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Fort Bragg

January 10, 2011 by · Comments Off on Fort Bragg 

Fort Bragg, 261 acres added to Carvers Creek Nature Conservancy ParkThe State Park continues to build in the counties of Cumberland and Harnett

DURHAM – January 4, 2011 – sculptors Creek state park continues to grow – thanks to The Nature Conservancy. Conservation of 1.261 acres recently moved to Cumberland County to the Division of the North Carolina Parks and Recreation.

Earlier this year, the Conservancy transferred 1,435-acre farm in Harnett County Rockefeller State. The Conservancy has protected 4,181 acres in Cumberland and Harnett counties, which are now part of sculptors Creek state park.

“This magnificent property,” says Ryan Elting, Sandhills Conservation Program Director. “In the past year, we have restored over 620 acres of marsh is the point where they can be maintained with prescribed fire.”

Restored longleaf pine sculptors Creek State Park Photo © Ryan Elting / TNC

Elting said conservation would still need help on the property, assist the state to conduct prescribed burns. Longleaf pine is fire-dependent, fire needing to grow steadily. Fire suppression and development has significantly reduced stands of longleaf pine that once covered nearly a quarter of the state or about 7.2 million acres. Today it is estimated that wetlands cover less than 250,000 acres in North Carolina. Longleaf is especially important for peak endangered by the federal government red cockade, which makes its nest in the life of longleaf pine. Longleaf still holds a special place in the North Carolina official state toast famous “land of the longleaf pine” and the highest state civilian honor of the Order of longleaf pine.

Carvers Creek State Park was established by the General Assembly in North Carolina in 2005. The largest piece of the park is located off of U.S. 401 north of Fort Bragg in Fayetteville adjacent, protection of 2 ½ miles along the eastern border of the base.

“This property has been vital for the love of conservation – it contains vast forests mature longleaf pine and valuable habitats for wildlife, including red-cockaded woodpecker,” said Elting. “And it is also important for the military, the protection of Fort Bragg incompatible development, ensuring that the military can maintain its educational mission.”

Elting credits the Army for its commitment to conservation. “One third of the cost of this parcel of land was covered by the Department of Defense,” he said. “The army is conducting conservation on the front of the stage in the dunes. Two funds of the State Conservation Trust, the Natural Heritage Trust Fund and Parks and Recreation Trust Fund each contributed one third of the total price tag and 11.3.

Carvers Creek State Park is not yet open to the public, but the state has developed a master plan for the park and hired some staff. It is planned to open in 2012.

Harnett County Schools

January 10, 2011 by · Comments Off on Harnett County Schools 

Harnett County Schools, Months of planning will end today, December 14 that the Lady Camels will host their first Education Day in the creek. 2,800 fifth graders in Sampson County, Harnett County and Clinton school systems and those of Cape Fear Christian Academy in Erwin will descend on the campus of Campbell for a full day of learning and fun.

The day begins with students arriving and enjoying Campbell Cheerleaders Pep Rally by CU and Gaylord, with the women’s basketball Camel with music, dance and light show. After the rally to encourage the students alternately by three training sessions consisting of a meeting of mathematics and geography, physical education session and a campus visit.

With the mathematics part and geography, students learn about different countries around the world that athletes several CU students tell about their homelands such as Sweden and Finland and is part mathematics is to calculate using various statistical problems Lady Camel season that counts.

In the part of physical education, students will have an explosion of participation in line dancing in the gym McCall and end the practice learning session with a campus tour and all that CU has to offer students.

After the teaching sessions, students will be having lunch before coming to appreciate the action of basketball as the Lady Camels will host the Eagles of North Carolina Central University with tip off set for 11:45. The day is set to be a great experience for all who are able to participate.

Wfsb

January 7, 2011 by · Comments Off on Wfsb 

Wfsb, Hartford Children’s Theatre presents “Annie” opened Friday and until 16 January to Hoffman Auditorium, Saint Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford. Performance this weekend from Friday at 19 pm on Saturday at 10 am and 14 pm and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Performances continue Jan. 14 at 19 pm Jan. 15 at 10 am and 14 am and 2 am on January 16 celebrities Connecticut Scot Haney (from WFSB Channel 3) and Kate Bolduc (Greater Hartford Arts Council CEO) appears for a show on January 8 to 14 hours in the roles of “Bert Healy” and “Star to Be.” Notes are $ 18 and $ 13 for senior and students 17 and under. Information: 860-249-7970 or http://www.hartfordchildrenstheatre.org. A celebration opening party will take place Fridayat 6 am Stroll on the red carpet and be photographed with “Annie,” “Daddy Warbucks” and “Miss Hannigan” enjoy New York City on the theme of trafficking and have your caricature done to the wall at Sardi’s.
AdvertisementThe Mashantucket Pequot Museum presents a Family Health & Wellness Fair Saturday 11:00 to 3:00 p.m. Several organizations and vendors will provide information, services, activities and products to promote healthy lifestyles. Museum admission is $ 15 (ages 16 to 54) and 13 elderly (55 years and older), $ 10 children 6-15, children under 6 are free. Museum members are free. The museum is at 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket. Snow date is Jan. 15. Information: http: //www.pequotmuseum.org.

