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My fourth grade class is studying plant reproduction and have stumped me with a question. I hope you can help. Why do plants that reproduce through division of bulbs or corms also have complete flowers? Is fertilization necessary for the bulb to divide? Thanks!
Two methods of reproduction can be advantageous to plant survival. Fertilization is not necessary for the bulb to divide.
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Vegetative reproduction like division, usually is a supplement to seed reproduction, not a replacement for it - evolution has produced another way for the plant to be successful in its environment. Fertilization is not necessary for the bulb to divide, and the new plant is a clone of the old one. Sexual reproduction by way of flowers creates a new genetic mix, and thus a whole "new" plant.
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It is possible for some organisms to reproduce without others of their species nearby. Asexual reproduction creates genetically identical offspring however. This is ok for the mostpart, but it is very important to maintain a level of genetic diversity in any population so that in the event of environmental change, there are members that can survive. Seed production is a means of creating genetically different offspring and keeping diversity high. So in some plants, there are two ways to reproduce.
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Escaping south for the winter means mandatory cart-riding for most club golfers, but here an active caddie program lets you avoid that fate. Along with golf, there are tennis courts, a fitness facility, an outdoor recreation center, massage-therapy rooms, and formal and informal dining in the grand Golf Hall clubhouse. Golf: 18 holes (Robert Trent Jones Jr.). Recent Home Listings: $1.2 million to $5.8 million. Contact: 866-508-0900, thefoundersclub.com.
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Gov. Brian Schweitzer will address the conservative-leaning Montana Stockgrowers Association, which offered the Democrat its keynote convention speech in Billings as a peace offering several weeks ago.
The Stockgrowers had been at loggerheads with Schweitzer over livestock issues since his 2004 election.
"We're obviously pleased that the governor has accepted our invitation," said Errol Rice, Stockgrowers vice president.
The speech will be at noon Dec. 11 at the Crowne Plaza. The group's 125th annual meeting begins Dec. 10 and runs through Saturday.
The governor said Tuesday that he would discuss several challenges ranchers face, including low market prices, brucellosis management and sportsmen access issues. The latter two were sticking points between him and the Stockgrowers.
"I'm going to talk about the challenges and opportunities, and some of the challenges are opportunities in disguise," Schweitzer said.
It's been a year since the state Board of Livestock rolled out a brucellosis action plan that required intensive testing and vaccination of cattle within a seven-county area encircling Yellowstone National Park.
Brucellosis can cause abortions in pregnant livestock. Gone from most of the continental United States, the disease persists in buffalo and elk living in the greater Yellowstone National Park area, posing a risk to Montana cattle. Two cases were found in cattle during a two-year period, which caused the state to lose its brucellosis-free status in the summer of 2008.
The action plan worked. Montana's brucellosis-free status was restored by the federal government last spring, but many Stockgrowers felt ranchers in the action plan area were unfairly branded as a brucellosis risk as a result.
The federal government is now changing its approach to managing brucellosis, opting instead for indefinite disease testing of livestock in the greater Yellowstone area, not unlike the one-year testing plan Montana completes this month. Infected surveillance areas would be quarantined under the proposal, but entire states surrounding Yellowstone wouldn't lose their disease-free status over incidents discovered in the surveillance area.
Ranchers remain concerned about the stigma of ranching near Yellowstone.
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service will be at the convention to talk about the new federal proposal. State veterinarian Marty Zaluski also will speak about the state's role in the matter.
As brucellosis management moves forward, Schweitzer said there is potential to advance vaccinations for the disease in both livestock and wildlife. There's an opportunity, he said, just as there are chances to sell beef in emerging foreign markets, or arrange beneficial relationships with sportsmen. It depends on how the challenge is approached.


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The artist Enzo Cucchi, one of Italy's finest, and a native of Le Marche, has a craggy profile that competes with the craggy cliff of Conero, where he told us to meet him at the Hotel Emilia, or rather, hotel emilia, as it modestly bills itself. Not modesty but frill-lessness, one soon discovers, is what the hotel offers, and when we got there and saw its unadorned white masses, which look like someone's demurely grand villa set into a green plain overlooking a dizzying drop to the sea, I instantly knew my story on Le Marche was on solid ground from the I-don't-care-if-I-never-go-anywhere-else point of view. The spare interiors, punctuated by Achille Castiglioni lights, and the 1970's structures that look like they might have been built by a cousin or disciple of Le Corbusier (but were in fact designed by Paola Salmoni, an architect from Ancona) go well with the hotel's guests, who come in various nationalities but share one distinguishing trait: they all speak in low voices. And they are all quite thin—though the food at the Emilia is fabulous, by the pool as in the dining room. You can eat your spaghetti with cozze (mussels) while absentmindedly following the movements of a young lissome couple playing Ping-Pong in white bathing suits or a sunbather wearing a triangular black tulle pareo embroidered with tiny mirrors over her thong bikini when not reclining on a chaise covered by the hotel's signature lilac towel. Cucchi likes to walk down to the beach of Portonovo below (no doubt in his biscuit-colored moccasins) and take a cab back up, since it's quite a climb. The Emilia provides a shuttle to and from the beach, which has white and black pebbles and is, according to Cucchi, the most beautiful on the entire Adriatic coast.
At six that day, I followed Cucchi's speeding BMW down the winding narrow road to the straight coastline of Senigallia. We parked and went to sit on the terrace of a café called Mascalzone, "the Lout." There I had an orange-colored Crodino, a bittersweet nonalcoholic drink of mysterious composition, and Cucchi had a glass of Verdicchio, a dry white wine that was one of the first to be exported to America. The drinks and green olives were brought to us by a sultry pirate in a black stretch hair band, low-slung black harem pants, and a black tank top, with pink bra straps peeping through. The terrace faces the street, but I sat with my back to it so I could see the beach and a volleyball court with an ongoing game. Everyone played in bathing suits; the women reminded me of the mosaics at the ancient Roman Villa Casale in Sicily's Piazza Armerina, which show women playing ball in bandeau tops and briefs—an early version of the bikini. The popes may have stuck their golden staffs and built their churches and monasteries all over the hills, but here the way of indulgence has won over that of penance.
A schizophrenic existence is possible in Le Marche, as one shuttles back and forth between the austere hill towns and the sybaritic resorts and bathing establishments along the Adriatic, where for four to five months of the year raked sands are ornamented by a forest of striped, polka-dotted, and bright-colored umbrellas, and neat rows of deck chairs and sun beds present a world dedicated to rest and recreation, set within a "real" one of small cities, traffic, shops, and bustling life. People come from all over Europe to places like Senigallia, whose medieval center not all visitors notice and where a few hundred cafés and bagni are packed from late morning until sunset.
