City Manager’s Update

Our neighbors need our help. Many homeowners in Virginia

Beach are still recovering from Hurricane Matthew. Their

biggest need? Help “mucking and gutting” their houses –

removing carpets, flooring and walls destroyed by water. If you

have time this weekend – or any time this week – please help. Several charitable groups are

organizing teams to help Virginia Beach residents:

Operation Blessing: (757) 284-9183

United Methodist Committee on Relief: Bob Philcrantz at vacdrt1@gmail.com or

(757) 408-6653.

Team Rubicon: Brandon Callahan at

brandon.callahan@teamrubiconusa.org or

(706) 490-5535. They are accepting

volunteers with prior military or first-

responder experience.

Volunteers should wear rubber boots and long pants

for safety. Also, all volunteers should have up-to-

date tetanus shot. Click here for more information on

how you can GET help and how you can GIVE help.

Recently, 14 participants from nine businesses graduated from the Early Education Business

Program administered by Virginia Beach GrowSmart and the Hampton Roads Chamber of

Commerce Small Business Development Center. The program is a small business training and

mentoring program for owners and directors of early childhood businesses. GrowSmart, an

initiative of the Department of Economic Development, oversees this award-winning program

that has served 138 small businesses and touched more than 3,000 Virginia Beach children since

its inception in 2010.

Centers that participate in the yearlong program receive training on best business practices. The

primary goal is to create sustainable small businesses that have the infrastructure to fully engage

and pursue industry certification through the Virginia Quality Initiative or national accreditation.

The 2016 Early Education Business Program graduates include:

Jenifer Barefoot, Barefoot Kids

Ericka Campfield, Amberley Child Care

Pastor Clyde and Lela Deloach, Sandbridge Community Chapel

Caryl Felty and Dianne Islev-Peterson, All Saints Day School

Dawn Finguerra and Betsy Leonard, Beach Day School

Jeanie Leaverton, Parish Day School

Alicia Mangels, Prince of Peace Preschool

Dawn Reader and Christi Stephens, Bayside Baptist Weekday Preschool

Lekeshia Whitley and Katrina Williams, the Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads

Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr. delivered the keynote address acknowledging the strong

business outcomes that were generated through the 2016 graduates. With nine participating

businesses, 477 children and 77 employees were positively impacted. Additionally, eight jobs

were created, average enrollment increased by 25 percent and average revenue increased by 37

percent.

First responders from across the country have been in Virginia Beach

this week for Structural Collapse Team Training. The Virginia

Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2 (VATF-2) are

hosting and sponsoring the annual training at the Virginia Beach Fire

Training Center. Members from all of the nation’s 28 FEMA Urban

Search and Rescue teams including the locally based VATF-2 attend

this weeklong class, which ends tomorrow.

States without FEMA US&R teams send individuals from their local

fire and rescue companies that also have structural collapse teams. All

of the people attending this class (including the instructors) were

selected for this training because they are recognized as some of the best, most qualified

individuals currently working with Urban Search and Rescue teams nationwide.

The Hampton Roads Diversity and Inclusion Consortium (HRDIC), in partnership with

Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, hosted its third Eastern Virginia Regional

Diversity & Inclusion Conference on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Virginia Beach Convention

Center. Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr. opened the one-day conference greeting attendees. The

conference included a general session featuring a panel discussion of diversity and inclusion

subject matter experts led by Convention and Visitors Bureau PR Specialist Teresa Diaz. The

remainder of the day was a program of workshops ending with a social.

Chaired by Emily Reaves of Public Works, the HRDIC is an association of local, state, federal

and private sector organizations whose mission is to create a regional learning exchange for

employers and employees to share ideas and initiatives on diversity and inclusion efforts.

HRDIC evolved from a body known as the Regional Roundtable, initiated by former Virginia

Beach City Manager James Spore who invited other stakeholders in the region to join the city in

discussing “best practices” related to diversity and inclusion.

Thanks to the excellent customer service provided by the Virginia Beach Convention Center

staff and in-house vendors, the Consortium board indicated they are interested in making the

VBCC their permanent venue for their signature event.

The Zombies will celebrate their

50th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle with a North American Tour

coming to the Sandler Center on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are on sale starting today at the Sandler Center box office or

www.ynottix.com. Contact: Sandler Center, (757) 385-2787.

