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Title: Workshop on Estimating LNAPL Transmissivity
Dates: Thursday January 30 2014
Location: Hyatt Regency Houston; Houston, TX
Event Name: January 2014 Committee Week
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Standards Development Meetings
A Workshop on Estimating LNAPL Transmissivity will be held Thursday, January 30, 2014. Sponsored by ASTM Committee E50.04 on Corrective Action, the workshop will be held at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Houston, Texas, in conjunction with the January standards development meetings of the committee.
The objective of this workshop is to provide a basic understanding of how LNAPL Transmissivity can be estimated and how to use estimated values in understanding practical limits for hydraulic recovery of petroleum. This information may then be used in making effective decisions with regards to LNAPL assessment, management, and remediation.
Who should attend?
The target audience for this workshop is environmental consultants, environmental project managers, regulatory project managers, and technical staff. Attendees should have a basic understanding of hydrogeologic processes and non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) fundamentals. It is recommended that all attendees become familiar with the E2856 Standard in order to maximize the use of their time at the workshop.
Online registration opens approximately 8 weeks before the workshop and closes January 22, 2014. The fees to attend this workshop are listed below.
Students – A student's fee is waived, provided that he/she is a full-time student and is not employed full time. After registering online, the student must check in at the ASTM Registration Desk on site and present his/her student ID. The waived fee includes admission to the technical sessions only.
All attendees, including presenters and ASTM members, are urged to register online for this event so that space requirements can be accommodated. If you do not register online by the closing date, then you must register upon arrival at the workshop. All attendees must check in at the ASTM registration desk upon arrival at workshop.Cancellation
A refund of the workshop fee will be honored only if requested at least 7 business days prior to the workshop. To cancel your registration and request a refund, please contact Hannah Sparks at email@example.com or 610-832-9678.
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Additional information about the workshop is available from Workshop Chairman Tripp Fischer, P.G. Brownfield Science Technology, Inc., Cochranville, PA, email@example.com, tel: 610-593- 5500.
All meetings will be held at the Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002. Reservations may be made by via our online reservation system at Reservation at Hyatt Regency Houston.
Select your dates and proceed as instructed. Should you need to speak with a hotel representative please call 888-421-1442 (you must mention ASTM in order to receive the group rate).
Group rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full but no later than December 27, 2013. ASTM rates are $129 single/double plus 17% tax. The Hyatt Regency Houston has a limited number of rooms at the government per diem rate of $118 plus 17% tax. You must present your ID at the front desk upon check-in. You may be charged a higher rate if reservations are received after the cut-off date, or when the block is full.
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INTERNET: The Hyatt Regency Houston provides complimentary standard wireless internet connection in all paid guest rooms. The price for access through the hotel is $9.99 for 24 hours.
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"The Romantics" is the latest film to revolve around reuniting a group of incestuous college friends for a weekend of sex and drugs, which is fine. But it takes writer-director Galt Niederhoffer nearly an hour to say anything interesting within this story.
Anna Paquin plays Lila, the wealthiest of the group, who is marrying Ted, Josh Duhamel, the handsome catch of the group. Naturally, Ted is still in love with Laura, who is (was?) Lila's best friend and has agreed to be the maid of honor, despite still being in love with Ted.
Along for the ride is a host of pretty 20-somethings played by Adam Brody (whose comedic timing and charm continue to go wasted), Elijah Wood (a rare breath of fresh air in an otherwise dull film) and Malin Ackerman (playing a stock pretty blonde).
Laura and Ted spend much of their time circling each other. We get long shots of Ted staring pensively out onto the ocean, or the gang laughing and drinking. In an effort to heighten the tension there are brushes with infidelity, but it's clear that everyone except the folks in the love triangle are just white noise.
You know that feeling you get when you find yourself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends who speak their own shorthand and for whom everything is an inside joke? Watching "The Romantics" is kind of like that, but it lasts for more than 90 minutes and you can't excuse yourself to get a drink. Worse still, they're all so damn clever and thoughtful and educated one can only roll their eyes waiting for them to settle a decade-old argument about the proper reading of a poem.
Duhamel is much better than you might assume given his career to date, and Katie Holmes' performance is a reminder that her talent and looks have been largely wasted for the past five years. Anna Paquin plays the petulant spoiled rich kid well enough, but doesn't really get to show her chops until the end of the film.
The marching band music that plays over the processional at the wedding is perfect, giving the moment the right feeling of military precision and foreboding. And to Niederhoffer's credit, there is no tidy ending -- it would be impossible to resolve everything in the length of a single motion picture. Unless that is, you'd tackled the issues an hour earlier.


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CCI Concerned Citizens Group to be Recognized for Successful Community Involvement at CCI Superfund Site in Olathe, Kan.
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(Kansas City, Kan., May 29, 2012) - EPA will honor a citizens' community involvement organization this week for its successful work in addressing public concerns related to the Chemical Commodities, Inc., (CCI) Superfund Site in Johnson County, Kan.
The recognition event for the CCI Concerned Citizens Group will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 31, at the CCI Superfund Site, 320 S. Blake Street, in Olathe, Kan. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will present the group with EPA's 2012 National Notable Achievement Award for Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement.
Residents near the former chemical brokerage and recycling facility formed the CCI Concerned Citizens Group when EPA began its remedial investigation of the site in 2001. Working through EPA's community involvement process, the group served as a liaison between the community, EPA, the State of Kansas, and the site's responsible party, to ensure the community's concerns were addressed.
The CCI Concerned Citizens Group has remained active through the entire cleanup process at the site, which has been on EPA's National Priorities List since May 1994. CCI operated from 1951 to 1989 as a brokerage facility where chemical recycling activities occurred. Business operations began at the site in an era when few environmental laws and regulations were in place. Numerous fires and explosions occurred at the facility during the 1960s and 1970s.
EPA provided oversight for the cleanup of soil and groundwater at the site, continuing through completion of construction in January 2012. Nationally, the CCI Superfund Site is one of three to reach "construction complete" status this year, and one of 1,123 sites to reach that status since the EPA Superfund Program began in 1980.