Le Marche is a lesser known part of Italy, with a 111-mile-long coastline—a protruding left hip on the Adriatic Sea—and stretches of unspoiled countryside extending into Umbria. The hills are the real monument here, and the way to see them is by accumulating hours driving through them or observing them from a window in a house on top of such a hill, like the one where my friends Remo Guidieri and Danielle Van de Velde live and write when they are not in Paris, in a town called Moresco. From most of the windows of their house, you can see snow-capped mountains on one side and the Adriatic Sea on the other. In between are the hills.
Le Marche was so named in 1105 when three marches, or border regions, between papal and imperial lands were joined by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. One can go practically anywhere in Le Marche, taking the highway along the coast when necessary for speed, and be back by nightfall. Every evening of my stay with the Guidieris, after scouring the countryside, I would return to the long refectory table in their dining room and sit on the wooden bench next to Remo or Danielle to plot the following day's itinerary.
Moresco, a fortress with some 400 inhabitants, about 40 miles south of Conero, is the same small town the Guidieris came to about 20 years ago, when Le Marche was the not-Tuscany, not-Umbria of Italy if you'd arrived too late in either of those regions to buy or rent anything. A heptagonal Moorish tower dominates a triangular settlement built mostly of stone. On a Sunday morning, the streets and square look as they must have centuries ago: deserted and quiet till the doors of the church open and the parishioners all spill out, chattering among themselves.
One Sunday Remo came as my guide, and a few hours expanded to what seemed like days as we drove around the more hidden Marche that he seemed to know intimately. Like the hills that can only be "seen" in increments, through a progression of miles and hours, Le Marche's treasures are scattered all over the region—a few, sometimes one, to every hill town.


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With consistency rivaling that of only the U.S. Postal Service, the Class 3A No. 2 Charlestown Pirates rolled through wind and rain on their way to a 53-0 victory over the Providence Pioneers on Senior Night at Dutch Reis Field on Friday.
The Charlestown defense surrendered just 15 total yards and just a pair of first downs. The Pioneers managed just 12 rushing yards on 28 carries and completed just one of their seven passes for three yards.
"Our defense is one of the best ever at Charlestown," coach Jason Hawkins, who celebrated his 50th win at the helm of the Pirates' squad. "Our defense was just flying to the ball."
The 8-0 Pirates posted 421 total yards of offense. They were led in rushing by Daniel with 6 carries for 100 yards and two touchdowns. The air game belonged to Daniel as well as he connected on 10 of 13 attempts for 252 yards and four touchdowns. The receiving was divided up between Odle's 122 yards on six receptions, breaking the school career record for receiving yards. Stephen Grayon's record of 1,404 yards on a season fell to Odle as he reached 1,496 yards by the end of the night. The remaining two receiving touchdowns went to Sexton, who accumulated 111 yards on 3 catches.
On the heels of a failed Providence drive, the prolific Charlestown offense took possession on the Pioneer 43. Just five plays later, Seth McCutchen drove the final yard for the opening score of the night, giving the Pirates a 7-0 lead with 8:23 remaining in the opening frame.
With the ball back in their hands, the Pioneers failed to move past their own 20 for the second time in as many possessions, forcing the second punt of the night. The kick gave the Pirates control on the Providence 33.
All Daniel and the Pirate offense needed was two plays to widen the lead. The drive, capped by a 27-yard connection from Daniel to Tyler Odle and Charlestown led 14-0 with 5:04 left in the first quarter. At this point, the Pirates had posted 14 points on half as many plays from scrimmage.
On the Pirates' next drive, Daniel sprinted 41 yards on the first play to give the Pirates a 21-0 with 11:34 left in the second quarter.
A botched kick return pinned Providence on their own 1 and the dominating Pirate defense managed to push them back to the one-inch inch line for the fifth punt attempt of the night, originating from deep in their own end zone.
The return on the punt, a 35-yard run back by Wesley Sexton, was called back on a handful of flags. It was no obstacle to Daniel and crew as he connected with Odle on the next play with a 27 yard lob and a 28-0 lead with 8:31 left before the half.
Charlestown's next drive, progressing through steady rain shower, was capped by a 32-yard run from Daniel with 5:05 left in the second quarter, giving Charlestown a 34-0 advantage.
Starting from their own 23 following Providence's seventh consecutive punt, Daniel threw up a pass that was tipped by a Providence defender before the ball landed in the hands of Sexton for a 77-yard touchdown pass and the Pirates led 41-0 at the break.
The Pirates started the second half from the Pioneers 40 and worked steadily from there. The Pirates looked to have gone to the house on a 35 yard run from Daniel but saw it returned as a result of penalties, but Daniel and crew were not to be stopped, overcoming the penalty and getting back to the end zone. The score, a 10-yard connection from Daniel to Sexton, upped the lead to 47-0 with 8:54 left in the third frame.
The running clock was in effect as the Pioneers punted for the eighth time. The boot started the Pirates on the Providence 36. The position was close enough for another Pirate strike, this one ending with a 35 yard sprint from Ryan Wilkerson with a failed PAT from Daniel, widened the lead even more to 53-0 with 5:38 left in the third quarter.
The Pirates posted 421 total yards of offense to the Pioneers 15, 12 of it on the ground. The Pirates (8-0) were led in rushing by Daniel with 6 carries for 100 yards and two touchdowns. The air game belonged to Daniel as well as he connected on 10 of 13 attempts for 252 yards and 4 touchdowns. The receiving was divided up between Odle with 122 yards on six receptions, breaking the school record for receiving yards on the night. The previous record, 1404 yards on a season, fell to Odle as he reached 1496 yards by the end of the night. The remaining two receiving touchdowns went to Sexton, who accumulated 111 yards on 3 catches.
Providence 0 0 0 0— 0
Charlestown 14 27 12 0—53
First Quarter
C — Seth McCutchen 1 run (Aaron Daniel kick good)
C — Tyler Odle 27 pass from Daniel (Daniel kick good)
Second Quarter
C — Daniel 41 run (Daniel kick good)
C — Odle 27 pass from Daniel (Daniel kick good)
C — Daniel 32 run (Daniel kick no good)
C — Wesley Sexton 77 pass from Daniel (Daniel kick good)
Third Quarter
C — Sexton 10 pass from Daniel (Daniel kick no good)
C — Ryan Wilkerson 35 run (Daniel kick no good)
Providence (28-12): Johnson 5-18, Wingate 9-10, Bell 3-1, Flanagan 3-1; Charlestown (29-169): Daniel 6-100, Wilkerson 1-35, McCutchen 11-25, Stewart 2-13.
