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OK, here's the take from someone 'local', who uses Bluewood at least twice a week in the season. First of all it's a small resort, (but larger and better than Spout Springs or Anthony Lakes, close by as well). The runs are short and they now groom nearly everything. The real fun is through their various tree parks however and the long walk/trek up to Ventnor's Ridge(sp) will bless you with a pure unspoiled, powder run of short duration. I've been going here regularly since '95-even ran a charter bus of kids up there for four yrs. The main lift chair is slow and run by a giant diesel engine (try finding that anywhere else, wait, why would you want to??). The lines aren't that bad anymore unless you hit a weird day scenario-Bluewood is not getting near the traffic it used to. Best riding and skiing is during the week-before the newbies carve everything up (hordes of beginners ). If you hit a good weather day, it's nothing short of phenomenal, albeit the runs are WAY to short. The resort is on Forest Service land and they (Bluewood), had a permit to expand for yrs. For whatever reason, they did not and it's my understanding that the permit has expired and the owners have the resort for sale. Read in between the lines here-they are just getting by and it shows. Nightlife in Dayton (you can't stay at the resort) is well, forget it unless you know someone that lives there. Although Dayton has a nice looking downtown, Dayton has some serious, backwoods social problems. On the upside, you can still bring your own food and eat in the cafeteria at Bluewood. Most of the bigger resorts insist that you eat out of the main dining area (or in some basement 'dungeon'). We locals use this resort a lot because of its convenience, nothing more. We'd all jump ship if there was something else as close and/or better. As they say around here, "It is what it is". This is a bad yr economy-wise to be raising the lift ticket price there. I don't know how that's going to affect things over all, but I won't go as much.
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Perdue Farms Inc. is recalling nearly 92,000 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products USDA officials say could contain foreign materials.
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Judge P.S. Colbert was once called "King of the Jungle Boogie."
The Charge
"Tarzan swings onto TV—Sixties style!"
The Case
Do you hear that rhythm? The jungle drumline portends exotic adventures and perilous dangers lurking in the untamed African wilds.
One man stands in the breach. Scantily clad, sun-bronzed, and steely-eyed, he travels from treetop to treetop, looking for trouble below. Born and orphaned in the jungle, he is called Tarzan. An orphan of the jungle, young Tarzan is temporarily adopted by Kala, a member of the Mangani ("great apes") tribe, before being sent to the mainland for a "civilized" education. Now grown to manhood, Tarzan returns to the only place that ever made sense to him.
NBC brought Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Lord of the Jungle" to the small screen in the fall of 1966 for a two year run, with then-unknown Ron Ely (Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze) in the lead. Seldom seen since its original broadcast, the series has been resurrected as a Made-On-Demand (MOD) release by the Warner Archive Collection. The first season has been split into two volumes, both of which are available exclusively through Warner Bros.' online store.
Tarzan: The First Season, Part One features 15 episodes on 4
Tarzan: The First Season, Part Two features 16 episodes on 4
Frankly, I was apprehensive about tackling this assignment. Tarzan was an antiquated icon when he made his small screen debut forty five years ago—before Ely, there were fourteen big screen incarnations, dating back to the silent age—and this series always seemed to be nothing more than a crass attempt to meld the features of two then-current hits (Batman and Daktari) in hopes of turning a rusted old franchise into ratings gold.
Happily, I couldn't have been more wrong. Aside from the narrator's assertion that "the strength of Tarzan, no man can say," the jungle warrior remains steadfastly human; cunning and skilled, but not impervious to injury. In fact, my favorite episode is "The Deadly Silence," a two-parter which forces our hero to fearfully deal with the consequences of being stalked by a formidable big game hunter—expertly played by Jock Mahoney, a former Tarzan himself—after being hobbled by temporary deafness, caused by concussive grenades.
The clash of old and new worlds often provides the catalyst for drama. In "The Fire People," seismologists determine a volcano, dormant for centuries, is on the verge of reactivating. Shirking his own safety, Tarzan heads into the danger zone, hoping to convince members of an ancient tribe (living in a crater on the volcano's rim) to abandon their homeland before disaster strikes. The problem is the tribal elder insists their gods are testing the tribe's fidelity, and the only way to ensure the volcano doesn't blow is to stay put.
Landslides. Brush-fires. Quicksand. Stampedes. Snakes in the trees. Grasslands and rivers, where the crocs and the antelopes play. These are all relatively minor distractions for Tarzan. The deadliest game is, of course, human: tribal warriors, soldiers of fortune, poachers, and other despoilers of nature, all of whom keep the ape man mighty busy for the season's duration.
The pace is brisk, the stakes are high, and the consequences are often fatal. This isn't '80s-style action fare, where countless machine gun rounds are fired off, vehicles crash into each other, and the big villain is ultimately brought down by a bullet graze to the arm.
Credit executive producer Sy Weintraub—who took over the Tarzan franchise for television—for making several smart decisions. First, he dispensed with the animalistic, "me Tarzan, you Jane" dialogue. Gone is Jane, though Cheetah the chimp remains. In her place, Tarzan has been given a youthful ward named Jai (Manuel Padilla, Jr.) to watch out for. While a cute kid appendage usually constrains adventure programs, Jai is a surprisingly likeable and useful addition to the proceedings.
The decision to bring the modern day into Tarzan's trials and tribulations was also a good one, opening up the series to a wide variety of issues and downplaying mawkish scenes of cute animals doing tricks. While Tarzan certainly has a way with lions, elephants, and monkeys, one never gets the sense these beasts actually reside in a Ringling Bros.' show.
Weintraub's shrewdest move by far was casting Ron Ely, who brings just the right combination of brains, brawn, and benevolence to the role. Though the role would haunt the remainder of his acting career, Ely does a fine job balancing heroics and humanity, more than holding his own opposite legendary guest stars ilk Julie Harris (East of Eden), Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Henry Silva (The Manchurian Candidate), Woody Strode (Spartacus), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek: The Original Series), and Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story).
Each episode is presented in its original standard definition 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio. The greens are lush, the blue skies clear, and the blood resembles Tabasco sauce. There are some slight visual glitches, but by and large the presentation looks great. The Dolby 2.0 Mono mix is reliable, which is fortunate since no subtitles have been provided. As is standard for these Warner MOD releases, there are no extras.
Good times, Bwana!
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China's car market may rise up to 10% this year despite fears of more government policies to limit car ownership, reported the South China Morning Post.
Sales last year rose 4.3% to 19.3m, half the forecast of 8-10% by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers which sees average growth of 7% this year in light of the improving mainland economy and stabilising fuel prices.
The Chinese government is, however, trying to cap growth in car ownership because of worsening traffic jams and pollution. Consultantcy LMC Automotive told the newspaper that if commercial trucks - which made up less than 2% of the market - were excluded, the growth could reach 10% in 2013.
According to sales figures released by the top 25 carmakers in China, only 10 hit their 2012 sales target. Foreign carmakers, however, showed no signs of slowdown in their expansion.
Hyundai plans to overtake the joint venture between General Motors and SAIC by selling 1.47m cars this year. SAIC and GM, meanwhile, are expected to raise this year's sales target to 1.45m. The major foreign and domestic players are building new plants and finding new partners to boost their capacity and share in what is now the world's biggest car market.
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Empty Chair Emphasizes Nobel Schism
Dissident's Absence Proves Importance of His Peace Prize, Says Oslo Committee; Beijing Calls Award 'Political Theater'
An empty chair on a stage in Oslo was at the center of a global schism over China's human-rights record Friday in a ceremony to mark the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, a jailed Chinese dissident.
The Peace Prize medal and diploma—embossed with the initials LXB—were placed on the chair representing the absent laureate, a 54-year-old former literature professor who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "state subversion" in December 2009.