A groundbreaking ceremony will take place on

Monday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. to officially celebrate the start of construction of the next phase

of Town Center. The ceremony will be held in the fountain plaza at the corner of Central

Park Avenue and Commerce Street in Town Center.

Green Flash is throwing an all-day party to celebrate the

official grand opening of their new brewery in Virginia Beach

on Sunday, Nov. 13 from noon to 8 p.m. This official grand

opening party will feature a commemorative cask tapping and

ceremonious fly-over by a retired military plane. The event will

showcase a sampling of the beer, live music, food pairings,

games and all that Green Flash will be offering at their new east

coast brewing facility and tasting room located at 1209 Craft

Lane. This event is free and open to the public. For more

information, visit www.greenflashbrew.com.

Filfest, a celebration of Filipino American culture, will be underway

starting tonight at 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Town

Center, and will continue Saturday, Oct. 22, from noon to 10 p.m.

Enjoy authentic cuisine, performances and fashions of the Philippines.

Saturday’s festivities will kick off with a brunch from 10:30 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. at the Philippine Cultural Center (PCC) featuring a special

appearance by Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach. Tickets ($100) are

available by calling the PCC at (757) 490-7600.

With South Hampton Roads now home to more than 50,000 Filipinos,

thanks in part to the location of the world's largest naval base, this

intergenerational event will celebrate the region’s Filipino settlement

and story through dance, music, food and the arts.

A road improvements project on Princess Anne Road will begin

Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. Work will take place on both northbound and southbound lanes of

Princess Anne Road from Dam Neck Road to College Place/Tiffany Lane, and northbound

from Lynnhaven Parkway to Windsor Oaks Boulevard. Weather permitting, work will occur

mostly in the evenings from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Any daytime work will take place 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. and any weekend day work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Work is expected to be complete by

Tuesday, Nov. 22. Contact: Dan Kiley or Frank Janes, (757) 385-1470.

♦ October 13, 2016 - Copy of letter to Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr. regarding disabled

veterans parking.

♦ October 14, 2016 - Copy of an inter-office memorandum from Purchasing Agent Taylor

V. Adams via Finance Director Patricia A. Phillips regarding the Construction Bid

Summary Report for September 2016.

♦ October 18, 2016 - Copy of a letter from John M. Ickes, operations and logistics director

for Virginia Beach Events Unlimited/Virginia Beach Neptune Festival, regarding Neptune

Festival 2016.

♦ October 20, 2016 - Copy of an article The Washington Post titled, “Hampton Roads’

solution to stop the land from sinking? Wastewater.”

♦ Virginia Beach Television (VBTV) Program Schedule | Oct. 23 through Oct. 29.

“So often in life a new chapter awaits. You ride

off into the sunset and discover it's the sunrise.”

City of Virgiriia lEtacIri

VI3govcom FINANCE DEPARTMENT PURCHASING DIVISION

2388 LIBERTY WAY

PHONE (757) 385-4438

VIRGINIA BEACH. VA 23456-9009 FAX (757) 385-5601

INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM

DATE: October 14, 2016

TO: David L. Hansen, City M

VIA: Patricia A. Phillips, Director of Finance

FROM: Taylor V. Adams, Purchasing Agent

SUBJECT: Construction Bid Summary Report for September, 2016

Attached you will find the Construction Bid Summary report for the month of September, 2016. It includes bids solicited and bids awarded in the month of September by the City of Virginia Beach.

During this period there were seven (7) new bids solicited and three (3) new bids awarded. The contract for the construction of Witchduck Road — Phase II was awarded to Kevcor Contracting Corporation, a SWaM-certified small business. This is a federally funded project and Kevcor has proposed to utilize DBE and SWaM certified minority-owned subcontractors. The remaining bidders receiving awards are Swam-certified prime contractors and propose to self-perform the projects. (More details on all bids and RFPs may be found at http://www.vbgov.com/business/doing-business-with-the-city under the Business caption.)

