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History Edit
During the time of Avatar Kyoshi, a warlord known as Chin the Great conquered the entire Earth Kingdom with his armies, Ba Sing Se and Kyoshi's home peninsula being the sole exceptions. When the warlord marched his armies down to the neck of the peninsula, Avatar Kyoshi avoided a battle and managed to keep her people safe from invasion by using a combination of different bending techniques to separate their peninsula from the mainland and form an island.[1]
Centuries later, Kyoshi Island managed to stay out of the Hundred Year War until months before its conclusion when Prince Zuko invaded the island in search of the Avatar, Aang. The inhabitants of the island had no intention of inviting unwanted attention, and as a result were often hostile toward outsiders, fearing Fire Nation spies. However, inspired by the Avatar Aang's arrival on the island, the citizens gained new hope and adopted a more welcoming attitude. Additionally, the Kyoshi Warriors left to join the war effort in hopes of making a difference.[4]
A year later, Kyoshi Island had taken on a more active stance in politics. Upon Mai's request, the Kyoshi Warriors took on the role of becoming body guards for Fire Lord Zuko after several attempts to assassinate him.[5]
Government Edit
Kyoshi Island hosts minimal subsidiary connection to the Earth Kingdom imperial government. The village visited by Team Avatar was led by Oyaji, who served as a local judge and a sort of overseer to the Kyoshi Warriors, though the group was instructed by Suki.[3]
Culture Edit
Due to their isolation, the inhabitants of Kyoshi Island have a less refined culture than those of other Earth Kingdom settlements, such as Ba Sing Se, which has a very strict culture. Their homes are made of wood and have steeply pitched thatched roofs to prevent the accumulation of snow. Unlike most other Earth Kingdom locations, the inhabitants of Kyoshi Island wear primarily blue clothing.
Customs Edit
The Kyoshi Warriors are several all-female groups of fighters that are fiercely protective of the island and its people, with the most notable group led by Suki. While each village has its own forms and traditions, their fighting style with metal fans and clothing generally mimic those of Avatar Kyoshi. Their fighting philosophy emulates that of waterbenders, as it is based on the principle of using their opponents' force against them. The female warriors do not take kindly to training outsiders, especially men, in these unique methods.
Foods Edit
Due to their home's isolation, the islanders grow and catch most of their own food. Rice forms the staple of the Kyoshi Island diet, as well as fish; various kinds of sushi are available. In the nearby sea, there are elephant koi, which serve as the island's main source of commerce, and a giant eel known as the unagi. In the market of Suki's village, cucumbers, eggplant, wild nuts, taro root, apples, scallions, and daikon radishes were available.[3][1]
They also had an assortment of desserts, varying from cakes to iced pastries, indicating the existence of wheat fields and sugar canes.[3]
Cultural festivals Edit
Kyoshi Day is the most important holiday on the island. This celebration commemorates the day Avatar Kyoshi created the island in defense against Chin the Conqueror. A famous mural of Kyoshi at sunset was painted on the first Kyoshi Day and now resides in a shrine to the Avatar on the island. Kyoshi Day coincides with Avatar Day.[1]
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- Kyoshi Island is largely reminiscent of Japan, as it is part of an archipelago separated from the larger main continent. The warriors also wear armor similar to ancient Japanese armor, along with face paint similar to the face paint used in Japanese Kabuki. Furthermore, their food is based on traditional Japanese cuisine, they have Japanese-sounding names such as Suki and Oyaji, and use Japanese terms like kimono.
- The residents of Kyoshi Island wear blue clothing, instead of the traditional green worn by most Earth Kingdom citizens.
- Kyoshi Island is the first of two known landmasses which were created through man-made means, as Kyoshi forcibly separated it from the mainland using her bending skills. The second is Air Temple Island.
