New Well Drilled in Ethiopia

Found another interesting website/charity today, Water Partners International. It's generally the same facts, but it's in a concise and specific area to locate them. I cannot verify any of the information, but that's always the problem. I'm not sure where these citations are coming from. So take some information with a grain of salt (like every 15 sec a child dies from water related causes). But we're still facing a serious problem of water scarcity and my hesitance to accept information as fact without reliable sources in no way degrades the issue at hand; water scarcity, sanitation, & quality is a huge problem, especially for 2009 for many countries.


Charity: Water drilled the first new well in Ethiopia from fund raising from Twestival (Twitter + festival), raising $250,000. You can watch a few videos and find more information on Charity: Water's website, over here.

Circle of Blue had a couple of interesting articles, from indigenous traditions to water wars in Asia to megadroughts.


Speaking about Charity: Water, their awareness bracelets came today. Pretty cool lookin', I have to say. I have a bunch of them, so I'll be handing them out to those that want one.

Proceeding

Well, painting has commenced. Despite having a week off, my schedule was suddenly filled with errands and other important activities. However, I have completed a Kell Bailoch & 2 Nomads. I'm going with a more cameo appearance. Jeremy from my gaming group gave me a couple of hints that I'm going to work forward.

One of the worries - Magnus in dark blue (his traitor colors), appears to have been subsided, with fellow gamers considering how awesome it is that I'm using a morph of dark blue in the color schemes.

Anyway, I should have pics up tonight. I'm hoping to get done with the Traitor and some infantry this week, barring my end of the week business trip to Chicago.

To keep you abreast of water issues,

Drought in India means less tea!

The Agenda

Okay, so I ordered the Magnus Battlebox (Magnus the Traitor, Renegade, Mauler, & Talon) & Magnus the Warlord (Epic), along with two Nomads, a 2nd Renegade (I think), & Kel Bailoch.

I did get to play two games yesterday with both pMags & eMags trying out Long Gunners & Trenchers. Trenchers I found fit more my playstyle, although I swung and did something completely different with the Long Gunners which took my opponent by surprise. I still lost that game, but hey...

I'm looking also at picking up Boomhowler & Co, some more Steelheads, Steelhead Cav, & Stannis. Kel definitely made his points by nearly taking out a Woldwyrd in the second game. Orin has no place I found, although Orrick does.

500 Pt
Magnus
-2x Renegades
Gorman
Kell
Saxon
Boomhowler & Co (9)
Loyalist Trenchers (6)

750 Pt
Magnus
-Nomad
-2x Renegades
Gorman
Kell
Saxon
Stannis
Boomhowler & Co (9)
Loyalist Trenchers (6)
Steelhead Halberdiers (8)
Steelhead Cav (3)

Obviously I'm taking a hit here by using Boomhowler. But they did absolutely amazing. I'm definitely going to need to find a substitute unit though when I face against Trollbloods or Cryx...

750 Pt
Magnus
-Nomad
-2x Renegades
Gorman
Kell
Stannis
Idrian Skirmishers (8)
-UA
Loyalist Trenchers (6)
Steelhead Halberdiers (8)
Steelhead Cav (3)

There we go. Saxon isn't necessary anymore, but he's almost better with the Idrians.... I'll play around with ideas...

Water and America

Read an interesting news article summary. Congress & the President have enacted a bill that restores water shed and wilderness. While the focus of the bill is more about green and conservation, it's interesting to note how it's going to affect CA and the drought/water problems CA often faces...

You can read the article here or the full version here.