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  • Patricia "Pat" Mulroy, 60, the General Manager of Souther Nevada Water Authority, (SNWA) is looking outside while standing in her office in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Residential areas in Las Vegas grow further into the desert as the city needs development and investments in order to continue being an economic success, and avoid becoming another 'victim' of the recent economic crisis, Nevada, USA.
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  • Visitors are attending the museum inside Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, standing in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, forming Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, USA. Constructed between 1931 and 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers. Lake Mead is 180 km long, and when filled to capacity can reach 28 million acre-feet of water. However, the lake has not reached this capacity in more than a decade, due to increasing droughts.
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  • Residential areas in Las Vegas grow further into the desert as the city needs development and investments in order to continue being an economic success, and avoid becoming another 'victim' of the recent economic crisis, Nevada, USA.
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  • Dean Baker, 72, owner of the largest ranch in Snake Valley, is talking on the phone inside his home near Baker, Utah, USA. Although opposing South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) 300-mile water pipeline project, he is one of the very few inhabitants of Snake Valley that is supporting Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert to sign a legal agreement between Utah and Nevada. This document should protect their future rights and the local environment, but would also allow for the beginning of the pipeline construction: many people fear that once pumping water, it will not be easily stopped, even if breaching any of the points outlined within the agreement.
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  • People living in Desert Shores, a wealthy residential area hosting various gated communities and artificial lakes, are enjoying their afternoon on a pedal boat (centre) and observing black swans (left) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, USA, is the main water provider for Las Vegas, a city of 2 million people, in the middle of the southern Nevada desert. A colour shift in the rocks (visible) indicates the water drop the lake has witnessed in recent years. Lake Mead is 180 km long, and when filled to capacity, can reach 28 million acre-feet of water. However, the lake has not reached this capacity in more than a decade, due to increasing droughts.
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  • A replica real-life size of the proposed 300-mile South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) pipeline, has been put on display at the Border Inn Motel, near Baker, Snake Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA. To function properly, the pipeline will need to be filled up with water at all times.
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  • An oriental couple is enjoying a ride on an Italian gondola inside an artificial lake built in front of The Venetian Hotel, on The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Residential areas in Las Vegas are seen from the sky, Nevada, USA.
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  • Turbines inside Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, are creating electric power, in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, forming Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, USA. Constructed between 1931 and 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers. Lake Mead is 180 km long, and when filled to capacity can reach 28 million acre-feet of water. However, the lake has not reached this capacity in more than a decade, due to increasing droughts.
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  • Ed Naranjo, chief of the Goshute Tribe, is driving along the main road crossing the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • At the end of the day, pupils are pulling down a US flag from its pole, in front of Ibapah Elementary School, in Ibapah, Deep Creek Valley, next to the Goshute Reservation, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Rupert Steele, former chairman of the Goshute Tribe, is pointing to the location of the Goshute Reservation on a map inside the Tribal Headquarters of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Ed Naranjo, chief of the Goshute Indians, is sitting in front of his home in the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • A couple is sitting inside a vintage car travelling along The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Residential areas built next to a baseball and sorting complex are seen from the sky, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • A elk's skull is laying in the snow next to the home of Ed Naranjo, chief of the Goshute Tribe, in the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Clell Pete, 66, a member of the Goshute Tribe, is measuring the water table at an abandoned water hole near Eight Mile, in the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA. Clell began measuring it once a week since November 2012, in order to document the development of the water table. As of March 2013, the water table is at 65,11 meters and has only varied by a few centimetres since November 2012. Once the projected water pipeline of South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) will be built and operated from nearby Spring Valley, the Goshute tribe will be able to measure the acquifers. A considerable drop would also prove the Goshute's assumption is correct, and that in fact the aquifers of Spring Valley and Deep Creek Valley are interconnected: a water withdrawal from Spring Valley would also affect the water supply for nearby Deep Creek Valley, and for the Goshute Reservation.
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  • Residential areas in Las Vegas are growing further into the desert as the city needs development and investments to continue being an economic success, and avoid becoming another 'victim' of the recent economic crisis, Nevada, USA.