WHAT: Presentation of EPA's 2012 National Notable Achievement Award for Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement
WHO: EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks and CCI Concerned Citizens Group Representatives
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012
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AMD Never Settle Reloaded Bundles Now Live, Region-Specific Details Released
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the arrival of its "Never Settle: Reloaded" game bundle, the sequel to last year's monumental "Never Settle" bundle. "Never Settle: Reloaded" delivers by bundling up to four of this year's most anticipated PC games -- "BioShock Infinite" by 2K Games and Irrational Games, "Crysis 3" by Electronic Arts, "DmC Devil May Cry" by Capcom and "Tomb Raider" by Square Enix -- with select AMD Radeon HD 7900 and HD 7800 Series graphics cards. The bundle highlights the continued commitment by AMD to ensure an incredible gaming experience on the world's top PC titles optimized for AMD Radeon graphics cards
"AMD knows gaming and in 2013 we plan to make a huge mark on the industry. Today we begin that journey by showing the world that the best PC game developers are AMD Gaming Evolved partners," said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD Graphics. "The 'Never Settle: Reloaded' bundle clearly stands apart from anything else in the market. Gaming has always been, and will remain, the core of the AMD Graphics strategy and success. In 2013, we plan to forge greater inroads into the gaming industry and it begins with packaging this year's biggest games with the best graphics hardware from AMD." The "Never Settle: Reloaded" bundle offers the following games when purchased with select AMD Radeon HD 7900 and HD 7800 Series graphics cards:
The introduction of this gaming bundle further demonstrates AMD leadership in and commitment to gaming as the centerpiece of its long-term graphics strategy. In 2013, AMD plans to further reinforce its position as an industry-leading graphics provider by focusing on four critical pillars. The first pillar is content, where AMD will continue its ground-breaking work with game developers to ensure the greatest games are optimized to play on the greatest hardware, AMD Radeon graphics. Second, AMD will work with console developers to evolve and improve the console experience for both gamers and game developers. Third is the cloud, where AMD will expand the limits of online gaming through technology partnerships with companies like CiiNow, enabling game publishers, retailers and carriers to tap into the growing online video game market, ultimately providing greater choice for PC gamers. And finally, AMD will continue to deliver cutting-edge graphics technology which ultimately sets the foundation for driving the best gaming experiences regardless of the platform.
"The 'Crysis' franchise has a reputation for demanding the world's most powerful graphics cards," said Cevat Yerli, CEO and president of Crytek. "'Crysis 3' pushes GPU technology even further and is the best looking game we have ever worked on, so we needed a hardware partner that could keep up with us. The AMD Gaming Evolved program clearly demonstrated that AMD Radeon and the Graphics Core Next architecture is what we needed."
"One of our goals with 'Tomb Raider' is to make the game experience feel believable and the graphics become one of the key components to help deliver that," said Karl Stewart, global brand director, Crystal Dynamics. "Using AMD Radeon with the compute-driven graphics features in 'Tomb Raider' helped us create an island which can be visually stunning or inhospitably hostile, introduce a cast of characters and tell this origins story to the best effect."
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The award-winning AMD Radeon HD 7900 and HD 7800 Series graphics cards feature AMD CrossFire technology, immersive AMD Eyefinity multidisplay technology and AMD HD3D stereo 3D, which when combined with the latest DirectX 11.1 capable games, deliver exceptional experiences and cutting-edge visuals for gamers. For gamers looking for the ultimate gaming card to take full advantage of the "Never Settle: Reloaded" bundle, the limited-edition ASUS ROG ARES II graphics card is currently available. Equipped with two overclocked AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition GPUs in a slender two-slot design, the ROG ARES II suits a variety of PC cases, and has a new hybrid thermal design that combines liquid and air cooling.
"We are pleased that the AMD 'Never Settle' promotion of 2012 returns in 2013. This free game promotion for AMD Radeon graphics was a huge success and was very well received by our gaming enthusiasts," said Rob Verheij, marketing coordinator, Alternate Netherlands. "I am convinced that this new bundle promotion, which contains top games like 'BioShock Infinite,' 'Crysis 3' and 'Tomb Raider,' will be a big success."
"After the success of last year's Never Settle Bundle, we are thrilled to see AMD, yet again, offer 2013's most anticipated PC games packaged with their award-winning graphics cards to our customers," said Soren Mills, chief marketing officer of Newegg North America. "Both Newegg and AMD are supporters of the PC gaming community, which is why we value this partnership and look forward to offering this exciting new bundle."
Coupons for games included in the AMD Radeon Never Settle: Reloaded bundle will be provided by resellers when customers purchase AMD Radeon HD 7900 and HD 7800 Series graphics cards, and can be redeemed on the AMD Redemption portal.
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Assemble Gallery & Studio is one part retail shop (lots of cards & gifts), one part gallery (currently featuring works by Berkley Illustration), and one part studio. They have all kinds of crafty workshops throughout the year, and you can even rent out their space. So cute, right? Be sure to stop by if you're in Seattle.
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Tagged: bargains
Market haul – Gucci Vintage Bootleg Sweatshirt $60, Missoni Knit Top $20, Iro Jeans $10, OneTeaspoon Denim Skirt $10
Gucci Vintage Bootleg Sweatshirt – bought at Manly Markets from Queen Justine Vintage | OneTeaspoon Denim Skirt – bought from Kirribilli Markets | Guess Boots – bought from EbayAU | Hiking Shoe Laces – bought from EbayAU
There's nothing like cracking open a freshly delivered Aus Post parcel and featuring your fresh new purchase on your Insta story. I'm using this analogy because I am 100% an online shopping person. Anything I can do from my bed in my jim jams is A OK with me and who doesn't love being able to accomplish a task bra-less and in trackies.
So as I paint the dream in my head of a life spent online shopping, in reality, life just gets more expensive. Every month it's bills bills bills and then all of a sudden I'm Destiny's Child wishing someone would just pay my bills so maybe I could chill/shop…
So how do you get your fix while keeping most of your bank account intact? Second hand or vintage, my friends. The only down sides are wading through a bunch of crap at markets and Vinnies stores and feeling bad when you try to haggle prices down when they're already pretty cheap. But hey, if I'm putting pants and a bra on to go to an actual shop, I better be bagging myself a bargain.
The other weekend I went to Kirribilli General Market on Saturday and the Manly Markets on Sunday, finishing up the weekend strong with a great haul of mostly designer digs for $100. The key is obviously finding the right stalls and digging for those golden gooses, and I'm not talking about the sneakers, or maybe the sneakers? You never know. Someone's trash is another bargain hunters treasure.
Usually my strategy is to weave through the market stalls with an eye out for labels, the more well known or designer labels a stall has, the higher the probability of finding gold is. Who said maths wasn't useful after high school. My other strategy is to keep an eye out for a rack of old Levi's jeans, skirts or denim jackets. This is usually a slightly more expensive stall because it's not just someone getting rid of their last seasons wardrobe. It's a proper vintage shop where you're more than likely to find a gold mine of old Harley Davidson Tees, Hilfiger, Guess, anything 80's and 90's really. It's a sign of a seller that knows what the consumer wants; Vintage shit you could've saved money on if your mum had just KEPT ALL HER CLOTHES, but now you have cough up top dollar because this old shit is cool again. Yes mum, I'm talking to YOU.