Disney On Ice Mickey & Minnie’s Magical Journey Continues this week and next at two Connecticut locations. Shows at XL Center Hartford tonight and Friday at 19 pm on Saturday at 11 am, 3 and 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Performances at Arena at Harbor Yard Bridgeport begin Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and continue on January 13 at 10:30 am and 7:00 p.m., 14 January at 7:30 p.m., January 15 at 10 am, 2 and 18 hours on January 16 to 11 hours, 15 hours and 17 January to 1 am Tickets are $ 15, $ 20 and $ 25, $ 45 for VIP and $ 60 for the front seats. Seats opening tonight in Bridgeport on Wednesday and 12 are each, excluding VIP and front row. Prices do not include the cost of the city or service charges. Tickets: 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com. Information: http://www.disneyonice.com.

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Philadelphia Airport

December 26, 2010 by · Comments Off on Philadelphia Airport 

Philadelphia Airport, (AP) – A band of icy cold winds to the East Coast Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow in New York and New England, while several southern states have made declarations of emergency as the storm caused crashes on slick roads.

Airlines grounded hundreds of flights Sunday along the northeast corridor in anticipation of the storm, affecting major airports, including JFK and Newark in New York. Airlines said more cancellations were likely as the storm progressed. Travel misery began a day earlier in some southern regions, where a rare white Christmas has come with reports of dozens of car accidents.

Transportation officials in Washington roads pretreated and prepared than 200 salt trucks, plows and other equipment to fight against the 6 inches or more expected to decline in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The North is expected to get the brunt of the storm. Forecasters issued a blizzard warning for New York Sunday and Monday with a forecast of 11 to 16 centimeters of snow and strong winds that will reduce visibility to near zero at times. A blizzard warning was also in effect for Rhode Island and most of eastern Massachusetts including Boston, with forecasters predicting 15 to 20 inches of snow from Sunday 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. A blizzard warning is issued when the snow is accompanied by sustained winds or gusts over 35 mph.

As much as 18 inches could fall on the shore of New Jersey, with gusts over 40 mph. A blizzard warning was also in effect for Rhode Island and most of eastern Massachusetts including Boston, with forecasters predicting 15 to 20 inches of snow from Sunday 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Monday.

Baltimore and Washington were to get 6 or more inches of snow, with surrounding areas that will experience the largest number of 9, the weather service.

By Sunday morning, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency.

“Winds gusting to 45 mph will cause blowing snow and that will cause the worst,” said Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell the Weather Channel on Saturday night. “We urge extreme caution in travel. Try to go early and if you do not have to travel do not go.”

Major airlines have been canceling flights in the path of the storm Sunday. Continental Airlines canceled 250 departures from Newark Liberty International Airport outside New York City. United Airlines canceled dozens of departures on Sundays from Newark, Philadelphia, New York LaGuardia and JFK, Boston and other airports. AirTran and Southwest Airlines also canceled flights, mostly in or out of Washington Dulles, Baltimore and Newark.

Most carriers have been the abolition of fees for time change in the affected areas and urging passengers to make changes on their websites.

The monster storm is the result of a low pressure system, which will develop off the coast of North Carolina on Sunday morning and strengthen into a storm as it moves northeast, according to the National Weather Service .

Delaware and Philadelphia is preparing for up to a foot of snow expected to fall from Sunday until Monday, and authorities urged people to avoid traveling if possible.

Sunday morning, winter storm warnings extending from Georgia to New England.

White Christmas in the South was one for the record books. Columbia, SC, held its first Christmas snow significantly since meteorological records were first kept in 1887. Atlanta was a little over an inch of snow – the first measurable accumulation on Christmas Day since 1880.

North Carolina Highway Patrol said Saturday night that most roads in and around Asheville have been covered or partially covered with snow and ice. Emergency management spokeswoman Julia Jarema said soldiers in the two counties west dozen 350 calls answered in 18 hours on Saturday. Most were wrecks.

Lance Cpl. Bill Rhyne, spokeswoman for the patrol of the South Carolina Highway, said Saturday night that the snow began to cover the roads, but there were fewer accidents than there would be a normal night.

“Everyone at home,” he said. “It’s Christmas. They are heeding the warnings and stay off roads.”

However, transportation officials in the state had deployed more than 200 plows, salt trucks and other equipment.

In Nashville, some travelers who are planning a trip to a sweet Christmas surprises.

“We hoped that this would be a good day to travel,” said Heather Bansmer, 36, of Bellingham, Washington

She and her husband, Shawn Breeding, 40, had planned to go home on separate flights after a visit to the family of reproduction in Bowling Green, Ky. But flight reproduction thanks to Atlanta was canceled.

The couple was expecting to spend much of Christmas Day in different airports.

