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Find out all you need to know about regional specialities in our Alpine guide to Local Cuisine in the French and Swiss Apls.
Typical Dishes
Possibly the most well-known of Alpine dishes is the fondue, a sturdy pot full of melted cheese into which you dip chunks of crusty bread. A favourite dish in the mountains of France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland the exact recipe will vary according to where you are. The cheese melt is a concoction of a variety of local cheeses (often reblochon, gruyère, comté, beaufort or emmenthal), a little garlic and seasoning, a glug of alcohol (kirsch, white wine, or some local liqueur) and a bit of flour for thickening. You can then get variations that may contain nuts, mushrooms, tomatoes, chillies, and other flavours. There are also dessert options made of melted chocolate into which you dip fruit.
A similar dish is the raclette; a half moon of cheese that you melt in front of a small table-top grill and spoon over your plate of potatoes, meats, salad and pickles. It can also be served in slices that you put into small individual pans and hold underneath a grill.
If that's not enough cheese for you, you could always opt for the Tartiflette! A heavy dish of potatoes layered with cheese, cream and pieces of bacon this is an-ever popular dish in the mountain restaurants. Individual portions will usually be cooked and served in an earthenware dish, but you may also see it being cooked in enormous skillets (usually in self-service mountain restaurants) and dished up with a green side salad. It is perfect skiing food due to it being hot, tasty and extremely filling – although it may put an end to further activity for a few hours!
Pierre-chaud, braserade and meat fondue are strictly for committed carnivores. The pierre-chaud is a hot rock on which you sizzle a selection of raw meats and the braserade is similar to a table-top BBQ; both normally come accompanied by a selection of sauces and potatoes or fries.
The meat fondue works along the same principal as the cheese version – a cauldron heated over a small burner that you dip into using long forks. Instead of a melted cheese sauce the cauldron is filled with hot oil into which you dunk pieces of raw meat until they are cooked to your liking; there may be a selection of seasoning or sauces to flavour your meat.
After all this dunking, melting and sizzling you may have come to the conclusion that Alpine cuisine all sounds a bit DIY! However, there are a number of regional dishes besides the usual cheese-fests that are worth seeking out. Fricasée de caïon is a very traditional dish that is being revived in some Savoyard restaurants; it is a type of rich slow-cooked casserole made of pork marinated in onions, seasoning, pig's blood and wine. Pork is a popular meat out here and as well as the jambon (ham) and lardons (small pieces of bacon) that flavour many dishes there are also a variety of pork sausages and dried or salted meats to try. Diots are one of the most common sausages and are often cooked in white wine with crozats, which are tiny squares of pasta. Farcement is a very unusual dish that combines sweet and savoury ingredients such as bacon, onions, prunes, raisins, potatoes and cream. All the ingredients except for the bacon are combined; a mould shaped like a small beach bucket is lined with the bacon and then filled with the mixture. The covered mould is then placed in a pan of boiling water for around 3-4 hours so that when it is tipped out the mixture has cooked and set almost like a cake. It is served cut into slices.
Although you might think that the Alps are too far from the coast for the fish to be worth a try there are a few local species that come from the clear waters of the Alpine lakes.
Lavaret is related to the salmon and lives at the bottom of cold lakes, particularly the Lac du Bourget; it has a delicate white flesh which is often served whole and cooked in butter or in fillets with sorrel or au gratin. Fera is often seen on Savoyard menus and is the big brother of the Lavaret, it will sometimes be served in fish pie.
Perch is widely fished in the summer and can often be found in restaurants, either as fully grown fish or eaten whole and deep-fried like whitebait.
Char, like the lavaret, is similar to salmon and likes the deep cold waters of alpine lakes; it is often called omble-chevalier on French menus and is considered the finest of the Savoie lake fish. You will often see fish cooked 'meuniere' on menus; this means that they have been dipped in flour and cooked in a simple sauce of butter, parsley and lemon (almonds are also often added).
Alpine cuisine is rich and calorific through necessity. In years gone by mountain villages could be isolated from roads and other regions for months on end, especially during a harsh winter. Instead of relying on fruit and vegetables to be brought in from warmer areas, or fish to be transported from the coast; they survived on what they could produce themselves and what would preserve well throughout the winter. Meat and dairy products from goats and sheep are common as they are hardy creatures that are well adapted to mountain life. You will also often see rabbit and game birds on menus, as they were plentiful and cheap. Dried, salted and smoked meats are common along with a variety of meat and game pates, as they were nutritious, tasty and kept well.
With all this cheese to choose from you may want to know what the difference between them all is; here are a few of the most prevalent.
- Reblochon is the cheese most often used in Tartiflette; it is made from raw cow's milk and is a soft cheese with a gentle nutty flavour. It is produce in the Aravis massif, with Thônes being the centre of production. This cheese originated in the Savoie in 13th as an early form of tax avoidance. Farmers used to avoid milking their cows fully while the landowner was present as they paid a tax on their produce. When he had gone they used to milk the rest and quickly turn it into cheese before it went off; the second lot of milk was often thicker and richer than the first and the cheese was often made while the milk was still warm. The name reblochon comes from the local word for milking a cow 'blocher' to re- blocher was to milk it again. It can be enjoyed with a Vin de Savoie Pommard.
- Beaufort is one of the most well-known Savoie cheeses. It is a hard yellow cheese with a sharp flavour, similar to gruyere (but without the holes) and is made from the full-cream milk of Tarentaise cows. Beaufort d'Alpage is produced in alpine chalets and you can often watch it being made and buy it fresh from the farm shop. It goes well with Seysel and Chablis wines.
