NJDEP-NJBEACHES.ORG-New Jersey Beach Water Quality Information

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The Department of Environmental Protection administers the New Jersey Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program. From mid-May to mid-September, local health departments monitor recreational beach water quality. On this web site, you will find daily activity reports for closings, advisories and results of any test that exceeded the federal bacteria standard, regardless of whether the beach was closed or an advisory was issued. You will also find reports of DEP aerial monitoring flights, which look for any conditions that may affect bathing water quality such as trash and debris, algal blooms or sewer line problems.

Beach Closings: Local health departments routinely measure enterococcus bacteria to determine if beaches should be closed. Beaches are closed if an initial sample and a follow-up sample exceed the standard of 104 enterococci per 100 milliliters of water. Beaches may also be closed due to wash-ups of debris, trash or household medical products. A few beaches, most notably those flanking Monmouth Countys Wreck Pond, are subject to precautionary closures due to rainfall amounts that result in stormwater discharges that may contain excessive levels of bacteria.

Advisories: Monmouth and Ocean counties issue advisories when the first water sample exceeds the enterococci standard. An advisory is not a beach closing but is a notification to the public that a water sample collected at a particular beach did not meet the water quality standard. These beaches are only closed if the follow-up sample exceeds the standard again.

Current Beach Water Quality Conditions

Water quality monitoring and aerial surveillance of New Jersey's beaches will begin in May, 2014.

Please check back in May for daily water quality conditions.

For past results and more information on the coastal surveillance flight, see Beach Monitoring Results.

This information may also be accessed by calling: 1-800-648-SAND

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German Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors fly aboard SOFIA Observatory – Video

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Four German teachers flew aboard NASA #39;s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy in February 2014 as part of the German Airborne Astronomy Ambassador...

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AS Artificial intelligence develops virtually human assistants capable of talking about sexuality – Video

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Air France by Cityjet EI-RJE British Aerospace Avro RJ85 landing at Schiphol Amsterdam RWY 18R – Video

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Air France by Cityjet EI-RJE British Aerospace Avro RJ85 landing at Schiphol Amsterdam RWY 18R Polderbaan 11:40h 22-08-2013.

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3-D Printing in the Aerospace Industry: How Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and Boeing Are Using This Techn

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If you're following the 3-D printing space, you might know that aerospace companies are quickly embracing this disruptive technology. While General Electric, which has plans to use the technology to produce fuel nozzles for its new Leap jet engine, gets the lion's share of the press, Boeing (NYSE: BA) , Airbus (NASDAQOTH: EADSY) , Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) ,and other aerospace companies are also involved, to varying degrees, with 3-D printing technology.

We're going to explore a sampling of how aircraft manufacturers Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed Martin are using or planning to use 3-D printing in their production processes. Like many large manufacturers, these companies have been using 3-D printing for prototyping for many years. A previous article discussed why the aerospace industry is all-aboard the 3-D printing train (or plane), and highlighted the 3-D printing efforts of GE and United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney division.

Why should aerospace investors care how Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed Martin are using 3-D printing? Aerospace companies that more quickly and successfully put to use 3-D printing throughout their operations will likely sport a competitive advantage over their slower-moving and less-effective peers due to the considerable cost savings and innovative possibilities that this technology can unleash.

Boeing: $94.1 billion market capNotably, Boeing was, reportedly, one of the earlier adopters of 3-D printing. This certainly speaks to the company's innovative chops.

That said, Boeing's received a lot more coverage than the other aerospace companies except for GE and there's way too much to cover in a short space. So, I'll just include one interesting tidbit here: Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner includes about 30 3-D printed parts, which is a record in the industry. The parts aren't critical aerospace components, but such things as hinges and air ducts. Boeing is, however, ramping up its 3-D printing efforts.

