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Darby Blanchette got an unwelcome surprise just days before Christmas.
While her fourth-grade classmates at Asbury Elementary School were having in-school holiday parties over the last few days before their vacation, Darby, 10, was stuck at Saint Vincent Hospital dealing with her just-then discovered type-1 diabetes.
But it didn't take long for Darby to find a silver lining come out of her unexpected illness. During her three days in the hospital, Darby made a drawing that could soon be featured in Walmart stores all around the country and net Saint Vincent Hospital $15,000.
The drawing Darby made to pass the time was part of contest held by Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and White Cloud -- a line of paper products like tissues and paper towels sold in Walmart stores.
Darby and her family found out after she left the hospital that Saint Vincent officials decided to submit her design as their one entry into the contest. She found out on Jan. 8 that it was chosen as one of 10 finalists from a total of 170 entries.
"I was surprised when I'd been chosen," Darby said. Focusing on the artwork "was a good distraction while I was in the hospital."
Darby's design -- which would adorn a tissue box if it is among the top three vote getters -- is of a collection of medical supplies next to smiling faces under the heading "Turning sickness into smiles!" She said she had a simple message she was hoping to get across with the artwork.
"I knew other people were going to go through what I went through, and I was getting used to it by then," Darby said. "So, if they were still feeling bad they should sure turn that into smiles."
"With all the fear she had when she first entered (the hospital), and all the things coming at her -- the pokes, the jabs and the blood draws -- by the end she knew she was getting healthy and that made her happy," said John Blanchette.
Her artwork currently sits in fifth place in the contest. People can vote once per day until midnight Jan. 30.
John Blanchette said his family was delighted to see something negative turn into something so positive for his daughter.
"Right now we're just trying to get as many people as we can to vote," John Blanchette said.
The Blanchette family has a history of dealing with type-1 diabetes, John Blanchette said. Both Darby's older brother, 13-year-old Sean Blanchette, and her aunt suffer from the disorder.
John Blanchette said the family history with the disorder helped them spot early signs that there might be something wrong with Darby. But it also lead them to quickly realize it is something Darby will be dealing with for the rest of her life.
Unlike type-2 diabetes, which is tied to obesity and can be managed through diet, medication and exercise, type-1 is based mostly on genetics and would become fatal if Darby doesn't maintain regular insulin injections for the rest of her life.
"It's not something any kid wants to go through," John Blanchette said. "And now she's finding out that she has to go through that forever."
Darby is not happy about her recent diagnosis, but she's hoping something positive comes from it. She is currently working with her teacher at Asbury to come up with a way to teach her classmates about diabetes and her insulin treatments.
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A UAE-based photographer has travelled the length and breadth of the country to capture time-lapse shots of the emirates during the height of summer.
Lewis de Mesa, who works in conjunction with Abu Dhabi Media, was commissioned to create the video titled 'UAE Summer' as part of the organisation's Ramadan programming.
Travelling hundreds of miles during shooting, de Mesa took in the sights of all seven emirates including stunning shots from Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the UAE's highest peak in Ras Al Khaimah.
The equipment de Mesa used to shoot included a Canon 5D Mk III, Mk II, 7D; Canon EF 14mm f/2.8; DP Stage Zero and a Stage One dolly.
Talking about the sometimes inhospitable conditions of summer shooting, de Mesa posted the following on his Vimeo page: "It's a tough time to shoot outdoors in the UAE as the weather is mostly hazy, some occasional sandstorms, temperatures can reach up to 50°C during the day time with a dreadful humidity of 80-90% range. So, the best time to shoot (without collapsing) is sunset and at night."
You can check out more of de Mesa's work, including his 'UAE Winter' video, at www.artlifeflip.net, the Art Life Flip facebook page and his Vimeo page.
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The 65-year-old Clinton had fainted on Dec. 15 after becoming dehydrated and dizzy from battling a stomach virus. She had suffered a concussion as a result of the fall but was never hospitalized. According to her spokesperson Phillipe Reines, the blood clot resulted from that fall where she had hit her head. He did not give any details on where exactly the blood clot was located but added that the doctors would continue to "assess her condition including other issues associated with her concussion."
Doctors have her on medication and she will reportedly remain under observation at the New York Presbyterian Hospital for another 48 hours.
Facebook supporters of Clinton as a presidential candidate for 2016, have already created memes wishing her a speedy recovery. One shared by the good folks at MoveOn.org and created by The Everlasting GOP Stoppers read, "Get well soon. We need you in 2016!"
Clinton will be leaving her Secretary of State position soon and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is slated to take her place if his nomination goes through. The favored person for replacing Clinton, UN Ambassador Susan Rice, had to bow out before she was even nominated due to the intense onslaught of opposition from Republicans, led by Sen. for Texas and former presidential candidate, John McCain.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Penn-Mont Academy has come a long way since it opened as Wolf Academy in September 1961 in the Union Avenue home of Gerald and Aline Wolf.
Seeking a "better way" for their children to learn, the Wolfs brought a Montessori teacher - Frances Sweatman - to the area from England.
"When our older children had started in traditional Altoona schools, both public and parochial, we were disappointed in what was offered to them, especially in the way they were learning to read and write," the Wolfs wrote in an email. "Long after they could read billboards and cereal boxes, they were still reading 'Look, look, oh look' in their classrooms. Their writing consisted of circling words or filling in blanks in workbooks that never invited them to write a complete sentence. We felt that our children as well as other youngsters in Altoona deserved a better start in their education."
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Preschool teacher Kristi Negola works with Jay Stultz as they use long red rods in an exercise at Penn-Mont Academy on Holliday Hills Drive, Hollidaysburg. The academy is marking its 50th anniversary.
Based on the work of Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori, the Montessori method of education provides a framework for teaching curriculum and promotes a life-long love of learning through the joy of exploration.
"We recognize the individual differences in children," said Mary Zajac, head of Penn-Mont since 2010. She previously served 20 years as education coordinator at the school.