Lastly, West Coast Customise your shit up. Cut the sleeves off to turn your top into a muscle tank, buy some new shoe laces to vamp up a pair of boots, fashion yourself a crop top out of an oversized men's tee, chop a step hem in a pair of vintage jeans and chuck them in the wash for a frayed look.
You don't have to spend a fortune to have the outfits you want, just a $100 in your pocket, a pair of scissors, the courage to hack into your new old clothes and the musty, second hand world of vintage fashion is your oyster.
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This customise rule doesn't just apply to second hand. Here's a photo for your enjoyment of me wearing a pair of Kmart men's jeans. I bought the smallest size I could find, yanked them up Steve Urkel style to sit around my waist and chopped off the hem at my ankles. 15 buckaroos for these bad boys.
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Converting your RTC Scrum Projects to the 4.x Agile ALM Scrum Template (Part 1)
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At or around Innovate 2013, IBM released a new Agile ALM Scrum process template for RTC. The Agile ALM Scrum template is based on the Scrum template, with modifications promising better support for Agile Planning with Scrum.
After reviewing the new template, I became interested in morphing a Scrum-based project to the Agile ALM Scrum definitions. My first step was to create a summary of the differences between the two templates. (Thank you to the template authors for their help in finding and understanding these changes.) The Summary document is available here: Link-to-Summary.
I've started morphing my first project and plan to create a document describing the detailed changes required to implement each section listed in the Summary. The first two Summary sections, which describe fairly simple modifications, already have links to detailed documents. As I continue morphing my project, I will post a blog entry each time I add more detail.
There's no requirement to adopt all of the modifications to gain value from the many upgrades found in the new Agile ALM Scrum template, however, be aware that que
In my opinion, the biggest bang for the buck in the new template is the revised team dashboard, but the new dashboard relies on many other changes to the template such as new queries, reports, roles, work item types, and work item modifications. I'll probably release the new dashboard specifications soon, but I won't be able to implement them until I've completed many other changes.
Also keep in mind that I'm documenting changes made to the out-of-the-box Scrum template. Changes you make must accommodate customizations already applied to your template.
Also note: The Agile ALM Scrum template is not yet included in RTC product downloads, so you must download and import it if you intend to use it for new projects. The template has been tested against RTC 4.0.2, but is expected to be compatible with all 4.x releases. The template and related assets are available here: htt


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Nintendo UK PR boss Saunders to leave
Nintendo's just announced that UK head of communications Rob Saunders is leaving the company.
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Activision expands UK PR operation
Activision's UK PR team has now fully restructured following its merger with Blizzard, and has taken on an external PR company to lend a hand. "Following the introduction of the new internal UK and Ireland PR team (Lucy Fairbrass, Johanna Hakala and Jonnie Bryant), it became apparent that the extensive nature of Activision's 2009 product […]
Mercenaries 2 free fuel stunt branded "irresponsible" by MP
A Mercenaries 2 PR stunt in London, at which EA tried to give away £20,000 worth of free petrol, has been branded "irresponsible" by an MP after hordes of motorists tried to cash in. The fuel was limited to £40 per person, and 500 motorists were fast enough to get the gift. By midday over […]
Old GTA games sold 1 million units in May-July
Speaking in an earnings call following the release of Q3 financials last night, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder said that old GTA titles have sold in seven figure units for the quarter. "More than one million units of previous GTA titles were sold in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 alone," said the exec. "Based on […]
Rockstar launching new GTA IV campaign for autumn and Christmas
In Take-Two's third-quarter earnings call last night, CEO Ben Feder said that Rockstar is planning a new Christmas push for GTA IV. "Rockstar is launching a new marketing and PR campaign which will start in the fall and extend into the Holiday season," said the exec. "Also as a must-have game for all fans of […]
Eidos UK drops all internal PR
Just in. Eidos UK has just confirmed that the firm will have no internal PR at all from this point on. The company's PR aspects are now to be handled by UK agency Barrington Harvey. "For the time being, there will be no internal PR function; the agencies will be managed by the UK marketing […]


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Councillor Walker's Souvenir
This is a fragment of the Berlin Wall.
It was presented to Jim Walker,
the Mayor of Croydon,
by some schoolchildren from East Berlin.
They visited Croydon in 1991.
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Jim Walker describes the presentation:
"I met some schoolchildren
from East Berlin
and I entertained them
in the Mayor's Parlour,
where they presented me
with a piece of the Berlin Wall,
which signifies
the enormous turnaround in Europe
and the re-unification of Germany.
I am all for closer co-operation
in Europe.
I feel strongly that Britain
must take its full part in this process,
which will present the opportunity
for increasing industry and jobs
and lead to a peaceful Europe."
Building the Wall
After the Second World War,
the victorious allies
(Britain, France,
the USA and the Soviet Union)
split Germany
into four zones of occupation.
In 1949, the country was divided.
The American, French and British zones
become the Federal Republic of Germany;
the Soviet zone in the east
became the communist
German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Berlin was situated in the GDR,
but the western allies
retained control of part of the city.
In 1961,
the East German government built
a wall across Berlin
to stop their inhabitants moving
to the more prosperous West Berlin.
Those attempting to cross
were shot by border guards.
In October 1989,
Berliners broke down the wall.
A year later Germany was reunified.
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In the car yesterday afternoon, my 5-year-old daughter made a big deal out of the fact that there were yellowjackets on the playground and she just left them alone. Granted, this is the preschooler view of how things happened. But she named off several of her classmates who apparently insisted on hovering around the insects. I praised her for being brave and thought maybe – MAYBE – she was turning over a new leaf.
Libbie's always been wary of bugs, but a few years ago she was stung badly when she picked up a watering can that was filled with wasps. She can't even confront a ladybug without vast amounts of tears. Her 3-year-old brother is her hero when he deposits dead ladybugs into his heating vent.
But Libbie's playground tale gave me some hope. And then we got home. I shooed the kids outside as it was over 80 degrees and gorgeous. They were outside approximately 4.87 seconds before I heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Libbie ran back inside, crying that there was a bee right "near the front of the porch" and thus she couldn't possibly be outside.
I'm sure you know that little ones need outside time like a fish needs water. It makes a huge difference in their behavior. And while I know my highly sensitive little girl isn't making up her fear of bugs, it's hard to be understanding about something that seems so trivial! My solution of "ignore it and go somewhere else" doesn't seem to resonate with her.
Many online searches suggest a trip to the library, studying bugs and teaching her that they are harmless. But what about bees, which she knows are not actually harmless?
Do you have any great tips that will help us get her outside this summer?
