of land resources (RURL), state of research, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Global Land Project (GLP), research–action interface, Research recommendations
This article synthesizes findings from a review of the state of research on sustainable land management in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and from an analysis of the interface between research and action. Using the Global Land Project (GLP 2005) analytical framework, we analyzed the distribution of 131 selected publications (including a clearly defined set of local and international academic and gray literature) across the framework's components and links in a social–ecological system. There is a strong emphasis in the literature on the impact of changes in land use and management on ecosystems; however, there is little research on the implications for ecosystem services. This finding is opposed to that of a similar analysis of publications at the global scale (Björnsen Gurung et al 2012). Another major gap was the lack of research on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan regarding the influence of global factors on social and ecological systems, despite social, economic, and political integration into global structures since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the increasing influence of climate change. Our analysis disaggregated academic literature published in the region and international academic literature, revealing stark differences. These differences are partly attributable to the legacy of the late Soviet era principle of "rational use of land resources," which fit the planned economy but lacks approaches for decentralized resource governance. Finally, the emphasis of research on systems knowledge, the lack of transdisciplinary research, and the critical feedback of stakeholders at a regional sustainable land management forum suggest that actionable sustainable land management research on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is rare. Recommendations are made for targeted, application-focused, multistakeholder research and knowledge sharing, including local and international researchers as well as practitioners, policy-makers, and land users.
Postharvest Processing of Large Cardamom in the Eastern Himalaya
Angom Ingocha Singh, Anand Kumar Pothula
KEYWORDS: Large cardamom, postharvest processing, quality, curing, grading, calyx cutting, trade
The dried fruits of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.), a high-value, low-volume spice crop grown only in the three eastern Himalayan countries, are widely used in foods, beverages, perfumes, and medicines. Production is currently declining, and improved postharvest management would be one way to help ensure the sustainability of this niche crop. The value chain for large cardamom consists largely of traditional practices; scientific improvements are needed in a number of postharvest steps, including marketing. This article reviews the crop's postharvest processing (with emphasis on curing, calyx cutting, packaging, and storage), quality issues, and trade patterns, and identifies research topics that could contribute to increasing its quality and value and thereby to protecting and promoting the livelihoods of several thousands of people in the value chain.
Glacier Retreat and Tourism: Insights from New Zealand
Heather Purdie
KEYWORDS: Glacier tourism, climate change, Glacier retreat, hazards, New Zealand
Glacier tourism, a multimillion-dollar industry in New Zealand, is potentially under threat by ongoing glacial retreat. Surface morphology changes associated with retreat and thinning result in increasingly difficult access for guided walks on the Franz Josef Glacier, but simultaneously, an enlarging proglacial lake is increasing tourism opportunities at Tasman Glacier. Steepening ice slopes, increased debris cover, and an increase in the rockfall hazard are just some of the challenges glacier tourism operators face as glaciers around the world retreat. To date in New Zealand, glacier tourism has kept pace with ongoing glaciological change, often by increasing mechanized access. Focusing scientific research on short-term process studies—for example, determining thinning rates and assessing hazards—will help tour operators and policy-makers make decisions about future glacier utilization and accessibility.
MOUNTAINPLATFORM
Mountain Research Initiative Seeks to Break New Ground in Second Decade
Gregory B. Greenwood
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), an international networking project for global change research in mountain regions, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and founded under the auspices of the International Geosphere–Biosphere and International Human Dimensions Projects (IGBP and IHDP), has worked assiduously for more than 10 years to develop a community of researchers and to synthesize and publicize knowledge about global change in mountain regions. The Initiative is now developing campaigns by which this stronger network can produce new research infrastructure and knowledge.
The Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research
Thomas Scheurer, Astrid Björnsen Gurung, Axel Borsdorf, Valerie Braun, Rolf Weingartner
Switzerland and Austria are committed to addressing sustainable mountain development in Europe through a joint effort. In June 2013, more than 140 researchers as well as representatives of the 2 countries' funding ministries participated in the "Mountain Days" event in Mittersill, Austria, thereby marking the official launch of the Swiss-Austrian Alliance. The resulting Mittersill Commitment Paper highlights 8 research areas and calls for international cooperation between mountain researchers, institutions, and governments.
