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Like other reviewers here, we noticed a number of seeming long-term campers at this park, judging by the type and amount of "stuff" around their RVs. This wasn't so much the case in our loop (B) as it was in some other loops we saw from a distance, however. We also were very disappointed in the quality and type of restroom/shower facilities available, which were some of the worst we encountered on our recent 7,000+ mile trip (state and national park facilities included). They definitely are not in keeping with the standard of the rest of the park, which, except for the afore mentioned long-termer issue, was quite satisfactory.
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I agree with most of the reviewers here that the people who run this park are generally very friendly and helpful. The park is clean and quite family oriented, and our boys had a good time during our recent two night stay. On the downside, our cable didn't work very well (only about five channels were clear enough to see) and the wi-fi signal was too weak to use, even in the main building laundry room. I told the management about these issues upon check out, and the response was about as weak as the wi-fi signal (they'd have somebody "check it out"). In reading the other reviews here, it seems the wi-fi issue may be an ongoing one. However, all things considered, we would stay here again if we were in the area.
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The Dark Side of Nature.
TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.
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Watched in 4D - I turned on the electric fan on the highest setting. Intense!
Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.15
I unapologetically love this film.
See, this is the very definition of a Dumb but Fun Blockbuster™.
A Dumb but Fun Blockbuster™ needs the following things:
-an appealing cast of characters with leads that have the thinnest sliver of shallow backstory, so we can pretend we care.
-a bad guy that is unmistakably bad, because he's bad and does bad things. He could have equally bad henchman who are also really bad.
- a hefty dose of nonsensical over the top action with great special effects.
- a happy ending so we can all walk out feeling a bit better about the world.
Twister does all those things and adds a very original…
Huge announcement Letterboxd. Even though I am a grown man, I still have not decided what I want to be when I grow up. Well, I hadn't decided until this rewatch of one of the greatest films ever made, Twister. Your probably thinking to yourself, oh, FilmApe wants to be a storm chaser. If you are thinking that, you are wrong. Nope, I have decided that I want to be Phillip Seymour Hoffman. And no, I don't want pursue a career in acting, I just want to be PSH.
There's every movie ever, and then there's TWISTER. Well, not really, but to a select few growing up in the 90s, Twister was kind of a big deal. The conceit is applaud worthy. The novelty of storm chasing. The adrenaline rush. The teamwork. The rock n' roll spirit. A full day's tornado count from F1 up to F5. A drive-in twister attack that tears apart the frames of The Shining. Whose idea was that? Again, applause. The carnivorous sound design. Seriously, the twisters sound like dinosaurs. The Dorthy conceit. Corporate sponsors. Vendettas with nature. The suck zone. PS Hoffman whispering "suck zone". It's one of those films where almost every line can be spoken by me back to the screen. Nostalgia is rampant with this, but the cheese is just so delicious and you couldn't dream up a crazier cast for a tornado actionfest. "It's the wonder of nature, baby!"
I know there's a million things wrong with this film but I don't care.
I honestly think it's one of the most relaxed, fun, and enjoyable movies I've ever seen. It never takes itself too seriously, and yet never once do you think it's just a goof.
And the CGI isn't bad either for 1996.
One of the only movies I could watch over and over.
Enter the suck zone. Here's the paradoxical twist though: there's nothing sucky about it. Merely pure, spectacular, thrill-a-minute fun. Endlessly rewatchable and currently ranked #4 in my Top 10: Guilty Pleasures list.
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Bill Paxton is in it, and there is tornados, and Steven Spielberg produced it. You know it has to be entertaining.
As beautiful as the destruction the tornadoes cost, a cool movie about storms ripping everything apart in sight. Helen Hunt, very nice. I enjoy the one long chase after windstorms. It's not a masterpiece, but a damn fine movie and I appreciate it more after having been on the Universal ride (several times =] ).
Watched this instead of Capote. I don't know what it is about that movie, I've tried to watch it twice and his voice gradually gets under my skin more and more until I switch films. This was way more fun.
A Couple Flashes save it from being a wasted afternoon, but a rather Forgettable film Nonetheless
Melissa: I gotta go Julia, we got cows.
Another "classic" ticked off with the boys. Although I'd forgotten just how much it's all spectacle and little else. And interesting to see how "family" film standards have changed in the last 18 years. A lot more casual swearing in this than you see now, but less violence.
I had no idea Philip Seymour Hoffman was in this and now I'm sad. :(
Good visual effect's, but forgettable movie.
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Jan de Bont's Twister, starring Bill Paxton as Bill Harding and Helen Hunt as Jo Harding, is as wild and destructive as the subject matter it pursues. The film follows an ex-tornado chaser as he's forced to reunite with his team, and his soon-to-be-ex wife, during the peak of tornado season.
I'll start with the biggest point of praise I can offer the film: the special effects are of the highest quality. It's been 18 years since release, and still the tornadoes stand up to any modern…
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Kilometres of coastline on the Gulf of Mexico, a lively seafront with docks (it was a very active port town in the days of New Spain) and old trawlers, pleasant squares, and music and dance activities that never say die. Veracruz has plenty to offer - starting in late February with its fantastic carnival, the most famous in Mexico.
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Posted: 02/06/2014 - The Southeastern Conference has released its 2014 baseball television schedule which will feature Kentucky six times, it was announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon.
Posted: 02/06/2014 - The Southeastern Conference has released its 2014 baseball television schedule which will feature Kentucky six times, it was announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon.
Posted: 02/06/2014 - The seventh-ranked Railsplitters nearly rallied from 13-point second-half deficit but ultimately fell short in a stunning 77-79 loss to the Carson-Newman Eagles in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action on Wednesday in Holt Fieldhouse.
Posted: 02/06/2014 - Head Coach Dewey Lusk and his staff announced the signing of six players on Wednesday. Tim Coulter, Andre Hamilton, Corey Hilberath, Zach Large, Kashawn Lynch and Chris White have all signed to play collegiately at UVa-Wise.
Updated: 02/05/2014 - Union College guard DeAntray Stevens (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored a game-high 26 points to lead the way, as the Bulldogs leaped out to a big halftime lead and never looked back, knocking off Point (Ga.), 101-74, in Appalachian Athletic Conference action on Wednesday night.
Posted: 02/05/2014 - Union suffered a setback Wednesday in its quest of the Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season title as the Bulldogs dropped a 73-67 decision to host Point (Ga.).
Posted: 02/05/2014 - Junior Aisjah Roan (Louisville, KY) nearly posted a triple-double and the Lady Railsplitters withstood a late second-half rally to top the Carson-Newman University Eagles in wire-to-wire fashion, 73-68, in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action on Wednesday in Holt Fieldhouse.
Posted: 02/05/2014 - University of Pikeville head football coach Dudley Hilton added a strong mix of talent to his team that finished 7-4 last season with the signing of the Bears' 2014 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon at the Hoops Athletic Facility.
Updated: 02/05/2014 - It was not just a big Signing Day for the Kentucky Wildcats, several coverage area players signed Wednesday to play at the next level as well.
