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Raven Landing - A dynamic residence and community center for Fairbanks seniors where diversity, security, healthy living, independence and mutual assistance are core values.
Who We Are
The Retirement Community of Fairbanks (RCF) was incorporated in 2004 to develop, build,
and operate a senior community. Raven Landing Senior Community is the first senior housing community to be envisioned for Fairbanks. The initial 20-unit apartment building opened
to residents in November, 2010. The second building opened in March 2012, and the third
in January 2013. These apartments are the result of eight years of work by a small group of
dedicated volunteers. Much has been accomplished by this grass-roots effort, and it's exciting to see the progress. Our residents are enjoying the progress, as well!
The Raven Landing Community Center is under construction, and it is expected to be open to the public in summer 2013.
Ultimately, four apartment buildings, the Raven Landing Community Center, and an assisted living facility will be situated on these dedicated six acres.
Raven Landing Senior Community is located near downtown Fairbanks at the corner of Airport Way and Cowles street, just across from Noel Wien Library. The offices of the Retirement Community of Fairbanks and of Raven Landing are located in the first apartment building at 949 McGown Street. This complex replaces the east portion of the former Fairview Manor apartment buildings.
The Retirement Community of Fairbanks is a nonprofit corporation developed by local residents for the purpose of providing facilities and services which permit Fairbanks seniors to spend their senior years here in Fairbanks among friends and family. Raven Landing is owned and operated by RCF.
Raven Landing provides rental apartments at market price for Fairbanks seniors 55 years or older, who desire independent living in safe, secure buildings specifically designed for seniors. One-and two-bedroom apartments are available in each building, all are handicapped accessible, and many amenities are included in the one monthly charge.
Community Center
Raven Landing Community Center will be a space for seniors to eat, learn, relax and socialize together. This facility will be approximately 13,000 square feet, with plenty of room for many activities. Senior residents of Raven Landing will use the Community Center, and it will also be available for others in the Fairbanks area. The dramatic dining room, and other meeting and classroom spaces in the building, will be available for rent - for meetings, performances, organization functions, family fun, and other gatherings, and individuals and groups will be welcome to eat in the dining room along with the residents.
The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has generously provided grant and loan funding for each of the apartment buildings. Many individual and corporate donations have been received to support RCF and the vision of building this community.
The Community Center at Raven Landing, costing over $4 million, is being funded by donations from Alaska businesses and individuals, and by two State of Alaska legislative grants. When complete, the Community Center will be over 13,000 sq. ft. and will be available for meals, activities, and support services for area seniors and their friends and families. Although we have received many, many generous contributions for construction, we will continue to solicit donations for finishing the Community Center and furnishing the completed building. Your support has been, and will continue to be, greatly appreciated!


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Celebrities serve up the cash Tuesday
It's been a "crazy" but lucrative week for the Watauga Education Foundation, thanks to a generous community and hard work on the part of WEF board members.
Not only did Shooting Stars raise an estimated $30,000 ("It was probably the best show ever," WEF board member Alison Idol said), but Tuesday's Celebrity Serve kept the cash flowing.
"It was big fun," WEF executive director Melanie Bullard said. "There was lots and lots going on."
And lots and lots of cash coming in. While she is not yet releasing the totals from Tuesday ("We still have six restaurants out," Bullard said, "so I'd rather wait,"), Bullard is, however, very optimistic it's going to be a big number, thanks to celebrity volunteers and the 24 restaurants participating.
"We were extremely pleased with the number of restaurants," she said. "I think that's the beauty of Celebrity Serve. The more the restaurants know about it and the more restaurants get involved in it, the better it is for our community."
That money will go directly to the WEF for education grants and the Imagination Library initiative.
WEF grants help alleviate budget shortfalls and fund programs and scholarships to enhance learning among Watauga students and teachers. Imagination Library encourages literacy in young kids in Watauga by providing books each month so that each child can create his or her own library.
"We are improving ... the literacy of thousands of children in the community, and we're thrilled," Bullard said.
The fundraising's not over yet.
"The most exciting part is the cash raffle," Idol said. "We're still selling tickets for that."
The winning ticket holder will win $3,000 when the drawing is held at WEF's May 14 golf tournament. Second prize will be $750 and third will be $250. Tickets are on sale for $5 each or three tickets for $10.
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For the second time this summer, local youth golfers had the opportunity to improve their games at an early age at the Duncan Golf and Tennis Club junior golf clinic this week.
The camp teed off Monday and will conclude today when the campers have the chance to play out on the DG&T course.
"The second camp always has less attendance than the first because of the time of year, with things like school coming up and vacations happening," club professional and camp instructor Mike Hansen said. "A majority of the kids were with us for the first clinic so we're able to work on some more thorough aspects of the game, which is fun for us."
The clinics included a full instruction on the sport, with kids working with Hansen, Assistant Golf Professional Mark Budler and former Duncan golfer Thomas Gallion in putting, chipping and driving. Age groups at the event included golfers aged 6-10 and 11-17.
A smaller turnout led to more one on one time between the kids and instructors, allowing the golfers to learn more about the game, Hansen said.
"My afternoon group had only four kids in it, so we were able to get into some pretty advanced stuff for their age group," Hansen said. "It's not just about teaching them how to hold a club anymore. I'm teaching these kids things that they wouldn't normally be learning until they were in high school."
The previous clinic had been held the last week of June, with a total of 44 participants joining.
The club will continue to stay busy this weekend, hosting its Club Championships Saturday and Sunday and the Oklahoma Junior All Star Tournament Saturday afternoon.


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Via Chexydecimal: As always, Ellen DeGeneres is showing how it's done—she's multi-faceted but she's out and she never shies away from speaking up on behalf of her community...and us all. Touching and heartfelt.
Via Chexydecimal: As always, Ellen DeGeneres is showing how it's done—she's multi-faceted but she's out and she never shies away from speaking up on behalf of her community...and us all. Touching and heartfelt.
Great story here from a paparazzo shooting Madonna on the set of her movie W.E., including her decision to smack down a band who dared to make noise near her set!
UPDATE: The context of his Twitter feed shows 50 Cent was joking about straight men only; as I explain in the comments of this post, I do think it was a careless thing to say as context doesn't travel. And "Lol" doesn't wipe everything away. But 50 Cent has clarified (not apologized) with some new tweets and reiterates his mother's lesbianism.
"It Gets Better," but not if this bullet-magnet has anything to say about it. Perhaps 50 Cent's tweet was more to scold heterosexual men who refuse to go down on a woman but expect their women to do [insert anything sexual you can think of, even jokingly, here]. But it's still gross.
As Kenneth points out, we need to do more for gay youth, not less—we are not "post-gay" yet, not by a longshot. Not when children and young adults are committing suicide for being gay still.
Kudos to Dan Savage and his husband Terry for creating It Gets Better. Because it does get better, but it won't for the overall community until we accept that for a lot of people it desperately needs to.
Poor Tony Curtis died, yet another from Hollywood's Golden Era. I guess since he follows Gloria Stuart and Eddie Fisher, that means Jimmy Carter is off the hook to complete the trifecta ("they always die in threes").
At least Curtis was remembered for Some Like It Hot, as an actor in his own right; Fisher, at his peak the most popular singer in the country over even Sinatra, was called "Carrie Fisher's father."
I remember reading the first deliciously sleazy autobio by Shelley Winters in which she IDed Curtis as her cuz Bernie Schwartz and of course thought he was beautiful and hilarious alongside Marilyn Monroe. I also remember reading of his infamously Bronx-accented line "yonda lies da castle of my fadda" from The Black Shield of Falworth when I was a kid; don't ever let anyone tell you embarrassing moments fade if that embarrassing moment happened to be on celluloid and predated distractions such as the Internet.
