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A Brief History of Veterans Day
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'" As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.
In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress - at the urging of the veterans service organizations - amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
Later that same year, on October 8th, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation:
Whereas it has long been our customs to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and
Whereas in the intervening years the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to the honor rolls of this Nation; and
Whereas the Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926 (44 Stat. 1982), calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, and later provided in an act approved May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351), that the eleventh of November should be a legal holiday and should be known as Armistice Day; and
Whereas, in order to expand the significance of that commemoration and in order that a grateful Nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of this Nation, the Congress, by an act approved June 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 168), changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day:
Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.
I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Veterans Day.
In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.
Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the national level necessary planning for the observance. I am also requesting the heads of all departments and agencies of the Executive branch of the Government to assist the National Committee in every way possible.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth.
In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25, 1971.
Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov. 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on Nov. 11.
Celebrating the Veterans Day Holiday
If the Nov. 11 holiday falls on a non-workday - Saturday or Sunday - the holiday is observed by the federal government on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday). Federal government closings are established by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, a complete schedule can be found here. State and local government closings are determined locally, and non- government businesses can close or remain open as they see fit, regardless of federal, state or local government operation determinations.
United States Senate Resolution 143, which was passed on Aug. 4, 2001, designated the week of Nov.11 through Nov. 17, 2001, as "National Veterans Awareness Week." The resolution calls for educational efforts directed at elementary and secondary school students concerning the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.
The Difference Between Veterans Day and Memorial Day
Memorial Day honors service members who died in service to their country or as a result of injuries incurred during battle. Deceased veterans are also remembered on Veterans Day but the day is set aside to thank and honor living veterans who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime.
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At Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee pop concert Monday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sat with Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice to take in the show.
The royals were seated in a box high above the crowd of 20,000 invited guests to enjoy music from the 60 years of the Queen's reign. Many of the attendees waved Union Jack flags – Kate included!
The Duchess – in an Alexander McQueen jacket and a dress from Whistles – sat between Prince William and Beatrice. The young royals were just behind Prince Charles and his wife Camilla as they all listened to tunes from the likes of Paul McCartney, Tom Jones and Stevie Wonder.
Hundreds of thousands jammed the nearby streets and parks to get a listen, as well. Despite the fanfare, the concert was overshadowed by news earlier Monday that Prince Philip had been rushed to the hospital as a precautionary measure after developing a bladder infection.
But the show must go on, and Robbie Williams opened the concert with a rousing rendition of "Let Me Entertain You," which the royals seemed to enjoy, waving their flags in response. Will.i.am and Jessie J followed with "I Gotta Feeling."
At about 9 p.m., comedian Lenny Henry invited the crowd to welcome the Queen to the royal box. She wore a gold cocktail dress adorned with Swarovski crystals and was escorted to her seat by Charles and Camilla.
'Thank you, Mummy'Charles led the country in thanking the people who made the concert happen. But most importantly he thanked the woman he playfully called "mummy."
"As a nation this is our opportunity to thank you and my father for always being there for us, for inspiring us with selfless duty and service and making us proud to be British," said the prince.
Acknowledging that his father couldn't be present, Charles said, "The only sad thing about this evening is that my father could not be here with us because he's unfortunately he's taken unwell. But ladies and gentlemen, if we all shout loud enough he might just hear us."
Charles also said he was happy it didn't rain for the Queen's big day. "Thank god the weather turned out. The reason, of course, was because I didn't do the forecast," he joked in a reference to his recent turn in front of the cameras doing the weather for the BBC.
McCartney speaking about the guest of honor, said, "The main thing is for me ... is the human aspect. You never realize because we always see them on stamps and money … I have always found her to be very warm and very nice."
Organizer Gary Barlow told ITV News of the event: "Buckingham Palace itself is the backdrop to the event, it's the most historic backdrop in the world. We tried to pick artists from right across her reign, from the 50s and 60s right up to the modern day."
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Local teacher pioneers project raising brook trout in classroom
January 30, 2013
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — It's notable to mention first and foremost that Carolyn Thomas admits herself an "accidental teacher" — a zoology major who wound up working in the hotel and hospital industrie......
You know it is a teabagger conservative who is never been in the classroom when they talk about teacher not giving homework because that would be added work for the teacher. Most students with uninvolved parents. This makes up the plurality of parents in WV. Thus, the teacher are not getting extra work by creating and assigning homework, they are wasting their time.
Hats off to Ms. Thomas. Hopefully those students will learn about their inner fish.
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If you are so unhappy with the JCBOE and the teachers, then become a teacher ,get on the board, shoot get on the state board , stop talking and do something positive. Where are you from and how long have you been here sweetie?
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Just look at this story and ask yourself who is its focus. Is it the students? No, it's the teacher. And that's nearly always the case in this county. Just visit the state or county education websites and poke around. It's teachers and administrators, administrators and teachers. And yet there's a learning crisis in West Virginia. But no one is to say anything that opposes the powers that be, is that it? We are to all to pretend that the kids are doing okay. Well, they are not doing okay! Drop out rates are through the roof and the kids' standardized test scores are abysmal. It can be fixed but it takes work. It takes study, homework, and frequent testing. It also takes a dose of reality. This teacher may be an excellent one but that's one teacher in one grade. The fix must be systemic. But first people and eduocrats have to care enough to change how they do business. (And, brother, what a business it is.)
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You can certainly find value in standardized testing if you like. All of the research I've done has shown them to be poor barometers of student achievement, unfair to all (including the at-risk students they are supposed to help protect) and a detriment to the learning process. Kudos to the teacher for being proactive and fostering an interactive learning experience and kudos to the district for allowing it.
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Is your student burdened with homework? I bet not. Why not? Because teachers who assign homework daily have to grade that homework. And that's just too much to ask of them. You want a correlation? Try the one between lousy student performance and a paucity of homework assignments. But some teachers have a great deal of tiome to engage in their pet projects, don't they?
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"Those 40% didn't do well on the test because students can't learn in a vacuum." Okay, they didn't, did they? This fishing expedition is in its third year so last year's 7th graders took got to enjoy it. But it's their scores that I cited below.
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shocap. Where are the real statistics you mentioned. Mine came from thw WV Dept of Education and can be verified--that is, if you or anyone else has the time it takes to navigate to pinpoint certain data.
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Yes, the teacher is thinking outside the box all right but it's the students who should be--but can't because they haven't first learned to think INSIDE the box.
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It's nice to see a teacher thinking outside of the box to inspire students and get them engaged in learning.
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Want some real statistics? I bet if you took the kids who failed WES TEST 2, and compared it with their school attendence you'd probably find a correlation in there some where.
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No..they learned something about scientific process, hypothesis, biology, zoology. Those 40% didn't do well on the test because students can't learn in a vacuum. I HATE NCLB, all it does is frustrate the slower kids by the high standard they are to met and kill the desire to learn for the faster kids.
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"I want students to understand that science is everywhere." It is everywhere! I even found it on WesTest2 where 40.18% of Wildwood's 7th graders failed to meet the minimum proficiency standard in Science last year. But at least all of them learned something about trout. That's good. Real good. Really, really good.
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Typically when any type of grant funds are involved, one has to dot all i's and cross all t's. I'm sure it's fine.
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I wonder if some nut will try and bring charges for not having a state permit or licence for the trout ?
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No no no..this is terrible..The only way to teach is through core curriculum and teaching to the test. We can't be having kids get excited about education! Someone call the police!
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I'm not in mom's basment ,she's in my basement.
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Hey, at least he is out working and benefitting society, not sitting at home in his mother's basement writing snarky comments on the computer all day!
