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Parks & Recreation Facilities
The Gladstone Region is well served by an extensive network of parks and recreation areas just waiting to be discovered, so pack a picnic, grab some friends and family and enjoy the region's natural areas.
The Parks tab below can provide you with information on Council's more popular parks and the facilities that are available at each location. Facilities such as playground equipment, BBQs, natural areas, shelters and picnic areas are free for the public to use on a shared basis and cannot be reserved.
The region's central location means that parks range from beach locations to river foreshores, bush reserves and botantical collections. Discover what your 'Region of Choice' has to offer by clicking on the images below.
Regional Parks Guide
Council has released a Regional Parks Guide, a glossy brochure detailing everything you need to know about Gladstone Region's major parklands.
The user-friendly guide also includes handy information on local fitness stations, skate facilities, camping grounds, dog off-leash areas and dog free zones, fitness trails and TAngler bins.
Download the Regional Parks Guide, view the Regional Parks Guide online, or grab a copy from any Council administration centre.

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Welcome to February. It is hard to believe that we are one month into 2016, and even harder to imagine that Fit For Life Physical Therapy is already celebrating its two month anniversary!
This week we would like to introduce one more of our clinicians.
Tina Husted, PT is available for ART (Active Release Techniques) treatment at our Lane Avenue facility inside FrontRunner.
Tina attended Ohio University where she ran track and received her degree in Physical Therapy in which she has been licensed for 20+ years. Tina has coached at numerous middle and high school running programs and is presently Head Boys Cross Country and Head Track Distance coach at Worthington Kilbourne. She is a Certified Weight Trainer, a Certified Active Release Therapist (ART), and a certified coach with the USA Track & Field and Ohio High School Associations.
Besides being a great therapist, Tina is an elite masters marathoner and ultra marathoner. She is the 2014 Ohio Running Magazine Womens Masters Runner of the year, the 3-time Women's Champion Arnold Classic Pump and Run, Women's Masters Champion Columbus Marathon, Women's Masters Champion Philadelphia, 2014 Winner and 2nd place Woman 2015 of the Capital City Half Marathon, 2013 2nd place Womens Masters Chicago Marathon, 2012 8th place woman JFK 50 mile race.
Tina Husted has been a member of the Marathoner In Training group since 2011 and became a 7:30/sub 3 hour pace coach in 2012. She currently is a member of the Fleet Feet-Front Runner Nike Elite Racing Team.
In addition to running she is a devout member of Riverside United Methodist Church, an artist, and a real estate broker. She lives in Upper Arlington with her husband Jon and their two children.
If you would like to see Tina for therapy, please contact us at 614-981-1979 or www.fitforlifephysicaltherapy.


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Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013by Representative Bill Shuster
Posted on 2013-01-14
SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California
(Mr. Denham) for his leadership and for sponsoring this important
We are proud to have strong bipartisan support. Thanks go to Member Rahall and Ms. Holmes Norton for her support on this and working closely with us. In fact, the gentlelady from Washington, D.C., and I worked very closely 8 years ago on many of these reforms that we're going to expand from pilot projects.
I would also like to acknowledge my predecessor and friend, our former chairman, Mr. Mica, who's been a leader on these issues, and also to thank Mr. Palazzo from Mississippi, who offered important suggestions to improve this legislation.
I'm proud to be a cosponsor. These bipartisan Federal Emergency Management Agency and disaster recovery improvements will speed up and streamline Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. And they will also, importantly, reduce costs.
We worked to target improvements that will specifically help communities in the immediate aftermath of Sandy. These are critical, bipartisan reforms supported by FEMA and key experts and stakeholders. We understand from FEMA Administrator Fugate that these reforms must be enacted by March 1 to help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
I have worked on these issues since serving as chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management, as I mentioned, with the gentlelady from Washington, 8 years ago. At that time, I witnessed the devastation following Hurricane Katrina. We saw how our emergency management capability broke down, and significant reforms were needed. We crafted legislation to put FEMA back together again within the Department of Homeland Security, reformed and strengthened our response capability and created pilot programs to test out innovative ways to improve our recovery process.
While we have made significant improvements in disaster preparedness and response since Katrina, there is so much red tape in the recovery programs that rebuilding takes several years longer than it should. The longer communities take to rebuild, the higher the economic losses to those communities and the more it costs the taxpayers.
The pilot programs we created after Katrina laid the foundation for many of these reforms. From the debris removal and public assistance pilot program to the individual and household pilot programs, the savings were significant, and in some cases up to six times less expensive. And these pilot programs did not just save money, but they actually got things done faster.
The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act builds on the important work we started after Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act will: streamline environmental review procedures; allow greater flexibility to reduce rebuilding time and lower costs; reduce debris removal costs; provide flexibility and less expensive housing costs; and call for recommendations for reducing costs for future disasters.
As the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I look forward to working on a FEMA reauthorization bill in the future and moving other important FEMA reforms later in Congress.
However, today I know FEMA needs these reforms, and so I urge all my colleagues to support this in order for us to save hundreds of millions of dollars in Sandy recovery.


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A couple weeks ago, we passed on the news that wide receiver Luke Tasker, the son of CBS analyst and longtime Bills receiver Steve Tasker, had signed with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Well, Luke Tasker is already contributing for his new club. Last week, he was active for his first CFL game, catching four passes for 53 yards.
And on Friday night, he scored his first CFL touchdown, hauling in a 24-yard reception from Henry Burris in the first quarter of Hamilton's game at Toronto.
Tasker, who played collegiately at Cornell, spent the preseason with the Chargers before being waived on August 30.


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ICEC has a number of awards that are presented on a biennial basis in conjunction with each ICEC World Congress and Council Meeting. The awards that are conferred comprise the following:
– ICEC Distinguished International Fellow Award (DIF)
– Kenneth K. Humphreys Young Student/Practitioner Paper Award
– Jan Korevaar ICEC Congress Paper Award
– ICEC Region & Chairman Awards.
Click the 'Read More' tab below to see all past winners of these awards.


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GTMail4Crew is the ultimate communications solution, allowing crew to stay in touch with family and friends easily and cheaply.
With GTMail4Crew you can:
- send & receive email
- send & receive SMS texts
- send postal letters worldwide
A simple once only registration provides a personal email address that can be used on any ship configured with GTMail4Crew. In addition a web portal gives users access to the service from any internet-equipped PC whilst on leave.
For the crew member the service is totally private and easy to use with pre-pay scratch cards providing low cost access. For the ship operator GTMail4Crew is compatible with all satellite systems.


