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Last year, the Back in Black adoption event was introduced to showcase black dogs and cats and give them the best chance at being adopted. And over 900 pets found homes!
This year, we're back with Back in Black 2.
Our goal is to find good homes for 1,000 or more pets in black this May.
Right now, thousands of wonderful animals are waiting to be adopted at shelters and rescue groups nationwide. And every day, 9,000 pets are killed in shelters because they don't have a home.
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- Superstitions! There are negative stereotypes about black cats and dogs that simply aren't true. Just ask anyone who loves their beautiful black pet! They'll tell you about all the wonderful qualities their pets possess and that they wouldn't trade them for anything.
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FN's third annual pensions awards were held at The Banking Hall in the heart of the City of London. Around 60 executives from the pensions industry were in attendance. Among the awards up for grabs were Pension Scheme of the Year and Outstanding Individual Contribution to Pensions. Awards were presented by Financial News's editor, Gren Manuel, and pensions editor, Mark Cobley.
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Montpelier water worry dampens city reportBy Gayle Hanson
Staff writer | May 10,2013MONTPELIER The good news is the quality of Montpeliers water supply is excellent. Thats according to the latest water quality report from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Theres just one snag.
Because of a plan put in place more than a decade ago, several Berlin customers on the Montpelier system, including the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department, still receive untreated water. And that, says the state, is a no-no and could be costly.
The brief history in a nutshell is that the citys water comes from Berlin Pond and the transmission goes down the hill into Montpelier. We have a couple of users in Berlin who, through a longstanding arrangement, have been receiving raw water all along, but its a situation that needs to be addressed, said Tim Raymond, operations section manager for the state drinking water and groundwater protection division.
Weve kind of gone back and forth with the state around this, said Todd Law, chief of the citys Public Works Department, who said the initial recipients of the untreated water were using it for agricultural purposes. But were hoping that were going to have a solution soon.
Law said those users dont have any complaints for the time being.
The best solution, according to Law, and the one most easily accomplished, is to move the three remaining raw water users to the Berlin water supply when it comes into being.
According to Law, the city has worked with the residents receiving the untreated water and has gone so far as to start drawing up plans to create an expensive mini treatment plant that would serve the remaining customers. Law said the fire department uses the water only to fill its tankers and another customer has already dug a well.
Right now, the users have their own filters and ultraviolet lights to treat the water, and everything has been satisfactory, he added. That said, Law was dismayed when it looked as though it might cost up to $100,000 to create a system that would serve less than a handful of customers.
The state has given the city until August 2014 to set things right with its remaining raw water customers.
According to the compliance schedule, Montpelier must either provide for filtration and disinfection to those service connections currently being served untreated water ... or physically disconnect those service connections from the raw water transmission lines.
Montpelier has very high-quality water, Raymond said. So its just a little bit of a black eye.
In the meantime, Law said hell move forward to have a plan in place to address the problem.
Weve been in the process of getting something ready, he said. Wed be happy to turn these customers over to Berlin.
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Posted on September 11, 2013
Grand Valley State enrolls largest number of freshmen, minority, out-of-state, and international students in its history
Grand Valley State University announced today that a record number of first-year students arrived on campus this fall. This year's number jumped to 4,124 freshmen from last year's record of 4,005. Their academic scores are also higher. The average high school GPA of this year's class is 3.52 and the average ACT is 23.8.
The percentage of minority students is also a record at 15.2 percent; there's a record number of international students, with 378 students enrolled; and the number of out-of-state students has been rising steadily and is now up to 1,260, another record at Grand Valley.
Enrollment in science, technology, engineering, math and health professions is also up significantly. The number of undergraduates in engineering is up nearly 16 percent, and enrollment in health professions programs is up nearly 23 percent at the graduate level. Credit hours are also the highest in university history, due to Grand Valley having more full-time and fewer part-time students. The total number of students enrolled at Grand Valley is 24,477, which keeps enrollment stable and aligns with the university's strategic plan for budget stability.
"We are beginning this academic year on a strong, positive note at Grand Valley," President Thomas J. Haas said. "We have been recognized as best in class by lawmakers looking at our performance, and clearly by students making a choice about where to pursue their educational and life goals. We are extremely pleased that the strategic choices we've made in providing relevant academic programs and helping students complete degrees more quickly are proving to be successful for our students and for the state of Michigan, since nearly all of our graduates begin their careers here."
