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Saturday, September 28, 11 - 2:30 p.m.
The Darien Health Department will provide Flu shots ($15.00 cash/check only).
Post 53 will provide free blood pressure checks
Friday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – The Sapphires (2012) Starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, and Jessica Mauboy; Rated PG-13; 99 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Inspired by a true story, director Wayne Blair's debut feature The Sapphires follows four Aboriginal Australian girls as they are transformed into a soulful singing group by a kindhearted musician, and later travel to Vietnam to entertain battle-weary U.S. troops. Cynthia, Gail, Julie, and Kay are four singers with lots of passion, but precious little talent. Recognizing something special in the way the girls perform, soulful talent scout Dave offers to shape them into a Motown-inspired soul group and get them out on the road. But when their first gig turns out to be on the front lines of Vietnam -- where death has become part of the daily routine -- the ambitious young singers realize they've got their work cut out for them.
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For more information, please watch the film's trailer. Check out what else we're screening in October.
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).
Thursdays from 3 to 4 p.m.: June 20 to July 18
Would you like to know more about borrowing eBooks from the Library? Check in with a savvy senior on Main Street and let him or her show you how to use your eReader. Walk through the steps to downloading eBooks or eMagazines!
Wednesday, August 21 at 1:30 p.m. - Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005) Starring John Goodman, Robert Carlyle, and Marisa Tomei; Rated PG-13; 103 minutes; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Robert Carlyle is Frank Keane, a baker by trade but now a man consumed by his wife's death. When fate intervenes, he pulls over to help a stranger in a car wreck, a man near death who urgently discloses a planned reunion, a meeting with a lost childhood love at a school for ballroom dance. So simply one man's dream becomes another man's destiny.
"Ballroom bliss! An extraordinary story. Rich and colorful." - Rex Reed, New York Observer
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Wednesday, November 20 at 1:30 p.m. - The Prestige (2006) Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine; Rated PG-13; 130 minutes; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
From the time they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. This film explores the darker side of magic where fantasy and reality become inextricably entwined and illusion prevails.
"The Prestige is wonderfully engrossing, darkly mysterious and entertaining from start to finish." -- Claudia Puig, USA Today
For more information, please watch the film's trailer.
Thursday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m.
With so many apps on the market, it can be difficult to know which ones are best. Luckily, our tech experts have sifted through them to bring you the best apps this summer. We'll present a curated list of apps designed to help you de-clutter your home, body, mind, and spirit.
Refreshments will be served.
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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m.
Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
Praise for The Boys in the Boat
"A book that informs as it inspires." -- Booklist (starred review)
Library staff members will lead the discussions.
We have copies of the books available for patrons to borrow, but prior reading of the books is not necessary to attend the discussions.
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Friday, August 23 at 7 p.m. in our Conference Room
3D printing has been described as having the power to revolutionize manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Whether you're a tinkerer, inventor, artist, designer or just curious about the world of 3D printing, you don't want to miss this introduction to 3D printing event. You will learn the process of turning a 3D drawing into a physical object. We will have a Makerbot Replicator and a home built Reprap 3D printer.
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Friday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. – The Company You Keep (2013) Starring Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, and Chris Cooper; Rated R; 121 minutes. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Shepard knows the significance of the national news story he has exposed and, for a journalist, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. Hell-bent on making a name for himself, he is willing to stop at nothing to capitalize on it. He digs deep into Grant's past. Despite warnings from his editor and threats from the FBI, Shepard relentlessly tracks Grant across the country.
"This film, with its prickly characters and complicated plot, rips along with continuous tension and power." -- David Denby, New Yorker
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Soapbox Music is looking for a 4th member for our recording studio cooperative. Our recording studio is a soundproof standalone building that is acoustically treated and outfitted with an 8 channel audio interface, pro tools, lots of microphones and more. This is a funky little space that feels like home, comfortable enough to get creative but serious enough to do precision recording. This is great for freelance engineers, creative musicians, or small bands (2-4 people) who would like a regular recording studio space for their projects and are open to sharing gear. In addition our cooperative has regular meetings to try and organize and help each other, as our goal is to build a creative and generous music community in Chicago. We want to get to know you.
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This is a great question. Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, a geologist from the Smithsonian Institution, answered a related question in 2011 on the Ocean Portal in response to her video about the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami: http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-videos/understanding-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami. Here is an excerpt of Dr. Cottrell's response, which may answer your question:
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) keeps track of earthquake locations and magnitudes. You can get them from the USGS website. Modern recording equipment has been in use since about 1900. While this may seem like long ago, this only provides a VERY short reliable earthquake record. I've plotted the magnitude of earthquakes (looking only at those greater than M = 5) versus time since 1900.