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  • Rupert Steele, former chairman of the Goshute Tribe, is speaking with anger at a public meeting with Utah's governor Gary R. Herbert at West Desert School, in Trout Creek, Snake Valley, Utah, USA. The talks have focused on the pipeline's possible impact. It will reach far into the valleys on the border with Utah, therefore the governor is addressing concerns on how to best protect the State's environment and natural resources, such as water.
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  • A water park is being built next to a residential area in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as the city needs development and investments to continue being an economic success, and avoid becoming another 'victim' of the recent economic crisis.
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  • A storm is approaching Spring Valley, Nevada. South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has bought various ranches in this valley, securing the water rights that come along with the purchase of properties and land.
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  • Elks are running wild in the snow-covered hills inside the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • The sun is setting behind a clouded sky, over the hills surrounding the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Dean Baker, 72, is visiting cow herds grazing inside his ranch, the largest in Snake Valley, near Baker, Utah, USA. Although opposing South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) 300-mile water pipeline project, he is one of the very few inhabitants of Snake Valley that is supporting Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert to sign a legal agreement between Utah and Nevada. This document that should protect their future rights and and the local environment, but would also allow for the beginning of the pipeline construction: many people fear that once pumping water, it will not be easily stopped, even if breaching any of the points outlined within the agreement.
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  • A truck is driving across Spring Valley, Nevada. South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has bought various ranches in this valley, securing the water rights that come along with the purchase of properties and land.
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  • A crowd has gathered to watch the water fountains display taking place inside a large artificial lake in front of the Bellagio Hotel, on The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • People have gathered to watch the Volcano display in front of The Mirage Hotel, on The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Ed Naranjo, chief of the Goshute Indians, is embracing his grandson, Izaiah Naranjo, 9 month, inside his home in the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Dean Baker, 72, owner of the largest ranch in Snake Valley, is driving on his land near Baker, Utah, USA. Although opposing South Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) 300-mile water pipeline project, he is one of the very few inhabitants of Snake Valley that is supporting Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert to sign a legal agreement between Utah and Nevada. This document should protect their future rights and the local environment, but would also allow for the beginning of the pipeline construction: many people fear that once pumping water, it will not be easily stopped, even if breaching any of the points outlined within the agreement.
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  • A member of the Goshute Tribe is standing next to his dog in the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Water fountains are being shown on a massive digital screen, set up along The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as cars and visitors pass by. Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, USA, is the main water provider for Las Vegas, a city of 2 million people, in the middle of southern Nevada desert. It is 180 km long, and when filled to capacity, can reach 28 million acre-feet of water. However, the lake has not reached this capacity in more than a decade, due to increasing droughts.
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  • A car is approaching on Ibapah Road, off Highway US-93, 100 Km from Wendover, Utah, and reaching the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is standing in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, forming Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, USA. Constructed between 1931 and 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers. Lake Mead is 180 km long, and when filled to capacity can reach 28 million acre-feet of water. However, the lake has not reached this capacity in more than a decade, due to increasing droughts.
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  • A pirate ship is sinking inside an artificial lake, as part of the daily shows organised by the Treasure Island Hotel, on The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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  • Pupils are reading a book containing handmade drawings about nature and preservation, and accompanied by verses in Goshute language, at the Ibapah Elementary School, in Ibapah, Deep Creek Valley, next to the Goshute Reservation, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • A girl is walking barefoot next to a woman collecting water from a broken municipal pipe running near a drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing close to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Sami, a 24-year-old Bedouin man, is smoking water-pipe in the Sababa Cafe, in Rahat, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel...