- Beaufort Emmenthal is a member of the Beaufort family – it is the biggest cheese made in the Savoie and a wheel can measure
up to 70kg. You can sometimes feel as if you've eaten a whole one after a particularly hearty raclette… It can be complimented
with a white wine from the nearby Jura region.
- Abondance has been manufactured since the Middle Ages by monks who settled in the Chablais region and is named after the small commune from which it originates; it is made exclusively from Abondance cattle and has been granted an AOC. It is a semi-hard cheese with a sharp fruity flavour; it is best to remove the crusty rind before eating.
- Chevrotin is a farmhouse goat's cheese that has been made since the 12th century in the Chain des Aravis. It is a soft, creamy and very tasty cheese with a slightly pink rind covered in fine white mould.
- Tomme de Savoie is the oldest and most popular of the Savoie cheeses. It is made from the skim milk left over after the cream has been used to make butter or a richer cheese; it is, therefore, quite low in fat. It has a mild salty flavour and can taste different depending on whether it was made from the milk of cows that were fed on hay during the winter or fresh meadow grass during the summer. To preserve its authenticity every tomme produced in the Savoie must have its name printed on the rind.
Either a Vin de Savoie or a Cotes de Beaune would wash it down nicely.
- Vacherin de Bauges is a very ancient cheese that was a favourite of the Savoyard dukes during the Middle Ages. It is made in the Bauges Mountains using cow's milk and is a soft cheese with a slightly sweet flavour. When you buy vacherin it is presented in a round wooden box. You can leave the cheese in the box, warm it through and then dip into it like a fondue with whatever crudités take your fancy.
Although the Alps are not renowned for their blue cheeses there are two that are locally produced ; Bleu de Termignon from Lanslebourg in Les Arcs and Persillé de Tarentaise, a veined goats cheese which is hard and crumbly.
Wines & Aperetifs
Savoie wine has acquired a bit of a dubious reputation, probably due to the cheaper varieties offered in some chalets and budget ski-hotels over the years. However, if you want to try some local wines without incurring a bad head there are plenty that are worth discovering – look for the AOC on the label for a start. There are four departments that make up the Savoyard appellations – Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Ain and Isère.
White Wines - Most Savoie white wines are light, dry and best enjoyed young.
- Chignin is a dry white wine combining fruit flavours such as apples with the scent of white flowers such as acacia. Along with Apremont, Abymes and Montmelian it is one of the most common white wines on a typical Savoyard 'carte du vin'. They are all dry and fruity with a fresh fragrance.
- Crépy originates from the hillsides just south of Lake Geneva and is a light dry wine made from Chasselas grapes. It has a unique flavour with elements of hawthorne and flint stone. Other wines from the Lake Geneva region include Marignan, Marin and Ripaille.
- Rousette de Savoie is either made exclusively from the Alsette grape variety, or sometimes blended with up to 50% chardonnay. It originates from Cyprus and it thought to have been introduced to the Alps during the crusades. It has a high acidity and is a full bodied dry white with flavours of minerals, bergamot, honey and hazelnut.
- Seyssel is a sparkling white wine dating back to the 12th century. It is renowned to be of excellent quality and is marked as brut, dry or demi-sec.
- Ayse wine is produced on the banks of the river Arve, in the district of Bonneville.
Red Wines – there are only really two notorious Savoyard red wines
- Gamay bears the name of the vine from which is it produced, the most famous variety is the Chautagne. It is a lively full-bodied red wine with a fruity flavour.
- Mondeuse also bears the name of its vine and the best is reputed to come from Arbin. It matures well and has flavours of strawberry, raspberry and violet.
The local digestif, Genépi, is made with a plant found at high altitude, and you'll either love it or loath it. It is a strong liqueur with a flowery, herbal flavour. The genepi plant is protected in many parts of the Alps and the picking of them is often restricted.
Chartreuse is another one to try. It has a long history and was originally distilled by the monks of the Grand Chartreuse Monastery as long ago as 1605, after whom it was named. It is flavoured with 130 herbal extracts and has such a wide spectrum of flavour that it can taste entirely different depending on the temperature at which it is drunk. A few drops can also be added to flavour cocktails.
In some restaurants meals are traditionally finished off with a Grolla, a wooden dish with pouring spouts to drink from that originated in the Aosta Valley in Northern Italy and has spilled over into some parts of the Alps. It is filled with hot coffee and alcohol before being passed around the table for everyone to sip from a different spout - watch out as it's lethally strong!
Appellation d'Origine Controlee (AOC)
The appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) is the certification granted by the French government to ensure that all wines, cheese and agricultural products are produced in the region of their origin, in the traditional manner, using specific ingredients. For example a sparkling white wine by only be called a champagne if is produced in the Champagne region of France using specific grapes; and a Beaufort cheese may only bear that name if it has been made from the milk of Tarentaise or Abondance cows in the region of Beaufort in the time-honoured fashion.
There is a strict labeling policy which means that only items that adhere to the guidelines can bear the AOC seal on its label or rind. This ensures a certain amount of quality control and protects the heritage of many quintessentially French products.
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The pressuring of banks to have no dealings with arms or ammunition of any kind, is working, it seems. A friend thought to buy her husband some ammunition for his gun, so he could go to the shooting range, but when she got to the check-out, her debit card was denied. After 3 tries, she called the place...Bank of America...they informed her that they no longer could support anything to do with gun, arms or ammunition. Now, understand people this was HER money, NOT theirs, but they were intent on restricting her use of HER money, to buy ammunition. She and her husband are in the process of transferring their home mortgage, checking, etc, from BOA to any other bank at all. And I guarantee I won't be using BOA at all. EVER!

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if supporting each other and hanging out together is what makes a couple interesting then that means Stelena is interesting since they always support each other and they hang out together multiple of times
no they don't.