Grand Valley's fall enrollment report also shows:
- More than 80 percent of Grand Valley students attend full time;
- Students are taking more credit hours;
- The investment in health programs is paying off with a notable increase of graduate students in the College of Health Professions.
The report indicates that students are moving through their programs to graduation in a timely manner. Administrators are attributing this in part to the Grand Finish Program, which doubled recipients in its second year. The Grand Finish is awarded to students entering their senior year who are on track to finish their degree in four years. In the 2012/2013 academic year, 2,745 students received Grand Finish grants of up to $1,000. In the first year of the program, approximately 1,000 students received the grant.
For full details on the Grand Finish program, see www.gvsu.edu/grandfinish.
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Posted on February 13, 2014
Do you have a creative idea for Grand Valley's Instagram account or Facebook page?
Social:You, a campus-wide competition organized by the Marketing Department in the Seidman College of Business, challenges teams of students to create a social media plan for the university's official social media platforms.
The contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Registration ends March 10 and plans are due March 24.
"The contest is a great opportunity to think differently about something that students use constantly," said Justin Lawrence, graduate assistant in the Marketing Department. "Taking a different point of view on technology, that of an institution rather than an individual, is an interesting challenge for students of any major."
Lawrence said content should showcase Grand Valley pride, student life, tradition, academics and athletics.
All materials, including videos, photos, graphics and text must be created by participants and included in the finished social media plan. Submissions should span three to four months and can use one or all of the social media platforms where the university has a presence, including Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. A full list can be found at www.gvsu.edu/socialmedia.
The top three plans will be chosen to be presented to a panel of judges April 1-3. The winners will be announced April 8. The first place winner will receive $500 and the second place winner will receive $100.
Registration forms and contest guidelines can be found on the Marketing Department's Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/seidmanmarketing or by sending an email to Justin Lawrence at email@example.com.


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Visibility locally reduced below one mile in dust prone areas.
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BETHPAGE, N.Y. - A pair of late fourth quarter scores gave the No. 2 UMass men's lacrosse team a two-goal cushion en route to an 8-6 win over Drexel in the Battle Of Bethpage II. Goalie Tim McCormack was named the Minutemen's MVP thanks to 14 saves in the game including four in the fourth. With the win, UMass remains undefeated on the season improving to 11-0 for the first time in program history.
The Minutemen will return to action next Saturday at Gillette Stadium against CAA rival Hofstra in the New England Lacrosse Classic. The opening faceoff is set for 5 PM and tickets can be ordered through TicketMaster.com and are $15 dollars for individuals and $10 for groups with free parking.
Steve D'Amario and Anthony Biscardi each tallied two goals for the Minutemen who remain in first place in the CAA with a 4-0 record. Mike Fetterly added a pair of assists, while Will Manny and Connor Mooney each posted a goal and an assist.
Drexel (5-7, 3-2 CAA) received a pair of goals from Aaron Prosser while Mark Manos made eight saves in goal.
The Dragons outshot UMass 33-to-29 for the game. The Minutemen again controlled the faceoff dot winning 11-of-17 on the day.
The first quarter started slowly as both teams faced heavy defensive pressure from the onset. Drexel finally broke the deadlock when Ben McIntosh scored with 2:06 left in the first quarter. Prosser followed that tally 28 seconds later allowing the Dragons to take a 2-0 lead at the end of the period.
D'Amario and Manny tallied goals in the first half of the second quarter to tie the game at 2-2. Prosser then scored his second of the day with 6:44 to go giving the Dragons a 3-2 lead. With just under two minutes left before halftime, Biscardi tallied his first of the day to tie the game 3-3 going into the break.
For the second straight game, Greg Rushing tallied a goal putting the Minutemen up for the first time in the game with 13:55 to go in the third. Each team clamped down again on defense as neither could score again for the balance of the period.
That set up a wild fourth quarter as Andrew Vivian tied the game with an unassisted goal just three minutes into the period.
With 6:50 to go, Colin Flemming scored a man-up goal which was followed by D'Amario's second of the game 90 seconds later giving the Minutemen a critical 6-4 lead.
Drexel pulled back within one goal with 1:38 to go, but Mooney and Biscardi each scored with less than a minute to go pushing the lead to 8-5 with 11 seconds to go. Nick Saputo scored a man-down goal off a faceoff win with two seconds left giving the final 8-6 score.