The first thing to note is that, many more total earthquakes have been recorded in the last decade – that is only due to the increasing number and sensitivity of recording equipment (seismometers). We can presume that just as many earthquakes were happening in the past, but were not recorded. The second thing to note is that, over the period for which we have records, there has been no statistical increase in the number of very large (> M = 8) earthquakes in the last decade. The mean earthquake magnitude (again, looking only at earthquakes with magnitude > 5, so a small subset of all total earthquakes) on this plot is 7 and that standard deviation is 0.7 (meaning that 84% of earthquakes on this plot have magnitudes less than 7.7, and 97.6% of earthquakes on this plot have magnitudes less than 8.4). We saw "higher than average" numbers of very large quakes in the 1950s and 1960s as well and earlier in the 1900s. In fact, looking at this plot makes might make one wonder why we had so few large quakes in the 70s and 80s! So the long term record indicates that the last decade is just random statistical fluctuation in the number of earthquakes. For more on this stance, see the USGS website.
This isn't the end of the story. Prominent seismologists have argued otherwise. On this even shorter time scale, it looks like we have an increase in the last 6 years especially.
The article I link to above proposes some mechanisms that might cause earthquakes in one location to trigger others in distant locations (to answer the "why" part of your question). However, when scientists have looked at the problem statistically, as that New Scientist article describes, there is no evidence to back this up.
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Hey, Craig, FYI there's Sand Hill crane viewing tours at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge on Oct. 15th and 22nd. Just google the refuge to find out more. You have to register for it so that the staff know how many people are going to show up.
Welcome Craig. I look forward to meeting you at a future meeting. The current challenges are to use the latest albums. One is to post pictures of buildings in an original state and then your modified version to show what you do to your pictures. The second is to take a picture provided by a member and do something creative with it. Look at some of the previous months challenges to see how they go. I do a lot of nature as well. I post a lot out at http://jpgmag.com/people/bstradling
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Graig, I agree that the meetup I proposed is too soon . January 20 would be better. 34th and Hennepin is a venue that can accommodate ten to fifteen.
Craig, I hope this is the way to get back to you. I will introduce the issues looking to explore these and related questions with no intention to resolve or debate. Two weeks later would work. I suggest Dunn Bros at 34th and Hennepin as the venue.
insidious deer? do you mean those rats on stilts? there is a deer trail right outside my dining room, the longer I live here the more I dislike them. hope you and the car can avoid them
Craig, did you know that Michael Shermer is lecturing Th 10/14 at 7pm at U of M?
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The fuel reading was off. The contract said 1/4 tank, but when I got in the truck it was between 1/8 and 1/4. It didn't seem like a big deal to me, but when I went to refill the tank, that extra 1/8 cost a lot of extra money. Try to be more accurate on the fuel reading. Better yet, give the truck with a full tank. That way the customer just has to give a full tank back. No fussing with 1/8 and 1/4 increments.
Great service. More staff would help with handling all customers in a timely manner.
need more personnel.
The staff was very helpful. The reservation by the main group was incorrect for my pickup in Fremont. The Milpitas location worked well with me for a satisfactory solution. It's not what I wanted but they made a good compromise since they knew how my reservation was messed up. I really appreciate their help.
Counter help was very courteous and helpful
Everything went well. I was happy about my experience. Keep it up! :)
19.95 rental. 15 miles. 1 1/2 hours = $48. Not such al bargain
my only complaint was that I saw a hold in my bank account for over $400.00 three times. there was a hold of over $1200 in my account. I didnt understand why this was a process anyone would have to through. this was not explained to me.
John Uribe and Pete Flores were excellent. They were friendly, patient, and very knowledgeable Both were very helpful in assisting me with my rental.
A better tracker, better estimates for pricing and time of arrival.
Quick service. great job!
Too bad there is so much paper work. I liked the people I interacted with
now, the delivery of the trailer went well it wasn't too far from my destination. i had no problem finding the place
Great truck and excellent service!
This was one of the best experiences I've had from a Uhaul rental. David was quick, efficient, and super nice with his service. Thanks David!
The people were great and very helpful. Hey Pete...Go Niners!!!!
The truck brakes were grabbing when I would stop and one of the light covers fell off while enroute to pick up our stuff. Everything else was in order.
Excellent customer service, friendly.
All smooth!!
Not a thing
Excellent service and the lady that help me was awesome!
Very clean great customer service. Fast and efficient!
Fantastic job.....great customer service
Thank you!
excellent service.
Preferred if the windshield are clean
I felt like I had been scammed, as you let me have the truck for 29.00 per day, but your mileage charge was so high that I ended up paying 170.00 for a simple move, and it took me 40 minutes to pick up my vehicle despite the online check in.
I made a reservation on a friday for a saturday morning pickup of a trailer. Upon arriving saturday at the uhaul center they said the trailer was not back yet and called the person that had it and asked them to return it. They then told me to wait. I requested they give to me one of the other 2 trailers in the yard but they said those were reserved and I had to wait for mine to come in.
after 45 minutes I called the local uhaul help center and asked if another center may have a trailer similar that I could go get for the day. The persson told me they would make a call to the center I was at and call me back when they found another location. By now it has been 1 1/2 hours and the man in the uhaul center comes out and says he will give me one of the other trailes, so we go to start the paper work on it and he cant perform it becuase the person at the local center had taken my reservation away and now it is not assigned to any store. after another fifteen minutes the customer with my trailer finally shows up and returns the trailer so we can only act as though I am a walkin and he gives me the trailer to use for the day (rents it to me).