MOUNTAINMEDIA
High Nature Value Farming in Europe: 35 European Countries—Experiences and Perspectives
Martin Price
33(4), 480-481, (1 November 2013) https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.mm126
The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak
Jack D. Ives
Regional Cooperation in the South Caucasus: Good Neighbours or Distant Relatives?
Jörg Stadelbauer
33(4), 484, (1 November 2013) https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.mm127
Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa: From Concept to Practice
Simon Willcock


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Small northern city asserts promising future for large energy efficiency projects in Russia
A first large energy saving project in Olenegorsk, a small town in Russia's Far Northern Murmansk Region, on the Kola Peninsula, which has seen energy-efficient heating systems installed in schools and kindergartens to the benefit of both the environment and the municipal coffers, serves as encouraging proof that Russia may well be ready to take steps toward a greener energy economy.
Published on November 24, 2010 by Alexey Pavlov
Photo: Bellona Murmansk
The project has been implemented with financial support provided by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). NEFCO, as follows from the organisation's website, is an international financial institution established by five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – which finances investments and projects primarily in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus "in order to generate positive environmental effects of interest to the Nordic region."
NEFCO has been a sizable presence in Murmansk Region for a few years now. In this northern area, the corporation has offered a number of attractive credits to allow municipalities to develop energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies that they would be hard-pressed to find money for otherwise.
Up-to-date heating systems in public buildings is one such example. The logic is simple: The fewer resources the city will spend on supplying heat to schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and other municipal buildings, the easier the burden will be on the local environment, while the authorities will also be able to save on fuel costs. Furthermore, in order to obtain a NEFCO credit, municipal administrations do not have to contact the corporation directly: All they have to do is make a call to one of the locally established Centres for Energy Efficiency. These organisations then put municipalities in touch with NEFCO.
"The project in Olenegorsk has been in the works for a very long time. Apparently, the former administration of the town was not particularly interested. Then there was a change in management, and this year, we finally started to do some constructive work," Yury Zelenkov, executive director of the Kola Energy Efficiency Centre, told Bellona. "Besides, the Federal Energy Saving Programme is in progress now, which prescribes certain [energy efficiency] measures to be implemented by all building owners within three years."
According to Zelenkov, one of the programme's requirements was, in particular, that building owners should have energy saving plans developed by August 1. The next measure implies issuing energy efficiency certificates for the buildings. Disregarding the programme's instructions is punishable by fines that could cost authorities up to RUR 50,000 (EUR 1,180).
The administration of Olenegorsk must have chosen to go along with the programme, rather than paying a fine, and turned to NEFCO for help replacing heating systems in the town's schools and kindergartens. NEFCO provided Olenegorsk with a RUR 9 million credit payable within five years. Another million roubles was contributed out of Olenegorsk's own funds.
As a result, Olenegorsk schools and kindergartens are being supplied now with heat from fourteen so-called "heating centres" established in the town. A "heating centre" is a system that balances out the distribution of the heat carrier in such a way that temperature in all rooms remains at the needed level. Additionally, thanks to such a system, each building owner can regulate heat supply so as to use exactly as much thermal energy as is needed for particular purposes.
"The control system of such a centre has a "weekly hours" option, which allows one to select a particular heating mode for a [particular period of time]," Zelenkov explained. "We don't need to heat a building 24 hours a day, now do we, if it's only for eight hours a day that there are people inside it. So we are now adjusting these heating modes. So that in the morning, when kids come, it will be warm in the rooms, and the temperature does not drop during the day – until the classes are over. That's how we'll start saving energy."
The experience the Kola Energy Efficiency Centre has gained so far shows such projects pay off within five years and help save up to 25 percent in heating costs during the winter and up to 60 percent in the spring and autumn.
