Monday, August 30, 2010

[Volcano_Vista_HS] VVHS Announcements--Monday, August 30, 2010

Good Morning Hawks

Teachers remember to use your Hawk Soar Cards to recognize students for exhibiting the Core Values that we expect at VVHS -- Safety, Organization, Achievement and Respect. If you need more cards, visit your academy or stop by 9th Grade Academy office.

Congratulations to this weekâ€™s students that SOAR ed. Below are the six students that were randomly drawn for our weekly prize:

Patrice Rael--Recognized by Mrs. Kowlaski
Rosalie Padilla--Recognized by Ms. Antal
Britt-Marie Lacerda--Recognized by Mrs. Wells
Tierra Earle--Recognized by Mrs. Francour
Michael Sosebee--Recognized by Ms. Bullard
Jacob Harris--Recognized by Ms. Abernathy

This weekâ€™s winners receive Subway gift cards.

Operation Smile will have its first meeting of the year on Tuesday August 31st, at lunch, in Ms. Bullardâ€™s room A101. All are welcome to come and hear about opportunities to help children with cleft lip and palates.

COME JOIN THE FILM CLUB!! FIRST MEETING IS: IN G 184 AT LUNCH ON TUESDAY.

Students who need to recover credit in English and math should speak with their counselors about the VVHS After-school Credit Recovery Program. The courses are free and self-paced. It is the most convenient way to recover missing credits!

The ITT Technical Institute located is proud to announce the Partners in Education program for the September Quarter 2010. The program offers high school seniors the opportunity to begin taking post secondary courses in a wide range of programs. To be considered for the program, students must attend the information session and have their packets completed, including high school transcripts, turned in to 5100 Masthead NE by Thursday, September 2nd 2010. Information Session and Overview Date: Thursday, September 2nd 2010 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Do you think you're smart? Could you beat Chuck Norris...in a battle of wits? If so, check out ACADEMIC DECATHLON. We'll be having our first meeting TUESDAY @ LUNCH in Mrs. Taylor's room, E113. ACADEMIC DECATHLON is the ultimate competition--an intense high-octane battle of smarts, where only the strong-minded survive. Everyone is welcome."

Parking passes will be on sale at 7am and at lunch today in the Activities Office. Passes are $35.00. Please remember to bring all the requested information with you when you make your purchase. Beginning on next week parking passes may be purchased on Tuesdayâ€™s and Thursdayâ€™s before school and at lunch in the Activities Office.

APS Punch Cards are still for sale in the 9th Grade Academy office during lunch.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS: Our first meeting of the year will be today, in the Lecture Hall at lunch.

Seniors: you may make nominations for your class song, motto, and flower in the activities office in the morning and at lunch

Athletics:

Pre-season wrestling meeting after school tomorrow in the wrestling room. This meeting is for anyone who is not currently participating in a sport and is interested in wrestling this year. No experience required.

And

As alwaysâ€¦

Itâ€™s Great to be a Hawk!

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[Geology2] Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes

Gorely Crater. (Credit: Agnes Samper)

Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2010) — Two French scientists are travelling to one of the remotest places on Earth, the Kamchatka peninsula, to piece together the complex life story of two volcanoes.

Kamchatka is one of the most volcanically active places on Earth. It is part of the Ring of Fire -- intermittent chains of volcanoes that encircle the Pacific Ocean. Over at least the last 6 million years, Kamchatka has experienced more explosive eruptions than any place on Earth. Historically, the level of activity has made it difficult for people to explore its interior. The region boasts a wealth of volcanic features and is rapidly, sometimes explosively, changing. This makes Kamchatka a unique site for studying how volcanic cycles shaped the landscape of the early Earth.

Dr Agnes Samper (University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada) and Dr Pierre Lahitte (University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France) are travelling to Kamchatka, located in the far north-east of Russia, to investigate the Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes.

The expedition, which runs from August 24th to September 7th, is part of the Europlanet Research Infrastructure's Transnational Access Programme. The international team includes Russian volcanologist, Dmitry Melnikov, of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team and four scientists from the Space Research Institute in Moscow with Nadia Evdokimova as coordinator of the transnational expedition.

The Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes are separated by just 15 km. They have been volcanically active for 700 000 -- 800 000 years and they have both gone through a succession of building and destructive episodes. The Gorely volcano was entirely destroyed in an explosive eruption, leaving only a large depression known as the Gorely caldera. Since then, activity has renewed and upcoming magma has filled the caldera to build the present volcano.