I wasted almost 2 hours that morning waiting to use a trailer I have a reservation for the day before. I had a 2 1/2 hour each way drive to make that day with the trailer and believe me I was not happy that entire day.
So, do you want a referral ? no !!
What I want is my rental money back !!
With this kind of service I wont be thinking about uhaul as my first choice next time.
customer service is everything people. teach the centers how to give good customer service or close your doors.
Every staff who assisted me on 8/28/14 was great and outstanding! Thank you very much for all youre friendly customer services.
Excellent customer service and super friendly staff!
This is not an issue with the location, but instead with UHaul as a whole. I put in a request for a 17' truck over a week in advanced, and then was told 2 days before my move that I could not get the truck. I had to settle for a 14' truck, which meant I had to leave items behind for a future pick up and some of my furniture got damaged due to the need to stack awkward items.
This is a recommendation for UHAUL in general- not necessarily this locations. Don't send uhauls to other locations with nails in the tires. I had to drive out of my way to this location to pick up a new uhaul because the one I received was about to have a blowout because of a 6 inch nail jammed in the side of the tire. We were already half loaded by the time we saw it. Inspect your uhauls BEFORE you send them to locations, please.
Fix the price estimates and improve the clarity of pricing information generated by the computer
Very helpful staff in helping us unload the car from the trailer
Great friendly staff!!
Go directly there don't book with the customer service line.
The outside of the van was filthy. I appreciate you not washing it after every rental with the water shortage, but it was nasty
Overall, my experience was positive. The truck's inside windshield should have been wiped clean. There was terrible glare from the sun catching on the film on the glass. I requested 12 furniture pads on only received one bag of six. This was not discovered until it was too late to go back to the pickup location.
do not charge for the dolly. should come with at least one free moving equipment
I had rented trailers here at two other occasions which went well. This time, however, did not. My reservation was for a trailer with a ramp. Though the reservation was confirmed, for some reason, it was reallocated and I didn't have what I was supposed to have. The manager said U-Haul was to call me to let me know about the availability at a different location 20 miles away in Newark, CA. No one did. Anyway, I ended up renting a larger one and paid more because I needed it for a site job. What was a bad deal in all and none of that was my fault. I give this location a POOR performance because they should have given me the larger trailer for the same price because that was their mistake.
David and his team have superb and friendly customer service.
When I called to make a reservation, the person on the phone told me the first 30 miles of driving were included/free, however when I picked up my reservation, I was told they were not. This seems completely unfair as a bait and switch technique that I am very unsatisfied with. Next time I will just hire movers with a truck.
Unfortunately, the rental truck had a flat while driving and inconvenient our regular planned schedules. Uhaul did an outstanding job of supporting me as a customer on roadside assistance, though.
Nice customer survive and friendly staff
Get a new manager
Quick and easy...helpful staff
The staff at this location are great. I rent from here all the time.
good service
I was hung up three times when calling on the phone. The 1st two reps on the phone was not very pleasant at all. The 3rd one finally made my reservation but very rude. This was my first time making a reservation over the phone. The rep was not very patience with me and didn't want to explain or inform me with information so I end up making a reservation on a vehicle that I certainly didn't want.
Exterior of the van was extremely dirty and in need of washing.
Greatand fast customer service. Front desk (Jon) extremely helpful and accommodating!
The drop off location was very nice, the two employees I delt with were very helpful
Rent one day support to have 24 hours and not couple of hours or 6 hours.
the experience altogether from miscommunication between the store and your corporate office was awful.
Nothing keep up the good work the last time prior to this the manager there was rude. The staff checking out the equipment were really good and helpful.
Nothing, truck rental and usage instructions were clear. Staff was friendly and online reservation system worked smoothly. A+ experience and facility.
I wouldn't recommend UHaul at any branch (Campbell was much worse than Milpitas). The bait and switch reservation system (and lack of communication between branches themselves and most importantly the customer) is truly dastardly. There is a pervasive lack of transparency across the board that is atrocious.
The Milpitas branch was understaffed, slow but to their credit the owner and workers made the best of a difficult situation. If I could rate Milpitas without the Campbell component, they would actually get average in spite of SLOW SERVICE due to the professional staff. Campbell rated by itself would be poor.
Good experience!
the same above
Nothing. Great experience. Easy to pick-up my truck and return. I had a discrepancy with equipment and received a credit quickly after talking to an U-Haul Customer Service Rep.
staff was friendly, helpful and the trucks were clean and well maintained. Thank you
The guys at the pickup has been really helpful and guide me from the start to finish. I recommend picking up from this location.
