UK health and wellness retail giant Holland & Barrett has decided to stop selling products containing krill oil, after a report from Greenpeace International claimed krill fishing expansions are threatening food chains in the "fragile" Antarctic Ocean.
UK health and wellness retail giant Holland & Barrett has decided to stop selling products containing krill oil, after a report from Greenpeace International claimed krill fishing expansions are threatening food chains in the "fragile" Antarctic Ocean. The retailer said it would introduce alternatives to meet the demand for omega-3 that has driven krill sales.
As part of its campaign, Greenpeace UK urged the public to email Holland & Barrett, which had initially defended itself as a retailer that takes "great pride in our ethical and environmental friendly policies."
In addition to its pressure on retailers, Greenpeace called for companies harvesting Antarctic krill to restrict fishing and so-called transshipping in areas under consideration as protected marine areas. Likewise, the group challenged companies buying krill to stop sourcing from ships that fish in such areas under consideration. It asked for all involved to publicly support the creation of a network of ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic Ocean.
At this point, there appears to be no similar campaign afoot in the United States, although Greenpeace's oceans expert David Pinksy noted Holland & Barrett's commitment should inspire U.S. retailers to take action that gets the krill fishing industry's attention.
"We are sharing the news of Holland & Barrett with major U.S. retailers and encouraging them to use their buying power with krill suppliers to voluntarily and immediately stop fishing in areas under consideration for protections by the Antarctic Ocean Commission," he told INSIDER, via email. He added any retailer that decides to take steps to address the problems with krill would be noted in the next edition of Carting Away the Oceans, Greenpeace's sustainable seafood ranking of U.S. retailers due out this summer.
He further urged the public to join the more than one million people calling for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary by visiting protecttheantarctic.org and by sharing their concerns about krill fishing in proposed Antarctic sanctuaries with their local grocery store.
The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3 (GOED) said it was surprised by Holland & Barrett's decision, given the robust body of evidence available that Antarctic krill is a very well-regulated fishery.
"The fishery is MSC-certified and has strong oversight by the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)," noted Ellen Schutt, interim executive director of GOED, in an emailed statement. "Catch limits for krill are less than 1 percent of the stock biomass, which is far below even the standard 'precautionary principle' catch limits. There are too few people globally who consume enough EPA and DHA omega-3s, and since our main objective is to increase consumption around the world, we see krill oil as a part of that solution."
The retailer's decision also shocked leading krill harvester and supplier Aker BioMarine.
The company also questioned Greenpeace UK's tactics.
"Greenpeace UK covered krill products with stickers, which is product tampering and something we hope will not happen in the U.S.," the spokesperson said, adding such tampering might not happen stateside due to the strict enforcement of the law.
The Greenpeace International report, "License to Krill: The Little-Known World of Antarctic Fishing" (pdf), was posted at the activist organization's website on March 12 along with a summary of the findings and a call to action.
The Greenpeace report further quoted officials in China and Norway talking about sharply increasing krill fishing.
"The Antarctic is a treasure house for all human beings, and China should go there and share," said Liu Shenli, chairman of the China National Agricultural Development Group, in 2015.
Greenpeace reported global demand has driven the krill market to a value north of USD$200 million, with estimates the market could double by 2021. It highlighted China and Japan's role in making Asia Pacific the most likely fastest growing region of the krill oil market through 2025.
Fishing for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Antarctic Ocean, also known as the Southern Ocean, includes a few sections of the South Atlantic Ocean and several areas of the Antarctic Ocean—defined as south of latitude 60 degrees. Greenpeace noted some of krill fishing sections around the Antarctic Peninsula and the coastline facing Australia and the Indian Ocean include potential or proposed marine protected areas.
The report stated 8 million tonnes of krill have been harvested in this CCAMLR managed fishing area over the past 40 years. CCAMLR data showed annual catch totals were significantly higher in the early 80s, when harvesting peaked, as well as in the late 80s/early 90s, the second highest catch period.
The total allowable catch (TAC) for the krill fishery is 5.6 million tonnes per year, but the trigger level—enforced catch limit—for each of the subareas is .62 million tonnes per year. This represents about 1 percent of the krill population, which is estimated at 60 million tonnes in this region.
According to CCAMLR, "The sustainability of the krill fishery is dependent on the size of the catch relative to the population." Its management approach is to minimize ecosystem impact over maximizing the size of the fishery.
While Greenpeace acknowledged CCAMLR is widely considered one of the best managed fisheries in the world, the report claimed the krill biomass population figures are grossly outdated, especially considering the new information on the effect of climate change in the region and the increased whale population following the moratorium on whaling. Greenpeace also challenged the transparency of krill fishery management.
During its investigation of transhipping—when fishing vessels transfer krill catch to "reefer" ships that take the catch to port—the group requested details on transshipments from CCAMLR, which requires such transfers to be registered three days in advance. However, CCAMLR declined the request, saying the details can be made available only to contracted parties, not the public. In its report, Greenpeace claimed transshipping breaks the chain of custody and potentially provides cover for parties to hide illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Is Antarctic Krill Fishing Sustainable?
MSC certified Aker BioMarine's Antarctic krill fishing operation in 2010, with active participation from the stakeholders Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Norway.
"It was a bold move putting this fishery forward into assessment as there are divergent views on the merits of fishing in the southern oceans and also on fishing low trophic species such as krill," said MSC Chief Executive Rupert Howes, in a press release following the certification. "We rely on the independent and rigorous science based assessment to determine whether or not each individual fishery that enters assessment meets MSC's standard for environmentally responsible and sustainable fishing. This fishery has met that standard."
Rimfrost Antarctic krill operations were certified MSC in 2015, but the company self-suspended the certificate in June 2017, while it builds a new vessel to replace its previous vessel lost to the bankruptcy of the ship's owner Emerald Fisheries. Rimfrost cannot use the MSC label for fish caught after June 2015, but the company can re-enter the MSC certification program following an audit to verify continued compliance.
A third MSC certification is underway for Antarctic krill fishing by Deris S.A. Pesca Chile, with a final assessment expected in April this year and public certification expected in May, according to MSC data.
Fellow marine steward, the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), has called the overall Antarctic krill fishery "in good condition" in its annual report on reduction fisheries. However, the SFP report cautioned the positive review does not mean ecosystem monitoring should be ignored.
"The current evaluation does not consider future ecosystem effects (such as warming of the Antarctic by anthropogenic climate change) and the relationship to fishery management," SFP advised.
Greenpeace challenged the notion krill fishing in the Antarctic is sustainable. Along with Greenpeace, the Pew Environment Group and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition raised objections to MSC's 2010 certification of Aker's krill fishery as sustainable, citing key "unknowns" such as the impacts of climate change and fishing operations, as well as understanding krill's life cycle and importance to the regional food web.
A spokesperson for Aker BioMarine defended the sustainability of the Antarctic krill fishing area. "The report raises claims without presenting scientific evidence to back them up," the spokesperson said, via email, reiterating the strict management of the area by CCAMLR and the certification by MSC.
In October 2017, Aker committed USD$1 million to support the Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR) over the next five years to help promote and foster research on the Antarctic ecosystem.
Note: Updated below on Mar. 27, 2018.
MSC issued a statement on its website Mar. 27, stating the 2015 re-assessment of Aker's certification showed the company not only maintained the highest environmental sustainability standards, but it has also improved its practices and knowledge to better manage the fishery.
MSC emphatically stated past claims of a "gold rush" on Anarctic krill or that krill harvesting hurts the penguin population have been proven false. It added overall quota determinations specifically take into account the needs of dependent predators such as penguins and whales.
"The best available science from CCAMLR suggests that krill fishing is at such a low level that penguins and marine mammals which also consume krill in large quantities are not negatively impacted by fishing activity," MSC assured.