The '70s/'80s supermodel Jeff Aquilon appears in Vman (Fall 2010) in the state in which he (still) looks best—shirtless and pensive. Bruce Weber discovered him at a 1978 casting at Pepperdine, where he was captain of the water polo team. Weber's work with Aquilon is iconic; I'm fortunate enough to own a beautiful gelatin print of one of Aquilon's most famous poses, which graces my bedroom wall (and which inspires me to pass up cupcakes more often than I'd like):
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- Low Capital Gains Tax Bracket: Tax payers in the 10% and 15 tax brackets will pay only 5% on profits earned from long-term capital gains. For investments bought between 2008 and 2010, they will pay zero percent - that's right, 0%, or absolutely nothing.
- High Capital Gains Tax Bracket: Tax payers in the 28%, 33%, and 35% tax brackets pay only 15% in capital gains taxes.
Potential Changes in the Long-Term Capital Gains Tax RatePresident Obama's budget calls for the lower long-term capital gains tax rates to sunset and expire. If this is permitted, the tax rates will go back to their pre-2003 level, which is 20% on all long-term profits.


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Harold J. Bender 70 of St. James Plantation, Southport, NC, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.
Known affectionately as "Head" to his friends and family, Mr. Bender was born September 16, 1942 in Winston – Salem, the son of the late Dr. John R. and Louise Zimmerman Bender. He earned his law degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 1969. After beginning his career in Statesville, Mr. Bender worked several years at the Department of Justice, ultimately serving as the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Following his tenure as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Bender began a long and distinguished career as a Board Certified criminal defense attorney in Charlotte. He practiced extensively, in the federal courts of the United States, most notably in the Western District of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. Head's formal accomplishments included membership in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and recognition as a Master in the Bobbitt Inn of Court. He was a mentor to a generation of younger lawyers who learned how to practice law by following his example. He was a passionate advocate for his clients and took seriously his vow to defend even those accused of terrible crimes, saying simply "in order for the system to work for the best of us, its got to work for the worst of us. The system requires that lawyers sometimes take on unpopular causes and do the absolute best we can."
Beyond his law practice, Harold worked for many years on the weekends, and took great pride and pleasure, as a football referee in the Southern Conference, earning that league's Silver Whistle Award, given to its best referee.
Head retired to Southport in 2010, where he maintained a small law practice and continued to enjoy mentoring young Brunswick County lawyers. He was a volunteer and coach with The First Tee of Brunswick County and an active member of the Men's Golf Association at St. James.
Surviving are his loving wife Nita Robertson of the home; a daughter Currin Bender of Syracuse, New York; two step sons Ford Robertson and wife Ashley of Raleigh, and Bradley Robertson and wife Niki of Bristol, Tennessee; two brothers Bob Bender and wife Ruth of High Point, and Ralph Bender and wife Sherrie of Houston, Texas; and five grandchildren whom he adored and who loved him dearly, Margaret Robertson, Abigail Robertson, Ella Robertson, Grady Robertson, and Catherine Robertson.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Southport with Reverend Barry Kubler officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday evening at Peacock – Newnam & White Funeral Service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The First Tee of Brunswick County, 445 Tarkln Court, Shallotte, North Carolina 28470, or to the charity of the donor's choice.
You may make online memorials at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.
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Tamara Ecclestone gets her style from equally fashionable mum
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:55
London, Nov 15 : Tamara Ecclestone has probably inherited her sense of elegance and style from her equally fashionable and sexy mom, Slavica.
The mother-daughter duo was recently spotted at a charity dinner, where Tamara, 27, looked stunning in her royal blue dress by Victoria Beckham, which she teamed with silver Louboutin heels.
During the event, Tamara's 53-year-old Croatian mother, looked much younger than her actual age, in a sparkly short black dress and towering Christian Louboutin heels that complemented her long legs to perfection, the Daily Mail reported.
Unlike her diminutive Formula One boss father Bernie, Tamara Ecclestone is a girl who is also blessed with height on her side, another trait that she has got from her former model mother. (ANI)


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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Mark Appel took a one-hitter into the seventh inning and settled for a four-hitter and Stanford beat Fresno State 9-1 in the first round of the Stanford Regional on Friday night.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - If Brandi Chastain could have cried foul, she would have.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mention the Western Athletic Conference to Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards, and he thinks back to Brigham Young's 1984 national championship with a junior quarterback named Robbie Bosco and a team that wasn't even ranked when the season started.
DENVER (AP) - Brittney Griner took the Baylor Lady Bears to new heights.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Won and Done, indeed. Maybe even Over and Out.
DENVER (AP) - All season long, Baylor has been the best team led by the best player in the country.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Well, this matchup is going to look familiar.
NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Bright came off the bench to spark Stanford to an NIT title.
KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) - Before the season started, Geno Auriemma figured his Connecticut Huskies wouldn't be good enough to make it to the Final Four.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Maryland ran out of comebacks at the worst possible time.
FRESNO (AP) - Nnemkadi Ogwumike will end her sensational senior season right where she has the rest: at the Final Four.
One game is a grudge match between teams that know each other all too well. The other is a rare rematch between virtual strangers.
FRESNO (AP) - Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer recalls how during Dawn Staley's college days at Virginia she wore a rubberband on her right wrist and snapped it each time she committed a turnover.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Rodger Craig scored 2:25 into overtime to give Cornell a 3-2 victory over Michigan on Friday night in the NCAA Midwest Regional.
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Rockets' big men dominated Golden State on Thursday, with one of the NBA's greatest centers clapping in approval from his courtside seat.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - Stanford receiver and All-America kick returner Ty Montgomery said he's in the final stages of his rehabilitation from right shoulder surgery and hopes to play in the opener against UC Davis on Aug. 30.
The NCAA is suggesting that football teams hold no more than two contact practices per week during the season in guidelines that grew out of a safety and concussion summit early this year.
OAKLAND (AP) - The battle to give top football and basketball players a cut of the billions of dollars flowing into college athletics began in earnest Monday with former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon taking the stand in federal court to describe how he spent long hours working on his game and as few as possible on his grades.
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Listen to all of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mysteries.
©2007 Craig Johnson; (P)2007 Recorded Books
"The quick pace and tangled web of interconnected crimes will keep readers turning pages." (Publishers Weekly)
"Wyoming Fun-- in Philadelphia"
Mr. G lends a really pleasant audible to a voice that is already funny, tough, poignant and, well, Wyoming. Buy the book. Buy the audible. Better still, buy the first one, "Cold Dish," and hopefully by the time you finish it, the audible for "Death Without Company" will be available. Then the pump will be primed for this third installment. All three books by Craig Johnson have wonderful characters and a sense of place that is real. "Kindness Goes Unpunished" is literally set in Philadelphia, but the heart of the book is still in Wyoming-- which makes us love Absaroka County even more. Enjoy!
"Murder Humor Mystery"
Why oh why can't audible get more like this!
Craig Johnson is plenty talented. I rate him along with Vince Flynn and Nelson DeMille.
Very good story along with believable characters. Pack that all in with the Past Master Narrator GEORGE GUIDALL and you have a fantastic book to listen and enjoy.
Note to audible Please get 'Death Without Company' (2006)This is the second in the Walt Longmire Mysteries. Excellent
"Okay, so I'm a little in love ..."
I'm an undemanding listener, but I like the narrator to be more than adequate, the story line to hold my interest and not be too transparent, and I like character-driven stories rather than action-driven.
The Walt Longmire series fills these specs on every score. George Guidall is like an old shoe, comfortable, familiar and reliable. He brings Walt to life; he also does a good job with the other characters that populate the series. Mr. Guidall's voice is low and soothing, but he plays his instrument with intelligence and wit.