Another empty chair represented his wife, Liu Xia, who has been held under effective house arrest in Beijing since the award was announced on Oct. 8, triggering furious protests from the Chinese government.
China refused to let Mr. Liu or any of his family members attend the ceremony—making it the first time the award was not collected since 1936, when it went to Carl von Ossietzky, a German pacifist detained in a Nazi concentration camp.
"We regret that the laureate is not present," said Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prize annually.
"He is in isolation in a prison in northeast China. Nor can the laureate's wife, Liu Xia, or his closest relatives be with us. No medal or diploma will therefore be presented here today. This fact alone shows that the award was necessary and appropriate."
As he congratulated Mr. Liu, an audience of about 1,000 people including Oslo-based foreign ambassadors and Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House, responded with a standing ovation—a rare occurrence at the normally staid event.
Even as the ceremony was under way, however, China issued its own statement denouncing the award as "political theater," saying it has the support of more than 100 other countries and international organizations.
"Facts fully show the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision cannot represent the will of the majority of people in the world, especially in most developing countries," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu in the statement.
"One-sidedness and lies have no footing to stand on: Cold War thinking does not enjoy popular support."
In Beijing on Friday, police stepped up patrols around sensitive points such as Tiananmen Square and the apartment where Liu Xia is being held.
There were no signs of either celebrations or protests in the capital or elsewhere. Few in China had heard of Mr. Liu until state media started vilifying him after the award was announced.
Chinese authorities have stepped up their censorship of foreign media in the past two days, blocking several websites and reports about the ceremony on overseas television channels, including the BBC and CNN.
But some Chinese Internet users used Twitter, which is blocked in China but available via proxy server, to post photographs of empty chairs in a gesture of support for Mr. Liu.
In Oslo, Mr. Jagland compared Mr. Liu with other laureates who were prevented from receiving their awards—Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in 1975, Polish trade unionist Lech Walesa in 1983, and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991. In each case, a family member collected the award.
"Many will ask whether China's weakness, for all the strength that the country is currently showing, is not manifested in a need to imprison a man for 11 years merely for expressing his views on how his country should be governed," Mr. Jagland said.
"He has not done anything wrong. He must be released."
President Barack Obama, who was last year's controversial winner, also made a fresh call for Mr. Liu's release and expressed regret that the dissident and his wife were not allowed to attend the ceremony.
"Mr. Liu Xiaobo is far more deserving of this award than I was," he said. "The values he espouses are universal, his struggle is peaceful, and he should be released as soon as possible."
During the ceremony, the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann read out a statement made by Mr. Liu in court, two days before he was sentenced. "I have no enemies, and no hatred," it said.
"I look forward to the day when my country is a land with freedom of expression. Where the speech of every citizen will be treated equally well. Where different values, ideas and political views can compete with each other, and peacefully coexist.... Where every citizen can express political views without fear."
China had pressed countries to boycott the ceremony: Of the 65 Oslo-based ambassadors who were invited, the Nobel Committee said at least 15 didn't attend. They were Russia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq , Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Egypt, Sudan, Cuba, Morocco and China itself. Last year, 10 countries were absent from the ceremony.
Serbia had said it wouldn't attend the ceremony, but changed its mind and attended. Some countries, including Argentina and Colombia, were represented but not by their ambassadors.
Ahead of the ceremony, Chinese authorities had detained or placed under surveillance scores of dissidents and prevented dozens of others from leaving the country in case they attended the ceremony. Of 143 invited to attend by Liu Xia, only one made it —a U.S.-based AIDS activist called Wan Yanhai.
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My family and I stayed in a one bedroom condo with a pull out queen. The unit was extremely clean, new and modern. Cool spa like shower was a nice surprise. Beautiful lake view as well. This would be a great place to return to in the summer. We wanted to stay somewhere quiet and comfortable when visiting a water park. We took advantage of the spring break package which included tickets to Kalahari. One thing to keep in mind is that during peak tines like spring break that places like Kalahari that sell to those not staying at their resort limit the day passes they sell. I was a little disappointed when we checked in that the passes were sold out for the day. Not Delton's fault but I had specifically asked if that could happen when I made my reservation. We made it work by going to Devil's Head skiing and went to the water park the next day (I made sure I picked up my tickers from the office very early the next am. They were nice to call me at the main Delton office when ready).
If we ever come back to the Dells we would definitely come back. Would love to use the spa. Would be nice if they had a gym.
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- Delton Grand Resort & Spa is a luxury condominium resort located on the shores of beautiful Lake Delton in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Just a few blocks from all attractions, the resort features 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom luxury condominiums from 900 to 3700 square feet. Each villa is professionally decorated and furnished. Spacious lakefront and courtyard villas have features like private decks and/or patios, underground parking or attached two car garages, full chef-quality kitchens, tile baths with walk-in body massage showers - lakefront villas have spectacular views of Lake Delton. Amenities include indoor and outdoor heated pools, whirlpool, sauna, beaches, piers, boat slips, outdoor grills, firepits and more. A full-menu spa is located in the lakefront building. Professionally managed and impeccably maintained, the resort enjoys top ranking at Trip Advisor. From Memorial Day to Labor Day guests receive free passes to Noah's Ark Waterpark (just 3 blocks) for every day of your stay! Stay and Ski discounts available. ... more less
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We will be at Dell Diamond in Round Rock tomorrow! If your there, stop by our booth for delicious food samples, prizes and face painting!
At Mama Fu's, there's always something new, something exciting, and something a little different from your usual place. Here, you can satisfy your cravings for bold dishes with the best of Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean and Vietnamese flavors, all in one place, every day.
Mama Fu's brings the legendary flavors and varied tastes of Asia home. Fresh ingredients and rich combinations of flavors and spices provide unique dishes that are a world away from every day. Every dish at Mama Fu's Asian House is prepared made-to-order with the highest quality ingredients and seasonings.
From classic to innovative, Mama Fu's chefs create memorable Asian dishes that keep our guests coming back. Experiencing Mama Fu's is easy and convenient. Order online or call in for Takeout, Delivery or Curbside service. Our trademarked Flex-Casual® service style is time-saving during the day, but allows guests to enjoy a more relaxed experience at night. Healthy dining choices are easy and limitless with our made-to-order menu and specially prepared gluten-free and vegan options.
John S. Hamlin and Diana Hovey join growing board of directors
Austin, Texas – Mama Fu's Asian House, the Austin-based restaurant concept specializing in fresh and innovative Asian cuisine, is pleased to announce the addition of two new board members as the popular restaurant group embarks on a major expansion tripling its size over the next 18 months. Business veteran and change agent John S. Hamlin and marketing executive Diana Hovey will join Mama Fu's heavy hitting board of directors that already includes industry mavens Matt Hood, Jason Morgan, Ed Norton, Mark Adams, and Mama Fu's President and CEO Randy Murphy.
Both Hamlin and Hovey will offer industry insight and vision as members of the Mama Fu's Board of Directors. Each will be instrumental in guiding Mama Fu's during its growth period taking the expanding restaurant concept to the next level.
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Austin, Texas – Mama Fu's Asian House, the Austin-based restaurant concept specializing in fresh and innovative Asian cuisine, is pleased to announce the addition of Marketing Executive Matt Hood to its Board of Directors.
Hood is the Chief Marketing Officer for Habit Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: HABT), and brings over 20 years of marketing, restaurant industry insights and vision to the Mama Fu's board.