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Wonderful, that's great teaching. When is the fish fry ?
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My son is a 7th grader in Ms.Thomas' class and never have I seen him so excited about science!
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While female Yankee fans are buzzing about Derek Jeter's new single status, sources on the set of Charlie's Angels in Miami are talking about a growing late-night friendship between his ex Minka Kelly and her costar Ramon Rodriguez.
"We have seen Minka and Ramon talking in his trailer way after hours, and often late into the night," a source on the set tells PEOPLE. "They have been together long after they need to be for the show."
Another source isn't so quick to couple them up: "They're just friends. Ramon is basically the only guy on set so of course they all hang out with him."
Kelly, 31, had been dating Jeter, 37, for the past three years with annual talk about an impending lavish wedding.
It wasn't meant to be however, with the couple announcing their split Thursday, and a source telling PEOPLE they still "care about each other and … are still friends."
Puerto Rican-born Rodriguez, also 31, who is best known for his TV roles in The Wire and Day Break, plays John Bosley on ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot – a much younger version than fans are used to.
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Vernon Terry has brought a restored Civil War Parrot rifle to add to the cannons to be used in the re-enactment of the shelling of Fort Sumter on Tuesday.
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Punishing the Union forces in Charleston Harbor will be no problem for Vernon Terry of Rock Hill, thanks to his original Civil War cannon on loan from the Chester Historical Society.
"If you give me four or five rounds, I could easily hit that flagpole," he said, referring to Fort Sumter, more than a mile away.
Of course, he won't be lobbing 10-pound conical shells at the fort from his Parrot rifle perched at the Patriots Point Confederate encampment. But it will sound like it as an array of historic military weapons come to life in Mount Pleasant and on James and Sullivan's islands.
An initial cannon barrage at 7 a.m. Tuesday will be followed by one or two cannon volleys per hour until 7:45 p.m., when continuous firing will happen until 8:15 p.m., the town of Mount Pleasant said.
"It will be dang loud, I guarantee it," Terry said. "Daytona, Fla., will hear me when I start shooting."
The Confederates have 350 pounds of gunpowder and 26 pieces of artillery for their display of might to mark the 150th anniversary of the shelling that began the war.
Terry, a re-enactor holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, is in charge of about 400 Confederates camped here this weekend. He is driven by a desire to keep war history alive.
"Once you start doing this, you can't stop," he said. "It gets in your blood."
His adversary is Mark Silas Tackitt of Seattle, who will re-enact the role of Union Maj. Robert Anderson, the commander at Fort Sumter. Tackitt will lead a contingent of 50 U.S. soldiers stationed there. He was a history major in college but can't easily explain his passion for Civil War re-enactment.
"It's like somebody hit me over the head and made me stupid," Tackitt said. "I don't know why, but it just draws me and pulls me in."
On Friday, the Confederates at Patriots Point had cots in tents, whiskey and steak. In contrast, the Union soldiers said they would sleep on hard concrete at the fort where they would eat salt pork, rice, corn meal and molasses and drink black coffee.
Union non-commissioned officer Dale Brennan of Maryland is a high school history teacher. He looked forward to the experience of living like the soldiers did at Fort Sumter "What better way to learn about the war?" he said.
The day's generally festive atmosphere was tempered by uncertainty over whether the government would shut down because of a political budget battle. Late Friday, however, negotiators forged a deal to avert the shutdown. If that had happened, Tackitt and his troops would not have stayed at Fort Sumter because it would be closed. And a Confederate encampment at Fort Moultrie would have moved down the street, off federal property.
Jeff Antley of Charleston, chairman of the 150th Firing on Fort Sumter Committee, said participants shelled out hundreds of dollars to cover their expenses. The only thing they receive in return is firewood, water and bathroom facilities.
"We're not re-enacting," he said. "This is living history."
Earlier in the day, Antley was sharply critical of the political fight over the budget and its possible effect on the remembrance.
Participants come from Europe, Canada and around the United States. "This is an international event. This event changed the scope of the planet."
Caryn Herzberg of Jacksonville, Fla., arrived at the Patriots Point camp Friday with her husband and their young son.
"It's great family time," she said. "The people are just really great people."
H.G. Clapper of Marion, who holds the rank of sergeant major in the Confederate forces, likes to re-enact the Civil War because it's like a vacation from modern-day pressures.
"I think it re-defined everything," he said. "It's not a celebration. It's a commemoration."
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Mine are Sango, Sesshomaru and Goshinki.
Ayame (the wolf demon who likes Koga) is also cool.
I like Myoga the flea and Hachi. They are just so funny.
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Myoga is so funny, I like when he runs away from danger and everyone gets really mad at him. The weirdest episode was when that female flea possessed everyone in order to get him.
I'd say...umm...Sota cause what he did in inuyasha movie 2. U know the part when inuyasha and kagome were fighting in the photo booth?
Ya I remember. Those pictures were so funny.
he was so evil ( i like the evil types)
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I'd have to go w/the big dog himself, Inuyasha. (I like his sword)
Sesshomaru and Koga and Kagura.
I like... Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango... well the group because they are so funny together ^^ (Kango and Inuyasha ever discussing XD the best)
Kagura because of inuyasha's episodes 163-167
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Mine are Inuyasha, Sango, Koga, Kagome.
Shippo IS SOOOO CUTE and i think he would be cuddly ..i guess he is my fav ...also inuyasha -.- i hate kagoma ..she hurts inuyasha all the time
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Nicolas Winding Refn is a filmmaker who lives on the line between art and trash, and his new film, The Neon Demon, is built firmly on that line. A horror movie in the giallo tradition, The Neon Demon is equal parts art film and B-movie schlock, with the dreamlike underpinnings of a fairytale. Full Story
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Nicolas Winding Refn talks about seventeenth century Italian art, and next to him, Elle Fanning listens intently. With his glasses and suit, he looks like a hip professor, with Fanning as his star pupil. They're in town to promote their new movie, The Neon Demon, a giallo-inspired horror movie set in the world of high fashion (full review on Friday), which Refn co-wrote and directed. Full Story
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I feel bad sh*tting on About Ray, but…I'm going to sh*t on it—it's not very good. Starring Elle Fanning as transgender teen Ray and directed by Gaby Dellal (Looking), About Ray is more about everyone else talking about Ray than Ray himself. It's a standard wacky family coming of age story, except the quirk is that Ray is transitioning from female to male, which sends his flighty mom into a panic as he needs both parents signatures before beginning the medical process of transitioning, and they haven't seen or heard from Ray's dad in a decade because of something his mother did. Full Story
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Check out Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning at the Maleficent premiere in Japan today. They've done this often on the press tour – dress to their characters. Fanning's in princess dresses while the Jolie goes dark faerie. This time though, it's like a wedding. Angelina's the groom to Elle's bride. Full Story
Monochrome Maleficent
Angelina Jolie's best outfit in a long time, right? The Maleficent press tour in currently in London. The Jolie and Elle Fanning were at the photo call today, both in white. As you can see, Angelina's shoes are the same that she wore in Paris in black – click here Full Story
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Best MET sisters: Dakota & Elle Fanning
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Sofia Coppola is presenting Somewhere at the Venice Film Festival. Apparently the Italian media went all Twi-Hard over her arrival. Being a Coppola is a big deal there. Love what she's wearing. It's Louis Vuitton of course. Sofia has forever been tight with Marc Jacobs. And that bag she's carrying is named for her, a Louis Vuitton Sofia Coppola Carryall. Full Story


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Serves 4 |
Prep Time 10 minutes |
Cook Time 5 minutes
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4 cup diced onions
1/4 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced button mushroomsor other fresh mushrooms
2 cups leftover cooked Eden Wild Rice
1/2 cup dry pan roasted pecans, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup Eden Dried Cranberries
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
1/2 tsp dried sage powder
Heat oil in a skillet and sauté the onion for 2 minutes. Add celery and mushrooms and sauté another 2 to 3 mintues. Place in a mixing bowl and add wild rice, pecans, cranberries, sage and salt. The stuffing is now ready to use in making stuffed squash, pumpkin or other vegetables, or your favorite food.