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Enclosures (2)

cc: Tom Leahy, Deputy City Manager Phil Davenport, Director of Public Works Bob Montague, Director of Public Utilities Rob Clark, Public Utilities Engineering Manager David Bradley, Director of Budget & Management Services

Bid Solicited Opening

Date Date

Attachment I

Construction Bid Information

Bids Solicited —September 2016

Bid Number

Project Name

PWCN-17-0035 Annual Services Contract for Bridge, Culvert Spillway, Various Structural/Infrastructure Repairs and Drainage Repairs/Improvements

09/04/16 09/28/16

PWCN-17-0013 Construction of Pacific Ave. improvements Phase II 09/04/16 10/06/16

PUCN-17-0077 Annual Services Construction Contract #16 09/11/16 10/05/16

PWCN-17-0021 Cap for Landfill No. 2 — Phase 1, North Slope 09/11/16 10/11/16

PUCN-16-0010 Baycliff Pump Station #209 and Gravity Sewer Force Main Replacement

09/18/16 10/18/16

PWCN-17-0003 Crab Creek & Long Creek maintenance Dredging 09/25/16 10/26/16

PWCN-17- 0031A

Annual Services Contract for Lake Management Services 09/28/16 10/13/16

SWaM-CERTIFIED SUBCONTRACTOR PARTICIPATION

BREAKDOWN FOR CONSTRUCTION

Woman-owned $0 0.00% Minority-owned $589,210 100.00%

Service-disabled Veterans $O 0.00%

Small Business $0 0.00%

Other • Non-Classified

$589,210 100.00%

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Construction Bids Awarded - September 2016

Bid Award

Date Business Entity PO Number Description

Low Bid

Amount Estimate

Completion

DOTS front

Award Subcontracting Carta Small Wanton SIN MInerly

09/12/16 Best Repair PWCN-16-0110

Building X9 HVAC

Replacement $397,777 $500,000 120 7041 X

Subcontracting $0

09/14/16 Ray Nornes, Inc. PWCN-16-0152

Shadowlawn SSD,

Harbor Point SSD and

Lake Wesley Dredging $313,805 $291,805 120

Subcontracting $0

09/28/16

Kevcor Contracting

Corp. PWCN-16-0060

Wltchduck Road - Phase

II $21,812,552 $22,989,485 1045 687535 X

Subcontracting

Jones Hauling, LLC S200.000 691339 8

ADEB, Inc. $343,723 697273 x

Secured Network

Solutions $45,487 665275 x

Total $22,524,134 $23,781,290 $589,210 1

CONSTRUCTION

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October 18, 2016

Dave L. Hansen, City. ger City of Virginia B ..ach 2401 Cou use Drive Virgi *- each, VA 23456

Dear Mr. Hansen:

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It's safe to say (I hope!) that the dust is pretty much settled from Neptune Festival 2016, and by every account it was genuinely one of the very best. We were fortunate to enjoy the best weather the Beach has to offer for September, and a quick glance at some aerial photography reinforces the scope of the crowds out there.

We've mentioned this before, but it certainly bears repeating - the City staff with whom we had the pleasure of working are, quite simply, the best. We had excellent crowds and a lot of excitement, but it was also one of the very smoothest we've experienced. The set-up period, for example, is frequently one of barely managed chaos, and the contrast with what we saw this year was stark. The credit for this really belongs with the skill and professionalism of the various City departments, and it's no exaggeration at all to say that it was a joy working with them.

There are several that really should be singled out for the level at which they perform their tasks. Mike Eason's staff at the Resort Management Office was just terrific, and we're particularly indebted to Jamie Files, Kenneth Payne, Rob Fries and Stephanie Goodman, as well as the quiet geniuses who handle the administrative side of things, Andrea Brown and Robin Hart.

For logistics, there are none better than those artisans who handle electricity and water for the Boardwalk. When you think of the scope of what we demand of them, exacerbated by the fact that our

iel 0. _iie iui.b,:.iduous sec*ty., you bes.-: io appreciate now nary aria now Weri tney work. More than a .hundred vendors and sponsors of various sorts, artists and crafters and so much more, and there was not a single complaint - not one - related to electrical or plumbing requirements. That means every single element that arrived on the Boardwalk found precisely what they needed to conduct their individual operations. The sometimes mind-boggling array of voltages, amperage, connectors, etc., would challenge anyone, and these technicians sailed through it as though it were everyday.