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i tot that they have no cap space
they cant keep current roster for 13/14.
Not really but my prediction after Miami loses this playoff series to the Spurs. We all know Riles likes to have a dominant Center and anyone who is going to compete with Indiana in the East is going to need a Center. Actually Bosh would be a perfect fit for Damnphony: he shoots to much, to deep, plays no defense and doesn't rebound to boot. Match made in heaven
i tot that they have no cap space
they cant keep current roster for 13/14.
if your argument is that pringles wants a non-rebounding pf, then amare is way better
some sources says that D12 CP3 will be 1 team and who know about DIRK + Igoudala all in Atlanta Houston is also hunting
There will be plenty rumors and speculations as we're approaching the upcoming FA window... most of them based on "multiple sources". I'm not really interested in any kind of made up stories that are going viral just to create more hits. The only reliable source of FA news I'll be using is that Wojnarowski guy from Yahoo, most of his trade/signing rumors appeared to be true.
We actually could get him and paul( i know we're not gettin either) feel free to correct my assessment but if we could buy Dallas pick. Package the pick with another pick that we could get by trading chandler to a low lottery team along with amare and felton and shump for paul(pending the clippers amnestying stat) and then sign d howard. we could have melo d12 and paul. Not saying i want to actually anyone would do that. However i know this isn't nba live or 2k
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Think you know everything you need to know about the flu? See if you've been fooled by these eight common myths about the flu, according to U.S. News and World Reports.
Myth: The flu is just a bad cold.
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Reality: You may get a headache or low fever after a flu shot, but it's not going to make you sick. If you do get a full-blown illness after getting a vaccine, it's probably because viruses are already going around and you won't be fully immune until you've had the shot for two weeks.
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A new French study suggests that there may be a reason why sodas are such a popular beverage: some contain trace amounts of alcohol.
The study, which was published by the consumer magazine "60 Millions de Consommateurs," conducted a laboratory analysis of 20 brands of colas including the top beverages, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, to determine what plant extracts and compounds are used in the production of the products.
According to researchers, almost half of the tested colas contain alcohol, however at very low doses -- less than 10 mg of ethanol per liter, or 0.001 percent.
So the average soda drinker would have to consume at least 13,000 cans of cola in one sitting in order to reach a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent, which is recognized as the level for impairment of normal faculties in most states.
Coke indicates on its website that, "Coca-Cola is recognized as a non-alcoholic beverage and we do not add alcohol as an ingredient. Trace levels of alcohol can occur naturally in many foods and beverages. Governments and religious organizations have recognized that such minute levels are considered acceptable in nonalcoholic foods and beverages."
"Our products are safe and meet the safety requirements, laws and practices in every country where our brands are sold."
According to the study, the researchers didn't intend to focus on the presence of alcohol in cola, but instead sought to inform consumers about what's in their favorite drinks because food allergies are steadily increasing.
One of the other revelations the study cited was that consuming a can of Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi is the equivalent of ingesting six sugar cubes.
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Bikaner Festival, Rajasthan
Dedicated to the indispensable ship of the desert, the festival starts with a magnificent procession of bedecked camels. It is a colourful spectacle of the beautifully decorated camels that fascinates the onlookers with their charm and grace. Several competitions are held, marked with typical Rajasthani colour, joyous music and lilting rhythms and gay festivities. The festival usually takes place in early January.


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Farmers Market has a start date
Wondering when the West Sacramento Farmers Market is opening up for the season?
The market will return for the spring and summer months on Thursday, June 6, at a slightly different location on the 1100-block of West Capitol avenue, near the civic center. Watch the News-Ledger for final details about this year's market. Or visit the market (if you're a Facebook member) here.
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Earth Day in West Sacramento
Earth Day festivities on Saturday, April 20, at the West Sacramento Community Center included environmentally-related information booths, a bounce house and a visit from Radio Disney. Above, representative Merit Cutler of "Farm Fresh to You" in the Capay Valley (left) chats with a visitor to her table. The festival, sponsored by the City of West Sacramento, was the first of its kind. Close to a hundred people were on hand when the News-Ledger dropped by on Saturday afternoon.
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DUI checkpoint in West Sac tonight
The West Sacramento Police Department announces it will hold a "DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint" tonight between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in West Sacramento.
"Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or other drug impairment," said Lieutenant Tod Sockman of the W.S.P.D. in a press release. "Officers will also check drivers for proper licensing and will strive to delay motorists only momentarily. When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving."
The department believes that well-publicized, frequent DUI checkpoints reduce drinking-related car crashes.
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Got leftover prescription drugs?
The West Sacramento Police Department will take part in the "National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day" tomorrow (Saturday, April 27).
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. you can drop off your expired or unwanted prescription medications at the police department, 550 Jefferson Blvd. in West Sacramento. (From Jefferson Blvd., go west on Triangle and turn left into the police parking lot).
The service is anonymous and free. Staff will accept your drop-offs and will see that the drugs are safely disposed of.
[adrotate group="9″] "Since most people who abuse prescription drugs say that they get them from family members or friends, it is imperative that we all take steps to dispose of unwanted drugs," said U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner in a press release.
The national "take-back" day includes a number of California locations. For other drop-off spots, go to www.dea.gov and click on "Got Drugs?"
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'Celebrity Fashion Show' returns to WS
[adrotate group="9″] The Yolo County Children's Alliance & Child Abuse Prevention Council are sponsoring their annual Celebrity Fashion Show at 6 p.m. this Friday, at West Sacramento City Hall, 1110 West Capitol Avenue.
For information, call (530) 757-5558 or visit www.yolokids.org To sponsor this event benefiting local children with a donation of money or prizes for the silent auction, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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2011 RCHS grad now in the Navy
Navy Seaman Recruit Stephanie Voroukoumanh, daughter of Mary Voroukoumanh of West Sacramento, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
The capstone event of boot camp is "Battle Stations," an exercised to designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of honor, courage and commitment, reports the Navy.
Voroukoumanh is a 2011 graduate of River City High School.
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Robbery during marijuana deal: West Sac man convicted for 2011 crime
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced today that on April 18, a Yolo County jury found 22-year-old Wendell Joseph Coleman of West Sacramento guilty of three counts of robbery and three counts of assault with a firearm. The jury also convicted Coleman of six enhancements for personal use of a firearm during the commission of those crimes.
According to the D.A.'s office:
On June 14, 2011, Coleman met with the victims Nick Gartiez, Darien Williams, and Max Williams to conduct a marijuana deal. The victims reported, and phone records confirmed, that the marijuana deal was set up through phone calls between the victim Nick Gartiez and Coleman. After multiple conversations and changed locations, Coleman and his unidentified crime partner met with all three victims in the parking lot of an apartment complex located at 425 Maple Street in West Sacramento.
[adrotate group="7″] Coleman and his partner approached victim Gartiez about the marijuana transaction, left briefly, and then returned with guns drawn. Coleman and his partner robbed all three victims at gunpoint, taking their cell phones. When Gartiez refused to give up his property, Coleman's partner pistol-whipped Gartiez in the face with the gun and then shot him in the knee. Both Coleman and his partner fled the scene. Police contacted Gartiez a few minutes later and transported him to the UC Davis Medical Center for surgery to remove six bullet fragments from his leg.
Deputy District Attorney Amanda Zambor prosecuted the case, added the D.A.'s office. She praised the dedicated efforts of the West Sacramento Police Department, the District Attorney's Investigative Unit, the District Attorney's Victim Services Division, Yolo County and Sacramento County Probation Departments, and the Sacramento Sheriff's Department. "This was definitely a team effort by everyone involved in the case," said Zambor in a press release. "The countless hours of investigation and research, as well as the Victim Services Division working with the victims through numerous continuances, paid off in the end with a just result for all three victims."
Coleman will be sentenced on May 15 by Judge David Reed, who presided over the trial. He faces up to 25 years and 8 months in state prison.
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In some ways, the Odd Future that makes its Columbus debut Wednesday at Newport Music Hall is a far cry from the feral hip-hop collective that became an internet-born, parent-terrifying phenomenon in late 2010. What started as a bunch of talented, gleefully juvenile skater kids posting outrageous music and videos on their Tumblr accounts has snowballed into world tours and their very own Sony-affiliated record label. The group (full name: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) has transitioned from its shock-value, media-blitz stage into an institution with diversified assets and long-term legs.
They haven't lost their sense of humor, even if the intensity has been turned down a few notches. As ringleader Tyler, the Creator puts it on "Oldie," the triumphant 10-minute posse cut that closes variety platter "O.F. Tape Vol. 2," "I started an empire/ I ain't even old enough to drink a f---in' beer/ I'm tipsy off this soda pop."