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Why flooding on the Front Range is an inevitable disaster
Excuse my language, but: Holy. Shit. That's what all of us natural disaster-curious Internet voyeurs were thinking last week, our jaws giving in to gravity as we clicked through images from Colorado's Front Range of people trudging through baseball fields covered hip-high with water, roads sliced apart by whitewater, and cabins transformed into riverine islands. Weather Channel CEOs were, no doubt, rubbing their hands together and cackling, while the usually staid National Weather Service called the rains "biblical." "There's no scientific definition of 'biblical,'" reported Climate Progress, "but the flooding has been unlike anything local residents have ever seen before."
Well, yes and no. The amount of rain that fell on communities like Boulder and Lyons was indeed historic, smashing those cities' monthly and daily precipitation records, and devastating many residents. In some locales, it's being called a 1,000-year rain event, meaning there's a 1 in 1,000 chance of such heavy rains in any given year. But it should come as no surprise that Boulder flooded. Crack open the history books and you'll find that the Front Range has always been flood prone. According to the Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network (BASIN), when it comes to flooding, "the Boulder Creek drainage is considered among the most hazardous in the entire western United States." The city sits smack at the mouth of Boulder Canyon, and because its floodplain is so developed, the risks to human safety and property are especially high here.
Boulder owes its vulnerability to geography. It's pushed up against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and steep-sided canyons. When storms get stuck above it, as they did last week, rains can careen off pitched slopes into the canyons, where creeks swell and eventually burst forth onto the city itself. One of the earliest documented instances of this was in 1894, which incidentally, was also Boulder's last 100-year flood event. Homes, bridges and train tracks were swept away, and the girth of Left Hand Creek apparently grew to a half-mile. Significant flood events have occurred more than a dozen times since.
Other Front Range enclaves located in or near the foothills and canyons are similarly vulnerable. The Spring Creek Flood of 1997 took five lives in Fort Collins, derailed a freight train, and caused some $200 million in damages. Much more tragically, the 1976 Big Thompson Flood west of Loveland claimed 144 lives and 418 homes and businesses. That flood occurred on a Saturday in July, the height of tourist season. Within just two hours, 12 inches of rain fell, most of it on sheer, canyon walls that lacked soil. Many people trying to escape by car on roads built to shadow the Big Thompson River were swept away.
There have been a lot of advances in forecasting flash floods and managing risk since, and perhaps some of them are to thank for the fact that the death toll from these recent floods stands at just four, so far as we know. (Although, certainly, any loss of life is too much.) There are real-time stream gages, for instance, and robust warning systems in place. Big Thompson Canyon now has safe zones people can escape to, and there are fewer buildings in the floodplain. Some land was even purchased by public entities for open space and to prevent risky new development.
Flood preparedness and new development is regulated in Boulder's floodplain, but that didn't happen until after the city had bloomed in the hazard zone – despite warnings from Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., who was hired to make a flood control plan for the city in 1910. "The principal waterway in Boulder is Boulder Creek, and its principal function, from which there is no escaping, is to carry off storm-water which runs into it from the territory which it drains," Olmsted advised. "If, lulled by the security of a few seasons of small storms, the community permits the channel to be encroached upon, it will inevitably pay the price in destructive floods." As employees of the city's public works department wrote in a mid-'90s report on community flood education, it's too bad that "Boulder took (Olmsted's) report and placed it on the shelf for more than 65 years."
Furthermore, it can be argued that the overall risk flash floods pose to life and property continues to increase with population growth in many flood-prone places in the West. Ultimately, managing that risk requires not only good forecasts, warning systems and restrictions on new development, but personal responsibility. That is, if you live in a place where flood-risk is high, pay attention to the weather, and have a plan for reaching high ground. Sounds simple, but it isn't. Social scientist Eve Gruntfest, who has studied perceptions of flood warnings and decision making in their wake, writes that deaths in vehicles are especially common, accounting for up to 50 percent of fatalities in flash floods in the U.S. The impulse to flee by car is strong, despite the fact that climbing to higher ground is nearly always safer. "How to get people to abandon their cars and climb to safety in flash flood situations continues to be a major policy dilemma," Gruntfest wrote in a reflection on Big Thompson Canyon 20 years later. "The public underestimation of the power of flowing water prevails."
Updated 9/24/13
Cally Carswell is HCN's assistant editor. She tweets @callycarswell.
Please, forgive my error.
He evacced to NoBo only to have that place go under and is now between the NoBo and central Boulder floods. Art work and bicycles at his apartment. Such is the life and concerns of a student.
Another friend in Lyons, his place is toast, sodden toast, that is. But he got his Martin out. Such is the life of a musician.
Friends of friends had it worse a pops with three kids and a home now downstream.
It is a heavy heart that sets my brain to flippant.
Here we are, again, in tragedy land.
And to think it could have been worse.
These days we can just reckon on the fact that the 100 year flood is now the Ten year flood.
Additionally, more research would reveal the nature of the soils--gravel--and stone--usually softer granites on all of the Front Range canyons from the Cache La Poudre south. Add to that the water storage from lakes and dams for the Front Range and eastern Plains. It isn't just city and county planning.
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Boulder probably does more flood planning - all kinds of planning - than almost any city on earth. That work is performed in a building that sits on Boulder Creek, right across from the Municipal Building where Council meets, and just downstream from the Library (which literally straddles the Creek) and the Justice Center (also directly on the Creek).
None of which were harmed this time, because rather than the expected quick deluge (like Big Thompson), this storm just sat on us and rained, and rained, and rained - "biblical" was a startling term for the National Weather Service to use, but it was the best way to describe it - 17" at my neighbors gauge, up from 12" total so far this year.
People like to either control nature or explain it. Environmentalists are as guilty as developers in this regard, and a bit more arrogant. Mother Nature however, doesn't care what you think. Not at all.
"Surprise is the nature of reality" - Buddhist saying.
Please try to cover this aspect of the flooding. Coloradans and all who have been forced to live with this dangerous industry deserve to know about the corporations that frack and drill, and how they handle their responsibilities during an event such as this.
The recent rains have been called biblical in their impact, but a more complete and accurate description would be to cite global warming as a causal factor in their occurrence.
Below are findings from a recent study reported by the National Academy of Sciences which as summarized in the 9/21/13 of Science News says that:
"The summer monsoon that dumps rain on an otherwise-arid American Southwest may grow stronger as the climate warms, suggests a study of the region's monsoon patterns of the last millennium. Across the Northern Hemisphere, monsoons — winds that change directions seasonally, altering rainfall — could intensify, the team reports May 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The results complement recent observations and simulations of monsoon activity, says Pang-chi Hsu, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who was not involved in the work. 'We do see enhanced Northern Hemisphere monsoons over the recent decades, from the 1970s.'
In many regions, farmers and others depend on summer monsoons to deliver more than half the year's rain. The researchers can't say whether stronger monsoons will result in more water overall for these areas, says coauthor Yemane Asmerom, a geochemist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Warmer air holds more moisture, which leads to more rain. But, he says, warmer temperatures also increase evaporation in dry places such as the Southwest.