Forgive me for not commenting on the story line, other than to say it's worthwhile and engaging. I've read books in the series since Kindness Goes Unpunished; Another Man's Moccasins and Dark Horse. I'm pacing myself so that I don't rip through the series too fast. Compare Walt to a box of fine chocolates or a visit with a friend ... my walk with him is worth savoring.
At the end of Dark Horse is an interview between George Guidall and Craig Johnson. I hesitated, fearful of being disenchanted, but it's a great listen--Mr. Guidall and Mr. Johnson are funny and self-deprecating and the story behind the start of the Walt Longmire series is an entertaining one.
As a clue to my preferences in writers, I like J.A. Jance, William Kent Krueger, Karin Slaughter, Elly Griffiths, Clive Cussler, Steve Berry, Michael Connelly(!), John Sandford, John Lutz--all folks who write good characters in bad situations.
I hope this review helps you decide to give Walt Longmire, George Guidall and Craig Johnson a try.
"Best since Hillerman"
Craig Johnson is writing the best mysteries set in the West since Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series reached its peak in the mid-90's. I urge anyone who enjoys Hillerman to read Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series starting with The Cold Dish.
And George Guidall, my favorite narrator, reads Johnson's books as well as he read Hillerman's series, which adds a star and an exclamation point to make this an excellent audio book experience.
"Authentic Philadelphia setting, great mystery"
This is actually the 4th book I have read about Walt Longmire -- I didn't realize until recently that there were two in between 'Death Without Company' and 'The Dark Horse.' I'm so glad I did finally read this, though, because a lot of things have happened by the time of Dark Horse and much is referred to there that actually occurs in this book.
This is the book in which Walt and Henry go to Philadelphia where Bear is to be honored and give some lectures at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, with all sorts of complications ensuing -- as you know they would.
I wanted to say how well Craig Johnson portrays Philadelphia, not just using it as a backdrop, but making it an essential character and flavor in the book. And he gets pretty much everything right (that I could tell, and that mattered to me). I was impressed, being a native Philadelphian. I've never heard the Benjamin Franklin Bridge referred to as "the BFB," more as "The Ben Franklin," but that's about the only point that didn't ring true.
Hats off to Johnson for writing it and to George Guidall for reading it so well! Guidall is Walt. I read there is a television series coming up this summer based on the books. It will be a hard act to follow after years of George Guidall embodying all of the characters for me!
By the way, the story is just complicated enough, there is humor and poignancy, and Dog comes along for the ride, even though he ends up having to stay out of a lot of the action. Can't say more. I highly recommend these books, and you obviously get the most out of them if you read them in order.
This was a very good entry in the series by this author. There was good connection from previous characters and storyline, but new and interesting events to carry it to a different end.
I know a little about Philadelphia but Walt knew much more, somewhat odd since it was his first time there. No matter. His friendship with Henry, his love for his daughter, the connection with Vic (or "the terror" as she is known in this book) and her mother all present fascinating material to read.
As previously, the narration and direction is fantastic. Mr. Guidall once again superbly displays nuances that differentiates between the characters and enhances them with his reading. He is fast becoming one of my favorites to listen to.
Do yourself a favor, get this series and enjoy your summer!
"A Great Read"
Walt Longmire comes to life, and you'll want to invite him over for supper in Craig Johnson's great mysteries set in the Wyoming. Readers will be refreshed by the accurate descriptions of the daily life and atmosphere of the small town surrounding. I encourage those who enjoy Hillerman to read The Cold Dish.
I can find a book to love in any genre -- a beautifully written classic, an interesting mystery or sci-fi, a trashy romance. Bring it!
"From Wyoming to Philadelphia"
STORY - (Modern Cowboy/Detective) In this book Walt goes to Philadelphia and must solve a mystery surrounding a serious injury to his daughter, Cady. I'm not a huge fan of Western-type stories which is probably why this isn't my favorite series, but this book is my favorite of the three so far. It is a pretty good mystery, but the best part is the way the story is told, just the characters and the way it is written. You will enjoy Walt's laid-back cowboy sheriff character, and his sidekick Henry adds a unique Indian perspective to the story. Then there's Vick, the potty-mouthed female deputy who always manages to say something totally inappropriate.
There is shooting and killing, but I wouldn't consider it a particularly violent book. If you have been following this series, you will be treated to a nice surprise in this book, something that totally caught me off guard! The story can stand alone, however.
PERFORMANCE - Even though Guidall is a popular and very good narrator, I don't like his voice...EXCEPT in this series. You can't get a better pairing than George Guidall as Walt Longmire and Henry Standingbear. Perfection.
OVERALL - Pretty good, but not a must-hear in my opinion. (I'm a minority here, as this series is very highly rated.)
Reader. Painter. Newspaper columnist. Nurse. Humane Society. Lake life. Walker. Happily remarried - was a widow.
From the beginning it packs a wallop. Family. Cops. Change of venue that still manages to be home. Friends. History. Sex. Deceit. Friendship. Adaptation. Confidence. Skill. Law. This one has it all.
I am a huge fan of this series. Also on A and E TV but books are not the same as the show so do them both.
Cady is hurt and Walt goes to her side, and solves the mystery. Along the way he learns more about Vic. Henry shows up and helps. Even Dog is there. Good plot but it's not the plot that makes this book, it's the characters. They are finely drawn and full of life with all it's beauty, mystery and heart.
I liked this one very much. Superior use of your credit. Keep reading. The whole darn series is this way. It sneaks up on you and sticks with you, making you better for having read it.
"Wyoming Sheriff Longmire goes to Philadelphia"
First, let me say that the opening of this book is one of the best that I've ever read. Sheriff Walt Longmire is attempting to read his grown daughter's favorite childhood fairy tale to a group of very peevish young children in a classroom. This is a group that may actually outlast Walt---great fun!!
Then the book goes into the real mystery with Longmire going to Philadelphia, with his Native American friend, where "Bear" will be speaking about art, and Longmire will be visiting his lawyer daughter, Cady, and her new boyfriend. But shortly after arriving, Cady is attacked and left in a coma. Her boyfriend is murdered and Walt goes on the search for answers. Walt's sidekick, Vick, and her Philadelphia policemen family are glad for Walt's help. Then all the twists and turns begin.
This third installment of Longmire takes place completely in Philadelphia. I definitely missed the Wyoming countryside, but Walt kept his own outlook on life in the city. Walt, Bear, and Vick keep the excitement going wherever they are. Romance comes into play now that we are becoming part of the Longmire family too. Keep them coming, Craig Johnson!
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COMMENTARY | The latest development in the Floyd Mayweather-50 Cent feud involves one of the rapper's new acquisitions and the estranged father of the five-division world champ.
According to Mayweather Sr., 50 Cent's people approached him with the idea of training super middleweight contender, Andre Dirrell, and the accomplished veteran trainer took on the new client without any regard to the developing feud between his son and the hip-hop star.
"I got a call from [Tommy Smalls], one of the guys that used to work with my son," Floyd Sr. told Chris Robinson of Boxingscene. "He called me and then I talked to 50 Cent. That's 50 Cent's fighter right now and he asked would I train him. He said 'Please say yes'. That's what he said and I told him 'No problem'. We've trained this whole week right here and everything's looking to be pretty good right now."
Of course, this means that Mayweather Sr. will now be working for the benefit of his son's former ally and now heated rival. But Sr. made it clear that this would not be a problem.
"Look here, that's 50 and Floyd and I'm Floyd Sr.," he said. "I don't even know nothing about it to be honest."