Updated: 02/05/2014 - National Signing Day was not only a big success for Mark Stoops and the Kentucky Wildcats, but also for several student athletes across the WYMT coverage area.
Posted: 02/05/2014 - Mark Stoops didn't have to go far to recruit Kentucky's best-rated class in school history.
Posted: 02/05/2014 - Eastern Kentucky University head football coach Dean Hood announced today that 19 student-athletes will join the Colonel program beginning this spring and next fall. The focus of the 2014 class was along the trenches as nine of the 19 signees are either linemen or tight ends.
Posted: 02/05/2014 - Head coach Mark Stoops and his coaching staff have finalized their 2014 recruiting class for the Kentucky football program, and what a class it turned out to be.
Updated: 02/05/2014 - Several Somerset Briar Jumpers have signed to play at the next level, including wide receiver Cam Cheuvront and utility player Will Lange.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Willie Cauley-Stein broke a slump with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 18 Kentucky shot 60 percent in the second half for an 80-64 victory over Mississippi on Tuesday night.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Securing wins in three games last week, the University of Pikeville men's basketball team made the NAIA take notice, moving up a spot to No. 2 in the coaches' top-25 poll released Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - After capturing two double-digit victories this past week, the Lincoln Memorial University men's basketball team moved to No.7 in the NABC/Division II Coaches Poll, which was released by officials with the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Tuesday.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - The Union College men's basketball team remained in 22nd in the latest NAIA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the National Office announced on Tuesday. This marks the third straight week that the Bulldogs are ranked in the poll.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - West Virginia State has been selected by the Mountain East Conference coaches to win the league's inaugural softball championship.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - The preseason coaches' polls for all Spring KIAC sports have been released. Teams picked by the coaches to win their respective sport are as follows: Point Park University (Baseball), Indiana University Southeast (Softball), Asbury University (Men's Tennis), Point Park University (Men's Golf), Brescia University (Women's Golf), Berea College (Men's Track and Field) and Berea College (Women's Track and Field).
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Kentucky not only returns its leading starter at every position from last season, but also every player that started a game in the infield in 2013 except one.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - The North Lawrence, Ohio, native finished her junior campaign with a .317 batting average, one home run and 20 RBI. She was also hit by a pitch 14 times, which tied for the lead in the OVC.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Reed is coming off a season as UK's Friday-night starter and No. 3 or No. 4 hitter in the lineup - the first player in program history to fill that dual role - earning First-Team All-Southeastern Conference accolades as the designated hitter.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Coverage on UKathletics.com will begin at 8 a.m. ET on Signing Day and continue late into the morning or early afternoon.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - Here are the storylines for the softball program as it enters the 2014 campaign, the second under the direction of head coach Natalie Layden.
Posted: 02/04/2014 - The four-poster series will feature current Wildcats on the men's basketball roster throughout the remainder of the home schedule.


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Africa is wanted by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office for UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 in Tuesday night's World Series opener.
In Gov. Sam Brownback's latest political TV ad he uses an infamous murder case to attack his opponent about state Supreme Court nominations.
An American video journalist being treated for Ebola is now free of the virus and will be released soon.
The International Association of Firefighters addressed the Wichita City Council.
Dozens of fans lined up bright and early Tuesday morning hoping to snatch up a ticket and a prime-time seat for Game 1 of the World Series.
The Royals are making their first World Series appearance in 29 years and Kansas City is celebrating.
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City Colleges Students Have New, Faster Transportation Option
On Monday, the City Colleges of Chicago will launch four hourly shuttle bus routes to connect its many campuses to one another and to transit facilities. Students can sign up to ride the buses for free, and free onboard wifi will allow students to finish those last-minute homework assignments.
The inter-campus shuttles, according to a board of trustees ordinance [PDF], will "remove a barrier to cross-registration" and "potentially reduce the use of personal vehicles." SCR Medical Transportation, which also operates paratransit vehicles for Pace, will run the shuttles through mid-2016 for up to $3 million. Students must sign up ahead of time to use the shuttle, and then can use their contactless ID cards to board the bus.
Four routes will offer full service on weekdays and limited service on Saturdays. They will run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays, with breaks between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.


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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — "All My Children" Episode Recap – Tuesday, February 22, 2011. IT HAPPENED TODAY… Tad and Cara pull off their "engagement" facade and the feds let her off. Jake awkwardly congratulates them and is taken by surprise when Tad says they will get engaged so immigration doesn't find out the truth. Greenlee asks Marissa… Read More »
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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — After firing Rebecca Herbst back in January, only to change their minds late last week, ABC has released a statement touting Herbst's staying on at the networks daytime drama "General Hospital." "Rebecca Herbst will continue on 'General Hospital' as Elizabeth Webber. The show is thrilled she will remain on the canvas to portray… Read More »
(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Out with one Christopher and in with another as "All My Children" writer Christopher Dunn is heading to NBC's "Days of our Lives" to fill the void left by the recently fired Christopher Whitesell. Dunn is expected to end his run at "AMC" this month in order to join "DAYS" on the breakdown… Read More »
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Hotel Pension Andreas achieves its 3-star rating admirably. Easily reached from here, Burgtheater and Vienna Opera House are sure to leave a good memory. During your stay in Vienna, a museum visit is always good; have a look in Hofburg, or perhaps try Kunsthistorisches Museum or Museum of History. This is a good location from which to visit Pasqualatihaus. It is only 0.7 km (0.4 miles) away. Children and adults alike will enjoy a visit to Prater Park.
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There's nothing worse that being a nutrition professor who gained weight. (Okay there are a lot of things that are worse but this is not good.) I've made no secret about my struggle to keep my weight down and have said time and time again that "knowledge is not enough." I've been at the two […] [Read More]
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Some lucky individuals need to eat more to gain weight. Unfortunately they get the brunt of snarky comments (sorry for the use of the word "lucky," I couldn't help myself) from people who struggle to keep the weight off. Truth is, if you have a fast metabolism, are very active or just don't have a […] [Read More]
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Traditional grilling season may be over but don't put away the grill just yet. This may be the perfect time to make pizza on the grill using all those antioxidant-rich tomatoes from the summer harvest. I love pizza with fresh tomatoes…don't you? One of my students, Kristen Perrella enjoyed pizza on the grill all summer […] [Read More]
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Are you a programmer that has been working with FileMaker for a while? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Geoff Coffey and Susan Prosser, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that explores each feature in depth, offers shortcuts and workarounds, and explains the ramifications of options that a FileMaker Pro manual doesn't even mention. Coffey and Prosser, begin by exploring FileMaker Pro's interface and, show you how to perform basic tasks, like entering data and then sorting through it again. Then, the authors show you how to use layouts to make data entry easier and how to create layouts that list and summarize your data. They continue by showing you how to create, connect, and manage multiple tables and how to set up complex relationships that show you just the data you need to see. Next, the authors show you how to use FileMaker Pro's 200+ functions to do the math for you. Then, they show you how scripting works, and learn how to make scripts for people to use. Finally, the authors show you how to protect your database with a password and how to use privileges to determine what folks can do once they get into your database. FileMaker Pro comes in several flavors, and this excellent book addresses them all. Each chapter contains live examples--step-by-step tutorials that help you learn how to build a database by actually doing it!Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — Search crews have begun looking for a Southern California man who left on a three-day backpacking trip Friday in the eastern Sierra and never returned.