One outcome of stronger monsoons could be fewer but heavier fits of rain, which could unleash flash floods, says climate scientist Andy Turner of the University of Reading in England. But local factors will probably cause regional differences in monsoon. For example, he says, the concentration of soot and other aerosols or land surface features might weaken monsoons in some areas, offsetting some of the strengthening caused by warmer temperatures."
The link to the Science News article is here: http://www.sciencenews.org/[…]y_heat_up_with_the_climate. Apologies to all for not knowing how to hyper link to the site.
My prayers and well wishes go out to all impacted by the floods.
Also, while you are correct that Boulder is flood-prone and knew, or should have known, the risks of flooding, it is also true that most flood forecasters thought the next big flood would come from a combination of heavy rains and melting snow and would be more or less confined to existing floodplains. If that kind of flood had happened, I wouldn't have as much sympathy for those who built or bought in the 100-year floodplain, knowing the risks. But this flood was different. It was caused by unprecedented rainfall that was distributed over a wide area, causing flooding in areas that are nowhere near a normal floodplain. Basically, anyone who had higher ground above them was at risk of flooding, even if they were well away from Boulder Creek and other existing waterways. An area near my home, located on top of a high ridge, flooded terribly. Before this, I never would have expected it to flood even in a 1000-year flood event. But water from even higher areas swept through and damaged or destroyed many homes.
Also, Boulder may be flood-prone, but there's hardly anywhere in this country (plant, universe) that isn't especially prone to some kind of natural disaster: hurricanes (Eastern Seaboard), tornadoes (the South, Great Plains, Midwest), drought (Southwest and West), forest fires (West), earthquakes (West Coast), volcanic eruptions (Northwest), and on and on. Chiming in after a disaster strikes to say "gee, you should have known better than to stick a city there" may be correct in some ways, but its also not particularly helpful. People have to live somewhere.
Cally thanks for your comments, but I do believe there's a relationship, but I also acknowledge that judging the extent of the role of climate change is problematic. For yet another view, I'd refer folk's to a Democracy Now! video that discusses some of the issues around how climate change may have impacted the recent floods. Bill McKibben's comments are especially relevant in my view.
Link to: http://www.democracynow.org/[…]/the_1_000_year_flood_did
Also, warming temperatures may be affecting the movement of storm systems across the US causing storms to 'sit' over locations as pressure ridges block their movement. Go to the Climate Central or Climate Progress websites to learn more. I distinctly remember reading about this consequence. Finally, I want to make clear that I'm a lay-person trying to understand this rapidly changing world around me with no special training or pedigree in these matters. But I do find it amazing that there was not one mention by major media concerning climate change in relationship to the floods according to Amy Goodman.
The thing is, last week's flooding does not remotely fit the usual pattern of high water here. We anticipate floods on the Front Range in spring or during the monsoon when intense storms can deposit copious rain in confined areas (such as during the cited Ft Collins and Big Thompson events). We have been warned about the increased danger when these events collide with a drought-stricken and/or fire-scarred area. What just happened, however, was a completely new kind of event which I've heard scientists (some of whom live and work on the Front Range) refer to as 'bad luck', about as expected as a meteor flattening us.
Boulder gets roughly 1.5 inches of rain each September. Our previous record set nearly 75 years ago was 5.5 inches. In North Boulder we got over 21 inches of rain from this one rain event. Before the storm, Boulder Creek was running at 54 cfs; during the deluge it reached 5,000 cfs. Near where I live the hillsides dropped away in wide swaths and ditches and 'dry' creek beds exploded with runoff that is marked on not a single flood hazard map. Roads and homes were overcome, as was our understanding of the familiar.
This event was not "inevitable." There is no precedent for flooding of this severity and magnitude in 17 counties covering some 4,500 square miles. It may make us feeling less afraid, or perhaps superior, to say that we expected this all along but it's just not so. Have we grown wiser in the past week? I like to hope so but humans, myself included, are notoriously short-sighted. We're also sentimental; it would be very comforting and convenient for me to believe that climate change will not increase the likelihood of this happening again (and that my property and lifestyle are not imperiled) but we have to recalibrate for a new normal. And, at least next time, we can say we saw it coming.
~Heather Hansen
I love the fact that High Country News provides a place for westerners to gather, discuss and debate the issues of the day. Thanks for that. I, no doubt, am probably joined by many here in extending our gratitude.
This article however, albiet an intentionally short blog post, amounts to as much as those of us who, when spotting a fire truck on the highway, shake our neighbors and scream, "Look, a Firetruck!" Well, to that I say, "Duh. Big, Red Truck."
For anyone who has ever trampled around Colorado's dessicated westside, Utah's magnificent interior or Wyoming's hardscrabble western regions (and truly the list goes on), the effects of floods have made themselves known to all of us before. Just because we haven't been around long enough to record their devastations with our own eyes, does not negate their lingering and latent presence. Today, dried out orollos make for excellent Mountain Biking in Fruita, yesteryear they were momentary boiling torrents of muddy tragedy (had there been a farm there... and for all we know maybe there was one there in 1630).
My point is thus: we live on Earth. Earth is, was, and always will be a tempestuous "neighbor." She is not bound by our presence to record her actions, predict her actions, anticipate her actions, plan for (or not) her actions. She is, as she does. I contend that it's un-truthful to seek, attribute and fervently affix blame to our most recent tragedy. Nature threw Colorado's front range (and New Mexico and Nebraska for that matter) a screw ball that nobody could have or did see coming. That sucks (especially for those directly affected), but it HAS to be OK. I say it 'HAS to be OK' because nature will do it again. And again. Fires will ignite. Soils will erode. Rain will fall. No doubt, there is a blizzard in our collective future - as well as their corresponding heavy snowmelts.
What was supposed to be a damp September Friday, turned into a slow storm that was cornered, wet and well fed from the Gulf's continual input. Unique conditions that came together and presented us with new challenges to see the world for what it is - rather than what we must see in order to confirm our biases.
Perhaps surprisingly, this wasn't even a 100 year flood in Boulder's downtown. While Salina and other areas off Fourmile Creek were trampled, water didn't rise nearly so much in the main Boulder Creek. Farther east, where the waters that fell on smaller streams collected into Boulder Creek, things progressed to perhaps a flood of once in 100 year average. Arguably this event was more damaging to Boulder households than any 100 year or 500 year flood simply because you didn't need to get a creek rising into your basement, you just needed a little negative drainage right under a downspout. So Boulder's geography actually played little role in damage here (a different story in Lyons and points downstream, where the rain fell more heavily to the west, engorging both forks of the St. Vrain). The kind of flood that Boulder planners feared didn't quite happen (heavy rain on a big snowpack barreling down the canyon).
Why bring this up? There are lessons to be learned but only if we understand what this really represents. There is a risk that some might see the fact that downtown Boulder came through nearly untouched by Boulder Creek as indicating that flood planning was a success and no more mitigation is needed. Considerable housing was just barely spared near the university and arguably needs to be removed from the floodplain. More rain up Boulder Creek's main stem might have made for a different story...Saying this was Boulder's 100 year type flood is misleading. Conversely, large parts of town had street damage and basement flooding that would never have problems in a classic hundred year flood; protecting those areas against another 1000 year rain might make no sense.
Another thing worth examining is that a fair part of the flooded subdivisions in Longmont were out of the *500* year floodplain, yet the St. Vrain blew through some of these with a vengeance while staying inside the 500 year floodplain to the south. It appears that a series of old gravel pits helped out, but this suggests that some of the floodplain maps are inadequate and not properly accounting for some of the changes to the landscape made over the years or the dynamic nature of riverflow in a flood (rivers don't simply fill up to some bathtub level, they will erode and redeposit sediment in response to obstacles).