- Each village on Kyoshi Island has a leader and a band of female Kyoshi Warriors, both of whom serve and protect their citizens.[2]
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Avatar Day". John O'Bryan (writer) & Lauren MacMullan (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. April 28, 2006. No. 5, Book Two: Earth
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The Warriors of Kyoshi". Nick Malis (writer) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. March 4, 2005. No. 4, Book One: Water
- ↑ "The Serpent's Pass". Michael Dante DiMartino, Joshua Hamilton (writers) & Ethan Spaulding (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. September 15, 2006. No. 12, Book Two: Earth
- ↑ Gene Yang (w), Gurihiru (a). The Promise Part 1 (Jan 25, 2012), Dark Horse Comics


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Session FT 5.17
Managing safe drinking water in areas of armed conflict and ecological disaster from a gender perspective
- Women in Europe for a Common Future
- Environment and Population Research Center, Bangladesh
This session presented successful local actions of women's organisations in 5 conflict and disaster regions. The local actions provide safe water and/or sanitation to poor families. The work of these women organisations is like the work of the fire-fighter, putting water on the flames; reducing violence in conlict areas and reducing pain in disaster areas. This reduces the risk of conflict and disaster, and might prevent future conflict
Lessons learned, key messages, and orientations for action
- Considerably increase donor funds to existing women's and civil society organisations, both for capacity building and implementation.
- The Globa Monitoring Report data should include data on quality of drinking water, access data alone gives a wrong message
- Private banks like SNS (on the panel) want public participation as a guarantee for investment. Public participation should assure that funds are spend wisely and efficiently. It would be possible to provide a mix of capital, from donor and private sources, even for the poor parts of Cochabamba Bolivia.
- Increasing the local capacity to operate water systems is a means of strengthening social structures and democratization
- Carry out with local students, an analysis of the communities capacity and most of all, willingness to pay by home visits and focus interviews which etablish expenses (not income).
- Not only sign, but also implement, the operation contracts with the national government, which establish the investments by the local authority and the state, as well as the subsidies for the water-CBOs
- Women are the one's who manage the water in the communities, and therefore, as a women's organisation, we are more easily accepted to help them build up their community based water organisations.
- As a women's organisation we have an better negotiation position with the armed groups, they trust us more easily, and believe that we will really help the communities.
- The women we help to improve their quality of life will no longer migrate to the city slums
- By reducing the poverty in the communities, we reduce the economic interest for joining the armed forces
Local Actions presented
Water Supply in Rural Columbia
Gloria Amparo
Located in 3 departments along the pacific ocean, Cauca, Chocó y Nariño, isolated regions where armed groups are acting outside of the law, and there is an illegal production of coca, the project aimed at organising Community Based Organisation to take care of hygiene, water and sanitation activities.
There are now 23 functioning Community Based Organisations (CBOs), with 250 people involved in hygiene, water and sanitation activities, 10 social control committees and y 2 citizen's monitoring groups. 35 women and 44 men have been trained to increase the low level of committment communities and because women were not recognized a Women's representation by quota in the CBOs has been set up. A better presence of control entities of the state is required to mitigate the frequent political manipulation, and donors should provide funds timely and for longer periods to ensure the sustainibility of these organisations.
Rural water supply in Northern Afghanistan
Sybille Schnehage, Katachel
The organisation Katachel has worked for over 15 years in north Afghanistan, around Kunduz, building 770 wells, providing pensions for 300 widows, building 20 schools, building 60 km of road and bridges, paying for operations for wounded, building 170 loam houses and setting up income generating activities for war refugees returning from Pakistan. The founder of the organisation Sybille Schnehage, from Germany, explains that she is the only NGO to be working in the rural areas in North Afghanisatn. There are many NGOs in Kabul, but they and the state should be giving priority to the rural areas. Child mortality and poverty are extremely high, and the rural population remains an easy target for fundamentalists and drug barrons. With 99% illiteracy rate, education is the second priority, after safe drinking waters. The wells cost 500 Euro each, the schools are equipped with dry urine-separating toilets. In the village Akachel, on the highlands, it is impossible to make the 500 euro wells, as the groundwater is 100 meters deep. In this village it are not the girls, but the boys that need most support. The boys spend all day getting polluted water from a 15 kilometers far river, and have only 2 hours each day to go to school. Drilling a well for the village would be essential, but outside the means of Katachel. There is much more too do than Katachel, with an average annual budget of only 500.000 euro can pay for. Even though working in Afghanistan is still very dangerous, and the NG0 needs armed staff, it is necessary that more is done for the rural areas. One way to do so, is to support this women's initiative.