SE boredom of lovesick "no you can't" style of interactions is what is poisoning forwood. SE is twilight. that pretty much defines it.
forwood style interactions in S2 were the best. They truly understood and helped each other. Them both being awesome, supportive and helping each other and cuddling was what made this pairing so vastly different from angst-ridden boredom of SE or rape-abusive-ideas of DE.
SE too understood and helped each other and its far away from twilight.
No. They just "fell in love" and started throwing sugar and pink rainbows around, with Steffie becoming an even bigger wimp and Elena being a lovesick fairytale princess who can't do anything on her own, but swoon for her prince. Yuck.
Honestly, I think no one in MF gives a fuck about what is happening in that town since sacrifice ceremonies, people dying all around, weirdos throwing things at a house AND BREAKING IT INTO PEACES are clearly things not worth any attention... Because sure. Whatever....But I just love how NOBODY in that one and only hospital gives a shit about blood bags disappearing....


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Inevitably, a policy of budgetary consolidation implies the need for increased revenues. Hence, the draft law ("DL") N°6947 measures (tax package for 2013), filed 7th November 2012 by the Minister of Finance, Luc Frieden, exceed, both for companies and for individuals, the announcements made during the speech on the state of the Nation last May.
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Mitt Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, will be in Utah on Sept. 5 for his first fundraising visit to the state since joining the GOP ticket, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.
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The Oilers played well last night in a losing cause and that might be the best moment of the entire weekend. Vancouver tonight and Anaheim Sunday means some difficult moments for the young group. So it's time to take a moment and talk about the positives from last night:
- David Perron is a wonderful player. An absolutely terrific winger who has quickly become one of my favorite Oilers. I don't know what this season would look like without Perron, and suspect he's going to post a goal total that's close to 35. What a great trade.
- Ales Hemsky was flying last night, really working hard and setting up plays. I hope they sign him, but he's certainly improving his trade value if the NHL scouts are paying attention to these games.
- Jeff Petry who skated miles and displayed calm feet. And he got a point.
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was very good, he's such a smart hockey player. I think he's Dave Keon, and that's a compliment.
- Anton Belov had an excellent game to my eye, strong play.
- Mark Arcobello continues to play well, I think he's going to get a push when Gordon returns.
- Jesse Joensuu seems to be healthy again and brings a different look to the powerplay along with some impressive 5×5 play.
- Andrew Ference played a simple but effective game.
- Luke Gazdic did some nice things, interrupting the play in the neutral zone a couple of times.
That's my list, you may have your own and I welcome your input.
Devan Dubnyk had his detractors over the years but he also supplied the Oilers with good goaltending, certainly in the seasons he played significant minutes. Here are his even-strength save percentages over the seasons:
- 2010-11: .921
- 2011-12: .927
- 2012-13: .922
- 2013-14: .890
The NHL changed equipment sizes and stick length, and this team is a defensive nightmare many nights. I can name several people who write and comment on the Oilers who claim to have seen this coming, but save for the odd wonky goal and the criticisms of big men (moves slow, looks slow) I never bought into it.
However, we are here. I think it's bad for him, and wouldn't be surprised to see him backing up tonight or in Union City Blue next week. This is a miserable end for a good guy by all accounts. I sincerely hope I'm wrong about the Oilers and Dubnyk, he's going to bounce back to career norms and if he's still an Oiler that's even better.
Yakupov is a great shooting option. He needs to be a trigger man on the number 1 powerplay and I don't understand the hesitancy.
This morning, Extra Skater has the Oilers Corsi For % at 47.3 5×5, last season it was 44.6 5×5. If the Oilers had even average goaltending this season we'd be talking a different season, and if they had Toronto's we'd be irritating the internet like madmen (and women). The season is gone, but all hope is not lost. We're 33 games into the season now, leaving 49 games to go. If the Oilers went 24-18-7 (and that seems reasonable if the goaltending stands up and injuries don't tear them apart) Edmonton would end this season 35-37-10 and with 80 points. I think 35 wins is a reasonable target for this team. Agreed?
I would never have guessed David Perron and Mark Arcobello would be having the seasons we expected to see from Taylor Hall and Sam Gagner, but we are here. Whatever ails Hall—and I don't think his speed has been impacted by the injury—Dallas Eakins has to fix it. Gagner is part of a Bermuda triangle line for the second year in a row (remember Gagner-Hemsky last season?) and sometimes when people say "it's not you, it's me" they're telling the truth.
Edmonton can't progress without a productive Hall, Eberle, Nuge, Yakupov. The other parts of those lines are less important than these four horsemen, and that includes Gagner.
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Ramsar Advisory Missions: No. 43, Ebro Delta, Catalonia Spain (2000) -- English summary
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Special attention is given to assisting member States in the management and conservation of listed sites whose ecological character is threatened. This is carried out through the Ramsar Advisory Mission, a technical assistance mechanism formally adopted by Recommendation 4.7 of the 1990 Conference of the Parties. (The Ramsar Advisory Mission mechanism was formerly known as the Monitoring Procedure and the Management Guidance Procedure.) The main objective of this mechanism is to provide assistance to developed and developing countries alike in solving the problems or threats that make inclusion in the Montreux Record necessary.
Ramsar Advisory Mission to the Ebro Delta, Catalonia (Spain)
18-22 September 2000
English language summary
|Note: On 6 September 2001 the Spanish Ministry of the Environment informed the Ramsar Bureau with regard to the final report of this Ramsar Advisory Mission that the final approved version of the National Hydrological Plan foresees the elaboration of an Integrated Development Plan for the Ebro Delta within one year. It was also decided that the approved version of the National Hydrological Plan should be submitted to a Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment in its entirety. The Ministry wishes to communicate this more recent information on developments that were not foreseen during the period of elaboration of this RAM report. These developments are, however, in the spirit of some of the Recommendations of the RAM. The Ministry wishes also to indicate that the RAM was positive and enriching, and it conveys its gratitude to the Ramsar Bureau and all the participating agencies and experts for their cooperation.