Prior to his current role at The Habit, Hood served as Chief Marketing Officer at BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) from 2008 to 2014. During that period, the company grew from 68 restaurants and $316 million in sales to 145 restaurants and over $800 million in sales. Prior to joining BJ's, Hood served in a series of leadership roles for Carino's Italian Restaurants and Brinker International (which owns and operates Chili's Grill and Bar and Maggiano's casual dining concepts). Hood served on the National Restaurant Association's Marketing Executives Group Board of Directors from 2003 to 2012, serving as co-chair from 2006 to 2008. Hood earned his...more
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Mama Fu's Asian House, an Austin-based restaurant concept specializing in fresh and innovative Asian cuisine, launches its first international location in the UAE this November. Mama Fu's promises a new gastronomic experience offering an inventive menu inspired by the cuisines of Vietnam, Korea, China, Japan, and Thailand. Opening in Dalma Mall, Abu Dhabi, the exciting new restaurant is operated by leading food and beverage group, GGICO Gourmet Investment L.L.C., and marks the brand's first international franchise outside the United States.
"Mama Fu's has established its name in the United States as a first-choice for Asian-inspired cuisine, with the restaurant's outlets expanding rapidly across the southern states. We are delighted to be able to bring the brand to the UAE for the first time with the opening of Mama Fu's at Abu Dhabi's Dalma Mall," said Hassan Oweida, COO of GGICO Gourmet.
Mama Fu's bold take on dishes from the Pan-Asia region has garnered the restaurant group a strong and loyal clientele Menu favourites include: Thai Dynamite Shrimp appetisers;...more
Austin, Texas – Mama Fu's Asian House, the Austin-based restaurant concept specializing in fresh and innovative Asian cuisine, is pleased to announce the addition of finance and business management executive Jason Morgan to its Board of Directors.
Morgan will offer industry insights and vision as a new member of the Mama Fu's board. Morgan has served as the CFO of Texas-based restaurant concept Zoës Kitchen since 2008 and has played a vital role in growing the company from 20 to 139 restaurants.
"Jason brings unparalleled expertise and insight into the restaurant industry to Mama Fu's," says Randy Murphy, CEO of Mama Fu's. "With his talent, knowledge, and experience, he is a great addition to Mama Fu's Board of Directors."
Prior to assuming his role at Zoës Kitchen, Morgan was the chief financial officer of Simplex Diabetic Supply, Inc., a private equity backed healthcare startup. He previously served as the first chief financial officer of Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Morgan has also held executive positions at Gaylord Entertainment Co. and...more
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Delgado's put-back lifts Pirates to win over Creighton
Freshman game-winner part of his ninth double-double of the season.
Carrington, Whitehead combine for 35 in loss at St. John's
Freshmen backcourt tandem score nearly half of team's points; Delgado grabs 13 rebounds.
Whitehead scores 20, Delgado grabs 15 boards in loss at PC
BIG EAST's leader in rebounding grabs 15 more, now averaging 9.9 for the season.
Men's Basketball Spins Gardner-Webb, 85-67
Pirates advance to the Paradise Jam championship game behind a well-rounded effort.
Pirates Rout Caldwell in Exhibition
Seton Hall tips off the 2014-15 season next Sunday, 11/9, vs. Mercer
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Pirates win 67-66 over Creighton
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2014-15: Appeared in 21 games, making nine starts – seven of which came against BIG EAST opponents…Led the team in blocks and steals on two occasions apiece…Started final five appearances of the season…Grabbed four rebounds in 16 minutes to aid a victory over Creighton (2/28)…Scored a season-high nine points and pulled down two boards at St. John's (2/21)…Logged 31 minutes in a start at #6/#6 Villanova (2/16), posting seven points and five rebounds…Scored seven points to go with four rebounds and two blocks at Providence (2/14)…Started and chipped in two points along with three rebounds in a victory over #6/#5 Villanova (1/3)…Totaled eight points and matched a career-high with six rebounds in first start of the season against Maine (12/27)…Tallied five points off the bench at #11/#11 Wichita State (12/9)…Recorded four points and four rebounds vs. Mount Saint Mary's (12/2)…Scored four points and notched a steal in the Paradise Jam semifinal round against Gardner Webb (11/23)…Sank his only field goal attempt in his season debut against Mercer (11/16).2013-2014: Appeared in 26 games, starting three times... Recorded 78 points, 48 rebounds and 12 assists averaging 9.0 minutes per game... Made Pirate debut playing 17 minutes off the bench while scoring four points in a season-opening win over Niagara (11/9)... Posted career-highs with 14 points on 5-for-6 (.833) shooting and six rebounds over 16 minutes of action in a victory against Monmouth (11/18)... Scored in seven straight games from 12/14 to 1/11... Recorded nine points in three consecutive contests versus Creighton (1/4), Villanova (1/8) and at Marquette (1/11), and went 10-for-10 from the field during this stretch... Made first career start and scored four points in a win at Xavier (2/1)... Played 12 minutes in a start at Villanova (2/7) and 11 minutes in third career start versus St. John's (2/13).
BEFORE SETON HALL: Lettered at Monroe College (N.Y.)... Ranked No. 19 for 2013 junior college players... First Team All-Region selection for the Mustangs averaging 14.9 points and 5.7 rebounds in 2012-13... Helped Monroe post a 24-8 record and advance to the 2013 NJCAA Division I Region 15 championship game... Scored 462 points, had 37 steals and handed out 2.6 assists per game in 2012-13 under head coach Jeffrey Bustad... Scored in double figures 22 of 31 appearances, including nine 20-point performances, and shot 46.6% from the field... Competed in the 2012 All-American JUCO Showcase Elite 80 and made the Top 20 All Star Game... Played in 24 games as a freshman at Salt Lake Community College... Attended high school at Princeton Day Academy in Maryland.
PERSONAL: Son of Kathryn Lewis... Has a sister Ornella Manga and a brother Patrick Lottin who lettered in basketball at St. Bonaventure... Uncle Victor Samnick played basketball at Georgetown... Born on May 11, 1991 in Orleans, France.


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Help! I wasn't accepted at any high school
High school acceptance letters went out this week and 90 percent of 8th graders who applied got one of their choices. Of those, 84 percent got one of their top five choices. But, once again, 10 percent of the more than 77,000 applicants didn't get accepted anywhere.
If you were one of the the 7,452 8th graders who wasn't matched to a high school (or if you're unhappy with your match) it's time to consider one of the 10 new schools opening in the fall of 2014—or one of the established schools that still has space.
You can meet representatives from these schools at the second-round high school fair from 11 am to 2 pm this weekend, March 15 and 16 at the Martin Luther King Educational Campus at 66th and Amsterdam in Manhattan. You can also meet with guidance counselors at the fair to help consider your options.
You must submit a new application -- with up to 12 choices -- by March 21 and you'll hear in May where you've been assigned. If you are not matched with a school that you list in the Round 2 application, then the Department of Education will assign you to a school close to where you live. (If you were matched to a school in Round 1, submit a new application and then are matched to a different school in Round 2, you forfeit the seat offered to you in Round 1).
All 8th and 9th graders can apply in the second round, even those who didn't apply in the fall. That may be especially relevant to 9th graders who are hoping to transfer to a new school for 10th grade, but missed applying in the fall. All current 9th graders may apply for another school in the second round.
Kids win one-quarter of high school appeals
A glimmer of hope for 8th graders who were rejected at their high school choices: Insideschools has learned that one-quarter of the kids who appealed their high school placements last year got a seat at one of the schools to which they originally applied.
Of the 3,028 rising 9th-graders who filed appeals last year, 761 were offered a place at one of the high schools listed on their applications, according to data released by the Department of Education in response to our request under the Freedom of Information Act. Another 783 were assigned to an alternative placement, but not a school they requested.
An appeal won't work if you were rejected at one of the specialized high schools, which require an entrance exam. And it probably won't work if you are assigned to a perfectly good, appropriate school that just doesn't happen to be your first choice--if, say, you are assigned to Bard High School Early College and you wanted Beacon.