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The South Florida Marine veteran who for months was detained at a Mexican prison for bringing an unloaded shotgun into the country has been freed, officials and his lawyer said late Friday.
The attorney for Jon Hammar tweeted Friday night that his client had been released from a detention center in Matamoros, Mexico. U.S. officials were planning to drive the 27-year-old Hammar across the border at Brownsville, Texas.
"He's out. Going home," wrote Eddie Varon Levy in a tweet.
South Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen confirmed Hammar's release in a statement. She said he was "back safely in the United States."
"These past few months have been an absolute nightmare for Jon and his family, and I am so relieved that this whole ordeal will soon be over," the Ros-Lehtinen said. "I am overcome with joy knowing that Jon will be spending Christmas with his parents, family and friends."
Several members of Congress said earlier Friday that a judge had agreed to free Hammar.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's office said in a statement that according to a defense attorney, 27-year-old Jon Hammar was being held at the Matamoros prison on a gun charge, but at a hearing, it was determined he had no intent to commit a crime by taking the firearm to Mexico.
"No American should be in a Mexican jail for five months without being able to have his case in front of a judge," Nelson said Friday. "We're grateful; this is a good Christmas present."
With the judge's ruling, Hammar was expected to be released after noon on Friday, Ros-Lehtinen said at a press conference earlier in the day.
"Our Marine hero, our local hero, will be freed today from a Mexican prison," she said. "He's been there chained to his bed in terrible condition since August for a trumped-up gun charge that should have never been leveled against him."
South Florida Family Steps Up Pressure to Get Ex-Marine Son Out of Mexican Prison
The Marine veteran's mother notified congressional members of her son's pending release early Friday. The news was confirmed by a defense lawyer, the State Department and the Mexican embassy, according to spokespeople for Nelson and Ros-Lehtinen.
His mother, Olivia Hammar, called Ros-Lehtinen's office to say, "Hallelujah! Prayers work and hard work pays off," Ros-Lehtinen said.
Friday, the U.S. Consulate was standing by to safely escort the former Marine to the United States. Instead of being taken on a plane, Hammar was to be driven across the Mexican border to Texas.
Ros-Lehtinen said the Hammar family is thankful for the community's support. "He will be home for Christmas," Ros-Lehtinen said. "The family has been so grateful."
At his home in Palmetto Bay, Hammar's mother anxiously waited until she was assured he was safe and in the U.S.
"Everybody is excited and still cautiously optimistic. Of course, we have every reason to believe this will go well. We are still very concerned about his safety throughout this whole time. Until he gets across the border, we're not going to rest," said family friend Maggie Hays.
Palmetto Bay Family Hoping To Get Marine Veteran Son out of Mexican Prison, Home Safe
Hammar served in Iraq and Afghanistan before being honorably discharged from the Marines in 2007.
His service as a Marine included stints in Afghanistan – where he worked a security detail for President Hamid Karzai –and patrols in Iraq.
Hammar's family said he was deeply hurt by the loss of his close friend, Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings, in combat in Iraq's Fallujah section. His mother said surfing helped him cope after he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
A getaway is just what Hammar needed, so in August, Hammar and a friend set out on a road trip headed for Costa Rica, his family said. In Costa Rica, they would surf. They planned to drive across the Mexican border near Matamoros in their Winnebago filled with surfboards and camping gear.
Hammar asked U.S. border agents what to do with the unloaded shotgun, which his family said belonged to his great-grandfather.
But when the pair crossed the border and handed the paperwork to Mexican officials, they impounded the RV and jailed the men, saying it was illegal to carry that type of gun. Hammar's friend was later released because the gun did not belong to him.
Olivia Hammar has said the weapon was taken by Hammar to shoot birds. "In addition to being somewhat helpless, he is enraged," she said.
Of the firearm, Ros-Lehtinen said: "He goes to register it and he gets arrested for his trouble. They have made this into such a huge issue."
In recent months, pressure had mounted for Hammar's release. Congressional members worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the State Department and Mexican authorities to arrange Hammar's release.
A week ago, Ros-Lehtinen said that she had written a letter to Hillary Clinton, Janet Napolitano and others, asking them to intervene.
Dozens of members of Congress signed the letter, Ros-Lehtinen said. Nelson said he had appealed to the Mexican ambassador to the United States.
The family's attorney said Mexican law prohibits civilians from carrying certain types of guns, like sawed-off shotguns, which can be more easily concealed. Mexican law prohibits shotguns with a barrel of less than 25 inches.
Family attorney Eddie Varon-Levy said Mexican officials measured the barrel on Hammar's shotgun as 24 inches. It has not been sawed off.
Varon-Levy questioned the way Mexican officials measured the gun, because the measurements can differ depending on where they are taken on the barrel.
Hammar faced 12 years in prison, but Varon-Levy had called that unlikely.
At the Matamoros prison, Hammar was being held in one of the most dangerous areas in Mexico.
Matamoros is the long-time headquarters of the Gulf Cartel, which has been engaged in a bloody struggle with its former security guards, the Zetas, since early 2010 for the lucrative drug routes along the eastern end of the Texas-Mexico border.
An October 2011 fight among inmates at the prison left 20 dead and 12 injured.
At first Hammar was held with the general population, filled mostly with members of drug cartels. But then he was periodically chained to his bed in a cell by himself, his father said.


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Karl Lagerfeld has once again made a fashion film — "Women Only" — to launch the most recent collection soon to hit boutiques, the Chanel Fall-Winter 2013/14 pre-collection. He cleverly uses his previous film "Once Upon a Time", featuring Keira Knightley as Coco Chanel, as the backdrop for "Women Only". Karl chose the obscurity of a Parisian cinema as the set and we see models stroll in – individually and in pairs – all wearing head to to Chanel.
I think "Women Only" is one of Karl's best fashion films – it's just another medium for us to see the gorgeous Chanel creations in a different light – rather than just staring at stills. "Women Only" does a beautiful job of highlighting the Chanel collection – I'm convinced, I want it all!
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The Reality of Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
What life is like for undocumented young people.
Feb. 22, 2013 -- They are sons and daughters, gay and straight, performers and politics junkies. They grew up in the bustle of New York and the dry heat of Texas.
They are American.
And they are undocumented.
The trio of students who sit on stage at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Thursday night speak eloquently and with poise. They have been tasked with talking about their childhoods, and in many ways they sound like every other kid in America. They recall summers spent at camp and hours toiled away at unpaid internships.
But they are not every other kid. They are burdened with secrets and heavy family stories that tumble out as they remember moments in time.
Citlalli, who was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and grew up in a close-knit Texas community, participated in a prestigious summer program. A field trip to NASA should have been the high point, but it didn't work out that way. She was dragged into a roomful of counselors before the trip, questioned and left behind, bawling. She'd never pass the required background check and there was no way around it.