Airbus: $57.4 billion market capAirbus just announced last week that it was expanding its use of 3-D printing. The European aircraft manufacturer has started to use 3-D printed parts in its A300/A310 models, and its newly released A350 XWB. Peter Sander of Airbus was quoted by engineering.com as saying: "We are on the cusp of a step-change in weight reduction and efficiency producing aircraft parts which weight 30 to 55 percent less, while reducing raw material used by 90 percent. This game-changing technology also decreases total energy used in production by up to 90 percent compared to traditional methods."

Airbus already has produced many plastic and metal brackets for the A350 XWB aircraft. The company has worked with privately held German 3-D printer manufacturer EOS to test and validate material and structural properties of the parts produced using EOS's direct metal laser sintering technology, according to an article in 3ders.org.

Airbus is also exploring the use of 3-D printing to make out-of-production spare parts on demand. "This month, the first "printed" component a small plastic crew seat panel flew on an Airbus customer jetliner, an A310 operated by Canada's Air Transat," noted 3ders.org.

Lockheed Martin: $51.3 billion market capLockheed Martin is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest lab in the U.S. Department of Energy's system, to scale up 3-D printing to produce parts up to 60-100 feet in size for the aerospace and other industries, according to Aviation Week. The ultimate goal is to be able to print structures such as the wings of a large unmanned aircraft.

ORNL has a premier materials science program, and it's the material that is the key to scaling up 3-D printing for industrial uses. This is because 3-D involves heating the material being printed, which often results in large printed parts warping because areas with varying thicknesses cool at different rates. The ORNL-Lockheed Martin project involves developing a "broad area" 3-D printer for printing the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, which ORNL has specially developed for 3-D printing applications.

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Comets cant pull out upset

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VELMA When Velma-Alma senior Conner Sullivan hit a halfcourt shot at the halftime buzzer to trim Glencoes lead, the Panthers, who had gone 57-1 in the last 58 games had to be thinking oh no, here we go again.

That one loss was handed to them by the Comets in last years area tournament. This year, there would be no repeat, with Glencoe pulling away late to win 83-69 Thursday.

No. 14 Velma-Alma (21-7) put a scare in them anyway, hitting everything in the first half. Senior Jaz Gayanich went 4 of 5 from behind the arc and there wasnt too much going in for the No. 2 Panthers (27-0). They were relying heavily on their offensive rebounds to hold their lead and, with just a 56-50 lead at the end of the third quarter, the game was still up for grabs.

The collapse came quickly to open up the fourth quarter. With 7:28 left, Sullivan picked up his fourth foul. Less than a minute later, there was a scuffle in which a Glencoe player grabbed a rebound and elbowed sophomore Jake McGuire in the face. The Velma-Alma bench went livid, but there was no whistle.

Glencoe pushed the ball up the floor and, with 6:59 left, Alan Beck was called for his fourth foul when he looked like he had tied up a Glencoe attacker. It was a devastating blow, as Beck had been guarding Glencoes best player, Ty Lazenby, all game.

Alan has been our best defender all year, coach Kenny Bare said. That hurt Alan a little bit because he backed off some. When you get four fouls, you know if you foul out again, youre out.

It showed on the court with Lazenby following up a two-point performance in the third quarter with a 12-point fourth. He didnt miss a single shot in the final period after missing nine in the first three quarters.

He knows how to use his body and he had a big game for them, Bare said. He can weave his way through people and is really good at body contortion. We couldnt keep in front of him.

For the Velma-Alma senior class of Gayanich, Beck and Sullivan, it was the third consecutive state tournament appearance. Gayanich was the lone returning starter from last years team, which graduated eight seniors.

Not much was expected out of this years edition. Bare even admitted after the game that some of the players might not have thought this team was capable of achieving a state tournament berth. For Gayanich, being able to go toe to toe with one of Class As best teams in the state quarterfinal was special.