But let's say you are assigned to a school that doesn't offer chemistry and physics and you want a college prep curriculum. In that case, you may have a shot.
How to handle high school letter day March 10
by Joyce Szuflita
Sometime during the week of March 10 8th-graders will get a letter telling them where they have been accepted to high school.
Here's what normally happens: The kids at public schools are given sealed envelopes in school that hold the results of their SHSAT tests, whether they have been offered a seat at one of the specialized high schools and their match - if any - from their main 1-12 application. The kids are instructed to wait to open the letters when they get home. Yeah, right.
They are dismissed, and the second that they get outside the school building, they rip open the letters and there on the sidewalk in front of school, the full range of human emotion is played out in public; tragedy, euphoria, jealousy, hatred and deception all bathed in a river of tears.
High School Hustle columnist Liz Willen wrote about this several years ago -- in Choice and Crying Teens -- and the problem still persists. It is ugly and it is up to you to stop it. You must either convince your child NOT to open the letter in public (good luck) or you must be there to whisk them away to a safe place to celebrate or commiserate in private.
College Counselor: Negotiating for more aid
Q: My two sons applied to the same college Early Action, and they have both been accepted. Since they were EA applicants, they are not obligated to enroll at that college, and they have also applied to other schools. They don't know yet where they want to go, and will probably take a while to decide, before the May 1st deadline.
But I am concerned about the amount of merit aid they have been awarded. For some reason, one of my sons received an award of $40,000 merit aid, while the other one, who had a slightly higher GPA and slightly higher SATs, received $0. Unfortunately, it's this second son who is more interested in the school. At what point do I approach the school, and ask them if they will review their merit aid? Do I wait until he's sure he wants to go there? If it's in April, will that be too late?
A: I don't have enough information to know why one of your sons was made a generous offer, while the other has been offered nothing. It sounds like you have no idea, either. Does one son have stronger courses than the other? Or a special talent – such as in athletics or music -- that has been rewarded? You deserve to know the answer.
Event: Taking the fear out of financial aid
Taking the Fear Out of Financial Aid: Making Higher Education Easier to Achieve for NYC Students
This event, presented by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, home of Insideschools.org, is still happening tomorrow (Thursday) morning! Flooding at the university has not affected our event space.
Securing college financial aid can be intimidating for NYC students. Aid is crucial for low-income and first generation college students—but they need help, particularly navigating the government's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), finding grants and loans and working with college aid offices. Experts say the system is needlessly complicated and should be reformed. Join the Center for New York City Affairs for the release of its latest "FAFSA: How-To Guide for High School Students" and a discussion about what needs to happen nationally and locally to ensure that the next generation of college students can afford to matriculate.
College Counselor: Earlier is better for "rolling"
Q: A lot of my friends spent almost all winter break working on college applications that were due January 1. But I am applying to several schools that have "rolling" decisions, and some of them say they will take applications as late as April. So am I right to take it easy and get my applications in later? What's the big hurry?
A: You may not be in a hurry, but colleges are eager to know if they will enroll a full first-year class. On the one hand, "rolling" policies seem flexible – you apply when you want, as long as it's before the deadline, and you get a response as soon as it's ready. But on the other hand, this also means that a college may fill all its available spots earlier than expected. When that happens, the last students who submit their applications may find themselves on a "wait list." That is not a pleasant situation.
A couple of years ago this happened with a CUNY - LaGuardia Community College. Students who thought they'd have no trouble being admitted learned that more people than anticipated had applied, filling the class early. Those students had to wait to see if they could get into a different CUNY school instead.
Give to Insideschools this holiday season
HS Hustle: Should teens start school later?
It may be a small step, but a Queens principal became something of a hero in my eyes when he acknowledged a reality of life in high-pressure New York City high schools: Kids are exhausted and need more sleep.
Townsend Harris Principal Anthony Barbetta came up with a new policy that forbids teachers from assigning homework one day of the week or giving tests on designated odd or even days, a New York Daily News story said.
"Maybe it will give [kids] more time to perform community service or participate in extracurriculars — or even get a little more sleep," Barbetta said of the new policy
Townsend Harris is one of the most highly regarded high schools in New York City, and students say the workload is formidable.
6 top education priorities for Mayor de Blasio
New York City's Education Funders Research Initiative asked our parent organization, the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, to identify key priorities for education reform under Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio. On Thursday, the Center for New York City Affairs released the results: a new report called "Building Blocks for Better Schools: How the Next Mayor can Prepare New York's Students for College and Careers," co-authored by Insideschools founder Clara Hemphill. The paper analyzes the successes and failures of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education initiatives—and proposes six key areas on which the next administration should focus attention and resources.
A top priority: Make sure young children can read. This is a first, crucial building block for school reform efforts.
Other priorities include:
- Use the Common Core to build a true, skills-based college preparatory curriculum.
- Revise the accountability system to use a wider range of measures, and to be more responsive to schools and families.
- Keep principals' control of hiring, budgets and curriculum—but provide them greater supervision and support.
- Strengthen neighborhood schools and create new structures to connect all schools—neighborhood, magnet and charters alike—within given geographic areas.
- Build early and ongoing support for college and career guidance.
Read more about "Building Blocks for Better Schools" and download the paper on CenterNYC.org.
Last minute tips on applying to high school
High school applications are due on Dec. 2, the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, for 8th graders, and 9th graders who want to go to a different school next year.
Still undecided where to apply? Check out our new Insideschools mobile website on your smartphone. You can search by borough, subway line, middle school grades and/or keyword, sifting through hundreds of high schools to find the best matches.
Here are some tips for 8th graders and their families to mull over after the turkey is eaten.


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Indonesia Equity Movers: Bank Rakyat, Bakrie Telecom, Salim
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Indonesian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of the close in Jakarta.
The Jakarta Composite index rose 2.1 percent to 3,985.21, the most since Nov. 4. The gauge climbed 1.1 percent this month, its third straight monthly gain.
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ), the nation's second-largest bank by assets, rose 3.8 percent to 6,900 rupiah. The company said 2011 net income climbed 31 percent from a year earlier to 15.08 trillion rupiah.
PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BBNI IJ), the nation's third-biggest state-owned bank by assets, jumped 4.9 percent to 3,775 rupiah, extending yesterday's 0.7 percent climb, after the company said its 2011 profit rose 42 percent from a year earlier to 5.81 trillion rupiah. A survey of 24 analysts by Bloomberg estimated net income of 5.47 trillion rupiah for the full year. Bank Negara expects lending to rise 18 percent to 20 percent this year.
PT Bakrie Telecom (BTEL IJ), the mobile-phone operator fell 3.6 percent to 265 rupiah, the most since Dec. 7. Fitch Ratings downgraded the company's long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings to CCC from B. The senior unsecured rating was also cut to CCC from B. The downgrade reflects the growing liquidity risks Bakrie Telecom faces with its 650-billion-rupiah bond maturing Sept. 4 and finance lease obligation payments of 660 billion rupiah, Fitch said in a report.
PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia (LSIP IJ), the nation's second-largest listed plantation company by market value, advanced 3.9 percent to 2,650 rupiah. The company said 2011 net income rose to 1.7 trillion rupiah from 1.03 trillion rupiah a year earlier, according to a statement published today in Bisnis Indonesia.
PT Salim Ivomas Pratama (SIMP IJ), an oil-palm planter that also produces cooking oil, added 2.2 percent to 1,420 rupiah. Salim's 2011 net income rose to 1.66 trillion rupiah from 970 billion rupiah a year earlier, it said in a statement published today in Bisnis Indonesia.