Renting and returning was easy, but the store smelled very bad. A combination of stale smoke and something else that I can't quite place. It was actually making me ill. Either someone smokes inside a lot or one of the employees is a big smoker and just smells like stake cigarette.
The truck was dirty on the outside and coated in bird crap. The inside was at least clean.
They argued with us at first when we first pointed out the discrepancy between what their sheet said the current gas level was and the actual gas gauge reading in the truck to them. The basically tried to take us for almost a 1/4 of a tank. The needle was just touching the 3/4 line and they claimed it was 7/8.
You had to rev the truck a bit to start it, otherwise it just sputtered. It sounded like it was going to breakdown the whole time.
The rep who helped me was very courteous and helpful and thorough.
Everything went well. Very helpful and would use the facility again. I do feel I should be compensated to the stress and aggravation. Probably not use U-Haul again.
It was a great experience the associate was very nice and understanding! Thanks!
don't encourage customers to add extra gas to the truck !
Paulina was very helpful and friendly.
Nothing! Maybe something a Free driver lol jk
Keep on doing what you are doing. Consistancy is a valuable tool, that is often overlooked, and underappreciated.
Thomas Kamakani
Paulina at Milpitas, Ca site was friendly and straight forward. Her knowledge would make most men look incompetent. She even took the time to fix the brake light on the trailer I rented..in no time. It was like a walk in the park for her. Good svc, thus I would come again
Brief introduction of driving trucks for first timers.
The employee hide the damage on the truck when renting the truck, then want to charge me when returning. That is very bad experience to me.
I have used this site for multiple times now and I like the customer service; keep up the good work!
I liked the speed of check in. My prior experience was bad, but it seems nobody wanted to rent this weekend. Being able to do things on line was great. It would be better if I could do everything on line and just show up and be handed a set of keys.
Have the equipment at the location requested and not make customers drive around the city to different locations for equipment.
Very Quick and the Representative was very helpful
Tho I dont remember ther names all you team was outstanding and will return
Great service from Pete, thanks!
You do a good job thank to mark that he help me without him a can not accomplish my goal you are very lucky that have employee like him who is care about his customer because of mark I rate Uhaul excellence service you should appreciate him that he take care his customer like me very we'll and help me to understand about Uhaul policy or the save for the customer thank you very much that mark help me even he sick he still smile and help me about moving out
Attendant was friendly and helpful. We were late due to the issues from the pickup snafu and she credited the charge as we had brought the truck back with more gas than when we started. This saved us from having to argue with corporate. Sorry we did not catch her name.
Went out of their way to guarantee I would have a trailer the day I needed it.
Original order was june 27 for
Alum Rock pick up only.
Next day Fremont says pick up is at their loc only and 2 hrs later.
Said, nothing can b done !
Alum Rock man was very nice,did all he could !!!.
When walking through the store a display was positioned poorly and a metal hook scrapped my arm, and the rep assisting me said that it had scrapped him a few times as well and commented that they needed to fix it. Also, the information on the contract had been recorded incorrectly when I picked up the truck, even though the rep corrected my paper contract he did not update the system. Then it happened again when I received my final bill. I was charged for an extra half dozen furnature blankets and two tenths of a mile. I called customer service and was disconnected twice before I got a representative, they said they would refund the difference on the pads but then transfered me to another customer service rep who would take care of adjusting the milage. The connection was poor and he hung up on me without refunding me for the pads. I could really care less about the 24 cents in milage, but after being hung up on and told by two seperate people that the refund on the furniture pads would be taken care of... I want my 24 cents and the $5 for the pads, because the 30+ min that it took me to not get it resolved. The chances are good that I will never use U-Haul again, due to their poor records keeping and poor customer service when there is an issue with the bill.
Received great service, pretty fast and efficient. Got the truck out in about 10 minutes.
That guy lie to me he said he has only the biggest truck but this still had small truck they want to make more money out of me and they give me the biggest truck and I had a really bad experience
Keep up the good work!
I had a good experience. Perhaps can comment in the future but this time everything was perfect.
Your call center is terrible: confused, inaccurate, sales-driven instead of customer service, completely inefficient. I called 4-5 times and got the same with all the reps. You need to fix the systems they work on and/or hire better people. It's a crime not to be able to call the location directly who knows what they are doing instead of speaking to a rep who is far removed from what is actually happening.
I had a reservation on 06/22/2014 for a 14' Truck, but when I showed up one was not available, due to the fact the last customer was not able to drop the truck off at 9am per his Uhaul contract. I had to completely change my moving plans by one day.
The guy was so uncourteous, looked like he owned uHaul fleet.
Price per mile for 10' is too high. I will more seriously consider other alternatives before choosing u-haul again.
The staff was more interested in closing shop than the fact that the rental truck was being returned on a tow truck. They couldn't wait to get us out the door, but wanted us to hang around and tell the tow truck drive where to leave the truck and not to block the driveway.