Whatever the case, the symbolism of Mayweather Sr. as part of 50 Cent's SMS Promotions can't be lost on any of the parties involved. With a plethora of trainers available for a high-end fighter like Dirrell, the choice of Floyd Mayweather's father provides the rapper with the best of both worlds-- He gets a world class trainer for his fighter, plus, he gets to drive a little dig into Jr.'s side.
It's not like Mayweather Sr., isn't a legitimate main stage trainer, though, and stylistically, Sr. does well with fighters like Dirrell, who employ quick reflexes with a defensive mindset. But, still, the juiciness of this move involves Mayweather Sr. drawing a paycheck from 50 Cent. That's the real story and that's what will capture headlines throughout the boxing world.
The Mayweather Sr.-Dirrell pairing will be the foundation around which 50 Cent's new Las Vegas gym and upstart promotional company will be based. Also involved are Cuban former Olympic gold medalist and former featherweight world champ, Yuriorkis Gamboa, as well as current IBF featherweight titlist, Billy Dib, from Australia.
However, it should be said that SMS Promotions, although making headlines and in possession of some serious, world class talent, lacks the infrastructure of a real promotional company. So, for the time being, they will need to work with other companies in order to get their fighters continued work and continued paydays. For example, Dib will be part of the Miguel Cotto-Austin Trout undercard, via invite from Miguel Cotto's promotional company while Gamboa and Dirrell will be returning to the ring on the undercards of high profile Top Rank cards.
So, while the Mayweather-50 Cent feud certainly appears to be real, SMS Promotions still has a long way to go before it can give Mayweather and his team much professional concern. When/if they can get to the point of holding their own shows and taking money away from Mayweather's plate, then things could get even nastier. In the meantime, it's all Twitter beef and hip-hop bluster. It's a game that benefits 50 Cent and his team because they're the ones looking for exposure and an industry foothold.
As for the professional pairing of Dirrell and Mayweather Sr.-- Well, it could be a very successful relationship if Mayweather is able to turn a spacey, often distracted Dirrell into a focused world class fighter firing on all cylinders. Dirrell has the potential to do great things, but he has to be willing to work hard and not simply rely on his physical talents to cruise past lesser-skilled fighters.
Paul Magno was a licensed official in the state of Michoacan, Mexico and a close follower of the sport for more than thirty years. His work can also be found on Fox Sports and The Boxing Tribune. In the past, Paul has done work for Inside Fights, The Queensberry Rules and Eastside Boxing.
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Federal Disaster Aid for Colorado Flooding Tops $304 Million
DENVER – In the more than six months since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, Colorado survivors have received more than $304 million from FEMA disaster grants, flood insurance payments and SBA low-interest disaster loans.
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FEMA Awards $6,415,688 Grant to City of West Frankfort: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds will be used to make sewer treatment plant improvements
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released $6,415,688 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to the City of West Frankfort, Ill., for aproposed sewer treatment plant improvement project.
The project includes the relocation of all sewer treatment plant components from the south plant site to the north plant site, where it will be three feet above the base flood elevation.Language English
New Utah Maps and Road Provider
Contact Information:
Mark Newell, APR ( Phone: 573-308-3850 ); Larry Moore ( Phone: 303-202-4019 ); Bob Davis ( Phone: 573-308-3554 );
Newly released US Topo maps for Utah now feature a new commercial road data provider. The latest highway, road and street data from HERE has been added to the 1,476 revised US Topo quadrangles for the state.
"HERE, a Nokia business, is proud to provide fresh, robust and comprehensive map content to the State of Utah and the US Topo Maps program," said Roy Kolstad, VP Sales Enterprise Americas, HERE. "We are excited for users to experience the benefits HERE brings with our more than 25 years of experience in cartography, drawing on more than 80,000 sources of data."
The new maps also include Public Land Survey System (PLSS). These data are added to the growing list of states west of the Mississippi River. PLSS is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. All lands in the public domain are subject to subdivision by this rectangular system of surveys, which is regulated by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Other selected states will begin getting PLSS map data during the next respective revision cycle.
The new design for US Topo maps improves readability of maps for online and printed use, while retaining the look and feel of the traditional USGS topographic map. Map symbols are easy to read when the digital aerial photograph layer imagery is turned on.
Other re-design enhancements and new features:
- New shaded relief layer for enhanced view of the terrain
- Military installation boundaries, post offices and cemeteries
- New road classification
- A slight screening (transparency) has been applied to some features to enhance visibility of multiple competing layers
- New PDF legend attachment
- Metadata formatted to support multiple browsers
US Topo maps are created from geographic datasets in The National Map, and deliver visible content such as high-resolution aerial photography, which was not available on older paper-based topographic maps. The new US Topo maps provide modern technical advantages that support wider and faster public distribution and on-screen geographic analysis tools for users.
The new digital topographic maps are PDF documents with geospatial extensions (GeoPDF®) image software format and may be viewed using Adobe Reader, available as a no-cost download.
US Topo maps are updated every three years. The initial round of the 48 conterminous state coverage was completed in September of 2012. Hawaii and Puerto Rico maps have recently been added. More than 400 new US Topo maps for Alaska have been added to the USGS Map Locator & Downloader, but will take several years to complete the vast state.
To download US Topo maps: http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/March 2014 US Topo map of the Moab, Utah area, 1:24,000 scale. Orthoimage layer is turned on, contour and woodland layers turned off. (Larger image) 1885 historical USGS map of the Moab, Utah area, 1:250,000 scale.. (Larger image)
Federal Aid Programs for the State of Washington Emergency Declaration
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's emergency disaster declaration issued for the State of Washington.
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President Obama Signs Washington Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of Washington to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from flooding and mudslides beginning on March 22, 2014, and continuing.Language English
Post-Fire Stabilization Seedings Have Not Developed Into Sage-grouse Habitat
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Susan Kemp ( Phone: 541-750-1047 ); David Pilliod ( Phone: 208-426-5202 );
BOISE — The practice of emergency post-fire seeding in sagebrush landscapes of the Great Basin, which was meant to stabilize soils, has not resulted in restored habitats that would be used by greater sage-grouse according to U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service researchers who published their results today in the journal Ecosphere.
The new study examined the habitat that was present 8-20 years after the seeding projects occurred. These aerial or rangeland drill seeding projects did not always include sagebrush seeds and were not intended to restore wildlife habitat, but instead were designed to mitigate the effects of fire on soil and vegetation. Yet they provide an opportunity to reverse habitat degradation for sage-grouse, a species being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Scientists first characterized which habitats and landscapes sage-grouse use throughout the Great Basin. Then they examined areas that had burned and were subsequently seeded with rangeland plant species between 1990 and 2003. To link the two phases of the study, the authors assessed whether vegetation conditions in rehabilitated areas were similar to the habitats used by sage-grouse.
The authors found that sage-grouse tend to use areas with a mixture of dwarf sagebrush and Wyoming big sagebrush, native grasses, minimal human development, and minimal non-native plants. This information will help land managers prioritize areas for protection from disturbance or areas for future sage-grouse specific restoration efforts.
"When we compared these vegetation and landscape conditions to those of post-wildfire rehabilitation sites, we found that the probability of sage-grouse using treated areas was low and not very different from burned areas that had not been treated," said USGS ecologist Robert Arkle, the lead author of the publication.This is sagebrush burning at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in association with a management project located 65 miles northeast of Lakeview, OR.
Burned areas, whether treated or not, generally lacked shrubs even after 20 years, and in low elevation areas especially, non-native plants like cheatgrass were often too prevalent for burned sites to be used as sage-grouse habitat. This is important because it means that for at least 20 years following wildfire, burned areas of the Great Basin are not likely to be used by sage-grouse, regardless of emergency stabilization treatment. With this kind of time lag, a substantial amount of sage-grouse habitat is lost each year to wildfire, while gaining relatively little through natural plant succession or emergency stabilization treatments.