Tyler's lyric nods to Odd Future's awkward station in life. They're still kids in a sense — they're throwing a carnival in L.A. to celebrate their homecoming. But the group's current Camp Flog Gnaw Tour reflects something like maturity, even considering the absence of next-level R&B talent Frank Ocean and only sporadic appearances by Earl Sweatshirt, newly enlightened upon his return from boarding school in Samoa. (No word yet on whether Earl will be in Columbus Wednesday.)
"We know what we're doing now," oft-agitated Odd Future rapper Hodgy Beats said. "It's not just a bunch of n----s jumping around on stage. So I guess there is some type of formula to it. We don't have a setlist or anything, so we kind of just go off on whatever we feel like."
Hodgy made quite a splash as Tyler's enraged sidekick in Odd Future's head-turning performance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" last year, but he was utterly chill on the phone from upstate New York.
"That's what's actually kind of weird," Hodgy said. "This tour's been stupid mellow. Everybody's just been chilling."
On-stage they still rage, but otherwise the group has been keeping a low profile as they prepare a bumper crop of fall releases. Among that stack of new records is "Numbers," the new LP from MellowHype, Hodgy's duo with rapper-producer Left Brain, due out Oct. 2.
Other than a repackaged version of sophomore album "BlackenedWhite" that featured a handful of new tracks, "Numbers" is the first new MellowHype album since Odd Future crossed over from grassroots sensation to a pop music household name. The duo hopes this release will go a long way towards raising MellowHype's profile at large.
"It's just a step forward," Hodgy said. "I don't really see too much of a difference except that we worked on clarity beat-wise. We've got an engineer now that raised our sounds, both vocally and, like, Left likes the bass drum to hit hard and all that s---. On this one we're aiming towards grabbing more MellowHype fans, not just Odd Future fans."
Hodgy promised a different sound for every song, and early leaks "La Bonita" and "Fakouy" bear that out.
"Just wait to hear it," he said. "I don't even want to talk too much about it. But I know for a fact that my s--- is hot."


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Illinois today joined the Building a Presence for Science network established by the National Science Teachers Association to link educators to a nationwide science learning community and to provide increased professional development for science teachers.
A proposal from the Illinois State Board of Education was accepted by the NSTA in Phase Two of this science educator outreach initiative funded by the ExxonMobil Foundation. State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee accepted a $243,000 check from the ExxonMobil Foundation to help support Illinois' participation in the initiative. The state will match the award through the use of State Board staff and the expert assistance of exemplary science teachers throughout the state.
The Building a Presence for Science network will support the state's current science teachers and help them become more effective with inquiry-based science.
"Research shows a great need to strengthen science teaching to prepare our students for the rapidly changing scientific and technological challenges they will face," McGee said. "This Building a Presence for Science partnership will enable us to reach every science teacher in the state with resources to support their classroom activities."
McGee said the recently released Glenn Commission report (Before It's Too Late, A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century) called for quick action to improve science teaching and the Building a Presence project will help the state put in place many of the strategies recommended in that report. In addition, he said project activities will help to address the projected teacher shortage in the state.
The Building a Presence plan calls for the identification of 210 Key Leaders throughout the state who will establish a network of approximately 5,250 Points of Contact for Science in every public and private school in the state. Key Leaders will participate in professional development sessions that focus on the Illinois Learning Standards in Science, the state's Professional Teaching Standards and National Science Education Standards. Key Leaders will then share their experiences with their Points of Contact.
Building a Presence for Science was started by the NSTA in 1996 to lessen isolation and increase professional development opportunities for science teachers. With Illinois, the program now includes 15 states and the District of Columbia. Eight more states are slated to join over the next two years. A national advisory council provides information about valuable education resources to network members once a month.
The National Science Teachers Association, founded in 1944, is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.
ExxonMobil Foundation has contributed more than $6 million to the Building a Presence for Science program. Since 1955, the ExxonMobil Foundation has provided more than $500 million in financial support to education organizations. The Foundation's principal areas of interest in education are: K-12 science education; mathematics education with an emphasis on K-5; the restructuring of elementary and secondary education; reform of undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; and increasing opportunities for minorities.


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- Title
- Breaking of ocean surface waves
- Author(s)
- Babanin, A. V.