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Seattle's booming, but construction workers fear a bust
All photos by Margo Vansynghel
At night, the Downtown, South Lake Union and Denny Triangle areas exude a ghost-town vibe. (All photos by Margo Vansynghel for Crosscut)
On a bright Thursday afternoon near the Amazon Spheres, the sun had risen as high as the tension. Wearing bright orange and yellow vests and hard hats, a group of ironworkers shouted "No Head Tax," interrupting Councilmember Kshama Sawant's speech during an event she had planned with her party, Socialist Alternative.
The action was led by Chris McClain, Business Manager for the Iron Workers Local 86 and President of the Seattle Building & Construction Trades Council. A day earlier, Amazon — one of the union's largest indirect employers — had announced it would pause construction on a downtown tower.
In a statement, Amazon tied its threats to the Seattle City Council's proposed tax on business with revenues over $20 million a year. The proposed tax, which would raise an estimated $75 million for new housing and homeless services, has been explicitly labeled as an "Amazon tax" by supporters.
"The head tax will jeopardize our jobs," McClain said. "Hundreds of ironworkers and potentially 1,000 construction workers could lose their jobs. The building trades have not been brought into the conversation. We are not willing to trade our livelihoods to give homes to homeless people."
An ironworker walks between the steel bars on a track, connecting them to a crane which will hoist them up to a floor of a new high-rise building downtown.
That evening, on a fenced-off construction site near a 41-story building, two glaziers install glass panels, and a small speaker pipes ABBA's pop-disco hit Dancing Queen through the soft dusky air. "That's my jam," one of them quips from the forklift when the beat is joined by the keyboard line.
The high-rise, which will comprise 450 residential units when finished, is just one of the buildings under construction on the few blocks between Denny Triangle and South Lake Union. Terry Elliott, a glazier who's been in the trade of cutting, installing, and removing glass for 19 years, points South: "That building right there got put in, and then another one right there, and two more down the block. All in the last four years."
Tallying has become a familiar way of grappling with Seattle's growth. Residents count the 45 construction cranes punctuating the skyline, making Seattle the Crane Capital of the United States for the third year in a row, according to consultant Rider Levett Bucknall's Crane Index report.
Mohammed Dembele is a construction worker on a large downtown development.
Since 2015, more than 16,700 housing units have been built in Seattle, but 11,643 people in King County alone are unhoused, according to most recent All Home King County statistics. There are 57 projects currently under construction between South Lake Union and South Lander Street.
Many of the over 100,000 people powering the development and growth in Seattle can't afford to buy property in the city they built. Elliott, who lives in the Rainier Valley, says he's been looking to buy a house. "I'm still hunting up areas," he says. "but it's pretty expensive. I'd have to move to Tacoma to find something at my price point."
"The cost of living is like New York City here," says Mohammed Dembele, surrounded by some twenty colleagues on midday break in the windowless "lunch shack," located on the underground floor of a large downtown development. "Except Seattle is not New York City, yet. I've lived here for 18 years. I love the city, but I'm moving out."
Dembele lives near the University of Washington, which makes him an exception in the lunch shack, and among many of his colleagues across the city. Most construction workers commute from out of town: Marysville, Puyallup, Federal Way, often driving two hours or more a day to get to the job, parking in nearby garages at increasingly expensive rates.
"The majority of us live on the outskirts," says Casey Goings, seated a couple of chairs away. "And we're fine with that. We don't want to live here, it is too crowded, too expensive. People want space. For what I am paying for a house, I'd get a postage stamp in Seattle."
Outside a "lunch shack," on the underground floor of a large downtown development, Gregory Warren eats a carefully packed lunch.
Outside the shack, Gregory Warren is eating a carefully packed lunch, unbothered by a deafening soundtrack of screeching saws and loud thumps — he has "hearing loss from the army anyway."
Warren found a job in ironwork straight from the army last August. He's one of the thousands of people joining the city's construction workforce in the last year, a 6.6 percent increase compared to 2016 in Seattle alone, according to data from the Employment Security Department of Washington State (ESD-WA).
But even with this workforce, the industry can't keep up with demand and is scrambling for workers. "There's a lot of anxiety," says Sonja Forster, Seattle District Manager for the Associated General Contractors (ACG) of Washington. "Will we be able staff these jobs that we have coming up?"
While the region's boom exposes the shortage, its roots lie in the 2007-08 financial crisis, which hit the construction industry harder than any other. Over 33 percent of industry jobs disappeared in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area, according to ESD-WA. "Many people got out of the trades after the recession. The industry hasn't really recovered from that exodus," Forster says. "Some people didn't come back, and the new people in the labor pool are not yet fully trained up. We're concerned there's not enough people in the pipeline."
Chris Coville is a labor foreman who's worked in construction for two decades.
Many people in the industry see the most recent crisis as just one undulation of an inherently cyclical business. Right now, it is up. But it could go down anytime. "Construction moves in waves," says Chris Coville, a labor foreman who's worked in construction for two decades.
"In a way, we are very high-qualified temp workers," he says. "If you're lucky, you work on a job for years, sometimes just for months. Overall, I'd say we prepare mentally for not having a job."
For as long as it lasts, the boom is good news to many. There's work, and most say they are paid well. The median hourly wage for a construction laborer in the area is $23.14 per hour, though managers or supervisors make in the high $30s or $40s per hour.
Some are paid less. Jesús, who did not want his last name used, said he had been working as a painter for $16 an hour and now makes $20 working in construction, which he says is not a decent wage for the dangerous work he does. "Many of my colleagues are immigrants who feel like they have no voice."
His is one of the lesser-heard voices in a debate that reached fever pitch last week, and perhaps also laid bare a deep rift in Seattle 2.0. At the center of it, construction workers find themselves in a strange limbo. They are extremely visible — on nearly every downtown block, in fluorescent yellow and orange — but somehow rarely in conversations about the boom.
A view of a crane near the Space Needle in Seattle.
Their jobs are a pawn in a hyper-charged discussion about a tax aimed to help those on the fringes of a city most workers don't live in — and couldn't afford even if they wanted to. They're making better wages than many other workers, partly thanks to the boom, but always wondering when it will go bust. And in the process, helping a city build over its blue-collar roots.
"Seattle has become a monoculture," says ironworker Logan Swan, who cites the displacement of communities in Capitol Hill and the Central District, and the "company town" Seattle's becoming. "I don't feel welcome here."
Swan is a member of both the Iron Workers Local 86 as well as Socialist Alternative, with whom he's campaigning for the head tax.
Many of my colleagues are immigrants who feel like they have no voice."
— Jesús
"Tensions are running high right now," he says. "Working people are having to commute longer and longer, spending time away from their families. Working people should be able to afford to live in the city they work in. We make the city run."
Swan moved here in 2010 from California, working different jobs while the economy was still in a slump. It was hard. "Workers are the ones faced with a cycle of boom and bust," he says. "When it goes bust, they get their homes foreclosed on, their factories closed, pensions and wages cut, but the businesses get bailed out. And then when it goes boom, people say 'just be thankful you have a job.'"
Meanwhile, it's hard to gauge whether a slow-down of the boom will come anytime soon. According to local research firm Dupre + Scott, Seattle is on its way to build more this decade alone than in the last five decades combined, and many big projects are unfinished. All the while, buildings rise higher, and the city's fault lines deepen.
Construction workers walk through a walkway on a construction site.
Photos: How the pandemic reshaped our milestones in 2020
From weddings to quinceañeras and births, six families reflect on how they celebrated their biggest moments this year.
Dorothy Edwards
/ January 4
Mossback's Northwest: The Washington outlaw who couldn't be caught
Harry Tracy terrorized the state from one end to the other, even as newspaper readers couldn't get enough of his criminal adventures.
by / December 25
Homelessness,
Photo Gallery,
Seattle & King County,
Changing Region
COVID-19, tax reform and police accountability top lawmakers' agenda, but the threat of armed protesters hangs over their work.
Melissa Santos
/ January 11 January 11, 2021

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I'm caught off guard, getting sucked back into the past, trapped by my feelings and held fast by negativity. I don't want to be here, not when Jesus offers us such a tantalising taste of freedom. How did I get here again, a beached boat when I long to sail free?
At times like this, our pain feels ever-present as we rehash and revisit hurt feelings, especially when we fail to move forward, embrace the Now and the New, lag behind the person God is gently shaping us to be. It's like a spiritual blindness preventing us from seeing who we really are in His eyes, a fog of forgetfulness.
Then we fail to connect to the woman within. Fear temporarily holds us hostage: fear of never fully getting over a painful past, fear of standing still and fear of moving forward. Because childhood abuse memories still sit inside the adult we have become, scratching at the edges of our peace and making present-day relationships less than they could be.
I have days where I neglect to own passion within, resulting in a deadening of feelings. Then the mist clears, anguish gives way to acceptance, pain to peace and condemnation to compassion—toward myself and others. I become free to express myself more lovingly when my mind is not trapped in the past.
We become more receptive to grace when we decide to embrace where we are, and remember how God has brought us thus far, on the way to all we are still becoming in Christ. And as we allow God's warming love and light to filter through, it helps push out the dark thoughts.
Scales begin to fall away and we can see more clearly when not viewing life through a red mist of anger, frustration, shame and pain. We begin to inch toward a deeper understanding, reconciliation and forgiveness. We want to let ourselves be loved, instead of rejecting such advances from our loved ones.
A new-found peace and confidence arises out of seeing, accepting and believing just how much God loves us and places people in our lives who love us too. Instead of hiding away in our history and drowning in despair, our souls start to trust again and soar toward a better future in Christ.
There's an inner yearning to be free, to live and love more openly, to yield to this day, this person and this moment because we choose to, not because we feel trapped into reacting and responding to their will.
So we hold onto hope as a life raft, cling to the courage only God can give us, feel our way into a less fraught future as we see those inner battles for what they really are —skirmishes in a war in which the enemy has already been mightily defeated by our Saviour, who sacrificed Himself lovingly and unconditionally on our behalf.
Friend, I pray you will see the Hope we have in Jesus is available to you, too. May you look to Him for the restoration, healing and deep inner peace only He can bring. Meanwhile, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Feel free to message me privately here.
Thank you for sharing your heart so vulnerably, Joy, and always pointing us to the hope we have in Jesus. I identify so much with all of this, and you have greatly encouraged my heart. This especially speaks to me today – "So we hold onto hope as a life raft, cling to the courage only God can give us, feel our way into a less fraught future as we see those inner battles for what they really are —skirmishes in a war in which the enemy has already been mightily defeated by our Saviour, who sacrificed Himself lovingly and unconditionally on our behalf." Amen! I need to remind myself more often that our Savior has already defeated the enemy that tries so relentlessly to keep us trapped. Yes, His love can dispel our "fog of forgetfulness." Love and hugs!
Love the strength rising in your words, Joy. It's so amazing what happens when "remember how God has brought us this far." Hope for the future is such a powerful weapon against the past. Blessings to you and thank you for encouraging me today.