1. The Convention on Wetlands was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. Its mission is the conservation and wise use of wetlands by national action and international cooperation as a means to achieve sustainable development throughout the world.
2. On 31 December 2000, the Convention had 123 Contracting Parties. They committed themselves to designate at least one site that meets the criteria for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. Listed sites do not necessarily require protected area status, provided their ecological character is maintained through a wise use management approach. The List contains so far 1045 Ramsar Sites covering nearly 80 million hectares.
3. Spain ratified the Convention on Wetlands in 1982. Currently, Spain has designated 38 Ramsar Sites, covering together an area of 158,288 ha. Spain developed important tools to implement the obligations of the Convention, notably the "Spanish Strategic Plan for the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands", adopted by the National Commission for Nature Protection on 19 October 1999. In November 2002, Spain will host the 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention.
4. Furthermore, Spain is an active member of Ramsars Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com). The 2nd meeting of MedWet/Com was held in Valencia in early 1999. SEHUMED, the University of Valencia-based "Seat for the Study of Mediterranean Wetlands" is part of the MedWet Coordination Team.
5. The Ramsar Site "Ebro Delta" was included by Spain on the Ramsar List on 26 March 1993, as the 593th site at global level. The delta area of the river Ebro covers 33,000 ha (situated at 40°43N/00°44E). The Ramsar Site covers only 7,736 ha, essentially natural parts of the Delta along the coastline, coinciding with the area of the Nature Park and the Special Protection Area (designated according to the European Union Birds Directive 79/409/EEC).
The Ramsar Advisory Mission
6. The Ramsar Convention gives special attention to assisting Contracting Parties in the management and conservation of listed sites whose ecological character is threatened. This is carried out through the Ramsar Advisory Missions (RAMs), a technical assistance mechanism formally adopted by Recommendation 4.7 of the 1990 Conference of the Parties (formerly known as the Monitoring Procedure and the Management Guidance Procedure). The main objective of this mechanism is to provide assistance to countries in solving the problems at particular Ramsar Sites related to the maintenance of their ecological character.
7. On 20 July 1999, the Secretary General of the Convention wrote to the Director General for Nature Conservation of the Ministry of Environment, the Spanish Administrative Authority in charge of the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, expressing his concern about some issues raised by Spanish NGOs in relation to the conservation status of the Ebro Delta. On 13 October 1999, the General Director for the Environment of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Catalonian Government responded to the Secretary General, expressing his opinion on the issues and inviting the Ramsar Bureau to visit the Ebro Delta with those experts necessary to appraise the situation on-the-spot.
8. This invitation was transmitted to the authorities in Madrid, which, after consultations with the Generalitat de Catalunya, agreed that the Ramsar Bureau should organize a RAM to the Ebro Delta.
9. The RAM to the Ebro Delta included as Ramsar experts Dr Tobias Salathé, the Regional Coordinator for Europe at the Ramsar Bureau, Dr Patrick Dugan, a private consultant who has been for many years responsible for wetland issues at the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and Dr María José Viñals Blasco of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and SEHUMED. Dr Magdalena Bernúes of the General Directorate for Nature Conservation of the Spanish Ministry of Environment, and Mr. Pere Llopart of the Provincial Delegation in Tarragona of the Department of the Environment of the Catalonian Government represented the national and regional authorities.
10. The issues to be considered by the Ramsar Advisory Mission included a number of themes, ranging from aspects of water management in the Ebro river catchment to specific questions related to particular sites or species:
- water management in the Ebro river catchment basin;
- functional aspects of the Ebro Delta marine, coastal and terretrial ecosystem;
- management of protected areas inside the Delta area and its surroundings;
- management problems of specific sites;
- conservation problems of particular bird species;
- other specific problems (lead shot, aquaculture development, etc.).
The Ebro Delta
11. The Ebro Delta includes an area of 330 km2 of the Ebro river basin catchment covering 88,835 km2. About 50,000 people live in the area, of which 15,000 live inside the Delta and the rest on its inland edge. About 45% of the Delta area lies below 50 cm above sea level. Agricultural and urbanised zones occupy about 80% of the Delta area. Rice, the main culture, covers 21,000 ha or 65% of the Delta area. Natural areas remain on 20% of the Delta area, mainly along the coast, composed of sandy beaches; lagoons; fresh water, brackish and salt marshes; reedbeds; and associated coastal wetland habitats.
12. The Delta is known for its high biodiversity. It is of international importance for 8 plant and 69 vertebrate species, mainly birds. The Delta ecosystem performs water purifying functions and represents one of the most productive ecosystems in the wider area.
13. In 1986, the Ebro Delta Nature Park (7,736 ha) was established by the Catalonian Government. The adoption of the Plan for Natural Sites of Specific Interest (PEIN), in 1992, increased the protected area to 11,530 ha. This combined area (Nature Park and PEIN) was proposed by the Catalonian Government as a Site of Community Importance (LIC) for inclusion in the network of protected areas "Natura 2000" of the European Union (according to the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC). It features 18 natural habitat types of Community interest, including two priority habitats: coastal lagoons and calcareous fens.
Analysis of the existing situation
Management of protected areas in the Delta
14. Protected areas. Despite the fact that the extent of protected areas has been increasing slowly since the establishment of the Nature Park in 1986, to date, an important number of natural habitats of conservation interest still do not have any legal protection status.