Francisco, a Mexican-born New Yorker, will graduate from Georgetown this May but his parents won't see him walk across the stage and collect his diploma. They are too scared to drive down for the ceremony, paralyzed by the fear that they will be stopped for a broken taillight, rounded up and deported.
German-born Kim, who traces her roots back to Kenya, was filling out college applications when her parents called her to the dining room table one evening. She was undocumented, they told her. Her mother and father had hoped to resolve her status before then, but a series of events conspired against them and it wasn't to be. She would not be able to check that box on the college paperwork.
These are the realities of daily undocumented life; the toll of growing up without papers.
Most challenging, Kim said as the others nodded in agreement, are "the psychological aspects of being in this country but not having the freedoms so many enjoy."
Citlalli was taught at a young age to keep her mouth shut, no matter what.
"I internalized silence," she said.
As a child, she once laughingly told classmates that her father had crossed the border without permission when they cracked jokes about people being "illegal." Why not? She didn't know any better. But her parents did and all of a sudden reality came crashing down and so did she.
None of their parents wanted it to end up this way. They weren't looking for handouts. Several filed applications for legal status before their visas expired and were told to wait. So they did. For years. But then September 11 left people suspicious and it all fell apart. The lawyer Kim's parents used told them he had been "robbed" and that their application files were "lost."
"The system just didn't work for them," she said.
Of course they follow the immigration debate swirling in Washington right now about how to reform that system; its outcome could alter their lives. But they're not interested in being political pawns or bargaining chips. And they bristle at the idea that DREAMers are somehow superior to the parents who brought them here.
They have benefited from deferred action, a program put in place by the Obama administration to grant two-year, renewable deportation reprieves to some undocumented young people, but it's not enough, they say. Their parents continue to live in fear.
"The overarching theme is family unity," Francisco said.
He would know. He recently traveled to California to visit a sister he hadn't seen in 14 years. Air travel simply wasn't an option.
"This pathway is just about feeling human," Kim said.
Their families have carved out lives in this country. They've bought homes and paid taxes. They've celebrated milestones the American way. And while that American way is varied and nuanced, these three young people wouldn't know how to be Mexican, how to be Kenyan.
Francisco recently filled out an application to work in Italy. He couldn't say he was American because he doesn't have the papers to prove it, but Mexican?
"I struggled to write it," he said.
And America, for better or worse, has formed these people, molded them into complex young adults who are not afraid to speak publicly about undocumented life. Young adults who guard family secrets because they are afraid. Young adults who sit in classrooms at one of the nation's elite universities and belong there.
"I wouldn't be Kimberly," Kim said, "If I wasn't in America."


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The intuition behind much of my work on visual search is that the visual system has an interest in noticing "unusual" items, where "unusual" can mean "unlikely to have been drawn from the same statistical process as the stuff in the surrounding regions," or it might also mean the more general, "I wasn't expecting to see that." Based upon this intuition, I have proposed the Statistical Saliency model for visual search, and shown that this model predicts a wide range of search results.
The Statistical Saliency Model: First represent the search display in an appropriate feature space (this is the part that can be tricky for complex targets and distractors). Then compute the saliency by essentially doing a test for outliers. For a 1-D feature, like perhaps length, or contrast energy, this looks like computing a z-score:
Saliency, Δ = (T - μD) / σD Here, T is the target feature, μD is the local mean of the distractors, and σD is the standard deviation of the distractors.
|Figure 1
As shown in Figure 1, this amounts to counting the number of standard deviations between the target feature value and the mean of the distractors. (This mean is local, so neighboring items have more effect than more distant items.) The larger the saliency, the easier the predicted search. Essentially this is like representing the distractors with the best-fit normal distribution (shown in dark blue in Figure 1), and asking how likely the target is to have come from that distribution.
For higher-dimensional features such as velocity (vx, vy), color, etc., the model computes the Mahalanobis distance,
Δ = sqrt[(T - μD)' ΣD-1 (T - μD)],
between the target, T, and the mean of the distractors. Here ΣD is the covariance matrix of the distractors, and T and μD are now vectors. As shown in Figure 2, this again amounts to counting the number of "standard deviations" between the target and the mean of the distractors, but in the multi-dimensional case this involves counting the number of covariance ellipsoids.
|Figure 2
The Statistical Saliency model can also be thought of as formalizing the rule of thumb suggested by Duncan & Humphreys (1989): search is easier when target-distractor similarity decreases, or when distractor-distractor similarity increases.
More recent work in our lab, in conjunction with Zhenlan Jin and Alvin Raj, has implemented this saliency model so that it can operate on arbitrary images as input. This includes extracting motion saliency from video, and work demonstrating that saliency is predictive of where people look in video out the windshield of a car, and of time to detect a pedestrian about to cross the road.
My human vision work in general is motivated by the desire for simple predictive models of visual phenomena, which can then be easily applied to such things as image coding, and design of user interfaces and information visualizations. The Statistical Saliency model fits into this framework.
One difficulty in creating a simple model of visual search is that many early search results demonstrated search asymmetries. If the visual system requires a number of asymmetric mechanisms, this makes things difficult for modelers, since one must uncover all the mechanisms to have a reasonable model of visual search, and models will tend to need a new component for each asymmetric mechanism. If this is the way the visual system is, then we need to accommodate it, of course. But I have suggested that a number of visual search experiments which gave asymmetric results were actually asymmetrically designed, and thus no asymmetric mechanism are necessary to explain the results.
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Ghostvillage staff is looking for feedback from members as we work on updating the member guidelines!
#1 Guest_mrsspookypants_*
Posted 28 April 2010 - 01:09 PM
I would like to hear from you, the ones who use the GV Community the most, as to what changes/addition/updates you would like to see in the Guidelines.
You can post your thoughts here to share and discuss with others. If you don't feel comfortable with that, you can send me a PM or an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) and it will remain confidential.
Posted 28 April 2010 - 01:18 PM
I feel the "Village" is "reasonable" with the current guidelines, just my 2 cents.
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Posted 28 April 2010 - 01:29 PM
Thanks for chiming in!
Unfortunately, there is a need to update. As technology continues to advance, the guidelines need to be updated in order to address certain issues.
Keep in mind, the guidelines are not there to censor or punish, but are there in order to attempt to be fair and keep the village running smoothly.
Posted 28 April 2010 - 01:38 PM
Thanks for chiming in!
Unfortunately, there is a need to update. As technology continues to advance, the guidelines need to be updated in order to address certain issues.
Keep in mind, the guidelines are not there to censor or punish, but are there in order to attempt to be fair and keep the village running smoothly.