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Every New Year comes with a reason to be hopeful that it will be better than the previous one. It is not only believers that express the optimism of their lives getting better in the New Year. Positive thinking unbelievers[...]read more
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I congratulate you and your loved ones for making it into 2015 in style to the glory of God. There is no doubt that we all started the year with great expectations, irrespective of the various dimensions and shades of[...]read more
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Return or exchange an item - our 100% money back guarantee
If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, simply return the item to us in its original condition within 30 days of receipt.
Returned items should be only slightly used and we will issue a full refund on receipt, excluding the original delivery charge. Alternatively, if preferred, we will exchange the item.
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- Goods will only be accepted for return if they are despatched within 30 days of delivery, unless we have notified you otherwise.
- The item is your responsibility until it reaches us. Therefore for your own protection we recommend that you send the parcel using a delivery service that insures you for the value of the goods.
- The cost of returning the item to us is your responsibility.
- Delivery charges are only refundable where goods are faulty and a refund is made.
We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
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The school uniform at Corvedale is a royal blue sweatshirt or cardigan, grey or black trousers/skirt and a white or royal blue polo shirt. All items except skirt and trousers can be purchased through the school.
Children need a royal blue t'shirt & shorts and PE shoes (pumps or trainers) for sports activities. Tracksuits may be worn for outdoor PE during cold weather. A named PE bag is extremely useful. PE bags and a bag suitable for daily use are also available with the school logo on.
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The Mountain Arts Program (MAP) places artists from the western region of the state in schools for programs ranging from single day visits up to full week-long residencies (up to five groups of students). Students are given a hands-on, sequential arts experience. Western Arts Agencies of North Carolina members (who are Arts Council Directors) review the roster of artists each year to maintain both educational and artistic quality and to add new artists to the roster as well. The current roster consists of over two dozen artists and encompasses everything from drama to pottery, creative writing to mask-making, visual art to music, photography to creative movement, and much more.
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Affordable, safe, totally different than anything you've probably ever done before…and a ton of fun!! Here's a breakdown of our prices…divide it among 16 of your closest buddies, and it's totally do'able!
As of March 1, 2013 we are NOW OPEN YEAR ROUND!
The full balance is due at the time the reservation is booked.
Cancellation: You must cancel a tour at least seven days prior to your tour in order to receive a 50% refund of your tour cost. Any cancellations received less than seven days prior to a tour will be charged the full cost of the tour.
Late Fee: Tours are scheduled for a minimum of two hours. If a renter goes beyond that time, the renter will be charged $200 on the credit card they used to pay.
Damage: If the renter or the renting group damages the bike in any way, they will be charged an automatic fee of $200 to the renter's credit card.
Weather Policy: There are no refunds due to poor weather. We ride regardless of rain, snow or low temperatures – after all we are in Colorado! For extreme weather situations, where bike travel would not be feasible or safe for the passengers, the decision to cancel the tour will be made at least two hours before the designated tour time. In the case of a cancellation due to extreme weather, a rain check will be issued that can be redeemed within 90 days. Examples of such weather may include but are not limited to:
Yes, it's a giant party bike and yes it's tons of fun, but there are some rules; the most important of which is that we ask that you are safe, considerate and have fun!


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Crafting is entirely separate from the grinding/affixing system, and does has an entirely different function. Unlike typical MMOs, crafting isn't used to create new things from materials. In PSO2, crafting is here to enhance your gear and modify your PAs/Techs. That said, it's split into 4 major divisions.
First, Equipment Extension. Here, you'll be modifying your weapons and units to possibly give them a boost in damage or defense. There's other things that get changed, but I'll cover that in detail in its own section. I should note that high end items will most likely suffer in damage if you decide to craft them.
Second, PA Customization. This is the newest addition to crafting and the currently there's very limited options for customization. But the premise for it is that the PA customization modifies how each PA works as well as the PP cost and damage.
Third, Technique Customization. While it might sound like PA Customization, the general effect of Technique Customization is to edit the power, PP cost, and other stats of the Tech. The Tech will work exactly the same, aside from the differences made from the craft.
Lastly, Timed Abilities. These are abilities that you can create that provide one specific large bonus and random small bonuses. These are usually area specific and only last for a set period of time that you can increase via support items.
Now, on how to start off. Generally, the best way to go about this is to learn each piece one at a time. The 4 systems are mostly separate, so you won't need to learn each of the systems at once. Also, when you're starting off, it's best to just do the daily crafts until you have materials you can use for it.
Daily Crafts are crafts requested by NPCs and take up no materials to complete. Completing them provides you materials you can use in crafting. Although this shouldn't be your main source of materials, it can be a very good way to start stockpiling them when starting out.
To have a more steady supply of materials, you'll have to desynthesize rare weapons and units. For clarification, that means any weapon/unit at or above 7 star rarity. Each weapon archetype will give you a different material type. Each unit type (rear, arm, leg) will give you a different material type as well. These are used for Equipment Extension, and the type of material you need is reflected by the archetype of weapon you're crafting. T-Atk weapons need T-Atk materials from T-Atk weapons, and so on. Same applies for units, rear unit crafting needs rear unit materials. Higher rarity weapons/units will also desynthesize into special crafting materials you'll need to use for higher tier weapon/unit crafting. You can also get those crafting materials from Great Successes during desynthesizing.
There are multiple tiers to the quality of the crafting material you'll get when desynthesizing your weapons. In order, they are in order of lowest to highest: Iro, Stee, Silva, and Gold. Higher rarity items will desynthesize into higher tiered crafting materials. I should note that Gold tier materials only come from trading in Silva materials at the crafting shop. You can also trade in other crafting materials for higher tiered materials there as well.
There's other materials outside of what you get from units/weapons, though. The other essential material of Equipment Extension and other crafts are PA Fragments. These come in three different variations, S-Atk, R-Atk, and T-Atk. These are obtained by desynthesizing Lv 11 or higher PA or Tech Disks. S-Atk Fragments come from PAs for striking weapons, R-Atk from ranged weapon PAs, and T-Atk from Technique disks. These disks are key in 3 of the 4 crafting systems, so I'd recommend stocking up on them. As a note, Lv 11+ disks only drop on VH difficulty and higher. Lv 16 comes from SH and Lv 17 comes from XH.
The last crafting material is only used in Timed Abilities. It comes from drops from enemies while out on the field. Each enemy has a chance to drop a crystal for the planet you're on. Vopar and Lilipa Crystals would be examples.
So, before we dive into actual crafting, I do want to note a few things.
First off, crafting takes time. It's entirely time gated due to the cooldown on crafting lines. Yes, there's ways to decrease the time it takes to cool off, but ultimately, unless you have a huge stockpile of them (and anyone that crafts A LOT won't), you're going to be waiting. Because of this, it's best to start early on.
Second, I want to talk about craft levels. There's a few things tied to your crafting levels. One, there's a few recipes that are gated behind levels. A notable example would be HP/PP crafts for unit extending. You only unlock the recipes for them once you hit Lv 20 Equipment Extension. Two, the amount of craft lines you have available to you are locked to your level. There's 3 total non AC related craft lines, and you only start off with 1. Leveling any craft to the designated levels will unlock those craft lines. Third, to increase your craft level, you have to complete achievements within that craft. As you level up your crafting, you'll be required to unlock more and more achievements to level up. Also, leveling up your crafts will also give you certain bonuses that will improve the odds of a good craft outcome.
Third, any weapons or units you've crafted are bound to you and require an item from the Excube Shop to unbind them. That item will also reset any craft you've applied to the item.
Lastly, there's a crafting shop that lets you trade materials for other materials. I talk about it in the recycle shop section.
With that out of the way, we're just gonna start right off with Equipment Extension.
Equipment Extension allows you to modify the stats of your equipment in various ways. Most of the time, for lower end items, for the better. Notably, this is the easiest way to remain a relevant source of damage if you're lacking higher rarity weapons. You most likely won't do more DPS, but it'll be enough to keep your contribution up. It also allows you to enhance your units for high HP/PP gains and a good amount of defense. You also have the benefit of changing the classes that can equip the weapon, if you're crafting that.
Extension at its core is fairly simple, put equipment and materials in, get crafted equipment out. All you require is the recipe, and you're good.
As said before, these recipes come from achievements. Most of the achievements are linked towards if you've performed the craft and how many times you've done certain crafts. For example, to unlock the recipes to go past Lv 5 extension on 1~3* weapons, you need to craft a 1~3* weapon 5 times. Early on, it's fairly easy to unlock achievements for recipes, but the higher end recipes take a bit of grinding to get.
There's a few things to note about extensions. One, the requirements to equip the item will change. So double check if you have enough stats to equip it after the craft. Two, for weapons, you lose the innate property of rare weapons that give you a damage range of 90% to 100% of your damage. Depending on how much Dex you have, this can lead to a fair bit of DPS loss. However, if you have a large enough difference between the attack on your current weapon and the attack of the crafted results, it can be beneficial to just bite the bullet on that damage variance.
In higher level crafts, specifically once you start using Silva-tiered materials, this detriment is reduced greatly and shouldn't prove to be much of a problem. Three, crafted weapons have a cap on their power. Lower rarity weapons will take longer to reach that cap, but they all will end up with the same power. Which is why higher end items can drop in power when crafted.
At this point, you're probably asking, "what weapons SHOULD I craft then?" Simply put, if you're lacking in the ability to get a good 11* weapon, you'll most likely benefit from crafting in some way. In some cases, you can also benefit from crafting because it will allow you to equip an item from a different class. A good example would be the ability to use certain Partizans, which are Hunter main only, as a Fighter. If you want to be 100% sure about the damage difference between your weapon when it's not crafted and when it is, you can refer to the PSO2 Damage Calculator.
The other part of extensions is unit crafting. This one is more universally useful, as there's little downside to this, assuming you're going for the HP/PP crafts. When unit crafting, you remove the innate bonuses such as HP or PP bonuses as well as any resistances on it. You, in return, gain defense as well as small a HP/PP bonus. However, the real attraction for unit crafting is the HP/PP crafts. These crafts give either 100 HP or 10 PP, depending on which craft you choose to do. You can only craft units for HP/PP on certain levels, these being Ex Lv 3, Lv 8, and Lv 10.
Now, these crafts require you to be at Lv 20 extension crafting, which might be a bit of a tall order as a newer player. You have the option of requesting another player to do the craft via the visiphone's crafter option. Do note that it's fairly expensive to obtain the materials needed for this craft. Again, as a newer player, it might be less attractive to do these crafts until you're able to do SH Quests, have some excess money, and have some decent units already. Even then, you'll most likely not have enough stats and money to afford going all the way up to Ex Lv 10. The only benefits you get from higher extend levels on units is more defense. A Lv 3 HP/PP craft is sufficient for most things, and Lv 8 is more than enough for all content. In my opinion, it's not very worth getting the Lv 10, as you gain a very small amount of defense to make it worth it compared to Lv 8.
That should about cover the important aspects of Equipment Extension.
Onto the second, and newest crafting system. PA Customization.
This one is a bit short, since it's fairly new. The gist of it is that through this, PAs will change in how they're used. For example, they made it so Kazan-Nadeshiko, a Katana PA, has a charge instead of a VERY long animation. The effects vary between what PA you're crafting, so you'll have to figure out if you'll benefit from it. I say this due to some PAs being…well preferencial if it's beneficial or not. Most are, however.
In addition to the changes to how the PA works, there's also a modifier in the power of the PA and the PP cost. I should note that when you craft a PA, the PP cost is changed separately from the PP cost modification that the craft shows.
At the time of writing, there's only one type of PA you can craft per weapon, and some weapons aren't included. There's no recipes to unlock either. Leveling the craft purely gives you better chances of a good craft and reduces the cooldown of the craft. The materials used is solely PA Fragments of S-Atk and R-Atk types.
Until there's more added to the system, that's about it for PA Customization.
The third crafting system, Technique Customization, is a bit like PA Customization. Instead of PAs, you're focusing on Techs. Unlike PA Customization, they don't change how the attack works. Each Tech Customization also has a merit and a demerit. You'll basically enhance one part of it, in exchange for losing effectiveness in another part. This can make Tech Customization a bit more preference based, depending on if you consider certain demerits to outweigh the benefits. Do note that some higher tiered crafts can change what the demerit is, and also add in an additional effect.
Now, like Equipment Extensions, you'll need to clear achievements to unlock recipes. However, there's two sets of recipes for each Tech. This adds in a little bit of complication to it. Not very much, but it's still there.
Generally, you'll be unlocking recipes via crafting recipes of an element over and over. Since these recipes are locked behind the "Craft X amount of Y tier of any Tech of this element". This is only for the first tech recipe, though. To unlock the recipes of the other way to craft the Tech, you'll have to repeatedly craft the first recipe of the tech. Tier 1 for tier 1, tier 2 for tier 2, and tier 3 for tier 3.
Now, because of the nature of how the achievements are mostly elemental based, you'll want to at first stick to the element you mainly plan on using while getting some minor crafts to supportive techs that are useful all around.
The supportive techs I'm referring to would be: Shifta, Deband, Ilzonde, Zanverse, Resta, Anti, and Megiverse. Zondeel would be decent as well, but requires higher tiered crafts to get the benefits.
For the last crafting system, Timed Abilities, this is the most minor of them all. -to be added
As usual with enhancement in PSO2, there's a slew of support items to go with it. Most notably is the My Room furniture you can obtain via the Crafting Shop that give you either a boost to Great Success rate or reduces the cooldown timer on crafts. There's 4 different tiers of furniture and there's furniture for each type of crafting.
Furniture aside, there's support items you can use during the crafts that have various effect, but will always force a Great Success when used.
For Equipment Extension, you have items that reduce the required amount of stats you need to equip the item you've crafted. This comes in 10%, 20%, and 30% reductions. There's also support items that force a certain class to be able to equip the item you've crafted, so you won't have to rely on RNG for that. And the third support item is the ability to switch what stat you need to equip the item you've crafted.
For PA Customization, you have two items that decrease the variance of the merits that the craft has. One for the first merit, and the other for the second merit.
In Technique Customization, you have items that decrease the variance of the merit and demerit outcomes of the craft. Both of those come in 10%, 20%, and 30% variants.
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Kaboomerang (Character)
Publisher: Image Comics
Created by: Robert Kirkman
1st appearance: Guarding the Globe #2, 2010
Nationality: Aborigine, Australian
Legal Status: Unknown
Team Affiliations: Guardians of the Globe
Weight: 190 lbs Height: 5'10
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
Relatives: unknown
Powers: He possesses low-level telekinesis which he uses to direct his exploding boomerangs.
Kaboomerang is a member of an unnamed Aboriginal tribe in Australia. He is highly skilled in the use of Boomerangs and is a highly trained hand to hand combatant. After using his skills to make a variety of boomerangs with different effects he made a costume and cut a swath through the crime of Australia. After years of operating on his own he joined the Global Guardians.