According to Bellona-Murmansk's energy projects coordinator Yury Sergeyev, Murmansk Region, just like many other regions in Russia, has a huge energy saving potential at its disposal.
"Look around you," Sergeyev says, "we are used to being so wasteful, have always been – we like our surroundings to be warm. Realising our energy saving potential has been taking very long."
But he is hopeful that the success of the project in Olenegorsk will compel authorities in other towns in the region to give a thought to implementing such projects in their own municipalities.
"A well-working energy saving and energy efficiency policy, coupled with the development of renewable energy, should be a solution not only and not so much for economic problems as for ecological ones as well, of which today the most pressing one is global climate change," Sergeyev said.
Alexey Pavlov
murmansk@bellona.ru


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Buddha Boys - Gorilla Glue #4
Product Code: gorilla glue
Gorilla Glue #4 (also known as GG4) created by GG strains is a Sativa-dominant hybrid, a multiple award-winning strain, famous for its high THC content. It averages 18 to 25 percent THC, but you may find it as high as 32 percent at some dispensaries. The CBD is very low, ranging between 0.05 and 0.1 percent.
This strain gets its name because of the resin that collects on the scissors when trimming. Gorilla Glue #4 has several parents due to extensive backcrossing – Sour Diesel, Sour Dubb, Chem's Sister, and Chocolate Diesel.
The hybrid strain has won awards at the 2014 Cannabis Cup in both Los Angeles and Michigan. It has been described as a bunch of trichromes with a few buds, leaves, and stalks sticking out.
The aroma is very strong and is mostly diesel with notes of chocolate and coffee, although sweet and earthy is also used to describe it. You'll be going back for seconds due to the full-bodied and flavorful smoke. The buds are green with orange hairs. It is very dense, spongy, resinous, and covered in trichromes.
Gorilla Glue #4 makes you chill, medical and recreational users, both. It gives a full body melt, despite the Sativa-dominance. The body effect may be a result of the THC/CBD ratio, the terpene profile, and/or the synergistic effects of the cannabinoids. Along with the body buzz, expect uplifting, cerebral effects. Not exactly a strain to use in the morning, Gorilla Glue #4 is more suited to a day off from work or to end the day.
Recreational users will find that the buzz goes straight to the head. The effect is heavy-handed as this is a couch-locking strain. You will feel the effect immediately and it will "glue" you to the couch and deliver relaxation and euphoria.
With low CBD, Gorilla Glue #4 is not for serious medical conditions such as seizures, cancer, and central nervous disorders. It is good for mild and moderate conditions such as headache and insomnia. The indica provides sedating effects for painful disorders like arthritis and slipped discs.
This strain has a reputation for being able to treat disorders that are more mental in origin such as stress, anxiety, and depression. In particular, people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have made Gorilla Glue #4 their go-to girl.
Gorilla Glue #4 came into being due to the accidental pollination of a hermaphrodite and therefore, growers advise that even if you get feminized seeds, you should check each plant for pollen sacs in the flowering stage. This strain flowers in 8 weeks and the yield is heavy.