Emergency latrines in Sri Lanka
Kusum Athukorala, Network of Women's Water Professionals
After the Tsunami, the refugee camps had thousands of people been given shelter and food…but they shared one toilet. Many went into the surrounding areas, until a girl was raped. NetWwater, the Network of Women's Water Professionals in Sri Lanka, got together with universities and designed emergency latrines. The firs latrines, called 'Amila' which means priceless and clean in Tsingali, were simple pit latrines, but as the area is sandy, the pit was an old oil-barrel, foreseen to last 3 months. But as the refugees needed to stay longer and longer in the camps, NetWwater developed 2 other models, one with a desludging capacity and one with an aerobic filter.
Water quality mitigation in rural Uzbekistan
Gulbachar Izentaeva, Mehriban
With more than 85% of its water resources used for irrigation, water resources quality in Uzbekistan are highly affected with salinisation reaching 3 mg salt p/litre, and elements such as manganese, chlorine, sulphate and fluorine exceed EU standards and, according to our tests of water from rural areas (hand pumps) are not suitable for drinking. 5 million people continue to use water from open canals and polluted wells.
To raise awareness and improve safe drinking water and sanitation Mehriban started a pilot project in a rural school and in the village, in Karakalpakstan, the region affected the most by this poor water quality. The project focused on education and technology with the training of teachers and locals on health education, drinking water and ecological sanitation, the use of information materials (leaflets and posters), the preparation for construction of ecosan toilets (reuse of nutrients) in the school & households. And monthly water tests provide now a good information to the population. A pilot watercone was also tested, its average production is still low, about 0.7 litres per day, but the water was safe, salts were gone. And a research project with the University of Agriculture of Netherlands on improving agricultural practices in salty lands.
In the future, the organisation is finalist for a small project of the World Bank Development Marketplace entitled "Low-Cost Home Desalination project for the village". They plan to develop 100 household solar desalination stills, with a system that could work in cold climate.
Bilqis Amin Hoque, EPRC
Banladesh is one of the most densly populated countries in the world. Bangladesha lays at the end of three large international river basins, the largest being the Ganges. This leads to annual flooding, which peak between June and October, in the last 40 years, large floods and cyclones have cost between 300.000 and 900 lives, and into the billion dollars of damage. Banladesh has a new disaster, arsenic pollution of drinking water wells, 85% of territory is affected, some 30-60 million people. Drinking water contaminated with arsenic can lead to cancer and be deadly. The legislation in Bangladesh gives opportunities for women to become more involved in finding solutions to the above described disasters. Article 28(2): "Women shall have equal rights with men in all spheres of the state and public affairs" Atricle 28 (4): "Nothing in this Article shall prevent the State from making special provision in favor of women…….. ". Moreover, a policy for Safe drinking water for all has been set up, focusing on women and children, with the goal of providing Free safe drinking water for 80% contaminated villages
But, findings of EPRC's research show that despite these opportunities Floods and scarcity of water increased as well as. Microbiological risks. And that women are not trained and involved in the decision making and that their needs are neglected. The poor global monitoring system and the poor knowledge on pro-poor and gender-oriented capacity-building initiatives do not help facing this situation.