Providence (1-7-3-0): Banet 1-7-3-0; Charlestown (10-13-252-0): Daniel 10-13-252-0.
Providence: Hublar 1-3; Charlestown: Odle 6-122, Sexton 3-111, Donahue 1-19.


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In some areas and in other countries, there are "grown up" exercise mechanisms right next to the kids playground equipment so that parents can exercise, on striders, stationary bicycles, rowing machines, and the like while keeping an eye on the kids. What a great idea! Encourages everyone to stay fit.


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New Lenox church's book answers kids' questions about God
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How old is God? Will my pet go to heaven? Why didn't Jesus write his own book?
When it comes to their faith, children have all kinds of questions.
A New Lenox church has some answers. They come in a brightly illustrated hardcover book called "Questions Kids Ask About God" (QKA Publishing, $14).
"We see this book as a way to reach out to people everywhere and encourage them to ask questions," said Dave Hedlin, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church. "Questions and conversation let faith be real."
The inquiries in the book came from local kids through a system Hedlin began years ago when he invited youngsters to submit whatever questions they had about God into a specially marked box in the church narthex. Once a month, Hedlin would pull out the ponderings and answer them during worship service.
"When we were kids, we just kind of accepted what adults told us," Hedlin said. "Kids today are much less inhibited."
As a result, many of their questions are much more profound and, he said, some of them are not entirely answerable.
"Kids want to know what Jesus looked like, what heaven looks like," Hedlin said. "We give them the best answers we can."
The point, he said, is to open lines of communication, let both children and adults know it's OK to have questions.
Three years ago, church member Eric Sperstad had the idea to compile many of the questions Hedlin had been collecting into a book.
Sperstad said the inspiration for the project came from something his father taught him many years ago.
"He'd said that in this trying environment, everybody needs to find a faith," he said. "If we could just remember that sometimes the questions kids ask are so simple, yet they open so many doors."
Sperstad got immediate approval from both Hedlin and the church council. A committee was formed, and the hunt began to find illustrators.
With the help of Paul Faris, art department chair at Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way West high schools, three district students — Lillian Krieger, Jacob Brown and Courtney Paarlberg — were recruited for the job.
All who worked on the project volunteered their services.
"This was really about community," Sperstad said. "We are all given flashes of ideas and inspirations. When we work together, it's that entrepreneurial spirit that gets the job done."
Committee member Carol Hedlin, the pastor's wife, said, "It was a learning experience for all of us. We each brought a different specialty to the project."
Now, Sperstad said, the goal is to get the book into the hands of parents and let the dialogue begin.
Proceeds from "Questions Kids Ask About God" will support children's ministries, such as Lutheran World Relief, a social service agency that helps people around the world; and Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit committed to ending world hunger.
"I'm very grateful for all the work that went into this book," Dave Hedlin said. "We're all pleased with how it turned out.
"We think God would be pretty happy."
Books can be bought at Peace Lutheran Church, 1900 Lincoln Highway, New Lenox; (815) 485-5327; and at www.qkapublishing.com.


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Signaling the gradual recovery in the housing market, the foreclosure market report released by RealtyTrac revealed a drop in the overall foreclosure activity in October 2012 on an annual basis. As per this leading online marketplace of foreclosure properties, foreclosure filings plummeted 19% from the last-year month but rose 3% from the prior month. This brought the aggregate number of properties receiving default, auction or repossession notices to 186,455. Further, foreclosure starts - default notices issued and foreclosure auctions (depending on the state's foreclosure procedure) - declined 19% from October 2011 but inched up 2% from September 2012 to 89,209 properties in the reported month. This was the 3rd straight monthly decline in foreclosure starts on a year-over-year basis. Yet, bank repossessions (REOs) plummeted 21% from the prior-year month and almost 1% from the last month to 53,478 properties, marking the 24th straight monthly fall in REOs on an annual basis. Moreover, in the reported month, the top 10 states with the highest foreclosure rates were Florida, Nevada, Illinois, California, Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Colorado, South Carolina and Michigan. Further, the states with largest annual rise in overall foreclosure activity included New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio and Illinois. The recent decline in foreclosure activity is largely driven by the switching of mortgage servicers and the government to other options - short sale, refinancing of loans and loan modifications - to prevent foreclosures. Moreover, gradually stabilizing housing sector and falling unemployment rate are likely to aid homeowners to shun foreclosures in the near term. However, we believe foreclosure activity will accelerate in judicial states following a $25 billion deal signed between five mortgage servicers - JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM ), Bank of America Corporation ( BAC ), Citigroup Inc. ( C ), Ally Financial Inc. and Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) - 49 states' attorneys general and the regulators earlier this year. This could, in turn, lead to a rise in the overall foreclosure activity going forward. Further, in two separate announcements, JPMorgan and BofA have come up with details related to fulfillment of their respective obligations related to the above-mentioned deal. As of September 30, 2012, BofA has extended $15.8 billion in mortgage relief to 164,000 homeowners. In the same time-frame, JPMorgan extended $7 billion in relief to 75,000 homeowners. Now reverting to the main story, RealtyTrac anticipates the lenders to remain on track to complete foreclosures on 650,000 properties by the end of this year. This is lower than 800,000 foreclosures completed in 2011. The rate at which properties are entering the foreclosure procedure is expected to trend down gradually, thereby lifting the housing prices going forward. Nevertheless, the decrease in foreclosures is expected to be at an uneven pace, as processes that are being used in handling them vary from state to state. Moreover, the housing market will get a chance to regain a solid foothold if there are sufficient buyers for these properties.
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CLERMONT, Fla. — Derrick Atkins has secured his ticket back to the Olympics.
The former Dickinson State sprinting standout from the Bahamas ran a time of 10.09 seconds in the 100 meters, well under the Olympic A-qualifying standard of 10.18, at the Star Athletics Meet on Saturday to automatically qualify him for the Summer Olympics in London.
Atkins has battled injury issues the past two years, including taking 2011 off because of kneecap problems. He was among the world's elite sprinters in 2007 when he earned a silver medal at the World Championships in and 2008 when he reached his first Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Atkins will run at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations National Open on June 22 and 23. There, he could help the Bahamas 400 relay team qualify for the Olympics.