Published guidelines about what constitutes sage-grouse habitat also provided criteria for comparison to what the scientists observed in the seeded sites. Seeded areas met habitat guideline criteria for native grasses about half of the time, but the majority of seeding projects did not meet sagebrush or forb guideline criteria.
Some individual seeding projects did result in higher quality habitat and the authors evaluated the environmental conditions shared by these sites to determine where post-fire rehabilitation is more likely to benefit sage-grouse. Seeding projects that were most effective tended to occur in cool, moderately moist climates and also depended on post-treatment precipitation and surrounding landscape conditions.
"This is part of a growing body of science demonstrating how difficult it is to rehabilitate sagebrush landscapes once native vegetation is lost through wildfire," said USGS ecologist David Pilliod, who co-authored the publication. "Restoration in the Great Basin is a huge challenge for land managers not only because of difficulties associated with reducing non-native plants and establishing natives, but also because of the rate at which landscapes with sagebrush and other native vegetation are lost. These habitat losses can have negative consequences for sage-grouse and other wildlife that depend on sagebrush."
The study found that even relatively small amounts of non-native plants and human development were both forms of habitat loss that affected whether sage-grouse would use particular locations.
Although these projects did not specifically target sage-grouse, they are important sage-grouse conservation opportunities, according to Arkle. This is because wildfires burn about one million acres each year in the Great Basin and 97 percent of the acres treated by these projects are in historic sage-grouse habitat.
This research was conducted in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and the Joint Fire Science Project. Funding was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service. The study, Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models- implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin, published in Ecosphere is an offshoot of a larger effort to assess ecological outcomes of emergency stabilization and rehabilitation projects conducted by federal land managers in the Great Basin.
FEMA Awards $2,698,523 Grant to Des Plaines: Hazard Mitigation funds will be used to acquire and demolish 21 flood prone structures
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved $2,698,523 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to the City of Des Plaines, Ill., for the acquisition and demolition of 21 residential structures in the Big Bend subdivision located in the Des Plaines River floodplain. Following demolition, these properties will be maintained as permanent open space in the community.Language English
FEMA Awards $811,276 Grant to Hancock County: Hazard mitigation funds will be used to acquire and demolish eight flood prone structures and one vacant lot in floodplain
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released $811,276 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to Hancock County, Ohio, for the acquisition and demolition of eightresidential structures and the acquisition of one vacant parcel located in the floodplain of the Blanchard River in the city of Findlay. Following demolition, these properties will be maintained as permanent open space in the community.Language English
How is responding to a disaster different in the State of Alaska?
A large earthquake in Alaska, especially in winter, would require a different type of response than most areas of the nation. FEMA Region X is participating in a series of exercises that will test the ability of the federal government to respond to major disasters in Alaska.Language English
The Science Behind the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami
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Yvette Gillies, USGS ( Phone: 907-786-7039 ); Susan Buchanan, NOAA ( Phone: 301-427-9000 ); Amy Hartley, UAF ( Phone: 907-474-5823 );
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Why does the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Matter 50 Years Later? Scientific experts will talk about a half-century of scientific and monitoring advances triggered by the 1964 events.
The 1964 earthquake occurred at a pivotal time in the history of plate tectonics theory, giving scientists a context to understand the hazards of megathrust earthquakes, and more importantly, it led to the creation of modern national programs to reduce risk from earthquakes and tsunamis.
Press conference on the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami — the science behind the earthquake and tsunami, what we learned from the events, and how we are better prepared today for similar natural hazards.
Peter Haeussler, Research Geologist and Alaska Coordinator for Earthquake Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey
Paul Whitmore, Director, NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center
Michael West, State Seismologist, Director, Alaska Earthquake Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Alaska time
U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center
Leslie Holland-Bartels Main Conference Room #206
Glenn Olds Building
4210 University Drive
Anchorage, Alaska
An audio bridge will be available for remote participation: 703-648-4848, (or toll free 855-547-8255) Security code: 77680#
Resources for the news media, including links to videos, photos, and a fact sheet are available on the USGS "1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami" website.
North Atlantic May Be a New Route for Spread of Avian Flu to North America
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Gail Moede Rogall ( Phone: 608-270-2438 ); Marisa Lubeck ( Phone: 303-202-4765 );
A. Arrows show generalized movements of birds in particular flyways. Red arrows show general movements in the East Atlantic Flyway and yellow arrows show general movement in the North American Atlantic Flyway. Most birds use only portions of the flyways, which are determined mostly by species and by origin of breeding populations.
B. Red dots show the locations of where birds were sampled in the study. Reykjavik is shown for reference. Samples from some locations (Breiðafjörður and Selfoss) were obtained over a larger area than shown because samples were provided by hunters and fishermen within the region. (High resolution image)
The North Atlantic region is a newly discovered important pathway for avian influenza to move between Europe and North America, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report published today.
USGS scientists and Icelandic partners found avian flu viruses from North America and Europe in migratory birds in Iceland, demonstrating that the North Atlantic is as significant as the North Pacific in being a melting pot for birds and avian flu. A great number of wild birds from Europe and North America congregate and mix in Iceland's wetlands during migration, where infected birds could transmit avian flu viruses to healthy birds from either location.
By crossing the Atlantic Ocean this way, avian flu viruses from Europe could eventually be transported to the United States. This commingling could also lead to the evolution of new influenza viruses. These findings are critical for proper surveillance and monitoring of flu viruses, including the H5N1 avian influenza that can infect humans.
"None of the avian flu viruses found in our study are considered harmful to humans," said Robert Dusek, USGS scientist and lead author of the study. "However, the results suggest that Iceland is an important location for the study of avian flu and is worthy of special attention and monitoring."
The study also highlighted the new finding that gulls play an important role in moving avian flu viruses across the North Atlantic.
During the spring and autumn of 2010 and autumn of 2011, the USGS researchers and Icelandic partners collected avian influenza viruses from gulls and waterfowl in southwest and west Iceland (see map). By studying the virus' genomes — an organism's hereditary information — the researchers found that some viruses came from Eurasia and some originated in North America. They also found viruses with mixed American-Eurasian lineages.
"For the first time, avian influenza viruses from both Eurasia and North America were documented at the same location and time," said Jeffrey Hall, USGS co-author and principal investigator on this study. "Viruses are continually evolving, and this mixing of viral strains sets the stage for new types of avian flu to develop."
The partners on the new study include the Southwest Iceland Nature Research Institute, the University of Iceland's Snaefellsnes Research Centre, the University of Minnesota and the J. Craig Venter Institute. This study was funded by the USGS and the National Institute of Health's Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance.
The report was published today in the journal PLOS ONE and is available online.
For more information on avian influenza research, please visit the USGS National Wildlife Health Center website.
Bighorn Sheep on A Desert Island: Been There, Dung That
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Ethan Alpern ( Phone: 703-648-4406 ); Julio Betancourt ( Phone: 703-648-5840 );
In a finding authors are coining an "unintentional rewilding," scientists identified a cave dung deposit as belonging to bighorn sheep that became extinct on a desert island sometime between the 6th and the 20th century.
The unintentional rewilding occurred when in 1975 wildlife biologists introduced 16 female and 4 male bighorn sheep to Tiburón Island, the largest island in the Gulf of California. Today, the population numbers more than 500 individuals.
A team from the University of California-Riverside, the U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon State University, and East Tennessee State University discuss this non-native rewilding on Tiburón Island, located in the Gulf of California, in this week's PLOS ONE. Ben Wilder, Ph.D. Candidate of UC-Riverside and the lead author of the study, accidentally discovered the 1500-1600 year-old, urine-cemented dung mat on the floor of a small cave in the Sierra Kunkaak, a rugged mountain range of the eastern side of the island.
