From FIFA’s official site: it’s USA 3-0 Colombia and Korea DPR 0-1 Sweden in the second round of play in Group C. It looks like the US and Sweden are through to the next level.

ESPN has the replay on the ‘Net.

LANL has teamed up with a local New Mexico small business, Transparent Sky LLC, to use a battlefield surveillance system that allows evacuees the ability to check on their property in near real-time.

Dr Masters writes about this fire, and the general situation in the Southwest from a climate perspective.

Progress is being made, but it is going to be a slow process because of terrain and conditions.

Information from the current Las Conchas Wildfire InciWeb Page

• Date Started: 6/26/2011
• Location: Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest; approximately 12 miles southwest of Los Alamos off NM 4 at mile marker 35, New Mexico
• Cause: Unknown – under investigation
• Size: 113,734 acres [178 miles² 460 km²] based on infrared data
• Percent Contained: 6%
• Injuries to Date: 0
• Residences: 450 threatened; 63 destroyed; 3 damaged
• Commercial Property: 55 threatened; 5 destroyed; 3 damaged
• Outbuildings: 140 threatened; 32 destroyed
• Number of Personnel: Approximately 1,632 including 41 hand crews
• Equipment: 4 dozers, 67 engines, 24 watertenders
• Aircraft: 11 helicopters
• Incident Commander: Dan Oltrogge, Area Command Team 1

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Passage du Gois – Mont des Alouettes

Distance: 191.5 kilometers.

The race began with a real stage this year, rather than a prologue/time trial. It started on a causeway on the west coast of France, and ran a flat, sprinter’s route until the end with a climb up the Category 4, Mont des Alouettes.

Philippe Gilbert is actually entitled to all three of the top jerseys, but you can only wear one at a time, so he chose the Yellow.

Philippe Gilbert ( Bel – OLO – 032 ) [Yellow] 4h 41′ 31″
Cadel Evans ( Aus – BMC – 141 ) [Green]
Thor Hushovd ( Nor – GRM – 051 ) [Polka Dot]
Geraint Thomas ( GBr – SKY – 117 ) 6 [White]

Team: OLO Omega Pharma – Lotto ( 031-039 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Philippe Gilbert ( Bel – OLO – 032 )
Combative: Perrig Quemeneur ( Fra – EUC – 187 ) [Red numbers]

They’ve gone 191.5 kilometers [119.0 miles] at an average speed of 40.8 kph [25.4 mph].

OVERALL STANDINGS:

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