The customer service for pick up was on the verge of unacceptable. When I placed the reservation on the phone I was told that I would receive a phone call the day before no later than 6PM to confirm the exact pick up location. The email confirmation I received later that day and the in store visit two days before confirmed this . At 7PM the the day before pick up I had not received a call, so I called the hotline on the email and was given the location. I was supposed to pick up the rental at 9AM, but at 8:30 AM I got a phone call saying the rental had broken and would not be ready until 1PM. They began looking for another uhaul after I profusely had to tell them that 1PM was not going to work. Over the course of several phone conversation in 45 mins I explicitly asked for a time estimate on when I would know where to pick it up and was never given a straight answer. The only answer I ever received was "soon"; this is never a word that should be used in customer service as it means very different things to different people.
Thank you for all of your help.
The manager was very kind and respectful.
Everything was professional.
Excellent service. Quick service, even though the line was long and the store was busy.
Mark and Pete were both extremely helpful during my rental process.
Great customer care and a late model van.
I'll be back!
wash the trucks
Don't get rid of John!!!! He was great!!!!. He waited a few minutes passed closing for me to get there. Once there John was ready for me with truck. On the first day of my rental I had not embarked on my trip and was still-in town and pick up a nail or something.I was losing air pressure FAST. Rolled up and with-in seconds I was on my way.....
ll was ok thanks
Boy the price sure jumps up in a hurry from the advertised price when you add in the fees, etc. that weren't advertized.
The person for returning needs to be friend.
Everyone was friendly at nice at pick up and drop off.
I must say that I was very well impressed by the service I received today. I understand we are in a peak season for renting vehicles to move, so somehow I was expecting delays. However, despite the fact there was a line of people waiting to be assisted, the whole process didn't take more than 10 minutes. I was assisted in a very courteous and efficient manner by two agents. When returning the van, at 6p.m., again it all went smoothly and uneventful.
Had an easy pick up and drop off!!! Great price and service!
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World Wetlands Day 2004 -- Lesotho
"From the Mountains to the Sea
Wetlands at Work for Us"
List of Acronyms
DWA - Department of Water Affairs
LLWSPU - Lesotho Lowlands Water Supply Project Unit
LHDA - Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
NUL - National University of Lesotho
IUCN ROSA - The World Conservation Union - Regional Office for Southern Africa
NGO's - Non-Governmental Organisations
CMBSL- Conserving Mountain Biodiversity in Southern Lesotho
SADC - Southern African Development Community
Lesotho held its first World Wetlands Day celebration at the Lesotho National Convention Centre on the 2nd of February 2004.
Department of Water Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources through its newly established Wetland Unit and IUCN ROSA, organized the one-day seminar jointly. The aims of the seminar were to join the rest of the World in celebrating The World Wetlands Day and to share ideas on the issues related to wetlands especially in Lesotho.
The seminar was fortunate to be graced by the presence of the following Lesotho dignitaries because of the significance of the wetland the management and involvement in wetland issues:
- The Honourable Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Monyane Moleleki because wetlands are firstly a natural resources and of their significance in the water resources management and issues in Lesotho
- The Honourable Minister of Tourism Environment and Culture, Ms. Lebohang Nts'inyi because of the concerns of her Ministry in terms of environmental management and wetlands as sources of eco-tourism;
- The Honourable Assistant Minister of Justice, Human Rights, Law and Constitutional Affairs, Ms. Mpeo Mahase who attended the seminar because, wetland issues play a vital role in water supply in her constituency and because of her interest in the legal aspects related to the wetland issues;
- Representatives of local authorities (local chiefs) in whose areas wetlands play a crucial role in community affairs.
- Representatives of programmes and projects dealing with environmental issues in Lesotho, e.g. LHDA, CMBSL, LLWSPU NUL, Youth organizations related to water and NGOs.
The Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources Mr. Bataung Leleka provided the introduction, chaired the first session of the seminar, explained the aims and purposes of the seminar and introduced the dignitaries.
The Director of Water Affairs Mr. Mokake Mojakisane introduced the theme of the World Wetlands day as "From the Mountains to the sea - Wetlands at work for us" and briefly stated the major aims of the seminar as sharing ideas about the wetland issues among the different stakeholders and pointed out that the wetlands selected for presentation are not the only ones of concern but represent a small but pivotal role in wetland related issues. He outlined the structures set up in his Department to champion wetlands as an essential part of the environment.
The Seminar was opened by the Hon. Minister of Natural Resources, who put emphasis on the following points relating to the wetlands and their significance to Lesotho:
- commitment of the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho to support of and involvement in environmental issues especially the wetlands. This is shown by Lesotho's accession to relevant treaties and accords both at global and regional level, e.g. accession to RAMSAR, participation in SADC initiatives the choice of unique wetland sites in the region in [Okavango delta in Botswana, Etosha pan in Namibia, Ngorongoro Basin in Tanzania and Alpine Wetlands in Lesotho] and the setting up of the Wetland Unit within the Department of Water Affairs
- the role of wetlands in the cultural heritage of Lesotho through inspiration to creative writing, poetry and music composition extolling the richness of flora and fauna exhibited by wetland systems; - "wetlands provide us with the answers to where we are, where we come from and where we are headed historically, lest place names derived from these become empty myths".