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(The following is the first in a two-part series on Jonathan Papelbon's view of the Red Sox 2011 season, and what lies ahead for the closer as he heads into free agency.)
It's been 12 days since Jonathan Papelbon walked off the mound in Baltimore.
All that was known at that moment, just minutes after midnight, was that the Red Sox' closer had just watched one of his best big league seasons get punctuated with a walk-off, Robert Andino single that ended his team's season. Papelbon stood in front of his locker, answering all the questions, continuously repeating the mantra that, like the other setbacks within a six-year run as the Sox' closer, this punch-in-the-gut would make him stronger, as both a person and a pitcher.
It could have been a defining moment for many players, but because of what the closer had accomplished, and the events leading up to that ninth inning, the blown save had already been pushed down the list.
Then came the revelations in the days immediately after the Red Sox were sent home, starting with the team's parting of ways with manager Terry Francona.
"I wouldn't say surprised. That's a bad word to use. I would say more like shocked," said Papelbon from his Mississippi home regarding Francona's exit. "The shock value increased and the realization that, you know, if I come back to Boston next year … I was more like, is this really happening? I wasn't surprised. It's hard to be surprised in Boston because every little whisper people try to run with it. It's hard to be surprised."
But, according to Papelbon, there was one big "surprise" thrown the way of the entire Red Sox organization -- the evolution of the Red Sox' historic September collapse.
The closer explained that the reason the Red Sox didn't spring into action within their own clubhouse early on was because many of the issues dragging the team down appeared out of nowhere. And before they knew it, the Sox were sitting home during the postseason after going 7-20 in the regular season's final month, having not won back-to-back games since August 27.
"I think it just snuck up on us," Papelbon said. "It snuck up on Tito. I think it snuck up on [GM Theo Epstein]. I think it snuck up on the players, and I think it snuck up on the leaders in that Red Sox clubhouse that had been there for the past six, seven, eight years.
"That's why I feel like it's kind of hard to point a finger on somebody. But just as quck as it snuck on Tito, with the team being kind of out of sorts, I think it snuck up on the players and the general manager. It snuck up on everybody."
While Papelbon wouldn't identify what specific problems cropped up in that final month, one of the most polarizing issues involving the team was some drinking in the clubhouse during games by pitchers not appearing in that day's game.
As far as the closer was concerned, you could classify the drinking issue as one of those aforementioned surprises.
"I have no idea about that," Papelbon said. "I'm getting ready from the first inning. I come in from [batting practice], and when I get done with BP, I get my pregame meal and do what I need to, and then I start getting ready for the game. As far as starting pitchers drinking in the clubhouse, I would have never seen it because I'm worried about the Jonathan Papelbon-type things. I 'm not worried about if I need to go find out what the starting pitchers are doing. You see what I'm saying? So from 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock I'm trying to get locked in. From 7 o'clock on, I'm in my routine to go get ready. So, no, it was a shock to me. I had no clue."
By all accounts, Papelbon was one of the players who found a successful path throughout the season and didn't stray from the plan. In his first 32 save opportunities, the 30-year-old converted 31 of the chances. It wasn't until the final eight days -- when he blew two saves, both thanks to Andino's heroics -- that the reliever hit any significant bump in the road.
According to Papelbon, the regimented approach he embraced was something he assumed would be followed by his teammates.
"I think everybody in Major League Baseball is their own entity," he said. "So I don't get how people can say, 'You know this didn't work with that.' I think that I'm my own entity. And if I show up to work and bust my ass to put myself in position to do my job … I put myself in position to do my job. If I could put myself in a position to be successful every day, then that's all you can ask from every guy in that clubhouse. And I can't answer that for each person. I don't know if they're doing what they feel like they need to be doing to be successful. That's their personal approach."
"I'm the type of player that … I'm not going to tell you who or what the situation was, I mean they were all minor situations … I need to light a fire up underneath this guy to get him going. … There's a lot of times where I'll be in the dugout and I'll just go up to Dustin [Pedroia] and I'll look into his eyes. I'll be like, 'Alright, you're ready to go. You're not ready to go. You need to find a way to get ready. Let's go.' …
"I feel like I'm trying to do my job, yet at the same time make sure the guys behind me are ready to go, too. I'm just that kind of player where I feel like in that clubhouse, I know what it takes to succeed and I can just look into somebody's eyes and know whether they're ready to go or not. Just like when I'm out there pitching, I can look into those hitters' eyes and know if they're good or not."
When asked at what point he truly started to see some concerning trends in the Red Sox' clubhouse, Papelbon said, "When we were in Tampa Bay, middle of September. When we went there, we lost."
It was a three-game series that saw the Sox get swept by the Rays, extending a losing streak to five games while cutting the Red Sox lead over Tampa Bay in the wild card race to three games.
And, evidently, Papelbon wasn't alone in his concerns.
While most have identified Francona's early September team meeting in Toronto as the moment the Sox attempted to cut their growing troubles off at the pass, Papelbon (and others) point to a meeting called by David Ortiz after the Tampa Bay series as an example of the Sox confronting their crumbling performance.
"You could see the things kind of like, the team kind of unraveling a bit, and I know David could kind of see that, you know, the frustration. So he called a team meeting," Papelbon remembered. "I'm not going to tell you what the team meeting was about. It was just like, 'Hey, let's get our act together. I'm one of the leaders, and this is what we have got to do to succeed. This is what we can't do to fail.'
"I think that not to say it (earlier) isn't David's fault by any means because he didn't know the timing of the whole … [Jason Varitek], [Tim Wakefield] and myself and Dustin and some of the guys that had been in the clubhouse for a little while, had we said, 'Hey, let's get these guys together, let's get our team together, and kind of re-evaluate our plans for the end of the season … if it was two weeks earlier, we might not be sitting on the phone taking about this. This is all hindsight. Nobody knows."
As for the question of whether there was enough clubhouse leadership, Papelbon was once again reflective.
"That's hard to say whether there was enough of that leadership, or whether there was not," he said. "I think that all of us, including Tito, including myself, including David Ortiz, including Dustin Pedroia, including some of these guys in this clubhouse for years and years and years, I think for a lot of us, it was a little too late to realize that, hey, you know what? We're the guys that need to lead this clubhouse."
Papelbon, who will be eligible for free agency five days after the conclusion of the World Series and has not yet talked contract with the Sox, can't predict what the future might hold. He does, however, know one thing …
"If you're saying I had to go through (a situation like) that last month of September for an entire season? No, who would want to do that? We were getting our asses kicked," he said. "Every year things change. Every year clubhouses change. Personnel changes. Do you see what I'm saying? One guy goes, another guy comes in. I don't have a crystal ball. I can't tell you what that clubhouse is going to be like. Yeah, so it's tough, man."