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The oceans occupy nearly 71% of our planet's surface making it the largest biome, with lots of fun and interesting facts here are a few:
- More than 97% of all our planet's water is contained in the ocean
- The top ten feet of the ocean hold as much heat as our entire atmosphere
- The average depth of the ocean is more than 2.5 miles
- The oceans provide 99 percent of the Earth's living space- the largest space in our universe known to be inhabited by living organisms
- More than 90% of this habitat exists in the deep sea known as the abyss
- Less than 10% of this living space has been explored by humans.
- The Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon is deeper and larger in volume than the Grand Canyon
- The Antarctic ice sheet that forms and melts over the ocean each year is nearly twice the size of the United States
- The average temperature of the oceans is 2ºC, about 39ºF
- Water pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is more than 8 tons per square inch, the equivalent of one person trying to hold 50 jumbo jets.
- The worlds oceans contain nearly 20 million tons of gold
- The color blue is least absorbed by seawater; the same shade of blue is most absorbed by microscopic plants, called phytoplankton, drifting in seawater
- The blue whale, the largest animal on our planet ever (exceeding the size of the greatest dinosaurs) still lives in the ocean; it's heart is the size of a Volkswagen
- The gray whale migrates more than 10,000 miles each year, the longest migration of any mammal
- The Great Barrier Reef, measuring 1,243 miles, is the largest living structure on Earth. It can be seen from the Moon.
16.The oceans occupy nearly 71% of our planet's surface
17. There are two types of oceans, saltwater, and freshwater.
18. Natural events such as hurricanes, and tsunamis occur.
19. Growing season last all year round, but there are different season depending on the species.
20. Sand covers the ocean floor.
21. Ocean Biome layers:
- More oil reaches the oceans each year as a result of leaking automobiles and other non-point sources than was spilled in Prince William Sound by the Exxon Valdez
- Fish supply the greatest percentage of the world's protein consumed by humans
- Most of the world's major fisheries are being fished at levels above their maximum sustainable yield; some regions are severely overfished
- Eighty per cent of all pollution in seas and oceans comes from land-based activities.
- Three-quarters of the world's mega-cities are by the sea
- Death and disease caused by polluted coastal waters costs the global economy US$12.8 billion a year. The annual economic impact of hepatitis from tainted seafood alone is US$7.2 billion.
- Plastic waste kills up to 1 million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish each year. Plastic remains in our ecosystem for years harming thousands of sea creatures everyday.
- Tropical coral reefs border the shores of 109 countries, the majority of which are among the world's least developed. Significant reef degradation has occurred in 93 countries.
- Although coral reefs comprise less than 0.5 per cent of the ocean floor, it is estimated that more than 90 per cent of marine species are directly or indirectly dependent on them.
- There are about 4,000 coral reef fish species worldwide, accounting for approximately a quarter of all marine fish species.
- Nearly 60 per cent of the world's remaining reefs are at significant risk of being lost in the next three decades.
- The major causes of coral reef decline are coastal development, sedimentation, destructive fishing practices, pollution, tourism and global warming.
- Less than one half a per cent of marine habitats are protected -- compared with 11.5 per cent of global land area.
- Although there are some treaties that protect ocean-going species such as whales, as well as some fisheries agreements, there are no protected areas in the High Seas.
- More than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food. In 20 years, this number could double to 7 billion.
- Populations of commercially attractive large fish, such as tuna, cod, swordfish and marlin have declined by as much as 90 per cent in the past century.
- Each year, illegal longline fishing, which involves lines up to 80 miles long, with thousands of baited hooks, kills over 300,000 seabirds, including 100,000 albatrosses.
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This is the story of Druida.
Daniel Firka is the founder and CEO of DRUIDA Software & Consulting, chief architect, designer, and developer of the Druida SPAC software. He is an Industrial Engineer and a Sociologist, has obtained a MSc in Biomedical Engineering, and is currently finishing his MSc in Statistics at the University of Toronto. He is also a certified Quality and Reliability Engineer by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Director at the Argentinean Institute for Quality, and in his spare time, develops software for advanced biomedical applications.
DRUIDA is a company specialized in consulting and software development for Quality Assurance and Statistical Analysis. For almost 20 years it has developed a set of solutions covering several business needs related to Continuous Improvement, all under the flagship product named SPAC. The product discussed in this interview, SPAC IPP, as an auditing tool to evaluate suppliers and internal departments.
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I'm experiencing very slow response from MSSMS and it causes other applications to slow down. Specially Skype crashes after few seconds from opening MSSMS, showing an error called "Disk I/O Error". I'm regularly using few applications (Sublime text, MS Word, Firefox, Outlook, Skype and one or two other apps) simultaneously. The system works fine when MSSMS is not in use! But as soon as MSSMS is opened, all the apps start to freeze (MSSMS also responds very slow). This problem has been there for about a week now (I haven't installed any apps or haven't made any changes to the system during that time).
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- Processor: Core i3 (3.1 GHz)
- OS: Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)
Free space in C drive: ~ 100 GB
MS SQL Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio version - 10.50.1600.1
I've tried to find a reason for this but there are no helpful information in the web! There are some solutions suggested (in forums and in Skype Support pages) for the Skypes' "Disk I/O Error", all of which I tried but does not solve the problem.
Has anyone faced the same senario? (and hopefully) knows a solution?
Systems Log
I don't have much knowledge in interpreting the System Log, but I think the Critical and Warnings are not helpful. But there are lots of Error logs which might be useful.
In source Kernal-General there are few similar errors saying "An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably.The Registry could not flush hive (file):
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In source atapi also there are few similar errors --> "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0." (all errors has occurred in 'IdePort0')
In Application Error, there are several errors logged, and following is the latest one.
Both the Errors which has occurred today is similar (to this one). As it is from Ssms.exe, I guess this is relevant to the cause of problem. But as I said above I can't understand what it means!


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EDF Voices: Amid dramatic sea level rise, nature itself can provide a much-needed solutionApril 8, 2016 | Posted by Emily McCalla in Climate, coastal restoration, Community Resiliency
By Shannon Cunniff, Deputy Director, Water Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Even if we manage to reach our goals for reducing greenhouse gases, the world will experience a dramatic sea level rise by 2100 – the latest study estimates by as much as six feet.
With a water level that much higher than it is today, major coastal cities such as Boston, New York and Miami are sure to be below sea level. So the key question now is, how do we adapt to climate change effects we can no longer avoid?
A single solution to rising oceans won't fix the problem, but there is a "soft option" that can help protect our coasts when complemented with other measures.
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Sea level rise means entire regions, not just beachfront towns, will have to adapt.
With coastal areas accounting for 42 percent of America's economic output, we must make effective climate change and sea level-rise adaptation strategies a priority today.
Soft options, sometimes called living shorelines or natural infrastructure, include features such as sand dunes, barrier islands and maritime forests. They help lessen storm surge and flooding while also providing habitat, water filtration and beautiful places we can all enjoy.
These and other natural infrastructure measures can be used alone or to complement and enhance hard infrastructure such as levees and floodwalls to create multiple lines of defense.
But natural infrastructure measures also have a distinct advantage over hardened approaches: They can grow.
Beaches, dunes, wetlands, mangroves and oyster reefs can keep pace with sea level rise and provide critical buffers – a first line of defense against waves and floods.
Coastal communities taking action
Communities on every coast are now beginning to think about changes in zoning and building standards to protect themselves from flooding, while also investigating how to restore natural defenses. Such redundant measures can improve their resiliency – and also give them environmental and economic benefits that improve quality of life.
Seabrook, New Hampshire, for example, has a plan to build and strengthen its dunes, and allow them to continue to grow, to protect coastal properties.
Louisiana is also restoring its wetlands, cypress swamps and barrier islands as part of its strategy to cope with sea level rise and storm disasters. And across Hampton Roads, Virginia, living shorelines are sprouting up as alternatives to bulkheads to combat erosion and improve Chesapeake Bay water quality.