- dependence of sustained river flows and clean water on wetland functions - the water crises currently facing the region points to the importance of well managed wetland systems as most of our rivers have wetlands as their sources.
The Commissioner of Water, Mr. Manong Lesoma outlined the structures gave the keynote address and institutions entrusted with the water resources management in Lesotho; the policies and legislation governing these activities some of which needed improvement and harmonization. Some of the important elements of the address were the international and regional obligations that Lesotho, as a head-water state is bound by and the initiatives that have been undertaken to ensure the country's ability to meet its obligations locally and regional. He emphasized integrated planning and management of water resources to ensure both equity and sustainability. Besides legislation, he pointed out that the following aspects need special attention:
accurate and up to date water resources assessment in terms of both quality and quantity (insufficient data exists on this and needs update);
- protection of water resources and aquatic systems,
- reduction of pollution and proper management of waste,
- improvement of sanitation system particularly in rural areas which currently endanger water quality;
- integration of stakeholders in the planning and development of water related policies.
Among the major threats facing water resources and sustainable food production were mentioned drought and impacts of climate change.
The opening speech and key note addresses were followed by remarks from the floor, with special opportunity given to the ministers present. In their comments the two ministers emphasized the following issues after congratulating the Ministry of Natural resources for the important commemoration:
Importance of wetlands has over a long time been obscured by negative impressions associated with water-borne diseases such as malaria and blind sickness and danger to livestock. This view is now being replaced by realization of positive benefits derived from wetland systems such as biodiversity, provision of utility plants and water purification. They welcomed the presence of local authorities in this seminar because most of the wetland problems are normally blamed on herders and poor governance. They indicated several areas in which their respective ministries are involved in improving the awareness and proper management of wetland resources. These included collaboration in the committees that are involved in ratification, development of management plans and their implementation as collaborative effort with Department of Water Affairs, educational efforts concerting local authorities and livestock herders and were one with the host ministry that the motto should be "let there be no further degradation on wetlands.
The important comments from the floor dealt with poor implementation of existing policies and legislation and educational programmes prescribed for herders and local authorities.
The second session of the seminar was opened with the presentations by local authorities on the state of wetland resources and related issues in the areas of Tatai, Koro-koro and Qalabane (Hermon). They provided the audience with the state of the wetlands in their areas (slides were used to illustrate some of the issues for Tatai and Koro-Koro), the management issues confronting the areas in historical perspective. Two clear cases emerged from this. Some local communities have realized the importance of the wetlands and they are attempting to address them and need assistance, the other issues is the variety that exists in these systems in terms of relative importance to the community. The Tatai case provided a situation where, based on the historical perspective the communities and the local authorities have manage to recover some measure of the wetland resources, Koro-koro and Qalabane provided cases where development efforts planned centrally have resulted and are resulting in further degradation of the wetland and continued loss of their utility. The difference being that in the Qalabane case the political will seems to be in favour of a policy that might lead to improvement similar to what is happening in Tatai. Poor governance, uncoordinated development efforts were illuminated as the major threats to wetland communities as seen by local authorities. The local authorities provided information about the extent of both the original and current size of their wetland areas and the problems facing them and the efforts being made to address these and indicated in what ways they needed help, namely, restoration techniques, management advice and enforcement of good governance.
The remarks following these presentation were related to valuation of wetlands in terms of their resources value and economic terms, the leadership problems facing the local authorities, the advice that local authorities should attend gatherings like this with their local resources managers (advisors) - good example was provided by Hermon community, reduction of bureaucracy in community resource management. The local authorities were applauded for their important input into the national awareness raising efforts for the wetlands.
The presentation by the local communities were followed by technical papers from national bodies involved in issues related to wetlands [Details are provided in the presentations attached to this report] :
4.1 Wetland Unit. [L. Motanya] which provided the definition and classification of wetlands of Lesotho, description of the benefits derived from the wetlands and constraiints/threats facing the unit in addressing the wetland issues. The major constraints were listed as
- Lack of coordination
- Conflict of activities
- Poor administrative structures
4.2 National Environment Secretariat (L. Molapo) - Discussed issued related to the national wetland definition, types of wetlands in general and those present in Lesotho, threats Lesotho wetlands, the importance of different types of wetlands occurring in Lesotho (with examples, benefits derived from wetlands grouped into ecological/environmental benefits, economic and social value. The presentation ended with the initiatives undertaken at national level to address wetland issues, namely,
- Research activities
- Rehabilitation efforts
- Establishment of protected areas
- Recommendations of government input in the improvement of efficiency of wetland management.
4.3 LHDA [T. Mahlelebe)- presented the efforts carried out by Lesotho Highlands Development Authority in the rehabilitation of Bokong Wetland and showed the progress in the healing of the wetland after damage by road construction.