VIRGINIA BEACH EVENTS UNLIMITED / VIRGINIA BEACH NEPTUNE FESTIVAL

265 KINGS GRANT ROAD, SUITE 102 / VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA 23452

Mr. Dave L. Hansen page 2

Please pass our thanks to these fine folks:

Joe Sutherland, electrician

Wayne Colwell, electrician Travis Lloyd, electrician

Randy Flora, electrician

Matt Friesz, electrician

Johnny Blair, plumbing

We at the Festival office get to take a breath and think about planning for next year, while these folks

are deeply into Holiday Lights at the Beach and all the other responsibilities they have. The work they do

so regularly is terrific, and they richly deserve a sincere "Thank you" from all of us. We'd be grateful if you'd do the honors.

erelv,

John M. Ickes

D:Fector, Operations and Logistics

Zhe Washington Most Health & Science

Hampton Roads' solution to stop the land from sinking? Wastewater.

By Darryl Fears October 20 at 6:18 PM

SEAFORD, VA. — It looks like a mad scientist's lab, something straight out of a sci-fi novel. Valves turn in

every direction. Tubes are stacked halfway to the ceiling. Tiny bubbles dance in large vats of water.

But what's happening in a hangar of the York River Treatment Plant is real, part of a grand experiment that

could help keep this coastal region from continuing to subside and eventually be claimed by the rising sea.

Over the next 15 months, tests will determine whether millions of gallons of wastewater can be purified to

drinking water quality and injected into the ground.

If successful, the project of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District could start to replenish a giant aquifer

that thousands of industries and half a million households in the area are sucking dry. Over the past five

decades, they've collectively pumped out so much water that land here is falling 4 millimeters a year — or

more than 11/2 inches by 2026.

Ted Henifin's jaw-dropping, eyebrow-raising idea was first proposed in 2015, and last month the sanitation

district general manager kicked off its pilot phase to stop what some scientists have called a nightmare in

super slow motion.

Aquifers big and small exist under Hampton Roads in muddy pockets between thick layers of earth.

Pressure is relieved as water is pumped out, causing the layers, and then the land, to sink. As that geological

drama played out for nearly a century, sea levels influenced by global warming crept up, to the point today

where schools, homes and other property are threatened with sometimes catastrophic flooding.

Although Henifin's project still faces a multitude of regulatory challenges from the federal Environmental

Protection Agency and the Department of Justice, Henifin bills it as the best plan yet to rescue the aquifer

and halt land subsidence.

"The project will be full scale between 2020 and 2030," he said. "It will be the biggest aquifer recharge in

the country, more than loo million gallons per day."

The unsustainable use of groundwater is often thought to be a concern only out West, where farmers in

California's San Joaquin Valley have pulled so much water from aquifers since the 192os that land has sunk

by as much as 28 feet.

Yet what's happening in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth and the other cities that make up Hampton

Roads is eerily similar. Wells are pumping about loo million gallons of water a day out of local aquifers.

"If we continue to remove the amount of water that we're removing now, in the future those aquifers won't

be very useful," said Greg Hancock, a hydrology professor at the College of William and Mary. He thinks

that irreversible damage could take only a few decades — or a few years. "They'll never be able to hold as

much water as they used to."

As the water table falls, so does the ground. Rising seas tied to human-caused warming are causing the

Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, along with big rivers such as the York, James and Elizabeth, to creep

up and flood communities even when rainfall is light.

In fact, besides New Orleans, Hampton Roads' population is more threatened by sea-level rise than any

other in the nation.

With the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow, or SWIFT, Hampton Roads would follow California, as

well as arid Saudi Arabia and Australia, in pumping purified wastewater into aquifers to counterbalance

massive withdrawals of groundwater.

The lab at the York treatment plant is what Henifin calls a "pipe gallery." It hums as wastewater flows

through two different processes — reverse osmosis and carbon filtering — to determine which can remove

the most nutrients and unmentionable stuff more efficiently.

"I see it as a complex scientific and technical process all lined up to remove everything that can be removed

from water," Henifin said.

The project boils down to punching about 30 holes about 500 feet down, deep enough to reach the level

where Hampton Roads wells pump water, and injecting treated water.