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I found the most accurate description for my depression–it feels as though I am being assaulted with the death of a friends' puppy every day. It is torturous but I can sepperate myself enough from it to survive.
I met friends at a bar tonight. I cannot drink while on my meds. Usually, it is not a problem. Tonight, surrounded by people, I felt so alone. I wanted so badly to be them. It is not the drinking that I desired–it is their freedom I want.
A different lust for freedom came over me yesterday–I saw a woman riding a bike. I imagined myself on my own bike, wind rushing past me, the pavement blurring beneath me. That image caught in my throat. Such a simple thing is beyond me right now.
My mom has a want for freedom as well–she told me the day she glances out the window and sees me running and leaping across our field is the day she can breath easy again. I am not prone to randomly running across fields but I get it. We both need that day to be soon.


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The Croatian Institute of Directors was founded on July 18th, 2007 in Croatia and in November 2007 became an affiliated member of ecoDa. Main goals and objectives of the Croatian Institute of Directors are: permanent professional training of their members, ensuring that the position of a board member is treated as a special interdisciplinary profession, ensuring that the management functions in economy are carried out within the framework of entrepreneurship and legal responsibility, according to a unique code of good business practice and professional ethics, establishing and developing unique industrial standards in terms of status, material rights and professional responsibility of the board members and development of good corporate governance practice in Croatia.
- Two-tier system for the majority (even though the choice is given)
- 200 listed companies
- Outsider ownership Model
- Closed system of CG
- Concentrated ownership
- significant state ownership
- Institutional investors play a small role
- Capital market is very "shallow" and not liquid and does not have a significant role in CG
Hrvatska udruga članova nadzornih i upravnih odbora (Croatian Institute of Directors)
- http://www.cid.com.hr/index.aspx
- Ljiljana Katičić, Ph.D, President
- ljiljana.katicic(at)importanne.hr
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I had to go into the coop and hug the ladies after all of that.
I'll send up a flare if I decide to adopt a new roo.
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I had to go into the coop and hug the ladies after all of that.
I'll send up a flare if I decide to adopt a new roo.
I'll bet! Congratulations on becoming mean rooster free.. bet the girls will appreciate the break!
Sorry to hear you had that scary experience Dreamergirl. I would have done the same and put them in the freezer. I had the most gorgeous dude I hatched last year that ran up my arm and hit me feet first the same way when was reaching in their tractor to check the feed and water. He went in the such a shame, as he was gorgeous colour and build.
I have has a good 100 EOs roos here over the years and he was the only one that has even done anything like that. I had a wheaten maran that did the same last year too, and the remaining one is on borrowed time for a warmer day for processing, since doing the same.
I do handle my roos regularly and they know I can pick them up any time I want. The neck grabbing tends to work well to discipline the juveniles and they really do sulk (you have to chuckle), but when a mature roo is doing that and attacking, it is not acceptable no matter what the breed. With the good old 5 or 10 hens to 1 rooster ratio, we never have to settle on a rooster!
I am sure hatching eggs are also an option from EO people on here if you choose to breed them. Then you can give them another chance from scratch and see how they turn out before breeding. I find I am more likely to be assaulted by my hens (than the roos) the hens are greedy and if you hold out food they are not too picky whether they peck food or your hand!
He was gorgeous too But I guess it's all part of the selective breeding process to refine the breed.
Gorgous is as gorgous does There are plenty of other handsome bachelor EOs in Ontario from the two lines SLK and BHR.
Yep, gorgeous means more than just pretty feathers.
I kept three EO last Fall to breed. One started acting bad. I really wanted to breed him since I am in my first generation of EO and want the depth that another unrelated cockerel would add to my flock. I finally said enough is enough and got rid of him. It was the single best cull I have ever made. It was night and day how much more enjoyable the flock was once the agressive cockerel was gone from flock #2.
For sure! I agree!
RE silkie/Marraduna Basque cross. I raised one. Good layer and setter, but starts laying about 3 weeks after hatching and immediately turns on chicks. I had her raising a dozen Serama chicks and if they hadn't hidden under the raised platform I kept their food and water on to help keep it clean, she would probably have killed them. I named her "Mommie Dearest," and gave her away with a warning.
I've got a Silkie EO cross pullet that's just a sweet as can be. She's a good little mama, too. She looks just like a small EO hen wit a poof and the fifth toe. (From Silkie hen/EO cock)