Such efforts are taking off in other countries, too. Communities in across Southeast Asia, for example, are now replanting mangroves to reduce impacts from tsunamis and storm surges.
Live with water, fight it, or retreat?
Scientists are expecting sea levels to rise faster and higher than previously predicted. So the truth is, we'll have to soon make choices about where, when and how we adapt to live with water, defend our coasts, and retreat.
Fortunately, restoring coastal ecosystems can fit nicely with these strategies to provide human communities with benefits not only on stormy days, but year-round.
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2015 Brings Momentum for the Louisiana CoastNovember 25, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Restoration Projects, Restore the Coast
By Emily Guidry Schatzel, Senior Communications Manager, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, National Wildlife Federation
Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta is a region in dire need of comprehensive restoration. We all know the harrowing statistic facing coastal Louisiana: every hour, a football field of land vanishes off the coast. According to historical averages, Louisiana loses 16 to 25 square miles per year. The rest of the Gulf, which is in many places still working to rebound economically and ecologically from the 2010 Gulf oil disaster, is also in need of projects that will advance real restoration.
Despite this, 2015 was a good year for coastal Louisiana in many ways. We have a lot to be thankful for this year:
$20.8 billion settlement in Gulf oil spill is largest environmental settlement in U.S. history
More than five years after the start of the 2010 oil spill, the Justice Department and five Gulf States announced they reached a $20.8 billion settlement with BP. We're thankful for the settlement and federal rules like the RESTORE Act of 2012 that ensure most of the money will be used for restoring the Gulf ecosystem. While $6 billion of the total settlement will go to economic damages across the Gulf states, the remaining more than $14 billion will go to restoring the environment – including critically injured coastal fish and wildlife habitat. In Louisiana, the Coastal Master Plan's suite of land-building restoration projects will receive at least $4 billion. It's not nearly enough to get the entire list of projects in the master plan done, but it's a start, backed by real dollars that weren't available prior to the settlement.
Restore Council's priorities list included four of our priority projects
In August, the Gulf Coast Restoration Council released their draft Initial Funded Priorities List which proposed to dedicate $139.6 million from the oil spill settlement with Transocean Deepwater Inc. to projects and programs that would provide near-term benefits to the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. In Louisiana, this list proposed funding for four of our nineteen priority projects: Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp, Golden Triangle Marsh Creation, Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline and West Grand Terre Beach Nourishment and Stabilization.
Next steps for Louisiana's first sediment diversions announced
Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recommended advancing both the Mid Barataria and Mid Breton sediment diversion projects in the Coastal Master Plan, which will reintroduce fresh water and sediment from the Mississippi River into its surrounding wetlands and rebuild land over time. We appreciate this important step toward getting sediment diversions up and running; the urgency and severity of our collapsing delta requires that we use the most powerful tools at our disposal. Sediment diversions provide the best opportunity to restore the coast over time, preserving our communities, industries and entire way of life.
LA- 1: Huge win for protecting coastal restoration funding
In October, Governor Jindal proposed that the CPRA Board redirect money from the Coastal Master Plan to fund the elevation of Louisiana Highway 1. Our Coalition immediately took action by vocally opposing this proposal and launching the "Protect the Funding" campaign to raise awareness and garner support to safeguard coastal dollars for restoration. With a flurry of last minute decisions, a better alternative was reached. The Board replaced the draft resolution with one directing CPRA staff to develop a prioritization process for coastal infrastructure projects that could spend up to 10% of available funds under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). GOMESA has already authorized such spending up to 10%, and this is an appropriate use of those dollars. We are thankful that funds dedicated for coastal restoration were kept right where they should be – not redirected to other projects.
Polls show voter support for coastal restoration
Encouraging news – a poll of likely Louisiana voters showed that nearly 94 percent of respondents valued a candidate's commitment to protect and restore coastal Louisiana. An overwhelming majority (90 percent) said they want the next governor to ensure funds currently dedicated to coastal restoration are not spent on anything but coastal restoration, and 87 percent want the next governor to work to identify and secure additional funding for future projects identified in the state's Coastal Master Plan.
Across the board, the poll found tremendous statewide support for coastal restoration:
- 85 percent believe restoration of coastal Louisiana should be a high priority for the new governor
- 95 percent want the new governor to commit to move quickly and get started building coastal restoration projects
- 78 percent believe protecting and restoring coastal Louisiana is as important as other issues facing the state
- 97 percent say Louisiana's coastal areas and wetlands are important to them personally
- Two-thirds (66 percent) indicate support for river diversions to build new land in Louisiana
Launched "Restore the Coast" Community Engagement Campaign
In August, our Coalition launched the "Restore the Coast" community engagement campaign to highlight the important role Louisiana's elected officials play in coastal restoration. This multifaceted, nonpartisan education campaign encouraged Louisiana voters to sign a pledge urging leaders to: be a voice for coastal restoration, protect existing and secure future coastal restoration funding, and support Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan. Our goal was to send a clear message to our public officials: Louisianians want leaders who will prioritize coastal restoration, by keeping restoration dollars for restoration and continuing the forward progress made through the coastal master planning process.
The "Restore the Coast" campaign included television and radio commercials, billboards, print ads, tabling at local community events, as well as interactive street activities to engage the public and encourage social sharing of this important issue facing Louisiana. Over the course of the entire "Restore the Coast" campaign, we secured over 13,500 pledges, our materials were seen by more than 1 million people online and our videos had more than 335,000 views! We are so thankful for our supporters!
Louisiana's newly-elected governor made strong commitments
Additionally, Governor-elect John Bel Edwards recently wrote in response to handling key coastal issues while in office:
"I look forward to working with stakeholders to ensure timely funding of coastal restoration projects.
We have lost nearly 2000 square miles of coastal land mass over the last 100 years. The economic contributions of Louisiana's coast exceed $20 billion per year. But much of this is threatened, including our fisheries, wildlife, tourism, oil and gas, and shipping and navigation industries.
We must immediately match the scale of the crisis with the response, implementing unprecedented coordination and taking three primary actions:
1. Create certainty of funding
2. Ensure the funding is spent only on coastal restoration master plan and priority of projects
3. Fully and convincingly making the case to the Congress and the Administration that coastal restoration in Louisiana is a national priority worth of funding tens of billions of dollars
The Coastal Restoration Master Plan is a living document which must be constantly revisited through the lens of new and better science."
A voting public and a new governor showing strong commitments to coastal restoration, spending wisely and rebuilding our great Mississippi River Delta are all things to truly be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition!No Comments
Submit Your Coastal Restoration Questions for Louisiana's Next Governor!October 29, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Restore the Coast
What coastal restoration questions do you have for Louisiana's gubernatorial candidates? Now is your chance to ask them! The Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition is a sponsor of the upcoming Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) gubernatorial debate on November 10 at 7:00 p.m. Central, and we want to hear from you.
Finding solutions to restore Louisiana's vanishing coast will be high on the list of challenges the next governor will face – a recent survey found 85 percent of voters believe restoration of coastal Louisiana should be a high priority for the new governor. With that in mind, LPB has agreed to consider coastal restoration-related questions submitted by you to ask the candidates during the debate.
Have a coastal restoration question for the candidates? Submit it here by Monday, November 2, and the moderators just might ask your question.
And be sure to tune in to LPB on November 10 at 7:00 p.m. for the debate to see if your question is asked!