Groundwater in Hampton Roads is mostly pumped from the Potomac Aquifer, the deepest part of the North

Atlantic aquifer system that starts in northern North Carolina and stretches to New York's Long Island.

The system is among the smallest of 66 principal aquifer systems in the United States but one of the most

heavily used. It ranks 13th for the amount of water that's pumped and seventh for the number of people it

serves.

Although 500,000 households in and around Hampton Roads rely on the aquifer, 6o percent of the water is

taken by a few businesses and municipalities. They include the West Point and Franklin paper mills, the

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and James City Service Authority.

Over the past 100 years, artesian wells have gone from pumping water from 31 feet above sea level to 200

feet below it. With concerns about sinking groundwater and land, the state Department of Environmental

Quality moved to dramatically cut water-withdrawal permits last year.

That, in turn, has threatened to stifle commercial development in more rural areas that are cut off from

surface water. "We're going to abandon growth in this part of the state," Henifin said.

The sanitation district is proposing to use wastewater created by all of its 1.7 million customers, the majority

of whom don't use groundwater, to recharge the aquifer.

In his pitch to federal regulatory officials, Henifin stressed that purifying wastewater has benefits beyond

saving the aquifer and arresting land subsidence, such as reducing the polluted sewage that enters

Chesapeake Bay tributaries. He moved ahead with the pilot even without a go-ahead from EPA Region 3.

Nor does the district yet have Justice Department permission for switching how it will comply with a

consent decree to reduce polluted wastewater in the Bay — by cleaning shower and toilet water instead of

improving underground pipes.

When two scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey learned about SWIFT, they were not convinced that the

sanitation district could match the chemistry of its purified water with the land subsidence related to the

aquifer.

Hydrologists Jack Eggleston and Jason Pope learned that the Hampton Roads sanitation district had the

same concerns. For decades, the USGS had wanted to build a device to measure land subsidence but

couldn't afford it. Eggleston and Pope discovered the Hampton Roads sanitation district would be willing to

pay $1.3 million for a new extensometer.

USGS allowed them to leave their respective stations in Richmond and Indiana to monitor SWIFT. The

deep well drilled for the extensometer can also be used to study the aquifer's water chemistry.

"There will be some chance factors," Eggleston said. "When they inject water at wells, it will move away

from there in all directions," traveling south beneath Elizabeth City, N.C., and north toward Richmond. "As

it moves, the chemistry will change."

On a recent weekday, both men were wearing hard hats and smiles as they watched a giant well being

constructed at the district's water treatment plant in Suffolk.

"Are we excited? Yes," said Eggleston, who had been pushing for this since 2009. "Groundwater is fabulous,

because it's fresh almost everywhere, drinkable everywhere," he said. But extracting it can cause major

problems. "Measuring it is really important. You want to know what's happening so you can take action."

Darryl Fears has worked at The Washington Post for more than a decade, mostly as a reporter on

the National staff. He currently covers the environment, focusing on the Chesapeake Bay and

issues affecting wildlife. If Follow @bydarrylfears

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how K-9 officers are trained; and watch Professor Omnibus make a chicken in a cup. Sun 7pm; Mon 6am; Tue 10pm; Wed 9am; Thu 6:30pm; Fri 10pm; Sat 1am & 4pm. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER — Economic and cultural geography are combined to explore the relationships between humans and their natural environment, and to track the broad social patterns that shape human societies. Sun 7am; Tue & Thu 1pm; Fri 2am. INSIDE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE EVOLVING WORLD ECONOMY — Sun & Tue 12am; Mon & Sat 6pm; Wed 9pm; Thu 8am & 3pm; Fri 5am. KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS: WAITING FOR GODOT — Two tramps meet by the roadside, and endlessly wait for someone - or something - named Godot. Samuel Beckett's most popular work masterfully examines the tedium and hope of human existence. Sun & Tue 2am; Mon & Sat 8pm; Wed 11pm; Thu 10am & 5pm; Fri 7am. LEARNING MATH: SOLVING EQUATIONS — Designed for elementary and middle school teachers, and organized according to standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this series explores topics in measurement, number operations, statistics, geometry, and algebra. Sun 6:30am; Tue & Thu 12:30pm; Fri 1:30am. MATH MONSTERS — Designed for pre-kindergarten children, this animated series provides an amusing and enlightening introduction to mathematical concepts. Sun 4:15pm; Tue & Sat 9:15am; Wed 6:15am & 4:15pm.