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Open specified document in read-only mode.
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Forces XXE to reopen the last document opened during the preceding editing session. Note that this option cannot be used when one or more file_or_URL_to_be_openeds have been specified.
See also the "Automatically reopen last opened documents" option for a more comprehensive alternative.
Command-line equivalent to using File → New.
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Little Kainoa's mum cries after her autistic son naturally makes his first friend after years of trying at school. / Five year old Kainoa finally makes his first friend after being unable to touch anyone.
Making new friends at school is hard enough for any young child, even us adults struggle at the best of times. But for one young boy forming connections with others has been an unavoidable life-long struggle.
Five-year-old Kainoa Niehaus suffers from autism, making it intensely uncomfortable for him to be touched by other people and form bonds with people outside of his immediate family. Kainoa's condition even prevents his mother Shanna from giving her little boy hugs and helping him get ready for school.
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After meeting the golden pup Kainoa and tornado struck up an instant connection that resulted in this picture that's set the internet off in tears of joy.
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Task Forces & Committees >
After a review of safety programs and strategies of the Northshore School District, the Safe Schools Advisory Committee completed a report under the leadership of Henry Simon, Director of Safety and Security.
To involve the public in the promotion of school safety, the Northshore School District Safety and Security Department has created an advisory committee, known as the Safe Schools Advisory Committee. The committee shall be comprised of representative parents, community members, faculty, students and first responders who are interested in the development of policies and procedures, which promote school safety. The Safe Schools Advisory Committee serves as an advisory committee to the Director of Safety and Security.
We are no longer accepting applications. Applicants were notified via email on September 20, 2018, thank you for your interest in the Committee.
Committee Goals
Review safety programs, strategies, and make recommendations as appropriate to increase effectiveness of addressing school safety issues.
Examine safety and security issues related to the school system's physical safety and make recommendations as appropriate.
Explore ways to involve the community in promoting school safety.
Assist with training recommendations as necessary to meet the state mandated requirements.
Regularly review the emergency preparedness of the school system.
Serve a two-year term and attend at least 80% of the time.
The members of the Safe Schools Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Director of Safety and Security or designee. Membership on the Safe Schools Advisory Committee shall be limited to no more that 26 members of NSD students, staff and community. Law Enforcement and Fire Services participation is welcomed but dependent upon availability.
Appointments shall include:
twelve (12) parents from all three instruction levels representing the four regions
three (3) law enforcement representatives (King/Snohomish County Sheriff's Offices, Bothell, Kenmore and Woodinville Police Departments – as available, school resource officers preferred)
three (3) representatives from the fire departments/districts that serve NSD
two (2) representatives from the Student ASB (one middle and one high school)
one (1) NSEA union representative
one (1) Student Services representative
one (1) representative from Support Services (either the Director of Supports Services or their designee)
one (1) representative from Food Services
one (1) representative from Transportation
Committee's Role
The Northshore School District's Safe Schools Advisory Committee will meet throughout the academic year and act as an advisory committee to the Director of Safety and Security and other district leadership. The committee will focus on:
School system policies
Safety programs and strategies
Security status of school system facilities
Community and agency involvement
The committee may be divided into sub-committees at the will of the committee or the direction of the Director of Safety and Security or designee to complete specific tasks.
2018-19 Safe Schools Advisory Committee Schedule
Henry Simon
Director of Safety and Security
September 25, 2018 NMS Library
Agenda Minutes
October 16, 2018 CMS Library
November 20, 2018 Location KMS Cafeteria
December 18, 2018 Location LMS Library
February 12, 2019 Location TBD
April 23, 2019 Location TBD
June 11, 2019 Location TBD
Safe Schools Advisory Committee is open to the public. Please read the Visitor Protocol guidelines prior to attending.
Director of Safety and Security 425-408-7745