- Abstract
- Wind-generated waves are the most prominent feature of the ocean surface, and so are breaking waves manifested by the appearance of sporadic whitecaps. Such breaking represents one of the most interesting and most challenging problems for both fluid mechanics and physical oceanography. It is an intermittent random process, very fast by comparison with other processes in the wave system. Distribution of the wave breaking on the water surface is not continuous, but its role in maintaining the energy balance within the continuous wind-wave field is critical. Ocean wave breaking also plays the primary role in the air-sea exchange of momentum, mass and heat, and it is of significant importance for ocean remote sensing, coastal and maritime engineering, navigation and other practical applications. Understanding the wave breaking, predicting its occurrence, the breaking rates and breaking strength, and even ability to describe its onset has been hindered for decades by the strong non-linearity of the process, together with its irregular and ferocious nature. Recently, this knowledge has significantly advanced, and the review paper is an attempt to summarise the facts into a consistent, albeit still incomplete, picture of the phenomenon. In the paper, variety of definitions related to the wave breaking are discussed and formulated, and methods for breaking detection and measurements are examined. Most of attention is dedicated to the research of wave-breaking probability and severity. Experimental, observational, numerical, analytical and statistical approaches and their outcomes are reviewed. Present state of the wave-breaking research and knowledge is analysed and main outstanding problems are outlined.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Acta Physica Slovaca, Vol. 59, no. 4 (Aug 2009), pp. 305-535
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0405 Oceanography
- Keyword(s)
- Breaking occurrence; Breaking onset; Breaking probability; Breaking severity; Breaking strength; Breaking threshold; Cumulative effect; Induced breaking; Limiting breaking steepness; Wave breaking; Wave-breaking phases; Whitecapping dissipation
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- Versita
- 0323-0465
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- Copyright © 2009 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
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Many fly fishers fish for trout by imitating the adult mayfly only, using a dry fly, so-called for its final transformation from aquatic nymph to airborne insect on or just under the surface of the water, or as the dead flies that fall to the river after laying their eggs.
Trout feed all of the time and mostly target mayfly nymphs. Unlike dry fly when you see the rising fish, in nymph fishing you can't see the fish take the fly, you can only estimate where the fish might be feeding underwater, and sense the subtle "take" by the fish of the very small imitation bug.
In fertile, productive trout streams, swiftly flowing waters have multiple currents of differing speeds both horizontally across the river and vertically in the water column. Rocks, logs, depth of stream and stream bed gradient all affect the flowing water.
In contact nymphing on small streams, the goal is to maintain enough tension on the entire fishing line from rod tip to fly to sense the subtle take of the fish without unnaturally dragging the fly through the water. Special leaders, called "sighters" are constructed using multiple colors of monofilament line to enable the fisherman to see the direction and tension of the leader without using a bobber or other indicator on the line, which affects the movement of the fly. In addition, a unique one handed upstream casting technique of a fixed length of the combined 15 to 30 feet of fly line, sighter and tippet (the last small diameter line attached to the fly) allows the fly to be precisely placed, immediately dropping to the desired depth in the water column, and still be under the tight control of the angler. Contact nymphing is popular in Europe and has proven extremely effective in international fly fishing competition.
Pete Robertson, born and raised on Sherman Creek near where it empties into the West Branch of the Delaware in Hale Eddy, NY, now residing in Fredericksburg, VA, traveled to Roscoe to attend the session. He had read George's book but found the session extremely informative in putting the knowledge into practice.
Orvis representative Tom Zemianek taught a popular Fly Fishing 101 Class for those curious about the sport but not sure how to get started, beginners who have been learning on their own, or anglers who haven't fly fished in years and were looking for a refresher course.


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As Baby Boomers enter their retirement years, health care costs for complex and debilitating conditions such as Alzheimer's disease are expected to soar. Not drawing as much attention is the likelihood of similarly rising expenses for common age-related medical procedures. A Mayo Clinic study looked at one of those -- cataract surgery -- and found that more people are getting the vision-improving procedure, seeking it at younger ages, and having both eyes repaired within a few months, rather than only treating one eye.
Senior author Jay Erie, M.D., a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, says, "Cataract surgery rates are rising in all age groups between ages 50 and 90, but the greatest increase is in the 70- and 80-year-olds. And part of that is that our older population, or the aging baby boomers, are working longer, they want to be more active, they have more demands on their vision. That's why they're looking for surgery sooner -- so that they can remain independent, remain active, continue to work."