In conclusions, this study identified the steps needed to be taken :
· Improve policy, program and institutional capacity for appropriate gender mainstreaming
· Improve capacity building programs including knowledge and facilities
· Develop appropriate technologies
· Support networking and collaboration among women focused groups at local and international level
· Develop appropriate global and local monitoring programs, add water quality data
· Include river basin based (national and international) initiatives in IWRM towards sustainable drinking water
Uberlinda Reyes, Aqua Tuya, Cochabamba
Cochabamba was the scene of the water war, where some 30 civilians died. The reason for this water war was that the richer Northern part of the town received drinking water, and the southern parts not, and that the southern parts were asked to pay high prices by the new privatized company (from the US) for DW connection, prices they could not pay. The US firm has been thrown out, the leader of the water revolt is now minister of water in Bolivia, but the poor Southern neighbourhoods of Cochabamba still are not connected to the municipal water supply. Uberlinda Reyes, citizen of Cochabamba, has set up a neighbourhood water supply company, with 260 neighbours, supported by the programme "Aqua Tuya". They have negotiated hard with the municipal water supply, so that they could buy the needed equipment directly from the factories at reduced prices. Also, they receive the water in a central reservoir, and from there, they as citizen's organisation are responsible for disbtributing the water to the 260 households and for cashing the water fees. By this method, they managed to reduce the water price from 0,4 USD per cubic meter, to 0,2 USD per cubic meter. This is a very encouraging example, and would be good to copy to the other households of Cochabanba. However, to connect all households the municipality has calculated 80 million USD. How should this capital be found, and how should it be repaid, when the inhabitants of Southern Cochabamba are so poor, with average income of 20 USD per family per month? The programme Aqua Tuya, together with more citizen's initiatives, as well as with support of the private Dutch bank SNS, could maybe put together a mixture of donor and private funding, and applying the example of Uberlinda Reyes community organisation.


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The City College Bursary Scheme provides financial assistance to those students in most need of support. There are 2 types of City College Bursary, a Higher Bursary of £1200 and a Standard Bursary of £400.
The City College Bursary Scheme replaces the government Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) which has been discontinued by the government.
All eligible students can apply to the City College Bursary Scheme but please note that if you are in receipt of EMA in 2011/2012 under the government EMA transition arrangements* your bursary award will be adjusted to take this into account. It is not possible to make a new application for EMA in 2011/2012
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- You will be notified of the outcome by email to your college email account within 5 working days of receipt
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All students who received the maximum weekly EMA payment of £30 in 2010/11 will be eligible for £20 for each week they are in education or training, until the end of the 2011/12 academic year.
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The Clean House at Circle Theatre
- When: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, time TBA
- Where: Circle Theatre, Carmel
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The winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer, The Clean House represents the second production of a Sarah Ruhl-penned play currently running in Monterey County. (This, after a double-header of David Mamet's November and the other Mamet number at Cherry). The romantic comedy drops in on Lane (PacRep's Julie Hughett), a woman doctor whose model life is polished clean-and who would like her house to look the same-who hires Matilde (guest equity actress Rami Margron), a Brazilian aspiring comedienne, as a housekeeper. But Matilde is more concerned with formulating the perfect joke instead of cleaning: "If the floor is dirty, look at the ceiling." To complicate matters, Lane's husband, Charles (equity actor Remi Sandri), has an affair with another woman while Lane's sister, Virginia (MaryAnn Rousseau) shows up to interject some sisterly advice. John Rousseau directs as they all get down and dirty in themes of comedy, class and love. It runs to July 3. [WR]
7:30pm Thu-Sat; 2pm Sun; 7:30pm Wed June 16, 23; 7:30pm Sun June 20. Circle Theatre, Casanova between Eighth and Ninth , Carmel. $16-$35; discounts for seniors, teachers, active military. 622-0100. http://www.pacrep.org/.
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I'm gonna be in this rp with you guys now with my character Derrick))
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Everyone is responsible for their words
Dear Editor,
Most of us would not say certain things to someone�s face because we would be confronted by the tears in their eyes and the wobble in their voice and have no doubt that we have hurt them deeply.
So we email all of our venomous words instead.
Or type them as our status update in a moment of rage.
It�s much easier this way, so we never have to see how our cruelty wounds another person, but we all need to be reminded that the sting is still felt.
Our culture has made meanness into an art form. Opinions are developed from incomplete information and shared at large with no visible filter.
We talk about every little thing that irritates us without a single thought for how devastated another person may feel because of our rant.