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Cankush has teamed up with Buddha Boys (@buddhaboys_) bringing top quality products grown by the Buddha Boys team. Gorilla Glue #4 (also known as GG4) created by GG strains is a Sativa-dominant hybrid, a multiple award-winning strain, famous for its high THC content. It averages 18 to 25 percent THC, but you may find it as high as 32 percent at some dispensaries. The CBD is very low, ranging between 0.05 and 0.1 percent. This strain gets its name because of the resin that collects on the scissors when trimming. Gorilla Glue #4 has several parents due to extensive backcrossing – Sour Diesel, Sour Dubb, Chem's Sister, and Chocolate Diesel. The hybrid strain has won awards at the 2014 Cannabis Cup in both Los Angeles and Michigan. It has been described as a bunch of trichromes with a few buds, leaves, and stalks sticking out. The aroma is very strong and is mostly diesel with notes of chocolate and coffee, although sweet and earthy is also used to describe it. You'll be going back for seconds due to the full-bodied and flavorful smoke. The buds are green with orange hairs. It is very dense, spongy, resinous, and covered in trichromes. Gorilla Glue #4 makes you chill, medical and recreational users, both. It gives a full body melt, despite the Sativa-dominance. The body effect may be a result of the THC/CBD ratio, the terpene profile, and/or the synergistic effects of the cannabinoids. Along with the body buzz, expect uplifting, cerebral effects. Not exactly a strain to use in the morning, Gorilla Glue #4 is more suited to a day off from work or to end the day. Recreational users will find that the buzz goes straight to the head. The effect is heavy-handed as this is a couch-locking strain. You will feel the effect immediately and it will "glue" you to the couch and deliver relaxation and euphoria. With low CBD, Gorilla Glue #4 is not for serious medical conditions such as seizures, cancer, and central nervous disorders. It is good for mild and moderate conditions such as headache and insomnia. The indica provides sedating effects for painful disorders like arthritis and slipped discs. This strain has a reputation for being able to treat disorders that are more mental in origin such as stress, anxiety, and depression. In particular, people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have made Gorilla Glue #4 their go-to girl. Gorilla Glue #4 came into being due to the accidental pollination of a hermaphrodite and therefore, growers advise that even if you get feminized seeds, you should check each plant for pollen sacs in the flowering stage. This strain flowers in 8 weeks and the yield is heavy.
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Q: How to use WCF as a bridge or wrapper? I have a special service constantly outputting updates from the field 24/7. Since it's using the push mechanism and proprietary, it requires its corresponding proprietary client to receive the updates. I am not sure if this is a right approach, but I was asked to write a WCF service exposing the received data as a web service in JSON. What I am thinking is to write a web service wrapping a constantly-running process receiving updates and cache updates in memory and whenever my web service is called I will throw the cached data back in JSON.
As I understand, the ServiceHost is not constantly running. Instead it is activated when somebody hits the service. That's not ideal because we need to receive all data (or at least data of last X days).
I also welcome any different approach if the current one sounds idiotic.
fredell

A: WCF supports self-hosting, which basically lets you do whatever you want.
You could write a Windows service application which hosts the WCF service. The Windows service would run continuously and receive the proprietary push notifications, and the WCF service hosted inside would let you access the received data.
This approach seems fine to me, but beware of memory exhaustion: maybe you'd want to persist the received data in some time-series database, so it doesn't get lost if your service crashes - and your service wouldn't consume lots of RAM if no-one actually polls the data through WCF.


Ewart, K. M., Griffin, A.S., Johnson, R. N., Kark, S., Magory Cohen, T., Lo, N. and Major, R.E. (2019). Two speed invasion: assisted and intrinsic dispersal of common mynas over 150 years of colonization. Journal of Biogeography 46: 45-57.
Morales, H. E., Pavlova. A., Amos, N., Major, R.E., Kilian A., Greening, C. and Sunnucks, P. (2018). Concordant divergence of mitogenomes and a mitonuclear gene cluster in bird lineages inhabiting different climates. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 1258-1267.
Vickers, J. A. T., R. E. Major, W. E. Boles, and K. French. (2018). Use of alula shape for ageing Noisy Miners Manorina melanocephala: a critical evaluation. Corella 42, 50‑54.
Davitt, G., K. Maute, R. E. Major, P. G. McDonald, and M. Maron. (2018). Short-term response of a declining woodland bird assemblage to the removal of a despotic competitor. Ecology and Evolution 8, 4771-4780.
Callaghan, C. T., J. M. Martin, R. E. Major, and R. T. Kingsford. (2018). Avian monitoring – comparing structured and unstructured citizen science. Wildlife Research, 45, 176-184.
Callaghan, C., Major, R.E., M. Lyons, J. Martin, and R. Kingsford. (2018). The effects of local and landscape habitat attributes on bird diversity in urban greenspaces. Ecosphere 9, 1-17.
Morales, H.E., Pavlova, A., Sunnucks, P., Major, R.E., Amos, N., Joseph, L. et al. (2017). Neutral and selective drivers of colour evolution in a widespread Australian passerine. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 522-536.