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A Blissful Pond Will Fit In Any Size Yard
Deck and Patio has designed and built over 300 ponds on Long Island," says owner Dave Stockwell. "And if there's one thing we've learned, it's that just about any yard can accommodate some sort of pond."
"As you'll see below, it doesn't matter if your yard is expansive or no bigger than a postage stamp, ponds range in size from small — to double-ponds and even those with vanishing edges."
Dave adds that no matter the size, the sounds and beauty of a pond waterscape will offer a welcome place of serenity while attracting delightful wildlife such as birds, butterflies, and croaking frogs.
Below is a sampling of the different types and sizes of ponds you can choose. Under the medium-sized category we even have a video of a koi pond we did in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. The video shows the entire pond landscape including under water.
Small Pond with Waterfall
For these clients, Deck and Patio tucked a small pond and waterfall into the corner of their driveway.
By adding beautiful creeping ground cover and boulders, even the property's challenging raised grades were turned into benefits.
Also, by installing enough retaining boulders and plant materials, we used Mother Nature's own gravity to pump water naturally in the pond. The waterfall not only tops off the pond's water level but aerates or oxygenates it, helping to keep it fresh and healthy.
Pondless Waterfall
Sometimes, when very young children are involved, clients worry that a full, deep pond might present safety concerns. In these cases, many of our clients choose a pondless waterfall.
In a pondess waterfall, river rock allows cascading water to seep down into the ground where it is captured in a below-ground reservoir and recirculated.
And, since regular ponds require seasonal maintenance to keep them healthy and beautiful, a pondless waterfall is easier to care for.
Another reason for choosing a pondless waterfall came up with one our water feature clients. Their property abutted parklands, and they feared a pond would attract too many wild animals.
Lastly, budget and property size can be factors. A large space is not needed when you go pondless.
Medium-Sized Ponds
As design and build experts, Deck and Patio always advises installing your pond where you can enjoy it from a deck, patio, bedroom, or kitchen.
It's important to note that not just humans appreciate a pond water feature. In addition to the family pooch being endlessly fascinated, birds and butterflies will be attracted. Birds, in particular, love gently moving water.
Just provide a place for them to land, such as rock platforms, or design a shallow end as part of the feature. And by keeping the water circulating, this will also help prevent mosquito larvae from hatching. Of course, when koi are involved, you want to avoid fish predators. For more on that, click here.
Larger Ponds
Aquatic Plants are Helpful
When there is room and a budget for a large pond, like this koi pond with several waterfalls and a stream, a backyard can become a private sanctuary (left).
Note: because ponds do not have too much water action, water lilies are ideal plants, which is especially helpful in larger ponds.
Not only do they produce fragrant flowers that are beautiful, they add shade which helps keep the water temperature down during the heat of summer.
The lower temperature reduces undesirable algae growth; and when koi or other fish are present, water lilies provide great shelter for the fish while keeping the water clear and clean-looking.
Expansive Vanishing Edge Pond
A pond can reach its zenith if it's possible to give it a vanishing edge (right). Although these are more commonly done for pools, if local regulations limit the addition of a pool, a pond might be the answer.
That was the case for this Deck and patio multi-part water feature. It captures the glorious sunsets over Long Island Sound and appears to connect right out to the water's edge. The project includes a stream, waterfalls, and second lower pond.
Under the feature's beauty, an extremely high tech and complex natural biological filtration system using Aquascape Inc. products is continuously maintaining the feature's crystal clear water. To learn more about this pond, click here.
By June Sullivan|2020-02-27T14:22:15-05:00February 27th, 2020|Aquascape Biofalls, Backyard Escapes, Backyard Refurbishments, Backyard Upgrades, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Koi Ponds, Landscape Planning, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Plantings/Pondscapes, Pondless Waterfalls, Ponds & Water Features, Serenity Escapes|Comments Off on A Blissful Pond Will Fit In Any Size Yard
Key Elements of a Healthy, Low-Maintenance Pond
A low-maintenance pond is one with an ecosystem that works naturally with Mother Nature to keep the pond clean and clear. It is a paradise for families to relax by and study throughout all seasons. It also offers a healthy place for desirable wildlife, such as pond fish, birds, etc.
Such a delightful backyard feature has several elements that contribute to its overall harmony. As certified Aquascape Inc. contractors, Deck and Patio keeps regularly up-to-date with the latest in pond design, construction and maintenance.
Proper Water Circulation
It is essential that any water pump be adequate to the size of your pond and waterfalls. This ensures the amount of water will be aerated sufficiently and will not stagnate or develop excessive bacteria. Instead, the pond receives adequate oxygenation to remain healthy.
Biological Filters and Skimmers
Ponds should also include a natural filtration system using the right biological filter and mechanical skimmer. Adding rocks and gravel over pond liners will also allow beneficial bacteria to grow for fish to graze on.
Koi, in all their jeweled colors, are not just beautiful to look at. They eat algae, and their own waste turns into fertilizer for pond plants. It's key, though, not to overstock your pond so the balance of fish waste, verses what is being used up, remains in proper balance.
And you thought plants, too, were just pretty faces. No, they also play a key role in filtering a pond's ecosystem. Aquatic plants absorb nutrients from the fish waste. "In the heat of summer, for example, it's ideal that approximately 40% of your pond's surface be covered with plants. Not only do they take care of the algae they also provide shade for the fish when it's hot," says Dave Stockwell of Deck and Patio.
Backyard Pond Is a Paradise
"A backyard pond should be a paradise for relaxation as well as a home for desirable wildlife," adds Dave Stockwell. "I'm referring to wildlife such as birds, frogs, etc. who eat insects as they enjoy the shelter you've created for them. In addition, aquatic plants and pond fish are essential elements in the overall ecosystem."
Sometimes, Deck and Patio clients want to go even further when creating a natural healthy pond ecosystem. "That's the rainwater harvesting comes into play," says Dave. "This involves capturing rainwater, filtering it, and trapping it below ground to be recirculated to maintain the pond's water level because of evaporation. Aquascape Inc. of St. Charles, IL, has superb systems that capture and circulate rainwater."
This captured water never stagnates, says Brian Helfrich, construction manager at Aquascape, because the water is continuously circulated in the pond via a waterfall, or stream, or pond fountain.
"Rainfall shortages will never be a problem," says Helfrich. "Plus, with such a system, town or city water is never being used. Those with an underground storage tank — stocked with water they may have collected a month ago, even during a drought, will not only keep their water feature fresh and moving, but excess water reserves can maintain a lawn, and/or a vegetable garden."
Easy to Maintain Pond Ecosystem:
This beautiful award-winning water feature (silver medal from LIPSA) consists of a stream, waterfalls and pond; it's the perfect spot for letting the day's cares melt away. Enchanting Echinacea (coneflowers) and magenta Lythrum are some of the plants brightening this pondscape.
Healthy Pond Ecosystems with Wildlife:
Water is the basis of all successful ecosystems. The second you put in a water feature you attract all kinds of wildlife — birds who want to bathe, frogs, salamanders, and insects that the birds feed on.
Low Maintenance Ponds with Koi:
Contrary to popular belief, fish will actually reduce pond maintenance, as they graze on string algae and bottom feed from the pond floor. Plants shown here include bullrush, pink canna lilies, horsetail, and a rose arey hybrid water lily.
"A healthy pond does require some spring and fall maintenance," says Dave Stockwell. "However, if you build your pond correctly, Mother Nature will do the rest. Not only will you love it in every season, but frogs, birds and butterflies will thank you for it."
By June Sullivan|2019-03-28T14:11:41-05:00March 28th, 2019|Aquascape Biofalls, Awards, Backyard Escapes, Backyard Refurbishments, Backyard Resorts, Backyard Upgrades, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Gardening, Herb/Vegetable Gardens, Koi Ponds, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Moss Rock and Stones, Outdoor Living, Plantings/Pondscapes, Ponds & Water Features, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainable Water Features|Comments Off on Key Elements of a Healthy, Low-Maintenance Pond
Water Features for Public Spaces, Parks, and Town Centers
In ancient days, water fountains were a source of drinking and wash water for local citizens. Today, cities and towns across the globe add water features to parks and town centers mainly for the beauty and tranquility they bring.
However. Whether the water feature is a fountain, water wall, waterfall, stream, or pond, it is widely accepted today that any such feature be 'green.'
Such was the case when Deck and Patio, in collaboration with the Town of Huntington, designed/built a self-sustaining or green waterfall/water garden at one of the busiest spots in the area: the Huntington Train Station.
As background: For some time Deck and Patio has operated a sustainable division, our Rainwater Harvesting Group.
"Rainwater harvesting is just what it sounds like," says Dave Stockwell. "It's a green method of capturing rainwater which can be used at private residences as well as in pubic spaces."
At one's home, adds Dave, captured rainwater is used for tasks that don't require treated water such as washing a deck, lawn watering, washing vehicles, and refreshing one's garden."
In public spaces, it can be a source for sustaining not only the beautiful relaxing water feature itself, but there, too, the surrounding garden spots and plantings can be watered as well.
How did the train station project come about?
Huntington Train Station Project
The train station is just a few blocks from Deck and Patio's design center at 189 Broadway.
One day a member of our team was engaged in a casual conversation with a few women planting flowers near the station.
As a local landscaper, we offered to help by adding plants, flowers, shrubs and moss rocks.
Station Area As Deck and Patio Began Work
"A problem became immediately apparent," says Dave. "There wasn't any water source for maintaining the plants. The women had been lugging five-gallon buckets of water from their condos to maintain them.
"In addition, there was no walkway in this space, beyond a small brick and cement sidewalk. There was only a dirt path. It was also not handicap accessible and it seemed like the spot needed more than just plants and shrubs."
After consulting with our Rainwater Harvesting Group, we approached the Town of Huntington. "They were completely on board," says Dave. "Huntington Township takes great care to beautify our public spaces, including healthy and cheerful pole planters, etc."
With the Town's cooperation, Deck and Patio installed the self-sustaining water feature with an underground reservoir to store captured rainwater. To help accumulate the most rainfall, as well as add a paver pathway for direct access from the curb to the parking lot, we constructed a walk area made of permeable paves.
"We used Techo-Bloc permeable pavers and installed them over gravel and a rubber liner.," says Dave. "These pavers allow the rainwater to seep into the ground and into the reservoir where it can be recirculated.
"The gravel and liner filter the water runoff before it is sent, using gravity alone, to the reservoir," adds Dave. The system we used was known then Aquascape RainXchange Harvesting System which is now called "Aquascape's Rainwater Harvesting System."
"There is enough captured water to not only sustain the water feature, but to also irrigate all the plantings," says Dave. "Plus, this eco-friendly system keeps falling non-filtered rainwater from going into the Town's sewer system and on into Huntington Bay."