(Part 2, Tuesday: Papelbon ready for the brave new world that is free agency.)
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text: DSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/70 2014-10-30T14:25:28Z CONTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC PROFILES, HISTORICAL MAPS, AND DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL TO DEFINE BURIED GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE VENICE LAGOON SUBSOIL (ITALY) http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9122 Title: CONTRIBUTION OF SEISMIC PROFILES, HISTORICAL MAPS, AND DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL TO DEFINE BURIED GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE VENICE LAGOON SUBSOIL (ITALY) Authors: Rizzetto, Federica; Tosi, Luigi; Zecchin, Massimo; Brancolini, Giuliano; Baradello, Luca Abstract: Recently, the integrated analysis of Very High Resolution Seismic (VHRS) profiles, satellite images, aerial photographs, maps, and topographic/bathymetric data has given an important contribution to the identification of buried geomorphological features in the Venice lagoon subsoil down to about 30 m b.s.l.. Investigations allow to attribute these features to the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene and to point out their relation with the evolution of the lagoon basin. Results of this study are also assuming great importance in relation to coastal environmental problems. Relict sandy geomorphological features, characterized by high permeability, act as preferred pathways for groundwater flow and solute transport, enhancing saltwater intrusion in the watershed (Carbognin & Tosi, 2003; Carbognin et al., 2005; Pousa et al., 2007). Furthermore, salinization process can also trigger land subsidence induced by clayey particles rearrangement (Meade, 1964). In addition, the different kinds of deposits that characterize geomorphological features are responsible for a differential lowering of the territory (Teatini et al., 2005). Aerial photograph and satellite image interpretations, analysis of historical and recent maps, field surveys, and topographic/bathymetric investigations were first used to identify the main buried and surface geomorphological features. Afterwards, an important contribution to the present study was given by a single channel VHR seismic system, optimized for surveys in shallow water less than 1 m depth (Brancolini et al., 2006; Brancolini et al., 2007). Seismic profiles were calibrated and validated using geological information obtained from existing cores. The detailed reconstruction of the seismic-morpho-stratigraphic units present in the subsoil of the Venice Lagoon is still in progress. It is obtained integrating results of the investigations previously described with sedimentological, stratigraphic, geotechnical, mineralogical, textural, and paleoenvironmental data, and 14C dating (Serandrei Barbero et al., 2006; Tosi et al., 2007a; Tosi et al., 2007b). The combined interpretation of results obtained from remote sensing investigations, topographic/bathymetric measurements, VHRS surveys, and analysis of multidisciplinary geological data allowed the discovery and characterization of buried paleoriver beds, ancient tidal channels, and paleobeach ridges and pointed out the relation among geomorphological features occurring in the lagoon basin and in the watershed. In fact, most of the features recognized in the mainland, which apparently come to an end in correspondence to the lagoon margin, continue into the lagoon basin, where their identification is made difficult by the presence of water and by depositional/erosive processes active in this kind of environment. Data show that relict geomorphological features composed of high permeability deposits provide the hydraulic connection between freshwater aquifers and the sea. In particular, results of the present study point out that well developed paleoriver systems, intersecting the southern lagoon margin and the nearby coastline and characterized by permeable sediments, represent preferential way of communication among waters having different salinity. By contrast thick silty-clayey layers preclude the salty pollution in the aquifers from the lagoon and the sea. As pointed out close to the lagoon margin (Rizzetto et al., 2003), the different kinds of deposits, related to the presence of distinct geomorphological features, contribute to the differential lowering of the lagoon basin (Teatini et al., 2005). In particular, organic soils correspond to highly sinking areas, whereas sandy-silty sediments, which constitute fluvial and beach ridges, are more stable. Future investigations have to be addressed to the quantitative geomorphological analysis aimed to know the past hydrologic conditions of the drainage systems, and to analyze the formative processes that control the morphological setting and evolution of lowland fluvial river and tidal creek systems. 2009-07-08T22:00:00Z In Situ Treatment of Contaminated Water Environments: The Experiment of the Arsenale Vecchio, Venice Lagoon, Italy http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9116 Title: In Situ Treatment of Contaminated Water Environments: The Experiment of the Arsenale Vecchio, Venice Lagoon, Italy Authors: Bonardi, M.; Ravagnan, G.; Stirling, J.A.R.; De Pieri, S.; Tosi, L.; De Sanctis, S. Editors: Marabini, F; Galavani, A; Ciabatti, M; Barazutti, M Abstract: We report on the results of an experiment of in situ bioremediation by forced aeration, carried out in the Arsenale Vecchio shipyard dock basin of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. The experimental area is characterized by its limited size and reduced boat traffic. The forced aeration technique chosen for the oxygenation of the highly polluted bottom sediments and of the water column above does not obstruct harbor activities and is unique due to its innovative use of a system of porous pipes laid on the bottom sediments. The general recovery of the polluted shipyard dock basin resulted in the documented return of small fish to the area as an indication of a less polluted environment. Most important the bioremediation of the water body above the bottom sediment favours, with time, the formation of a clean natural sediment capping over the bottom contaminated sediments. Post-experiment control after fifteen months of aeration with no extra oxygen added, shows the presence of clean light grey sediments with no foul septic smell, deposited over the polluted bottom sediments. The experiment has indicated that oxygenation by porous pipe forced aeration could represent a cost effective and environmentally feasible way for the recovery of shallow marine and fresh water systems, in situations where other techniques may not be economically and/or environmentally feasible. 2007-11-03T23:00:00Z LAND SUBSIDENCE MONITORING TECHNIQUES A NEW STRATEGY ADOPTED IN THE VENETIAN AREA, ITALY http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9110 Title: LAND SUBSIDENCE MONITORING TECHNIQUES A NEW STRATEGY ADOPTED IN THE VENETIAN AREA, ITALY Authors: Carbognin, Laura; ISMAR (Institute of Marine Sciences) - CNR (National Research Council). Castello 1364, 30122 Venice, Italy.; Teatini, Pietro; Dept. of Methods and Mathematical Models for Scientific Applications, University of Padova, Via Trieste 63, 35121 Padova, Italy.; Tosi, Luigi; ISMAR (Institute of Marine Sciences) - CNR (National Research Council). Castello 1364, 30122 Venice, Italy. Editors: Marabini, F; Galavani, A; Ciabatti, M; Barazutti, M Abstract: Among recent research topics dealing with land subsidence in the Venice region, great attention has been given to monitoring techniques. Recently, SAR-based analyses have been used to complement the ground-based methods, and an integrated monitoring system based on levelling, GPS, and InSAR techniques (SIMS), able to optimize the areally distributed information and to provided synoptic maps of ground surface displacements with high accuracy and reliability for both small areas and al regional scale was developed. 