Finally, something I have seen no mention of has been the role of irrigation ditches in house flooding. The headgates on these ditches were overtopped and large flows of water went down these channels, often through backyards. I've seen some properties damaged that would have had no problems had the ditches not filled and overflowed. You can speculate on whether this puts a ditch company at fault in any way....
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'Superheroes' save cat from fire
Batman, Captain America happen upon house fire in West Virginia
Holy heroics, Batman!
Two men in superhero costumes -- including one dressed as the Caped Crusader himself -- beat firefighters to the scene of a blaze in West Virginia and rescued a cat from a burning home, Charleston TV station WCHS reported.
Batman and Captain America, also known as John Buckland and Troy Marcum, were talking with a group of children at an American Legion in Milton on Saturday when they saw smoke and sprang into action.
The homeowners were gone, but the pair shattered a glass window and found the unconscious cat inside.
Buckland, an Iraq veteran who also used to be a firefighter, used his prior training to resuscitate the animal.
"The cat comes around, takes a look at me, then hissed," Buckland told WCHS.
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Arlene Barry, associate professor, joined the University of Kansas faculty in the fall of 1992. Barry earned her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in curriculum with an emphasis in reading. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy at KU and served as a... more
Barbara A. Bradley, associate professor, joined the KU faculty in the fall of 2004. Bradley earned a BS degree from SUNY at Stony Brook in biology and psychology, an MA degree in physical education from Adelphi University, and a PhD in reading education from The University of Georgia. She has... more
Hyesun Cho, assistant professor, joined the KU faculty in the fall of 2011.
Her previous experience was in the Hawaii State Department of Education as a curriculum developer and instructor. Cho earned the BA degree from Korea University in Seoul, Korea, the MA degree in... more
Jim Ellis, associate professor, joined the KU faculty in the fall of 1997. Prior to joining the KU faculty, he worked for two years as a program officer at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, for thirteen years as a senior staff associate at the... more
Reva C. Friedman, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas, where she has been responsible for degree and graduate certificate programs in gifted/talented/creative child education for 35 years. A former high school teacher and teacher of gifted... more
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A. Susan Gay, associate professor, joined the KU faculty in January 1991. Previously, she was the mathematics state supervisor for the Oklahoma State Department of Education and a mathematics teacher in Stillwater, OK Public Schools. From Oklahoma State University,... more
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Heidi L. Hallman, associate professor of English education, joined the faculty in 2007. Hallman received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include studying "at risk" students' literacy learning as well as how prospective English teachers are... more
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Access 97 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference
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Now you can have the answers right at your fingertips whenever you hit a snag or want to take advantage of another great new feature built into Microsoft Access 97 for Windows. Here, in Access 97 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference, you can find all the tips, tricks, shortcuts, and quick solutions you need in order to work effectively with this powerful database application. Whether you're new to Access or just new to this latest update, keep this fast and convenient guide handy whenever you work with Access 97.


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From one of America's most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child's education
In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1 percent on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments.
From the man whom The New York Times calls "a genius and a saint" comes a revelatory program for educating today's youth. In Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire!, Rafe Esquith reveals the techniques that have made him one of the most acclaimed educators of our time. The two mottoes in Esquith's classroom are "Be Nice, Work Hard," and "There Are No Shortcuts." His students voluntarily come to school at 6:30 in the morning and work until 5:00 in the afternoon. They learn to handle money responsibly, tackle algebra, and travel the country to study history. They pair Hamlet with rock and roll, and read the American classics. Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire! is a brilliant and inspiring road map for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about the future success of our nation's children.
"Rafe Esquith is my only hero."—Sir Ian McKellan
"Politicians, burbling over how to educate the underclass, would do well to stop by Rafe Esquith's fifth grade class as it mounts its annual Shakespeare play. Sound like a grind? Listen to the peals of laughter bouncing off the classroom walls."—Time
"Esquith is a modern-day Thoreau, preaching the value of good work, honest self-reflection, and the courage to go one's own way."—Newsday
Table of Contents
Part One: There's No Place Like Home
One: Gimme Some Truth
Two: Searching for Level VI
Part Two: The Method
Three: Reading for Life
Four: Writing
Five: Add It Up
Six: We Won't Get Fooled Again
Seven: What a Wonderful World
Eight: Rocket Man
Nine: Art Lover
Ten: Put Me In, Coach
Eleven: Taxman
Part Three: The Madness
Twelve: Think for Yourself
Thirteen: Celluloid Heroes
Fourteen: Goin' Mobile
Fifteen: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I Like It)
Sixteen: Do They Know It's Christmas?
Seventeen: Will Power
Epilogue: Rest in Peace


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TYRONE - The Christmas joy at Tyrone Area Elementary School on Thursday was apparent as Jonas Albright, 7, finished mixing up a batch of reindeer food and said, "Merry Christmas everybody."
Jonas and 174 other Tyrone students in pre-kindergarten to fourth grade received some Christmas joy early, thanks to a community's generosity.
The school's annual Elementary Elves program took place with Santa handing out gifts of clothing to students that teachers picked to participate in the program.
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Teachers pick out students who will benefit from the program, Principal Melissa Russell said. Students also received school supplies, a book and a pair of mittens.
During the program, they could make reindeer food to sprinkle on their lawn or door step. Students also wrote thank you letters to those who helped make the event happen.
Contributions came from The Tyrone Women's Club, the Warriors Mark United Methodist Church, Albemarle Corp., individual community members and school staff. The bulk of the funding came from Albemarle, which donated $5,000, Russell said.
The program shows the students that the school staff cares for them and wants "them to have a fun experience," school Family Resource Coordinator Linda Branstetter said.
"You want them to feel the school is more a community place [rather] than just a school," Russell said.
The event also allows interaction with families in a non-typical school setting, she said.
"I think it's great. It's fantastic," said Karla Galbraith of Tyrone, who came with her son, Tai, 5, and her grandson, Kyle, 3.
Stacy Bennett of Tyrone, who has four boys ages 7 years to 4 months, said it was nice of those who have the program to do it.
"It's an excellent program," she said. "It helps the community out, especially those who can't afford a whole lot for the holidays, and have to pick and choose between paying the bills and the holidays."


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MAKAMAKAOLE - The West Maui Mountains between Kahakuloa and Makamakaole may be quiet now, but habitat conservationists working on the Makamaka'ole seabird mitigation project are hoping that by this time next year they will be filled with the song of native Hawaiian seabirds.
First Wind, the Boston-based renewable energy company that operates the Kaheawa Wind farms above Maalaea, is in the process of building two bird enclosures - one for the endangered Hawaiian petrel, or uau, and the other for the threatened Newell's shearwater, or ao - on state land located about 10 miles west of Wailuku as part of its effort to offset potential impacts of the wind farms.
As part of its state and federal permitting to build one of the largest wind farms in Hawaii, First Wind had agreed to put together a habitat conservation plan to ensure "a long-term net conservation benefit" for three threatened and endangered bird species and the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat, which could be affected by the wind project.
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Steve Sawyer, president of EcoWorks New Zealand, holds a specially designed ao decoy that he hopes will help lure nesting birds into the enclosure designed to protect them from mongooses, rats, mice and other predators. Sawyer's methods have helped revive seabird populations in New Zealand and other Pacific islands.