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Year of Reckoning
2050 is the year of reckoning for White Americans. It is the year we are scheduled to become a minority in the country our fathers founded. America will be a "majority minority" nation - people of color will make up more of the population than white people.
The nation's Hispanic and Asian populations will triple over the next half century and non-Hispanic whites would represent about one-half of the total population by 2050, according to interim population projections released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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*U.S. Census Bureau Release
By 2050, the U.S. population will grow to over 420 million, a 40 percent increase over current levels. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this growth will be concentrated in 8-10 emerging "mega-regions" - large, connected networks of metropolitan areas - in which 70 percent of nation's population growth and 80 percent of its employment growth is expected to occur.
Together, the increased population and the emergence of a new urban form will demand major infrastructure investments and planning strategies to support the prosperity, equity and sustainability of our nation and its competitiveness in a global economy.
Multicultural Regime
The United States is no longer a modern society, but a postmodern one… it no longer resembles a nation-state, but rather a multicultural regime …
Post-modern society, and especially American society, is not characterized by standardized schools engaged in mass education in a national, often high culture. Rather, post-modern society is characterized by an organized media engaged in mass entertainment…. Post-modern society is not characterized by efficient industries engaged in mass production, principally for a national market.
Rather, it is characterized by financial enterprises and industrial management engaged in multinational operations within a global market.
Current Population Trend
America's population is projected to hit 300-million in October, making it the world's largest after China and India. But some analysts say America's population growth, largely fueled by immigration, could change the face of the nation.
The average birth rate for the non-Hispanic white population is around two births per woman, compared to nearly three per woman among Hispanic whites. These trends will lead to major demographic shifts.
Recent projections released by the Census Bureau show that ethnic minorities now account for one-third of America's population, and will make up 40 percent of the U.S. population in the next decade. Whites are now a minority in Hawaii, New Mexico, Texas, California and the District of Columbia.
America's immigration outstrips Europe's and its immigrant population is reproducing faster than native-born Americans. America's population will soon be getting younger.
If this proves correct, Europe's population in 2050 would be 360m and falling, America's would be over 550m and rising. Half a billion people: in other words, America would be twice the size it is now. Europe would be smaller.
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*Half a billion Americans?
Nightmare Scenario
The scenario of USA 2050 is a colored Congress presenting as yet un-thought of repressive laws against Whites, a colored Leviathan eager to avenge historical wrongs that have been entrenched by multicultural education. With non-whites increasing political force, Euro-white extinction is inevitable.
With submission of whites and full-scale racial intermarriage and interbreeding, complete removal of a pure-white genetic strain from America will happen within about a century. This could be done by a "final solution" for Whites imposed by the forces of color he believes.
It is too late to chip-away at anti-White laws within the system or to roll back anti-White laws. Secession of the States is the only remaining option. After all if the USA considers it good enough for the old Soviet empire, championing the principle of national self-determination , then it is good enough for the USA.
If Oregon threatened secession the USA would reconstruct a Lincoln-like massacre of a State such as Oregon. Americans should not be naïve about the level of violence that their beloved nation commits or could commit if pushed.
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The decaying American Republic will be divided up in the following way:
The most sensible, peaceful and democratic solution would be the division of the country into an Hispanic state in the Southwest, a Cuban state in south Florida, a Black state somewhere in the rural South, and a series of independent Jewish, Black and Asian enclaves in the cities and close-in suburbs where these groups comprise sizable elements of the population.
In respect to White, non-Jewish ethnostates, the United States has no provinces or city states on the historical European model. It does, however, have regions with historical and cultural traditions - the Deep South, Appalachia, Texas Conce (an independent republic), New England, the Farm Belt and the Northwest.
Both geography and demography would qualify such areas for ethnostatehood. Where the population has become a welter of different ethnic factions in large metropolitan areas, neighborhoods could be the loci for political, economic and social groupings. Though too small to qualify as ethnostates, they would be accorded as much independence as reasonably possible.
Modern America is already a mish-mash of tribes or neo-tribes arising, Michel Maffesoli proposes from the break-up of mass culture. Neo-tribes or tribus have an "underground centrality," "self-consciousness" and a stability which the larger State lacks.
As the nation-state seems to be doomed for ecological reasons alone, the tribe will once again be resurgent. It is time for the Nordic people to re-tribalize - but this time without the fratricidal brothers' wars that have been used by our traditional enemies to neuter us.
The New America will be one in which White Gentile Americans will no longer be strangers in their own land. This new land, based on ethnic separatism will arise after America comes to a sticky end through imperial overreach and ultimate economic collapse.
America will fall apart and a great slab of it will become Mexican, the new Hispanic Aztlan. A New Africa and New Israel will arise. Whites will found a New America, while with no American protection, the Chinese conquest of Australia and New Zealand will be complete.
Demography is destiny. In 1960 people of European stock comprised one-quarter of the world population. Today white people make up one-sixth of the world population. By 2050 people of European descent will comprise only one-tenth of the world population.
Whites currently account for 74 percent of the population, blacks 12 percent, Hispanics 10 percent and Asians 3 percent. Yet according to data and predictions generated by the U.S. Census Bureau and social scientists poring over the numbers, Hispanics will likely surpass blacks early in the next century.
And by the year 2050, demographers predict, Hispanics will account for 25 percent of the population (By 2050, the Census Bureau estimates 102 million Hispanics will live in America, heavily concentrated in the Southwest. The ethnic, linguistic and cultural reconquest of the American Southwest by Mexico is well advanced.) blacks 14 percent, Asians 8 percent, with whites hovering somewhere around 53 percent.
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*America's Racial and Ethnic Divides
Family Reunification
What triggered this great transformation was a change to immigration law in 1965, when Congress made family reunification the primary criteria for admittance. That new policy, a response to charges that the law favored white Europeans, allowed immigrants already in the United States to bring over their relatives, who in turn could bring over more relatives.
As a result, America has been absorbing as many as 1 million newcomers a year, to the point that now almost 1 in every 10 residents is foreign born.
The Ozzies and Harriets of the 1990s are skipping the suburbs of the big cities and moving to more homogeneous, mostly white smaller towns and smaller cities and rural areas.
They're headed to Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Austin and Orlando, as well as smaller cities in Nevada, Idaho, Colorado and Washington. Frey and other demographers believe the domestic migrants - black and white - are being "pushed" out, at least in part, by competition with immigrants for jobs and neighborhoods, political clout and lifestyle.
The emergence of separate Americas, one white and middle-aged, less urban and another intensely urban, young, multicultural and multiethnic. One America will care deeply about English as the official language and about preserving Social Security. The other will care about things like retaining affirmative action and bilingual education.
Though there are calls to revive efforts to encourage "Americanization" of the newcomers, many researchers now express doubt that the old assimilation model works. For one thing, there is less of a dominant mainstream to enter. Instead, there are a dozen streams, despite the best efforts by the dominant white society to lump groups together by ethnicity.
The tens of millions coming endlessly from countries, cultures and civilizations whose peoples have never before been assimilated into a First World nation may spell the end of America as one nation and one people by mid-century.
Americans are largely unaware, but Cultural Marxism reigns in our universities and public schools. The old Marxists blamed capitalists and the economic system for oppression and exploitation. The new Marxists blame the white race and western civilization itself. With the white race looked at as being the cancer of human history.
In the U.S. native-born whites already are second-class citizens in their own country. Unconstitutional group privileges have arisen based on race, gender, and disability. White males no longer have equal rights. As the current chairwoman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission says, "Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them."
The protections in our legal system that make law a shield of the people, not a weapon in the hands of government, have largely been eroded.
President Clinton 1998 Portland State University Address
By 2050 whites would be a minority in America. No other nation in history, has gone through demographic change of this magnitude in so short a time.
"What I want to talk to all of you about, particularly the graduates, is the America of your future. We all know that at the edge of a new century and a new millennium, America is changing at breathtaking speed. We know that most of these changes have been good. We're grateful as a nation to have the lowest unemployment rate in 28 years, the lowest crime rate in 25 years, the lowest welfare rolls in 29 years the first balanced budget and surplus in 29 years, the highest home ownership in history. We feel gratitude. We know that none of us alone is responsible for these things, but all of us together have come to terms with the challenges of the modern world and its opportunities and we're moving America in a good direction.
This spring I have talked about three things. At the Naval Academy I talked about defending our nation against the new security threats of the 21st century, including terrorism, biological and chemical weapons, and global environmental degradation. At MIT, not very long ago, I talked about the challenges of the information age and the importance of bringing those opportunities to all Americans, bringing the Internet into every classroom, ensuring that every young student is computer-literate. Maybe I should have given that speech here.
Today, I want to talk to you about what may be the most important subject of all how we can strengthen the bonds of our national community as we grow more racially and ethnically diverse.
The driving force behind our increasing diversity is a new, large wave of immigration. It is changing the face of America. And while most of the changes are good, they do present challenges which demand more both from new immigrants and from our citizens. Citizens share a responsibility to welcome new immigrants, to ensure that they strengthen our nation, to give them their chance at the brass ring.
In turn, new immigrants have a responsibility to learn, to work, to contribute to America. If both citizens and immigrants do their part, we will grow ever stronger in the new global information economy.
More than any other nation on Earth, America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants. In each generation, they have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people. Bearing different memories, honoring different heritages, they have strengthened our economy, enriched our culture, renewed our promise of freedom and opportunity for all.