Real people with actual feelings read tweets, emails and status updates.
We are all doing incredible damage to one another, but technology has provided a thin wall to cower behind so we never have to watch the tears fall.
We feel entitled to criticize decisions which we had no part in, and we do so publicly so that others will agree with us.
Every person is responsible for their words and actions.
We must stop hiding behind our computer keyboards. If you would be too timid to say something mean to someone�s face, walk away from the computer until the impulse to attack has subsided.
If you would not speak certain words in person or over the phone, do not type them either.
I dream of a world where we begin standing up against the meanness of people too bored and unhappy to keep their mouths shut.
It�s time to fight back, to stop being pushed around by bullies who type out angry sentences but won�t lift a finger to improve their community in any way.
Get informed on why certain decisions have been made.
There are always reasons and the responsibility falls on you to get the facts straight before you take to Facebook to insult those who have spent hours weighing the pros and cons of any situation.
If you don�t like all of the negativity and cruelty in your community, start pointing it out.
Don�t let it happen simply because you are afraid of someone�s anger coming in your direction.
Let�s turn this thing around, and the place to start is by standing up for justice and decency, and telling the bullies that if you can�t say anything nice, please don�t say anything at all.
Julianne Harvey, Crossfield
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The writing I do now is the result of a wild imagination that I have had since I was a child. It was always about action or adventure. It was about that imaginary guy driving the Hotwheels car over bridges that were collapsing and making it across just in time to go off to save the day. Or maybe I was flying that model of the Starship Enterprise around the confines of my bedroom and then beaming down to some planet to once again, save the day.
As I got older I would close the book at the end of a chapter and think about how I would proceed. Sometimes the author of the book and I were dead on but most times I found that I was just borrowing the writers characters and taking them on my own adventure, but they were always action adventures. There were television shows that I did this with as well. Batman the Animated Series. There was an episode where a little girls father would visit her nightly. He was gong mad and becoming a danger to her. By the time the episode was over, the Darknight would visit her at her window at night to make sure she was okay. Would you know that as this little girl grew up and fell in love with the Darknight and would eventually give her life to save him? Of course not. But I knew because this was my idea. Perhaps someday I'll write the story. But it will probably be an action adventure story.
With the encouragement of others in my life, I began to write. Most of the ideas I have had for any story have been action. There is a lot of feeling in action and usually, action worthy of most stories is the result of something really profound taking place. Love has always had its place in action. Love has set the stage for battles. Men will conquer for love, do good and evil as well for love. But even so, I have never let the aspect of love in any of my stories turn that story into a love story. It was never intentional, it is just that my goal has always been to write action adventures in a scifi setting.
Then comes the story I'm working on now. I originally thought it was an action adventure story set in the future. Some of the action scenes are glorious! But there was something about the story that I couldn't quite figure out, so I just put it aside. About a year later I had read a novel by Ashley Fontainne and I realized that it was her style of writing that the story needed. She had done a book giveaway for me and worked pretty damn hard to help me promote my book that weekend. I also had the opportunity to see just how much of herself she put into promoting her own work. Afterwards I wanted to thank her for what she had done for me and had no real idea as to how I would do that. The only thing I could think of was to ask her if she would want anything to do with the story idea that I had. I was really surprised when she accepted my offer.
It was after we began to work on the story that Ashley opened my eyes up to what it was we were working on. During her Friday Night Radio Show, while interviewing me, she asked if I would ever consider writing a love story. Even though I didn't know the answer to that question, she did. Like some clumsy fool tripping over his words I told her that a love story might be possible down the road. Anything is possible! What I didn't realize for quite a few days after, was that she was talking about our story, Corporate Affair. She knew long before I did that we are already writing one. Even when I came to realize what she was talking about I asked myself, really? Is that what we are writing?
Not that I have anything against writing a Love Story; I'm actually quite excited about writing it! There is a lot of emotion and passion at work here, well of course. I'm just saying that the action in this futuristic thriller or love story, is going to be that much better. With love, there is always much more at stake. One thing I have learned from Ashley, is to know the story you are working on! She is quite an impressive writer. So as of now, I am a co-writer of Romance. But don't worry, the Queen of Revenge promises to keep this story quite interesting! And you know something? Perhaps that Darknight story that I have wanted to write is really a love story after all. Who knows?