15. Land ownership. Land-use management for conservation is hampered by the fact that most of the land is privately owned. The Ramsar Mission acknowledges the success of the land aquisition strategy by the Nature Park and encourages the authorities to continue along this line.
16. Economic activities. It is suggested that the Park supports the continuation of those economic activities that are beneficial for biodiversity. It is, however, noted that economic activities can easily have negative effects that need to be evaluated through Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). The administrative authorities should monitor the correct and adequate application of such procedures, and make sure that the relevant ecological values are maintained.
17. Water in the Nature Park. Water resources in the Delta area have been managed through human intervention since ancient times. Two Irrigation Unions exist, for each side of the Ebro river. According to an agreement of 1995, the Ebro Confederation provides water for the wetlands in the Nature Park, situated downstream of the irrigated agricultural area, for free. The current water management situation is considered satisfactory by the Park.
Problems at specific sites
18. Shoreline erosion prevention measures for the Ebro are undertaken by the Park at different localities where the lack of river sediments and intensive wave action by motor boat movements eroded the shoreline and created flood risks for the hinterland. Geo-textiles and natural materials are used. It is hoped that these measures by the Park and the General Directorate for Coasts will be efficient.
19. The construction of a fishing port plus a mooring place for tourist boats is planned on the left river bank, close to the town of Deltebre. In June 2000, an EIA concluded that the project would not create inacceptable environmental impacts at this site and would diminish car traffic further downstream, close to the Nature Park. It is hoped that new official mooring installations will reduce current environmental impacts by unregulated mooring taking place in the Nature Park area.
20. The Marismas de Riumar-Zona de Niño Perdido area consists of private land, classified as urban zone. Little has been built over, and most of the area is covered by saltmarsh and dune vegetation of biodiversity interest. The authorities need to clarify the multiple land ownerships before launching a possible expropriation programme.
21. The planned marina de Sant Jaume lies outside of the Park and the PEIN. The EIA of the port, planned for 500 boats, concluded that the project should be reduced to 100 mooring places. Still, the marina may create increased boat traffic on the Ebro and have negative impacts on the ecosystems inside the Park. Boat traffic needs therefore to be regulated.
22. The Camping Eucaliptus was installed on Public Maritime Territory, which is illegal. It was recently relocated to an adjacent area inland. However, the area selected for relocation has recently been included in the PEIN and proposed Site of Community Importance (LIC). The EIA concluded that the installation of the camping at the new site creates moderate environmental impacts, as the site is part of an extensive saltmarsh of importance for species listed in the EU Directive 79/409/CEE on wild birds.
23. Erms de La Tancada is an area adjacent to the new camp site location but lies outside of the Park territory and is only marginally covered by the PEIN. In the Delta Master Plan this zone is foreseen for low intensity tourist infrastructure development. Notwithstanding, the area currently features abandoned rice paddies that are of biodiversity interest.
24. Acuadelt is a private aquaculture farm inside the Nature Park, next to the Sant Antoni saltworks. Environmental organisations are concerned about increased periods of drying out of the former salt pans. Recently, a pipeline was constructed through Park territory to pump sea water into the aquaculture basins with the Parks consent, and with only minor environmental impacts. Plans exist to extend the aquaculture installations to nearby areas of biodiversity interest.
25. The saltworks of La Trinitat de la Punta de la Banya are exploited by the firm Infosa. After storms in early 1999, Infosa undertook emergency dike repairs before the required EIA was completed. This caused, possibly in conjunction with other factors, a serious disruption to the breeding of waterbirds. Since, the EIA was finished and the situation returned to normal in 2000.
26. Barra del Trabucador is a narrow land spit connecting the Delta with the Punta de la Banya Nature Reserve. The General Directorate for Coasts is currently creating artificial dunes to counteract land erosion and overwash phenomena, removing old structures and debris, and restricting access to the area by motor vehicles.
27. Las Ullals de Baltasar are isolated artesian freshwater springs in the interior part of the Delta. They represent priority habitats according to the EU Habitats Directive and were suffering much from water pollution through agricultural run-offs from the surrounding lands. Since these lands benefit from EU Agri-Environmental Measures (Regulation CEE N° 2278/92), prohibiting the use of agro-chemicals, the water quality of the springs has substantively improved.
28. The Ullal Panxa freshwater springs are not included in the Nature Park nor in the PEIN (whereas Ullals de Baltasar are). A peat extraction concession exists for one part, while the other part of the land is managed by an environmental NGO (Fundación Natura). The Nature Park intends to buy the land and to include it in its territory.
29. An aquaculture proposal for the area SW of Illa Buda was submitted by the firm Incasol that bought this land in 1999. The Park is opposed to this development, even though the area is outside of the Park and PEIN. Currently an EIA is under way.
Ecological issues affecting the Delta
30. Water management in the coastal bays. The two marine bays at either side of the Delta represent ecosystems where freshwater (ecologically important inflows of rice culture run-offs), brackish and salt waters mix. They are of great biodiversity and socio-economic importance (fisheries and mussel cultures). Experts of the Research Institute for Agro-Alimentary Techniques (IRTA, located in the Delta) assured the mission that, based on their regular monitoring data, the current inflows of eutrophicated or polluted waters are well within the purifying capacity of the complex hydrological ecosystem.
31. Coastal dynamics: lack of sediments and subsidence. Experts of the Coastal Engineering Laboratory of the Polytechnical University of Catalonia confirmed that sediment loads of river Ebro have decreased by 95% since the installation of the regulatory dams upstream at Mequinenza and Ribarroja. The current phenomena of coastal erosion and subsidence (due to soil compaction) are likely to increase and may be reinforced by sea-level rise in the medium term. Therefore, it is suggested that the authorities should consider possible long-term solutions for the conservation of the coastal biodiversity of the DDelta area.