Thanks for the info!
Posted 28 April 2010 - 07:51 PM
Other than that, I think this place is being ran very smoothly. Even when there's a disagreement, there's so much to be learned from both sides & for the most part, folks tend to keep the attitudes at the door. And eventually, the newbies learn the ropes too on how to act accordingly to one another.
Thank you, Mrsspookypants for the chance to try to help give ideas.
Posted 28 April 2010 - 09:58 PM
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 29 April 2010 - 05:25 AM
What I meant was when a newbie posts a link to another websight, maybe the upgrade to GV would catch onto a "red flag" with that link and put a halt to it before it gets onto the boards. I know it sounds strange & I don't know 'jack' about computers, but it was just an idea.
#8 Guest_mrsspookypants_*
Posted 29 April 2010 - 07:35 AM
Also, keep in mind...this isn't an "upgrade" to the GV system/software. This is updating the Member Guidelines to address the new issues that can arise in the community.
Posted 29 April 2010 - 12:15 PM
Thanks for giving us the opurtunity to comment & give input on the guidelines. It is much appreciated.
Really, these seem pretty solid and comprehensive to me.
The one suggestion I have is that perhaps you could include a blurb about what someone can expect when posting photos & other evidence for review.
It seems many times people are hurt or offended if they recieve opinins that differ from what they expected. That will sometimes end with the person getting defensive and the discussion becoming heated. I wonder if a little advanced explanation would help people to be prepared for the inevitable variety of opinions they will recieve.
Regards, Canis
"It is proper for you to doubt ... do not go upon report ... do not go upon tradition ... do not go upon hear-say." ~ Buddha
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Posted 30 April 2010 - 08:20 AM
Can't speak for all of the mods, but I believe most of us have some form of disclaimer regarding posting in the threads we cover that explains difference of opinions. Now if there was just some way to get some members to read it once in a while...
What is this "read" you speak of???
Posted 19 May 2010 - 07:37 PM
Sorry, but I couldn't help myself. I love that song. Actually the guidelines are clear and straight forward. I see nothing to change or update except maybe the wording. We all just need to read them from time to time and initial that we read them just to keep them fresh in our minds.
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#15 Guest_mrsspookypants_*
Posted 20 May 2010 - 07:50 AM
Leonie, that is actually stated in the Welcome message in the evidence section and it still doesn't help. I will see what I can work into the guidelines. Unfortunately, no matter what we put out there, you will always have those that let personal feeling get in the way or those they just like to cause trouble.
Thanks for the input!
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The Responsive Brain is the fourth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program explores how the brain alters its structure and functioning in response to social situations. You'll learn about the impact of different stimuli on human and animal brains, from the effect of human touch on premature babies to the effect of social status on the health of baboons.
Experiment: The African Cichlid Fish
Dr. Russell Fernald is a neuroethologist at Stanford University. Neuroethology integrates brain science with the study of behavior in natural habitats. The goal is to illustrate the interaction among brain, behavior, and environment. Dr. Fernald's long-term work focuses on the African cichlid fish and how its social system regulates not only brain structures, but also bodily functions.
When a male cichlid fish recognizes an opportunity to become the dominant male, his body turns bright colors. The male fish then chases and attacks other male cichlid fish in an attempt to dominate and defend his territory. The physiological color change results from a response in the hypothalamus in the brain. In the cichlid fish, the signaling peptide cells grow eight times larger, sending the brain eight times the signal. The result is an enlargement of the fish gonads, physiologically preparing the fish to spawn with females.
When the cichlid fish loses control of the territory, he loses his bright coloring. Some fish, however, will then go into hiding, turn on the color signals of dominance, and pretend that they are still dominant for a period lasting up to three weeks.
The human brain also contains the hypothalamus. Neuroethologists hypothesize that behavioral responses parallel to those cichlid fish take place in humans, beginning at puberty. Dr. Fernald's research illustrates one example of how animal and human brains receive and translate signals from the social environment, resulting in physiological change.
The Fernald lab Web site at http://www.stanford.edu/group/fernaldlab/modelSystem.shtml has information on current research into the behavior of African cichild fish.
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I love cooking from other blogs. My list of recipes to try out is getting longer day by day. Here are some of the dishes that I've made recently.
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NEW YORK — For all its perks, being a popular young actor like Shia LaBeouf in today's media climate can come with some intense pressures.
So intense that one of Hollywood's longest lasting stars says he probably couldn't handle them.
"I don't envy Shia's generation," said Robert Redford, LaBeouf's director and co-star in the new dramatic thriller "The Company You Keep." "If what's put to him had been put to me when I was starting out, I might have stayed a painter."
LaBeouf, who joined Redford for an interview here this week, brought in a historical perspective. "There's a lot less protection on a film set than there was in the '70's. The stuff at my bake sale is some wild stuff. And to have art you need to feel protected."
This now-and-then theme has been on both men's minds lately. It dominates their new Sony Pictures Classics film, which opens Friday.
"Company" is a moral mystery as much as a literal one. It follows Redford's Nick, a 1960s radical who appears to have been guilty of murder in an act of political protest gone wrong. Living undercover as a suburban husband and father for decades, Redford's character is forced to go on the run after a journalist (LaBeouf) discovers and then pursues him. Nick is soon seeking out fellow former radicals to help him clear his name.
As it tracks the two men's movements, the movie elucidates secrets about Nick's past as well as explores questions about the justification for violence, the limits of idealism and how an older generation's politics can seem alien to a younger one.
"I'm attracted to something that's not really displayed in American life — the gray area," said Redford, not shy, particularly in this phase of his career, about inserting politics into his work. "There was a time when that was what our movies did. But that's being squeezed out of both our movies and our lives."
LaBeouf said he saw this film's excursion into radicalism and its ethics as a kind of personal wish-fulfillment. "My friends and I don't have the same fears my dad's generation did," he said of his father, a Vietnam veteran and outspoken progressive. "He and Bob were in the midst of some pretty wild stuff. My generation's wildest stuff politically is Occupy Wall Street."
The movie was not an easy one to finance, falling apart several times in four years of development before coming together as a low-budget independent production in Vancouver last year. The script by Lem Dobbs ("The Limey") is based on a novel by Neil Gordon.
"Look, this was a [bad] situation," Redford said, using much stronger language. "The financier was putting on so many restrictions, and he wasn't saying yes, so we couldn't go. And if we did go, the budget was so low it was unworkable. Plus, actors these days are doing three projects at once, so you don't have a lot of time to all be there together."
He added. "But that's not exclusive to this film. All these films were easier to make in the 1970s."