"The date of the big destructive event that initiated the new Gorely is something of a mystery. Previous studies using other techniques have given contradictory ages. Gorely has been through three cycles of being built up and then destroyed in massive explosions and Mutnovsky has been through four. We will be using dating techniques based on natural radioactive decay to pin down accurate ages for these events that have built Mutnosvky and Gorely into the volcanoes that we see today," said Dr Samper.

The team will collect samples from lava flows around the site and take them back to their laboratories in Orsay and Montreal for radioactive dating. Samples will be tested for levels of radioactive potassium, which is found in minerals in the rock and decays over 1.25 billion years into the noble gas Argon, which becomes trapped in the crystalline structure of the rock.

So far, radioactive dating for this area has measured carbon-14 in coal formed from vegetation burnt by lava during eruptions. This only allows us to study the past 40 000 years. By measuring potassium and argon, we can work directly with the volcanic rocks, giving us the age of the lava the moment it reached the surface -- thus the date of the eruption. Our technique has proved to be suitable for very young rocks and can be used to date rocks back in time up to the formation of the Earth," said Dr Samper.

During the two-week trip, the team will be hiking on foot to find fresh, unweathered samples of lava flows from the slopes, tops, and foothills of any mains stages of both volcanoes. By collecting samples from river channels that cut deep across the oldest basal deposits, the team will access rocks that are usually buried.

"We will need to sample 2 to 3 kg of rock for each site that we wish to date, which promises heavy backpacks to bring back to the camp every night! But we are confident that the long and strenuous hikes will not curb our enthusiasm to understand the complexity of the fascinating stories of Gorely and Mutnovsky volcanoes," said Dr Samper.

Story Source:

The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Europlanet Media Centre.

Europlanet Media Centre. "Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes." ScienceDaily 25 August 2010. 30 August 2010 <http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2010/08/100825093653.htm>.

Poster's note: I want to go, too! :(

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[Geology2] Investigating the El Capitan Avalanche of 1872

Investigating the El Capitan Avalanche of 1872 (.pdf)

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Advisory - Santa Barbara Co. (8/29/10-PM)

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA...
SAN MARCOS PASS...SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...
DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
830 PM PDT SUN AUG 29 2010
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THIS ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY AND INCLUDES THE SANTA YNEZ
 MOUNTAIN RANGE.

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH SUNDOWNER WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED
  OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: AREAS OF NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL
   GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
  THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND
  CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE FROM SANTA BARBARA WEST TO THE
  GAVIOTA PASS.

 * IMPACTS: SUDDEN STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS MAY OCCUR ON
  HIGHWAYS 101 AND 154 IN SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
 EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (8/29/10-6:30PM)

Date

Time

News and Notes

08/29/2010

1835

The Bullard Incident, CA-TNF, under unified command, is 1307 acres with 60 percent containment.

North Ops recieved some lighting today.

08/29/2010

0717

The Bullard Incident, CA-TNF, under unified command, is 900 acres with 20 percent containment.

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] Thank You Parents and Students!

We wanted to thank those of you who donated food for our Volcano Vista High School Back to School Lunch for the teachers and staff! I don't have names of those who brought food but please know the teachers and staff appreciated your efforts! The Parent Advisory Committee supplied hoagie sandwiches; parents donated cut up fruit, chips, and cookies/brownies :)

There were a few people who also stayed and help with the set up and clean up: (Parents) Cindy Webb, Shauna Kemsley, Cheryl Jorgensen, Tammy Schaap, Kathryn Auh, Jeni Payne; (Students) Emily Andrew, Kelsie Webb, Brooke Jorgensen, Camy, Payne, and Calvin Payne.

Thank you so much!

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] VVHS Swim Team (Boys and Girls)

The Volcano Vista Swim Team is having a Booster Club Meeting on Wednesday, September 15th. We will be discussing the fundraising for the season. Anyone who has a student interested in swimming needs to attend.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

[Volcano_Vista_HS] VVHS Announcements--Monday, August 30, 2010

[Geology2] Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes

Making an Explosive Double Date With Russian Volcanoes

[Geology2] Investigating the El Capitan Avalanche of 1872

Sunday, August 29, 2010

[californiadisasters] Sundowner Wind Advisory - Santa Barbara Co. (8/29/10-PM)

[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (8/29/10-6:30PM)

[Volcano_Vista_HS] Thank You Parents and Students!

[Volcano_Vista_HS] VVHS Swim Team (Boys and Girls)

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