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Tennis great Rod Laver loses his partner in life
The biggest grand slam of Rod Laver's life had nothing to do with major tennis tournaments. He met Mary Shelby Peterson at the Jack Kramer Tennis Club. Then, in 1966, at a church in San Rafael, he changed that to Mary Shelby Laver. Game, set, match....Tags: Ken Rosewall, Tennis, Heart Attack, Australian Open, Lew Hoad
Los Angeles gives up its once-prominent stop on men's tennis tour
Bob Kramer spoke of the loss he is about to suffer, admitting he has a hole in his heart. He wasn't grieving a child or a parent, just a best friend. Kramer is director of a tennis tournament that will be no more. The Los Angeles men's tennis event that...Tags: Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, AEG, Andy Murray, Philip Anschutz
A lens on the Olympics: Shooting the Federer/Del Potro tennis match
FrameworkRobert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times Wimbledon: We're deep into the third set and Roger Federer is on the ropes. Down a break and facing defeat, he rushes the net as his opponent, Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, powerful and tenacious, lines up a... -
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2012 Australian Open TV schedule on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel
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Associated PressAlastair Martin, a longtime amateur tennis champion who helped transform the game by opening major tournaments to professionals, died Jan. 12 of natural causes at his home in Katonah, N.Y. He was 94. Martin was a longtime champion of court tennis, a...Tags: Ken Rosewall, Robert Kelleher, Lew Hoad, Obituaries, Family
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Brandon is a junior at Rome High School.
For his civic project, Brandon designed a unique project, plots for a community vegetable and flower garden that consisted of ten raised fertilized beds with ready access to water. To complete the project, he requested use of a vacant lot that belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church. He collected much of the needed equipment through local donations.
By the spring of 2012, the beds were in use by members of the local community, Westminster Christian Academy and Westminster Presbyterian Church for its Summer Feeding Program.
The only cost to the users was a nominal annual fee to reimburse for the water used for the beds. Brandon says that the project taught him the importance of organizing a multi-step project well, and he also learned the need for a leader to monitor and supervise the whole project to keep people on task.
Doing a project on this scale plus all the other Eagle requirements is daunting for most Boy Scouts, but Brandon had an additional obstacle.
For nearly two years, he struggled with ulcerative colitis, a condition that required numerous doctor appointments and two surgeries at Children's at Scottish Rite in Atlanta.
Both surgeries were successful, but required long recuperative periods and the need to catch up with schoolwork.
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Brandon intends to go on to college where he hopes to pursue a field of study that keeps him outdoors.


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I saw a youtube video of a battle and one of the pokemons moves was last resort but he/she didn't use all three other moves instead used one move mutiple times.I thought last resort only worked if you used all your moves.
Pika is right, but he said its not answering his question so, the video could be edited so only the good part is there or just a hack battle. Normally you have to use all other moves, so it could be a gimmick stradegy.
The only possible explanation is that the Pokemon only had two moves in its moveset. It is kinda a gimmicky strategy, but some people use it.
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MANATEE — There was a time not that long ago when freshman Cari Berry had no desire to play high school tennis.
Having played competitively since she was 9 years old, Berry became accustomed to viewing tennis as an individual sport. But after watching her sister, Elena, play tennis for the University of Delaware, Berry changed her mind. She wanted to see what it would be like to play for a team.
And she's never looked back.
"I just like playing tennis and I love the team," Berry said. "We're like a family, and I love it. I just came to help out the team and be a part of the teamwork and everything."
Growing up, Berry spent much of her time watching her two sisters play tennis. Berry picked up a racket for the first time when she was 7 years old and she has been playing ever since.
The home-school student joined the Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team. Before long Berry became the Lady Mustangs' No. 1 singles player. Berry dominated in her first season of team tennis, with her only loss coming against non-district opponent Riverview in the final match of the year.
