http://www.wikio.com/search=Death Valley Wikio - Death Valley http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63042544 "California has the bravest and most dedicated firefighters in the world that selflessly put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe. I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Volunteer Firefighter Recruit Bob Roland, who courageously lost his life while protecting his community from the threat of fire. We are forever indebted to Bob's extraordinary and heroic service. Maria and I send our deepest condolences to Bob's family, friends and fellow firefighters during this difficult time." Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:57:48 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63042544 2008-07-04T16:57:48Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63048343 Drivers are stopped and checked for road safety offences during a crackdown by police in Berkshire. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:42:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63048343 2008-07-04T16:42:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63032295 copyright meloukhia I just learned that Robert Roland, a volunteer with the Anderson Valley Fire Department, died yesterday morning of a heart attack sustained while fighting the fires. While I didn’t know Mr. Roland, I was sad to learn about his death; he had apparently only moved to the area recently, and he was a [...] Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:31:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63032295 2008-07-04T15:31:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63034654 * No showers or thunderstorms in progress across Alabama at 10:25 am. There will be some widely scattered ones this afternoon and into the evening across Central Alabama. A better chance across the Tennessee Valley and also down south. * USA temperature extremes around the Lower 48: Hottest yesterday 121 Death Valley. Lowest this morning 37 [...] Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:25:09 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63034654 2008-07-04T15:25:09Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63027061 A cholera outbreak has left at least 11 people dead and infected several others in western Kenya, a health ministry official has said. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:08:59 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=63027061 2008-07-04T13:08:59Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62984856 The very productive Death Valley Sleepers has once again published a new track. The music remains very much inspired by the likes of The Raveonettes and The Jesus and Mary Chain , though My Blue Underground is bit slower paced that most of the previous songs. I am slowly beginning to wonder if there is a deeper plan behind all of this (e.g. being signed and releasing an album or perhaps some live performances). Hopefully there is, as these songs certainly deserve to reach a much wider audience. + My Blue Underground Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:33:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62984856 2008-07-04T07:33:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62955292 UKIAH - A volunteer firefighter has died after collapsing while battling a blaze in Mendocino County. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:49:15 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62955292 editor@dailynews.com (Associated Press) 2008-07-04T00:49:15Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62954445 A volunteer firefighter has died after collapsing while battling a blaze in Mendocino County. The Anderson Valley Fire Department says 63-year-old Robert Roland died at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center on Thursday morning. The cause of death has not yet been... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:14:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62954445 2008-07-03T23:14:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62923843 At least 34 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been reported in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru in the western region, a senior health official has said. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:02:32 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62923843 2008-07-03T18:02:32Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62927013 "Those long-ago days of Yesteryear" as they called them on Death Valley Days/ The Lone Ranger, etc. The days of "Hanging Judges". Today, we have the Supremes in DC granting constitutional rights to foreign nationals whose goal in life is... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:30 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62927013 2008-07-03T17:43:30Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62924983 Landslides and mudslides in the Beichuan region added to the high death toll in May’s earthquake. Now, writes Taige Li, familiar warnings are being heard. Will historic errors be repeated? The most shocking of the many tragedies of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, was that of the town of Qushan, the county seat of Beichuan. The quake left the town virtually flattened. Official statistics put the dead and missing at 13,000 – out of a population of only 40,000. The town is no longer habitable, and a memorial is to be built on its ruins. Beichuan, the only Qiang-nationality autonomous county in China -- and under the jurisdiction of Mianyang municipality -- suffered not just from the tremors themselves