After comparing the pellets with an extensive collection of dung for both living and extinct herbivores, researchers determined that bighorn sheep formed the dung mat. The ancient sequences exactly matched DNA sequences from modern desert bighorn sheep, and differed substantially from other large herbivores that might have been present.
Until this discovery, there was no knowledge on whether or not bighorn sheep had previously occurred on the island.
"It's a very clear result," said Clinton Epps, a co-author and a conservation geneticist at Oregon State University. "Furthermore, the sequences are not identical to the modern bighorn populations on Tiburón Island - so we are confident that the sequences do not derive from modern use of the cave by introduced bighorn sheep."
Julio Betancourt, a USGS paleoecologist and co-author of the study, has previously collaborated with geneticists to extract and sequence ancient DNA from cave deposits. Betancourt thinks that, in the future, "molecular caving will become more than an afterthought in arid lands paleoecology."
Michael Hofreiter of the University of Potsdam, a leading authority in ancient DNA research and editor of the paper, notes that, "Given the ongoing progress in paleogenomics and DNA sequencing, it will soon be possible to sequence full genomes from samples like the one recovered from Tiburón island, compare those to genomes from various extant populations and thereby identify the population that is most suitable for reintroduction in a certain area."
The goal of the 1975 re-introduction was use a safe site to foster a large, breeding population that could be used in restocking the mainland, where historic land use decimated native bighorn sheep populations. A controversial aspect of the Tiburón experiment is that it introduced what was then presumed to be a non-native herbivore into a fragile island ecosystem with a unique desert flora.
Wilder said he hopes that these findings will trigger more systematic studies of recent colonization and extinction events throughout these islands and elsewhere to help guide conservation efforts.
The study, "Local extinction and unintentional rewilding of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) on a desert island," was authored by Benjamin T. Wilder, Julio L. Betancourt, Clinton W. Epps; others, and was published this week in PLOS One.
How Valuable is Nature?
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Heidi Koontz ( Phone: 303-202-4763 );
A new method of viewing how humans and the natural environment impact each other is now available. ARIES (Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services), one of the first methods to seamlessly integrate spatial data, modeling, and mapping, adopts a convention for evaluating ecosystem services that places society's needs and natural processes on equal footing.
A new U.S. Geological Survey article published recently in PLOS ONE outlines the ARIES framework and how it can aid in better understanding nature's value to society — today and under future scenarios for climate and land use change, energy and minerals extraction, water resources management, natural hazard impacts, and natural resource conservation.
"This methodological advance is designed to integrate diverse data and models more quickly and accurately, using principles from semantic meta-modeling and big data," said Ken Bagstad, USGS researcher and contributing author of the paper. "This is not just another tool for environmental assessment, but rather a new and different way to look at the linkages between people, nature, and the economy."
The ARIES methodology has been in development since 2007 and used in case studies since 2010. A variety of government and academic partners have contributed to its development, including the USGS, Basque Centre for Climate Change, University of Vermont, Conservation International and Earth Economics.
Five Months Remain Before Montgomery County, TX Flood Maps Become Final
DENTON, Texas –– New flood maps for specific areas of Montgomery County, Texas will become effective five months from now, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Local and federal officials encourage everyone in the county to view the maps to understand their flood risk and consider buying flood insurance before then.Language English
Five Months Remain Before Travis County, TX Flood Maps Become Final
DENTON, Texas –– New maps for specific areas of Travis County, Texas will become effective on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Local and federal officials encourage everyone in the affected area to view the maps to understand their flood risk and consider buying flood insurance before then.Language English
Invasive Burmese Pythons Are Good Navigators and Can Find Their Way Home
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Christian Quintero ( Phone: 813-498-5019 ); Bill Giduz ( Phone: 704-894-2244 );
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Everglades National Park, Fla.— Invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida are able to find their way home even when moved far away from their capture locations, a finding that has implications for the spread of the species.
A multi-organizational team of scientists found that when six Burmese pythons were relocated 13-22 miles from their capture locations, the snakes headed straight back home, navigating to within 3 miles of their original capture locations in Everglades National Park.
"Previous studies have shown that many snakes lack the ability to home, yet this study provides evidence that Burmese pythons are capable of homing after they have been displaced --- and they are able to do so at a scale previously undocumented for any snake species," said Shannon Pittman, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at Davidson College in North Carolina. "Understanding this large-scale navigational ability is critical to understanding the ability of Burmese pythons to expand their geographic range," Pittman added.
To find your way home requires a map sense on the part of the animal, which allows the animal to determine its position in relation to a goal; and a compass sense, which requires access to a reliable compass to maintain orientation toward the goal. The relocated snakes moved faster and straighter than snakes that were not relocated, demonstrating that Burmese pythons have navigational map and compass senses.
The relocated snakes also appeared to use local cues from their release site to determine their position relative to home. Potential cues underlying the map sense in pythons may be olfactory or magnetic that change predictably through space. The compass aspect of their navigational ability could be accomplished through the use of magnetic, celestial, olfactory or polarized light cues, all of which generate a reliable compass sense.
"The snakes maintained their oriented movement over the course of a relatively long time, between 94 and 296 days," said Kristen Hart, a USGS researcher and study coauthor. "This indicates that not only do pythons keep their long-term movement goal in mind, but also that they were highly motivated to get back home."
These findings have implications for management and conservation of the species, the study authors emphasized. Animals that are adept at navigating and homing are better able to exploit resources that are relatively far away, widely spaced or seasonally variable. These abilities also reduce risks associated with searching potentially hostile or unfamiliar areas because the dispersing snakes can always return to a safe location.
"Understanding navigation in invasive species improves the ability to control populations and limit dispersion," said Hart. "For example, the fine-tuned navigational capacity that the pythons exhibited may lower their risk when they move to and explore new areas."
This research is useful for resource managers because it has implications for python movement behavior at the edges of the invasion front where there is a need for containment, Pittman said.
"Invasive exotic reptiles continue to challenge agencies charged with protecting the health of south Florida ecosystems," said Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball. "Continued research like this on the invasive exotic Burmese python is critical so that we can make better informed management decisions and move closer to containment of this species that has adapted to this environment."
The invasive Burmese python is an apex predator in the Everglades that became established in Florida several decades ago. The largest snakes removed from the Everglades have exceeded 18 feet and 150 pounds. Snakes of this size are capable of ingesting large prey like adult deer and alligators.
"Homing of invasive Burmese pythons is South Florida: evidence for map and compass senses in snakes" by S.E. Pittman, K.M. Hart, M.S. Cherkiss, R.W. Snow, I. Fujisaki, B.J. Smith, F.J. Mazzotti, and M.E. Dorcas, is published in the journal Biology Letters. The study can be accessed online.
Disaster Fraud: Filing A False Claim With FEMA is a Felony
LINCROFT, N.J -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's primary mission is to help citizens and first responders prepare for, respond to and recover from all manner of disasters. To that end, FEMA takes the disbursement of necessary funds to the proper parties very seriously.
People who intentionally try to defraud the government are taking money away from those who truly need assistance. FEMA must ensure that taxpayer dollars go only to people who incurred legitimate losses. This may include prosecuting anyone who makes a fraudulent claim.Language English
Bacteria No Match for Deep Floridan Aquifer
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John Lisle ( Phone: 727-502-8140 ); Christian Quintero ( Phone: 813-498-5019 );
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-- A first of its kind study has the potential to impact future regulatory decisions on disinfection practices for water prior to its recharge or following its storage in the Floridan Aquifer.