MEET THE AUTHOR: ROB CLEVELAND — Sun 8am; Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri 2pm; Thu 11pm. MONEYTRACK - FAMILY AND MONEY: A BATTLE OF THE WILLS — Learn how to make your money work for you, and keep your investments on track so you can retire in style and enjoy the good life. Sun 9:30pm; Mon 8:30am & 3:30pm; Thu 12:30am; Fri 3:30pm. ON THE OTHER HAND — Sun 8pm; Mon 7am; Tue & Fri 11pm; Wed 10am; Sat 2am & 5pm. RAILROADS IN U.S. HISTORY — Enjoy a fresh perspective on how railroads created and shaped america's financial institutions, america's singular brand of capitalism and its unique way of doing business. The growth of American railroads from 1830 to 1930 is identical with the growth of the nation into the premier industrial power in the world. Sun 5pm; Tue & Sat 10am; Wed 7am & 5pm. READ-ALEE-DEED-ALEE: DIRT ON MY SHIRT — An early reading series introducing sounds and rhyming patterns that unlock words and the meaning of words. Sun 3:45pm; Tue & Sat 8:45am; Wed 5:45am & 3:45pm. REAL VIRGINIA — Agricultural news and family-oriented stories presented by the Virginia Farm Bureau. Mon 12:30am, 11:30am & 9:30pm; Tue & Thu 5:30am; Wed 12:30am, 11:30am & 6:30pm; Fri 6:30pm; Sat 5:30am, 11:30am & 9:30pm. SHAMU TV: BIRDS ON THE BRINK — Witness amazing avian adaptations, learn about conservation efforts around the world, and discover simple actions that can help protect birds in your own backyard. Sun 3pm; Tue & Sat 8am; Wed 5am & 3pm. TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES: ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES — Learn about the connection between the national standards for foreign language learning and current research in foreign language education. Sun 11:30pm; Mon 10:30am & 5:30pm; Thu 2:30am; Fri 5:30pm. THE 4ORCE — A monthly newscast featuring the latest happenings throughout the United States military. Mon 1:30am, 12:30pm & 10:30pm; Tue & Thu 6:30am; Wed 1:30am, 12:30pm & 7:30pm; Fri 7:30pm; Sat 6:30am, 12:30pm & 10:30pm. THE HABITABLE PLANET: HUMAN POPULATION DYNAMICS — Explore environmental science through a study of the Earth's natural systems. Sun 11pm; Mon 10am & 5pm; Thu 2am; Fri 5pm. THE MATH DUDE: SOLVING SYSTEMS EQUATIONS LINEAR COMBO — Middle and high school students can improve their algebra skills with these fast–paced programs devoted to Algebra I as it is taught in the classroom today. Sun 3:30pm; Tue & Sat 8:30am; Wed 5:30am & 3:30pm. THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: BUILDING FAMILY RESILIENCY — Families, in their many and diverse forms, are central to our lives and well-being. This episode explores family and relationship factors that are protective and promote recovery from mental or substance use disorders. Sun 6pm; Mon 5am; Tue & Fri 9pm; Wed 8am; Sat 12am & 3pm. X-POWER: A DOORWAY THROUGH — Foster the development of algebraic thinking through visualization of concepts rather than abstract symbolic manipulation. Sun 4pm; Tue & Sat 9am; Wed 6am & 4pm.