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Massive Ring Of Carbon Monoxide Discovered In Turbulent Comet Field

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Image Caption: This artist's concept illustrates the preferred model for explaining ALMA observations of Beta Pictoris. At the outer fringes of the system, the gravitational influence of a hypothetical giant planet (bottom left) captures comets into a dense, massive swarm (right) where frequent collisions occur. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/F. Reddy

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NASA scientists have found evidence of a highly-turbulent comet field circling a star 63 light years from Earth. This cosmic shooting gallery has produced a massive ring of carbon monoxide gas and dust that also encircles the star, according to a new report published in the journal Science.

According to the report authors, the comet field is probably the result of either two icy worlds the size of Mars crashing together or frozen debris trapped by a currently-undiscovered planet.

Although toxic to us, carbon monoxide is one of many gases found in comets and other icy bodies, said study author Aki Roberge, an astrophysicist at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. In the rough-and-tumble environment around a young star, these objects frequently collide and generate fragments that release dust, icy grains and stored gases.

Detected by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, this cloud of dust envelops Beta Pictoris, a bright star thought to be about 20 million years old. The ALMA images show the huge belt is mostly gathered in a single clump located about 8 billion miles from the star, or virtually three times the gap between the planet Neptune and the sun. The overall quantity of carbon monoxide detected is greater than 200 million billion tons, similar to about one-sixth the mass of Earths oceans, the study team said.

Because ultraviolet starlight splits up carbon monoxide molecules in about a century, the researchers said the ringed cloud may not be what it first seems.

So unless we are observing Beta Pictoris at a very unusual time, then the carbon monoxide we observed must be continuously replenished, said study author Bill Dent, a researcher at the Joint ALMA Office in Santiago, Chile.

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MISL Playoffs Begin with Classic Rivalry

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March 7, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. (March 4, 2014) - For the Missouri Comets the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Playoffs begin on Sunday at 3:10p.m. CT at the Independence Events Center. This is the fourth straight appearance for the Comets in the league's postseason tournament. Their opponent for the MISL Semi-Final series will once again be the Milwaukee Wave, who the Comets defeated last year to qualify for the MISL Championship.

Including playoffs, the Comets have played the Milwaukee Wave more than any other team in the MISL. The familiarity goes beyond regular season matchups, as these two squads have had to battle each other every year since 2011 for the right to advance past the first round of the playoffs. Falling at home in Game One of the 2013 Semi-Final series, the Comets came back to score game-winning goals in the final 40 seconds of Game Two and the series-deciding Mini-Game and advancing Missouri to their first MISL Championship Series.

The Wave finished the 2013-2014 regular season with a 16-4 record, all four losses coming to the Comets. Missouri finished 14-6 and held the season series between the two teams with a 4-2 record versus Milwaukee.

Forward Leo Gibson leads the MISL's highest scoring offense into the playoffs. The season's scoring and assists champion accumulated 25 assists and 76 points. The Comets have five players among the league's Top 25 scorers and averaged 16.45 points per game.

Milwaukee's success is also fueled by their high-powered offense. They scored an average of 16.20 points per game, led by forward Ian Bennett. However, the Comets defense and MISL Player of the Week, Danny Waltman, have kept the Wave under ten points four times. Twice they were held to only two goals.

Wave Head Coach, Keith Tozer, has more wins than nearly any other indoor soccer coach in history. He matches up against Vlatko Andonovski, who is in his first year as head coach of the Comets, but has many years of indoor soccer experience, both as a player and an assistant coach.

If history holds true, this MISL Semi-Finals between two teams who match up well and are very familiar with each other, will come down to the final minutes to decide a winner. Game One is at the Independence Events Center Sunday, March 9 at 3:10p.m. CT, with Game Two at Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena on Monday, March 10 at 7:00p.m. CT. If the series is tied, a 15 minute 'Mini-Game' will be played immediately following Game Two.

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JULIANA’S WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURS: AMA Certo-St Peter’s Cemetery in Salzburg – Video

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The Petersfriedhof, or St. Peter #39;s Cemetery, is the oldest Christian graveyard in Salzburg, dating back to 1627. It is a worthy attraction in itself, but man...

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