The U.S Geological Survey report found that coliform bacteria die off faster in a regional aquifer system than was previously known, though a small percentage survives. One of the state's regulatory criteria for ensuring the quality of recharged water is whether it contains coliform bacteria.
Aquifer storage and recovery facilities have been used in Florida for about 30 years to store large volumes of water over long periods of time, increasing water supply during seasonal and multi-year droughts. Potable water, treated and untreated groundwater, partially treated surface water and reclaimed water is recharged into zones of the Floridan Aquifer and later recovered when needed.
"Although it is commonly believed that bacteria are few in number and mostly inactive in the lower zones of the Floridan aquifer system, we found relatively high numbers of bacteria that are alive and active," said USGS microbiologist, John Lisle. "However, when we looked specifically at coliform bacteria, we found that they died off at higher rates in the aquifer than was previously known." Understanding that coliform bacteria die off faster than previously known has the potential to shape the standards or monitoring requirements that are set.
In addition to the coliform die off data, this study is the first to characterize both the geochemistry and natural microbial ecology of the Floridan Aquifer and how they influence groundwater quality. It provides a baseline that can be used to enhance geochemical models that predict changes in groundwater quality following any type of recharge event.
"Characterization of native bacterial communities in aquifers is important because of the direct connection between some groundwater quality variables and bacterial activities. Groundwater bacteria catalyze geochemical reactions under conditions that can be significantly different within the same aquifer," said June Mirecki, a hydrogeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "Fundamental studies, like this study, have significant implications for truly understanding the fate of contaminants in aquifers targeted for aquifer storage, carbon sequestration and deep well injection."
The Floridan Aquifer flows southward at between 800-3,000 feet below the ground. It is among the most productive groundwater sources in the U.S. The upper zones of the Floridan aquifer are used as a drinking water source, while the lower zones, like those in this study, have been targeted for the recharge of treated surface water and reclaimed water and carbon sequestration repositories.
The fate of coliform bacteria injected into the lower zones of the Floridan Aquifer was studied as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The study was done in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The full report "Survival of Bacterial Indicators and the Functional Diversity of Native and Microbial Communities in the Floridan Aquifer, South Florida" by John T. Lisle is available online.
New Permafrost But is it Permanent?
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Ethan Alpern ( Phone: 703-648-4406 );
A recent USGS-led study shows new, recently-formed patches of permafrost in one of Alaska's retreating lakes, a finding that, at first glance, would seem at odds with prevailing theories about arctic climate.
Widespread lake shrinkage in discontinuous regions of permafrost has been linked to climate warming and shallow permafrost thaw. Counter-intuitively, USGS scientists have observed newly forming permafrost around Twelvemile Lake in interior Alaska, where lake water level has dropped by several meters over the past three decades.
"Central Alaskan lake shrinkage may be caused by shallow permafrost changes and not by increasing deep aquifer connections," said Martin A. Briggs, USGS, lead author of the study. "Newly formed permafrost along the shores of shrinking lakes may reduce groundwater outflow and allow them to refill."
Permafrost, or frozen ground lasting at least two consecutive years, typically forms in colder climates when average annual temperatures remain close to or below freezing. Permafrost soils accumulate ice and plant material and can impede groundwater flow. While the upper 1-2 meters may thaw seasonally, frozen soil and dead plant material continues to accumulate at depth over thousands of years, depending on the strength and duration of the colder climate.
During periods of thaw, water and gases are released from their frozen pockets of ice. By understanding permafrost thaw, its degradation in a warming climate, and its impacts on ecosystems and society, managers will be able to plan for rising global temperatures, and climate change. New permafrost formation should also be considered as a possibility in some systems.
This study considered ecological succession, the pattern of vegetation regrowth, within the receded lake margin as the driver of new permafrost through alterations in ground shading and water infiltration. This hypothesis was tested by modeling variably saturated groundwater flow and heat transport under freeze-thaw conditions.
The simulations supported new permafrost development under current climatic conditions, when the net changes effects of woody vegetation are considered, thus pointing to the role of ecological succession.
"Large lake level swings due to shallow permafrost thaw and subsequent refreezing due to ecological succession may be an important natural cycle," said Briggs. "However, in the long term, model simulations projected into the future to reflect even moderate climate warming indicate new permafrost around similar lake sites will stop forming and recede within seven decades, possibly ending the current natural cycle of lake level waning and waxing."
In summary, the findings in this study highlight the importance of vegetation succession in promoting permafrost regeneration in a lake system near the Arctic Circle, which is highly sensitive to subtle soil temperature changes.
This study was conducted by team of scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and was published in the journal of Geophysical Research Letters.
Female Coyotes Can Have Mixed Wolf-Coyote Pups
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David Mech ( Phone: 651-649-5231 ); Marisa Lubeck ( Phone: 303-202-4765 );
Scientists have successfully produced hybrid pups between a male western gray wolf and a female western coyote in captivity.
By artificially inseminating a female western coyote with western gray wolf sperm, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners from the St. Louis Zoo, University of California, Davis, and Wildlife Science Center recently demonstrated that coyotes are able to bear and nurture healthy hybrid offspring. The results contribute new information to an ongoing question about whether the eastern wolf of southeastern Canada (and formerly of the eastern U.S.) is a unique species that could be protected by the U. S. Endangered Species Act. The findings are published in the journal PLOS ONE.
"Our study adds one more piece to the ongoing controversy over whether the eastern wolf is a valid species," said David Mech, USGS scientist and the report's lead author.
During the 2012 and 2013 study, the scientists attempted to inseminate nine captive western coyotes with sperm from eight different gray wolves at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center Predator Research Facility in Logan, Utah. Three coyotes became pregnant, and one successfully birthed and nursed six live, healthy pups, currently housed at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn., north of the Twin Cities.
Some geneticists have suggested recognizing the eastern wolf as a new species of wolf, and potentially adding it to the Endangered Species List. This proposal is based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)—a type of DNA that can only be passed on to offspring by the mother—that has been found in wolves from Manitoba, Canada, through the Great Lakes into southeast Canada. Those wolves could have gotten their coyote-like mtDNA either from hybridization with coyotes or by hybridizing with the eastern wolf. The latter view is that of the geneticists who claim that the coyote-like mtDNA is from the eastern wolf, which is closely related to the coyote.
Scientists who propose that the coyote-like mtDNA came from female coyotes that bred with male, western wolves long ago believe that the eastern wolf is merely a smaller race of the wolf of the West.
The new USGS study shows that it is at least possible for western wolf sperm to fertilize western coyote eggs and that the mother coyote can bear and raise the hybrids.
"Our findings leave the eastern wolf debate open by adding further merit to the hybrid theory rather than disproving it," Mech said. "However, the findings are applicable to captive animals and are not necessarily true under natural conditions, so the counter-hybrid theory is not disproved either."
For more information on USGS wolf research, please visit the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center website.


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Visit Cornwall Record Office
You are welcome to visit the Record Office to consult the documents in our care. There are no restrictions on who can use the Record Office (although young children may get bored). There is no charge to use the service, but it is advisable to make an appointment.
- Opening hours
- Appointments
- Pre-ordering documents
- Ordering documents during your visit
- Facilities and access
- Getting here and parking
- What to bring
- Searchroom etiquette
- Laptops and cameras
- List of charges
Opening hours
With the exception of our monthly Collections Weeks, when we are closed to the public, we are open:
- Tuesday 9am – 4:30pm
- Wednesday 9am – 4:30pm
- Thursday 9am – 4:30pm
- Friday 9am – 4:30pm
- One Saturday per month 10am - 1pm (please check the calendar below)
The morning session runs from 9am-1pm and the afternoon session from 1pm-4.30pm.