Coogan, S.C.P., Machovsky-Capuska, G.E., Senior, A.M., Martin, J.M., Major, R.E. and Raubenheim, D. (2017). Macronutrient selection of free-ranging urban Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus). Behavioral Ecology, 28, 1021-1029.
Thomson, J.R., Maron, M., Grey, M.J., Catterall, C.P., Major, R.E., Oliver, D.L., Clarke, M.F., Loyn, R.H., Davidson, I., Ingwersen, D., Robinson, D., Kutt, A., MacDonald, M.A., and Mac Nally, R. (2015) Avifaunal disarray: quantifying models of the occurrence and ecological effects of a despotic bird species. Diversity and Distributions 21, 451-464.
Major, R.E., Johnson, R.N., King, A.G., Cooke, G.M., and Sladek, J.L.T. (2014) Genetic isolation of endangered bird populations inhabiting saltmarsh remnants surrounded by intensive urbanisation. Animal Conservation 17, 419-429.
Maron, M., Grey, M.J., Catterall, C.P., Major, R.E., Oliver, D.L., Clarke, M.F., Loyn, R.H., Mac Nally, R., Davidson, I., and Thomson, J.R. (2013) Avifaunal disarray due to a single despotic species. Diversity and Distributions 19, 1468-1479.
Davis A., Major R. E. & Taylor C. E. (2013) Housing shortages in urban regions: aggressive interactions at tree hollows in forest remnants. PLoS ONE 8, 1-9.
Cooke G. M., King A. G., Boles W., Johnson R. N. & Major R. E. (2012) Rapid characterization of mitochondrial genome rearrangements in four Australian robins and one Australian honeyeater using next-generation sequencing technology. Journal of Heredity 103, 882-7.
Major R. E. & Sladek J. L. T. (2012) Is an island reserve enough? The decline and fall of the White-fronted Chat (Aves: Meliphagidae) in southern Sydney. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 134, B205-14.
King A. G., Cooke G. M., Johnson R. N. & Major R. E. (2012) Development and multiplex genotyping of eighteen novel microsatellite markers for a threatened saltmarsh bird Epthianura albifrons (Meliphagidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4, 893-6.
Davis A., Taylor C. E. & Major R. E. (2012) Seasonal abundance and habitat use of Australian parrots in an urbanised landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning 106, 191-8.
Lowe K., Taylor C. E. and Major R. E. (2011) Do common mynas significantly compete with native birds in urban environments? Journal of Ornithology.
Davis A., Taylor C. E. and Major R. E. (2011) Do fire and rainfall drive spatial and temporal population shifts in parrots? A case study using urban parrot populations. Landscape and Urban Planning.
Hsu, T., French, K., and Major, R.E. (2010). Avian assemblages in eucalypt forests, plantations and pastures in northern NSW, Australia. Forest Ecology and Management: 260: 1036-46.
Major R.E. (2010) Using museum collections and community surveys to monitor change in the birds of Sydney. In: The Natural History of Sydney (eds D. Lunney, P. Hutchings and D. Hochuli) pp. 234-40. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
Major, R.E. and Parsons, H. (2010). What do museum specimens tell us about the impact of urbanisation? A comparison of the recent and historic bird communities of Sydney. Emu 110: 92-103.
Parsons, H. and Major, R.E. (2004). Bird interactions in Sydney gardens: some initial findings of the Birds in Backyards program. pp 211-215 in Urban Wildlife: more than meets the eye. Lunney, D. and Burgin, S. (eds). Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, NSW.
Martin, T.J., and Major R.E. (2001). Changes in wolf spider assemblages across woodland/pasture boundaries in the central wheatbelt of New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology 26: 264-274.
Major R.E., and Kendal C.E. (1996) The contribution of artificial nest experiments to our understanding of avian reproductive success: a review of methods and conclusions. Ibis 138: 298-307.
Some Eastern Yellow Robins are brighter than others, but are they just drifting?