Despite the difficulties, Redford continues to make movies, often on subjects that don't square with the interests of today's multiplex-going audience (though he is taking a little detour into popcorn-land with an acting turn in the new "Captain America"). The last film he directed, 2011's "The Conspirator," a period courtroom drama about accused John Wilkes Booth collaborator Mary Surratt, earned strong reviews but fizzled at the box office after receiving little distribution support.
If some hear in Redford's comments the pinings of a man for a time long gone, LaBeouf says the belief in that era is what made today's quality work possible. "Bob's generation built what allows my generation to dream," he said.
Making the movie allowed for its own sort of generational bridge.
Though separated by half a century and an ocean of differences, Redford (76) and LaBeouf (26) are cut from similar cloth, equally serious both in their belief in movies as an agent of change and in their own demeanors. When LaBeouf stepped into the interview a minute late, he walked up to Redford, shook his hand and said sincerely, "I'm sorry." Redford replied, also unblinking: "You don't have to ever apologize to me for being late, Shia." Later, LaBeouf said he enjoyed working with Redford because "the man shared love with me. It's not like he just shared a story. He shared love."
The two came together because of mutual professional interest. Redford said he liked that Shia was a quick study and that he would require little explicit guidance, key for a movie with a quick schedule and a large cast. (To prepare, the actor followed Los Angeles Times reporter Robert Faturechi and read J-school staples such as Janet Malcolm's "The Journalist and the Murderer.")
With a number of hits (and tabloid headlines) under his belt, LaBeouf has consciously branched out in new directions — he also stars in recent violent independent dramas including John Hillcoat's "Lawless" and Fredrik Bond's "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman" and is next up in a Lars von Trier graphic two-part film, "Nymphomaniac." He also says he is in the early stages of planning a movie with his "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" director, Oliver Stone.
If intensity is a professional hallmark of the actor, it can also characterize his behind-the-scenes behavior, the most recent of which was a messy disagreement with co-star Alec Baldwin during rehearsals for their Broadway show "Orphans."
LaBeouf views this as an occupational hazard. "A set is emotional, like any place of high productivity," he said. "You get me and Stanley Tucci in a room and it's not going to be very copacetic," he added, referring to his fellow "Company" actor. "There's going to be a little bit of a rub."
Shortly after LaBeouf left "Orphans," the tension with Baldwin spilled into public view and then onto Twitter. Though LaBeouf had his say, he felt there was something dangerous about the constant coverage.
"I think it's a doubled-edged sword," said the actor, who sometimes seems to be fighting a battle with himself over his natural inclination toward candor. "It has a way of cheapening the mystery. And something like Twitter does have a way of clearing the air. But it also has a way of killing your interests.
"Look, generally there's more information. You get the truth from 40 sources, but where do you find the actual truth?"
Redford nodded in agreement and said he had his own response to fame decades ago.
"I can't advise Shia on how to be in the business. I can only tell him what it was for me," he said. "I learned early on that there's a lot of hype in Hollywood and that some of that hype is toxic. I survived by moving away from it, by going to the mountains [of Utah, where he lives part-time.] By coming and going, by doing the work and leaving, by dropping bombs in enemy territory and getting out. Success has a very dark side. You want to shadowbox with success. You don't want to embrace it."


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2012 Environmental Education Symposium in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 9-10, 2012!
All Symposium registration, exhibitor, and presenter forms and related information can be found on our website at www.wlf.louisiana.gov/eec. For more information: Venise Ortego, EE Coordinator, 337-948-0255, email@example.com.
NBTS Public Review of Their Standards for Science
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) announces its public review period for Science Standards, Third Edition for teachers of students ages 11-18+. Practicing teachers fill a majority of seats on standards committees with other members representing districts, states, and higher education. NBPTS Standards reflect the Five Core Propositions that are the foundation of National Board Certification; identify specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support accomplished practice, while emphasizing the holistic nature of teaching; illustrate how a teacher's professional judgment is reflected in action; and describe how the standards come to life in different settings. Science Standards will be available for public review January 9th - February 5th. The standards can be accessed online at: http://surveymonkey.com/SciPublicComment
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS –Dedicated Sessions, Presentations, and Posters FEBRUARY 1 DEADLINE!
Restore America's Estuaries 6th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
October 20-24, 2012 –Tampa, Florida
The Conference will be a dynamic and exciting opportunity to share successes and lessons learned in all realms of coastal habitat restoration. The overarching theme of "Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Communities" highlights the interwoven nature of coastal ecosystems and the communities that rely on them. Students are particularly encouraged to participate.
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seedTALK: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Northwest Louisiana – January 18
This monthly seedTALK series is about Energy Efficiency efforts and Sustainability programs in our own backyard. Great things are happening in Shreveport, Bossier City, and the surrounding area. Lunch and learn with us each month to be "in the know" and help you get started on your own energy efficiency goals for your home, your business, your city and your region.
Join us for lunch & our inaugural session of seedTALK: January 18th 2012, 11:30 a.m. at Cohab, 610 Commerce Street in Shreveport
Special Speaker: Bill Robertson from the office of Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell
Energy Efficiency Docket – from the supply side and the demand side
Net Metering Program – making your electricity meter run backward
Renewable Power Pilot Program – renewable energies we are already using
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Wetlands Reserve Program (Deadline January 20)
The Wetlands Reserve Program is a national program authorized by the Farm Bill to assist eligible landowners restore, create, protect, and enhance wetlands on their property. Participation in this program is voluntary, and restoration is accomplished in an environmentally safe, cost-effective manner. Easement payments are based on the lowest of either the fair market value of the land using an appraisal or area-wide analysis, the Geographic Area Rate Cap, or an offer made by the landowner.
The first fiscal year 2012 application evaluation period for the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) in Louisiana ends January 20, 2012. If you are interested in or have applied for WRP and you would like to ensure your application package is complete and will be considered in the first evaluation period, please contact your local USDA Natura; Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis for the Wetlands Reserve Program. There may be additional opportunities for application funding throughout 2012. Applications received after January 20, 2012, will be considered in future evaluation periods, if any, or carried into fiscal year 2013 on October 1, 2012.
For more information on the Conservation Stewardship Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, or Soil and Water Conservation Districts, contact your local Natural Resources Conservation Service office or Soil and Water Conservation District.
Fund for Teachers Professional Development Grants (Deadline: January 27)
The Fund for Teachers Grant awards preK-12 teachers with funds to support professional development activities during the summer of 2012. The deadline for application is January 27, 2012. See the website for eligibility, and check out additional funding opportunities and other resources. http://www.fundforteachers.org/
Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Funding Opportunity (Deadline: February 7)
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is pleased to announce a request for proposals for the NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program. The deadline for preproposals is 3:00 p.m. Central (4:00 p.m. Eastern) February 7, 2012. The attached Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) describes the priorities and funding level in detail. Preproposals are to be emailed by the deadline to email@example.com and CC-ed to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com. Full proposals must be submitted to email@example.com by April 17, 2012, 3:00 p.m. Central. MASGC will submit your proposal to the National Sea Grant Office via Grants.gov on your behalf. For additional information contact LaDon Swann, Director at 251-648-5877 or e-mail email@example.com. Also, see attached executive summary for more information.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Green Ribbon Schools Initiative (Deadline: February 17)
The Green Ribbon Schools Initiative recognizes the highest performing green schools in the nation is designed to honor schools that save energy through environmentally sustainable classrooms and school buildings; and engage their communities in efforts to boost environmental literacy. Schools must be nominated by their state chief education officer and cannot apply directly to the USDO. Each state may select up to four schools, based on the three criteria: Environmental Impact and Energy Efficiency; Healthy School Environments; and Environmental and Sustainability Education. The USDOE will select approximately 50 award recipients in the 2011-2012 school year. Winners will be announced during Earth Week in April 2012. The deadline for schools to submit applications to the Louisiana Department of Education is February 17, 2012. To access the online application, please click here.
EPA Announces Solicitation for 2012 Grants (Deadline: February 29)
EPA is seeking applicants for $1 million in environmental justice small grants expected to be awarded in 2012. EPA's environmental justice efforts aim to ensure equal environmental and health protections for all Americans, regardless of race or socioeconomic status. The grants enable non-profit organizations to conduct research, provide education, and develop solutions to local health and environmental issues in communities overburdened by harmful pollution. The 2012 grant solicitation is now open and will close on February 29, 2012. Applicants must be incorporated non-profits or tribal organizations working to educate, empower and enable their communities to understand and address local environmental and public health issues. EPA will host pre-application teleconference calls on January 12, 2012, February 1, 2012 and February 15, 2012 to help applicants understand the requirements.
More information on the Environmental Justice Small Grants program and a list of grantees: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html
Environment Justice Small Grants 2012 Request for Proposals and schedule of pre-application teleconference calls: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/grants/ej-smgrants-rfp-2012.pdf
Professional Development Scholarships - Amazon Rainforest Workshop & Machu Picchu Extension (Deadline: March 8)
Searching for something unique! spirited! and fun! this summer? K-12 teachers and environmental educators can win one of three $1000 scholarships to travel with scientists to one of the most diverse environments in the world. Join group leader Donna Krabill, Norfolk Botanical Garden and scientists Dr. Steve Madigosky, Widener University and Randy Morgan, Entomologist, Cincinnati Zoo on a rainforest discovery June 29- July 8, 2012. Experience a 1/4-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway, Yagua Culture & Crafts, Village Service Project, ReNuPeru Ethnobotanical Garden, Birdwatching, Night Hikes, and Monkey Island Conservation Project. Open registration through May. Land cost is $1850, plus air. Machu Picchu Extension is optional. Academic Credit is available. Land cost is $850 for scholarship winners. Submit simple scholarship application by March 8. For program and scholarship information, visit http://www.travel2learn.com/amazon.htm (case sensitive). Contact Dr. Frances Gatz, 1-800-669-6806 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Connecting Youth to the Outdoors Initiative (Deadline: January 27)
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in cooperation with its federal partners offer America's Great Outdoors: Developing the Next Generation of Conservationists, an initiative to connect youth to the outdoors by providing financial support for youth conservation job training programs. The program brings together public and private partners to support organizations that are developing innovative conservation job opportunities for youth which expose young people, particularly urban and minority youth, to the natural world and career opportunities available in conservation. The deadline for application is January 27, 2012. Click here for more information.
NASA DEVELOP Now Accepting Summer Applications (Deadline: January 30)
Summer 2012 Internship Term Dates: June 4 – August 10, 2012
Are you a looking for a real-world, paid scientific/technical internship? Would you enjoy the opportunity to work with NASA to investigate environmental issues relevant to local communities? Are you interested in using science to inform public policy? If the answer to those questions is "yes," then you may be a competitive candidate for an internship with NASA's DEVELOP National Program! DEVELOP is a NASA Applied Sciences training and development program where students utilize NASA and partner agency satellite data to conduct hands-on Earth Science research to enhance decision support for local, regional, and national agencies. Please visit http://develop.larc.nasa.gov or contact Ms. Brandie Mitchell at email@example.com or 228-688-2917 for more information. See attached flyer.
JASON/Immersion Carbonrally Contest
Compete against JASON and Immersion Carbonrally teams from around the world to see who can reduce their carbon footprint the most. A Carbonrally team can be a class of students, an after-school science club, or any other group of kids who want to make a difference and compete for some cool prizes in the process. Contest runs through May 1, 2012. For more information: JASON/Immersion Carbonrally Contest
You Tube for Schools
Although there are lots of educational videos on YouTube, there are also many videos that aren't appropriate for students, which is why many schools block access to YouTube from their networks. To solve this problem, YouTube has created a special section for schools, filled with age-appropriate educational content. YouTube for Schools gives users access to the hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube EDU. This includes short lessons from top teachers around the world, full courses from the world's best universities, professional development from fellow educators, and inspiring videos. Educators also can customize the content that is available from the site. Though all schools receive access to all of the content on YouTube EDU, teachers and administrators can login to YouTube.com and create playlists of videos that will be available at their school. School teachers and administrators can login and watch any video, but students cannot log in and can only watch YouTube EDU videos and videos their school has added. All comments and related videos are disabled, and search is limited to YouTube EDU videos. YouTube also has created a page for teachers, YouTube.com/Teachers, to help them learn to use the site as a powerful educational tool. YouTube EDU is at http://www.youtube.com/schools.
Free Life of a Tree Poster Set
From the International Paper Learning Center, the Life of the Forest Teacher Packet is a complimentary poster set for K-6 teachers. Teachers may each request 1 packet. Click here. Posters and a 5-piece handout set (posters are 16" x 20).
Seeking Nominations for Members to EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). The NEJAC is a multi-stakeholder federal advisory committee that provides independent advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator about cross-cutting issues related to environmental justice. This notice solicits nominations to fill eight (8) new vacancies. Nominations can be submitted in electronic format (preferred) at http://epa.gov/environmentaljustice/nejac/index.html#membership. Deadline: January 25, 2012. For additional details regarding the nomination process and to learn more about NEJAC, please visit http://epa.gov/environmentaljustice/nejac/index.html or contact the EPA Office of Environmental Justice at (202) 564-2515.
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Venise Ortego, Environmental Education Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com
Juliet Raffray, Environmental Education Assistant Coordinator, 225-765-0124, firstname.lastname@example.com
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