32. Various forms of land-use exist in the Delta: the traditional agriculture, hunting, fishing and aquaculture, and recent additions of urban settlements and tourism. Irrigated rice culture is dominant and of importance to the Delta ecosystem via its additional freshwater input. Long-term solutions are needed, in the form of non-polluting and economically viable methods of rice cultivation. Demonstration projects are under way, e.g. the European Union-funded LIFE project of BirdLife Spain (SEO).
33. Coastal fisheries, based on four ports in the wider Delta area, have been declining and depend much on the evolution of European and international fisheries. Aquaculture farming in the coastal bays was developed twenty years ago. It has now an equally uncertain economic future, depending on the development of the Common Fisheries Policy.
34. Hunting of mainly waterbirds is a long-established activity in the Delta. With the creation of the Nature Park, no-hunting areas were established, and hunting activities are regulated in other parts. At national level, a Royal Decree is currently in preparation to ban the use of lead shot, at least in specific wetland areas.
35. Urban and tourist developments are guided by two major planning documents: the Ebro Delta Master Plan of 1996 and the Partial Territorial Plan for the Ebro Region of 1995, still to be formally adopted by the Catalonian Government. The Ramsar mission considers that the Ebro Delta has a unique natural heritage that merits the elaboration of specific planning instruments regulating public uses of protected areas. Current tourist pressure is comparatively low and has not yet created major damaging impacts. However, a development plan for ecologically responsible tourism should be elaborated, including analyses of the ecosystem carrying capacity and of ways to assure the active participation of local populations.
36. Water management in the Ebro catchment. The pre-project of the National Hydrological Plan (PHN) was published on 5 September 2000. Especially the proposed inter-basin water transfers from the Ebro catchment created many reactions by local stakeholders. Such transfers may have significant ecological impacts in the Delta area, notably further reducing river sediment loads, creating marine water intrusions, reducing the minimum river flows, and its navigability.
37. Conservation problems of particular bird species were presented to the mission. While in most cases bird populations seem to be stable or increasing, no data were available on breeding pratincoles. It was suggested that a coordinated monitoring programme for bird populations should be established and its results made public at regular intervals.
Summary of general conclusions
38. Environmental Impact Assessments are legally required for all projects affecting the Nature Park and the PEIN area. EIAs were carried out in most cases. The authorities provided explanations as to why they were not carried out in some occasions.
39. The Ramsar Mission considers that the EIA procedure is essential for the conservation of natural ecosystems and functions as an independent assessment of environmental claims by stakeholders and national and international NGOs. EIAs should therefore be undertaken on all occasions where impacts on protected areas and to the Delta ecosystem as a whole are possible, not only for projects, but also for planning procedures, such as e.g. the Delta Master Plan.
40. Boundaries of protected areas are an important conservation management tool. During the mission, it was not always clear where the correct boundaries of the Nature Park or the PEIN area are. The mission suggests that the Park elaborates a map showing the exact boundaries of the different protected areas (Nature Park, Partial Nature Reserves, Ramsar Site, PEIN, LIC). This needs to be updated whenever necessary and should be made public to serve as a useful management and visitor guidance tool.
41. Public participation is needed for the management of protected sites that are surrounded by densely populated and intensively used areas. The mission suggests that the bad relations between the authorities and the environmental NGOs be improved in the partners interest. The ultimate conservation objectives are shared by both the Park authorities and the NGOs. Thus, a climate of mutual understanding and trust needs to be reinstored urgently.
Summary of the recommendations
During the Ramsar Advisory Mission different issues were discussed (cf. above) that lead to the following concrete recommendations:
Management of protected areas in the Delta
Recommendation 1. To elaborate an official Strategic Management Plan that establishes medium and long-term conservation and sustainable use objectives for the entire Delta area. This Strategic Plan should also list the costs of attaining these objectives, in order that they can be integrated in the annual budgets of the public authorities.
Recommendation 2. To identify all areas of ecological interest without legal protection status, and to integrate them, as far as possible, into existing protected areas. To take precautionary measures to avoid any degradation of these areas, especially of those that have not yet a protection status.
Recommendation 3. To undertake the necessary studies to predict medium and long term geomorphological and hydrodynamic changes in the Delta region and to take them into account when planning for long-term conservation of wetland values and functions. Site managers need to remain flexible and to adapt their interventions for biodiversity conservation according to such changes.
Recommendation 4. To increase public participation in the management of the protected areas in the Delta. Helpful guidelines to this end can be found in Ramsar Handbook N° 5 on Establishing and strengthening local communities and indigenous peoples participation in the management of wetlands. In the first instance, it is recommended to reinforce the role of the Board of the Nature Park of the Ebro Delta to make it more operational.
Problems at specific sites
Recommendation 5. To establish a monitoring programme for specific biodiversity indicators in protected areas, beyond the classical ornithological indicators.
Recommendation 6. To undertake restoration activities where necessary, especially on public lands and in areas where human impacts are reduced or have ceased.
Recommendation 7. To carry out an information and awareness campaign addressed to the population in the Delta and beyond, with the aim to reaffirm the credibility of the Nature Park and its management activities, as well as to convey ownership and pride about the Ebro Delta natural heritage to the local communities.
Recommendation 8. To establish new contacts and increase existing cooperation, including possible twinning, with scientists and managers of other delta ecosystems in general and their protected areas in particular that are experiencing similar management problems, in order to exchange information, experience and know-how.
Recommendation 9. To increase the exchange of information and experience through specific seminars about the Ebro Delta and its values at national and international scientific and technical meetings.