Of course, the path has not always run smooth. Some Americans have met each group of newcomers with suspicion and violence and discrimination. So great was the hatred of Irish immigrants 150 years ago that they were greeted with signs that read, "No Dogs Or Irish." So profound was the fear of Chinese in the 1880s that they were barred from entering the country. So deep was the distrust of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe at the beginning of this century that they were forced to take literacy tests specifically designed to keep them out of America.
Eventually, the guarantees of our Constitution and the better angels of our nature prevailed over ignorance and insecurity, over prejudice and fear.
But now we are being tested again -- by a new wave of immigration larger than any in a century, far more diverse than any in our history. Each year, nearly a million people come legally to America.
Today, nearly one in ten people in America was born in another country; one in five schoolchildren are from immigrant families. Today, largely because of immigration, there is no majority race in Hawaii or Houston or New York City. Within five years there will be no majority race in our largest state, California.
In a little more than 50 years there will be no majority race in the United States. No other nation in history has gone through demographic change of this magnitude in so short a time.
What do the changes mean? They can either strengthen and unite us, or they can weaken and divide us. We must decide.
Let me state my view unequivocally. I believe new immigrants are good for America. They are revitalizing our cities. They are building our new economy. They are strengthening our ties to the global economy, just as earlier waves of immigrants settled the new frontier and powered the Industrial Revolution. They are energizing our culture and broadening our vision of the world. They are renewing our most basic values and reminding us all of what it truly means to be an American.
It means working hard, like a teenager from Vietnam who does his homework as he watches the cash register at his family's grocery store. It means making a better life for your children, like a father from Russia who works two jobs and still finds time to take his daughter to the public library to practice her reading. It means dreaming big dreams, passing them on to your children.
You have a lot of stories like that here at Portland State. Just this morning I met one of your graduates -- or two, to be specific. Mago Gilson, an immigrant from Mexico who came here without a high school education. Twelve years later she is receiving her Masters Degree in education, on her way to realizing her dream of becoming a teacher.
She is joined in this graduating class by her son Eddi, who had dreams of his own and worked full-time for seven years to put himself through school. Today he receives a Bachelor's Degree in business administration. And soon there's more. Soon her son, Oscar, whom I also met, will receive his own Master's Degree in education. I'd like to ask the Gilsons and their family members who are here to rise and be recognized. There she is. Give them a hand.
In the Gilson family and countless like them, we see the spirit that built America -- the drive to succeed, the commitment to family, to education, to work, the hope for a better life. In their stories we see a reflection of our own parents' and grandparents' journey a powerful reminder that our America is not so much a place as a promise; not a guarantee but a chance; not a particular race, but an embrace of our common humanity.
Now, some Americans don't see it that way. When they hear new accents or see new faces, they feel unsettled. They worry that new immigrants come not to work hard, but to live off our largesse. They're afraid the America they know and love is becoming a foreign land.
This reaction may be understandable, but it's wrong. It's especially wrong when anxiety and fear give rise to policies and ballot propositions to exclude immigrants from our civic life. I believe it's wrong to deny law-abiding immigrants benefits available to everyone else; wrong to ignore them as people not worthy of being counted in the census. It's not only wrong, it's un-American.
Let me be clear: I also think it's wrong to condone illegal immigration that flouts our laws, strains our tolerance, taxes our resources. Even a nation of immigrants must have rules and conditions and limits, and when they are disregarded, public support for immigration erodes in ways that are destructive to those who are newly arrived and those who are still waiting patiently to come.
We must remember, however, that the vast majority of immigrants are here legally. In every measurable way, they give more to our society than they take. Consider this: On average, immigrants pay $1,800 more in taxes every year than they cost our system in benefits. Immigrants are paying into Social Security at record rates. Most of them are young, and they will help to balance the budget when we baby boomers retire and put strains on it.
New immigrants also benefit the nation in ways not so easily measured, but very important. We should be honored that America, whether it's called the City on a Hill, or the Old Gold Mountain, or El Norte, is still seen around the world as the land of new beginnings. We should all be proud that people living in isolated villages in far corners of the world actually recognize the Statue of Liberty. We should rejoice that children the world over study our Declaration of Independence and embrace its creed.
My fellow Americans, we descendants of those who passed through the portals of Ellis Island must not lock the door behind us. Americans who parents were denied the rights of citizenship simply because of the color of their skin must not deny those rights to others because of the country of their birth or the nature of their faith.
We should treat new immigrants as we would have wanted our own grandparents to be treated. We should share our country with them, not shun them or shut them out. But mark my words, unless we handle this well, immigration of this sweep and scope could threaten the bonds of our union.
Around the world we see what can happen when people who live on the same land put race and ethnicity before country and humanity. If America is to remain the world's most diverse democracy, if immigration is to strengthen America as it has throughout our history, then we must say to one another: whether your ancestors came here in slave ships or on the Mayflower, whether they landed on Ellis Island or at Los Angeles International Airport, or have been here for thousands of years, if you believe in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, if you accept the responsibilities as well as the rights embedded in them, then you are an American.
Only that belief can keep us one America in the 21st century. So I say, as President, to all our immigrants, you are welcome here. But you must honor laws, embrace our culture, learn our language, know our history; and when the time comes, you should become citizens. And I say to all Americans, we have responsibilities as well to welcome our newest immigrants, to vigorously enforce laws against discrimination. And I'm very proud that our nation's top civil rights enforcer is Bill Lam Lee, the son of Chinese immigrants who grew up in Harlem.
We must protect immigrants' rights and ensure their access to education, health care, and housing and help them to become successful, productive citizens. When immigrants take responsibility to become citizens and have met all the requirements to do so, they should be promptly evaluated and accepted.
The present delays in the citizenship process are unacceptable and indefensible. And together, immigrants and citizens alike, let me say we must recommit ourselves to the general duties of citizenship. Not just immigrants, but every American should know what's in our Constitution and understand our shared history.
Not just immigrants, but every American should participate in our democracy by voting, by volunteering and by running for office. Not just immigrants, but every American, on our campuses and in our communities, should serve -- community service reads good citizenship. And not just immigrants, but every American should reject identity politics that seeks to separate us, not bring us together.
Ethnic pride is a very good thing. America is one of the places which most reveres the distinctive ethnic, racial, religious heritage of our various peoples. The days when immigrants felt compelled to Anglicize their last name or deny their heritage are, thankfully, gone. But pride in one's ethnic and racial heritage must never become an excuse to withdraw from the larger American community. That does not honor diversity; it breeds divisiveness. And that could weaken America.
Not just immigrants, but every American should recognize that our public schools must be more than places where our children learn to read, they must also learn to be good citizens. They must all be able to make America's heroes, from Washington to Lincoln to Eleanor Roosevelt and Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez, their own.
Today, too many Americans, and far too many immigrant children attended crowded, often crumbling inner city schools. Too many drop out of school altogether. And with more children from immigrant families entering our country and our schools than at any time since the turn of the century, we must renew our efforts to rebuild our schools and make them the best in the world. They must have better facilities; they must have smaller classes; they must have properly trained teachers; they must have access to technology; they must be the best in the world.
All of us, immigrants and citizens alike, must ensure that our new group of children learn our language, and we should find a way to do this together instead of launching another round of divisive political fights.
In the schools within the White House in the schools within just a few miles of the White House, across the Potomac River, we have the most diverse school district in America, where there are children from 180 different racial and ethnic groups, speaking as native tongues about 100 languages.
Now, it's all very well for someone to say, everyone of them should learn English immediately. But we don't at this time necessarily have people who are trained to teach them English in all those languages. So I say to you, it is important for children to retain their native language. But unless they also learn English, they will never reach their full potential in the United States.
Of course, English is learned at different rates, and, of course, children have individual needs. But that cannot be an excuse for making sure that when children come into our school system, we do whatever it takes with whatever resources are at hand to make sure they learn as quickly as they can the language that will be dominant language of this country's commerce and citizenship in the future.
We owe it to these children to do that. And we should not either delay behind excuses or look for ways to turn what is essentially a human issue of basic decency and citizenship and opportunity into a divisive political debate. We have a stake together in getting together and moving forward on this.
Let me say, I applaud the students here at Portland State who are tutoring immigrant children to speak and read English. You are setting the kind of example I want our country to follow.
One hundred and forty years ago, in the First Lady's hometown of Chicago, immigrants outnumbered native Americans. Addressing a crowd there in 1858, Abraham Lincoln asked what connection those immigrants could possibly feel to people like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who founded our nation.
Here was his answer: If they, the immigrants, look back through this history to trace their connection to those days by blood, they will find they have none. But our founders proclaimed that we are all created equal in the eyes of God. And that, Lincoln said, is the electric cord in that declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving people everywhere.
Well, that electric cord, the conviction that we are all created equal in the eyes of God, still links every graduate here with every new immigrant coming to our shores and every American who ever came before us. If you carry it with conscience and courage into the new century, it will light our way to America's greatest days your days."
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*Migration Dialogue
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*Minutemen:The Immigration Debate
*Protesters Rally Against Illegal Immigration Bill
*Illegal Immigrants in the USA
*Immigration Gumballs
*Minutemen - Film Open Border