Water Feature (Huntington Train Station/NY)
The water feature is not just for aesthetics. It is highly functional. Its waterfall aerates the water — or oxygenates it. The water plants we added absorb nutrients and pollutants to help purify the water. All together, the gravel, liner, and plants create a self-sustaining rainwater harvesting garden. The area is now a magnet for local birds who come here to bathe and drink.
Rainwater Harvesting System (Huntington Train Station/NY):
The Aquascape Rainwater Harvesting System includes an auxiliary pump connected to the irrigation system. This ensures that the water used isn't city water, but harvested entirely from rainwater. The below ground Aquascape Aqua Blox Reservoir holds 500 gallons of rainwater.
Sustainable Water Feature (Huntington Train Station/NY):
The water feature at the train station (which is, alas, as of this writing buried under snow and ice!) is in total keeping with the Town's program of beautification of public spaces.
Rainwater Harvesting at Huntington Station NY
Where once was only a dirt path from the sidewalk to the train parking lot, permeable pavers allow easy walking (arrow area pavers) while capturing and filtering rainwater for reuse. The pavers used are Techo-Bloc Victorien Permeable Pavers.
By June Sullivan|2019-03-07T15:27:36-05:00March 7th, 2019|Aquascape Biofalls, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Gardening, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Local Public Projects, outdoor maintenance, paving stones, Ponds & Water Features, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainable Water Features, Unique Ideas, Updating Landscape|Comments Off on Water Features for Public Spaces, Parks, and Town Centers
What Type of Pond Will Be Best in My Yard?
"We feel just about any yard can accommodate some sort of pond," says Deck and Patio's Dave Stockwell.
"Whether your yard is expansive or is no bigger than a proverbial postage stamp, ponds range in size from small — to double-ponds and even those with vanishing edges."
For these clients, we tucked a small pond and waterfall into the corner of their driveway.
Also, by installing enough retaining boulders and plant materials, we used Mother Nature's own gravity to pump water naturally in the pond.
Pondless Waterfall (Photo: Aquascape Inc.)
In a pondless waterfall, river rock allows water to seep down into the ground where it is captured in a below-ground reservoir and recirculated.
It's important to note that not just humans appreciate a pond water feature.
In addition to the family pooch being endlessly fascinated, birds and butterflies will be attracted. Birds, in particular, love gently moving water.
Just provide a place for them to land, such as rock platforms, or design a shallow end as part of the feature. And by keeping the water circulating, this will also help prevent mosquito larvae from hatching.
When there is room and a budget for a large pond, like this koi pond with several waterfalls and a stream, a backyard can become a private sanctuary.
Vanishing Edge Pond
A pond can reach its zenith if it's possible to give it a vanishing edge. Although these are more commonly done for pools, if local regulations limit the addition of a pool, a pond might be the answer.
That was the case for this multi-part Deck and Patio water feature. It captures the glorious sunsets over Long Island Sound and appears to connect right out to the water's edge. The project includes a stream, waterfalls, and second lower pond.
Under the feature's beauty, an extremely high tech and complex natural biological filtration system using Aquascape Inc. products is continuously maintaining the feature's crystal clear water.
By June Sullivan|2018-03-29T12:49:48-05:00March 29th, 2018|Aquascape Biofalls, Backyard Escapes, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Infinity Pools, Koi Ponds, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Outdoor Living, outdoor maintenance, Plantings/Pondscapes, Pondless Waterfalls, Ponds & Water Features, Sustainable Water Features|Comments Off on What Type of Pond Will Be Best in My Yard?
More Than Beautiful: Self-Sustaining Water Features
It's true: the sounds and sights of moving water turn any property into a restful escape.
But ponds and pond-less water features can also include rainwater harvesting components — offering a great way to save water and aid the local ecology.
Such rainwater harvesting systems support all types and combinations of water features — fountains, waterfalls, ponds, streams.
The captured rainwater can also replenish a water feature's surrounding landscape, wash a car, rinse down a deck or patio, etc., and it is especially helpful during droughts.
As certified installers of renowned Aquascape Inc. products, the water conservation systems and other water garden products Deck and Patio uses are both technologically and biologically efficient.
Project # 1
Koi is a healthy part of this pond's natural ecosystem
The Aquascape products Deck and Patio used for this project include high efficiency pumps, skimmers, biological filters, and gravel beds.
Note: Koi can also be a truly beneficial part of a pond's eco-system, including this self-sustaining one.
Deck and Patio Rainwater Harvesting (Long Island/NY):
The Aquascape 'green' RainExchange process for this Deck and Patio feature combines a decorative water feature with a completely sub-surface collection system — thereby creating a beautiful backyard oasis that is very eco-friendly.
"The collection system is located completely below ground," says Deck and Patio owner Dave Stockwell. "The reservoir is a truly maintenance-free source that keeps topping off the water feature.There is no requirement for City water. It comes completely from rainfall on the roof of the clients' house — where gravity alone draws it into pipes."
Deck and Patio Water Feature (Long Island/NY)
This Deck and Patio water feature includes a beautiful pond, waterfalls and stream with a bridge across it. Along with the right water plants, everything works together to create a very healthy eco-system — underpinning the peaceful vistas that restore the soul.
Why is this important? Well, such products create a total natural biological system around ponds and waterfalls that can be replenished and maintained entirely through rainfall.
Deck and Patio Pondless Water Feature (Long Island/NY):
With a "pondless" waterfall, the waterfalls and stream do not drop into a pond, but seep through gravel where it is first filtered and then collected in an underground reservoir and continually recirculated. Because you are continually filtering and recirculating water, such a project is definitely eco-friendly.
However, natural evaporation of the water feature will require, like this Deck and patio one, that the recirculating water be "topped off" and refreshed occasionally. So for those who would prefer to go totally "green" and not use any town water by even occasionally replenishing your stream/waterfall, Aquascape also makes the RainXchange reservoir system we used here.
With RainXchange, runoff rainwater — either from a roof or permeable pavers — is collected to maintain the water feature's system through completely green rainwater harvesting methods. This captured rainwater can also replenish the surrounding landscape, wash a car, rinse down a deck or patio, etc., and is especially helpful during droughts.
There are many routes to sustainability. And the beautiful water feature you choose for a restful respite will be truly that…having no tinge of guilt about its impact on the environment.
By June Sullivan|2018-03-08T13:33:48-05:00March 8th, 2018|Aquascape Biofalls, Backyard Escapes, Backyard Refurbishments, Backyard Resorts, Backyard Upgrades, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Koi Ponds, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Moss Rock and Stones, Outdoor Living, Plantings/Pondscapes, Pondless Waterfalls, Ponds & Water Features, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainable Water Features, Unique Ideas, Updating Landscape|Comments Off on More Than Beautiful: Self-Sustaining Water Features
How To Choose the Perfect Pond for Your Property
Whether your property is large and expansive — or no bigger than a postage stamp — most yards can accommodate some type of pond. As you'll see from examples we're highlighting today, ponds come in many sizes, shapes, and depths, and sometimes these water features may not be classified as ponds at all.
"When it comes to the pond's location on the property, we recommend locating it where it can be enjoyed from a patio or deck, bedroom, or kitchen," says Dave Stockwell, owner of Deck and Patio."
Ponds, Decks, and Landscaping
This deck, for example, was designed with a viewing platform from where the clients can enjoy the pond and the robust landscaping — rich with aquatic and other plantings. Also note that we installed large stepping stones for walking across the pond to other areas of the water feature.
"However, if the clients are hoping for a more private escape for relaxing and meditating, the ideal spot for a pond may be farther away from the house," says Dave.
Ponds With Additional Waterfalls
In this case (above), the homeowners wanted the best of both worlds: a glorious private pond-escape further away on the property, and an additional waterfall located near the house. Deck and Patio set the extra waterfall at the top of a slope facing the clients' indoor kitchen.
"From inside their home the family can enjoy the sights and sounds of this waterfall. A stream on its right flows down through five separate cascades into the lower, and more private pond area — a beautiful oasis for stillness and quiet," says Dave.
Fitting Ponds Into Tight Spaces
When space is at a premium (and even when it's not), Deck and Patio can help clients find ways to creatively add a pond. The above photo showcases a Trex deck with two handsome "platform" staircases; we installed a beautiful micro pond and waterfall in and around the staircases in what was a former planting bed. "Every time they enter or leave the house they enjoy the sounds and sights of a delightful pond," says Dave.
Photo courtesy of Aquascape Inc.
When children are very young, clients often opt for a "pondless" waterfall, in lieu of a pond. With these water features river rock allows flowing water from a waterfall to seep down into the ground where a reservoir captures the water and recirculates it.
Natural Playscape with Pond
In the case of these clients, their children were not toddlers. However, they thought them still young enough that some safety precautions should be taken. So Deck and Patio designed/built their city oasis (above) with a temporary 8" shallow pond.
The pond was constructed to "grow" with them. It is actually a deeper pond with boulders that are covered with fabric and gravel which, when they are older, can be removed, exposing a full-sized pond they can stock with koi — offering an entirely different experience for more mature children.
Perfectly Placed Pond
Deck and Patio located this pond in view of the home's back patio and pool area, as well as from the house. Part of what makes a pond spectacular to look at is its landscaping. This requires knowledge of not just soil and sun but how each planting is affected by water and moisture. Here (above) we included Cone flowers, Spirea Anthony Waters and Coreopsis for pops of bright color along with deep green ground cover and tall grasses.
"Whatever the size or shape of your yard, there is a perfect pond for your property," says Dave.
By June Sullivan|2017-02-23T14:18:15-05:00February 23rd, 2017|Aquascape Biofalls, Backyard Escapes, Backyard Refurbishments, Creative Design, Deck and Patios, Design and Build Experts, Koi Ponds, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Outdoor Living, Plantings/Pondscapes, Pondless Waterfalls, Ponds & Water Features, Trex Decking, Unique Ideas|0 Comments
Natural Swimming Ponds: Embracing the Pond Life
According to reports, across 'the pond' in Europe, natural swimming ponds have grown in appeal for a quarter of a century. Here at home, however, North Americans have not yet joined the craze with equal zeal. While swimming au naturel (chemical free) certainly appeals to health-conscious North Americans, some can't get over sharing their backyard swimming water with — ewww — bugs, tadpoles, let alone pond fish.
This, however, may be changing. After all, a man-made natural pond is no different from swimming in a lake, swimming hole, or swimming in the ocean. Who hasn't brushed up against seaweed, or snorkeled to enjoy colorful fish? And, indeed, in recent years, Deck and Patio has been asked to create man-made ponds on Long Island for the pure enjoyment of swimming in them.
In a recent post on Aquascape Inc.'s website entitled: Growing Up Around a Pond, the writer focuses on the '10 most interesting things' she has learned from having just such a pond:
