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POPS A storm brews over food, water & power PERFECT STORM 2030 THE PROBLEM Woman in field A grim forecast for 2030 There will be two billion more people, and not enough food Yurts and wind farm China's energy hunger China is investing in wind - but coal remains king File photo of wheatfield in California California's 'dust bowl' Farms in California's Central Valley are steadily drying out Horse and cart in Ukraine Leasing Ukraine Foreigners are taking over tracts of the ex-breadbasket
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POPS Castles That Will Inspire . . . And Haunt You A Man’s Home: Unusual Castles …and One Very Special Village Arguably born the day that villagers -- and the people who profited off them -- decided that wood wasn’t strong enough to keep them safe, castles quickly became more than just edifices dedicated to security. Instead of repelling borders, real or imaginary, castles became THE status symbol of status symbols. Monuments to bravado, they were stone and mortal proclamations to the age-old idea that "mine is bigger than yours."
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POPSHow George Washington's Savvy Won The Day Fighting force. Washington's vision was vindicated in the winter of 1776-77, as his Army, often working with militias, scored quick-hitting successes at Trenton, Princeton, and other parts of New Jersey. Washington even made the best of a painful setback after the British conquest of the nation's capital, Philadelphia. Settling in for a hard winter at Valley Forge, Pa., Washington built a distinctively American fighting force even while exercising political skills that allowed him to overcome insubordinate rivals in the Army and to mollify critics in the Continental Congress. Just as important, he had won the lasting support of America's civilian authorities, to whom he returned all power at war's end. Hearing of that gesture, Britain's King George III said that Washington would be the greatest man in history if it was true.
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POPSFriends, family mourn Jessica (cont) Police continue crash investigation POLICE are continuing investigations into the car accident that killed 19-year-old Glenrowan woman Jessica Campbell and injured two male teenagers in the King Valley last Thursday night. It is believed the vehicle left the road after the driver, 18-year-old Dylan Bergamin - the son of missing Wangaratta woman Kath Bergamin - lost control while negotiating a sweeping right-hand bend on the Upper King River Road near Cheshunt. The car then collided with trees - Ms Campbell died at the scene, while Mr Bergamin and the other passenger, 17-year-old Sam Weston, were conveyed to Wangaratta hospital for treatment. A spokesperson for Victoria Police said on Friday that the Major Collision Investigation Unit was looking at the possibility of speed being a factor. Mr Bergamin and Mr Weston were both in a stable condition on Friday.
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POPSFestivals fail to be adversely affected by fuel costs
The fourth year of the festival had six participating wineries and vigneron Gerard Mahoney of Nooramunga Sparkling Shiraz, who doesn’t have a cellar door, had his wine on display at Morrison’s. Wines of King Valley group executive officer, Kevin Bascomb, said Weekend Fit For A King visitor research would be analysed in about a month but the visitor estimate prior to the event was 5000. "I think the numbers would be steady this year," Mr Bascomb said. "It was a very good group of people, very interested in learning about the wines. "We were very pleased with the interest of visitors around the area." In the sixth year of Weekend Fit For A King, the festival added another to its list of participating wineries, bringing the total to 19. "Moyhu Wine Company was participating for the first time and was delighted with the results." Mr Bascomb said Wines of King Valley was very pleased with the way the event had developed and was attracting the type of person sought by th
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POPS Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru. A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas, The temple, inside a larger ruin, includes a staircase that leads up to an altar used for fire worship at a site scientists have called Ventarron, said Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva, who led the dig.
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