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21 hens bagging a munro… well kinda
Last weekend I headed to Piperdam a resort just outside Dundee where you can rent lodges, for my friend Jess's hen weekend and I am still recovering, mainly from the hill walk but also the copious amounts of prosecco! Friday night was a Hawaiian theme in order to prep the bride for her honeymoon! The bridesmaids had […]Read More


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Wings in the Park pays tribute to butterflies
Saturday was perfect butterfly weather — sunny, warm and in the right habitat to pollinate at the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden at Tudek Memorial Park.
On Saturday, the Penn State Extension master gardeners held their fifth annual "Wings in the Park" to educate the public on ways to keep pollinator habitats alive while holding special events for children.
"The goal is to get people to make their own butterfly habitat in their home gardens," said community coordinator Douglas Ford. "When they have questions about the garden, we can answer them and educate them on how they can raise their own butterfly habitat at their homes. People don't understand that without proper pollination, we couldn't do and have some things we have."
Ford said there are between 30 and 32 species of butterflies at the garden, where about 300 children enjoyed activities like catch-and-release butterfly exercises, scavenger hunts, a shutter bug booth and live exhibitions.
Bob Snetsinger, also known as "Butterfly Bob," said the garden was created in 1996 with six resident species of butterflies and a goal to educate the public about the importance of butterfly conservation and ecosystems.
"We really wanted to diversify the habitat for multiple different butterfly species," he said.
"People may say 'what a mess,' but there is so much life out there," added master gardener Pam Ford, about the butterfly garden full of flowers, bushes, trees and other brush necessary to maintain healthy butterfly homes.
About seven years ago, Ford said the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners joined that garden initiative and helps maintain it year-round.
"We use all seasons to education the public on pollinators," Ford said.
He said during the winter, most people think there are no bugs. He explained that the bugs nest deep in the ground or in piles of brush to keep from the cold, and once spring approaches, resurface.
"We encourage winter brush buildup," Ford said. "If they have nowhere to nest in the winter, we won't see them in the summer. This is the kind of life cycle of insects and pollinators."
This year, he said, there were about 150 volunteers who interacted with the public.
"It's something nice to see when so many kids and families are out instead of stuck behind the TV," Ford said. "It's nice to get them involved in something we're all passionate about."
Maureen Vail took her two daughters Melanie, 7, and Myra, 5, to "Wings in the Park" for the first time where they were able to trot through the gardens and admire the butterflies.
"At this age, butterflies are something they really love so it was one of those things we heard about and wanted to check out," Vail said. "They're loving it."
Melanie said looking at butterflies and getting her picture taken with her face surrounded by a giant wooden butterfly and learning its life cycle were her favorite activities.
Myra said she was able to catch a butterfly on her finger.
"We just encourage people to come to the park and check the garden out, even if we're not specifically holding special events," Ford said. "People can learn something they never knew about butterflies."


