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Feb 20, 2015
Christmas at the Arctic Circle
Celebrate Christmas with Santa Claus at the Arctic Circle. Escorted 8-day tour starting in Helsinki, enjoy city sightseeing. Overnight train journey to Rovaniemi, celebrate a traditional Finnish Christmas. Visit Santa Claus Village, ride snowmobiles, husky- and reindeer sleds and Ranua Wildlife Park. Enjoy an optional Northern Lights safari.
Dec 22, 2016
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Göta Canal Cruise
Jul 20, 2016
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West Coast Cruise Sweden
3-day Cruise on the Göta Canal - Sweden's Blue Ribbon - on the historic canal boat Wilhelm Tham, built in 1912!
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Christmas with Santa & Stockholm New Years
Celebrate Christmas with Santa Claus at his home at the Arctic Circle. Escorted 11-day tour from Helsinki to Rovaniemi Visit Santa Claus Village, ride snowmobiles, husky- and reindeer sleds and Ranua Wildlife Park. Enjoy an optional Northern Lights safari. Baltic Sea cruise from Helsinki to Stockholm, followed by city sightseeing and New Year's Eve festivities.
Jul 19, 2016
Kelo-Glass Igloo & Northern Lights
Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort offer the newly built Kelo-Glass Igloo. Watch the Northern Lights from your igloo and enjoy snow activities like husky safari, reindeer and snowmobile safaris or icefishing!
Jul 18, 2016
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Christmas with Santa Claus
Visit Helsinki and Rovaniemi, capital of Finnish Lapland and home of Santa Claus Village. Enjoy snow activities, go on Husky- and Reindeer Safaris and ride a snowmobile to go ice fishing.
Please visit our web site: http://5stars-scandinavia.com/lapland-rovaniemi-christmas-santa-claus-tour.html
Jul 8, 2016
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Family Winter Adventure in Iceland
May 5, 2016
Photos: 21
East Iceland Highlands and Fjords
East Iceland Highlands, Fjords and Heritage tour, 5 days / 4 nights, escorted
Five Stars of Scandinavia, Inc.
May 4, 2016
Photos: 22
North Spitsbergen - Polar Bears Special
Explorer Cruise on the m/v Ortelius to North Spitsbergen, June 2016
Apr 28, 2016
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Dramatic Westfjords & Local Secrets
Dramatic Westfjords, escorted tour to West Iceland.
Visit Fjords, fishing villages and hunt for Northern Lights.
Photos: 14
Ice Cave Tour & Highlights of South Shore
Ice caves, glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls and National Parks
Apr 26, 2016
Photos: 24
Reykjavik Christmas Special
Reykjavik Iceland in winter | Christmas in Reykjavik
Reykjavik Christmas Special from Five Stars of Scandinavia, Inc.
Apr 25, 2016
Photos: 29
Apr 22, 2016
Photos: 42
Basecamp Nordenskiöld
Snowmobile Expedition to Basecamp Nordenskiöld Spitsbergen
Blue Ice Paddling
Photos: 10
Nature's Treasure & Northern Lights
Iceland Winter tour, escorted, view Northern Lights
Apr 21, 2016
Photos: 20
Senja Biking Tour
Mar 15, 2016
Norway Fjord Discovery
Oslo - Norway in a Nutshell Tour - Flåm Railway - Myrdal - Flåm - Gudvangen - Bergen
Feb 23, 2016
Photos: 25
Baltic City Break Riga
Highlights of Riga / Latvia
Dec 8, 2015
Photos: 19
Tromso Ultimate Adventure
Tromso Wilderness adventure, Northern Lights hunt, snowmobile safari, dog sled safari, overnight in wilderness cabin
Nov 9, 2015
Tromsø Northern Lights Adventure
Winter Adventure to Tromsø, Northern Norway
Northern Lights, Snowmobile Safari, Husky Safari
Nov 3, 2015
Arctic Adventure and Snowhotel
Adventure tour to Kirkenes and the Snowhotel
Snow activities, snowmobile safari, husky safari, Arctic King Crab tour, night in a Snowhotel suite!
Nov 1, 2015
Legends of Scandinavia
Stockholm, Hamar, Balestrand, Geilo, Oslo, Copenhagen
Oct 14, 2015
Norwegian Odyssey
Photos: 45
Essence of Scandinavia
Photos: 31
Viking Capitals
Fjord Explorer
Norwegian Fjords, Oslo, Bergen, Sognefjord, Balestrand, Flåm, Flåm Railway
Oct 13, 2015
Hardanger in a Nutshell
Norwegian Fjords
Norwgian Fjords, escorted tour of Norway's fjord region, Oslo, Geilo, Hardangerfjord, Bergen, Gudvangen, Flam, Borgund Stave Church, Oslo
Viking Homelands
Cruise on the new Viking Star: Viking Homelands, Stockholm to Bergen or v.v., 2016 voyages
Oct 12, 2015
Photos: 41
Nordic Essence
Nordic Essence escorted tour, Helsinki, Tallinn, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Norway fjords, Geilo, Flam, Oslo
Baltic Essence
Baltic Essence, Luxury tour to Helsinki, Tallinn and Stockholm
Oct 11, 2015
Hurtigruten - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Norwegian Coastal Steamer Voyage
Sep 23, 2015
Photos: 32
Hurtigruten - The Best of Norway's Fjords
Photos: 26
Igloo Escape and Northern Lights
Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen,Finnish Lapland
Sep 3, 2015
Photos: 51
Christmas in Lapland
Hotel Kakslauttanen, Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Christmas in Finnish Lapland
Photos: 46
Santa Claus Holidays
Santa Holidays in Rovaniemi, Lapland and at the fabulous Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort
Photos: 33
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
L'Austral, superb mega-yacht with 132 cabins, a subtle blend of luxury, intimacy and well-being.
Iceland Walking & Hiking Adventure
Walking & Hiking adventure to Golden Circle sites, interior highlands of Landmannalaugar, the glacial valley of Thorsmörk and Vatnajökull National Park.