all bacteria is not bad;
swimming in a pond is more fun than in a pool;
ponds are wondrous at night;
ponds are better than TV or video games.
We would have to agree with her. Snorkeling in a regular swimming pool isn't all that exciting.
Don't let the bugs bug you:
Unchecked by the chemicals of a regular swimming pool, the odd dragonfly will no doubt flit across your natural pond's surface. You may spy a salamander at its edge. And frogs (who eat the more undesirable insects around your pond) may parent some tadpoles in any natural pond. And if there's koi in your pond, you'll want to keep them healthy and free of disease.
That aside, swimming in a pristine natural pond is very possible and thrilling. Using the right underlayment, liner, Biofalls and skimmers, bog filtration and water plants are part of creating the perfect experience. Detailed information on how to do this can be found on such helpful websites as Aquascape Inc's, and local pond experts can aid you in keeping your water clean, and your fish healthy.
Swimming with the Koi:
The homeowner who wrote the Aquascape Inc. blog "Growing Up Around a Pond" included this photo of her son encouraging a friend to join him in the pond. Photo: Courtesy of Aquascape Inc.
Natural Swimming Pond:
This pond is one of two ponds these clients had us create in their yard which overlooks Long Island Sound. Now you may think that our beautiful model is avoiding the 'ewwww' factor by using a floating device. But as you'll see from the next photo below, she's not bothered at all by healthy pond life. Indeed, this pond is pure and clean — a joy to swim in.
Pristine Swimming Ponds (Long Island/NY):
A key factor in a good natural swimming pond is to build it big and deep enough so that you can snorkel as well as have room to swim.
Koi Ponds (Long Island/NY):
Some ponds, like this one, is intended as a koi pond and not a natural swimming pond. One way to ensure you pond is sufficiently pristine for swimming is not to overload it with koi or other pond fish. This allows the aquatic plants and filtration systems the ability to absorb and "clean" the pond sufficiently for an enjoyable swim.
Vanishing Edge/Infinity Pond (Long Island/NY):
This pond is an infinity pond, one of the first done in North America. The project includes a stream, waterfalls, a second lower pond, and a natural biological filtration system that is continuously maintaining the feature's crystal-clear water.
By June Sullivan|2017-01-21T16:34:38-05:00July 9th, 2015|Aquascape Biofalls, Backyard Escapes, Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Infinity Pools, Koi Ponds, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Ponds & Water Features, Pool Upgrades, Unique Ideas|1 Comment
Right As Rain: Rainwater Harvesting Group Wins Award
Update (8-11-15): At their annual Pondemonium teaching event, a few days ago Aquascape Inc. awarded Bill Renter and The Deck and Patio Company "Conservationist of the Year" for this project!! We added a photo of Bill getting the "Top Frog" award immediately below. Note: This new award is above and beyond its earlier 2013 award.
Bill Renter Receives Aquascape Inc. Award
The sustainable division of The Deck and Patio Company — Rainwater Harvesting Group — recently won a prestigious award for a rainwater harvesting project at the LIRR station, in Huntington Station (NY).
"Rainwater harvesting is just what it sounds like," says Deck and Patio owner, Bill Renter. "It's a green method of capturing rainwater, which can be used at your residence or business for tasks that don't require treated water: washing vehicles, lawn watering, washing a deck, or maintaining a garden or water feature. In this case, the project was for a public water feature at our local train station."
It came about one day when Bill was engaged in a casual conversation with a few women who live nearby. They were planting flowers near the station to brighten it up. As the local landscaper for the area, he offered to help them by adding plants, flowers, shrubs and moss rocks.
"However, I learned at that time there was no immediate access to clean water. The women had been lugging five-gallon buckets of water from their condos to maintain the plants they put in. I thought there must be a way to help with that, too.
"First, we added some moisture retention product to the soil so less water was needed. Then I noticed there was no walkway beyond the small brick and cement sidewalk. There was only a dirt path. It was not handicap accessible and it seemed like the spot needed more than just plants and shrubs."
After consulting with our Rainwater Harvesting Group, and gaining the support of the Town of Huntington, we installed a lovely water feature as well as a paver pathway for direct access from the curb to the parking lot.
We laid Techo-Bloc permeable pavers over gravel and a rubber liner. The gravel and liner filter the water runoff before it is sent to the reservoir we installed at the end of the stream in the water feature. The system we used is a RainXchange Harvesting System, produced by Aquascapes Inc.
"There is enough captured water to not only sustain the water feature, but to also irrigate all the plantings," adds Bill. "Plus, this eco-friendly system keeps any non-filtered rainwater from going into the Town's sewer system and on into Huntington Bay."
This project has ignited interest in creating an entire rainwater harvesting park as part of the Town's on-going revitalization of Huntington Station. Just recently, our company received a 2014 Bronze Award from Long Island Pool & Spa Association (LIPSA) for the feature.
Water Feature (Huntington Station/NY)
The water feature is not just for aesthetics, but it is highly functional. Its waterfall aerates the water — or oxygenates it. The water plants that our Rainwater Harvesting Group planted absorb nutrients and pollutants to help purify the water. All together, the gravel, liner, and plants create a self-sustaining rainwater harvesting garden. The area is now a magnet for local birds who come here to bathe and drink.
The RainXchange Harvesting Systems (produced by Aquascapes Inc.) includes an auxiliary pump connected to the irrigation system. This ensures that the water used isn't city water, but harvested entirely from rainwater. The below ground Aquascape Aqua Blox Reservoir holds 500 gallons of rainwater.
Collecting and Recycling Rainwater
This project has ignited interest in creating an entire rainwater harvesting park as part of the Town's revitalization of the area. In such a park, the rainwater would be harvested from different areas and sustain park streams, ponds, as well as irrigate the turf and plantings.
By June Sullivan|2017-01-21T16:34:39-05:00March 12th, 2015|Creative Design, Design and Build Experts, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Local Public Projects, Ponds & Water Features, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainable Water Features|0 Comments
Project Showcase: Outdoor Resort Living On Long Island Sound
During this holiday season, The Deck and Patio Company thought we would share one of our favorite projects for everyone to enjoy.
The clients wanted a good deal more than an outdoor pool and patio; they wanted a wide range of resort-style amenities to enhance their already existing majestic views of Long Island Sound. One such amenity was a vanishing edge, or "infinity" pool that brings the view of the shoreline right up to their backyard patio. In addition, we included a spectacular custom spa, also perfectly positioned to enjoy the "vanishing edge" from it as well.
Another main request from the clients was that we restore and update the site's existing pond. We gave it a face-lift and expanded it to include a waterfall, bridge, moss rock cave, a Savio skimmer and Aquascape biofalls.
The entire project includes the vanishing edge pool with five water pumps, 3,000 square feet of tumbled stone patio, two natural gas campfires, and large evergreen trees that flank the left and right side for privacy. In the pool, there are two waterfalls, five bar stools, three staircases, and in-floor cleaning.
Vanishing Edge "Infinity" Pools (Long Island)
To enhance an already beautiful view of Long Island Sound, the owners of this waterside home wanted an infinity pool; a spectacular "infinity" spa also became part of the project.
Swim-up Bar (Long Island/NY):
A swim-up U-shaped bar also serves as a patio bar; the pool boasts 5 in-pool stools and swim-out steps.
Backyard Ponds (Long Island/NY):
Deck and Patio's outdoor living expert and his team restored and expanded the existing pond to include a waterfall, bridge, moss rock cave, a Savio skimmer and Aquascape biofalls.
Man-made Ponds (Long Island/NY):
Lighting the pond creates an exquisite scene at night.
Resort-Style Outdoor Living (Long Island/NY):
The ultimate in resort-style living includes vanishing pool, custom spa, tumbled stone patio, natural gas campfires, evergreen trees for privacy, pool waterfalls, in-pool bar stools, three staircases, and in-floor cleaning.
Night Views of Outdoor Retreat:
Happy Holidays: May the joys of the season be with everyone!
By June Sullivan|2017-01-21T16:34:40-05:00December 18th, 2014|Backyard Escapes, Backyard Resorts, Backyard Upgrades, Creative Design, Deck and Patios, Design and Build Experts, Infinity Pools, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Ponds & Water Features, Pools & Spas, Vinyl-lined Pools|0 Comments
What Time of Day Showcases this Backyard Retreat Best?
Boasting a spectacular view of Long Island Sound, this award winning project is one that Deck and Patio's Outdoor Living Expert, Bill Renter, is understandably proud of. Complete with large patio areas, infinity pool, large spillover spa, waterfall, pond with wooden bridge, and spectacular LED lighting, its design took into consideration how it would appear at different times of day.
The vanishing edge pool brings the dramatic view of the shoreline right up to the backyard — creating a variety of changing images depending upon whether it is day, evening, or night. And not only the pool and patio offer these fabulous sights. The custom spa was also positioned to take in these "vanishing edge" vistas.
The same care went into the design of the upgraded and expanded pond area. Its beautiful details are delightful during the day, intoxicating at sunset, and oh so romantic at night.
The entire project comprises: vanishing edge pool with five water pumps, 3,000 square feet of Techo-Bloc tumbled stone patio, an outdoor kitchen with patio bar, two natural gas campfires, and extensive landscaping that includes large evergreen trees that flank the left and right side for privacy. In the pool, there are two waterfalls, five bar stools in front of a swim up bar, three staircases, and in-floor cleaning. (Note: this project garnered several awards, including three gold awards.)
We invite you to look over the photos and tell us what time of day do you think showcases this project best.
Vanishing Edge "Infinity" Pools:
During the day, the view out to Long Island Sound is breathtaking from both the pool and spa. Note: the outdoor kitchen includes two bars: a patio bar with bar stools, and a swim up bar with in-pool seats.
Backyard Ponds:
Even during the day when all details are clear, the serene pond area, with waterfall, bridge, and moss rock cave, offers no hint of the technology keeping the pond healthy and pristine, e.g., a Savio skimmer traps most debris before it settles at the bottom of the pond, and an Aquascape Biofalls system continually filters the pond naturally by using bacteria to break down any pond waste.
Backyard Retreat:
At sunset, not only unobstructed views of Long Island Sound are brought up to the patio and vanishing edge pool and spa, but the reflection of the setting sun is also; also at sunset, the edge of the infinity pool is exquisitely tinged in pale orange.
At sunset, in the far distance, evening lights on Connecticut's shore twinkle under a deep blue sky that is brushed with rose-colored radiance; LED lights and glowing natural gas campfires emphasize different areas of the retreat, providing security, drama and beauty.
Backyard Pond:
Just as sunset is about over, LED lighting creates mystery and romance around the pond. Traces of a pink sky makes a delightful backdrop to the evening pond's browns and greens.
Some might say that nighttime offers the ultimate outdoor experience. The lighting, which creates such extraordinary vistas, has been carefully hidden to give wonderful effects, yet go unseen. In fact, all the expertise and technology behind the waterfalls — water pumps, the DE filter, gas heater, LED lights, EOS wireless automation, etc. — go entirely unnoticed.
By June Sullivan|2017-01-21T16:34:45-05:00August 7th, 2014|Awards, Backyard Escapes, Backyard Resorts, Creative Design, Deck and Patios, Infinity Pools, Landscaping, Living Landscapes, Ponds & Water Features, Pool Surrounds, Pools & Spas|0 Comments


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Fritz Schneider (* 8. Oktober 1916 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein; † 4. November 2006 in Kaiserslautern) war ein deutscher Jurist und Politiker (FDP, CDU).

Leben und Beruf
Schneider wurde als Sohn eines Pfarrers geboren. Er machte sein Abitur am humanistischen Gymnasium in Pirmasens. 1933 trat er in die HJ ein, deren Rechtsreferent er 1941 wurde.
Er studierte Rechtswissenschaften in Heidelberg, Genf und München, das er 1944 mit dem zweiten juristischen Staatsexamen beendete. Von 1937 bis 1940 gehörte er dem NSDStB an. Während seines Studiums wurde er 1938 Mitglied der Burschenschaft Vineta Heidelberg. 1940 wurde Schneider Referendar. Von 1941 bis 1945 war er Mitglied des NS-Rechtswahrerbundes und des NS-Altherrenbundes. 1944 wurde er Assessor und war beim Amts- und Landgericht Kaiserslautern tätig.

Ab 1945 war er als Staatsanwalt in Kaiserslautern tätig. 1946 wurde er zum Amtsanwalt zurückgestuft, weshalb er 1947 als Staatsanwalt entlassen wurde. Von 1947 bis 1949 war er beim Generalstaatsanwalt in Neustadt an der Weinstraße tätig. Später war er bis 1958 wieder als Staatsanwalt in Kaiserslautern tätig.

Partei
Schneider schloss sich 1952 der FDP an und war von 1955 bis 1974 Mitglied im Landesvorstand der FDP Rheinland-Pfalz. 1974 trat er aus der Partei aus und wurde 1981 schließlich Mitglied der CDU.

Abgeordneter
Schneider war von 1956 bis 1960 Ratsmitglied der Stadt Kaiserslautern. Er gehörte von 1958 bis 1975 dem Landtag von Rheinland-Pfalz an und war dort von 1959 bis 1963 Vorsitzender der FDP-Fraktion. Nach seinem Parteiaustritt 1974 war er fraktionsloser Abgeordneter und Gast der CDU-Fraktion.

Öffentliche Ämter
Schneider wurde am 18. Mai 1963 als Nachfolger von Wilhelm Westenberger zum Minister der Justiz in die von Ministerpräsident Peter Altmeier geführte Landesregierung von Rheinland-Pfalz berufen und gehörte auch der von Ministerpräsident Helmut Kohl geleiteten Folgeregierung an. 1964 amtierte er als Vorsitzender der Konferenz der Justizminister der Länder. Nach der Bildung einer CDU-Alleinregierung schied er am 18. Mai 1971 aus dem Ministeramt und wurde in dieser Funktion von Otto Theisen abgelöst.

Von 1954 bis 1979 war er Mitglied der Landessynode der Evangelischen Kirche der Pfalz und amtierte von 1961 bis 1978 als deren Präsident. Zudem war er von 1966 bis 1976 Mitglied im Rundfunkrat des Südwestfunks (SWF).

Ehrungen
 1970: Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
 1974: Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz
 1984: Kronenkreuz in Gold des Diakonischen Werkes der evangelischen Kirche
 1990: Verdienstorden des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz

Siehe auch
 Kabinett Altmeier V
 Kabinett Altmeier VI
 Kabinett Kohl I

Literatur
 Victor Carl: Lexikon Pfälzer Persönlichkeiten, 3. Auflage, Edenkoben 2004, S. 779.
 Ingo Holzapfel, Wolfgang Müller: Fritz Schneider 1916–2006. Synodalpräsident 1961–1978. In: Pfälzische Kirchen- und Synodalpräsidenten seit 1920 (= Veröffentlichungen des Vereins für Pfälzische Kirchengeschichte. Band 27). Speyer 2008, S. 302–325.
 Der Präsident des Landtags Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): Die Stellvertreter des freien Volkes: Die Abgeordneten der Beratenden Landesversammlung und des Landtags Rheinland-Pfalz von 1946 bis 2015, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 3-658-04751-8, S. 617 f.
 Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Band I: Politiker. Teilband 9: Nachträge. Koblenz 2021, S. 153. (Online-PDF)

Justizminister (Rheinland-Pfalz)
CDU-Mitglied
FDP-Mitglied
Fraktionsvorsitzender (FDP Rheinland-Pfalz)
Politiker (Kaiserslautern)
Staatsanwalt (Deutschland)
Präses, Präsident oder Moderator einer Synode
Person (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz)
Person der Hitlerjugend
Träger des Großen Bundesverdienstkreuzes
Träger des Verdienstordens des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Träger des Kronenkreuzes
Burschenschafter (20. Jahrhundert)
Deutscher
Geboren 1916
Gestorben 2006
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Q: Mysqli login prepared statements Okay, I haved been maked a register system, but when I tried to make the login system it didn't work. When the user log in with the correct username and password its post "You are now logged in", but when I refresh the site, It says I need to login. And I has to ask how I could check the user is logged in exempel If the user logged in so echo this and if not so echo this..
Here is my code:
session_start();
            require 'inc/connect.php';

            if(isset($_POST['name'], $_POST['password'])){
                if(!empty($_POST['name'])){
                    if(!empty($_POST['password'])){

                        $username = $_POST['name'];
                        $password = $_POST['password'];
                        $user = $_SESSION['name'];

                        // KRYPTERING
                        $md5 = md5($password);
                        $sha1 = sha1($md5);
                        $crypt = crypt($sha1, 'st');
                        $md51 = md5($crypt);
                        $sha12 = sha1($md51);
                        $crypt1 = crypt($sha12, 'st');
                        $kode = base64_encode($crypt1);

                        $check = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT username, password FROM user WHERE username=? && password=?");
                        $check->bind_param("ss", $username, $kode);
                        $check->execute();
                        $check->bind_result($username, $kode);
                        $print = $check->fetch();
                        $check->close();

                        if ($print)
                            echo "You are now logged in!";
                        else
                            echo "Username / Password was incorrect!";

                    } else
                        echo "You need something!";
                } else
                    echo "You need something!";
            }

A: You need to put the username in the session on successful login, to check for it at the top of the page, and redirect to a different when its already set.
session_start();
            require 'inc/connect.php';

if(isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
  //already logged in, redirect
  header('Location: otherpage.php');
  exit;
}

            if(isset($_POST['name'], $_POST['password'])){
                if(!empty($_POST['name'])){
                    if(!empty($_POST['password'])){

                        $username = $_POST['name'];
                        $password = $_POST['password'];
                        $user = $_SESSION['name'];

                        // KRYPTERING
                        $md5 = md5($password);
                        $sha1 = sha1($md5);
                        $crypt = crypt($sha1, 'st');
                        $md51 = md5($crypt);
                        $sha12 = sha1($md51);
                        $crypt1 = crypt($sha12, 'st');
                        $kode = base64_encode($crypt1);

                        $check = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT username, password FROM user WHERE username=? && password=?");
                        $check->bind_param("ss", $username, $kode);
                        $check->execute();
                        $check->bind_result($username, $kode);
                        $print = $check->fetch();
                        $check->close();

                        if ($print)
                        {
                            //redirect to different page for the message
                            //echo "You are now logged in!";
                            $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
                             header('Location: otherpage.php');
                             exit;
                        }
                        else
                            echo "Username / Password was incorrect!";

                    } else
                        echo "You need something!";
                } else
                    echo "You need something!";
            }

Then in the other pages, you'll want something like:
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
  //not logged in, redirect to login form
  header('Location: login_form.php');
  exit;
}

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Published: Jan 15 at 11:28 a.m.
SACKVILLE, N.B. – Author, activist and writer Robyn Maynard will deliver a public lecture at Mount Allison University.
Her talk, Making Black lives matter in Canada: Reflections on race, gender, and social justice, will take place on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at 7 p.m., in Brunton Auditorium (Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music), 134 Main St. It is open to the public.
Maynard has a long history of involvement in community activism and advocacy and has published pieces in major newspapers and publications across North America. Her writing on race, gender and discrimination is taught widely in universities across Canada and the United States.
Maynard has been a part of grassroots movements against racial profiling, police violence, detention and deportation for over a decade and has an extensive work history in harm reduction-based service provision.
Policing Black Lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present, published in 2017 is her first book. It is currently in its third printing, was named one of the best 100 books of 2017 by the Hill Times, and received the 2019 Errol Morris Book Award.
Maynard's Mount Allison talk is co-sponsored by the Botsford Westmorland Fund. The President's Speakers Series continues on Feb. 5 with Luke Anderson, founder of the StopGap Foundation and on March 5 with Stephen Lewis.
Updated Feb 21, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.