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|For many veterans, a service dog becomes not only a life-
changer, but truly a life-saver.
Brightening Lives is just one of many types of animal assistive therapy programs around today. While therapy dogs are increasingly found visiting hospitals, retirement homes, schools and universities, and service dogs continue to provide help to those with various needs, a very special group of elite service dogs provide meaningful support to our nation's heroes—our veteran soldiers.
Specialized service dogs support veteran soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through their companionship, affection, and guidance in situations that may cause anxiety. As constant companions, these dogs bring calm and comfort to individuals whose past military experiences make the return to daily life challenging, with many experiencing stress and anxiety, flashbacks, feelings of isolation, and suicidal thoughts. For many veterans, a service dog becomes not only a life-changer, but truly a life-saver.
For veterans with PTSD, their canine companions provide unmatched support in virtually any difficult situation. In environments that are too busy and chaotic—such as shopping malls or busy streets—they bring a sense of calm and confidence to their human partners. Conversely, in conditions that are too tensely quiet for veterans, service dogs provide the company and affectionate distraction to relieve anxiety, paranoia, and flashbacks. And, they possess the power to sense when their human partner is beginning to feel stressed or agitated, and respond immediately and in the most effective of ways—proximity, attention, affection and, of course, lots of doggie kisses. In recent years, a number of veterans have spoken about their battles with suicidal thoughts, and attributed their success in this struggle primarily to their loyal, loving, and ever-attentive service dogs.
In May, the federal government announced a pilot project to research the impact of "psychiatric service dogs" on PTSD in veterans. While this research project is ongoing, some charities continue to provide the funding and training to prepare PTSD service dogs and provide them to veterans in need, free of charge. For these organizations, the evidence is already quite clear: a significant number of positive impacts have been reported in veterans who have been matched with elite service dogs, including increases in patience, impulse control, emotional regulation, sleep, a sense of belonging, parenting skills, and family dynamic. In addition, PTSD service dog have been linked to decreases in depression, startle responses, flashbacks, suicidal thoughts, and use of pain medication.
Service dogs are expensive and not funded by the government. One can cost up to $15,000 and take three years to train. But the evidence pointing to positive change in quality of life for soldiers due to the influence of a faithful service dog leads many to believe this is a service that should be available for our veterans. Therefore, today, in addition to honouring our nation's heroes, we would like to pay tribute to the devoted service dogs that provide daily support to our veterans at home, and the dedicated organizations whose efforts have made these placements possible. We are grateful to have some exceptional canine companions serving our national heroes.
Andrea Tatarski
Co-ordinator: Humane Education
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent."
—Milan Kundera


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Online celebrity Tyler Oakley is in joint fifth place on Forbes' 2016 list of YouTube's highest-earning stars.
His estimated earnings for this year are $6 million (€5.7 million).
Oakley, now 27, began making videos in 2007. Since that time he has notched up over 8million subscribers and 600million views. He has over 5 million followers on Twitter and 6million on Instagram.
He's previously said that he came out when he was 13, so was already very comfortable with his sexuality by the time he started making videos when he was 18. He has never made a 'coming out' video, as such, but has frequently talked about his sexuality.
Forbes says his wealth comes not only from YouTube, but also from a lucrative deal he struck with Ellen DeGeneres' production company to work on new digital products.
His fans flocked to his recent world tour, Tyler Oakley's Slumber Party, and a book of personal essays, Binge, became a New York Times best-seller.
Just last month, Oakley announced that he was lending his name to a new eyewear line with Warby Parker.
Forbes's 2016 list is topped by Swedish gamer Pewdiepie ($15 million/€14.1 million), followed by: Roman Atwood ($8 million/€7.5 million); Lilly Singh ($7.5 million/€7 million); Smosh (Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox at $7 million/€6.6 million); and Rosanna Pansino (who tied with Oakley on $6 million/€5.7 million).


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I am perfect.
At least that's what I've been trying to convince myself. And I've been trying to convince you too. For when I can't win my own good favor, yours is the next best thing. I am a perfectionist. Which may seem irritating to you, but trust me, it's downright painful for me.
I'm not sure when it started. My need for perfection. I can clearly remember as a young girl, my stepfather getting quite annoyed by watching me butter a piece of toast. Every millimeter had to be covered by a perfectly thin layer of spread. It didn't matter to me that it bothered him. It couldn't. His annoyance never had the strength to derail my compulsion. Nobody's did. Not even mine. And no one could be more annoyed than me. For I could always see a crumb left unbuttered. And I was always falling short. I still am.
I always blamed my mother for this trait. I thought she was just like me. Always needing the house clean. Always wearing makeup and looking presentable for company or to leave the house. But when I look at her now with clear eyes, I realize it wasn't her. She may have perfectionistic qualities, but it doesn't drive her in the same way it does me. It doesn't control her like it controls me. I don't see the self loathing in her that I have for myself. But maybe she's become perfect at hiding it. Just like me.
As part of our pre-marital counseling through the church, my husband were asked to take a test. It was called the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis and it measured nine personality traits and their opposites. The nine traits were:
- Nervous/Composed
- Depressive/Light-Hearted
- Active-Social/Quiet
- Expressive-Responsive/Inhibited
- Sympathetic/Indifferent
- Subjective/Objective
- Dominant/Submissive
- Hostile/Tolerant
- Self-Disciplined/Impulsive
The test is 180 multiple choice questions. It's pretty hard to fake. To know what answers will provide the desired outcome. Our instructions were simple. Take the test once for yourself. Answer all the questions as honestly as you can. Then take the test again. But this time answer the questions the way you think your prospective spouse would. Our results shocked me. That analysis taught me a lot about myself. In the future I will write more about it.
Our pastor met with us to share our results. One by one he went through each trait and how we scored ourselves. Explaining where we fell with regards to each of the nine traits. My flaws were glaringly obvious. I had answered honestly and the results were reflective. Steve had done the same for himself. And there we were. Laid out naked on a chart. And then the pastor turned to my husband.
He explained that the analysis my husband had done on me, had me rated as nearly perfect. According to him I was composed, light-hearted, social, expressive, sympathetic, objective, dominant, tolerant and self disciplined. The pastor, knowing from my self analysis that his view was severely distorted, turned to him and said 'I know you love her. But you can't put her up on that tall of a pedestal. Because one day the rose colored glasses will come off. And when they do, it will be too long of a drop down for her.'. And there I had it. I had fooled them both.
For not only had I convinced the man I lived with that I was ideal in almost every way. But I had also fooled our Pastor into thinking that was somehow my husband's flaw; his rose colored glasses instead of my manipulation. Perfect again. Every square millimeter of my toast covered. But sitting there in that little office. My pedestal started to feel more like the face of a cliff. With me teetering on the edge. What could I do? Jump? Wait to fall? Or cling with all my strength to this one solid piece of rock that I knew wasn't going anywhere.
But how could I jump? I had hidden myself for so long I wasn't even sure who I was anymore. Jumping felt like suicide. Going against everything I had worked so hard for over the span of my life. Clinging felt easier. More natural. If I fell, I fell. I'd deal with that when the time came. But why? Why was I like this?
They say that children of divorce often become perfectionists. And having been married for eight years; having eight years of reflecting my own perfectionism, I think I know why. Fear. Feeling that if things aren't perfect, they may completely fall apart. Worrying that if you aren't perfect, the people who love you suddenly won't. That's what we've seen. It's what we've perceived. Of course the issues surrounding any divorce are much more complex than that, but to a child it becomes simple. Be perfect or else.
And so a perfectionist is born. And it doesn't take long for your whole view to become distorted. Like an eighty pound anorexic looking in a mirror and seeing cellulite; all you can see now are your flaws. And all you want to do is hide them. From yourself and everyone else.
If it were up to me, I would have you believe that my house is always clean, I wake up looking beautiful, I rarely make mistakes and I always treat others better than myself. And when you buy that line of bull, it makes me happy and angry and scared. Happy because I've succeeded and that feeds my perfectionism. Angry that you weren't perceptive enough to see through it. And scared because now your image of me is almost impossible to live up to.
So as a recovering perfectionist I need to say that I'm nowhere near perfect, even when I'm not brave enough to show you my flaws. That when it seems like I think I'm better than you, I don't. Chances are, you have earned my accolades more than I could ever hope to earn them. And I would love to stop, but it's hard. I'm scared. Even though all I show you is strength. But I'm working on changing. Working hard every single day.