Aug 14, 2015
Photos: 35
Moose Hunt Værdalsbruket
Moose hunt in Norway
Jul 28, 2015
Winter Lapland Saariselka - Rovaniemi
Winter tour to Finnish Lapland, visit Saariselka, Rovaniemi and Kemi
Jul 23, 2015
Guided Circle Iceland
Circle tour around Iceland's Ring Road
Jul 14, 2015
Christmas in Kemi
Kemi Lapland Gulf of Bothnia Sampo Icebreaker
Jun 23, 2015
North Circular tour
Self-drive tour in Finland
Northern Lights and Glacier HIke
Iceland winter tour
Jun 2, 2015
Photos: 12
Landing page
Jun 1, 2015
Photos: 72
Volcanoes and Ice
Iceland and Greenland tour, from Reykjavik to Ilulissat
Reykjavik New Years Eve
New Years Celebration in Reykjavik / Iceland
May 28, 2015
Christmas Adventure in North Iceland
Reykjavik, Akureyri Christmas, Yule Lads
Game of Thrones
Iceland tour Reykjavik to Akureyri
May 21, 2015
Iceland Aurora Adventure
Northern Lights Adventure Höfn Iceland
May 18, 2015
Iceland Nature and Wellness
Reykjavik, the Blue Lagoon and Laugarvatn Fontana Baths
Winter Gems
Iceland Winter self-drive tour
May 12, 2015
Pride of Iceland
May 11, 2015
South Iceland Winter Explorer
May 5, 2015
Greenland: Climate and Ice
Cruise on ms Fram to West Coast of Greenland
Apr 14, 2015
Denmark Castles
Apr 13, 2015
Denmark Castles & Manors
Denmark Castles and Manor Houses - self-drive tour in Denmark
Mar 31, 2015
Photos: 37
Mid Sweden Adventure
Self-drive tour in Sweden
Wildlife & Hiking in East Finland
Self-drive Tour in Eastern Finland
Mar 26, 2015
Northern Highlights
Mar 24, 2015
Photos: 30
Lofoten - Whale Safari
Lofoten, Northern Norway
Photos: 15
Lofoten by car
Southern Norway & Hardangerfjord
Self-drive tour of South Norway
Landmannalaugar - Skogar
Trekking tour in Iceland
Mar 18, 2015
Complete Highlands
Iceland trekking tour
Strutur Trail
Trekking Volcanic Trails: Strutur Trail Iceland
Volcanic Trails 3: Landmannalaugar
Trekking tour Volcanic Trails 3: Landmannalaugar Iceland
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Iceland's Best Single Tracks
Biking tour in Iceland
Mar 12, 2015
Treasure Trail
Iceland adventure tour
Volcanic Trails 1
Land of Lava
Mountain bike tour from Lake myvatn Iceland
Mar 10, 2015
Photos: 34
The Treasure Trail
Arctic Iceland
Arctic Iceland self-drive tour
Mar 5, 2015
Biking Lofoten
From Svolvaer to A
Mar 2, 2015
Copenhagen - Roskilde
Biking on Senja Island
Photos: 11
Legends of the North
Feb 19, 2015
Fjord Highlights and the Viking Trail
Hurtigruten cruise Norway, Shetlands, Orkneys, Faroe Islands and Iceland
Oct 17, 2014
Greenland National Park Expedition
Greenland west coast, Icefjord, Sisimiut, Uummannaq, Qeqertarsuaq
Oct 16, 2014
Photos: 49
Oct 13, 2014
Photos: 38
Spitsbergen and Polar Bears
Hurtigruten in Search of Northern Lights
Norwegian Coastal Voyage, Hurtigruten, Bergen to Tromso
Oct 12, 2014
Spitsbergen Winter Safari
Snowmobile expedition
Oct 11, 2014
Spitsbergen Lodge Dogsled
Spitsbergen - Svalbard
Spitsbergen Coast to Coast
Spitsbergen Summer skiing from Coast to Coast
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Spitsbergen Lodge Backcountry Skiing
Ski expedition to the Spitsbergen Expedition Lodge
Photos: 5
Spitsbergen Ski Expeditions
Coast to Coast Skiing Expedition on Spitsbergen / Svalbard
Oct 10, 2014
Scrapbook Photos
Album for scrapbook photos
Oct 1, 2014
Photos: 3
Around Spitsbergen Cruise
Explorer Cruises to Spitsbergen on m/v Plancius and Ortelius.
Magical Norway
Fjord tour Oslo, Hardangerfjord, Lofthus, Bergen, Flam Railway, Balestrand, Geirangerfjord, Lom, Oslo
Sep 29, 2014
Land of Fjords & Glaciers
Bergen - Flam - Balestrand - Sognefjord - Geirangerfjord - Oslo
Sep 28, 2014
Scenes of the North and Moscow
Escorted Tour to Scandinavia, Baltic States and Russia.
Visit Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen, Norway's Fjords, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Moscow
Scenes of the North
Copenhagen, Oslo, Norwegian Fjords, Bergen, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki, St. Petersburg
Sep 27, 2014
South Shore Adventure
Sep 23, 2014
Northern Lights Mystery
Winter Norway in a Nutshell tour
Norway Nutshell tour, Flam Railway, Bergen Railway, Naeroyfjord
Sep 22, 2014
Iceland in Winter
Iceland - reykjavik
Sep 14, 2014


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Forty years ago today, President Nixon addressed the nation to announce he would be resigning the next day -- the only time in US history this has happened. Today, President Obama announced the US will be dropping bombs on Iraq once again. That's a pretty heavy-duty amount of the past to contemplate, in one week.
Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion, was issued 41 years ago. Despite consistent public opinion to the contrary, conservatives and the religious right have patiently and relentlessly campaigned against it for decades. And recently, their efforts are finding some success.

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IGCSE Coasts and GCSE Coasts
2.2.3 Marine processes
Candidates should be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding of wave processes in eroding a coastline and re-sorting and depositing materials removed through erosion. Candidates should understand the types of waves and the components of waves, swash and backwash. The erosional processes of wave action should include an understanding of corrasion, hydraulic action, corrosion and attrition. Transport of material along a coastline should be appreciated; onshore and offshore movements together with an understanding of movement along a coastline (longshore drift). The action of wind in shaping coastal sand dunes should also be understood.
• Describe and explain the landforms associated with these processes.
• Describe the conditions required for the development of coral reefs.
• Describe fringing and barrier reefs and atolls.
A study should be made of the following coastal landforms: Cliffs, wave-cut platforms, caves, arches, stacks, bay and headland coastlines, beaches, spits and bars, coastal sand dunes and marsh.
2.4 Interrelationships between the natural environment and human activities
Candidates should be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding that the natural environment presents hazards and offers opportunities for human activities. Reference should be made to the hazards posed by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tropical storms, flooding and drought.
The coast or the coastline is the border between the land and the sea. The coasts are very important because they have many uses for humans, but they are also under threat because of humans.
|Destructive waves: Destructive waves have a fairly weak swash because the wave breaks almost vertically. However, it does have a much stronger backwash. Because the backwash is stronger than the swash, destructive waves erode and transport material away from beaches.
Constructive waves: Constructive waves have a strong swash and a much weaker backwash. Because the swash is stronger than the backwash they tend to deposit material and build beaches up.
Wave Cut Notch and Wave Cut Platform
Wave cut platforms are made in a similar ways to waterfalls and gorges (rivers topic). At high tide the power of the sea attacks and erodes the bottom of the cliff. Over time this erosion creates a wave cut notch (basically an eroded hole at the bottom of the cliff). As the wave cut notch gets bigger, the weight of rock above the notch gets greater. Eventually the cliff can not support its own weight and it collapses. The process then starts again, with the erosion of the sea making a new wave cut notch. As the process continues the cliff starts to move backwards (retreat). Because the cliff is moving backwards a wave cut platform (an expanse of bare rock) is created. Wave cut platforms are only visible at low tide.
Caves, Arches, Stacks and Stumps
Caves, arches, stacks and stumps are usually found on headlands, where wave refraction is causing erosion on three sides. The waves always look for weaknesses in the headland (cracks and joints). If they find a crack or a joint they will start attacking it. Hydraulic pressure will be the main type of erosion. Overtime the crack may turn into a cave. Slowly the cave will get bigger and cut all the way through the headland, making an arch. As the arch gets bigger the weight of the arch roof gets too great and it collapses, leaving a stack. The stack is then eroded by the sea and weathered from the air leaving a stump.
Blowhole: Sometimes the sea may erode through to the top of the headland (following a large crack). If this happens a blowhole is created.
Transportation (longshore drift)
Longshore Drift: This is the process of waves moving (transporting) material (load) along a coastline.
Swash: The waves breaking and traveling up the beach carrying load. Waves will break and the swash will travel in the direction of the wind.
Backwash: The waves returning to the sea with load. Waves will take the shortest possible route back to the sea (gravity).
Longshore drift only happens when the waves hit the beach at an angle. It is the process of the swash transporting material up the beach at an angle and the backwash returning directly under the force of gravity that causes material to be transported along the beach.
Prevailing (or dominant) Wind: This is the direction that the wind normally hits a coastline.