but also from the landslides and mudslides triggered by the quake. If these geological-disaster risks had been considered when the county seat was located here or as it expanded, the destruction may not have been so total. Beichuan before the earthquake Beichuan lies in the north-west of the Sichuan basin, and has a history stretching back 14 centuries. However, the county’s administrative centre was moved to Qushan just over 50 years ago, in 1952. Why this was done is unclear, but one theory is that Qushan’s better outside links meant quicker reinforcements could arrive when bandits were at large. The move, as the future would prove, was a mistake. Qushan lies in a narrow valley between steep mountains, and landslides are common in the area. Even without earthquakes, it is a dangerous place to live. In an article published in 1992, Zhang Defan of Mianyang’s water management authorities pointed out that Qushan’s steep mountainsides, location on a fault line and complex geological conditions caused repeated landslides and mudslides. When the county seat was relocated, Qushan was home to only 500 people. Of course, the problems continued after the relocation. In the 1980s, experts pointed out the risks of the location -- on the Longmenshan fault and between mountains. The locals started to worry that one day those mountains would bury them. According to Caijing magazine, in the late 1980s the county authorities once suggested moving the administrative centre again – to the town of Leigu, which lies on flatter ground and indeed saw fewer deaths and less damage in the May earthquake. But funding for the relocation was not forthcoming and the experts could not decide if the move was necessary or not. The plans did not go ahead. In his report, based on results of a survey of the area, Zhang Defan said that “the surrounding mountains are stable, and there is no chance of a collapse destroying the town.” So the idea of moving the county seat was gradually forgotten, and the town continued to grow. But land was scarce. Qushan is surrounded by mountains and water, and there was only about a square kilometre of land available for building. A new part of the town was founded across the Jian River at Maoba. But Maoba itself lies at the bottom of a mountainside and is, again, a dangerous location. Despite this, plans for rapid expansion of the town were approved. By the end of 2005, it covered 1.6 square kilometres and had provincial approval for plans to expand to 4.1 square kilometres by 2020. But the risks were not entirely forgotten. Materials from Beichuan’s Land Bureau show concerns about potential landslides and a number of reports were made to the provincial government. In 2004, work was carried out on the mountainside at Wangjiayan in the old town. In 2005, Wangjiayan was listed as a provincial-level project, winning funding of 1.52 million yuan (more than US$220,000). And in July 2006, work on columns to stabilise the slope, retaining walls and drainage was completed. But when hit by such a huge earthquake, the value of these works was limited. Beichuan was buried. As one survivor, who lost more than ten relatives in the quake, said: “If the mountainside hadn’t collapsed, not so many would have died.” Wang Zifa, head of the China Earthquake Administration’s Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), said in an interview with Science and Technology Daily that half of the losses in Beichuan were due to the landslides. Two thirds of China’s land is mountains and hills. Add in rain that tends to fall heavily over a small area, and landslides become a more frequent problem than earthquakes. The mistakes made in Beichuan should not be repeated – but the existing situation is worrying. The locations of many towns and villages have not been well chosen. In recent years the Chinese government has spent several billions of yuan on preventing landslides in and around the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest. But in many areas, funding is inadequate, if not severely lacking. And to add to these existing dangers, new risks still are being taken. In some mountain areas, the geological conditions are ignored and towns are built on already unstable hillsides – raising the risk of disaster. The tragedies that occurred in Wulong and Tengchong in recent years are cases in point. On May 1, 2001, a landslide destroyed a residential building in Wulong county in Chongqing municipality, killing 79 people. Part of the hillside had been removed to build a road, and private developers had excavated further in order to make room for the building. On July 19, 2007, a mudslide near a hydroelectric plant in Tengchong county in Yunnan province buried barracks housing construction workers, killing 29 people. The China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring (CIGEM) blamed “engineering work”. The destruction of Beichuan has sounded another warning. As Xu Qiang, deputy head of Chengdu University of Technology’s geohazard prevention laboratory, said in an interview with Caijing, landslide risk management and control must be made an integral part of urban planning and construction in mountainous areas. Taige Li is a Beijing-based journalist. He obtained a master’s degree in engineering from Sichuan University in 1997 and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003-04. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62924983 2008-07-03T15:48:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62903816 Source: IRIN At least 34 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been reported in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru in the western region, a senior health official has said. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:37:39 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62903816 2008-07-03T15:37:39Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62889729 Filed under: Screenshots , Around Azeroth , Galleries Shadowmoon Valley is a dreary, depressing place, and Illidan 's front yard is no exception. While waiting outside the Black Temple for raid time, our unnamed submitter ran into Doomwalker (upper left) and an unfortunately incinerated man (lower right). See, this is why your raid leader yelled at you to spread out and avoid the chain lightning. Do you have any unusual World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see it on Around Azeroth ! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wowinsider.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. We prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no sunsets. Gallery: Around Azeroth Permalink | Email this | Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:18:11 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62889729 2008-07-03T14:18:11Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62858275 Philippoussis cut, bruised after two-hour ordeal in dangerous conditions near Winkipop. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:06:14 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62858275 2008-07-03T10:06:14Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62862643 FORMER tennis ace Mark Philippoussis has cheated death while surfing in wild seas off Victoria's southwest coast. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:40:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62862643 2008-07-03T09:40:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62860864 FORMER tennis ace Mark Philippoussis injured after being dragged into sea cave when his board was destroyed in wild seas. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:02:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62860864 2008-07-03T09:02:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62837898 When police shot and killed Thanh M. Tran during a jewelry store robbery on Tuesday, it marked the third officer-involved shooting in West Valley City so far this year. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:54 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62837898 2008-07-03T07:01:54Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62801166 Now we don't know for sure if the lack of spotted owls in these photos is the direct result of engineers blasting the A/C in their 2010 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid , but we're going to go out on a limb and say that it is. Expect a rapid decline in spotted owl population levels in LA, New York and other major cities where people like to pay lip service to being green as a fashion statement when the big-ass SUV hybrid rolls out. In addition to barely reduced fuel consumption, expect the production ActiveHybrid to share the concept's bizarre hood bulge, as evidenced in these photos. While we don't know exactly when it will be released, this will be BMW's first hybrid and we're putting our money on a 2010 on-sale date. While it's tempting to mock BMW for selling such a blatantly hypocritical vehicle, the rest of the BMW EfficientDynamics range actually does accomplish reasonable fuel efficiency, so we think they're just playing it smart by selling efficient diesels to people who actually care about reducing fuel consumption while charging a premium to those who merely want to be seen to be doing so. Unlike spotted owls, KGP's photographers actually managed to get close to the X6 ActiveHybrid without suffocating on its fumes. Here's what they had to say: We spotted BMW's X6 ActiveHybrid undergoing hot-weather trials in Death Valley. We saw three X6 Hybrid cars, but one of the test vehicles showed one important difference, as its final hood design was visible for the first time on a real-world prototype. Two of the prototypes showcased enormous hood bulges, but the third prototype's hood—while still bulging more than a standard X6—looks clean with a tastefully integrated bump sculpted in near the cowl. We can now confirm that the production X6 Hybrid will take its visual inspiration from BMW's X6 ActiveHybrid concept. Whether the revised hood bulge is there to make room for some hybrid-specific hardware, or if its sole purpose is to signal one's green-leaning tendencies, is currently unknown. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:50:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62801166 2008-07-02T20:50:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62963690 Some Alexandrias founded by Alexander the Great, and renamed by him or soon after his death: Alexandria Cebrene, a name for Cebrene, an ancient city in the Troad in northwest Anatolia. Has also been called Antiochia in Troad. Alexandria Troas, on the north Aegean coast of Anatolia, in the modern province of Çanakkale. Alexandria on the Latmos, referring [...] Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:22:21 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62963690 2008-07-02T20:22:21Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Death+Valley?rinfoid=62772303 Anyone can make a list [Douche Fried Sports], we do it all of the time. Remember the 5 retarded sec traditions [link]? Despite the fact that Rocky Top is #1, I bet that this south carolina dude is a hater [fulmer]. Figures that Florida would go for male to male contact….. 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