"We use a hands-on approach to learning. We use age grouping. We have more than one grade in a classroom," said Michelle Hartye, head of school from 1987 to 2010 and current director of Penn-Mont's satellite preschool and kindergarten program at Penn State Altoona. "There is individuality; each child has their own course of work and study and moves through it at their own pace."
Ed Henderson of Altoona was a member of the first class in the Wolf home.
"I had first grade in the Wolf sunporch on Union Avenue. There were three other people in the class," Henderson said. "It was like a one-room schoolhouse."
Henderson later served on the school's board of directors when his son Daniel - now a freshman at Harvard - was a student at Penn-Mont.
"It helped broaden his outlook on education. It allowed him to develop his own unique personality skills and interests. The education they provide is based on their individual talents and abilities; it is a nurturing environment," said Henderson, who also had two stepdaughters attend Penn-Mont.
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It remained there until 1984 when the school moved to Lotz Avenue in Lakemont.
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Penn-Mont has grown from 30 students in 1961 to about 240 today, with an additional 22 at the Penn State Altoona location, which opened last year.
Hartye said there were growth spurts between 1984-85 and 2009-10.
"There was a steady growth in enrollment because we added the toddler program. Programs were added, and it was more consistently managed. A high percentage of parents decided to keep their kids in the program," Hartye said.
"Our toddler program has seen the most growth over the last two or three years," Zajac said. "They [parents] are looking for quality education for their children - not just a day care program. It is an educational program."
Parents have embraced the Montessori education.
"I think Montessori education has a tradition of giving broader basic skills and academics. It is a very natural way for them to learn. It gives them basic skills in terms of academics. We start teaching basic skills at 2 or 3, such as alphabet sounds and learning to count. We integrate learning into play. They don't even know they are learning," Hartye said. "All academic work is integrated into an environment that gives children a sense of joy and play and the outcome is that they have learned."
Penn-Mont, which has 45 full- and part-time employees, including 22 full- and part-time educators, is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays year-round.
Zajac said there are enrichment opportunities for students, including after-school programs such as fencing and chess and field trips to colonial Williamsburg, Washington, D.C., and New York City.
"The extended field trips are tied in to what they are studying," Zajac said.
Penn-Mont was the first Montessori school in Pennsylvania and the third in the nation. The school became affiliated with the American Montessori Society in 1988.
Hartye said that affiliation gave the teachers added certification, which helped the program grow.
"We have stayed connected nationally to the Montessori organization. We can look across the country, look at schools from New York to San Francisco. We are networking with a lot of Montessori schools and look at curriculum across the nation," Hartye said. "It is an international organization and we are very connected to it. That has helped keep the standard high."
The academy draws students from Blair, Bedford, Cambria and Centre counties.
Tuition for the elementary program is about $5,000 a year. About 20 percent of the families whose children attend the school receive scholarship money, Zajac said.
Zajac is optimistic about the future of the school.
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The Wolfs said they are surprised how the school has grown.
"We never dreamed that this humble beginning would evolve into a thriving school that would ultimately serve thousands of students. We feel especially grateful to that first group of parents who trusted us with their children's education," the Wolfs wrote. "Yes, we founded Penn-Mont, but its success that was recognized on our 50th anniversary is due, not to us, but to the wonderful work of our dedicated teachers and to the leadership of Michelle Hartye. We are very proud of all they have done."
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A Utah company plans to spend up to $15 million to continue studying the use of water to generate electricity on the edge of the caprock north of Silverton.
Cedar Creek Hydro applied last week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a second preliminary permit for its Cedar Creek Pumped Storage Project. It first filed an application for a similar permit to study the feasibility of the project in January 2009.
The goal is to store power efficiently so it may be used during peak demand. The original filing linked the project to a wind farm that would provide power during the night when winds are favorable to pump water up the caprock. That stored power could be reaped by sending the water downhill during the day when winds are less reliable and demand for electricity increases.
Company representatives did not respond to requests for comment on their current filing.
Maps included in the filing show the proposed project on the edge of the caprock in far northwest Briscoe County. A reservoir would be designed to pour water down the escarpment through a tunnel 28 feet across to three turbines in a generating station.
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The original source of the water would be aquifers in the area.
"You fill one reservoir and then just exchange the water back and forth," project developer Justin Barker said at the time of the first filing for the project.
The transmission line that would carry the power produced by the water would run 26 miles through Armstrong and Randall counties to near Happy where it would join the electrical grid.
The upper reservoir would be the largest of the two, covering about 283 acres and holding up to 2.5 billion gallons of water, the application said. The pipe running to the turbines and lower reservoir would be 3,720 feet long.
The turbines for the three generating units would run eight hours a day. Each generating unit would be capable of producing 220 megawatts of electricity when operating at 85 percent capacity, the application said.
One megawatt of electricity can power about 350 average homes.
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4th week of SCD and I have gained weight, why?
I am in my fourth week of the slow card diet and have gained weight. I am not convinced it is muscle as my jeans are too tight so I can only assume it's volume, ie fat. My body fat percentage is the same.
I am really not sure what I am doing wrong? Perhaps I am cooking with too much oil... is that a factor?
The first week of the diet I drank wine in the evenings but have now omitted that completely as I saw no change and thought perhaps that was the cause. So I have been 3 weeks without wine except for cheat days.
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Hi Chrome, Thanks for your answer. I think I MAY finally be seeing some results. My jeans are still tighter than when I started but for the first time yesterday seemed to 'give' a bit. I don't have a lot of weight to lose... approximately 5-7kg is my goal.
Maybe when there isn't too much weight to lose it takes longer to adjust? My body fat percentage is at 29% and I would love to come down to 18%. I can post pictures of my progress but it's difficult to see any change in the photo's.
As for what I eat on an average day :
Breakfast 5:30am : 2 scrambled egg, 1 cup cooked spinach, 1/2 cup bacon diced.