Groynes: Groynes are wooden or concrete fences (walls) placed out into the sea to stop longshore drift happening.
Sea currents: Currents are the movement of water caused by differences in temperature, changes in wind or tides. Currents can be extremely strong and can transport large amount of material.
Saltation: The wind can also transport sand and even small stones across a beach. The process of the wind bouncing sand and small stones across a beach is known as saltation.
Tides: Tides are the twice daily movement of the sea in and out. Tides are constant and are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. Some tidal ranges can only be a few metres, others can be several kilometres.
Tidal Range (or intertidal zone): The difference or area between high tide and low tide.
Spring Tides: When the moon and the sun are in complete alignment you get particularly high and low tides.
Neap Tides: When the moon and sun are aligned at right angles to each other so the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun are pulling in different directions. This makes for lower high and low tides.
Depositional Landforms
Spits, bars and tombolos are all made by a combination of longshore drift and deposition. They are collectively known as depositional landforms.
Spits: A spit is a long thin stretch of sand connected to the mainland but stretching out into the sea. Spits are formed in areas of calmer water where the sea has less energy. They are normally found near the mouths of rivers where the coastline changes direction creating some protection. Longshore drift happens in the direction of the prevailing (dominant) wind. When the direction of the coast changes, longshore drift does not stop, but continues out into the sea. If the sea has less energy (because it is protected), material is deposited instead of transported. If deposition is greater than erosion, then overtime a spit will build up. The end of the spit is usually hooked because of occasional winds and storms that blow in the opposite direction of the prevailing wind.
Salt marsh: A low energy, intertidal ecosystem that develops behind a spit. The salt marsh will have some salt resistant vegetation.
Tombolo: A spit that joins the mainland with an island.
Mainland: The main land mass of an area. Strangely the UK is described as an island within Europe and the world. However, when you just talk about the UK you would describe the main island as the mainland.
Island: A small body of land found in oceans and seas.
Bar: A spit that connects two headlands or runs across the face of a small cove (bay).
Lagoon: The salt water lake that develops behind the bar. Overtime the lagoon will become smaller as deposition takes place.
Spit: Spurn Head (Holderness Coast)
Tombolo: St. Ninian Tombolo, Scotland
Bar: Slapton Ley, UK
Eustatic Changes: These are global changes when the whole level of the sea either rises or falls. Generally speaking, during ice ages, sea levels will fall and during warmer periods, like today, sea level will rise. The changes are all to do with the amount of ice held in glaciers and ice shelves.
Isostatic Changes: These are local changes, when the level of the land changes relative to the level of the sea. The most common cause is land rebounding after the pressure release of melting ice after the last ice age. Scotland in the UK is rebounding after 2 kilometres of ice melted after the last age, removing a huge amount of weight.
Beaches and Sand Dunes
|Beach: The beach is the accumulation of sand between the lowest spring tides and the highest spring tides. Beaches can be made out of sand, shingle and/or pebbles. Beaches receive their material from longshore drift, constructive waves, cliff erosion and river discharge. Beaches cane be divided into backshore, offshore and foreshore. The backshore is the area above the normal high tide level, the foreshore is the area in between normal high and low tide and offshore is the area below the normal low tide.
Berm: The berm is a ridge (long thin hill) that forms at the top of the beach. It is the highest section of the beach and is basically sand accumulated on the strand line (twigs, litter, seaweed, etc. deposited at high tide).
Intertidal zone: The area of land between high tide and low tide.
Strand line: The material (seaweed, driftwood) that is deposited by the sea at furthest point of the high tide.
Embryo Dune: Embryo dunes are the starting dunes of sand dunes. They form in the sheltered area behind the berm and strand line.
Foredunes: Small embryo dunes can join to make foredunes. Foredunes tend to be very yellow because they only have limited vegetation so no real humus layer develops.
Yellow Dunes: Sea couch and marram grass begin to grow on the foredunes so they become more stable and grow. As the dune grows and the vegetation develops a humus layer develops.
Grey Dunes: A developing humus layers starts changing the colour of the dune from yellow to grey.
Mature dunes: As the humus layers grows more, the dunes can sustain more plants, flowers and even trees.
Dune slack: As the size of the dunes develop water can collect between the dunes. Marsh plants can grow in these wet areas.
Blowout: A blowout is a depression or hole in the dune caused by the wind.
Humus: Is the layer of decaying plant and animal matter that adds nutrients to the ground.
Succession: The changing types of plants from basic sea couch to trees is known as succession.
Water table: The line between saturated and unsaturated ground.
Saltmarshes are usually found behind spits, in estuaries or on low energy coastlines. Because there areas tend to have low levels of energy, deposition exceeds erosion. The continued deposition means mudbanks are formed and they are exposed at low tide. Salt and water resistant grass is able to grow on these mudbanks, forming saltmarshes.
The salt resistant vegetation (halophytic) means more sediment (load) is trapped and water is restricted to channels, rather than the whole saltmarsh. As the height of the saltmarsh increases more types of vegetation are able to colonise (move in) and grow.
The area of land that is inundated (covered) by sea water only at high tides and sometimes only spring tides is called the sward zone. Plants in the sward zone can only survive being under sea water for a maximum of four hours a day.
Coastal Defences
Coasts are vulnerable locations that need protecting. They need protecting because of the economic value they bring to areas e.g. fishing, tourism and transport. Coastal erosion is mainly caused by hydraulic pressure, corrosion, corrasion and wave pounding. However, sub-aerial erosion can also play an important role. Areas that are near to sea level and are made from soft rock are particularly vulnerable. If coastal erosion is allowed to happen, coastal roads, ports, holiday resorts, farmland and even whole villages may be lost.
Hard Engineering: This building a physical structure, usually out of wood or concrete to protect the coast. Hard engineering is usually more effective, but it can be very expensive and ugly to look at.
|Rip-rap: Rip-rap is basically giant boulders placed at the foot (bottom) of cliffs. Rip-rap is designed to absorb the waves energy and protect the cliffs behind. Rip-rap can be effective, but does look ugly, may reduce access to the beach and can be expensive.
|Gabion: Gabion also uses large boulders, but this time the boulders are placed in cages. This means that gabion can be installed quickly and again is fairly effective. However, it also looks ugly, reduces access and can be expensive.
|Groynes: Groynes are designed to stop longshore drift transporting away beach material. They can be effective in maintaining a beach, but need replacing regularly, look ugly and can cause problems down the coast, because they are not receiving beach material.
|Sea wall: Sea walls are made out of concrete are aimed to absorb the waves energy. Sometimes they are recurved to direct the waves energy back out to sea. They can be very effective, but again are expensive, ugly and reduce access.
|Breakwater: Breakwaters are built out into the sea. They are a coats first line of defence. Instead of breaking on the coast, waves, break on the breakwater. They are often found around the mouths of rivers and ports. They are expensive and can disrupt shipping and animals.
|Revetments: They are similar to sea walls, but often built out of wood. Often found at the foot of cliffs they are designed at absorb the waves energy. Again they need replacing regularly and do not protect against big storms.
|Dune Stabalisation: Dune stabalisation is planting vegetation on the berm of the beach or on the dunes. By planting vegetation you should be making them more stable (roots) and reducing the moisture content (root uptake).
|Cliff Regrading: This means make cliffs less steep. Cliffs often become unstable because of undercutting. By reducing the angle you should reduce the undercutting and the risk of the cliff collapsing.
|Beach Nourishment: This is simply adding more sand to the beach. Beaches are natural defences, so by making them bigger, you are creating a natural defence. Sand is sometimes taken from the sea bed or dunes inland.
|Beach Drainage: Cliffs often collapse because they become saturated and the increased stress causes them to collapse. By removing some of the excess water you should reduce stress on the cliff.
|Managed Retreat: This is not always a popular solution, because it is basically allowing the sea to take back land. Low value land is often chosen to be flooded by the sea. By allowing this you are changing some inland ecosystems by adding salt water.