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Barre parking meter project is starting soon
BARRE Workers and visitors in Barre can expect to see parking meters back on North Main Street by the end of August.
Mayor Thomas Lauzon said the first phase of installing and replacing meters will occur downtown and expand from North Main Street outward to Merchants Row, then parking lots on Elm and Summer streets and lots on Maple Avenue. Lauzon said he hopes to have all 450 new meters in place by the end of October.
The parking meter project is projected to cost $125,000, and Lauzon expects to pay that money back through revenues from the meters after two years. Of the revenue from the 50-cents-an-hour meters, 25 percent will go toward maintenance on the citys new downtown amenities for example if a bench needs repair or a dead tree needs replacement.
Lauzon said the new downtown hasnt needed any maintenance yet because it just opened months ago.
If we fast forward even to a year, something will require maintenance, he said.
The rest of the revenue will go into the citys general fund.
Lauzon said the parking meter system has been in disrepair for the past few years. Meters were absent altogether on North Main Street over the past year as the street was under reconstruction. He said the lowest amount of revenue the parking meters have brought in recently was $26,000 in one year. That was unacceptable to Lauzon, who said Montpelier, with less than 450 meters, brings in $700,000 in parking revenue per year, including fines and permits.
Under what is described as a very conservative estimate, the Barre meters are expected to bring in $100,000 annually. Lauzon said that in calculating that number, he estimated that every meter would get used for two hours out of an eight-hour day.
I know we are going to be higher than that. ... If you look on North Main Street now, I think (the parking spots) are used 100 percent of the time, he said.
The 50-cents-an-hour rate is double what Barres existing meters charge but the same as in Rutland, less than in Brattleboro or Montpelier, where the hourly rate is 75 cents, and half the rate in Burlington.
The meters will be installed by a third-party company because, Lauzon said, city workers have their hands full pouring sidewalks and digging up streets due to all the rain over the past month.
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In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama suggested freezing spending on a small fraction of the federal budget and making a few cuts. But, as the National Taxpayers' Union calculated, the plan actually would add a net $21 billion in spending. And that's before the unknown costs of seven other major State of the Union proposals whose price tags aren't immediately obvious.
The president can't disguise spending by calling it "investing." Americans recognize that when government "invests" what really happens is that taxpayers' money is spent.
Given the woeful lack of return on recent "investments," such as nearly a trillion extra dollars of stimulus spending, this fallacy is even more obvious. Rather than create more jobs, unemployment has soared in the nearly two years since the stimulus package was approved.
The NTU identified 15 proposals in the president's speech with fiscal impact. Five would boost spending, three would cut it. Seven others' fiscal effects could not be determined, although some hold promise, such as consolidating and reorganizing government.
Taking the president at his word, the taxpayers' union identified $50 billion in proposed additional spending for transportation infrastructure, $1.3 billion for education, $2 billion for preparing 100,000 more teachers and $2 billion in health spending. That is offset somewhat by proposed economies, the largest being a $15.6-billion reduction in the defense budget and a potential $15 billion savings by freezing discretionary federal spending, which, of course, is not a real reduction, but a delay of increases.
Some areas the president identified for more spending have increased dramatically already. "Total spending on what Mr. Obama's budget calls investment outlays outside of defense rose 46 percent between 2008 and 2010," writes the Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore.
If the president doesn't understand that increasing spending is the wrong approach, others do.
House Republicans, citing a 2010 campaign pledge, vow $100 billion in cuts during the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. "Our immediate goal is to cut spending to pre-bailout, pre-stimulus levels," a spokesman for new House Speaker John Boehner said.
The conservative Heritage Foundation has some suggestions. The Washington think tank itemized $343 billion in cuts, including empowering state and local governments to assume more responsibility for transportation, job training and economic development; and privatization of many federal functions, while reducing farm subsidies, scaling back the Education Department and recovering $49 billion in Medicare payment errors, among other specifics.
The libertarian Cato Institute notes there are 2,001 federal subsidy programs compared with 1,645 programs in 2005. Cato has a department-by-department budget-cutting guide, including a $63 billion savings in Housing and Urban Development alone.
The closer Washington comes to the solutions offered by Heritage and Cato, the sooner we can reap economic benefits. The closer to Obama's plan, the more our return on investment will resemble the current jobless stagnation.


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