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To get everyone ready for Atlanta United's matchup against the Philadelphia Union, we spoke with Brotherly Game's Matt Ralph to get his take on playoff optimism, why they could hand Atlanta a second straight loss, and the best and worst quality the team possesses.
DSS: The Union are two points back from the last playoff spot in the East with a match in hand. Are you cautiously optimistic about their playoff chances?
BG: I'm cautiously optimistic the Union will hang around the playoff line the rest of the season and need a win or two late to make it in. I thought this going into the season and not much has changed. They are still above average at home and dreadful on the road.
DSS: Atlanta hasn't lost after coming off a loss this season. Make a case as to why the Union will ruin that statistic this weekend.
BG: This is a tough case to make, but the Union play well at home and will have their midfield back together for the first time since they played a decent 18 minutes at Mercedes-Benz. There was plenty of angst in that game entirely directed at the referee and not Atlanta, but Alejandro Bedoya and Haris Medunjanin will be extra motivated to avenge that disastrous situation. Borek Dockal, whose wife just gave birth to their second child, is back after sitting out the LAFC match. They blew out Vancouver 4-0 their last time out in Chester, so they at least have that riding on them.
DSS: What's Philly's best and worst quality?
BG: They have been great at creating chances this season, but just dreadful at finishing those chances. CJ Sapong, who has only two goals after leading the team with 16 last season, has forgotten how to score and David Accam's only contribution was from the penalty spot in an Open Cup match against the Richmond Kickers.


An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket. It is bowled by fast bowlers.
A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the pitch. For an off cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls his fingers down the right side of the ball (from his viewpoint), in an action similar to bowling an off break, only at higher speed. This changes the axis of spin to make it more like an off break, which makes the ball deviate to the right when it bounces on the pitch. From a right-handed batsman's point of view, this deviation is to the left, or from the off side towards the leg side. This deviation is known as cut, and the delivery is called an off cutter because it moves away from the off side. What differentiates a genuine off cutter from a delivery that simply nips back off the seam is that it is deliberately bowled.
Off cutters do not turn as sharply as off breaks bowled by an off spin bowler, but at the speed of a fast bowler even a tiny deviation can cause difficulties for the batsman. If he is not quick enough to react to the movement, the batsman can miss the ball with his bat and be bowled between bat and pad or out leg before wicket if struck on the pads.


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This course is specifically designed to assist Senior Management in meeting their obligations under Regulation 24 of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR).
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Q: No se puede insertar el valor NULL en la columna 'Valor Columna'
Create TRIGGER [dbo].[TG_GirasDelete] ON [dbo].[Giras] AFTER delete
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE
    @Id_Bitacora int ,
    @Fecha_Movimiento smalldatetime,
    @Tipo_Movimiento char(1),
    @Num_Linea int,
    @Nombre_Columna varchar(50),
    @Tipo_Data_Columna varchar(50),
    @Valor_Columna varchar(500) ,

@Errores int = 0

Begin transaction Fn_Siguiente_Id
-------------------------------------------
-- PASO 1 : registra Bitacora_Encabezado --
-------------------------------------------
SET @Id_Bitacora = dbo.Fn_Siguiente_Id ( 'Bitacoras_Encabezado' )
SET @Fecha_Movimiento = GETDATE()
SET @Tipo_Movimiento = 'D'
INSERT dbo.Bitacoras_Encabezado VALUES ( @Id_Bitacora , @Fecha_Movimiento , @Tipo_Movimiento )
IF @@ERROR <> 0
    SET @Errores = @Errores + 1

----------------------------------------

Este es el error:

Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Procedure TG_GirasDelete, Line 33 [Batch
  Start Line 25] Cannot insert the value NULL into column
  'Valor_Columna', table 'UMCA_Giras.dbo.Bitacora_Detalle'; column does
  not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated.

A: Tienes que editar la tabla, la columna 'Valor Columna' es NOT NULL, puedes probar lo siguiente:
alter table"nombre_tabla" drop valor_columna
go
alter table"nombre_tabla" add valor_columna varchar(500) Null
go

Lo que estoy haciendo con este código es borrar la columna valor_columna y volviendola a crear con el NULL habilitado, si tienes valores en la columna, se borran, asi que ten cuidado


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Brazil: the snare of short-cuts
Submitted by SJW on 9 May, 2018 - 1:42 Author: Andressa Alegre
Brazilian socialist Andressa Alegre spoke to Solidarity about the experience with the governments led by the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) between 2003 and 2016
The PT, was founded during the military dictatorship, in the conflict against the dictatorship of 1964-85.
It came out of the union movement, mostly in Sao Paolo, and the steelworkers' union. Lula, the first PT Federal President, came fro the steelworkers' union..
It was a very radical party. In 1988 it said that the way to end Brazil's external debt was to nationalise the banks and Brazil's mineral wealth.
It promised to do a big land reform.
Between the time the party started in the 1980s and when it first formed a government in 2003, it lost a lot of its basic politics. The ideology of the party became more and more washed-out, and when it was elected, it was on the basis of a slogan like "Hope will defeat fear".
Even then in 2003 people expected land reform: the movement of landless workers was a really big thing in Brazil. They expected an end to corruption, which was very much a legacy of the military dictatorship, and taxation of the rich to build a welfare state.
During the PT government about 20 million people came out of extreme poverty. Many workers previously "informal" gained formal employment status.
Lula expanded massively the Bolsa Familia, a benefits system which gives a certain amount of money to families depending on how much money they have, the only condition being that their children attend school. That was very popular.
Lula was more popular at the end of his administration, in 2011, than when he got in, which almost never happens.
Resentments built up on the right. You hear people saying, "you can't find the help any more" (about domestic servants).
Because of the kind of government that we have, even though the PT had the biggest number of seats in the chamber of deputies, Lula had to make various forms of coalitions with different parties, including the PMDB, which was a kind of official opposition party under the dictatorship.
The government was able to do all this because of favourable economic conditions and making favourable deals with big landowners.
It had money to spend on benefit systems; but also made deals with big landowners. The landless workers' movement MST still protects the PT, but says that the PT government was not good for land reforms.
Inside the PT, the internal life is not great. An internal web-forum was set up to discuss the PT's policy, and then there were fewer meetings. Activists are no longer responsible for political campaigning, which has been outsourced to private companies. The PT now only exists in industrial life, or industrial politics in the union movement. It is much less active on the streets.
There was still opposition from some groups like the PSOL, which was a split, and the PSTU. Other parts of the left like the Communist Party had electoral coalitions with the PT and weren't doing much at the grassroots.
I don't know if the PT label themselves as "anti-Stalinists" but they see themselves as a more liberal, socialist alternative to the Communist Party.
The economic crisis from 2014, made it harder for the government to conciliate the ruling class with reforms. Yet the left is really disorganised.
In 2013 we had really big demonstrations in Brazil, which were politically brainless. They called for better education and better healthcare, but they lacked the organisation to make a programme, or to criticise the government, or hold them to account instead of trying to throw out. Those two things together made Dilma Rousseff's popularity fall massively.
The crisis made it much more difficult for the government to conciliate the needs of the ruling class and the working class.
The massive unrest was not channelled by the left. The left was not organised to do that.
The demonstrations became more and more right wing and were led, especially in big cities, by the MBL movement, which is like the "Free Brazil" movement, a "neither-right-nor-left", "new-politics" type of alliance. The decline of the PT also left a vacuum in communities which was often filled by communalism and/or by Evangelical Christians, who have grown a lot and become a really big political power.
The current leading candidate for the next Presidential election is a right-wing evangelical Christian.
The lessons for Labour should be: don't sell out your principles in order to get into government. It is better to take the "long route" of persuading people of ides instead of abandoning them in order to get into government.
Secondly, to maintain the internal life and democracy of the party. Do that to maintain your principles and shape policy, and also to hold leaders to account once they are in government.
Once those leaders are in government and all the other forces, mostly bourgeois forces, are pushing them to the right, we need a big movement that we can rely on.
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