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Erica Thoele, supervisor of habitat conservation plans compliance for First Wind, explains how a flexible plastic tube provides access to an ao, or Newell's shearwater, nesting house Thursday morning in Kahakuloa.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Enclosed inside a protective fence near the top of the mountain, the simple structures are designed to give the seabirds a safe, comfortable place to nest and hopefully establish a colony in the West Maui Mountains.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
A nesting burrow is shown under construction Thursday.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The enclosure's fence is designed to allow predators to climb out but not climb in. The fence encloses 3 to 4 acres.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
On a site visit Thursday, The Maui News got a firsthand look at the shearwater enclosure, which is nearly complete. The predator-proof fence prevents animals from climbing over or under, nearly all the artificial burrows were put in, and many predators have been trapped and removed from the enclosure. First Wind officials called it "a major milestone for the project."
"When fully operational, these enclosures will protect and bolster Maui's endangered native bird species for years to come," Dave Cowan, vice president for environmental affairs at First Wind, said in a statement.
The fence for the second enclosure will be installed within the next couple weeks, with both enclosures expected to be finished by fall, according to company officials.
"We know that there are shearwaters here, but they're being (preyed upon) by mongoose and cats," said Steve Sawyer, president of EcoWorks New Zealand, which designed the enclosures for First Wind and has built similar enclosures on other Pacific islands.
Last year, Sawyer brought two specialists with seabird-detecting dogs from New Zealand to help search for remnant Hawaiian petrel burrows on the mountain. After weeks of hiking all over the mountain ridge more than 2,000 feet above sea level, the search team found only dead petrels, and Sawyer suspected that the seabirds were being attacked by rats, cats and mongooses.
"Nobody knows what the production levels are now, it might be zero because the chicks might be being eaten by predators. Now we've got a manageable site that we could get materials to and staff," Sawyer said.
Erica Thoele, supervisor of habitat conservation plan compliance with First Wind, said that the project will not only create a safe haven for seabirds but also help researchers get a better idea of how many there are around Maui and where their breeding grounds are.
"That's kind of the reason why we really wanted to do this is because there's not really a good understanding of how many (seabirds) there are. . . . This is one way we'll be able to monitor and help with estimations across the island."
Remote-controlled video cameras will be installed in and around the enclosure so that biologists may keep track of the birds' nesting patterns with minimal human intrusion. Thoele said that after the enclosures are completed, one staff member will check the fence once a week or so to make sure there are no breaches.
Each fenced enclosure encompasses 3 to 4 acres and has 50 artificial burrows for the birds to nest. Sawyer and other habitat conservationists spent the past few months ridding the enclosure of rats, cats and mongooses using traps.
To attract the seabirds to nest, Sawyer is planning on installing custom decoys as well as solar-powered, weatherproof sound systems that broadcast recorded bird calls in the evening hours when the birds usually fly over the area.
The 40 lifelike decoy birds were ordered from a New Zealand company that manufactured props for "The Lord of the Rings" movies, Sawyer said.
"It's a little bit experimental," Sawyer said. "I've done it with gamut (birds) back in New Zealand and I got fiberglass decoys made, set them up and we tried it. Within a month we had 45 gamuts on the ground amongst the decoys."
Sawyer hopes that the new techniques will help draw the shearwaters and petrels to the enclosures at the start of the next breeding season in February, though he said it would most likely be a few years before they would see any nests.
"They might land here next year but they won't nest right away. They may try nesting the following year, but often they're not very good parents . . . they break eggs or the eggs roll out of the nests, they forget to sit on it so it's not usually until year two or three that they learn, 'Oh I've got to keep this thing warm to hatch the chick,' " Sawyer said.
Still, even if a few birds land in the enclosures next year, Sawyer said he will be "breaking out the champagne."
A similar predator-proof fence was completed two years ago at Kaena Point on Oahu, and since then, environmental officials say, the area has seen a 25 percent increase in the number of albatross and a doubling of the number of wedge-tailed shearwater chicks.
Native seabirds used to be common "from sea level to the highest mountains," but had been driven to near-extinction after early seafarers used the birds as food for alii, according to state wildlife biologist Fern Duvall. In recent years, rodents, mongooses, cats and owls have been the seabirds' biggest threats.
"These are trust resources, valuable Hawaiian species that occur only here," Duvall said Friday. "The agencies are really trying to make sure there's no harm done to the species - in fact, that there is a benefit to them in the long term."
The enclosures will be kept in place indefinitely, and biologists will monitor the project over the course of the next 20 years.
* Eileen Chao can be reached at email@example.com.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - As the Truckee River water level rose this weekend amid heavy periods of rainfall, Kirk Heiser was busy preparing for possible flooding.
Heiser, who lives on River Road about 100 feet from the river, said hours and days were spent moving everything from furniture to books on the first floor of his house upstairs, making self-serve sandbags with the help of four other men and placing them outside, and shutting off the house's electricity and propane.
"(We were) getting ready for the worst," he said Sunday morning, at which point he and his family had already left the house.
After area residents, towns and counties prepared for flooding this weekend as forecasts called for multiple inches of rainfall in the Tahoe Basin and west of Highway 89, the National Weather Service flood warning issued for the area was lifted Sunday afternoon. A winter storm warning replaced it after a cold front swept through, bringing snow sooner than expected and all-but eliminating flood dangers for Truckee and in the Truckee Meadows, where riverfront neighborhoods in Reno and Sparks were also on alert.
"It was certainly a positive turn of events for us getting snow earlier than the weather service had forecast," said Alex Terrazas, Truckee assistant town manager.
If rain had continued as forecast, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration was predicting the Truckee River in Truckee to reach 8 feet by 3 p.m. Sunday. The flood stage for that portion of the river is 4.5 feet, Terrazas said.
Instead, the river crested at 4.12 feet, said Rui Cunha, assistant director of emergency services for Placer County, with no flooding in Truckee or the Truckee Meadows.
"It looks like we escaped property damage and infrastructure damage," said Truckee Town Manager Tony Lashbrook on Monday. "We were prepared for something more significant, so that's good news."
In the Sierra foothills, however, multiple intersections and business parking lots in the Grass Valley flooded, but "quickly receded," said Victor Ferrera, program manager for Nevada County Office of Emergency Services.
Communities in eastern Placer County had "little to no flooding," while the western portion of the county experienced the "greatest flooding," causing two apartment complexes in Roseville to be evacuated, Cunha said.
Siobhan Smart, who lives on Trout Creek Road, was among the residents who labored over the weekend to prepare her house for potential flooding, in light of past floods that have struck the Truckee area.
On Jan. 1, 1997, after building up a larger-than-normal snowpack, a warm rain caused creeks, streams and the Truckee River to overflow their banks, causing major flooding in Truckee and down the hill into the Reno area. Further, the last time Truckee and communities within the Truckee Meadows saw significant flooding was late December 2005.
"I'm certainly nervous because I don't want to flood, and they say the best part of the storm is coming, so we're just trying to plan for that so I am ready," she said Sunday morning before the rain turned to snow.
In an effort to prepare their house, Smart said she and her husband closed their business - Wagon Train Coffee Shop - two hours early on Saturday, which saw about a 50 percent decrease in business on Saturday and Sunday because of the weather warning.
As Sunday's storm neared, officials asked residents in certain areas, particularly those with riverfront homes along Highway 89 and on Foxmead Lane and Riverside Drive near downtown, to take extra precaution.
The town of Truckee took several precautions by having additional public works staff on duty Saturday and Sunday checking town drains; contractors on standby to remove debris if it were to clog streams and other bodies of water; opening two sandbag stations; and helping open an American Red Cross evacuation center in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's administration building, Lashbrook said.
The evacuation center opened at 6 a.m. Sunday and was prepared to stay open into Monday if needed due to flooding, but closed at 1 p.m. due to the change in weather, Terrazas said. A total of four people used the service, none of whom did so due to flooding, he said.