Holderness Coast (Location and Background)
The Holderness coast is a 61km stretch of coast running from Flamborough Head in the north to Spurn Head (a spit) in the south. The Holderness coast is located in the NE of England. The Holderness coast is one of the fastest eroding coastlines in the world and the fastest eroding in Europe. On average the coast erodes at about 2 metres a year. This might not sound much, but if you multiply 2 metres by 1000 years, then that is 2 km of coastal erosion.
The reason the Holderness coast is eroding so quickly because of the local geology. 18,000 years ago the north of England was covered in ice (last ice age). As the ice melted it deposited huge amounts of glacial deposits. These glacial deposits actually extended the Holderness coast out into the sea. However, the glacial deposits (known as boulder clay) that make up the coast are extremely weak and vulnerable to erosion. Since Roman times, the coast has eroded by about 4km and around 30 villages have been washed into the sea, along with hundreds of square kilometres of farmland.
Holderness Erosion - BBC video clip
Dairy farm threatened with erosion - BBC video clip
Farm threatened with erosion - BBC video clip
The Lost Villages of England - Times article
|Because the Holderness coast is eroding so quickly, it has become necessary to try and protect the coast from further erosion.
Hornsea: Hornsea is the main settlement on the Holderness coasts. It has a population of around 8,500 and is an important holiday destination. Because it generates a large income through tourism, it was decided to protect Hornsea. On the sea front a 3 metre high recurved sea wall was built to absorb and reflect wave energy. Groynes were also placed along the beach to try and prevent longshore drift and keep Hornsea's beach intact. On top of the sea wall, the cliff was also strengthened by building a concrete promenade. The promenade has a road on it, small cafes and shops and seating areas.
Mappleton: Mappleton is a small settlement south of Hornsea. It only has a small number of houses, a church, a farm and a small caravan park. Because Mappleton was so small it was decided not to protect it. With no coastal defences, Mappleton was quickly disappearing into the sea. The residents of Mappleton were not happy and protested to the local government, blaming Hornsea's defences on Mappleton's accelerating erosion. The main blame was placed on Hornsea's groynes. Because groynes stop longshore drift, Mappleton was receiving no sediment from up the coast, so its beach was disappearing. The prevailing wind on the Holderness coast, is from the NE so longshore drift goes from north to south. The local government was forced to agree with the finding, so Mappleton was protected with a rock groyne, some rip-rap and the cliff was regraded.
Withernsea: Because Hornsea and Mappleton were protected it also became necessary to protect Withernsea further south. Withernsea has been protected with a sea wall, rip-rap and groynes.
Easington: With Hornsea, Mappleton and Withernsea all protected, Easington is the next settlement along the coast. Because of defences north of it, its coastline is eroding an accelerating rate. Easington is home to a large natural gas terminal, so decisions on its defence will have to be made soon.
Possible Conflict on the Holderness Coast
Because coastlines are in demand, conflicts can often take place. For example the Holderness coast is used a holiday destination, it is used for walking, bird watching, farming, playing golf, living (private residences), transport, farming, fishing, refining oil/gas, Geography fieldtrips, etc. When you have so many groups of people wanting to use the coast, conflict is going to happen occasionally. Conflicts can be looked at, by using a conflict matrix. Download the attachment to see an example of a conflict matrix. A conflict matrix works very simply. You look at each group of players (actors) e.g. fishermen and oil/gas works and decide if they have a conflict of interests. In this case they probably will because oil/gas works may pollute the sea which will effect fish stocks. If they have a conflict you put a tick in the appropriate box, if they don't you put a cross. You may be asked to justify your decisions.
Coral Reefs
A coral reef is a line of coral polyp found in warm shallow seas. Polyp are tiny carnivorous (meat eating) animals. Polyps live in groups called colonies. A polyp has a mouth at one end. The mouth is surrounded by a number of tentacles. These tentacles resemble feet, which is how they get their name ('polyp' is a Greek word meaning 'many feet'). Polyps cannot move from their limestone homes. They mostly feed at night.
A polyp reproduces by dividing its own body to form two polyps, or by producing sperm and eggs. Each polyp builds a case of limestone around itself, using calcium from the water. It is like a house, with a floor and walls. This remains after it has died and forms a foundation for another polyp to build a house on, putting a floor on the roof of the old one. When these limestone formations increase, they are called a coral reefs.
Coral reefs are very delicate and need the following conditions to form:
- Tropical sea conditions (between the two tropics)
- Warm waters (must be over 18 degrees centigrade year round)
- Clear water ( no sediment)
- No pollution
- Sunlight
- Water less than 60 metres deep
|Fringing Reef: Fringing reefs circle or fringe the coastline or islands. They are often protected by barrier reefs further out to sea, so the plants and animals that live in fringing reefs are suited to low wave energy environments.
Barrier Reef: These occur further from the sea and are commonly separated from the mainland or island by a deep lagoon. Barrier reefs are normally older and wider than fringing reefs. The Great Barrier reef in Eastern Australia is a barrier reef and stretches for 1600km.
Atoll: They rise from submerged volcanoes. They are similar to barrier reefs in terms of biodiversity and form. However, they are confined to submerged oceanic islands, unlike barrier islands which can follow continental coastlines e.g. Great Barrier Reef.
Coral Reef Management
- Damaging fishing practices like dynamiting can be banned. It is important that this is enforced or the practices will carry on.
- Conservation zones where tourists aren't allowed or there numbers are restricted can be created.
- Areas where coral reef cannot be farmed can be created
- Fish stocks can be enhanced and quotas imposed on amount being caught
- Sewage outlets can be moved downstream of coral reefs
- Banning the dropping of anchors on coral reef.
- Reduce the use of fertilisers near coral reefs
- Finally one of the most important is educating people about why coral reefs are important and how we can protect them.
Coral reefs heading for climate and fishing crisis - BBC article
Mediterranean a dumping ground - BBC article
Alarming plight of Coral Reefs - BBC article
China ship seriously damaged great barrier reef - BBC article


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A late 19th-century woman risks everything to earn a college degree from Vassar while hiding her African-American descent, a situation that is complicated by her romance with a fair-skinned roommate's brother. By the author of The Price of Inheritance.
Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades.
Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia, a successful family woman, is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women. By the author of What Alice Forgot.
A family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where twenty-two-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man.
Dreaming of far-off lands away from her loving 1890s Honolulu home, seven-year-old Rachel is forcibly removed from her family when she contracts leprosy and is placed in a settlement, where she loses a series of new friends before new medical discoveries enable her reentry into the world.
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life.She receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease.
Confined to Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage during the Great Depression, Chinese-American boy William Eng becomes convinced that a certain movie actress is actually the mother he has not seen since he was seven years old, a belief that compels a determined search for answers.
Withdrawing into her photography and a job at a homeless shelter after being attacked while riding her bike, student Laurel Estabrook encounters Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of secret photos, but when Bobbie dies suddenly, Laurel is certain that the photos hide a dark family secret.
Summary: In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces--Dante's "Inferno"--as he battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle.
When a beautiful woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage and a mysterious illness; while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred. By the best-selling author of Dark Places.
Anne has enjoyed any of this author's books she has read.Unable to express himself socially but possessing a savant-like knack for investigating crimes, a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome is wrongly accused of killing his tutor when the police mistake his autistic tics for guilty behavior.