4.4 CMBSL (Mr. Maliehe) -presented the extend of the Conservation of Mountain Biodiversity Southern Lesotho programme which covers two wetland areas Letseng-la-Letsie and Mosaqane in the Quthing district. The problems highlighted include soil erosion and siltation, loss of ecotourism potential and loss of aesthetically unique ecosystem, grazing pressure. Water bottling has been initiated as one of the efforts to improve awareness of the benefits of wetland resources.
4.5 DWA [M. Maseatile]- the paper presented wetland management in Shared Water Resources content. It addressed the mountain wetlands of Lesotho, described the importance to water of the region and ways of achieving the objectives of the SADC Protocol on Shared Water Courses, in terms of the legal framework, implementation and obligation of both Lesotho and downstream members.
Remarks were delivered by the representative of the IUCN ROSA - Mr. Lenka Thamae, following these presentations. The thrust of his remarks was on the historical background of the World Wetlands Day. The commemoration day signifies the day on which the Convention was signed in the city of RAMSAR (Iran) in 1971. The commemorations days are aimed at raising awareness of the values and benefits of wetlands and the RAMSAR Convention. Each year RAMSAR Bureau advances a global theme.
The theme for this year embraces wetlands functions of storage, and purification of water storms, as sources of food, water, utility products, as well as places for recreation, and medium of transport. The ranges of wetland types that occur in southern Africa are wide and includes- sponges, swamps, and springs, rivers, flood plains and natural and artificial lakes. These systems support livelihood of communities in a variety of ways and contribute to national economies in general.
The wetland systems in Lesotho are important not only as for LHDA but also as key sources water, pasture and livelihoods of large sections of our communities, but they are currently faced with critical threats mainly from overgrazing and trampling by livestock herds leading to extensive degradation of the systems. This degradation should be urgently halted because rehabilitation often takes a very long time over which resource may be out of function.
Wetlands in other parts of southern African have been shown to contribute hugely to community and national livelihoods if managed properly (Dambos in Zimbabwe, Okavango Delta in Botswana).
The IUCN and its partners is currently engaged in assisting the region and Lesotho through training officials, provision of platforms for sharing experience and information, identification and support of research and demonstration of best practices in integrated wetland management planning.
The part of the report aims to present in a short form the essential outputs of the Seminar. Three issues were identified as common threats of the day
The major issues covered included, awareness of wetland ecosystems and their value and benefits, initiatives undertaken at national and local level to address wetland problems, policies that are in place to assist wetland management and their strengths and weakness.
There is an increase in the general awareness of the wetlands ecosystem benefits but specific sections of the community are at different levels of awareness and needs to be strengthened and supported with well managed structures at all levels.
Changes in attitudes to wetland resources and uses particularly the cultural ones seem to be on the decline especially among youth. The general consensus seems to increase education and level of knowledge of wetlands among the users the systems so that to ensure sustainability. Educational efforts that have been initiated so far seem to have had little effect. This needs research and development of appropriate strategies to ensure sustained awareness build into the day-to-day activities of the communities and stakeholders.
Policies and legislation regulating wetland issues are generally weak, outdated and often-in conflict. There is need to harmonise these and strengthen their enforcement. One of the issues that were emphasized is the poor governance relating to these resources.
Initiatives being undertaken to address wetlands issues are many but still need harmonization and proper coordination to allow optimal outputs. The establishment of the Wetland Unit as a lead organization recognition of this weakness, but the current state is that wetland initiatives are still structured along narrow sectoral lines with poor communication between the sectors this leads to competition in the housing of initiatives and weakens their potential to get support timely.
The major threats identified as affecting wetland ecosystem and wetland management seems to be dominated the following
- Lack of co-ordination of development efforts in areas in which wetland are located. Effects of road construction on Koro-koro reed meadow were given in this seminar as examples.
- Conflict of interests among land users on wetland ecosystem -grazing, crop production, water harvesting are not planned in an integrated manner to optimize the health of the ecosystem but to maximize interest group benefit.
- Weak administrative structures at community level to effectively address the apparent negative effects of land use practices.
- Inadequate education/knowledge on and low level appreciation of importance of wetland ecosystems and their need for special care.
- Delay in providing a home of wetland related units - this often hinders the timely access to resources that might be accorded the unit.
Generally information about environmental resources management is poorly distributed to the appropriate and relevant stakeholder. Although the technocrats and scientist have knowledge about the issues the local communities do not often know it and the local knowledge is not available to the technocrats and scientists because they activities are often carried out and report in a different form to the different forum. Participatory research techniques and integrated planning would go a long way to minimize this because the communities and policy-makers and planners will jointly own the development process.
Workshops and seminars normally are normally attended by narrowly selected groups and held at places accessible to few and their proceedings not widely distributed in appropriate forms (language format) to the exclusion of local communities that are often expected to implement the recommendations and polices. Awareness campaigns should include distribution of these proceedings as widely as possible to reach widest possible audience beside those who attended the workshops and seminar. One suggestion from this seminar was to hold special days on a rotational basis planned to maximize attendance and information sharing at local level.