"She's definitely been an exciting addition to the team, and she has the game to back it up," Lakewood Ranch coach Jason Golden said. "The other girls have really welcomed her with open arms."
Berry finished the regular district season undefeated and earned the top seed in the Class 3A- District 11 tournament April 15-16.
She breezed through the tournament, capturing her first district title and receiving an automatic bid to the state tennis tournament, which begins April 27. But Berry's championship run didn't end there. Instead, she followed up her singles performance with another district title after teaming up with Katherine Pyne in No. 1 doubles.
With the wins, Berry also helped cement the Lady Mustangs' third straight district title and a trip to the regional tournament.
"I just wanted to play really good," Berry said. "I thought that if we all played really good, then we would all do fine. I'm just really proud and happy that we won."
In addition to Berry, Pyne (No. 2), Alyssa Corcoran (No. 3), Jordan Yates (No. 4) and Victoria Gomez (No. 5) captured district singles titles.
"We knew coming in where we stood and the girls all looked really sharp," Golden said. "They were really focused and they played even better than I thought they would, but that's always a good thing."
Reaching the state tournament is nothing new for Pyne, who advanced last year in No. 1 doubles before falling in the state semifinals. Last year's finish was disappointing for the junior, and now Pyne is eager for another shot at redemption.
"It means a lot to be able to make it back to states," Pyne said. "Last year when we lost in the semifinals, I felt like it was my fault. But now I feel like I'm helping Cari (enjoy) this experience."
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Allen students get behind-the-scenes view of John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
Ereckson Environmental Club members Atticus Raymond (left) and Michael Conroy collect and evaluate water samples taken from John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
Regional wetland project reuses and cleans local wastewater naturally
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Allen, TX (Feb. 23, 2013) -- Ereckson Middle School Environmental Club (EEC) members got a rare behind-the-scenes look at John Bunker Sands Wetland Center in Seagoville, Texas, as a result of a grant from the Foundation for Allen Schools. EEC members visited the 2,000 acre man-made wetland area to learn about the unique site where wetland habitat naturally cleans and reuses water from the East Fork of the Trinity River.
"It was very interesting to see how wastewater can be turned into clean water by using plants and even creating a beautiful habitat for birds and other wildlife," said Gabby Perez, eighth grade leader of the EEC. "During our visit, we saw many beautiful herons, egrets, pelicans and many other birds enjoying the wetland area."
Wetland plants are often considered important to water quality for their biofiltration, or ability to remove contaminants from runoff water that eventually ends up in local creeks and lakes.
The East Fork Wetland Project is funded and constructed by the North Texas Municipal Water District. After seven to 10 days in the wetland, a pump station then transports the cleansed water through a 43-mile pipeline north to Lake Lavon for storage, additional treatment and delivery to the municipal water supply.
"By examining how precious runoff water may be naturally cleaned and reused using wetland plants, these students are learning about important ecology concepts and water conservation issues affecting our community," said Laurie Merrick, a science teacher and advisor to the Ereckson Environmental Club.
The club's field trip was funded by a grant from Foundation for Allen Schools, which supports classroom innovation and provides educational opportunities for Allen ISD students and teachers. Through grant support, EEC members have also worked on habitat restoration projects at the nearby Connemara Conservancy Meadow Preserve, including its new wetland habitat, and are studying the many ways communities can impact the quality and availability of clean water resources.
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IVAN LAJARA: Journalism wisdom not here
What do you get when you throw together into a single story a whole bunch of beginnings of stories that appeared over the previous year? A lazy column, that's what.
Yet, every now and then, people are shocked by the tone of this space, so we figured we'd show you the kind of shenanigans we've been able to get away with all this time, mainly because it's Christmas and no one is reading anything in print or online today. And using the royal "we" is a pretentious blast.
So this is our present to you, because we most certainly didn't buy you anything. You've been naughty. Don't bother to try to deny it.