Anne has enjoyed all of his books, but this is her favorite. . A Thousand Splendid Suns is a story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives are inextricable from the history playing out around them.


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Krishnapatnam Port, India's largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast of India has inaugurated CONCOR's - Port Side Container facility – a Government of India undertaking.
Ports operator DP World reported on Tuesday first-half 2016 gross container volumes up 1.2 percent on a like-for-like basis and up 2.5 percent on a reported basis.
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News Red Alert! WalMart Endangered by Gay Conspiracy!
posted by November 21 at 12:24 PMon
From the people who brought you Operation Rescue and Operation Save America comes a new work: Save WalMart!.
Yes, yes, yes, the abortion clinic harassing campaign — they're the people who sit outside clinics snapping photos of every car in the parking lot — is getting a little weary ("Operation Rescue has never been tied to a violent crime! - NOT ONE!!" the website defensively declares) so now the reliable wingnuts are fueling their hero fantasies by protecting America's largest employer from the demands of "diversity."
They are being forced by the "politically correct" dogma (abortion, homosexuality, etc) of our day to accept his terms. If one chooses to defy this dogma, he will be forever branded as a right-wing, bigoted fascist, bent on forcing his own religion (Christianity) down everyone else's throat.
Now Satan has Wal-Mart in his line of fire! This legacy of faith and love for Jesus Christ by Mr. Walton is being trashed before our very eyes!
After being lambasted for years by the anti-family, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, radical environmental left, Wal-Mart has finally succumbed to this constant harassment and blackmail. She has now chosen a policy of appeasement to assuage all of the false accusations leveled against her in hopes that the devil will somehow stop being so mean. It is sad to say that Wal-Mart has joined the The National Gay & Lesbian, Chamber of Commerce.
Their last stand for Freedom takes place the day after Thanksgiving, when Operation Save WalMart promises to deploy to 300 store locations. At their website, activists and snickering liberals can download fliers like:
The website doesn't list the 300 WalMart locations, however, and they haven't sent anything to their mailing list recently (of course I'm a member!) so I'm skeptical they'll actually see the turn out they're hyping. In any case, right wingers screaming about sodomy at families walking into WalMart on November 24th will be an exciting little vacation from all typical Christmas carolers.


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''There's really nothing to this scale in New Zealand,'' he
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the Mud, Sweat and Tears.
''We wanted to take it to the next level with our terrain.''
The course is on private land.
It will stay in place and be available for private hire.
It will be open to the public twice a year for the summer and
winter Mule events.
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complete the 10km course in under an hour - ''it really isn't
about the time''.
''It's more about how you do it and who you do it with,'' Mr
Peters said.
The top male and female competitors each received a chainsaw
for their efforts.
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about, which was to get the job done with the right equipment
or people.
The event received $20,000 from the Queenstown Lakes District
Council's events fund.
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Day: January 5, 2010
Vinny Golia at ASTO
From LA's ASTO:
Date : Saturday, Jan. 9 at 8:00pm
Vinny Golia
Music for Strings & Woodwinds
Vinny Golia is a composer who fuses the rich heritage of Jazz, contemporary classical and world music into his own unique compositions. As a bandleader, Golia has presented his music to concert audiences in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United States in ensembles varying dramatically in size and instrumentation. Mr. Golia has won numerous awards as a composer, including grants from the National Endowment of the Arts,
The Lila Wallace Commissioning Program, The California Arts Council, Meet the Composer, Clausen Foundation of the Arts, Funds for U.S. Artists and the American Composers Forum. In 1982 he created the on-going 50 piece Vinny Golia Large Ensemble to perform his compositions for chamber group and jazz orchestra.
For more information about Vinny Golia, please visit: http://www.vinnygolia.com/
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Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I've heard for the first time this week and come recommended.
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Good painted characters, bad bottle in the corner.
The art is very nice and the idea itself is funny. The ads revolve around situations where you are faced with unexpected things that can literally cause you to shit your pants. It's like the ass seems to be thinking to himself "Ok, ummm, am I supposed to shit myself right now?"
the art is not bad but very below the brazilian average. kind a disappointing. coming from brazil that is.
He was thinking with his cock not so long ago.
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Jamie Casino's got murder, vengeance, and a flaming sledgehammer.
Personal injury lawyer Jamie Casino of Savannah, GA really went all out with his Metal as ___ Super Bowl ad (SLYT).
Those lips, those eyes...
Chimpnology Another perfectly normal and sweet animated short by that lovable scamp Cyriak. (The dreaded SLYT)
Push the Envelope, Watch it Bend
We Have a Complement of 38 Photon Torpedoes at Our Disposal, Captain
A tale of taking other people's land by force
A Guide To American Football. [2:48 Video] Superbowl Sunday is fast approaching. If you do not know the rules of American Football, here is a chance to learn.
Kopi Luwak
A remake of the famous business card scene from American Psycho — for a hipster jeans commercial. [slyt]
My Wife Sells Cheese On The Internet
The Rubberbandits (previously) present their new song, 'Dads Best Friend'. (SLYT)
Cycling, Jumping, Skiing, Diving and other things
Straitjackets, trailer parks, country music, golf carts
It is a fact universally acknowledged that White People Crazy. (SLYT)
Whether You're High or Low
CHVRCHES (previously) covers "Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe (previously). At the Billboard Women in Music 2013 event. With Janelle Monáe in attendance. No pressure. [SLYT]
Objects in your crosshairs are exactly the size that they appear to be
This tech demo video from Pillow Castle Games (of Carnegie Mellon) showcases an innovative first person puzzler using the optical illusion of forced perspective.
I'm traveling at the speed of light
Starting at age 15, on New Year's Day in 2011, Matt Perren took a shot of himself every day lip-syncing to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". 1100 days later, at age 18, the video is ready. [more inside]
Music's got me feeling so free
Despecialized and Remastered
This featurette will give you a quick look at the various sources used to recreate the original 1977 version of Star Wars in the Star Wars: Despecialized Edition: Remastered.[more inside]
A tale of Dynamite and septic tanks
I can tell right now you don't know shit about dynamite.
Mom's Spaghetti
This Christmas, please remember the real reason for the season: a three-minute long Smash Mouth / Eminem mashup. Mom's Spaghetti, everybody.
Rainbow deflection
13 minutes of shooting through things (SLYT) in ARMA 3. Trajectories are colour-coded.
"The classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"
You'll never find, as long as you live / Someone who loves you tender like I do. / You'll never find, no matter where you search / Someone who cares about you the way I do / [more inside]
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CHRISTMAS PUGS! (SLYT) [more inside]
Frosting has more integrity than your ex-boyfriend.
"It's a choice I've made, making people who care about me worry."
Split of a Second is an eight and a half minute youtube video about wingsuit flying and a practitioner of the art.
WOW, that is a really cool jacket.
Scary Compliments (SLYT)
People should believe 71% of what they hear on the news
Ron Burgundy did the News last week in Bismark North Dakota. Some thought it made a mockery of the news, but the station is pretty happy with how it turned out. This week, Ron dropped in on Emerson College to give some advice to the journalism grads, starting with "Of course you have to report the facts. Unless it's too hard to find the facts — then, just make something up."
Replacing a trampoline with a see-saw...
At least there's only five more to go.
Following the high profile of her first major song, "Friday", Rebecca Black has released the video to her new song, "Saturday". [more inside]
Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process
This video shows the process of building a log cabin. It was shot in Finland. The narration is in Finnish, but you can turn on the English subtitles.
Supersonic bionic robot voodoo power
Shoot that poison arrow
Katniss Everdeen Kills Everything. Warning: arrows hitting people.
They should have sent a poet
The World Outside My Window - Time Lapse of Earth from the ISS (SLYT, make sure to play it in the highest resolution you can)
"So I guess there won't be a sequel."
Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston read through the final scripted moments of Breaking Bad for the first time. SLYT
More pictures of cats. Big cats.
Strap a camera to a 4 wheel drive remote control car and let it loose among a pride of Botswana lions. Curiosity and cuteness and some pretty amazing pictures ensue. SLYT
YouTube Comment Reconstruction
On October 4th 2013 YouTubers 'Sophie Sanze' & 'JilianLovesTheBiebs' had a conversation on the video 'One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful'. The following is a reconstruction. [NSFW language]
"I got my other arm working, too. This game has everything!"
Not content to simply riff on bad movies, Mike Nelson (formerly of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and currently of Rifftrax) recently visited the Video Game Abomination folks and played a little "Miami Traffic 3".
Sailor Moon Saturday Gone Gaga
"Take me to your [Sailor] Venus!"
Lady Gaga – Sailor Stars
Lady Gaga – Papercraft Roleplay Venus [more inside]
Lady Gaga – Sailor Stars
Lady Gaga – Papercraft Roleplay Venus [more inside]
"Here, have some ribbon candy. Boys love candy."
It's not exactly the top of many people's "Favorite Sweets" list, but there is something hypnotic about watching ribbon candy being made.
A rainy commercial by Google India
The India-Pakistan partition in 1947 separated many friends and families overnight. A granddaughter in India decides to surprise her grandfather on his birthday by reuniting him with his childhood friend (who is now in Pakistan) after over 6 decades of separation, with a little help from Google Search. SLYT
Suck it, Thoreau
"Kiss Me, I''m Desperate," by Blake Grigsby. But how could anyone who made the world's largest cardboard castle be desperate?
Goodman, Goodman, Goodman... and some other guys.
The Howling Fat Men of the Coen Brothers (slyt & nsfw)
"Wanna talk some shit? Call me."
'Gangster Party Line': For Real Men Who Just Want To Talk Smack Are you lonely? Do you feel like talking smack? Do you just wanna talk to a hard gangster? Look no further. The 'Gangsta Party Line' will fulfill all your needs. Hundreds of gangstas are waiting for your motherfucking call, and they're all talking smack about you right now. The hardest niggas are standing by, waiting to answer your call. For only $4.99 a minute, you can talk to the hardest guys in the game.
Lions Tigers & Bats!
Happy Growloween from Big Cat Rescue! [more inside]
Hands up and touch the sky
Starships were meant to fly.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police are investigating the drive-by shooting death of an Oklahoma City woman.
Master Sgt. Gary Knight says police responded to the shooting Monday night in northeast Oklahoma City. Investigators believe 52-year-old Frances Ruth Madison was standing outside near a pickup truck when a vehicle pulled up and someone opened fire.
Police say Madison was shot multiple times. She was taken to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
Police say authorities do not have a good description of the suspect or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call police.


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It has been a while since I last posted. I have thought about closing down this blog, but there are so many memories on here that I want to keep open for family and friends who actually read it. Yes, it will remain alive in 2015, but I know it is on life support right now. So I am going to try to post more often. Not everyday, but several times per week. My first post of the new year is, of course, like many other bloggers – a post about the new year.
I no longer make New Years Resolutions. I stopped doing that about four years or so ago. Instead, I make project lists, as I like to call them. I am someone who likes to tackle projects and challenges, instead of strict rules, which is how I feel about resolutions.
So for 2015, there are several "projects" I want to tackle. Here are a few:
* Clean my house. Sounds funny, I know. But I mean deep clean my house. I plan to tackle this slowly, taking it one room at a time. This may take me a while, but I will get it done. Spent some time on Pinterest and found some great ideas of some products that you can make at home that work better than the stuff at the store.
* Get my cabinets and closets organized and get rid of "stuff". This, too, will take me some time, but I know how good it feels to clean out an area in my house, even if it is just a drawer. Again, thanks to Pinterest, I have some good ideas which will not only help to get organized, but STAY organized.
* Clean and organize the garage. Ugh. This is not one of the projects I am excited about. This project will take some extra support from the family, but come spring time, it will happen. Trust me. All I have to do is threaten to throw away everything that I think isn't useful or worth anything and they all come running. . .
* Drink more water. Who am I kidding. It should read Drink Water Period. I hate drinking water. But I am going to slowly ease into it. I finished a 20 oz bottle yesterday and plan to do the same every day. It's not much, but it is at least 20 more oz of water than I was drinking before. It is a good start.
* Exercise regularly. I hate that this sounds like a resolution. But it is hard to argue against all the good things exercise does for your body, including your brain. I just have to set my mind on this. It is important for my health.
* Write notes to people, often. I received some really cool note cards for Christmas that I am eager to put to good use. I know how I feel when someone writes me a note or card. I want to be able to share that feeling with others.
I think I will stop here. Those are enough projects to keep me busy in 2015, in addition to all the balls that I juggle in everyday life.
If you are reading this, thanks for sticking with me on this almost-dead-blog. If you would like to share some of your 2015 projects, I would love to hear about them.
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Morning News Roundup
By DEALS INDIA STAFF
News roundup from Indian newspapers, news wires and websites on Friday, Feb. 08, 2012. Deals India has not verified the stories from other media organizations and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Suzlon Energy May Sell Stake in Three Divisions
This year, Suzlon Energy might have to either sell its subsidiaries SE Electricals, SE Forge and Suzlon Energy Tianjin or sell stakes in these. Suzlon Group would also have to sell some of its offices, according to a senior banker. Proceeds from these sales would be used to repay debt. (Source: Business Standard)
Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ties up With Iconix Lifestyle
Arvind Lifestyle Brands said it has signed a long-term licencing agreement with Iconix Lifestyle India to manufacture and distribute Ed Hardy brand. (Source: Economic Times)
Ronnie Screwvala Fund Invests in Valyoo Technologies
Unilazer Ventures said it, along with IDG Ventures India, has invested Rs 53 crore in Valyoo Technologies, which sells fashion accessories online, for an undisclosed stake. (Source: Financial Express)
GAIL, EDF Trading Sign MoU to Acquire Energy Assets in North America
State-owned gas utility GAIL India said it has signed a preliminary agreement with French energy trader EDF Trading for jointly acquiring oil and gas assets in North America and trading of US gas/LNG. (Source: Economic Times)


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Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhi
On November 7, 2012, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of First National Corporation (the "Company") adopted an Executive Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to reward certain executive officers for achieving performance goals. The Plan is a multiple-year Plan and shall remain in effect until the Board deems otherwise. Participation is limited to those employees selected by the Chief Executive Officer and approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board each Plan year. Dennis A. Dysart, M. Shane Bell and Marshall Beverley were selected to participate in the Plan along with certain other executive officers, effective January 1, 2012.
Under the Plan, the Board is responsible for establishing and approving annual performance objectives for the Company and Plan participants, based upon such criteria as may be recommended by the Chief Executive Officer, and the award formula by which all incentive awards under the Plan are calculated. Plan participants are entitled to a distribution under this Plan if, upon the approval of the Board, the Plan award is earned as a result of the attainment of Plan performance objectives and the participant is employed on the payment date. Awards shall be paid on or after January 1 of the year following the performance period, and no later than March 15 of the year following the performance period.
In the event of a participant's termination of employment for any reason, including due to death, permanent disability or retirement, any unpaid awards (including any earned but unpaid awards) shall be forfeited by such participant. The Company has the right to recover compensation that the Company determines, in its sole discretion, was unjustly paid to an employee under the Plan. The Board reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time.
The Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
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Tigers rip Gators 15-2
Published: Friday, March 11, 2005 at 11:44 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 11:00 p.m.
HOUMA -- It was a night of lessons for the Terrebonne and South Terrebonne baseball teams Thursday in the Tiger Baseball Tournament at Southland Field.
For the first time this season Terrebonne (5-3) lit up the scoreboard and put its opponent away early in a 15-2 tournament victory.
"We haven't been up a bunch of runs on a team yet this season and I talked to them and said, ëHey, you've got to learn how to pound a team when you have the opportunity,'" Terrebonne coach John Gatlin said. "They made some errors, but it was refreshing to score some runs. We've been hitting the ball, but we've been struggling to score."
The Gators, coming off a 7-4 loss to Terrebonne on Wednesday night at the same venue, got a lesson in consistency.
South Terrebonne (2-8) committed nine errors in Thursday's loss, after playing Terrebonne close on Wednesday night.
"I talked to them about being satisfied. We are not trying to be satisfied," South Terrebonne coach Nathan Cotten said. "Even though we lost Wednesday night, it was a really well-played ballgame. They understood that and saw that, but we can't be satisfied with that."
Thursday's game was stopped after the top of the fifth inning because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Terrebonne got four innings of scoreless pitching from Andre Trahan, who gave up one hit, struck out five and hit two batters.
Wayne Murphy worked one inning of relief for the Tigers.
Terrebonne scored two runs in a bottom of the first inning that featured three South Terrebonne errors.
Terrebonne's Russell Todd singled and scored on an error after a double steal, and Henry Breaux put Terrebonne ahead, 2-0 after his RBI single scored Curt Gros.
"The first inning set the tone. We dropped the ball and you can't do that against Terrebonne," Cotten said. "Terrebonne is a good hitting team. They put the ball in play. They took advantage of our mistakes, and made it show that we weren't ready to play."
Terrebonne added three runs in the second inning on four hits. Corey Arceneaux (3-for-4, three RBIs) had a run-scoring single and Gros added a two-run single.
The Tigers struck for two more runs in the third inning.
One run scored on a balk and another on an RBI single by Arceneaux.
Terrebonne got eight runs on one hit and capitalized on four South Terrebonne errors in the fourth inning.
Joshua Farkas started on the mound for South Terrebonne. Jonathan Lirette and Justin Champagne each saw action in relief for the Gators.
Corey Dupre was 1-for-1 in the game for South Terrebonne.
Dupre had a single and an RBI sac-fly in the fifth inning that scored Joshua Hebert.
Chris Bankston also scored for South Terrebonne in the fifth inning after reaching on an error and coming home on a balk.
Noah Lirette was 2-for-4 for Terrebonne with a single, a double, an RBI and three runs scored.
Ellender Memorial and West St. John were scheduled to open the tournament today with a 3:30 p.m. game, but because West St. John's boys basketball team in playing for the Class 2A state title on Saturday in Lafayette, the team dropped out of the tourney.
Terrebonne's junior varsity team will take West St. John's place.
"They're going to go after it. I told them (Thursday night)," Gatlin said. ëThey're fired up. We'll see what happens."
In other action today at the tournament, H.L. Bourgeois plays South Lafourche at 5:45 p.m. and Houma Christian and South Terrebonne play at 8 p.m. There will be five games played on Saturday.
In the first game of the Tiger Baseball Tournament at Southland Field, Ryan Cantrelle pitched the Wildcats to their first victory of the season with a complete-game effort.
St. James (1-5) scored a run in the first inning, two runs in the second inning, a run in the third inning and two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.
The game was stopped after the top of the fifth inning because of time restraints.
Cantrelle and Charles Geason each scored two runs for St. James.
Houma Christian posted a run in the fourth inning and a run in the fifth inning.
In the fourth inning, Kenny Olivier scored on a passed ball for the Warriors, and in the fifth inning, an RBI by Ian Donovan scored Stephen Armstrong.
Jordan Trosclair went the distance on the mound for the Warriors.
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|Two Red Sox Players Considered Serious MVP Candidates
|Connelly's Top Ten: Holt Magic, Brady is Awesome, Exorcist Wicked Scary
|Sox Take Two From SF Giants
|Retirement Looms Large For Big Papi
Jon Lester (4-0, 4.47 ERA) is coming off of two good starts. Edwin Jackson (4-14, 6.00 ERA) is coming off of two bad starts.
Course as I watch Lester's recent success doesn't mean anything, as he has allowed 3 ER already in the 1st inning. He has allowed 3 hits so far. Previously in his career Lester has held Tampa Bay to a .188 average.
Luckily, Boston has hit Edwin well in his short career. He has a 5.87 ERA and has allowed a .295 average against Boston.
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- Differential equations
- Eilers & Marx parameterization
- Parameterization of the spline from Eilers & Marx (1996)
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- Illustrates the likelihood based estimation of the detection function (perpendicular distance)
- Examples
- Under construction
- Extension: correlated RE's
- Add random effects to all 3 phi's, and attempt to estimate correlations
- Extension: crossed RE's
- Adds a "day effect" following Millar (2004, Aust NZ J. Stat, 46, p. 543-554)
- Fisheries
- Different uses of ADMB in fisheries stock assessments or other fisheries work
- Flexible negative binomial
- Explores non-standard relationships between mean and variance in the NB model
- Function minimizer
- Various tricks and techniques related to the function minimizer to improve convergence
- Gamma distributed myxomatosis using R2admb
- GAMs as mixed models
- Generalized Additive Models
- Gaussian models
- Models where both the response and latent random variable are Gaussian. For such models the covariance matrix of the observations can be worked out analytically, but still the latent variable (random effect) formulation can be beneficial.
- Geostatistical approach
- The approach to spatial modeling where you explicitly model the covariance function/matrix. First used in geology/mining (hence the name). Can be used with both Gaussian and non-Gaussian response for data.
- glmmADMB
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- The multilevel Rasch model can be implented using random effects in ADMB. As an example we use data on the responses of 2042 soldiers to a total of 19 items (questions), taken from Doran et al (2007). This illustrates the use of crossed random effects in ADMB. Further, it is shown how the model easily can be generalized in ADMB. These more general models cannot be fitted with standard GLMM software such as "lmer" in R.
- Line transect methods
- Line transect methods are commonly used to estimate animal abundance, and is a special case of distance sampling.
- lmer() comparison
- Application of ADMB to the simulated datasets in Zhang et al. (2011) with emphasis on comparison to the R function lmer()
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By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: June 3, 2003
WASHINGTON, June 2— The Federal Communications Commission today narrowly approved the most important changes to the nation's media ownership rules in a generation.
By a partisan 3-to-2 vote, the Republican-controlled commission relaxed many of the most significant restrictions on the ability of broadcast and newspaper conglomerates to both expand into new markets and to extend their reach in the cities where they already have a presence.
The decision is among the most far-reaching deregulatory steps taken during the Bush administration. It will permit a company to own up to three television stations, eight radio stations, a daily newspaper and a cable operator in the largest cities. It will also permit the television networks to buy more stations.
The agency's chairman, Michael K. Powell, who was the architect of the changes, said in a telephone interview this afternoon that court challenges were inevitable, both from critics who say the agency went too far and from some companies, like the television networks, which wanted the commission to go further. Huge commercial interests are at play in the rules, and some analysts expect a robust trade in media properties to be fueled by the changes.