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NEW YORK —Trevor Barry tied his season-best mark in the high jump Saturday with a third-place leap of 7 feet, 7 inches (2.31 meters) at the adidas Grand Prix, an IAAF Diamond League event.
The mark was an Olympic A-qualifying standard. Barry, a Dickinson State alumnus from the Bahamas, was qualified for the Summer Olympics in London before the jump.


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Director of Academics - Accredited and Established English Language School in Downtown Vancouver, Canada
Posted By: It's Academic Educational Staffing
Date: Friday, 25 April 2014, at 3:34 p.m.
JOB OVERVIEW: Our client, VGC Language School in downtown Vancouver opened its doors 10 year ago and they have helped thousands of international students achieve their language goals. It's Academic is assisting VGC in a search for a qualified and experienced Director of Academics who will work closely with the VGC senior mgmt team and be responsible for the implementation and administration of all aspects of the academic programme, including the management of the teaching team and their performance.
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"Sweeney Todd" sliced its way to the top during the weekend at the international box office with an impressive $18.7 million at 1,760 playdates in 11 markets, ending the five-week winning streak for "I Am Legend."
With Johnny Depp having landed an Oscar nom for the pic last week, Warner Bros. saw "Sweeney" dominate via first-place launches in the U.K. with $8.7 million and in France with $4.4 million. Brits backed "Sweeney" solidly, with nearly 50% of the biz among the top five pics; in France, it topped the soph sesh of local entry "Enfin Veuve" and the launch of "No Country for Old Men"; and in Japan, it stayed in first with a 36% drop to $2.3 million.
"Sweeney," with a beefy $10,624 per-location average, enjoyed the twin benefits of Depp's international star power plus last week's Academy Awards noms. With $30 million already banked offshore, the musical should wind up with an overseas take well in excess of the Stateside total, which is now at $50 million.
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As predicted in this morning's FT, the big news for renewables is a change in the subsidy scheme to favour offshore wind, with an extra £525m payment over the period 2011-14. The cunning thing about this is that the money does not come from the greatly over-stretched public finances, but from the Renewables Obligation, which is paid for through electricity bills. So consumers will blame their suppliers for the extra cost, not the government. The other clever thing is that the subsidy for offshore wind will be twice that for onshore wind for projects with orders placed in 2009-10, but only 1.75 times for projects that go ahead in 2010-11. By implication, after that it will be back down to its present level of 1.5 times. That gives developers a strong incentive to get on and build their wind farms.
Consumers also seem set to pay for the expansion of the government's support for carbon capture and storage: the plan now is to support two to four plants, instead of just one, as previously planned. That means Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, should be able to keep everyone happy by backing most or even all of the four consortiums that have entered the competition to run Britain's first commercial-scale CCS plant. There is some merit in that: the four groups each have different approaches and bring different strengths to the task.
It will also enable Mr Miliband to give the go-ahead to Eon's controversial new Kingsnorth coal-fired power station, and to the Powerfuel project, using a more radical technology, which by coincidence happens to be sited in his own constituency.
The problem is that supporting all these projects properly could easily cost billions, and so far we have no details of how that cost will be met. The Treasury says there will be a "mechanism", which seems to mean an extra levy on bills. The only amount committed from public spending is £90m to pay for the costs of detailed project design. Mr Miliband is talking in Parliament on Thursday morning, and presumably will give more details then.
The other important energy news is that there will be more tax breaks to encourage development of smaller oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The government claims this could unlock a further 2bn barrels equivalent of reserves. That seems a pretty big claim, given that the total cost of the new relief, called a field allowance, is expected to be just £10m a year.
Also there is "up to £4bn" of promised investment in energy, including but not exclusively renewables, from the EIB.
And Combined Heat and Power generators have been given the tax break they were asking for, which should make them very happy and stimulate further investment.
Here is Ed Miliband explaining the measures:
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The following list of optional excursions are examples only for this vacation. These optional excursions might or might not be offered. Whether it's a special dinner, a local show or a special behind-the-scenes glimpse into an historical site, optional excursions are a wonderful way to enrich your vacation even further. Plus, they give you flexibility. We include the must-see sites and experiences, and we also understand that people take interest in different activities and may want to craft a more personal vacation by hand-picking optional excursions that appeal to them.
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Volendam, Its Windmill and Cheese Farm Visit a Dutch cheese farm and windmill, before enjoying a visit to the quaint fishing village of Volendam, where many inhabitants still wear traditional costumes.
Excursion to Mount Titlis Drive to Alpine Engelberg - Central Switzerland renowned sport centre - to take the Titlis-Rotair, world's first revolving cable car, up to 10,000 feet where eternal snow resists even the summer sun. A panoramic view all the way up with 360 degree vistas on glaciers and icefalls. If you are looking for a nice place to rest the Restaurant on top of Mount Titlis is the one for you with breathtaking views from its terrace and solarium.
Mount Pilatus Journey almost 7,000 feet (2,132m)up - via the world's steepestcogwheel railway (with an inclination of 48 degrees), the silent aerial tramway and the panoramic gondola for spectacular views over central Switzerland. The Mount Pilatus mountain range was first inhabited by Celtic herdsmen and later became well-known to travelers worldwide when completion of the Gotthard Route made the area more accessible. The rugged cliffs above Lucerne have been cloaked in myth and legend since the Middle Ages when it was believed that a dragon with healing powers and spirits inhabited the rocky crevices.
One Hour Cruise on Lake Lucerne Board your private motorboat for an enchanting and relaxing one-hour cruise on glassy Lake Lucerne, also known as the Vierwaldstattersee (Lake of the Four Forest Cantons). Marvel at the spectacular mountain scenery and admire fjords, bays, and rolling meadows.
Bavarian Evening Where is the beer capital of the world? Where can you find so many beer-halls, beer-gardens, beer-cellars and the legendary Oktoberfest? ... Obviously it is MUNICH!!! Tonight join your Tour Director and dive into the heart of Munich's food and beer culture. Try a Bavarian three course dinner with coffee and a stein of beer (or wine or soft drink) and be ready to say "Prost!".
Famous Hofbrauhaus Enjoy a stein of beer at the famous Hofbrauhaus, where Bavarian musicians never fail to put everyone in a genuine "Oktoberfest" mood.
Classical Austrian Dinner Enjoy a delicious Austrian dinner with drinks at a typical local restaurant.
Heurigen Dinner Enjoy dinner with music and wine at one of the Heurigen (wine taverns) in the wine-growing area of the Vienna Woods. A Heuriger is a tavern that serves its own wine from the current harvest year and traditional fare such as Wienerschnitzel and Apfelstrudel.