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A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA — Thu 8pm. A HISTORY OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA: DEPRESSION AND WAR — Explore the contributions of Black Americans to have influenced our culture, enriched our society, and shaped the history of the United States. Mon 10:30pm; Tue & Fri 11:30am & 3:30pm; Thu 11:30am. A HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION — Thu 5:30pm. A PLACE OF OUR OWN — Wed 3pm. ACCESS VIRGINIA BEACH — Sun 9pm & 11:30pm; Mon 7:30am & 6pm; Tue & Thu 1:30pm; Wed 7:30am & 11:30pm; Fri 7:30am; Sat 6pm. AGAINST ALL ODDS: — Thu 9pm. AMERICAN CINEMA — Wed 4pm. ART HISTORY: EXPRESSIONISM — Tue & Thu 6am. BRIDGING WORLD HISTORY — Thu 8:30pm. CHECK THE TECH — Sun 11pm. CLASSIC ARTS SHOWCASE — Enjoy the classic arts by experiencing short video clips of film and music. Sat 12am through 8am, 1:30pm through 6pm, and 8pm through Sun 8pm. DEATH: A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING: SUDDEN DEATH — Gain a greater understanding of death and dying through case studies and moving personal stories of people facing their own death or the death of a loved one. Mon & Wed 11:30am; Tue & Thu 7:30am. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA — Tue & Fri 10:30pm; Thu 3:30pm. EARTH REVEALED: EARTHQUAKES — Explore how scientific theories are developed and how our activities today affect earth's continuing evolution. Mon 10pm; Fri 3pm; Thu 11am. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: THE AWESOME POWER — Produced by NOAA, this documentary graphically depicts the dangers of rapidly rising flood waters. Tue & Thu 7am. ESSENTIAL SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS — Mon 7pm; Tue 11pm; Wed 2pm; Fri 5pm & 11pm. EXERCISE HORIZONS — Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30am; Tue & Thu 2:30pm. ETHICS IN AMERICA — Fri 8pm. EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MUSIC: MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY — Explore basic elements of music and how music is an expression of culture. Mon 9:30pm; Fri 2:30pm; Thu 10:30am. FIT FOR DUTY — An exercise program spanning several disciplines, such as kickboxing, Pilates, aerobics, weight training, and more. Produced by The Pentagon Channel. Mon & Wed 12pm; Tue & Thu 8am. FRONTLINE FIREFIGHTER — Sun 10pm; Mon through Fri 9am; Mon, Wed, & Fri 1pm; Thu 11pm. FUZION FITNESS — Mon & Wed 11am; Tue & Thu 3pm; Fri 11am. HOMEBOUND EXERCISE — Mon, Wed, Fri 10am; Tue & Thu 2pm.

GROWING OLD IN A NEW AGE —Tue 5pm; Wed & Fri 6pm; Thu & Sat 7pm. HOW IN THE WORLD — Mon, Wed, & Fri 9:30am; Mon & Sat 6:30pm; Thu 11:30pm. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY — Thu 10pm. INSIDE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE EVOLVING WORLD ECONOMY — Fri 7pm. JURY ORIENTATION — A helpful guide for anyone called to jury duty. Sun 8pm; Mon 8am & 8pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 8am. KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS — Fri 9pm. LEARNING MATH — Thu 9:30pm. MATH MONSTERS — Thu 5:15pm. MEET THE AUTHOR: ROB CLEVELAND — Tue & Fri 10pm. MONEYTRACK — Wed 3:30pm. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: ROY LICHTENSTEIN: THE ART OF THE GRAPHIC IMAGE — Enjoy an intimate glimpse of the artist at work, both in his own studios and at two of the most innovative printmaking workshops in the United States. Tue & Thu 6:30am. READ-ALEE-DEED-ALEE —Thu 4:45pm. REAL VIRGINIA — Sun 9:30pm. SHAMU TV — Thu 4pm. SIGNING TIME: EVERYDAY SIGNS — An introduction to American Sign Language for children. Mon & Wed 12:30pm; Tue & Thu 8:30am. TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES — Wed 5:30pm. THE 4ORCE — Sun 10:30pm. THE HABITABLE PLANET — Wed 5pm. THE MATH DUDE — Thu 4:30pm. THE PATH TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY — Sun 8:30pm; Mon 8:30am & 8:30pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 8:30am. THE WORLD OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS — See how people with diagnosed psychological disorders actually behave. Case studies, enriched with commentary from experts, help demystify the biological, psychological, and environmental causes of dysfunctional behavior. Mon 11pm; Tue & Fri 12pm & 4pm; Thu 12pm. THE WORLD OF CHEMISTRY: THE ATOM — Mon 9pm; Fri 2pm; Thu 10am. X-POWER — Thu 5pm.

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