Ecological issues affecting the Delta
Recommendation 10. To develop further the guidelines for the implementation of agri-environmental measures as a way forward for environmentally sustainable forms of agriculture in the Delta region.
Recommendation 11. To continue and to develop further the cooperation between the Nature Park and other government agencies with responsibilities in the Delta, such as the promising cooperation with the General Directorate for Coasts.
Recommendation 12. To include an Ecotourism Development Plan in the Strategic Management Plan proposed in Recommendation No. 1.
Water management in the Ebro catchment
Recommendation 13. To make sure that the guidelines of Ramsar Handbook N° 4 on Integrating wetland conservation and wise use into river basin management are taken into account by the Ebro river management authorities.
Recommendation 14. To request that the proposed National Hydrological Plan be submitted to an external EIA in its entirety. Specific projects emanating from the NHP should also be submitted to EIAs.
Recommendation 15. To undertake the necessary steps to guarantee the long-term provision of free-of-charge water for the current and potential conservation needs of the Delta.
Recommednation 16. To encourage the rapid construction of missing waste water treatment stations in order to increase the river Ebro water quality downstream.
Other problems
Recommendation 17. To launch a long term programme to monitor and manage bird populations in the Delta area, with particular emphasis on Glareola pratincola, and to make the data available to all interested parties.
Recommendation 18. To prepare hunting regulations and to include them in the proposed Strategic Management Plan.
Recommendation 19. To follow the development of aquaculture activities and their impact on the marine bays.
Recommendation 20. To prepare official cartography showing the exact boundaries of the protected areas in the Delta and to ensure that the commercial maps reflect these official delimitations.


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A Monday afternoon fire in the Northwest Side Forest Glen neighborhood left the homeowner in critical condition with "substantial" burns, and left at least seven of his 19 dogs dead.
The fire started about 3:45 p.m. in the back of a home in the 5000 block of West Winona Street, and spread to a home next door, according to Fire Media Affairs.
The homeowner, a man in his 50s, ran out of the house when the blaze started but tried to go back inside, Fire Media Director Larry Langford said. An off-duty firefighter who happened to be in the area kept him out of the burning home until crews arrived.
"If he had gone back in the way the fire was spreading he may have been trapped," Langford said. "We tell people that when you escape a house fire, don't go back in for anything."
The man's clothing was "all burned up" when firefighters arrived, Langford said. He suffered "substantial" burns and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition.
No one else was hurt in the blaze, but crews rescued 19 dogs from the first floor and basement. Firefighters brought the animals -- some unconscious -- out of the building in blankets and used oxygen masks specially made for pets to attempted to revive them. Seven died, but the other 12 survived.
"I just broke down I was crying the whole time. It was the most horrifying thing to see," said Jelena Novak, a neighbor who witnessed the fire.
It was a tragedy matched by the triumph of firefighters and neighbors who came together to help rescue a dozen dogs trapped inside a burning home.
"One firefighter came out with like four in his hands and everyone just ran to get the dogs and get them masks and start getting them warm they were all unconscious and they brought some back," Novak explains.
The fire department tweeted several pictures of firefighters treating dogs with oxygen masks. Then after everyone had left the scene, a miracle dog appeared outside the neighbor's house.
"I don't know how it survived, but he came out and another guy, we were trying to get a dog," Novack says. "I actually crawled under those bushes trying to get the dog out and a man like ripped him out of my hands and just ran to the hospital which is like three blocks away on Elston."
Volunteers from the neighborhood and Chicago Animal Care & Control are making arrangements to care for the injured animals. The dogs were described as poodles, who witnesses say all appeared to be poorly cared for.
The home where the fire started was heavily damaged, and lost its roof. The home next door also sustained substantial fire damage, but is still standing. It wasn't immediately known if anyone from that home was displaced.
Crews are working Monday evening to remove debris from the homes.
"The chief on the scene says he definitely is a hoarder and they're throwing a lot of things out of the house," Langford said. Fire crews have responded to the home before, including once to douse a burn pit in the backyard.
They plan to notify the city Department of Health and Human Services, which will determine what, if anything, will be done with the property, Langford said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Sun Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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Slow 'n' Easy Barbecued Chicken Recipe
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 pounds), cut up and skin removed
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- In a small saucepan, combine the first 11 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Place the chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Top with sauce. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until chicken juices run clear.
- Remove chicken to a serving platter; keep warm. Skim fat from cooking juices; transfer to a small saucepan. Bring liquid to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Spoon some of the sauce over chicken and serve the remaining sauce on the side. Yield: 4 servings.
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I used chicken breast next time i'll shred the chicken to make sliders.
I've made the sauce from this recipe many times since I reviewed it almost 3 years ago. On chicken, or just about any meat - this recipe is a keeper!
This was pretty gross. It took way longer for the chicken to cook than was indicated in the recipe. It took 7 hours! And there was absolutely no flavor to the chicken whatsoever. The bar b que sauce looked almost gray and unappetizing, but it lacked flavor too! Was not a hit in my family.


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Pharmacies are churning through supplies of anti-flu drugs, and schools are seeing waves of absences as the flu outbreak that began in April has become widespread in Orange County.
What are the symptoms of swine flu?
They are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
What should I do if I get sick?
If you live in an area where people have been diagnosed with the new H1N1 flu and you become ill with flu-like symptoms, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people.
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The symptoms remain mild in most cases, although the illnesses attributable to the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, seem to spread more easily than seasonal flu.
"It's obviously quite infectious," said Dr. Greg Spencer, chief medical officer for Crystal Run Healthcare, which operates a dozen clinics in Orange and Sullivan counties. "It passes very easily. The good news is it's not very virulent."