2007-11-03T23:00:00Z Saltwater contamination in the lowlying coastland of the Venice Lagoon, Italy http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9095 Title: Saltwater contamination in the lowlying coastland of the Venice Lagoon, Italy Authors: Deiana, Rita; Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Morari, Francesco; Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals, and EnvirolUnent, University of Padova, Legnaro (PD), Italy; Teatini, Pietro; Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Tosi, Luigi; Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Venezia, Italy; Viezzoli, Andrea; Aarhus Geophysics APS, Aarhus, DelUllat'k Editors: Wiederhold, Helga; Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics; Michaelsen, Johannes; CONSULAQUA; Hinsby, Klaus; GEUS; Nommensen, Broder; LLUR Abstract: TIle southem portion ofthe Venice coastland includes a very precarious environment. Due to an elevation down to 4 m below msl, ilie Venice Lagoon atld Adriatic Sea proximity, and the encroachment of seawater from ilie mouth of the river network up to 20 km inland, salt contamination of land atld groundwater is a severe problem that is seriously affecting the farmland productivity. An interdisciplinary multi-scale research is ongoing with the aim of understanding ilie contamination process, quantifying the effect of ilie saltwater intrusion of the crop production, and proposing possible mitigation strategies. A 21-ha representative basin has been selected and deeply monitored from the hydrogeological atld agricultural points of view. It has been clearly outlined that in the upper 5 to 10 m mainly the lowpermeable soils are contaminated by salt. Conversely, fresh to brackish waters are located in the sandy elongated paleo-channels. This is likely due to the origin of the area which was a salty marshlatld since one century ago. The freshwater supplied for almost 100 years by the rainfall and leakage from the river and chatlnel beds has been able to reduce ilie salt concentration only in the highly permeable deposits. 2014-06-05T22:00:00Z COULD SALT WATER INTRUSION AND LAND SUBSIDENCE TRIGGER SOIL DESERTIFICATION IN THE CATCHMENT SOUTH OF THE VENICE LAGOON (ITALY)? http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9081 Title: COULD SALT WATER INTRUSION AND LAND SUBSIDENCE TRIGGER SOIL DESERTIFICATION IN THE CATCHMENT SOUTH OF THE VENICE LAGOON (ITALY)? Authors: Tosi, Luigi; Istituto di Scienze Marine - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Venezia, Italy; Teatini, Pietro; Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Università di Padova; Strozzi, Tazio; Gamma Remote Sensing, Gümligen BE, Switzerland; Rizzetto, Federica; Istituto di Scienze Marine - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Venezia, Italy; Carbognin, Laura; Istituto di Scienze Marine - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Venezia, Italy; Putti, Mario; Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Università di Padova Abstract: The catchment south of the Venice Lagoon is threatened by shallow aquifer salinization and land subsidence. Although the area is not experiencing everywhere saline contamination and high sinking rates, a very serious situation has been brought to light in a large portion of the coastal farmland. The salt water contamination, recently investigated within a series of research projects, i.e. ISES, BRENTA, Co.Ri.La. 3.10-3.16, extends up to 20 km inland from the coast (Carbognin and Tosi, 2003; Rizzetto et al., 2003; Carbognin et al., 2005, 2005b). The depth of the fresh/salt-water interface varies from 1 to 30 m below the ground level and exhibits a significant, mainly seasonal, time variation. The dynamics of the soil salinization process is especially sensitive to changes in river (Brenta, Bacchiglione, Adige, Gorzone) discharges, in groundwater and channel levels regulated by a number of pumping stations of the reclamation network, and in weather conditions. At the same time an ongoing land subsidence with rates varying from few mm/yr to cm/yr affects the southern lagoon margin and the nearby watershed (Tosi et al., 2000; Teatini et al., 2007). The settlement of these territories is mainly due to natural consolidation (Teatini et al., 2005) and geochemical subsidence, i.e. peat oxidation promoted by farming activities (Gambolati et al., 2005). Salt water intrusion and land subsidence combined with significant dry seasons expose this area to the potential soil desertification. The combined effect of both processes is producing an alarming social and environmental impact on the south Venice coastland, also in relation to the expected global climate change. 2007-09-11T22:00:00Z The coastal hydrogeological system of Mar Piccolo (Ionian Sea, Italy) http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9054 Title: The coastal hydrogeological system of Mar Piccolo (Ionian Sea, Italy) Authors: Zuffianò, L.; Basso, A.; Casarano, D.; Dragone, V.; Limoni, P.P.; Santaloia, F.; Polemio, M. Abstract: The Mar Piccolo (literally "narrow sea"), a sea internal basin which is part of the Taranto Gulf, located along the Ionian coast in southern Italy (Apulia region), represents both a peculiar and sensitive environmental area and a national environmental and social emergency due to the level of sea water pollution due to the pollutants coming from the close industrial area of Taranto. The area, located between the southern part of the Murgia plateau and the Ionian sea, is geologically characterized by a sequence of Mesozoic limestone (the Apulian carbonate platform) constituting the foreland of the southern Apennines chain. The Mesozoic sequence is intensely fissured and karstified, and forms an important groundwater reservoir. The aquifer occurring in the carbonate sequence of the Murgia plateau feeds numerous coastal springs and constitute the main local source of pure fresh groundwater. Galeso, Battentieri and Riso are the main subaerial springs located along the coast of Mar Piccolo, not far from the town of Taranto. This area is also characterized by several submarine springs, locally called "Citri". Submarine freshwater discharge plays an important, though not well quantified, role in the hydrogeological equilibrium of the system, but also the source of the spreading of many pollutants in the Mar Piccolo area due to the close presence of one of the largest European steel mill together a number of hazardous industrial activities of other types. The paper describes the efforts and the preliminary results to define a detailed conceptualisation of the aquifer as main support to characterise the hydrological balance of the internal sea and the quality of sea water and the effect on of the ecological equilibrium of the coastal environment. 2014-05-31T22:00:00Z Hydrogeological modeling for sustainable groundwater management under climate change effects for a karstic coastal aquifer (Southern Italy) http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9053 Title: Hydrogeological modeling for sustainable groundwater management under climate change effects for a karstic coastal aquifer (Southern Italy) Authors: Polemio, M.; Romanazzi, A. Abstract: Seawater intrusion is a pervasive problem affecting coastal aquifer, where the concentration of population and the increasing water demand creates risks of overexploitation, especially in those areas where is the only resource of drinking and irrigation water. This phenomenon is more considerable for the coastal karst aquifers, as observed in many Mediterranean countries and in some Italian regions as Friuli, Sardegna, Sicilia, Lazio, Campania and Puglia. This note aims to describe a research activity finalised to define a numerical model as management tools for groundwater resource of Salento (South Italy) to reduce the quantitative and qualitative degradation risks. The numerical codes used was MODFLOW (McDonald and Harbaught, 1988) and SEAWAT (Guo and Langevin, 2002). The active domain of the study area (active cells) covered approximately 2,300 km2 with 45,925 cells. Vertically, to allow a good lithological and hydrogeological discretization, the area was divided into 12 layers, from 214 to -350 m asl. Thickness and geometry of layers was defined on the basis of the aquifer conceptualisation based on the 3D knowledge of hydrogeological complexes. On the basis of detailed geological and hydrogeological conceptualisation, the climate change effects were considered in terms of natural recharge variations from 1930 to 1999 (Cotecchia et al., 2005; Polemio and Casarano, 2008). To take account of anthropogenic