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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
World Wetlands Day 2014: Christopher Briggs @ FIX University Agenda Cultural Campsus newsRus.com
El mes de febrero se celebra el Día Internacional de los Humedales; ecosistemas considerados bienes de uso público que revisten una vital importancia para la vida, la diversidad, el equilibrio natural y la regulación hídrica.
Los humedales son extensiones de agua superficial que pueden encontrarse en forma de marismas, pantanos y turberas, los cuales pueden ser de régimen natural o artificial, permanentes o temporales, estancados o corrientes, dulces, salobres o salados, incluidas las extensiones de agua marina cuya profundidad en marea baja no exceda de seis metros.
Además de su belleza paisajística, los humedales son refugio de aves, reptiles, peces, plantas y muchos otros organismos que enriquecen su oferta y atractivo ambiental; por eso para celebrar su día y su conservación se tiene preparada una completa programación para el martes 4 de febrero.
Las actividades comenzarán a las 8:00 am en el auditorio Bernardo Garcés de la CVC en Cali con el foro que ‘La agricultura, los humedales y el agua: la búsqueda del justo equilibrio’, convocado por La Asociación Calidris, la Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca , CVC y la Convención RAMSAR.
Luego las actividades se trasladarán al humedal El Avispal en el municipio de Jamundí, donde se llevará a cabo una jornada de integración con la comunidad alrededor de la liberación de ejemplares de la fauna silvestre rehabilitadas en el Centro de Atención y Valoración de Fauna Silvestre de la CVC (búhos, loros y tortugas), así como la repoblación del humedal con 1.000 alevinos de bocachico y la siembra de 10 árboles representativos de ecosistemas humedales en el área.
En el caso del humedal El Avispal la ciénaga presenta un espejo de agua de 16, 7 has. que en el 2013 el espejo de agua del humedal se encontraba completamente colmatado por una macrofita acuática llamada Azolla roja y pastos invasores, para lo cual se hizo limpieza manual de azolla en 2,5 has del humedal y de esta manera recuperar espejo lagunar con una inversión de $8.500.000.
De acuerdo al último inventario levantado por la CVC, en el Valle del Cauca existen 71 humedales (9 de Cali y 62 en el resto del departamento), de los cuales 6 son temporales: Ciénaga Santa Ana en Bolívar; La Ventura en Jamundí; Nilo, Chipre, La Pepa en Toro y Ciénaga Vidal en Yotoco.
Varios hechos trascendentales entorno a los humedales se esperan para este 2014 con la declaratoria del humedal Cantarrana ubicado entre Riofrío y Trujillo y el avance con el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible en el proceso de designación del complejo de humedales de la Laguna de Sonso y 17 humedales aledaños como sitio de importancia internacional ante la Comisión de Ramsar.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
The Creek Nation @ FIX University Agenda Cultural Campus newsRus.com Super Bowl XLVIII newsRus.com
The Seattle Seahawks showed defence still rules in the Super Bowl as they embarrassed the usually high-scoring Denver Broncos 43-8 to win their first NFL championship in franchise history.
The top-ranked Seattle defence shut down the top-rated offence of the Broncos and record-setting quarterback Peyton Manning, creating four turnovers and turning what was expected to be a nail biter into a Super Bowl 48 rout.
Five previous times the NFL's top-rated defence had faced the league's number one offence, and the defenders were 4-1 in those encounters.
Seattle, and their "Legion of Boom" defence secondary, fast-covering linebackers and determined pass rushers, upheld the tradition on an unseasonably mild night in the first outdoor venue in a winter-weather site. "This is an amazing team," said Seahawks coach Pete Carroll at the Lombardi Trophy presentation to the champions on the MetLife Stadium field.
"These guys would not take anything but winning this ball game."
Seattle turned two interceptions into second-quarter touchdowns for a 22-0 lead at intermission, the second coming on a 69-yard interception return by linebacker Malcolm Smith, who received the Most Valuable Player award.
"It's just a tremendous feeling," said Smith, who also secured Seattle's NFC title clinching victory over San Francisco by intercepting a last-gasp pass that was tipped by his teammate Richard Sherman.
Defensive end Cliff Avril jarred Manning as he was throwing on the play and Smith corralled the floating pass in the middle of the field and took off for the end zone.
"Man, it's incredible," said Smith. "It's the way our defence is set up. We just run to the ball.
I'm just the one today. It happens all the time like this. It feels great."
The Seahawks, who led the NFL in creating turnovers, also recovered two fumbles in the lopsided contest that gave them their first Super Bowl crown in their 37 seasons.
The comprehensive victory began 12 seconds into the contest with a two-point safety on a bad snap over Manning's head into the end zone on Denver's first play for the quickest Super Bowl tally ever.
After Denver's second half kickoff, Percy Harvin also took 12 seconds to score, racing 87 yards into the end zone to confirm the romp was on in taking Seattle's lead to 29-0.
Second-year quarterback Russell Wilson, leading the second youngest team ever to play in a Super Bowl, took the spotlight from five-time NFL Most Valuable Player Manning by completing 18 of 25 passes for 206 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
"We believed that we could get here," said Wilson. "At the beginning of the season I told our guys, 'Hey, why not us?'
"We had the talent. We had the coaching. We have the best fans in the National Football League. We wanted to win it all."
Manning, who set NFL records for most touchdown passes and yards passing in a single season, was throttled in the first quarter as Seattle put their stamp on the game by playing Denver receivers tight and registering crunching hits when they did catch the ball.
"We knew they were fast. It was still a matter of us doing our jobs better and we didn't do that tonight," said Manning, who failed in his attempt to win a second Super Bowl ring and who fell to 11-12 in his career postseason record.
"I think we played a great football team. We needed to play really well in order to win and we didn't come anywhere close to that."
Manning shutout
Seattle outgained Denver 148 yards to 11 in the first quarter but only led 8-0.
When they stepped up their pass-rushing pressure on Manning, the Seahawks harassed him into the interceptions that helped them break the game open.
With the Broncos desperately far behind, Manning took to the air in a futile attempt to make it a contest, and in the end set a Super Bowl record with 34 completions, while receiver Demaryius Thomas set a record for most receptions with 13.
"It was a combination of coverage and pressure as it always is in pass defence," Denver coach John Fox said about the Broncos' difficulty in getting their pass attack going.
"There is a reason why they were the number one team in defence during the season. Give them credit."
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