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CRCL Leads the Largest One-Day Volunteer Restoration Effort to Commemorate Hurricane RitaOctober 6, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Hurricane Rita
By Jimmy Frederick, Communications Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Ten years ago the beaches of Cameron Parish were under 15 feet of Gulf of Mexico water as Hurricane Rita slammed ashore. Rita was the second major hurricane to hit Coastal Louisiana in less than a month in 2005 and was, in fact, stronger than Hurricane Katrina when it made landfall. The storm surge inundated coastal communities as far inland as Lake Charles and left thousands of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. The shoreline of Cameron Parish took a direct hit and was virtually washed away by the fury that was unleashed by Hurricane Rita. But 10 years later, it's not a story of destruction or devastation it's a story of hope and recovery and that's evident by the fact that so many people gave of their time and effort to continue the recovery of the Cameron Shoreline.
On Saturday, September 26, 2015, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) led more than 330 volunteers in planting 60,000 plugs of dune grass and repairing two miles of sand fence. The dune grass acts like a net both above and below the sand. Above the beach, the grass catches blowing sand helping to form the dunes. Below the sand, the roots help hold the sand, silt and soil in place to prevent erosion.
But, coastal restoration is more than a one day event. As important as this restoration effort was, more must be done. We are losing our rich, productive wetlands and beaches, and the protection they provide. In Southwest Louisiana, the Cameron Shoreline is all that stands between vital coastal communities and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the only natural buffer that protects our livelihoods and our culture from hurricanes and other storms.
Want to get involved? To join CRCL for an upcoming restoration project or to become a member, visit crcl.org.
You can also show your support for coastal restoration by taking the pledge to urge leaders to be a powerful voice for coastal restoration. Take the pledge at RestoretheCoast.org!
Help save our coast! The future of our state depends on it!
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New report quantifies storm reduction benefits of natural infrastructure and nature-based measuresSeptember 29, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in 2012 Coastal Master Plan, coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Restoration Projects, Science
By Shannon Cunniff, Deputy Director for Water, Environmental Defense Fund
Coastal zones are the most densely populated areas in the world. In the U.S., they generate more than 42 percent of the nation's total economic output. These coastal communities, cities and infrastructure are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising seas and increased storms, as well as ongoing coastal development, have stripped these natural environments of their innate resilience to storms and flooding, leaving coastlines and the people who live there especially exposed.
Protecting coastal areas requires a multipronged approach. Traditional hardened infrastructure, such as levees and floodwalls, should be combined with natural infrastructure, such as dunes and barrier islands, to optimize storm protection. By attenuating wave energy, natural infrastructure measures can enhance the performance of and complement traditional gray infrastructure. And in certain situations, natural coastal infrastructure measures can reverse coastal erosion, help rebuild shorelines and even keep pace with rising sea levels.
Natural coastal infrastructure measures also provide significant co-benefits to communities. In addition to reducing the effects of storm waves and surge, these wetlands and other plant-based means also improve water quality, enhance recreational and commercial fisheries, add to the coastal esthetic and attract tourists. Their installation or restoration can also buy time for communities as they develop long-term strategic plans to cope with sea level rise.
In Louisiana, coastal planners understand the importance of nature-based designs, such as sediment diversions and barrier beach nourishment, when developing coastal restoration and protection plans – the state's Coastal Master Plan is a combination of restoration, protection and resiliency projects.
But with their myriad of benefits, why aren't natural infrastructure measures being implemented to a greater degree in other parts of the nation?
In part, the reason is the lack of accepted engineering design guidance – a document that explains the engineering principles, issues, methods, and performance metrics for evaluating, siting and designing features. Lacking such, engineers cannot formally sign off on the designs and risk benefits that will be realized.
How can we quantify the storm risk reduction benefits of nature-based measures, so as to help decision-makers and planners choose the best methods for their needs and find financing to implement these projects? Can we accelerate development of engineering guidance?
Natural Infrastructure Workshop and Report
Seeking to answer these questions, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) convened a workshop of 19 coastal engineers, scientists, program managers, and financiers to discuss establishing storm risk reduction performance measures of various natural coastal infrastructure solutions.
After completion, EDF produced the report, "Performance of Natural Infrastructure and Nature-Based Measures as Coastal Risk Reduction Features," which reviews the state of knowledge on the risk reduction performance of natural and nature-based infrastructure, compiled from existing literature as well as workshop participant input. The report includes findings on a host of nature-based measures, including beach nourishment, vegetated dunes, barrier island restoration, edging and sills (living shorelines), oyster reefs, coral reefs, mangroves, maritime forests and coastal wetlands (non-mangroves).
While the report is a bit technical, the authors hope that city planners, coastal engineers and other decision-makers find it useful when determining which storm protection measures to implement in their communities.
For each of the measures, the report summarizes its storm risk reduction attributes (e.g., wave attenuation and storm surge protection); lists its strengths, known weaknesses and uncertainties about utility for risk reduction; and identifies suitable conditions for implementation. The report also indicates where engineering design guidelines already exist (e.g., for beach nourishment and dune building) and whether they can be created by modifying existing guidelines (e.g., oyster and coral reefs function like submerged breakwaters).
For the layperson, Table 1 is a one stop shop for information on how each storm risk reduction measure stacks up next to other methods. The table is a summary of the strategies – natural, nature-based, as well as structural – and how each compares regarding risk reduction performance, costs, climate change mitigation, and adaptability to seal level rise and changing community needs.
To guide further research supporting adoption of natural infrastructure into coastal resilience plans, the report provides the most catalytic and pressing research needs and lists other survey needs gathered from the literature or raised during the workgroup discussion.
Workshop participants – and subsequent consultation with other engineering experts – confirm that there is sufficient confidence in the ability of natural coastal infrastructure measures to reduce impacts of storms and sea level rise to coastal communities, such that these approaches should be routinely considered as viable options by decision-makers.
With what we know now, implementation of these approaches can be facilitated by developing detailed engineering guidelines that provide functional and structural design guidance as well as address other design issues. As projects are built and monitored, we can further expand knowledge of the circumstances where these measures work best; learn more about how traditional structural, nonstructural, natural infrastructure and nature-based measures can optimally work together; understand how coastal processes are effected; and track the measures' life expectancies in our increasingly dynamic coastal environments.
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MRD Priority Restoration Projects Included in Restore Council's Initial Draft Funded Priorities ListSeptember 27, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in 19 Priority Projects, coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, Meetings/Events, Restoration Projects, RESTORE Act
By Helen Rose Patterson, Greater New Orleans Outreach Coordinator, Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition
Last week, the RESTORE Council completed the last of six public meetings about their draft Initial Funded Priorities List. Restore the Mississippi River Delta staff attended the meeting in New Orleans on the University of New Orleans campus.
Justin Ehrenwerth, executive director of the RESTORE Council, provided a brief overview of the Council-selected priority watersheds in the Gulf and a more detailed explanation of the projects in Louisiana. Attendees were then given a chance to address the council. The comments were generally positive and tended in the direction of 'let's get started rebuilding the coast.'
The seven proposed Louisiana projects include four that are part of Restore the Mississippi River Delta's list of nineteen priority projects:
- Golden Triangle Marsh Creation will provide further protection to New Orleans' surge barrier and improve the estuary habitat in Lake Borgne.
- The Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline project will provide planning dollars to restore the important habitat and reduce shoreline erosion in the area.
- The Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp will provide further planning funds for a freshwater diversion from the Mississippi River into the Maurepas swamp which will improve wetland health and provide protection for communities to the west of Lake Pontchartrain.
- Finally, the West Grand Terre Beach Nourishment and Stabilization project, part of the larger Barataria Pass to Sandy Point Restoration priority project, would provide for planning to restore and enhance dune and back barrier marsh habitat on West Grand Terre to address shoreline erosion and marsh subsidence.
The FPL also includes other projects important to the Mississippi River Delta, such as canal backfilling in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and funding for improved study of management of the lowermost Mississippi River.
We appreciate the inclusion of these projects and hope it is just the Council's first step in addressing long-standing issues in the Mississippi River Delta. We also appreciate that the Council has gone to great lengths to leverage funding from other sources as this will maximize the impact of their investments. Moving forward, we would like to see a more transparent process for the selection and prioritization of projects. We believe that the priorities found in the RESTORE Act should be at the forefront of the Council's project selection framework and we encourage them to elaborate on how these priorities were integrated into the process of creating this list. We hope that moving forward, project lists will be more focused on large-scale, multi-year projects to more fully achieve the goals of the RESTORE Act.
Citizens have until September 28th to provide comments on the projects. Those comments can be submitted by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or mailing to: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. Attention: Draft FPL Comments, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras Street, Suite 1117, New Orleans, LA 70130.
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Remembering Rita: 10 Years LaterSeptember 24, 2015 | Posted by lbourg in coastal restoration, Community Resiliency, Economy, Hurricane Rita, Hurricanes, People, Profiles in Resilience, Restoration Projects
Today, September 24, marks 10 years since Hurricane Rita – the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico – slammed ashore sending a storm surge up to 18 feet in some locations, killing 120 people, damaging areas stretching from Plaquemines to Cameron Parishes and into Texas and causing over $10 billion in damages.
Rita demonstrated that the best offense against future storms is strong "Multiple Lines of Defense" that begins with restoring and preserving the wetlands that buffer wind and waves working in conjunction will structural risk reduction measures and non-structural measures, such as levees and home elevation.
This week, Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition welcomes guest authors to our "Delta Dispatches" blog to share their perspectives of Rita and where things stand ten years later.
Hurricane Rita – A palpable shift in the evolution of sustainable housing in Coastal Louisiana.
by: Peg Case, Director of TRAC (Terrebonne Readiness & Assistance Coalition), Houma, LA
Terrebonne Parish is over 85% wetland and open water. Barataria-Terrebonne Basins continue to suffer the highest land loss rates in the state. There are five bayous stretching to the Gulf of Mexico like fingers of a hand. These bayou communities, most vulnerable to the effects of storm surge flooding, are where TRAC, a community-based, long-term disaster recovery organization, has focused its recovery efforts for the past 23 years.
The double sets of hurricanes that affected our parish in 2002, 2005 and 2008 delivered wind and water repeatedly to these bayou communities. Over 13,000 homes were impacted – homes flooded with five to seven feet of water and swamp mud, wind ravaged roofs and exterior – not once but six times in a period of six years!
The shift from awareness to sustainable action has been years in the making. However, last decades' disasters brought unprecedented funding streams from both private and government avenues. Since 2005, 1,037 elevation permits have been issued in Terrebonne Parish. The average elevation height is 10-12 feet costing $80.00 per square foot. Sustainable replacement housing was developed and constructed, such as TRAC's LA Lift House. (www.trac4la.com).
However these projects were random, need-based, program-eligibility-based, and funded by the destruction of six hurricanes. Looking to the future, we, the collective community involved in coastal restoration, need to address simultaneously sustainable housing activities with funding, planning and partnerships if we are to preserve the culture and communities that live along our coastlines.
Case is contributing author to Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. She also served as a panel member for the U.S. Senate's 103rd Congress Appropriations Sub-Committee hearing on hurricane preparedness and evacuation. She currently serves on LAVOAD Board of Directors.
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Older team tryout dates have been posted. Please click HERE for all Westside Breakers 2016 Tryout Information and open roster spots for 2008-2002.
The Westside Breakers Girls U14 Navy team coached by Gary Truman made it to the finals of back to back tournaments in March. They made it to the finals of both the Ventura Fusion Spring Tournament and the Eagles Spring Classic. Congratulations ladies on a great start to your Spring season and we wish you well in the upcoming State Cup Tournament in April!
The Westside Breakers are proud to announce that a total of seven players have been selected to the Olympic Development Program (ODP) player pools for the 2003 and 2004 age groups. Minji Kang (U13 White) and Jade Stanford (U12 White) were selected to the 2004 player pool. Natalie Barnouw, Sydney Brown and Natalie Phillips (all U13 White) and Tatum Pearson and Kinzi Giani ( both U12 White) were selected to the 2003 player pool.
The youngest Breakers team, Girls U8, coached by Ryan Hosler won the Anaheim Cup 2016 for their first club tournament crown! Congratulations young ladies, we are proud of you!
The Breakers Girls U12 White team went 3-0-1 at the Celtic Cup tournament January 9-10 winning the top flight in the age group and outscoring their opponents 10 goals to 4. The following weekend, they won the top flight at the Anaheim Cup 2016. Congratulations to head coach Ryan Hosler and his team for a phenomenal start to the New Year!
The Breakers Girls U9 team coached by Jenny Servin were crowned champions of the OC Tournament of Champions tournament on December 12-13 weekend. They outscored their opponents 15 goals to 5. Congratulations and a great way to finish 2015!
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The Westside Breakers Girls U15 Navy coached by Beth McNamara went on a great run in the SCDSL Girls U15 Classic Division playoffs winning three straight games before losing in the finals by a score of 2-1. Congratulations on a great showing in the first annual SCDSL playoffs!
Westside Breakers' Soccer Club wishes to congratulate their players in the CalSouth Pro+ODP 2015 player pool selections: 2001: Danielle Elitzur & Maya Cooper 2002: Dylan Parker
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|Aerosol inputs enhance new production in the subtropical northeast Atlantic
|Duarte, Carlos M. ; Dachs, Jordi; Llabrés, Moira ; Alonso-Laita, Patricia; Gasol, Josep M.; Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio ; Sañudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio A.; Agustí, Susana
|Atmospheric deposition
Ocean nutrients
Heterotrophic activity
Atmospheric dry aerosol
Metabolic balance
Planktonic communities
Stimulate autotrophic abundance
Aerosol inputs
Major vectors
High depositional events
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|Journal of Geophysical Research 111(11): 1-8 (2006)
|Atmospheric deposition is an important source of limiting nutrients to the ocean, potentially stimulating oceanic biota. Atmospheric inputs can also deliver important amounts of organic matter, which may fuel heterotrophic activity in the ocean. The effect of atmospheric dry aerosol deposition on the metabolic balance and net production of planktonic communities remains unresolved. Here we report high inputs of aerosol-bound N, Si, P, Fe and organic C to the subtropical NE Atlantic and experimentally demonstrate these inputs to stimulate autotrophic abundance and metabolism far beyond the modest stimulation of heterotrophic processes, thereby enhancing new production. Aerosol dry deposition was threefold to tenfold higher in the coastal ocean than in the oyen ocean, and supplied high average (±SE) inputs of organic C (980 ± 220 μmol C m-2 d-1), total N (280 ± 70 μmol N m-2 d-1), Si (211 + 39 μmol Si m-2 d-1), and labile Fe (1.01 ± 0.19 μmol Fe m-2 d-1), but low amounts of total P (8 ± 1.6 μmol P m-2 d-1) to the region during the study. Experimental aerosol inputs to oceanic planktonic communities from the studied area resulted, at the highest doses applied, in a sharp increase in phytoplankton biomass (sevenfold) and production (tenfold) within 4 days, with the community shifting from a dominance of picocyanobacteria to one of diatoms. In contrast, bacterial abundance and production showed little response. Primary production showed a much greater increase in response to aerosol inputs than community respiration did, so that the P/R ratio increased from around 0.95 in the ambient waters, where communities were close to metabolic balance, to 3.3 at the highest nutrient inputs, indicative of a high excess production and a potential for substantial net CO2 removal by the community in response to aerosol inputs. These results showed that aerosol inputs are major vectors of nutrient and carbon inputs, which can, during high depositional events, enhance new production in the NE subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
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