activity, mainly due to tourism and agriculture, the discharging trend was assessed, focusing on late decenniums (eighties and nineties), in which the discharge increase was mainly observed. Models representing the natural steady-state condition (using data of thirties) and transient scenarios of late decenniums were realised. The purpose of this first model implementation was, besides validated model, to assess the groundwater availability and quality in a recent period of seventy years (Polemio and Romanazzi, 2012; Romanazzi and Polemio, 2013). Results emphasize an essential decrease of piezometric levels and a worsening of seawater intrusion. On these bases, six forecasting transient scenarios were implemented, referred to future periods of about twenty years (2000-2020, 2021-2040 and 2041-2060) with the aim to predicting the evolution of piezometric level and seawater intrusion. For forecast data about precipitation and temperature, among the many models in the literature, we referred to the model developed by Giorgi and Lionello (2008), in relation to the defined scenario A1B. The model predicts temperature variations (°C) and precipitation percentage variation for the period 2001-2100. It was considered an average temperature variation form 0.9 °C (2001-2020) to 2.4 °C (2040-2060). Precipitation shows a negative percentage change (referred to 1960-80) equal to -3.9, -5.9 and -9,0% respectively for 2000-2020, 2021-2040 and 2041-2060. These climatic data are in agreement with other climate change models (Garcia- Ruiz et al., 2011). For the three future scenarios new recharge and discharge were assessed. In terms of discharge, they are mainly due to irrigation. For this kind of future utilisation two hypotheses were considered. The first assumes that type and extension of cultivations will be steady and, as an effect of climate change, the pressure on groundwater resource will further rise as necessary to satisfy irrigation demand (Dragoni and Sukhjia, 2008; Goderniaux et al., 2008). In the second hypothesis the irrigation discharge will be steady and equal to those of the 1999 due the adaption of cultivation types and irrigation practices. In both cases the scenario results show a general decrease of the piezometric head and a deterioration of water quality caused by seawater intrusion (Romanazzi et al., 2013). The results call for new land and groundwater resources management criteria. Considering the Water Framework Directive (EC, 2000) and international and regional experiences (LaMoreaux, 2010; Jiménez-Madrid, 2010; Polemio et al., 2009, Polemio et al., 2010), the study area was subdivided in three zones. To define the zone boundary, the threshold criterion was used (Polemio and Limoni, 2001; Polemio et al., 2009). The threshold between pure fresh groundwater and any type of mixing between fresh and saline groundwater was defined equal to of 0.5 g/l. In the first zone, the coastal zone, salinity was always (in the past) above the threshold, a transition zone, where salinity was variable respect to the threshold, and a third zone or inland zone where salinity value was permanently below the threshold. These three zones were implemented in the model. Different combinations of discharge criterions applied to these zones suggest the best choices to be applied for management criteria able to safely considered the future effects of climate changes. 2014-05-31T22:00:00Z A peculiar case of coastal springs and geogenic saline groundwater: the Santa Cesarea Terme thermal springs (Southern Italy) http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9052 Title: A peculiar case of coastal springs and geogenic saline groundwater: the Santa Cesarea Terme thermal springs (Southern Italy) Authors: Polemio, M.; Limoni, P.P.; Liotta, D.; Palladino, G.; Santaloia, F.; Zuffianò, L. Editors: Wiederhold, H.; Michaelsen, J.; Hinsby, K.; Nommensen, B. Abstract: Carbonate aquifers, located in foreland tectonic settings, could represent important thermal water resources outside the volcanic areas, supplying spas or geothermal installations. Thermal springs constitute the discharge areas of deep marine and continental groundwaters flowing within these carbonate aquifers whose hydraulic conductivity and the relevant geothermal fluid migration are strictly controlled by both the discontinuity network and the karst processes involving the foreland environment. An example of these springs occurs along the south-easternmost portion of the Apulia region (Southern Italy) where some sulphurous and warm waters (22-33 °C) flow out in partially submerged caves located along the coast, thus supplying the spas of Santa Cesarea Terme. These springs are known from ancient times (Aristotele in III century BC) and the physical-chemical features of their thermal waters resulted to be partly influenced by the sea level variations. Some hypotheses about the origin of these warm waters were proposed up to now by previous researches but some uncertainties still exist. For this reason, the area has been selected in order to define the conceptual model of the geothermal resources related to the thermal springs and, as a consequence, the origin of the thermal springs. It is one of the pilot site of the Vigor Project (Evaluation of the geothermal potential of Regions of Convergence), promoted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and National Research Council. Santa Cesarea Terme zone is located within the Apulia carbonate platform, the foreland of the southern Apennines, which consists of Jurassic-Cretaceous limestones, thick more than 5 km in the study area and affected by intense karst processes, resting above the Late Triassic evaporite (Burano Fm) and, unconformably, overlaid by Cenozoic calcareous successions. Belonging to a coastal area, the studied groundwater, whose top is located almost to the sea level, is involved in saltwater intrusion and therefore the salt-fresh water interface occurs at some meters below the sea level moving inland. Geological and hydrogeological surveys, including geo-electrical prospecting, and chemical and isotopic analyses of both groundwater and seawater have been carried out. Stable isotopes (δ18O, δD) were used to define the origin of the thermal waters and the recharge mechanism of the geothermal systems while the unstable isotope (3H) was determined for estimating the age of the thermal waters and to define the conceptual model of this low temperature geothermal resource. All the data have been analysed to improve the knowledge of the groundwater flow system, thus assessing the possibility of using low-temperature geothermal fluids to fulfil the thermal needs of the town of Santa Cesarea Terme. In this narrow area, the source of geogenic salinization of spring groundwater was referred to ascending very deep groundwater, more saline than current sea water.The geochemical composition and the physical features of the sampled waters suggest that thermal waters should be moving from ancient seawaters subjected to intense evaporation processes, infiltrated at great depth within the seabed substratum. Afterwards, these thermal fluids should flow up through the almost vertical structures, related to the transtensional structures, identified within a narrow sector of the studied territory. 