Kyle Yanushka, of Colorado, and three others were backpacking in the area when the storm hit, ultimately seeking refuge at the center.
"The storm blindsided us," he said. "... We were shivering and every article of our clothing was drenched."
Truckee began coordinating preparation efforts with the emergency services departments of Placer and Nevada counties on Thursday, Terrazas said. Both counties took similar measures as did Truckee, including having multiple community sandbag locations throughout Truckee and North Tahoe.
According to NWS, there is a 100 percent chance of rain Wednesday, and then a dry period with mild temperatures is expected to follow.
"Now if it would just turn into snow, because we don't need rain skiing - we need snow skiing," Smart said.
Tahoe ski resorts on Monday reported seeing as much as 2 to 4 feet of snow from this past series of storms, in what officials hope helps lay the foundation for a strong base layer for the 2012-13 ski season.
According to reports, Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe welcomed 45 inches of new snow and has received a total of 100 inches of snowfall to date. On Donner Summit, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort reported storm totals of 44 inches, while Squaw Valley's upper mountain at 8,200 feet got 42 inches of snow.
"You just never know how these storms are going to play out," said Andy Chapman, chief marketing officer of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association, in a Monday statement. "But Mother Nature cooperated and we've got new snow on the mountains."
- Sun Managing Editor Kevin MacMillan contributed to this report.


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Combined, the Laws of the Regents and the Guiding Principles embody the Board of Regents' belief that diversity is a crucial aspect of the educational experience. At its June 2013 meeting, the Board of Regents determined that it needed information to gauge how well the University of Colorado campuses are implementing the laws and principles related to diversity.
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The University of Colorado Board of Regents endorses and supports President Benson's and Chancellor DiStefano's statements opposing the American Studies Association resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. One of the board's guiding principles is to promote diversity "... to ensure the rich interchange of ideas in the pursuit of truth and learning, including diversity of political, geographic, cultural, intellectual, and philosophical perspectives." The boycott runs counter to that ideal, and to the entire notion of why the university exists.


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When one's mind is blown.
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I don't dare consider myself an expert where beer is concerned. Actually, I know so many people that are experts that I don't have any reason to be – they tell me what is good and I taste and try.
What I do know is that beer is complex. Beer and beer brewing is an age old tradition of flavors, experimentation, and community.
And interestingly, the Denver beer community has a great deal in common with our craft community.
At least that's what I learned while touring Our Mutual Friend with the Colorado Women's Beer Club.


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What are the challenges to creating a resilient and confident educational community capable of addressing natural hazards and climate change in a scientifically accurate and pedagogically appropriate manner? That was the question that NCSE's Minda Berbeco and Mark McCaffrey addressed in their "Fostering Educator Resilience: Engaging the Educational Community to Address the Natural Hazards of Climate Change."
The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with a statement from the Rabbinical Assembly, adopted in 2006.
Two bills introduced in the Florida legislature — House Bill 899 and Senate Bill 1018 — are ostensibly aimed at empowering taxpayers to object to the use of specific instructional materials in the public schools, for example on the grounds that they fail to provide "a noninflammatory, objective, and balanced viewpoint on issues." There is reason to believe that evolution and climate change are among the targets.
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Writing in The Daily Beast (December 28, 2015), Zack Kopplin reviews the last decade of antievolution strategies — with the assistance of a former employee of the Discovery Institute, the de facto institutional home of "intelligent design" creationism.
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The eminent pharmacologist and biochemist Alfred G. Gilman — a member of NCSE's Advisory Council — died on December 23, 2015, at the age of 74, according to The New York Times (December 24, 2015). Gilman and Martin Rodbell were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1994 for "their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells." The Times explains that their "research helped scientists understand how the body receives signals and transmits outside stimuli like light and odor, and from a variety of hormones in the body" and also increased understanding of certain types of cancer and hereditary glandular disorders.
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Artist Carol Foldvary-Anderson will present her works in Oil Pastel Smudge on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Tahoe Art League.
Foldvary-Anderson began her professional arts career in 1986 teaching Calligraphy Classes at Lake Tahoe Community College and in 1992 her "ColorPlay" series of abstract expressionist paintings debut was at the Valhalla Site in the Twin Cabins. For 10 years she was the artist in residence and director of the "Art for All Ages" program for the Tallac Association, on the patio of the Boat House Theatre, teaching "Oil Pastel Smudge" and other art projects to the many tourists and locals that frequented the historical site during the summer months.
Foldvary-Anderson's presentation will take place from 7:45-9 p.m. at Tahoe Art League, 3062 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
For more information, please visit varyCarol.com or phone her at 775-721-5338.


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Men's Tennis - Archives 2016-17
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Boyer Wins Doubles Event in Austria
Former Husker Dusty Boyer captured his first professional doubles title in a $10,000 Futures Event in Innsbruck, Austria.
Toby Boyer Ties For Fourth in ITA Summer Circuit
Toby Boyer tied for fourth place in the ITA Summer Circuit as well as having many other successful matches during summer play.
Huskers Earn ITA Academic Honors
Members of the Nebraska men's tennis team made the ITA All-Academic team for the 2016 season.


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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Goodwill goal to recycle 500,000 pounds of e-waste this year
LITTLE ROCK – The City of Little Rock and Keep Little Rock Beautiful will partner with Goodwill Industries of Arkansas for the third year to celebrate America Recycles Day. Goodwill will accept computers and other e-waste for recycling, along with gently-used clothing, shoes, books and other household donations at four Goodwill locations in Little Rock on Friday, November 15, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
"Goodwill is proud to be partnering with Keep Little Rock Beautiful and the City of Little Rock for this year's America Recycles Day. Events like our e-waste drive on November 15, raise awareness about the importance of responsible recycling that help our community," said Leisa Wamsley, Goodwill's vice president of Donated Goods. "Goodwill turns donated e-waste into jobs and gladly accepts electronic waste and other gently used items, all year long."
Keep Little Rock Beautiful Board Members and the City of Little Rock will be at the Goodwill Markham Park Drive location along with Shred Smart accepting e-waste, donations, and materials for on-site shredding.
"Single stream residential recycling inside the City of Little Rock has kept over 13,000 tons of waste out of our landfill since April 2012, and we will continue to grow that number," said Melinda Glasgow, Little Rock Sustainability Officer. "We are proud to partner with Goodwill on America Recycles Day to highlight the importance of recycling for our community, for job creation and for improving our environment."
Individuals making a donation between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on November 15 at the participating Goodwill locations in Little Rock will be entered to win a $25 Goodwill gift certificate.
Shred Smart will also offer free shredding of confidential documents at the Markham Park Goodwill location during that time.
In 2013, Goodwill expects to recycle more than 500,000 pounds of e-waste. The e-waste program provides training and jobs for Goodwill's Transitional Employment Opportunity participants.
Participating Goodwill locations in Little Rock include:
- 109 Markham Park Drive – near Markham and Bowman
- 7001 Cantrell Road – near the Westgate Shopping Center
- 1208 Bowman Road – at the intersection of Bowman and Kanis
- Goodwill Resource Center at 7400 Scott Hamilton Drive – located off I-30
For a list of e-waste that Goodwill accepts, visit their website at http://www.goodwillar.org/donate/donate_electronics.html.
For an America Recycles Day graphic, visit their website at http://americarecyclesday.org/toolkit.
About Goodwill Industries of Arkansas:
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of providing education, training, and employment services for people with disabilities and other special needs. Revenue generated through the sale of gently-used donated goods at Goodwill retail stores is used to fund these critical programs for Arkansans. Information may also be found at www.goodwillar.org.