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Happy Birthday, Sushi-Mommy!ReplyDelete
A very happy birthday to your mom, Sushi! We hope she has a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to your Mom from all of us!!! ><(((º>ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to your Mom, Sushi!ReplyDelete
Sushi, that is so, so sweet. We know your mom really appreciates your card. We and mom are sending GREAT BIG BIRTHDAY WISHES her way for a purrfect day. Hope you are giving her some extra cuddles and snuggles. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Misty May, Mauricio, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista JoReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to mom, Sushi! We hopes you both have a special day together.ReplyDelete
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSHI MOM!!! Your Mom is a LIBRA like MY Mom! Love, CodyReplyDelete
A big warm happy birthday to mum. Have a great day and have a serene Sunday.ReplyDelete
Best wishes Molly
Very Happy Birthday to your Mum!ReplyDelete
Aw, that's so sweet! Happy Birthday to your mom. As you know, it's our mom's birthday too. How cool that they share the same special day! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2013 at 2:49 AM
What a SWEET birthday wish from you Sushi - I bet your Mom says it's the BEST birthday ever since she has you to celebrate with her................me and my Mom wish her a WONDERFUL birthday too!!!!!ReplyDelete
Special Birthday Hugs, Sammy
Wishing your mom the very best birthday ever!ReplyDelete
We wish your mommy a very happy birthday, Sushi!ReplyDelete
We hope your mom has a wonderful birthday, Sushi!ReplyDelete
Oh! Happy Birthday! We hope it was a good day.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Sushi's Mom xoxReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your mom!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, Sushi's Mommy!! Hope you have a fantastic day!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your mom, Sushi! We hope her day and year are PURRfect! :)ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your mom.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to your wonderful Mom, hope she gets lots of treats xxooxxxReplyDelete
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Aww Happy Birthday to your mom, hope it's a great day!ReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSHI'S MOM!xxxx SpeedyReplyDelete
Happy Purrthday to your Mom!ReplyDelete
a veree happee day oh birth two yur mom sushi...we wish her best fishes, mice creem dishes N all herz hopin for...heerz two a grate day, anda yeer filled with happeenezz, health & trout....hay, why knot :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 9:03 AM
oh my, and I missed your Mom's birthday celebration!!! So sorry! *pink ears* But belated happy day wishes anywaysReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday to Sushi's mom! We hope it was a good one!ReplyDelete
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This is Al Pacino week. Cruising is currently available on Netflix instant play.
AVOID: Cruising (1980) – Rated R
"After a serial killer brutally murders several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts, cop Steve Burns (Al Pacino) goes undercover on the streets, where he must learn the complex rules of the underground gay subculture if he's to catch the psycho. Karen Allen co-stars as Burns's girlfriend in this gritty 1980 thriller, which sparked protests from gay rights groups at the time of its release but has since developed a minor cult status."
"Hips or lips?"
Wow! The minor cult status mentioned at the end of the Netflix description must be the sort that is accorded Showgirls. The film begins with a caveat that it is not representative of homosexuality in general (Duh!). The notice detracts somewhat from the campy vibe this movie gives out.
It is hard to believe that William Friedkin wrote and directed this film. He won a Best Director Oscar for The French Connection in 1972 and was nominated again for The Exorcist in 1974. He specializes in and has an affinity for gritty material. That would seem to make this right up his alley.
It appears as though he wanted to direct an exploitation movie. Sadly it doesn't revel in the exploitative portions of this topic – at least that could have been entertaining. Either William Friedkin showed a lot of restraint or the film was heavily trimmed to get its 'R' rating. The police portions of the movie are given short shrift as well. This has to be the most boring undercover movie ever.
There is no life in any of the performances. All the actors including Al Pacino appear to be on Ritalin. Even the victims as they are being killed seem somewhat bored. For a film that should have been about lust and passion, there sure isn't any shown on the screen. Al Pacino's undercover cop starts having problems at home and both parties react with 'meh'.
Unfortunately I can't recommend this even on a campy level. Once I realized that it was going to be awful, my hope was that it would be so awful that it was fun to watch. Sadly this was not the case.
Pacino's movies are strangely polarizing. So far they seem to be either classics or total garbage. Here's hoping tomorrow's movie is one of the former.
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"We have two very good wing players with Kamri and Julia, so we might as well try to work it through our wings," Collins said. "We want to work it wide and work it back in. We did a very good job of that today and we hope it translates into the coming season. We're so much better if we work it wide and bring it in."
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Life's a beach. Life's a bitch. Life is usually both at the same time.
So we've been off in San Pedro – The Big Island I like to call it. For it's a hundred times bigger than my island. Thousands of times more populated. And so full of life. The sun shines brighter here. The friends flows endlessly here. The moments and memories of love amass. This is – after all – where I fell so madly in love with Barry ❤
If you haven't heard of SanPedro – you should check it out. San Pedro sits on Ambergris Caye – the largest island in Belize. Named two years in a row by Trip Advisor as "Island of the Year" – out of the entire world's islands. So, yeah, that means it's a pretty cool place. And it serves as our home away from home. Its where we come to see friends. Pee in someone else's pool. Day drink. It's kind of like vacation in our own backyard.
This trip we took Sabrina and had – like – a real vacation. Five nights of family fun. We braved it with no nanny. I know – we're getting very brave! And Sabrina is getting older and is slightly more reasonable these days. Threenagers are no joke ya'll. Every family with toddlers should have a nanny. Or granny. Someone who helps navigate the insanity. So we ventured without our support to be together – just the three of us. Something we've never done before. Barry was present and attentive and helpful – it was kind of awesome. We stayed at The Sunbreeze Hotel – which is a great choice for families. We played in the pool for hours on end. We laughed together. Ate together. Rested together. It was just what the doctor ordered. Calm. Rejuvenating. Togetherness. Some good old QT. (With a cutie!)
Read more about our stay at Sunbreeze Hotel in San Pedro, Belize.
Being on vacation is also important research when you are in the hospitality business. Working in the industry can jade your view of vacation. We have to remind ourselves why people go on vacation and what they're looking for. You forget those things when you don't yourself take vacation. We forget the magic people see in new places – because it's all we see. The magic is not in the everyday. The magic is in the new. In the moments of experiencing new things. The magic of vacation is often in the moments of just being quietly together.
The irony of our beautiful weekend lies in the wake of reality. In the sacrifice of letting go. While we're making poolside memories and basking in the Caribbean sun, Emma is sending pictures of her in the dress she's wearing to her first prom this weekend. Which I won't be there for. *Heavy sigh* It's hard to fully appreciate both joys -the joy of watching my 3 year old on vacation and the prom I'm only experiencing through FaceTime and pictures. My brain is torn between the beauty of both moments. The one I'm in presently, and the one I'm about to miss. Both equal in value. But only one I can physically attend. The other will live in pictures. And for that I'm thankful.
In life sometimes we make sacrifices we aren't fully prepared to handle. Letting the girls move away is one of those sacrifices I knew I wouldn't fully regret until I was too far in to turn around. I use the term regret selfishly. I don't regret letting them go – I just didn't realize how much it would hurt and for how long. That part I wish I could skip. But in those sacrifices , however, I've gained unimaginable friendships and certainly valuable pieces of life I'd never have found outside the sacrifice. So here we are. Caught between life's great moments while trying to be continuously grateful and happy for it all. #LifesABeach
Somewhere in the middle of it all – the missing and the present, the here and the there – I remember the basic truth connecting us all. Connecting our moments over space and time. Connecting us to one another. Love. The vacation, the prom, the sacrifices, the pool splashing – are all about love. Truly wanting what's best for each person in each moment. If we didn't love so big and so deep nothing would ever hurt. And likewise we would never feel so good as we do connecting over a great vacation. Love in action is so big it is known from afar just as it is in person.
So, San Pedro, our meetings never seem to be in vain. I always gain a better understanding of love when we are together. You have a way with the heart, my friend. You never disappoint. Thank you for another encouraging visit!
Big Love ❤ -Ashley
PS-Here's a short time lapse video of our Tropic Air flight from San Pedro to the mainland. Enjoy!