2014-05-31T22:00:00Z Hydrogeological model of a complex coastal aquifers: the case of Sibari Plain (Southern Italy) http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9051 Title: Hydrogeological model of a complex coastal aquifers: the case of Sibari Plain (Southern Italy) Authors: De Rosa, R.; Università della Calabria; Romanazzi, A.; CNR-IRPI, Bari; Apollaro, C.; Università della Calabria; Cianflone, G.; Università della Calabria; Vespasiano, G.; Università della Calabria; Dominici, R.; Università della Calabria; Molinari, P.; Agrinconsulting Roma; Polemio, M.; CNR-IRPI, Bari Editors: Wiederhold, H.; Michaelsen, J.; Hinsby, K.; Nommensen, B. Abstract: The increasing overexploitation of water resources is observed on a global scale in the previous decades; this trend involves the coastal regions of Mediterranean Basin (Van Beynen et alii, 2012). As an effect of increasing groundwater discharge from coastal aquifers, the phenomenon of seawater intrusion is becoming a serious problem for most of the coastal aquifers, especially in the Mediterranean area (COST, 2003; COST, 2005). The aim of this paper is to present the modeling of a coastal porous aquifer located in the complex plain of Sibari (Southern Italy), a plain deeply modified as an effect of reclamation works realized after thirties. The model was implemented using piezometric historical data (from thirties) to establish the effect of seawater intrusion when the well discharge was negligible (natural conditions), the modification in subsequent decades, to be used for forecasting purpose and for evaluate the evolution of groundwater resource. The area actually represents a landscape with anthropic equilibrium based on the works of a land reclamation project (1960s-1990s). Study area is about 365 km2 for a coastline of about 35 km, about which an hydrogeological conceptual model was defined. The area can be conceptualized into three hydrogeological complexes (from the top): sand complex, a clay complex and a sand and conglomerate complex, constituting the deep aquifer, the bottom of which is not well-defined. Shallow aquifer is predominantly fed by direct rainwater infiltration. Deep aquifer is fed by outflows of the mountainous aquifers as the case of limestone aquifer of Pollino Mount,and of shallow granitic aquifer of the Sila massif (Guerricchio and Melidoro, 1975). The maximum piezometric levels of the deep aquifer are equivalent to approximately 40 m asl, so in some areas it presents artesian feature. The computer codes selected for numerical groundwater modelling were MODFLOW (McDonald and Harbaugh, 1998) and SEAWAT (Guo and Langevin, 2002). This groundwater flow modelling is based on the concept of a equivalent homogeneous porous medium by which it is assumed that the real heterogeneous aquifer can be simulated as homogeneous porous media within cells or elements (Anderson, 2002). The modeled aquifer area was uniformly discretized, using Peclet number, into a finite difference grid of 97,735 cells of 240 m x 350 m. For the vertical discretization, model was divided into five layers of variable thicknesses, defined on the basis of a multi-methodological geological survey. Climatic, hydrological and agricultural data were processed to defines inputs for the numerical model based on the variable-density flow. An hydrological balance using monthly and annual of 13 thermo-pluviometric stations falling in the study area, in the time period 1930-1975, was done (Polemio and Casarano, 2008, Polemio et alii, 2013). The numerical model was calibrated with PEST code with a correlation coefficient equal to 0,90. Preliminary results of steady flow and of groundwater salinity spatial are now available and shows it is not sustainable in the case of shallow aquifer and it can be improved in the case of deep aquifer. 2014-05-31T22:00:00Z Statistical analysis of rainfall, river head and piezometric level data of central-Adriatic alluvial aquifers http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9050 Title: Statistical analysis of rainfall, river head and piezometric level data of central-Adriatic alluvial aquifers Authors: Chiaudani, A.; Engineering and Geology Department "InGeo", "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti-Pescara; Polemio, M.; CNR-IRPI, Bari; Palmucci, W.; Engineering and Geology Department "InGeo", "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti-Pescara; Rusi, S.; Engineering and Geology Department "InGeo", "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti-Pescara Abstract: The statistical and hydrogeological analysis of the relationships between rainfall, river and piezometric level historical data can be useful to characterize the aquifers and to manage the groundwater resources. For this purpose measurements acquired every three days, relative to 1986-2009 period, concerning the Pescara river alluvial plain (Fig.1), were analyzed with several statistical methods. The alluvial bodies of the Pescara river is mainly silty-sandy. The plain aquifer is supported by Plio-Pleistocenic clayey deposits. The three wells (Fig. 2) are located in the medium-low alluvial plain. Autocorrelation and spectral univariate analysis, cross-correlation and bivariate spectral analysis have been implemented with the purpose to evaluate the memory effect, the delay of the piezometric level response to rainfall and river head/discharge impulse, and the periodical components of the time series (Mangin, 1984; Larocque et al., 1998; Polemio and Dragone, 1999). 2014-06-17T22:00:00Z


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A Seed Starting Diary: Tomatillos + Ground Cherries
It's been a couple of weeks since my last seed starting diary entry, so if you need refresher you can find the other entries here, here, and here. I'm picking up today with the last two members of the solanaceae family that I am starting from seed this year: tomatillos and ground cherries.
Despite the difference in size (ground cherries are about half the size of tomatillos), these two garden fruits have a lot of similarities. Both have similar husk-covered fruit, similar-looking plant growth, and similar-shaped small, yellow seeds, but when it comes to seed starting, I had two very different experiences.
The tomatillos were a piece of cake; the seeds were surface sown at the same time as the tomatoes at the end of March and they germinated within about 10 days or so.
The ground cherries on the other hand, were a little more particular about their circumstances for germination. After two weeks, there were no signs of germination, so I reseeded them. More time passed, and still nothing from either set of seeds. For the third round of seeding, I tried to address every variable I could: I covered and uncovered the tray with a germination cover. I left some under the lights, and some out of the light. I used fresh starter mix. I covered the surface sown seed with a light layer of vermiculite. After reading one garden forum, I even put some seed in the freezer for a few days to cold stratify it. Not one of them did the trick.
But there was still one last trick I wanted to try: the coffee filter (or paper towel) method. I started with a coffee filter, wet it with a spray bottle, and carefully added a few seeds to one side of it. Then I folded it in half, and then in fourths, and placed the coffee filter in a small ziplock bag. I placed the bag at the end of one of my seed starting trays, where it could still benefit from the heat mat and the lights and waited.
All four seeds germinated within a week!
I carefully transferred the ground cherry sprouts into a newspaper pot filled with fresh starter mix. I used a spray bottle to settle them in a bit, and sprinkled just a pinch of very light, very loose starter mix over each sprout and sprayed one more time to make sure the sprouts had good contact.
Within a day, I had ground cherry seedlings!
This year I am once again growing Rio Grande Verde Tomatillos, a determinate variety that is a more reasonable consumer of garden space than some of the other indeterminate varieties I've tried before. The plants are more compact, but they still produces a good crop. The seedlings are still a little small, considering how long ago the seed germinated, but I suspect that, like last year, they'll take off quickly once they go in the ground and experience a few days of hot weather.
The ground cherries, on the other hand, are a completely new growing experience for me. I have enjoyed them many times before fresh out of [someone else's] garden and in jam form, but I'm looking forward to trying out a savory application or two (an appearance during Salsa Week is not out of the question). The seedlings are still really small, but they're growing at a good rate, so I'm not too worried about the weeks I lost yet. I'll have to wait and see how they grow from here, but perhaps it might be worth starting them a couple weeks earlier (with the peppers) in the future (or perhaps this is exactly why they recommend starting them as early as they do).
2 Responses to A Seed Starting Diary: Tomatillos + Ground Cherries
Samantha says:
I've had the same trouble starting ground cherries! I'm enticed by the idea of making jam with them, but haven't been able to get them to start! I'm on my 3rd attempt and have yet to try the coffee filter method. Looks like I have plans for later today! Thank you for recording your trials!