Schoenbrunn Palace One of Europe's most impressive baroque palace complexes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and former summer residence of the imperial family, Schonbrunn was originally built in 1642 and later redesigned from the ground up by Empress Maria Theresa. The dazzling residential apartments and state rooms with their original furnishings and decorations, and the impressive park and gardens surrounding the palace, convey an authentic impression of the imperial lifestyle.
Waltz and Operetta Concert An opera house orchestra and soloists perform famous works by Johann Strauss, Lehar, Mozart, and more in one of the city's elegant concert halls.
A Venetian Night Out including Transfer Travel by private water taxi along the splendid Grand Canal with its elegant palaces to a fine Venetian restaurant. Taste four mouth-watering courses of local specialties and wine or soft drinks. After dinner there is time to explore and absorb the unique, romantic atmosphere of Venice by night.
Gondola Serenade Enjoy a ride in a traditional gondola, gliding through centuries-old canals, under famous arched bridges, past lavish palaces and quaint piazzas. These long, narrow, flat-bottomed boats with a high prow and stern were designed specifically for the Venetian canals and made in unique shipyards called Squero. Black is the obligatory color, due to a law passed to reduce how the rich and noble over-decorated their personal craft. The comb at the front of the gondola is made of iron and serves not only to balance the boat, but is also the symbol of gondolas and Venice. The six comb teeth represent the six Venetian districts-i sestieri.
Lagoon Cruise and Meal in Burano Appreciate the peaceful vistas of the Lagoon while you glide past the islands of Santa Elena, San Michele and the famous Lido. On picturesque Burano island, renowned for its lace making and colorful houses, savor a mouth-watering meal, with drinks included. Afterwards there's time to shop and stroll.
Orientation Drive & Roman Dinner Enjoy an unforgettable drive through some of the "Eternal City's" more exclusive streets. Marvel at the impressive piazzas, fountains, ancient buildings in all their majesty, and much more. This tour will include a 4-course dinner, with wine and soft drinks, at a popular Roman restaurant.
Roman Highlights Enjoy a guided stroll through the historical center of Rome. Your Tour Director will propose a tailor-made itinerary featuring some of the city's authentic jewels. For instance: Trastevere and its Basilica of Santa Maria, or the baroque district with Campo de' Fiori, the Pantheon, San Luigi dei Francesi, famed Piazza Navona, Via dei Condotti, Piazza del Popolo with its church of Santa Maria del Popolo, and displays of Caravaggio paintings.
Excursion to St. Paul de Vence Marvel at the lovely landscapes on your way to Saint Paul de Vence, a medieval Provencal village made famous by world-renowned artists such as Chagall, Matisse and Cezanne, where you seem to travel back in time. Enjoy free time to wander through the paved historical streets lined with art galleries and craft shops, view the valley from the well-preserved cemetery ramparts, and enjoy the peace and harmony of this idyllic spot.
Monte Carlo by Night and Dinner Enjoy a scenic drive along the Riviera followed by a delicious French dinner, with wine, in Prince Albert's Monte Carlo. On your walking tour of the Old Town, admire the cathedral and the royal palace. Time to gamble at the famous Grand Casino or to relax on a terrace, basking in the elegant atmosphere.
Panoramic Drive and Provencal Dinner Take in breathtaking views of the French Riviera on your way up through the famous corniche (cliff roads). Then, proceed to delightful Eze, perched on a rock 1,400 feet above sea level, for a tasty dinner in a traditional restaurant.
Dinner and Show at La Nouvelle Eve No visit to Paris is complete without a night out at the cabaret! Enjoy a whirling international dinner show (unlimited wine) at Pigalle's one and only La Nouvelle Eve.
Dinner and Show at Moulin Rouge Enjoy an unforgettable evening at the world-renowned Moulin Rouge, home of the French Can Can for more than a century. Dinner with half a bottle of wine is served during the show and a glass of champagne completes your evening in style.
Excursion to the Louvre Museum Your guide will bring to life the most celebrated treasures of the impressive Louvre Museum, including da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa. Built originally as a royal fortress in the Middle Ages, the Central Arts Museum was opened to the public in 1793. The Louvre holds 35,000 works of art divided into eight categories: paintings, prints & drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, Greek, Etruscan & Roman antiquities, Egyptian antiquities, Near Eastern antiquities, and Islamic art. NOTE: This excursion is not available to groups on Tuesdays, public holidays, and Sundays.
Excursion to the Palace of Versailles Travel out of Paris to the lavish 17th-century baroque Palace of Versailles, built by the Sun King, Louis XIV, with its magnificent State Apartments, Hall of Mirrors, and Royal Chapel. Your Local Guide will bring its history to life during your visit, then time at leisure to stroll through parts of the elegant 250-acre gardens. Louis XIII originally purchased Versailles and its surrounding land to serve as his hunting lodge. Later, his son, Louis XIV, decided to make it his seat of government, and in 1682, he installed his impressive court and numerous noble visitors in sumptuous surroundings, a symbol of absolute monarchy. NOTE: This excursion is not available on Mondays and public holidays.


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Ever wonder why government programs are so rife with waste, fraud and abuse? Consider what's been happening with the Affordable Care Act.
The administration recently announced it was reducing by 33 percent — from 30 hours down to 20 — the required training for the law's navigators, individuals paid to help Americans enroll in the health-care act's new entitlements.
The administration has thrown many other requirements overboard in its drive to get the law's exchanges up and running by Oct. 1. Unfortunately, many of the requirements being jettisoned were designed to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent properly.
As a result, the law is shaping up as a fraudster's paradise — a potential "Wild West" where individual citizens and taxpayers as a whole can easily get scammed.
Take the administration's decision to put Americans on the "honor system" when it comes to qualifying for exchange subsidies next year. That decision will have two significant effects.
The law says that only individuals who lack access to "affordable" coverage through their employers should qualify for the subsidies. But in reality, the administration will have to take applicant's claims at face value, because they won't be able verify their accuracy. As the Associated Press noted, "a scofflaw could lie, and there's no easy way to check" — a great recipe for fraud.
Second, the administration will conduct limited checks of applicants' income, giving individuals a strong incentive to under-report their earnings on their application, to receive the maximum possible insurance subsidy. Individuals can lowball their incomes on the application, and receive even tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded insurance subsidies. While those who receive subsidies improperly will have to pay some of the subsidies back, in many cases individuals can receive much more in improper subsidies than Obamacare ever requires them to repay.
You might think that the federal government itself, or its contractors creating the exchanges, would have the tools to protect taxpayer dollars from being abused through these loopholes. But the contractor that just won a multi-year contract valued at up to $1 billion to verify exchange applicants' claims was just placed under investigation in Britain for over-billing its government by tens of millions of pounds. Only under Obamacare can a company under investigation for fraud in Britain serve as the contractor designed to protect American taxpayers from fraudulent claims by subsidy applicants.
The health-care law could also lead to a rise in fraud against individual Americans. The training program prescribed by the government does not require anti-fraud training for navigators. It also does not require "minimum eligibility criteria and background checks" for those participating.
The lack of background checks means scam artists could easily use the navigator program to prey on vulnerable individuals.
Finally, the exchanges themselves are a potential source for data breaches. The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general recently released a report indicating that HHS is months behind schedule when it comes to testing the safety and security of the federal data hub. The hub is a massive data-collection tool that will gather information from tax filings, Social Security records and elsewhere within the federal government, and use that information to determine whether individuals qualify for insurance subsidies under the law.
According to the inspector general's report, HHS is not scheduled to certify the security of the data hub until Sept. 30 — just one day before exchanges are scheduled to open. The delays surrounding the data hub, and the very tight timetable for its rollout, raise further questions about whether the exchanges will be ready for prime time — and whether Americans who submit personal information to the federal government can rest assured that information will remain secure.
The potential for nightmarish fraud is one more reason why Congress should refuse to spend a single dime implementing this unworkable law.
Chris Jacobs is a senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation.


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Star Trek: The Next Generation
"A Matter of Time"
Air date: 11/18/1991
Written by Rick Berman
Directed by Paul Lynch
Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan
A cheerful man named Professor Berlinghoff Rasmussen (Matt Frewer, of Max Headroom fame at the time) appears before the Enterprise in a small shuttlecraft and claims he is a historian from the 26th century ... and that he has traveled back to the 24th century to witness history — specifically today — as it unfolds. Meanwhile, the Enterprise rushes to help a planet in terrible danger from atmospheric dust caused from an asteroid impact. A nuclear winter may be imminent. They must figure out a way to save the planet and its population of millions from the environmental catastrophe.
"A Matter of Time" is a story that stares the notion of a time paradox in the face and hope it blinks. The crew wants to know why Rasmussen has picked this day, of all days, to learn about the Enterprise and the 24th century. Rasmussen cites what is essentially the Temporal Prime Directive in explaining why he cannot drop any hints about what will happen or how the crew is involved in it. Could it possibly be tied to the planet facing the imminent catastrophe and the decisions Picard will have to make that could save or doom millions?
There's a scene midway through this episode between Picard and Rasmussen that is clearly meant as the centerpiece of the show, where Picard asks Rasmussen for help, and they argue over the ethics of Picard gaining access to information from the future if it means maybe saving millions of lives. It's one of those earnest Trekkian dialogue pieces that seems to be really striving to get somewhere thoughtful and interesting ... but it doesn't quite find its way to a point. Through all of Picard's pontificating and Rasmussen's evasions, they're ultimately just talking in circles and nothing is gained. Eventually I was waiting for crazed Doc Brown to show up, shouting, "It's your kids, Marty! Something's gotta be done about your kids!"
And if there's a bigger problem with "A Matter of Time," it's Rasmussen himself. It becomes difficult to stand the guy after a while, particularly once we know he's up to something fishy (we see him stealing components from various places on the ship). He's the sort of guy who finds an obnoxious and condescending way to make an allegedly wondrous 24th century historic moment all about ... himself. He claims to be a history buff, but he seems more like an overbearing kid trying to shoplift in a candy store while telling you how awesome you are. I tend to think a real observer from the 26th century wouldn't divulge the truth of his origins to those he's observing, and you'd think Picard would be more skeptical given that logical loophole. How does the saying go? You can't study something without inadvertently affecting its outcome. That goes double for time travel. Hell, just talking to Picard could cause the entire future to be erased (like it was/is/will be in Star Trek XI).
I guess we're supposed to find Rasmussen annoying, so we can enjoy the twist and his undoing; it turns out he's actually a con man from the 22nd century, who stole the time shuttle from a guy who was really from the 26th century and came to the 24th century to steal gadgets he could travel back in time to "invent." The scene where the crew confronts him over his thefts is kind of fun. (Data, making a matter-of-fact threat: "I suspect your hand will activate the panel that opens the door whether or not you are conscious.") But I must protest: If you cause a guy from the 22nd century to become trapped in the 24th century, haven't you just changed the past? Or was it always that way???
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Rather the timelines branched off so that you have two separate universes. This is one of the common theories to explain how time travel might be possible without creating a paradox.
This has nothing to do with the problems of this episode of course. I agree with everything you say. Just thought I'd correct the above misconception.
First, I here alot of critiscm from the paradox pushers that be being so annoying and loud he was altering the past. I think one thing that never gets mentioned is the obvious fact that if the Enterprise and the Planet are utterly Annihilated!! Right! There is no future to change if no one that meets him is dead. That kept running through my head for the first 40 minutes of this ep when i first watched it. It never gets credit for that.
Second, and following from the first, so what if he steal trinkets? It's not like he was sabotaging engineering. I would be a real historian would find his actions quite realistic, particularily, with the knowledge the Enterprise was in her final hours. I mean seriously, if any of us could Marty McFly back to the last supper of Jesus, we wouldn't try to take a plate or a fork he ate with????
Lastly, I think there is an obsession with robin williams. Look, he is an annoying baffoon. I am so glad he didn't end up being here. If he was here you wouldn't be able to get "Mork on the Enterprise" out of your head the whole episode. Frewer does a fine job of dorky future/past scientist.
1 star.
Really, season one? I agree this episode goes nowhere. But, really? Season one??? The season that featured such unforgettable writing as Tasha's D.A.R.E. Speech? Ok...
EAFP: "The same old story is the one we're meeting now-- self-righteous life-forms who are eager not to learn, but to prosecute to judge anything they don't understand or can't tolerate."
Justice : Data: "Would you choose one life over one-thousand, sir?" Picard : "I refuse to let arithmetic decide questions like that."
My personal favourite however is "Shut up Wesley!"
I liked this episode; with respect, I note the paradox in your reviews that if you like an episode you will forgive the conceits that you will pick on if you didn't like an episode. In that vein, I say that the whole temporal analysis may be a plot hole or a paradox or unlikely, but I accept that conceit given the plot. Besides, remember that this guy is not, in fact, from the 26th century. He's just pretending. It doesn't mean he will get everything right. He (I imagine) picked a random day to come to the 24th century.
I think 2.5-3 stars is a fair rating for this one. As you say, ultimately there is no true moral debate here that goes anywhere, mainly because the Doc doesn't actually have the answers. The episode becomes more about him than about the 'nail biting' problem the Enterprise faces. Probably because we all know that the planet won't end up destroyed. That's just not TNG. Because Picard must go without the Doc's advice, there's no moral issue because things work out anyway. Had the planet been destroyed or Picard chosen some negative path BECAUSE of the Doc's refusal to help, there would be consequences, but ultimately it's all for naught.
Thankfully, ST:ENT stuck with the continuity from this episode in the sense that they didn't have surgical fields and phasers as mentioned by Worf and Crusher. Also in "The Outcast" it was mentioned that the Federation was founded in 2161. which they also kept for Enterprise.
Ultimately, what brings the central philosophical Picard/Rasmussen discussion about temporal ethics down is that we know it's moot anyway -- or at least do on a repeat viewings. Rasmussen is not making an actual argument, or is not supposed to; the conviction in the scene only comes from Picard, and so the whole thing is mostly Picard yelling at himself. There could have been an opportunity to connect in his new knowledge of what happened in "Yesterday's Enterprise" (from Guinan/Sela) and its potential impact -- he actually *did* create an evil maniacal dictator with his choices, at least in the way Guinan framed it in "Redemption II."
Anyway, this is a "comedy" episode so it should get a bit of a wide berth in terms of plausibility; still, the crew looks pretty foolish to go along with Rasmussen as quickly as they do. Rasmussen at least has some personality, but it's repetitive and grates after a fairly short period of time. The episode reminds me a little of Captain's Holiday, wherein the Vorgons claimed to be good time travelers but were actually evil time travelers; it works a little better here in that Rasmussen's coming from the past actually has set-up within the episode (the mystery makes sense in retrospect), so there's that. It's still a fairly weak show -- probably 2 stars or something like that.
What I mean is this- So they've sent the timeship back in time and stranded Rasmussen.
Except that, according to dialogue in the ep, they don't have the ability to break into the ship. The ship will only open up with Rasmussen's handprint. The ship's location is also only known to Rasmussen; being sent back to that location would most likely make it seem like a big immovable rock to the people of that century.
So all he has to do is just find his way back to New Jersey and get back in the timeship and he's back in business. And chances are, at some point he'll have access to a replicator and so be able to remake all things the Enterprise crew indignantly took back from him.
If he can just get to a replicator and make all that stuff again, it really begs the question why he didn't simply do that in the first place. That's the biggest problem with this episode for me. If the guy was only interested in acquiring technological trinkets so he could take them back to the 22nd century and 'invent' them, why did he try to pull an elaborate scam on the elite crew of a highly secure starfleet ship, when he could just go to Earth and pick up that stuff for free and nobody would even care?
It's not one of my favorite episodes, but it's one I bring up a lot if me and friends are watching random Trek episodes on a drinking night and want something light and funny.


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It's been a beautiful day! The leaves are already turning here, & my drive to Pere Marquette & back was about an hour each way. The wedding was also lovely. I play weddings almost every weekend of the year, which is good money for me, but I also really enjoy being part of the sacredness of it. Regardless of the lifestyle, culture, & spirituality of the event, all weddings are beautiful. I feel that if you can find someone in this life that you truly love, you should go for it!
It's always so nice to relax when I get home with a cup of tea. I started the day with Yanxin's 04 puerh, which I really enjoyed. When I got home from the gig, there was a verdant box waiting for me (oh joy!!!). It contains the newest blends & a few refills (Laoshan black). By far the one tea I was most excited to try was the Sichuan Caravan, so before I got out of the black evening gown & into pajamas, I already had a cup going, & it smells like heaven!
Here's why I'm so excited about this tea: EVERYthing in this blend is something that I LOVE! Ginger, Elderberries, Licorice root!! I'm fairly new to Puerh, but I'm finding it to be a tea that I crave, very grounding, something I really need in my busy Terri the Harp Fairie life.
So, it smells of all those wonderful spices, & the taste is awesome! Perfectly blended, I can taste all the flavors, & yet none are overwhelming. It has the buttery earthiness of the puerh, with its bright tongue tingling sensation, the ginger & hint of pepper are so warming & soothing to my throat & tummy, & sweet licorice root has a strong balancing quality, which again is always helpful to me. I already know that I'll have to order more, because this is a blend I will enjoy again & again. Thank you David!


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FROM THE VICE CHAIR…Frances Coleman OUTINGS PAST FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AFFECT WOODLAND WONDERS REFLECTIONS CALIFORNIA AND OTHERWISE CALIFORNIA STATE QUARTER A HURRICANE-ASSISTED NEW LOOK AT THE NATURE CENTER
December's Celebration was a major event! The food was varied and excellent, the sangria flowed, the crowd was a terrific mixture of old and new faces, and the conversation ranged from light-hearted movie reviews to serious conservation/political discussions. Many thanks to Billye and Bob Taylor for hosting the party.
The results of our group's election were announced by Karen Kaplan. More votes were cast in this election than in any previous group election and the new members-at-large are: Paul Anderson, Gail Bagley, and Al Greulich. This group joins our four officers, who were elected last year for two year terms, to form the executive committee. This committee needs all the help it can get so if you have a little time to volunteer call one of the committee and you'll get matched to a job.
At our November meeting Colleen Burton, Executive Director of Polk Vision, explained how we could help the Vision Implementation. Polk Sierrans are committed to bringing the infrastructure vision into reality. Log on to www.polkvision.com for more information.
Colleen Burton of Polk Vision and Sierran Marian Ryan checking out Polk's new Vision Document. picture by Frances Coleman
One of Polk's nesting boxes in a wooded yard in South Carolina three blocks from the Saluda Riverpicture by Mary Coleman
The January 14-16 weekend will bring Sierrans from all over the state to Polk County; it is Polk's turn to host Flexcom (Florida Sierra's Executive Committee). Leaders from all the groups plus members at large will discuss state-wide issues and vote to support (or not support) certain issues. Our group has secured permission to use the Boy Scout Camp Flaming Arrow for this event. Everyone will be camping in the midst of hurricane alley - should be an eye-opener! The Scout leadership has assured us the major meeting hall and the dining hall are now in fine shape. If you would like to attend or help, call Gail at 298-8134.