The Commissioner of Water who thanked all the participants for joining Lesotho in the celebration of this important day, closed the seminar. Special thanks were extended to the Ministers that graced the day with their presence and IUCN for financial and logistics support.
1. The World Wetlands Day - Letsatsi la Machaba la Mekhoabo le Mata: Programme
2. Official Opening Speech: Hon. Minister of Natural Resources
3. Key Note Address : Commissioner of Water
4. Paper Presentations
a. Regional Cooperation in Wetlands Mangement - Thamae
b. Wetland of Lesotho Current Trends - Motanya
c. Ecologic, Social and Economic Importance of Wetlands - Molapo
d. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Experiences in Wetland Management - Mahlelebe
e. Role of Lesotho's Wetland systems in Functioning and distribution of water in SADC Subregion - Maseatile
f. Conserving Mountain Biodiversity - Maliehe
g. Wetlands in Lesotho - Local Experience - Makhonofane
Letseng-la-Letsie, suggested Ramsar Site


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My favorite bloggers focus on personal finance, adoption, the poor/ needy, women/social issues and some creative writing. I am attracted to these blogs for obvious reasons. I am big believer that we can be better stewards of the resources God has blessed us with. My heart is broken for orphans, the poor and oppressed amongst us. I believe women are not given a fair chance, and as a result, suffer various atrocities that we all need to be speaking up against. I am a writer. However, one of my all time favorite blogger is Amy Block @ http://buildingtheblocks.blogspot.com/.
Amy's blog was one of the first I encountered on adoption. Growing up, I had always mentioned in passing that I would love to adopt children from all over the world. I dream of raising a multinational family. I dream of fostering children in a loving environment. These were desires buried deep within me, but I never really got to thinking much about them until summer 2010. I just got done with my masters, and I was home alone for several months job searching and blogging on my other blog. It was during this season that I came across blogs on adoption and foster care. These blogs awoke in me all the desires that I thought were dead.
Amy's blog made me cry, laugh and hope. Her blog led me to other blogs, and these solidified the desire in my heart to one day adopt. Reading these blogs made me realize that adoption was God's idea, because He first adopted me into his family. A truth that would resonate with me for the rest of my life. I admire Amy and her family. She and her husband, Todd, are willing vessels for God. They have four birth children and adopted five more. Two from Guatemala, two from the local foster system and one from Ethiopia. I question what kind of life these children would have if Todd and Amy did not step out to obey God's calling on their lives.
The Block's family recently packed up and moved to Guatemala to serve as missionaries at Eagles Nest Orphanage. They left two sons in college. They moved with seven children to begin the journey of nurturing and giving hope to thousand more. I guess the very thing that attracts me to the Block's family is "This is a family living out the dreams in my heart." I really admire her and her commitment to God. I admire her dedication to serve God and no other. I admire her sacrifice, and I am blessed to be able to read her blog and be part of their journey.
Amy recently shared a need of the children who come to the orphanage, and I am hoping many of you would stand up to help fill this need. Living in poverty is something many of us cannot understand. I do not have a regular income, and I am working hard to build a writing career while cursing at my student loans; poverty has never been my reality. Many of the children served by the Block's family walk miles without shoes or in shoes that are worn out and/or several sizes smaller. Little girls and boys with bruised feet are not what we encounter daily, but these are the "tip of the iceberg" needs of many. If you are interested in donating $15 to help a child get shoes, please click here to read Amy's blog post on the need for shoes and then, please donate.
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I desire to be a vessel that God can use. Totally broken and submitted to his every desire. Yes, I have desires that I wish God would fulfill now and laying them down is hard. However, I know He honors my obedience. In Todd and Amy, I see imperfect submitted vessel and I love and admire what I see. I may never see the sacrifice that got them here, but I see the glory, the joy and the happiness. To be more like Jesus means...I die and He lives.
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Jose Reyes was just 12-years-old when he killed a teacher and injured two students, before taking his own life.
The shooting left two families with devastating losses that cannot be replaced.
Jose and Liliana Reyes are dealing with heartbreaking circumstances that no parent could ever imagine. We talked to them off-camera and as you would expect they say the last couple of weeks have been very tough to handle.
It's been almost two weeks since the Reyes family said goodbye to their only son. And Tuesday, his parents picked up Jose's ashes, and met with their priest. They say they don't know what caused the seventh grader to take a gun to school wounding two boys and killing Michael Landsberry, a well-liked math teacher.
The Reyes' have expressed remorse for the families impacted by this tragedy and apologized for the actions of their son -- while dealing with their own personal loss. They've been trying to get their lives back to normal running their Sparks restaurant.
And while they say nothing can bring their son back, they hope they can use this experience to help other families and try to prevent anymore incidents like this one from happening.
We also spoke to the attorney for the Reyes family. He is handling all media requests and we hope to bring you their interview with Wednesday.
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