Our collections weeks are the first full calendar week of each month. Please use the link below for further details on the 2014 opening hours.
If you have any enquires during our Collections Weeks please email firstname.lastname@example.com or for bookings, telephone 01872 323127.
We will be closely monitoring the impact of the new pattern on users and the service.
For further information about the consultation summary that took place during September 2011 and the proposed new hours, please see the link below. Thank you to everyone who responded.
Appointments should be made in advance of a visit to the Record Office. They can be for a morning, afternoon or all day session. We recommend pre-ordering the documents you would like to consult. To make an appointment and pre-order documents please contact the record office using the details on the right. If possible, please allow up to two weeks notice (especially in the summer months) in order to avoid disappointment.
Pre-ordering documents
You can order your documents in advance by email, letter or telephone. Please provide us with the full references for the documents you would like to use. You can use the online catalogues to find the reference. You can order up to five items and we would appreciate at least two working days notice so that we can have the items you need ready for you.
In some instances we may consider producing more items but this will be at the Duty Archivist's discretion and we would require at least five working days notice.
Please tell us if you can't visit us as planned so that your documents can be replaced in the strongrooms.
Ordering documents during your visit
You can order original records from the strongroom throughout the day until one hour before the searchroom closes. The first production run in the morning leaves at 9:15, and then every half an hour until 12.15. The afternoon collections begin at 13:30 until an hour before closing. The documents usually take 20-30 minutes to arrive (this can vary).
Please use the document request slips available in the searchroom.
Use one ticket for each item you would like to see.
Write the full document reference, the date, your name and your ticket number on each slip.
Order only three items at a time.
We will hand out the documents one at a time.
We aim to produce all documents ordered with a full and correct reference within 30 minutes of the advertised time of the production run. However, when the searchroom is busy we might not be able to produce your documents as quickly as we would like so we would ask you to be patient in these circumstances. We may also ask you to prioritise your requests. We will keep you informed of any problems or delays with your requests throughout your visit.
Facilities and access
Situated in Truro, Cornwall Record Office lies in the grounds of the Old County Hall site and is clearly marked by signs stating 'Cornwall Record Office' and 'County Records'.
The building is constructed on one level for easy access and toilets and a seating area are available in the foyer. There are no refreshments available at the Record Office, but a supermarket and café are located very near by.
Wheelchair access tables are available in the searchroom but please contact us before your visit to ensure maximum assistance.
Getting here and parking
From the West (Penzance/Camborne Direction, A30)
- Leave the A30 at Chiverton Cross onto the A390 into Truro.
- Continue past Treliske Hospital.
- At Dalvenie roundabout (Sainsbury's) take the third exit heading northwest along Treyew Road.
- Take the next left (approximately 150m after the roundabout) to bring you into the Old County Hall site.
- Cornwall Record Office is the first building on your left.
From the East (Bodmin Direction, A30)
- From Bodmin, follow the A30 to Carland Cross roundabout.
- Take the second exit onto the A39 towards Truro.
- Continue through the next roundabout to the traffic lights and turn right onto Tregolls Road.
- Follow the road to Trefalgar roundabout and take the third exit.
- Continue towards Redruth.
- At Treyew Road past New County Hall on the left, take the fifth exit off Dalvenie roundabout (Sainsbury's) heading northwest along Treyew Road (going back on yourself).
- Take the next left (approximately 150m after the roundabout) to bring you into the Old County Hall site.
- Cornwall Record Office is the first building on your left.
A small number of disabled parking spaces are available immediately outside the Record Office and there is a Visitors car park opposite.
The Truro Park and Ride scheme operates a bus service from Langarth Park near Threemilestone into the centre of Truro via County Hall. Please see Park and Ride for details of the service.
From Truro Railway Station
Truro Railway Station with connections to Plymouth, Exeter and London, lies about five minutes walk away (approximately 0.5km).
- On exiting the station turn right (west) on Station Road.
- Take the second left along Avondale Road and continue up through the white gates.
- Keep walking up the hill past the Fire Station.
- Cornwall Record Office is the last building on the right.
Local bus services operate from the centre of Truro to the Railway Station, please follow the directions above from the Railway Station.
View a map showing location of Cornwall Record Office.
What to bring
Everyone using the Record Office is required to have a valid reader's ticket. If you do not have a CARN ticket from another record office, please bring some identification (with your name, address and signature) and a ticket will be issued to you.
Visitors will also need pencils, as no pens are permitted in the searchroom.
Please leave any bags, briefcases, body pouches, pencil cases, laptop cases, umbrellas, backpacks, coloured document folders or wallets, lever arch files, ring binders and plastic bags in the lockers in the locker room. You may bring laptop computers, transparent document folders or wallets, notebooks, loose papers, glasses, cameras, keys and pencils into the searchroom with you. We can supply a transparent plastic bag to hold these items.
Unless you are wearing your coat, please hang it on the coat hooks provided, or place it in your locker. You will need £1 coins to operate the locker - this is refunded when you have finished using it.
Searchroom etiquette
In order to keep the records in the best possible condition please do not smoke, eat (including chewing gum and sweets) or drink in the searchroom. Gloves and other preservation aids will be issued with documents, where necessary.
For the benefit of other users, please observe a quiet working atmosphere and ensure that your mobile phone or pager is switched off or in silent mode.
When you arrive you will be asked to sign in the visitors register - signing in means that you agree to abide by the searchroom Conditions of Access.
Laptops and cameras
Mains operated laptop computers may be used in the designated areas at the owner's risk.
Photography is allowed subject to a small charge and the completion of a copyright declaration form. However, we ask that you do not use a flash. The current charges are as follows: £5 per day, £15 per week or £100 per year.
List of charges
There is no charge to access the public searchroom and consult the documents in our care. However we do charge for the following additional services.
Self service photocopies (each A4 or A3 side)
Service photocopies (each A4 or A3 side)
EU copies handling charge (per 5 documents ordered)
EU research (hourly rate)
Non-EU research (hourly rate)
Daily camera charge
Weekly camera charge
Yearly camera charge
Digital image
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Digital photography/scanning handling charge (each order)
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Certified copies (each)
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Dogs in Brean beach four-hour rescue drama (From This is The West Country)
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Dogs in Brean beach four-hour rescue drama
11:10am Tuesday 18th December 2012 in Somerset
THESE two beloved family dogs are safely back home after a harrowing four-hour rescue ordeal.
Beagles Tucker and Ellie were being taken for an evening walk along Brean beach when they ran off in pursuit of a goat.
Their terrified owners feared the worst when Tucker got stuck on the cliffs at Brean Down.
Burnham Coastguard station officer Steve Bird told the Weekly News how the drama unfolded.
He said: "One of the dogs had managed to get quite high up and couldn't get down.
"We are fully trained to rescue dogs now and carry bags specially made for dogs to go in.
"We sent our cliff team out, which needs about nine people to set up the equipment.
"Two cliff rescue officers then descended from the top, and surrounded the dog (Tucker) and managed to capture him.
"The other dog (Ellie) was found curled up on rocks at the bottom."
Ellie had suffered a foot injury and was taken to a vet, but both she and Tucker are now safely at home with their relieved owners in Burnham.
Steve said: "People get very emotionally attached to their dogs and we understand that.
"The owners of these dogs were frantic and wanted to go up on the Down and there was a danger they would put themselves at risk.
"They were elated when their dogs were rescued.
"They have been on the phone since and said a big thank you to us."
Steve told the Weekly News the winter season is usually a quieter time for rescue teams but this was an exception.
He added: "It was freezing cold and it was a long night. My pager went off at 5.30pm and we got back at 10pm."