Following federal guidelines, Crystal Run doctors are prescribing the anti-viral agent Tamiflu for both flu patients and people in direct contact with them, especially those with weakened immune systems, Spencer said.
He said the drug has proven effective with the H1N1 strain, both in easing symptoms and reducing its spread.
Among the latest school districts to report spikes in absences are Chester and Pine Bush. In Pine Bush, the numbers jumped at Circleville Middle School on Monday and then climbed at Circleville Elementary on Friday, Superintendent Philip Steinberg said.
One Chester student with swine flu had to be hospitalized and is now home. In all, five confirmed flu cases in Orange County have led to hospital stays, three of which were seasonal flu and two of which were H1N1 cases, according to the county Health Department.
Dr. Jean Hudson, the county health commissioner, said parents must closely monitor children for symptoms and should keep them home for seven days if they're sick. But she acknowledged how difficult that might be for working parents and children with final exams awaiting them.
"There's a terrible temptation to send in kids when they're not ready," Hudson said.
The U.S. Military Academy has had 22 patients test positive for Type A influenza, the category in which swine flu falls, according to a West Point memo provided to the Times Herald-Record.
Four of those cases — three active-duty officers and a family member — were confirmed to be swine flu, but the academy is presuming all 22 Type A cases were that strain. All illnesses were mild, and most of the patients have returned to work or school, the memo stated.
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The Death Penalty and Internet Activism
Two Men Sent to Die
Yesterday, 9/21/11, two men were sent to die. One of them was a white supremacist in Texas, convicted for the murder of a black man in perhaps the most horrific manner from 1998. The other was Troy Davis, a man more than likely innocent of the crime of killing a police officer in 1989. The evidence in the case of Lawrence Brewer, the white supremacist, was overwhelming, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The evidence in the case of Troy Davis, based on eyewitness testimony (which has been shown again and again that it is the most unreliable piece of evidence to rely on ) was limited. Yet he was still convicted and sentenced to death despite the overwhelming possibility that he was an innocent man. I am sure many of the people reading this have some knowledge about the case, so I will not go into it further.
In my personal belief, no matter the case of Brewer or Davis, guilt vs innocence, the use of capital punishment is flawed and in the simplest terms, wrong. The State should not be the ones to decide who lives or who dies, period. An archaic system of "eye for an eye" being fed by us, the taxpayers, unwillingly to determine who in society is "fit to live." This is perhaps mostly a moral and emotionally driven argument to simply say "it is not right for the government to sentence people to death," though on a rational scale, the idea that death, a natural part of the human life cycle, is in the hands of the State, is reprehensible and irresponsible. But these two men are not alone, as there are over 3000 people currently sitting on death row in the United States. Innocent or guilty, there is something wrong with this picture. Are there people who probably don't deserve to live? Perhaps. Is this something that should be decided upon by a government system? Of course not. Brewer's case was particularly horrific, and the evidence was overwhelming in showing that he participated in such a horrible murder, but while one group condemns the system for the execution of an innocent man - and possibly many more innocent people along the way - I cannot imagine why people would support the system being used in any form.
Internet ADD and Activism
I also write this because I am interested in the internet activism side of this coin. Online petitions were written for Troy Davis, Facebook posts, tumblr rebloggings, Twitter exploding with trending topics (although some claim Twitter banned the #TroyDavis hashtag from trending), while the old-fashioned vigils and protests were being held. Troy Davis became highlighted in the annuls of internet activism, next to the struggles of Iranians, the victims of the Norway shootings, and so on. However, at my most cynical, many will probably forget him and the cause against the death penalty when another activist trend will begin. Which is a shame, but it is a point to be spoken of in the case of making a difference with the tools of the internet.
The internet has made it possible for activism to highlight the struggles of many in different parts of the world, especially in the times of Twitter, Facebook, and tumblr (my bias against Facebook states that more people would rather use it to talk about That Funny Thing Their Kid Did, How Annoying Was That Commute to Work, or find out what their exes are doing these days and dammit they better be miserable). The problem is it has also created Internet ADD. There are so many injustices and crimes in this world, from a national scale of government corruption, to natural disasters, to the world of high school bullying and homophobia, that when gathering a group together to try to make a difference, the focus is scattered. With the world being blown up and exposed on the forces of internet blogs, you're not fighting for one cause, you're fighting for a thousand.
End the Use of the Death Penalty
I bring it back to the death penalty. This is the sort of archaic method that should be protested because it can be stopped. It shouldn't be forgotten and only brought up again when a man such as Troy Davis is being sentenced to die. It shouldn't be cheered on or ignored even when someone such as Lawrence Brewer is being strapped to the gurney. It shouldn't be a here today, gone tomorrow cause, it should be put to an end. If not for moral reasons, than for simple, practical reasons such as saving the taxpaying citizen a few bucks.


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The temporary closure and detour will allow for work at Jones AT&T Stadium on the Texas Tech University campus to be performed.
Beginning Monday, August 19, contractor Vaughn Construction will close the connector ramp (connecting eastbound 4th Street traffic to the MSF frontage road) to install the pre-cast concrete columns and arch panels on the exterior facade of the north end zone of Jones AT&T Stadium. Eastbound MSF frontage road traffic will be reduced to one-lane of traffic to give work crews the room needed to perform the work safely.
Motorists using the 4th Street ramp to access University Avenue will be detoured onto the eastbound MSF main lanes where they will be able to take the Avenue Q exit and use the turn-around to connect with University Avenue. Fourth Street motorists are encouraged to use TTU Parkway to connect with the MSF and then go east to connect with University Avenue without additional detour.
The ramp and frontage road closures will continue through Saturday, August 24.
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