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  • A pill of Mandrax (methaqualone). Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
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  • Youngsters smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) and Marijuana in their backgarden, in Cape Town, RSA. Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
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  • A dealer is making portions of Crystal Meth (aka 'tik'), an highly addictive chemical drug commonly used in impoverished neighbourhoods in the Western Cape, RSA. Serc, 26 years old, and member of a gang in Heideveld, was shot twice in front of his house by rival gangsters. He has a wife, awaiting a third child, and two young children; with the growing unemployment in the area it has been impossible for him to provide for his family, joined a gang and started selling drugs. He is the 'main guy' in the neighbourhood and people go to him if they have a problem. "If I could find a reasonable job I would definitely quit, I know all this is not good, and it is harming our very community, but now I have to go on, I have no alternative" he says. Meth is becoming increasingly popular amongst schoolchildren and it is not difficult to find kids as young as 12 with addiction. Statistics say that over a six-month period, 94% of Meth users become addicted to it. Meth gives psychotic effects such as seeing or hearing things that are not there, and it is incline to induce violent behaviour. Meth is common between gang members, it is ideal to prepare a gun-man to hit, removing inhibitions, sharpening senses and fuelling aggression. It is easily smoked in pipes or bulbs, and it does not require a laboratory to be produced: in fact, having the right substances, it can be made even in a kitchen. High availability together with the really cheap price of 30-40 Rands per straw ( about 3-4 UK pounds) is helping to increase the abuse of this dangerous substance. Dealing Meth is also a very lucrative business which can turn a 2000 Rands (200 UK pounds) investment into 5000 Rands (500 UK pounds) in a short time. Tolerance develops quickly and higher doses are soon needed to obtain the same effect on the body.
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  • A youngster is smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) mixed with Marijuana in Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA.  Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the ?coloured? communities in South Africa.
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  • A child is working in a small-scale glass industry in the slum surrounding Firozabad, renowned as the 'glass city', in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. The air is filled with ammoniac and other chemicals making it hard even to breathe for only a few minutes before feeling dizzy and disorientated. The boy's co-workers, a few years older than him, are breathing in the ammoniac through glass pipes that once broken into small pieces will be attached to dresses as glittering decorations. Due to extreme poverty, over 20.000 young children are employed to complete the bracelets produced in the industrial units. This area is considered to be one of the highest concentrations of child labour on the planet. Forced to work to support their disadvantaged families, children as young as five are paid between 30-40 Indian Rupees (approx. 0.50 EUR) for eight or more hours of work daily. Most of these children are not able to receive an education and are easily prey of the labour-poverty cycle which has already enslaved their families to a life of exploitation. Children have to sit in crouched positions, use solvents, glues, kerosene and various other dangerous materials while breathing toxic fumes and spending most time of the day in dark, harmful environments. As for India's Child Labour Act of 1986, children under 14 are banned from working in industries deemed 'hazardous' but the rules are widely flouted, and prosecutions, when they happen at all, get bogged down in courts for lengthy periods. A ban on child labour without creating alternative opportunities for the local population is the central problem to the Indian Government's approach to the social issue affecting over 50 million children nationwide.
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  • Rusty metal pipes have been abandoned inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Local families are busy collecting supposedly safe drinking water from broken public water pipes around the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Youngster smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) and Marijuana in a bottleneck, in Heideveld, CapeTown, RSA. Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
    Marvin_Gangster_Redemption_12.JPG
  • Crystal Meth (aka 'tik'), an highly addictive chemical drug commonly used in impoverished neighbourhoods in the Western Cape, RSA. Meth is becoming increasingly popular amongst schoolchildren and it is not difficult to find kids as young as 12 with addiction. Statistics say that over a six month period, 94% of Meth users become addicted to it. Meth gives psychotic effects such as seeing or hearing things that are not there, and it is incline to induce violent behaviour. Meth is common between gang members, it is ideal to prepare a gun-man to hit, removing inhibitions, sharpening senses and fuelling aggression. It is easily smoked in pipes or bulbs, and it does not require a laboratory to be produced: in fact, having the right substances, it can be made even in a kitchen. High availability together with the really cheap price of 30-40 Rands per straw ( about 3-4 UK pounds) is helping to increase the abuse of this dangerous substance. Dealing Meth is also a very lucrative business which can turn a 2000 Rands (200 UK pounds) investment into 5000 Rands (500 UK pounds) in a short time. Tolerance develops quickly and higher doses are soon needed to obtain the same effect on the body. Chronic abuse can lead to out-of-control rages, violence, anxiety, confusion and mood disturbances. Meth affects many parts of the central neurous system and if prolonged it does not only affects behaviour but literally changes the brain in fundamental and longstanding ways.
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