“A white Christmas is not so welcoming,” said Breeding, the couple stood in the lobby of the Nashville airport with their luggage in a cart.

In Pensacola, Florida, Jena Passuti faces a dilemma. The magazine editor, 36, was driving with her husband and two children in Fairfax, Virginia to visit relatives. Saturday afternoon, she worried about how to return home amid the snow.

“Should we leave on Christmas Eve? My children are travelers normally, but if it will take us twice as long, it will be hell,” she said. “Like a white Christmas just like everyone else but I do not want to drive.”

Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Page Ivey in Columbia, Karen Hawkins in Chicago and Verena Dobnik Warren Levinson in New York, David Goodman in Detroit, Eileen Sullivan in Washington and Samantha Bomkamp; Michelle Price in Phoenix; Dylan Lovan in Louisville; Pallat Leonard and Greg Bluestein in Atlanta and Mark Pratt in Boston.

Copyright © 2010 the Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Byu Football

August 19, 2010 by · Comments Off on Byu Football 

Byu Football, In a move that came out of nowhere, the word leaked last night BYU was opting to go independent in football, joining the likes of Notre Dame, Army and Navy. All this happened very fast, with a few tweets becomes a snowball effect leading to the confirmation this morning. Now, it seems that this movement has been in the making for quite some time.

Jeremy Mauss in connection MWC broke the news yesterday with the story. You should give an idea of how quickly went from rumor confirmed.

The MWC conference has never been profitable for their institutions. They boast a TV contract that has been in a poor and 1.5 million per school, regardless of quality football being played. Utah and TCU have had tremendous seasons each in the last five years and the conference itself was on the verge of an automatic qualifying bid in the BCS.

With Utah and BYU both leaving, not only is that dead sleep, but the conference itself may be obsolete. What a difference a few months. If the Big 12 had collapsed, the MWC was in a position to collect some of the teams, to steal a BCS AQ label, and will probably become a bigger player nationally. All this is out the window.

After the jump, I’ll break down how it all happened and television put the wheels in motion.

To be clear, the transition to independence is only for football. The rest of BYU sports will join the WAC. It is also very likely that BYU has a lot of games are against WAC teams, cut all ties with the CTM.

There have been plenty of rumors that MWC teams have been unhappy with the current TV offering. The conference has gained a lot of national recognition, but has not opted for that better TV deals for its members. With BYU, TCU and Utah, should not be so hard to do. Instead, while the Big 6 conferences continued to sign contracts inflated television, CTM has continued to lag behind.

On the surface, seemed BYU was always going to be left behind in the expansion of the conference. It was clear that the Pac-10 does not want them, opting instead to pick Utah. The stigma that comes along with religious affiliation was too strong and the polarization of the Pac-10 to their full consideration. The option of independence was the right decision for BYU.

Without a conference to call home – and the subsequent agreement is television – BYU needed assurances that they would receive the revenues of the television all NCAA schools so desperately wants. ESPN – who else? – Was the decisive factor Brigham Young University is moving away from the CTM and independence.

Therefore, not that. Once more, broadcasters stuck his hands in the expansion and made things happen. Greg Wrubell also indicates the reason why ESPN is ahead of everyone else in the reporting of the story is derived according to ESPN BYU. They knew this would happen, because they had been orchestrated. This is what happens when ESPN – for the eight millionth time – becomes history.

It frustrates me to no end that a news organization creates its own stories to insert themselves in situations like these. It seems more than immoral that a network can reach an agreement and break the news at the same time.

In addition, it makes me more uncomfortable than TV networks are controlling the landscape of college sports. ESPN paid the money SEC silence – and 2 billion dollars of it – to retain the rights to SEC football and stop the possibility that the Fox network will SEC. They continued to pay more for the ACC. Finally, ESPN stepped in and saved the Big 12. All this seems a terrible conflict of interest and a road in the NCAA should not be heading down.

When we reset conference was finally over, BYU ran into the room drunk at 3 am and tried to restart the game. What is likely to continue is another chain reaction of events, this time in lower-level conferences.

Remember when Boise State joined the CTM few months ago? You can call back carry. The Broncos can move back to the WAC without penalty and it is likely they will do well.

In the CTM, teams must be struggling to find a landing area. TCU Will Beebe join the brigade of idiots in the Big 12? How many teams will pick the WAC? How much fun is Robb Akey mocked mercilessly Boise State? We’ll find out, and is likely to find very soon.

Finally, BYU becoming an independent sample that none of the universities could perhaps make the change. USC would threaten the independence as a bargaining chip in the new Pac-12. Texas can take their ball and go home whenever they want in the near future if they so wish. Instead of Notre Dame forced to join a conference, other schools may well opt out of conference and join the Irish freedom.

One thing is certain: it was not only surprising but also a frightening precedent. If the television networks like ESPN is allowing – and even encourage – the schools to opt for his lectures, offering decent TV deals, there could be some big dominoes falling. Stay tuned because the NCAA football landscape resembles the San Andreas fault line right before an earthquake.

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