Mid Morning 10am : can of tuna ( approx 125 g ) mixed with flax seed oil and red wine vinegar
2pm : diced salad : cucumber, 1 tomato, green pepper, tuna flax oil, vinegar salt pepper ( about 400g I guess )
5pm : 10 almonds, 100g biltong ( biltong is a south african cured meat - contains no sugar )
dinner 7pm : 2 pork chops fried, cauliflower mash with garlic and butter beans.
Wow, that's embarrassing writing how much I eat! But that's a pretty lavish day. Yesterday I was demotivated so I had a can of tuna for breakfast, a can of tuna for lunch, 10 almonds as a snack and cauliflower mash and a lamb chop for supper.
If you can see any error in my ways... please point it out to me... otherwise, I am just going to keep on trucking! Maybe I will post a picture up here to keep myself motivated. I have also just started photographing my meals.
I think your food looks good, and actually sounds pretty appetizing to boot! It doesn't look like too much to me. I am stalling, too. I actually feel like I don't eat anything much, yet continue to gain or lose nothing (keeping track of weight, BF, inches too.) I want to lose 20-30lbs. I am still nursing my baby, so I think that may not be helping either. I keep thinking of the lady in the book that lost 100lbs. If she can do THAT, I can do my goal!
Hey @srvincentinteriors I think you are right about not eating too little - it's a tricky thing - we're so brainwashed into thinking...." well maybe if I just eat a little less?? "
Thanks @Joiedevivre - I think there must be so many contributing factors. The fact is that we really know so little about our bodies. I would love to do all the blood tests... I find it fascinating. I was reading online about all the tests that Tim Ferriss recommends we do in his book and it really is interesting to consider what all those organs represent and how much their state really can affect us! If I am still struggling with BF loss I am going to push myself even more to get those tests done.
I'm in my 5th week and although I had good results at the beginning, I actually stalled on my 3rd week.. For inatance i was up a pound from my 3rd week cheat day until the end of my 4th week, where i was finally at my losest. Fyi i started at 130.4 and 21% BF on May 16. I'm like you, only have 8-10 pounds to lose. This last Tuesday (June 14), I was at 125.4 and 20.3% BF. After reading your post, I don't think you are eating too much. I eat about the same amount of protein and fat as you do, but in addition I try to eat 1/3-1/2 cup of beans with 3 of my meals. Dont cut down your food intake. Looking back, thats one of the mistakes i might have made in my 3rd week- i went from 4 meals to 3. Dont get stuck in the old mindset that less food= more weight loss. Also after reading this blog, I think it's harder for peeps that only need to lose a small amount of weight or just BF. Hang in there. You can do it! Your body will adjust and you will see results!! Keep us posted....
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Just wondering how many slices of bacon is diced into your half cup? Just formulating a possible answer but having that info would help a bit too:)
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I am going to post pictures at the end of this week, as well as any change to my BF - I think there may be a difference but not huge in how I a looking. I am due to measure my body fat on friday so I will take "after pictures" the same morning. See my comment under my question re the amount of Bacon.
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One of the best perks of living in Stockholm is walking around the city. There are so many islands and little walkways to enjoy the scenery of the water and the city.
I began jogging in an attempt to lose the Christmas-Easter holiday weight. Thus far, I haven't lost anything but that could be because of the kanelbullar.
The best place that had maps was The Swedish Heart and Lung Society {Hjärt- & Lungskukas Riksförbund}. They have a collection of running trails they recommend throughout Sweden. You can pick any city in Sweden and get a map.
Here are few maps I love in the Stockholm area.
Djurgården-Brunnviken border route
Sundybyberg – Solna – the double lake route
The Five Island run – a run through Södermalm, Liljeholmen, Stora Essingen, Lilla Essingen, Kungsholmen, and Långholmen
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–Lost in Stockholm, seriously….. ;o)
Another nice route is all around Södermalm. This route is all on the water, and is around 11km. It's a good walk/jog, continuous trails/paths with lots of people.
If you start at Slussen, walk down to Eriksdalsbadet, then to the water, and walk! :-)
This is most useful!
I will be living in Sundbyberg from now on, so I will definitely try the double lake route -although I will probably start with just one lake (5 km) rather than the full course (10-11 km)
The Kungsholmen island tour is also a good one.
Another route, similar to the five island run, but going east rather than west: Kungsholmen (Norr Mälarstrand) – Vasastan (Vasabron) – Gamla Stan – Sodermalm (Söder Mälarstrand) and Langholmen (Längholmsgatan)
Is there any hiking route near Stockholm?
I'm moving to Stockholm in a few months, and me and my girlfriend like to go on hiking few times a year. We have 1000m high mountain near our hometown where we can hike all day long and climb to some mountain lodge for a hot meal in a nature.
Is there anything similar in Sweden?
I've been to Hammarybacken, but that's not really a challenge :)


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The now iconic Olympian swimmer will try to break the record for the most gold medals at a single games. Former Olympian Mark Spitz holds the current record of seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Phelps already has five golds -- the U.S. has claimed 10 golds in Beijing so far -- and he still has three races left.
Swimmer Katie Hoff finished fourth in two finals Thursday, after capturing a silver and a bronze over the weekend. She helped the Americans earn a bronze medal in the 4-by-200-meter freestyle relay.
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Our children are leaving us. That's the message found in the statistics that comprise the Brain Gain indicators and the anecdotal stories told by parents and graduates alike.
It's not that they can't find a higher education here. Statistically, Erie is about on par with the benchmark cities for the number of 18- to 24-year-olds who are high school graduates (or the equivalent). And statistically, that same age group measures higher than the benchmark for bachelor's degrees. Where the community falls short is in the number of students who don't complete high school, which is lower than the benchmark, and the community has a lower number of those who attain some college, or an associate degree.
Yet we live in a community where college graduates must leave to find work and where employers say the workforce doesn't have the skills they need.
So it's the job of the Vital Signs committee on Brain Gain to interpret this.
"Vital Signs is a real opportunity to analyze and delineate where we are in reality and where our weaknesses and resources are. Now that we have good information, we can work on a plan. It can't be fixed if you don't know what's wrong," said Russell Combs, executive director of the Erie Technology Incubator of Gannon University and member of the Vital Signs Brain Gain committee.
"Erie has a high work ethic. We have a great workforce and the type of workforce that if the opportunity presented itself in the right way, we will take advantage of it. In my own mind, if the jobs are there, we need to create the workforce," he said.
Beth Zimmer is vice president of talent acquisition of J.L. Nick & Associates and has extensive experience trying to match employer needs with the right workers.
"The biggest problems facing Erie employers right now are: 1. Aging workforce. A lot are in crisis mode due to a lack of planning for retirements. 2. Shortage of skilled trades. 3. Lack of available time and resources to effectively focus on short- and long-term recruiting and training programs. 4. Retention," she said.
"Gen X and Y are not motivated by the work environments and cultures that we grew up in. A lot of employers don't understand this -- if they don't put some time into ensuring that their employees are engaged, the revolving door will continue," she added.
Combs focuses on startup companies, rather than established ones, and said the needs are very different.
"Individuals have got to have a more adept knowledge of technology and be flexible to learn new technology, not fear it. I see a negative trend in this area -- there are many people in the established businesses that don't feel like they need to stay up on technology. If they embrace it, the technology will help their companies, but it is an expense. When times are tight, do you spend money on training workers or keeping workers? The negative trend I see, again, is backing away from technology advancement," he said. "The positive trend is that new technology companies are starting to lead the way. Established companies are looking at it and trying to see what's wrong.
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Zimmer agrees that Erie has a good base, but there still is work to be done.
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"I'd say that Vital Signs is a great step in measuring and showing us where we are hurting the most. The next steps are up to us as a community to brainstorm, develop recommendations and real actions that will improve these things. Specifically, collaborations focused on providing resources, best practice sharing, and real action are key, from K through 12, to higher education, to our employers' futures," Zimmer said.
The community college concept, which met with so much opposition, remains in the background of many conversations about developing a workforce for the future Erie. Combs raises an interesting question -- if employers really can't find skilled workers despite having three trade schools and four colleges, then what does the community need?
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Zimmer also concluded that the committee's work will be to identify just what the community needs.
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|Question: You are fishing a southern river in mid January. The water is pretty clear with water temps in the low sixties. The river is about 150 feet, bank to bank and has quite a bit of depth variation and bends. You are trying to find some good concentrations of Smallmouth. What are you primary and secondary starting patterns going to be?
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|Question: You are very late fall in a fairly shallow lake. The deepest spots are only 12-14 feet. You have located at point that drops off steeply that has some boulders and stumps in 8-12 feet of water. The water temperature is in the high forties. It is slightly off color and the day is sunny. The weather has been fairly stable for the past five or six days. You are not knocking them dead but have caught a few nice largemouth off this point and several others like it. What are you doing to put these fish in the boat?
|Winning Answer: Because of the lower water temperature, a good tactic to use would be to fish a 3/8 to 1/2 oz. jig-and-pig, bouncing it down the point and making contact with the boulders. In fall, you would do best sticking with the colors black, brown, or green. There are also several good color combinations, including a black jig with a black pork chunk, black with a brown pork chunk, brown with a brown pork chunk, and so on. It would be wisest to experiment with the different color combinations until you find which one the bass want.
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|Question: You are jigging a spoon in 30 feet of water. The wind is light and you are on a slow drift over an area that your LCD fishfinder says there are a lot of baitfish near the bottom. The water temperature is in the lower 50s and the water is clear. You are letting your spoon hit the bottom and ripping it up quickly about four feet each time and letting it flutter back to the bottom. You have been at for some time now but no bites. What might be wrong?
|Winning Answer: With 30' feet of line out, and your boat at a slow drift the jig is about 10' to 20' behind your target jigging zone. With the bait fish balled up at the bottom that tells me they are inactive, this could be a result of the big fish are already full or they are just laying around playing lambs and wolves. Now even if you do see baitfish on the bottom this does not mean big fish are around and the big fish are the ultimate anglers dream! Something we all dream about while fishing or sleeping.
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|Question: You arrive at a large impoundment for a day of fishing. Its fall and the water temperatures are falling into the sixties. Water clarity is fair to good. You and your fishing partners agree that you want to fish secondary points on the edge of creek channels. This large lake has several large creeks that you can avail yourselves of. One of the areas has lot of wood, another has an abundance of chunk rock and a third has large expansive weedbeds. Partner Bob says that you should head for the rocky areas. Bill says no, the best place to start is the weedy areas. You feel that wood is best during the fall of the year. Who is probably right and why?
|Winning Answer: Cooling water temps bring a lot of changes to Bass. The rocks provide more warmth, the wood provides cover for the bass to hunker down next to and the weeds provide oxygen and a hiding place for bait fish. I prefer the wood during cooling trends unless the wind is blowing against the rocks. The bait fish being blown against the rocks "traps" them and gives the bass a good place to concentrate their feeding efforts.
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|Question: You are fishing a large lake with good concentrations of Smallmouth bass. The pattern you have developed is running to channel marker buoys and keeping your boat 50 to 75 feet away and facing the wind. You have been able to pick up one or two Smallmouth on each buoy. You then run up lake to the next one and start again. What lure and presentation are you using and why is it that these smallies are there?
|Winning Answer: Usually these marker buoys are held in place with piles of rock and they are sitting around the edge of the channel. They are a natural hiding place for baitfish and crayfish. I would use a small crayfish Crankbait.
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|Question: You are fishing a large feeder creek that has schools of baitfish visibly near the surface. The water depth is about eight feet. You are located about 75 feet off a small secondary point that tapers off to the eight foot depth. A large school of shad is between your boat and the end of the point. You presume that the bass are under the baitfish at some point between you and the shoreline. How would you go about fishing this situation?
|Winning Answer: I would pick a lipless Crankbait such as a Rattle-Trap that was the same size and color of the shad. Then I would present it all around the point counting it down to various depths until the Bass were located. Then, I would thoroughly fish the area at that depth.
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Reviewed: 25 December 2014 by davewedge
My girlfriend was initially somewhat sceptical about this as she thought it was just too trashy.
On putting it on we both discovered that she was absolutely right. It's hard to describe how quickly I got hard when I saw her in this.
It's not to everyone tastes, but if you are going for a stripper look and your man wants you to look like a first class slut then this is an ideal outfit.
Compliment it with some platform heels he will melt - trust me.
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James D. Beckett, 80, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St., with Dr. Gil Lain, senior pastor of Paramount Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Flag detail provided by Disabled Veterans of America Chapter No. 26.
Mr. Beckett was born in Mason County, Ky. He was raised on a tobacco farm by his grandmother. He worked for Goodyear Tire Co. in Akron, Ohio, for 20 years before and after serving his county in the Marine Corps during World War II. He participated in action at Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands, New Britain, Peleliu, Palau Islands and the Carolina Islands, all in the Asiatic Pacific Area. He was awarded the Service Lapel Button, the Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart with Cluster Medal and the Honorable Discharge Button.
He married Doris Buterbaugh on June 14, 1959, at Akron. They moved to Amarillo in 1962. He was a member of Paramount Baptist Church for more than 30 years. He worked for Bittman's Appliance for about 10 years before working at Good Housekeeping Shop for five years. He also worked at Walsh Foods in sales for a short while. He was an excellent salesman. He was well-known and loved in his community, and he will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Pearson.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Renee Beckett of Dallas and Diana Miller of Mesa, Ariz.; three sons, William Beckett of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, James Beckett of Brunswick, Ohio, and Thomas Beckett of Walnut Creek, Calif.; a sister, Helen Haines of North Canton, Ohio; four brothers, William Beckett of Amarillo, Paul Beckett of Pittsburgh, Wallace Beckett of Charleston, S.C., and Gene Beckett of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 7, 2001
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Pokemon Head Discusses the Pains of 3DS Development
The head of The Pokémon Company discusses the 3DS and his franchise's future.
It's been a pretty busy first half of 2011 for everyone at The Pokémon Company -- the English version of Pokémon Black/White touched down in March; Pokédex 3D was released for free on the 3DS last month; and Pokémon Rumble Blast was just announced for a October 3DS release in America. For Pokémon Company head Tsunekazu Ishihara, it's all part of his team's effort to keep users excited and keep the fun flowing.
"The core idea with the Pokédex is to get people to play Pokémon Black/White on the 3DS," he told Famitsu magazine this week. "Figuring out how to encourage that and how to use the 3DS feature set was what led to the Pokédex. There are still a lot of gamers we'd like to get playing Pokémon Black/White, and there are new methods of play that we wanted to introduce to people already playing the game. When the 3DS concept started going around, the first idea that came up was to create what was essentially the ultimate Pokédex. If we were going to go through with it, we definitely didn't want to put in a halfhearted effort."
For a free product, Pokédex 3D is indeed pretty extensive, although Ishihara admitted that it hasn't been downloaded quiet as much as his company had hoped quite yet. "People that have played it are giving us high marks for it," he said, "but to be honest, I think we're still just getting started in terms of distribution. I get the impression that a lot of 3DS users have yet to update their system software [the newest update was released early June] -- something that I hope more people get active on, because then they'll be able to use the Pokédex. A lot of gamers want us to cover the entire Pokédex for every region of Pokémon, too, and with what we've learned through using SpotPass, I'd definitely like to expand the Pokédex going into the future."
What does Ishihara think about the 3DS? "To be candid with you, it's not an easy platform to develop software on," he admitted. "Thinking about it another way, though, it's the kind of platform that really makes you want to delve into the feature set and figure out how to make fun things with it. The more you explore the features, the more ideas pop up about how to make games more fun. The 3DS has two CPUs -- one devoted to the game, another devoted to network communication -- and until the June update, I'd say that the communication chip was sort of a work in progress. The update completed the package, so to speak, and now we can get full performance out of that CPU. The fact that these two CPUs work independently of each other is really important -- one can work all by itself without being bogged down by the other. I think taking full advantage of that is one of the keys to 3DS game development."
It's been a busy past few months for Ishihara, and the rest of the year is apparently shaping up in similar fashion. "To be honest, there isn't much I can tell you yet, sadly," he said. "However, I can tell you that we've got just as many surprises in store for the second half of 2011 as we had for the first half, so keep an eye out for us. I don't think every Nintendo DS use has immediately upgraded to the 3DS, so while we'd like to keep DS gamers close in our minds, we also want to show people how much the world of Pokémon can be expanded with the 3DS's feature set."
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HmmmPosted: Jul 20, 2011 12:00AM PST by Ap3cHe_w3rrior_falco
"The 3DS has two CPUs -- one devoted to the game, another devoted to network communication"
This sounds like a bad design on Nintendo's part. It would be better for the 3DS to have two general pupose CPUs instead. That way devs could just dump AI or physics calculations on a different CPU instead of just running processes for communications only. Just an odd sounding design for sure. In general in Japan it seems that the hardware engineers don't collaborate too closely with software engineers during system development.


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Tutti Frutti
It rained off and on all weekend but this was the look I wore to brighten things up a little. I've been keeping my makeup really fresh lately and a lot of times I don't blog these "everyday" looks but I thought I'd share this one with you. I adore corals and nothing screams Spring to me more than this color range. I didn't have lashes on yet in these pics….
I love how simple this look is especially because I use theBalm's Hot Mama blush as both blush and eyeshadow. I travel a lot so anytime I can consolidate and use one product for two things I'm sold. Also, I used my two brow powders in my crease which really cuts down on products used. theBalm's products are some of my favorites! They are insanely pigmented and just gorgeous. I also use Mary-Lou Manizer on my eyes all the time and as a highlighter.
I have 2 Revlon Lip Butters and I adore them both! I'm wearing Tutti Frutti here and it's perfect for someone who wants to try out a coral but might be afraid of brights.
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Listen Amaya: Rekindling the Farooq-Deepti romance
The audiences have become more open towards offbeat films, and thus 'Listen Amaya' has a good chance to excel.
New Delhi: If you have grown up mooning over Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval's on-screen romance, debutant director Avinash Kumar Singh's 'Listen Amaya' will be the film to watch this weekend as the everlasting pair returns to the big screen.
The film stars beside Shaikh and Naval, Swara Bhaskar in the lead role.
"The film is a story about relationships. About the coming of age of a daughter who learns to see her mother as an individual person with her own desires and needs. It asks the very pertinent question that is there an appropriate age to fall in love?" Swara says about the theme of 'Listen Amaya'.
"Theirs is a beautiful pairing and there is a lot of nostalgia and romance associated with their comeback. Both Deepti ma'am and Farooque sir are very warm people and they made me feel very comfortable. I really enjoyed spending time with and shooting with them. Soon after the release of 'Tanu Weds Manu', Avinash got in touch with me and we met. The moment I heard Deepti ma'am and Farooque sir were doing the film I already felt inclined to say yes."
Swara further says, "Just watching them both at work was a big lesson for me. They are both so effortless and easy in front of the camera, their performance is so fluid yet convincing and intense. That's a great lesson for an actor and the toughest thing to achieve in one's performance."
'Listen Amaya' is set in the backdrop of Delhi, "I play a young Delhi girl- urbane, confident, full of energy and ambition, but also possessive and insecure. She is used to her mother's undivided love and attention. I keep joking with director Avinash Singh that Amaya is the villain of the film! I believe only the most hardened cynic will remain unmoved by this film."
Nowadays when the Hindi film industry is getting warm response to offbeat films, 'Listen Amaya' has a fair chance to excel at the commercial front.
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(L - R) NOAA Coastal Survey Regional Manager Tim Osborn, Lake Charles MIC Andy Patrick, U.S. Congressman Charles Boustany and Calcasieu Parish Emergency Management Director at hurricane forum in Lake Charles (Photo: WFO Lake Charles)
(June 29, 2012) - At the invitation of Louisiana 7th District Congressman Charles Boustany and his staff, the National Weather Service forecast office in Lake Charles and the NOAA Office of Coast Survey conducted two hurricane forums in June.
The first forum was held on June 11 in Lafayette, and the second on June 25 in Lake Charles. Both events were well-attended by key-decision makers and the public. Their purpose was to discuss the 2012 hurricane season and provide preparedness information.
Lake Charles Meteorologist-in-Charge Andy Patrick discussed the 2012 hurricane outlook, including a review of key National Weather Service products and services designed to communicate hurricane impacts.
Coastal Survey Regional Manager Tim Osborn discussed coastal impacts from storm surge and the economic importance of National Weather Service decision support services during these events.
"The Lafayette and Lake Charles hurricane forums were very important community events that helped convey the message of hurricane preparedness," said Congressman Boustany. "I want to thank the National Weather Service in Lake Charles and NOAA Coastal Survey for helping to ensure these communities are ready for this hurricane season."
Patrick also noted, "Even though many local communities were well-prepared for major hurricanes during the past decade, enhanced National Weather Service products and services; and the addition of social media initiatives, such as Twitter and Facebook, will provide even more information to key-decision makers."
The original forerunner of the National Weather Service was created as part of the U.S. Army Signal Service in 1870 to provide meteorological observations for the benefit of commerce. Twenty years later, the service was transferred to the Department of Agriculture where it remained until becoming part of NOAA in 1970.
The NOAA Office of Coast Survey actually pre-dates the National Weather Service. It was created in 1807 to provide nautical charts that would help the nation with safe shipping, national defense and maritime boundaries.
Today, the office continues to provide navigation products and services that help ensure safe and efficient maritime commerce on America's oceans and coastal waters and in the Great Lakes.
Lake Charles MIC Andy Patrick provides provides update on Tropical Storm Debby at the Lake Charles forum 9Photo: WFO Lake Charles)


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Officers were dispatched to the Suquehanna River Bridge just before 5 p.m. Friday to assist York County Sheriff deputies with an unruly prisoner.
York County deputies were transporting a 15-year-old prisoner from York to the Lancaster County Juvenile Detention Center.
The prisoner was arrested earlier in the day by the Northern York County Regional Police for a firearms violation.
Deputies say while crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge, the prisoner attempted to escape from his restraints and began to kick out the rear window of the transport vehicle.
The deputies stopped on the bridge and called additional police from York and Lancaster counties to secure the prisoner.
Police say that in the process, the prisoner assaulted two deputies and now faces charges of aggravated assault on law enforcement, escape and criminal mischief.
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Mercyhurst men rally past Sacred Heart
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Mercyhurst men's hockey team rallied from an early deficit with three unanswered goals and went on to defeat Sacred Heart 3-1 Saturday at Webster Bank Arena.
Matthew Zay, Daniel Bahntge and Tyler Shiplo scored for the Lakers, while Jordan Tibbett made 39 saves to earn the win.
Sacred Heart (0-6-1, 0-4-1) grabbed a 1-0 lead when Nick Curry scored with less than 4 minutes to play in the first period.
The score stayed the same until Zay buried a pass from Charlie Carkin nearly 5 minutes into the second period. Later in the period, Bahntge converted on a pass from Paul Chiasson to give the Lakers (2-2-1, 2-1-0) a 2-1 lead.
Shiplo's insurance goal midway through the third period gave Tibbett some breathing room.
Tibbett, who had made 19 saves through the first two periods, turned aside 20 shots in the third to secure the win for the Lakers.
Mercyhurst will return to action on Friday when it travels to Rochester to face RIT at 7:05 p.m.


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This 1949 Little Golden Book edition of the famous poem, The Night Before Christmas, was a staple in the Golden Book line for many years. Recently found in the Golden Books archives, Corinne Malvern's artwork for this title has been digitized and beautifully reproduced for today's kids!
Clement C. Moore, who taught Biblical history in New York City, wrote this Christmas favorite in 1822 for his own children. He later published it as A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.


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Ah summer, the time of the year where those of us who don't live near the ocean head on out to the ol' cement pond for a refreshing dip in a self-contained body of highly chlorinated water. Filmmakers love scenes set around swimming pools too -- mostly because they provide a good excuse for showing off hot bodies in skimpy outfits, but also because they present countless opportunities for hilarious hijinks. Everything's funnier when it involves a girl in a bikini or someone who's fully attired being shoved into a pool -- and I've picked seven scenes from movies that go a long way toward proving poolside shenanigans are always in season.
[Warning: Brief foul language, nudity and sexual content after yonder jump!]
The Big Lebowski
One of my favorite hilarious poolside scenes comes courtesy of the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski. In this segment, The Dude (Jeff Bridges) is being escorted out of his meeting with The Big Lebowski by Brandt (Philip Seymour Hoffman) when he runs into the elder Lebowski's trophy wife, Bunny (Tara Reid). Bunny's sitting poolside in a bikini while painting her toenails and tells The Dude to blow on them. Bridges looks over to the pool and spots a passed out Uli (Peter Stormare) and then asks Bunny if Uli's going to mind. Bunny tells him Uli's a nihilist, and The Dude replies "Oh that must be exhausting."
The scene gets funnier from there when Bunny offers to perform oral sex on Lebowski for a thousand dollars, but also adds that Brandt can't watch unless he gives her a hundred. Brandt's braying laughter and response to the situation is priceless. While no one winds up in the pool (other than Uli), this scene from one of the Coen Brothers' best films is a hilarious example of the strange things that happen around swimming pools in the movies.
Paul Verhoeven's camp classic, Showgirls, is chock full of unintentionally hilarious moments, but the scene where drifter turned stripper Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) gets it on with Zach (poor Kyle MacLachlan) in his pool stands in a league of its own. Zach is the boyfriend of diva club owner Cristal Connors' (Gina Gershon), but he takes a liking to the ditzy stripper with a heart of gold after a couple's lap dance at Club Cheetah. Connors and Nomi quickly become arch rivals, but since Cristal is Nomi's boss, she has all the power and repeatedly sets Berkley up for failure. Cristal even goes so far as to send Nomi to a promotional gig where she knows her employee will be expected to spend sexytime with her clients.
This is where she rushes into the arms of Zach, who saves her from this terrible fate so he can take her home, get her drunk, and score with her in his lavish swimming pool. The ensuing sex scene is absolutely ridiculous. When Nomi starts flailing around like a drowning victim we're once again reminded why this movie is a multiple Razzie award winner. Oh, Elizabeth Berkley -- did you learn nothing from all those years spent on the swim team at Bayside High? What would Mr. Belding say? Watch the clip here (big time NSFW).
National Lampoon's Vacation
No list of classic poolside scenes would be complete without Clark Griswold's (Chevy Chase) encounter with Christie Brinkley in National Lampoon's Vacation. After spotting Brinkley and her Ferrari several times on the freeway, Clark finally meets the object of his fantasies in person at a hotel. The two flirt at the restaurant (where Clark explains that he owns the entire chain of hotels and travels to them once a year disguised as a married man ... ) then wind up at the pool. Brinkley strips naked (off camera) and hops into the water. Clark is all googly eyes and eventually joins her, but before anything naughty can happen, he's interrupted by his wife. Busted, he bids farewell to his dream girl and heads back up to his room. We get one more funny moment when Clark runs into his son Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall), and explains that Brinkley was merely a pool waitress taking his order for fish. The scene ends with Clark asking Rusty if he understands. Rusty says he does, but then asks "Do you think Mom will buy it?" This scene's mixture of sexiness and hilarity (Chase is at his best here) make the pool rendezvous in Vacation one of the most memorable scenes on this list.
Harold and Maude
When you think of pool scenes, Harold and Maude probably isn't the first title that springs to mind. The funny story of a May-December romance between a 19-year-old man (Bud Cort) and a 70-something woman (Ruth Gordon) doesn't seem like one that would be filled with a lot of poolside wackiness. However, the film does feature one simple, yet great, scene involving a swimming pool. Throughout the film, Harold continually fakes his suicide in order to gain his mother's attention. In this clip, we watch his Mom get into the pool and start swimming laps -- and as the camera pulls back, we see that she's swimming past a floating corpse. Harold's Mother is so used to his desperate pleas for attention at this point that she swims right past him without even missing a stroke. The scene isn't long or complex, but the simple sight gag of a woman swimming right past what appears to be a floating body is still funny enough to make it worth mentioning. Maybe next time someone can explain to Harold that it might be easier if he did this with his head facing upward ...
Sexy Beast
Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast isn't a comedy (although some find Ben Kingsley's unforgettable performance as angry gangster Don Logan amusing at times), but it does open with a great scene set around a swimming pool. Gary "Gal" Dove (Ray Winstone) has retired from the criminal life and now spends his days with ex-pornstar wife lounging around in his Spanish villa. When the film opens, the husky Gal is soaking up some of the afternoon rays beside his pool. The Stranglers' Peaches is playing on the soundtrack (it's the perfect song for this scene) and Gal eventually gets up and stands on the edge of the water. Like a portent of things to come, a boulder breaks free on the hill overlooking the house and careens down the slope toward Gal's pool. It shoots off the edge, narrowly missing the Speedo-clad gangster, and splashes into the pool before sinking to the bottom. Gal and a young Spanish boy hop into the water to survey the damage (again foreshadowing later events in the story) and there are some funny underwater exchanges as Gal watches the young boy vainly trying to move the rock. The scene's humor is relatively understated -- Gal is a bear of a man wearing a Speedo, his reaction to the boulder splashing water all over him is subtle yet funny and Glazer films the scene in a unique way (boulder cam!) that makes it far more quirky and witty than you'd probably expect. That sums up Sexy Beast as a whole though -- it's a film that undermines your expectations at regular intervals.
Mommy Dearest
Most people remember the 1981 Joan Crawford bio-pic Mommy Dearest for the wire hanger scene, but there's a not-quite-as-disturbing sequence involving a swimming pool too. While I'm loathe to make fun of child abuse (because it's not funny), Mommy Dearest has become known as something of a campy, creepy, cult classic over the years -- and this scene is partially responsible for that. In it, we watch Crawford (Faye Dunaway, sporting the perfect, crazy pants eyebrows) race her young daughter Christina across the pool. The grown woman easily gets to the other side before the child, but then is so petty that she actually brags about her victory. When Christina tells her mother that it's not fair because she's a grown up, Crawford rubs a little more salt into the wound, telling her daughter that she'll always beat her. Things get ugly when Christina then tells her mother she's just not going to play with her anymore, sending Crawford into a disturbingly hysterical fit of rage. Beatings of a different kind follow. The moral here? Kids, if you have Joan Crawford-like parents, just remember -- someday you'll get to choose their nursing home.
When I came up with the idea to do a poolside shenanigans list, there was one specific scene that inspired the whole concept -- and that scene was the infamous "poop in the pool" sequence from Caddyshack. When a kid tosses a Baby Ruth bar in the pool, the comparisons to human waste are undeniable. That's funny enough, but the reaction of the masses when it's discovered floating amongst the swimmers, coupled with the use of the iconic Jaws score, make this the grandaddy of all swimming pool pranks. Thanks to Caddyshack, the idea of tossing a Baby Ruth in a crowded pool and watching the reaction is now something that's part of our collective conscience -- you hear it mentioned at pools everywhere. And while the floating candy bar is worth some laughs, the scene's funniest part comes in the aftermath -- where Bill Murray has drained the pool and is scrubbing it down. He finds the candy bar that caused the hysteria, smells it, then takes a bite – causing one of the snooty country club women to faint in the process. One more reason to love Caddyshack -- the blue collar guys always find a way to put those snobby, rich people in their place.
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Vinny smokes so much pot that he is a frequent custoner
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Someone who is a patron of a smoke or head shop.
Yeah I go to that smoke shop all the time, you could say I am a regular custoner.
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Customers that are stoned.
I had a bunch of smelly custoners at the end of my shift. They couldn't make any decisions and wouldn't stop giggling.
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For more information on policies, guidelines and definitions—or if you are interested in more information about SER's Science & Policy Working Group, please contact Jim Harris, Chair. Click here to download as a PDF file.
Policies 1 through 9 were published in Restoration Ecology1(3): 206-207, 1993.
The Society for Ecological Restoration advocates the protection of ecosystems that are pristine or that otherwise exhibit characteristic diversity and functional attributes. Protection should also be extended to such ecosystems that have recently suffered storms, fires, or other catastrophic natural events that may occasionally affect them. The Society further advocates protection for degraded ecosystems, if:
(1) they are among the last remnants of a type threatened by regional extirpation
(2) they contain mature specimens of characteristic species whose generation time spans many decades, or
(3) their removal would cause the fragmentation of a continuous natural area
The Society for Ecological Restoration will not sanction the destruction of any ecosystem of the pretext that it may be restored. To the contrary, for any ecosystem that is willfully destroyed, the Society advocates restitution that recoups environmental values equivalent to those lost by the destruction of that ecosystem and in addition provides other environmental reparations in order to realize a net environmental improvement to the regional landscape.
Ecological restoration is increasingly becoming an integral element in resource management and should be adopted generally as an essential practice by public agencies, nongovernmental organizations, institutions, corporations, individuals, or other entities that own, control, or manage resources.
The Society for Ecological Restoration advocates the ecologically sensitive management of ecosystems and landscapes, including restored systems. Such management should be designed to sustain these natural areas in perpetuity. The Society acknowledges that ecosystems are dynamic and may evolve in response to natural catastrophic events and also to gradual changes in environmental conditions. Such eventualities should be accommodated in management plans.
The Society for Ecological Restoration advocates the integration of restoration projects into regional landscapes, so as to maximize the effectiveness of restoration efforts. To that end, ecological restoration projects should contribute as much as possible to the establishment of greenbelts, buffers, wildlife corridors, biosphere reserves, and similar conservation lands.
The Society for Ecological Restoration recognizes that ecosystems, including restored ecosystems, are inseparable from human culture and economy. Resource usage of restored systems should be compatible with the principle of sustainability and should not cause environmental degradation.
The Society for Ecological Restoration advocates programs for preserving biodiversity and endangered species. The Society contends that the preservation of biodiversity and protection of endangered species cannot be sustained satisfactorily apart from viable ecosystems. Therefore, the Society advises resource planners charged with preserving biodiversity and protecting endangered species to emphasize the restoration and maintenance of ecosystems and those key species upon which all other species in an ecosystem depend.
The Society for Ecological Restoration recognizes that the restoration and management of historical ecosystems contribute towards the solution of strategic environmental needs, including but not limited to the following:
(a) retention of precipitation in order to maintain the integrity of the hydrologic cycle;
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We spent Friday morning cleaning one of our local beaches then having fun making an 'art attack'.
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