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Heath Ledger's family attended Monday's The Dark Knight premiere in New York, where the late actor's father left the theater giving a thumbs-up sign.
Kim Ledger and his wife Ines – Heath's stepmother – bypassed the red carpet and ducked into the theater to watch his late son play The Joker in the latest Batman film.
Also attending the premiere were Heath's mother Sally Bell and her husband, and Heath's older sister, Kate.
As his father Kim left, he was asked how it felt to attend, responding with the thumbs-up. He also told reporters it was "very good."
Heath Ledger's costars, meanwhile, used the occasion to pay tribute to him.
"Working with Heath was fantastic," said Christian Bale, 34, who reprises his role as the Caped Crusader. "He steals the movie and I'm quite happy to say that. He's a hell of a talent and created a joker that's very iconic and one that will become a classic portrayal of the ages."
Michael Caine, 75, who plays butler Alfred Pennyworth in the film, which opens July 18, noted the "intensity and ferocity of the performance."
"But when we were sitting down between takes, he was completely ordinary," Caine added. "He wasn't preparing himself or saying 'Please leave me alone, I've gotta do this.' Instead he was talking to me.
"We would sit and chat and have a cup of coffee, then suddenly they'd say, 'We're ready, Heath,' and he'd go straight into The Joker," Caine continued. "His energy was astonishing, especially when it came from this kind of calm. He's certainly the best villain I've ever seen."
Melbourne-based Robert Collins, a Ledger family friend for 30 years and co-executor of the Ledger will, told Who magazine in Australia he saw The Dark Knight preview in Perth last night and described it as "a eerie feeling" watching him.
"I am aware that Kim Ledger and the family are over in New York for it, it was something they felt they had to do and it was a personal thing from their point of view," said Collins.
Ledger, who died of an accidental prescription-drug overdose on Jan. 22 has garnered Oscar buzz for his role as the smiley yet sinister Joker. Anticipation for The Dark Knight has been at a fever pitch with midnight shows having sold out so quickly that theater owners have had to continue adding 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. showtimes.
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LISBON - The Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency has a new director whose special skills will come in handy should al-Qaeda invade.
Commissioners on Wednesday voted to hire Navy SEAL and county native Samuel "Luke" Newbold as the new EMA director, replacing Darren Dodson, who quit last summer to take a job in the private sector.
"I believe we are very fortunate to obtain his services," Commission Chairman Mike Halleck said of Newbold.
Newbold, 32, is one of three brothers from the Lisbon area who went on to become SEALs. According to his resume, Newbold has served as a SEAL since 1999, carrying out numerous missions in various countries over the past 13 years.
"His ability to understand the importance of security ... is second nature to him," Halleck said, adding whatever Newbold may lack in the way of emergency training, he is more than capable of learning because of his extensive experience.
Halleck said he first approached Newbold sometime following Dodson's resignation to learn whether he might be interested in the position if he ever decided to move home. Newbold intends to retire from active duty but remain in the reserves.
"He's a young man but it's a young man's game," Halleck said of being a SEAL. "He's got a family now and they bought a farm here and want to come home."
Commissioners were criticized during the recent election season by a commissioner candidate for failing to name an immediate replacement for Dodson by ignoring the recommendations of their own interview committee. Halleck said at the time they were dissatisfied with the field of candidates and were going beyond the applicants to find a suitable replacement.
"When the EMA position came open there was a lot of information that was floating around, most of which was incorrect," he said.
Interim EMA Director Edie Dillard will remain as deputy director, although at one time Halleck indicated she might be considered for the job. "We have a great team now," he said.
Newbold's salary will be $59,000, compared to $50,500 paid Dodson, with the money coming from FirstEnergy. The utility company has provided the majority of funding for the EMA because the county is required to have an emergency response plan in case of an accident at FirstEnergy's nuclear power plant in Shippingport, Pa.


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Turkey & Broccoli Alfredo Recipe
- Yield:4 (about 1 1/2 cups each)
- Active time:10 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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Turkey, broccoli and linguine team up with a creamy sauce made with Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup and Parmesan cheese, for a family-pleasing dinner.
- 1/2 package (8 ounces) linguine
- 1 cup fresh or frozen broccoli florets
- 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups cubed cooked turkey
Prepare the linguine according to the package directions in a 3-quart saucepan. Add the broccoli during the last 4 minutes of the cooking time. Drain the linguine mixture well in a colander. Return the linguine mixture to the saucepan.
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"All About The Livestock" — a fundraiser for the South Dakota Rancher's Relief Fund, to aid producers who lost cattle, sheep and horses in the devastating early October blizzard, known as "Atlas" — will take center stage at the Historic Homestake Opera House in Lead, S.D., at 2 p.m. on Nov. 24.
The afternoon will be filled to the rafters with outstanding cowboy music and poetry, thanks to the generosity of the Opera House Board of Directors.
Steve and I have been involved in ranching our entire lives, and after seeing the horrific photographs of thousands of head of dead livestock after Atlas moved out, we wanted to do something to help.
At dinner one evening, the idea of a cowboy concert to benefit the ranch families was born.
We started working on it with the Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, and reached out to people who have performed at the annual event there, as well as to poets and musicians we know in South Dakota.
The performers — without a moment's hesitation — agreed to donate their time and talent to help the livestock producers devastated by the blizzard.
Each performer who will take the stage in Lead comes with an understanding of the livestock industry and most of them are ranchers themselves. They recognize the losses not only of this year's crop, but also the years of effort it takes to build a foundation herd. In addition to raising some money for the ranchers, we want this concert to be a celebration of ranching life.
The intent of the show is to "pay it forward, from the heart," said co-organizer Ken Cook.
And what a show this will be, with the lineup including:
• Chuck Larsen, a South Dakota native now living in Saratoga, Wyo., is a cowboy humorist, storyteller, and B.S.-er who will Emcee this outfit from start to finish.
• Dave Stamey of Nipoma, Calif., is a four-time Entertainer of the Year, recognized by the Western Music Association.
• Trinity Seely of Alcova, Wyo., is one of the most sought after singer songwriters in the business. She and her husband work the Handcart Ranch in central Wyoming.
• Steve Moulton of Encampment, Wyo., is a lifelong rancher and winner of the Wrangler Award as Outstanding New Artist from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2010.
• Caitlyn Taussig is a fourth-generation rancher and singer/songwriter in Kremmling, Colo.
• Robert Dennis, Ken Cook and Paul Larson have South Dakota roots, and they'll present "Cowboy Culture South Dakota Style," which they say is entertainment at a level you can only experience from the back of a horse.
Tickets are available at the door and online at www.HomestakeOperaHouse.org.
Admission is $50 for premium seating, $20 for adult general seating and is free for kids 12 and younger.
General seating will be available on a first-come/first-served basis.
For more information, call the Historic Homestake Opera House office at (605) 584-2067.
Off-street parking at the Historic Homestake Opera House is available on Main Street at the front courtyard entrance to the building, and also at the rear of the building on Julius Street, where the building is most accessible for wheelchairs.
Assisted listening devices are also provided.
All proceeds will benefit the South Dakota Rancher Relief Fund.
The Historic Homestake Opera House is located at 313 West Main Street, in Lead, S.D.
Donations may also be made to the South Dakota Rancher Relief Fund at www.giveblackhills.org, or by sending a check payable to "Rancher Relief Fund," and sent to the Black Hills Community Area Foundation/SD Rancher Relief Fund, P.O. Box 231, Rapid City, SD 57709. ❖