On Capitol Hill, a growing number of Republicans and Democrats have vowed to press legislation aimed at reversing portions of today's decision. More than 150 lawmakers, including many Republicans, had asked the agency to postpone its final rule-making to allow more time to study the issues.
While all sides have heavily lobbied for and against the rules in Congress, the concern among many of these politicians -- who have as many dealings with their local television stations and newspapers as any newsmakers -- was that the regulations would promote greater consolidation and put too much media power in the hands of too few interests.
''I want to emphasize that there is not a partisan position here,'' said Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi, who joined two Democratic colleagues, Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina and Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota, at a news conference where they criticized the F.C.C. action. ''A lot of Republicans -- in fact, probably most of the Republicans in the Congress -- would not agree with this decision.''
But there is hardly a consensus over how to proceed. Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the commissioners' decision, saying that the majority had ''taken a big step toward removing the regulatory muzzle from American broadcasters.'' But he added that the F.C.C. should have gone even further.
The Bush administration endorsed the agency's vote.
''I commend the F.C.C. for its action on media ownership today,'' Secretary Donald L. Evans of the Commerce Department said. ''The F.C.C. has answered the call of Congress and the courts to modernize its rules.''
The overhaul of regulations developed over more than six decades drew intense lobbying and more public attention in recent weeks than any other proceeding in the commission's history. Commission officials said they received more than 520,000 public comments, mostly in opposition.
The critics represented an ideologically diverse array of organizations. They included the National Rifle Association, the National Organization for Women, Common Cause, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Writers Guild of America and the Parents Television Council.
The groups said they worried that the new rules would make it harder to get diverse views on the airwaves, a position that was disputed by the advocates for change. Many of the nation's biggest newspaper companies, including Gannett, Tribune and The New York Times Company, had long sought the elimination of the restrictions on owning both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same market. And the operators of television networks -- notably the News Corporation, the parent of Fox; and Viacom, the parent of CBS and UPN -- had sought even looser rules governing how many stations they can own.
But they faced sharp opposition from other companies that own local television stations. The owners of network affiliates -- led by the National Association of Broadcasters -- argued that letting the networks own too many stations would tip the commercial balance in their favor. That could make it harder for affiliate owners to reject network shows, discourage production of local news programs in favor of national broadcasts, and lead to more homogenized programming, they contended.
Mr. Powell and his two Republican allies on the F.C.C. said the changes were vital in light of a series of court opinions questioning the old rules and a marketplace where consumers can subscribe to cable and satellite television services with hundreds of channels and delve into the limitless offerings of the Internet.
According to Mr. Powell, the new rules aim to achieve three goals. First, he said, was to establish broadcast ownership limits promoting ''diversity, localism and competition'' that courts would uphold. Second was to write rules that recognized ''the explosion of new media outlets for news information and entertainment.'' Finally, he said, the F.C.C. wanted to strike a balance that would allow media deal-making ''while ensuring that no company can monopolize the medium.''
Kathleen Q. Abernathy, another Republican commissioner, said that the fears raised by the opponents of the new rules were unfounded.


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Deadly Dark Secrets!
The Case
Gravion Zwei—Esoteric Truths (Vol. 2) marks a change for this Gravion Zwei series. Oh, don't worry—it's still fully loaded with mecha battles and big-breasted women. The change is it trades in being a totally silly show for being a cartoon with more plot twists than Wild Things. It seems everyone in this batch of episodes has a secret, and they all get revealed the hard way, usually during a trippy battle sequence against an alien invader. Isn't that how secrets are usually unearthed?
It all starts off silly enough. The Gravion Gran Knights head off to investigate an amusement park, and have to ride roller coasters and go into haunted houses to make sure the place isn't a hotpot of Zeravire activity. Well, guess what? The amusement park is full of aliens, and soon the gang has to assemble Gravion to fight their way out of the park in one piece. A huge robot battle is underway, and we get the usual display of bombs bursting in air while the big-breasted women pilots scream battle cries over a happy inspirational Japanese pop song. Half way through the battle, Leele (the girl with a mysterious past and no memory) suddenly remembers she is actually an alien and somehow related to the enemy. The revelation sends shock waves through the team; their leader Sandman is reduced to hysterics. To make matters worse, soon Mizuki (the one with the biggest boobs) is missing. She has left a note saying, "It was fun, but I am a spy for the EFA and I'm helping the other team build a giant robot to save the Earth!" The team is in a tailspin, and soon find out even more shocking revelations about their leader, who is not that he seems, either. Who knew there was this much plot bubbling under all the shots of giant robots and gravity-defying breasts?
The tone shift in the series is a welcome change. The first volume of Gravion Zwei seemed awfully short on plot and long on fan service, with little else to recommend it. Gravion Zwei—Esoteric Truths (Vol. 2) kicks things up a notch, and adds some weight to the proceedings. The characters have some depth in this volume, and more seems to be placed on the line for the crew. Even the animation seems to have a darker edge, with more psychedelic sequences and a deeper color palette. True to dramatic tradition, this is the second chapter of the saga, and the equivalent of The Empire Strikes Back for the space opera.
My biggest problem with the show is that you almost need a summary card of all the characters to keep up with who is who. It doesn't help that in addition to our core group of pilots there are literally thousands of "maids" working in Sandman's castle. I have not seen the original Gravion series, so I don't know if it's easier for veterans of the show to follow or not. Thankfully the animators do try their best to give core characters a distinctive look so we can keep track. Still, it's a cast of thousands, so the revelations often lose their impact—I don't know any of the characters well enough to care if someone is an alien or a spy. Who will have to sacrifice themselves to save the team? Who is a friend and who is an enemy? These questions would resonate more if there were fewer people to keep track of.
In the first volume, the plot about the EFA project to build a new robot was given short shrift, which does not change in Gravion Zwei—Esoteric Truths (Vol. 2). From all the literature I've read, the main conflict in the show is the Gravion team's conflict with the competing government team. They don't flesh that out too well here; I guess that is all coming in future installments. Here the focus is on who and what the Zeravire are, and how they ended up targeting Earth. The other focus is setting up the characters and their main conflicts. It's all a bit too busy, but that seems to be the style of the show. It's the old "everything and the kitchen sink" approach to plot and style.
Gravion Zwei—Esoteric Truths (Vol. 2) reveals the show's animation is as busy as the plot, and it's not always clean or clear. There are some murky sequences where it's hard to tell what exactly is happening. The transfer is bright and chipper, and colors pop extremely well. ADV has done an admirable job with the visuals. The sound mix is aggressive and just as full. Typical of ADV discs, the English mix is a speaker-blowing surround mix with a lot of action, and the source Japanese track is a simple stereo mix. Extras on the disc consist of the usual art galleries and textless credit sequences. There are more interviews with the Houston-based ADR cast, but they have little to say about the show. In the first volume, they at least talked about their characters and what they thought of Gravion Zwei, but in this volume they are reduced to talking about how happy they are working for an anime distributor. One wonders if any of them wouldn't leap at the chance to make it big—when they say they hope to still be in a booth providing voices for big-breasted women and robots in five years it sounds a little disingenuous. It's a fun feature, but in the end it's not very enlightening. At least most of them are as cute as their anime counterparts.
ADV certainly provides a nice transfer and delivers a satisfying presentation for Gravion Zwei—Esoteric Truths (Vol. 2). You will like the show if you're looking for action and a lot of busy fan service scenes. It's certainly lively, and chock full of everything you could imagine coming out of an anime series. It's definitely worth a look for fans of the genre, but it seems almost too eager to please for me to see it as a classic of anime. But for those lonely Saturday nights when you find yourself wishing for chicks with triple-D-cups fighting aliens in a giant robot, it fits the bill nicely.
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