Here are our favorites:
"SOCIAL MEDIA devotees went crazy last week when they found out that their astrological signs had changed. After much panicking, they found out shortly thereafter that the news was 2,000 years old, that their signs hadn't really changed and that (ouch!) it actually was a bit premature to remove their zodiac tattoos." - The dawning of the age of Ophiuchus, Jan. 19.
"Before the rise of the Interwebs, Hudson Valley residents who wanted to voice their opinions with their local representatives had to do excruciating things, like picking up a phone or throwing a shoe through their representative's windows." How to fight with pols without trying, Jan. 30.
"The average American will spend $116.21 on Valentine's Day stuff this year, according to the National Retail Federation, which means only one thing: You're far from being an average American, you cheapskate!" I Heart You and more bad grammar, Feb. 13, 2011.
"An IBM supercomputer competed in the Jeopardy game show and destroyed its human competition, to prove, once and for all, that computers are way better at answering completely useless trivia than people with way too much time on their hands." What do you think you're doing, Watson? Feb. 20, 2011.
"As the city of Kingston gets further and further embroiled in a massive scandal involving the school district and the police, a scandal that is now even being investigated by the state and the FBI, it is important to put things in perspective and focus on the important things, like the fact that city politicians are considering limiting yard sales." Yard sale fee plan as bad as ... yard sales, Feb. 27, 2011. Continued...
"A resolution that would require that 50 percent of items in vending machines in Ulster County government buildings be healthy has angered some county lawmakers because, apparently, the most important issue in the county is the crap that you put down your throat." Junk food proposal not healthy, May 15, 2011.
"A recent study has found - again - that New York is the freest state in the country, if you only count New York, that is." New York free to be not free, June 12, 2011.
"The gigantic controversy over a proposal to place affordable housing at the site of the former King's Inn in Midtown Kingston showcases that, when it comes to gigantic controversies, Kingston is kind of lame." King's Inn debate shows Kingston's ills, Aug. 7, 2011.
"As Hurricane Irene arrives, it is important to remember that ... OMG! A HURRICANE, JUST AFTER A QUAKE?" Making a storm out of a, uh, storm, Aug. 28, 2011.
"The practice of garbage pickup in the city of Kingston was going to be dumped when a trashy idea by the mayor of the city was proposed. But faster than you could add another crappy pun into this rubbish, the mayor seems to have thrown out the plan. What a waste of time." Something smells in Kingston, Sept. 18, 2011.
"Social network giant Facebook has unveiled new changes recently, including your 'Timeline,' what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 'the story of your life,' otherwise known as 'the return of old photos you thought you had erased of people holding your hair while you puke, which will render you unhireable for the rest of your life.'"
Facebook changes - in your face! Sept. 25, 2011.
"A city of Kingston committee has recommended a law under which parents can be ticketed if their children violate city ordinances, because, finally, children should learn to take responsibility for their ... WAIT! WHAT?" Kingston kids' law proposal seems childish, Oct. 23, 2011.
"Late last month, dozens of red goats were spray-painted on many newly renovated planter boxes that were installed in Kingston's Stockade District. This was an obvious statement, telling the city and everyone that vandals don't know how to make coherent statements about... seriously, what exactly does it mean?" Attack of the red goats in Kingston , Nov. 6, 2011.
"Black Friday might be gone, but when it comes to toys, there are still magnificent deals out there. And by deals, we mean choking, strangulation and impaling hazards." Toys are not food products, essentially, Nov. 27, 2011. Continued...
"Every so often, when there is a slow news day, newspeople panic because they're trying to figure out what to cover. (It's not like there's an economic crisis or anything, after all.) In the Life section, this important process is done by the editor by canvassing the area and sources for news stories. This is also known as playing 'Solitaire.'" This is why no news is good news, Dec. 11, 2011.
"The latest and most consequential Marist Poll ever reveals that the most annoying word or phrase, for the third consecutive year, is 'whatever' and that we don't know how to use the word 'consequential' in a sentence." Marist poll whatever whatever, Dec. 18, 2011.
You're welcome. Now where is that paycheck ...
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