Maria says:
I feel better knowing I'm not the only one! :) I hope the coffee filter does the trick for you!
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Let's support our Science Community. We need them!
- Petitioned Sec. Florencio Abad
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DBM Sec. Abad: Ibalik ang benefits naming mga DOST Scientists #supportDOST
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In recognition of Science and Technology as an essential element for attainment of national development and progress, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines signed and pass in December 1997 and took effect in February 1998 the Republic Act 8439 (RA 8439) known as "Magna Carta for scientists, engineers, researchers and other Science and Technology personnel in government".
Rule II of the implementing rules and regulations of the Act stipulates the benefits to be received by the DOST employees which will be funded through the appropriations or savings of the department, agency or office concerned. As such, benefits to be received by employees thus depend on the savings of each agency. Consequently, each agency takes measures to allot budget for the benefits due to their employees.
For several years, scientists, engineers, researchers and other DOST personnel only receive portion of the benefits. The longevity pay (Sec 2.7) and the compulsory free medical examination (Sec 2.8) are not provided.
This year, DBM disallowed the implementation of RA 8439 specifically on the provision of benefits to the DOST employees even when the funding is available. All benefits- subsistence allowance, laundry allowance, hazards pay, etc. are denied to the scientists, engineers, researcher and other S&T personnel. DBM justify their action as they see the need to balance and harmonize the implementation of the provisions of the Act with the availability of government financial resources and to enforce rules on use of funds, particularly savings.
No matter how they justify it, the action of DBM caused to further the agony of the DOST employees. The sad plight of our scientists was given attention when PAGASA employees, who no longer can take such treatment by DBM, made public their protest. Because of the attention given by the media and the public to the issue, DBM released the budget to cover the benefits of PAGASA employees from March to June 2012. Secretary Abad has issued statement for "strict compliance with Magna Carta rules for the second semester of 2012". Apparently, as of this writing, they are being strict but not complying.
The DOST Head Office has been convincing DBM and is complying with their requirements to implement RA 8439 but to no avail. DBM is yet to take action to comply with the Act. Instead, DBM has drafted an amendment of the Act that is deemed offensive and insulting to the DOST employees as it reflects how they devalue our scientists.
In the proposed amendment:
1. The subsistence allowance is valued at P150/day for 3 meals if actual service spans 3 meal times (breakfast, lunch and supper), due to overtime service rendered. P100/day if service spans two meals and P50/day if actual service is 8 hours. This practically means P50/8 hours or P50/meal for our scientists. But if a personnel is not required to make his service available at all times such that he can leave during break-times, he is not entitled to receive this benefit. In short, no break-time for straight 8 hours to receive the P50 subsistence allowance.
2. Laundry allowance is valued at P150/month to cover the cost for washing and pressing personal protective clothing and uniforms that will provide required degree of protection while reassuring clients of their professionalism, competency and identity. Who will accept to wash and press such clothing and receive only P150/month? The value could get lower if and when one does not complete the 22 working days.
It is to be noted that the provision of the benefits is still subject to the availability of funds and that the use of savings is still to be approved by DBM. This practically means DBM WILL CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION OF RA 8439.
The disallowance or non-implementation of RA 8439 agonized the DOST employees causing them to craft ways to make ends meet. Employees started walk their way to work. Some chose not to go to work when money is not enough. Employees are deeply in debt.
Disappointed, disgusted and demoralized, DOST employees are seriously considering early retirement, resignation, and working abroad. BRAIN DRAIN IS INEVITABLE.
Is this how we value our scientists? P50/meal?
As one employee would say, "Puro na lang ba pasensya sa siyensya?"
Sec. Florencio Abad, Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
RA8439 stipulates the Magna Carta for scientists, engineers, researchers and other S&T personnel in government. Budget for the benefits are taken from agency savings. Thus, benefits received by the scientists are subject to savings of each agency. Most agencies are unable to provide all benefits. Most employees do not...
RA8439 stipulates the Magna Carta for scientists, engineers, researchers and other S&T personnel in government. Budget for the benefits are taken from agency savings. Thus, benefits received by the scientists are subject to savings of each agency. Most agencies are unable to provide all benefits. Most employees do not receive longevity pay and incomplete subsistence allowance and hazards pay. Agencies resort to applying measures to lessen operational expenses in order to provide the said benefits.
Unfortunately this year, DBM disallowed the provision of benefits to all DOST agencies. This was given attention only when PAGASA employees made their protest public. PAGASA was higlighted but in fact, ALL DOST agencies have been experiencing the same problems. DBM has issued statement that allowances were already provided to PAGASA. If DBM has released the budget or allowed the provision of the benefits, it should've been applicable to all DOST agencies and not PAGASA only.
DOST head office has been assuring its agencies that they are exerting efforts in CONVINCING DBM, to comply to RA8439 by providing the benefits it stipulated using agency savings. Instead of allowing implementation of RA8439, DBM has drafted a joint resolution on the amendment of the rules in implementing the RA. The draft ridiculously lowers the BASIC allowances to be received by the scientists:
1. Subsistence allowance- 50/8hours or 50 pesos per meal. One can only receive the previous rate of 150pesos if he will render overtime service or his work will cover 3 meals. 50 PER MEAL FOR SCIENTISTS!
2. Laundry Allowance of 150/month. From 500/month, they are lowering it to 150/month. Would anyone accept to do a months laundry for only 150?
3. They are even actually questioning the hazards pay. How about those who are working with toxic chemicals? with radioactive materials? those who conduct sampling at sea? Industrial hazards?
Due to this non-implementation of RA 8439, DOST employees are crafting ways to make ends meet. You see some walk their way to work. No fare? Be absent. Disappointment and disgust at work is in the air. Demoralized, employees are seriously considering early retirement, resignation, and working abroad.
DBM is bullying DOST. DBM is overruling RA 8439.
Please help our scientists. 50 Pesos Per Meal for Scientists #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines
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At the end of the report by ANC in the previous udate, Sec. Abad promised that the issue will be rebefore 2012 ends. Until now, DBM has not provided any solution or any word if the Hazards Pay of our scientists will be given. As stated by Sec. Abad, they make a way that RA8439 benefits will not be contingent to savings. However, no funding is given to it for 2013. DBM IS OVERRULING and NOT IMPLEMENTING RA8439.
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Honorio, III Poblador MANDAYULONG, PHILIPPINES
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We are proposing a new advocacy in support of the petition. We would like to solicit suggestions to put meaning on word to the acronym JUNK-LP. As a start LP could be Longevity Pay....REPORT THIS COMMENT:
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helping Filipino people ..REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Ma. Vicenta Gacutan ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES
- over 1 year ago
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How can we expect our scientists to perform well in their job when we are so stingy with their benefits? In other countries they are among the highly paid and receive attractive fringe benefits, hence they are also very productive.REPORT THIS COMMENT:
Abegail Quiboyen MANDAUE, PHILIPPINES
- over 1 year ago
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These researchers and workers work hard to improve our country. I don't see why you're not giving them the pay they deserve.REPORT THIS COMMENT: