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This
is the first published Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and District,
West Sussex, England
25 December 2000 : Volume 2 Issue 44
Local News25 December 2000
Christmas Day
A cold north-east wind brings the first chill to the winter after the clement but very wet autumn. There is no sign of snow.
National Floodline, Tel: 0845 988 1188
Weather Forecast
Please send any comments to: Andy Horton
Glaucus@hotmail.com
- December
2000
First reports of the effects of the floods in the Adur estuary, Sussex.
Carp, Cyprinus carpio, a freshwater fish, up to 3.5 kg have been caught alive in the freshwater surface of the swollen River Adur next to Monteum fish merchants, 5 miles downstream from the weir near Partridge Green that separates the tidal estuary from the freshwater reaches. The Carp were still alive. The salinity in this area at high tide is usually 3.2% and upwards compared to the sea at 3.4%. Freshwater fish have never been seen (except for 3-spined Sticklebacks) in this area before despite extensive (every day for 10 years) observations. Salinity has also been measured quite often and rarely is the amount of fresh water sufficient for freshwater fish, although previously, the estuary became too fresh for marine fish and for an hour at a low spring tide, thousands of marine fish jumped out of the estuary by Soldier's Point on a memorable occasion.
Wildlife
Records on the Adur eForum (you have to join)
1 August
2000
The
Marine Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic (formerly
the British Marine Wildlife Forum) *****
commences.
PLEASE
JOIN
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CLICK
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1 December
2000
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UK Environment and Planning EFORUM PAGE |
British
Naturalists' Association (link)
Find
the Sites of Special Scientific Interest using this link:
Friends
of the Earth SSSI Navigator
Words of the Week
sympatric a. [Gk patra fatherland] Biol. (of species, speciation, etc.) occurring in the same area; overlapping in distribution:
sojourn
| sd()n, -dn, sLd- | n. ME. [AN su(r)jurn or OFr. sojor(n) (mod.
sejour), f. OFr. sojourner: see next.] 1 A temporary stay at a place. ME.
b A delay; a digression. ME-E16. 2 A place of temporary stay. ME.
1
C. THIRLWALL Herehe made a sojourn of sixty days.
sojourn | sd()n, -dn, sLd- | v. ME. [OFr. so(r)journer (mod. sejourner), ult. f. L sub- SUB- + late L diurnum day. Cf. JOURNAL n. & a.] 1 v.i. Stay temporarily; reside for a time. ME. 2 v.i. Tarry, delay. LME-L16. 3 v.t. Lodge (a person); rest or quarter (horses). LME-L17.sojourner n. (a)a visitor, a guest; a lodger; (b)spec. a boarder living in a house, school, or college to receive instruction: LME. sojourning n. (a)the action or fact of making a sojourn; (b)the time or period of a sojourn: ME. sojournment n. the action of sojourning; a temporary stay: L17.
Astroturf | astrtf | n. M20. [f. Astrodome, an indoor baseball ground in Houston, Texas, where first used, + TURF n.] (Proprietary name for) an artificial grasslike surface
auscultation | sk()lte()n | n. M17. [L auscultatio(n-), f. as prec.: see -ATION.] 1 The action of listening. M17. 2 Med. The action of listening, usu. with a stethoscope, to the heart, lungs, or other organs, as an aid to diagnosis. E19.
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Excerpted
from The Oxford Interactive Encyclopedia
Developed
by The Learning Company, Inc. Copyright (c) 1997 TLC Properties Inc.
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Tips
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Star:
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Computing
Net Support Site
(for computing problems) ****
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The upsurge of EFora on all subjects (a few have been recommended before in these bulletins) are an important way in which the Internet will change the world.
A list of recommended eFora will appear soon. Please make any suggestions.
See the Profusion Search method below.
Poem of the Week
Pause of Mister Claus
Why
do you sit there so strange?
Is
it because you are beautiful?
You
must think you are deranged
Why
do police guys beat on peace guys?
You
must think Santa Clause weird
He
has long hair and a beard
Giving
his presents for free
Why
do police guys mess with peace guys?
Let's
get Santa Clause 'cause;
Santa
Clause has a red suit
He's
a communist
And
a beard, and long hair
Must
be a pacifist
What's
in the pipe that he's smoking?
Mister
Clause sneaks in your home at night.
He
must be a dope fiend, to put you up tight
Why
do police guys beat on peace guys?
Obituary
The funeral of local boatbuilder and artist Arthur Godfrey was held at Worthing Crematorium on 22 December 2000, 12:40 pm.
Arthur can be seen playing darts and drinking a pint of cider in the King's Head, circa 1982.
He is nearest the dart board. It is rather a poor photograph.
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ADUR VALLEY EFORUM PAGE |
2 August
2000
The
Adur
Valley eForum covering all aspects of life in the Adur Valley commences.
You can join by spending a few minutes on the following site, and then
you can post messages on almost anything about life in Shoreham-by-sea
and the Adur Valley, including, Lancing, Sompting, Southwick, Steyning
and the smaller villages in the valley.
THE
BEST WAY TO JOIN THE
is to click on the link to the
logo, and register as a new member. Allow 10 minutes on-line, but the process should be much quicker.
Then you can go to the Adur Valley page and register to join.
The following choices will have to be made:
1) Receive mail in a daily bulletin.
2) Receive each EMail individually (this may result in too many EMails)
3)
Choose not to receive EMails, which means you can visit the web page to
choose what subjects look interesting. You can, also, just receive a list
of the subjects in a daily digest.
If
the latter applies, you will have to click on the menu item Messages.
These choices can be altered at a later date. They can also be altered by me, if you cannot work out how to do it.
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Events
COMING
SOON
Local
Music: Miller Anderson at the Waterside
(Lady Jane)
(returning
from his tour in America)
- SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
For any company or organisation wanting nationwide green publicity, there is an opportunity to sponsor the journal "Glaucus" of the British Marine Life Study Society.
There remains sponsorship opportunities on the BMLSS (England) web site and other publications, including Torpedo.
Sponsorship is also available for the Adur Torpedo Electronic News Bulletin and the Shoreham-by-Sea web pages (which preceded the Adur Resource Centre web site), which would be more suitable for a local firm(s).
Web Site Design Services are available from Hulkesmouth Publishing
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advertisement rules apply.
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