Bob Taylor, our Chair and Chief Carpenter, has purchased a new supply of inch-thick cypress from which he will construct nesting boxes. Nesting season is not far off so order yours now. Remember, you don't have to put them at water's edge; owls are attracted to them as well as ducks. Contributions in excess of costs will go to the R. Coleman Scholarship Fund (suggested donation $35 - Bob at 439 2251.)
And now the New Year's exhortation: Shake off the post-election blues! We've got work to do and exciting places to visit and enjoy. Resolve to participate in at least two outings this year - you'll be rewarded with a view of Florida hard to get anywhere else. And Resolve to make this world a little bit better - look on it as the dues you pay for the air you breath.
Peace and joy to you and yours!
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Archbold Biological Station is an independent, non-profit research facility, off Hwy 70 near Lake Placid. It is devoted to long-term ecological research and conservation, and focuses primarily on the organisms and environments of the Lake Wales Ridge.
Saturday, December 4th couldn't have been a more beautiful day for our outing at the Station. Lead by Mark and Nancy Deyrup, we joined a group from Audubon to explore the 3,000 acre Lake Placid Scrub Preserve, adjacent to the Station. From the main entrance, we walked through sand hill and pine scrub to an observation tower. From the platform, at about 100 feet elevation, the view was stunning. We continued our walk to the shoreline of Lake Placid and were thankful that our side of the lake had been saved from the development visible on the other side. The Great Egrets and Pie Billed Grebes we spotted seemed to be thankful, too.
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Sierrans with Archbold biologist Mark Deyruppicture by Gail Bagley
Mark is a senior research biologist who meticulously recorded our Saturday findings on his yellow legal pad. He and Nancy pointed out hickory, scrub bay, palafoxia, pinweed, and rosemary (we were surprised to spot a nocturnal rosemary grasshopper that we had been assured we would not see during the day!) After our walk, Mark and Nancy joined our group for a picnic lunch under the beautiful oaks back at the Station.
Decades of biological exploration at Archbold influence regional conservation decisions. The Lake Wales Ridge remains at the top of the state's priorities for acquisition. Slowly the parcels, mostly now the small lots remaining in large subdivisions, are coming under public ownership and management. We appreciate the efforts of the Station and its employees looking out for some of the most valuable wild areas of Florida.....Gail Bagley
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Sierrans starting the Homosassa cruisepicture by Frances Coleman
When you turn off US Hwy 19 in Citrus County, a sleepy, tree-lined road leads to Historic Old Homosassa. Small art galleries and inviting local restaurants are neighbors with the "River Safaris" marina, where our group embarked on a two hour pontoon tour narrated by "Captain Chris." It was a delightfully crisp, clear November afternoon and our group learned about the history and features of this gulf-area community as we cruised the backwater and springs of the river. Homosassa played a key role during the 1800s when David Yulee, one of the state's prominent pioneers, president of the Florida Railroad Company, and Florida's first U.S. Senator, operated a sugar mill near the river. Yulee supplied Confederate troops with syrup and molasses until Union troops burned his home and forced him to cease sugar operations. The Yulee Sugar Mill is now a popular historic site.
Dozens of Great Blue and Little Blue Herons, egrets, anhingas, and ducks flew by as we meandered through their habitat. We were also fortunate to see a couple of manatees, although most will wait to visit these waters during the colder months. There is even a small island inhabited by monkeys (a remnant of the old theme park days) which we passed as we departed from the marina.
Runoff into the river from recent development is the most serious threat to these beautiful waters. One of the locals told us she remembers when the river bottom was sandy and the water perfectly clear. Now, however, because of the dumping of nutrients from the runoff, grasses have grown on the river bottom and the water is no longer as clear. This change may be the reason manatees now travel farther upstream from the spring to feed upon these new grasses.
Another sign of the times is the mind-boggling increase in local real estate values since the new Suncoast Parkway cut its way through Hillsborough, Pasco, and Hernando counties and now sits at the doorstep of Citrus County (home of Homosassa Springs). It is not uncommon for values to double or triple each year in areas near the river. The saying "build it and they will come" reflects a very real threat to lovely Homosassa Springs.
After the tour, our hungry (and chilly!) group ventured to the other side of the river and relaxed at a waterside restaurant for dinner and good company....Gail Bagley
Last year, an eaglet fell out a nest. Joan Waters of Woodland Wonders rescued and released the baby eagle. This release could not happen now because new Federal Government rules require rehabilitators to have a 100x20x16-foot flight cage so large birds can exercise their wings before they are released. Joan needs a flight cage to continue to rehabilitate eagles and other birds of prey. Without a regulation size cage, birds will have to be transported over an hour away to a facility that has a flight cage. Transportion creates a lot of STRESS for the birds!….Marian Ryan
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation towards the purchase of the flight cage, send a check to the address below noting that it is for the flight cage.
Joan Waters - Flight Cage2110 Betty Ann DriveAuburndale, Florida 33823
At a meeting in early December Carl Pope, Executive Director of Sierra, wryly noted that he thought his book Strategic Ignorance which came out in mid-2004 would have very limited relevance; well, unfortunately, it will be highly relevant for the next four years. Note the sub-title: Why the Bush Administration is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress. Using a plethora of evidence from the first three years of W's administration, Pope made a compelling case to prove the charge that the Bush-Cheney administration seeks to overturn a national consensus on natural resource policy dating from Teddy Roosevelt through Clinton and return us to the 19th century era of the exploitative robber-barons. That's not one of the 'values' to which the B-C team gave a lot of publicity this past year!
We've got our work cut out for us; surveys prove again and again that Americans care deeply about clean air, clean water and open space. We're close to over-using many of our parks because Americans are in awe of our natural wonders and want to experience them all. Wouldn't you classify the foregoing as 'values?' So how do we more effectively talk 'values' to our friends, neighbors and politicians? Pope suggests that not only do we need to have our data accurate, we must present our cases with passion and show how environmentally correct decisions are personally better for the majority of citizens. Use people stories.….Frances H. Coleman
In the golden state, with choices ranging from Hollywood to the Gold Rush, proofs have now been struck for the Yosemite/John Muir State Quarter. Now that's a real 'value' statement! ….Frances H. Coleman
The Street Audubon Center, like the rest of us, was hit hard by an unprecedented three major hurricanes this summer and the 100+ mph wind and high water took its toll. The Center buildings had only minor damage but the grounds took a major hit with downed trees and flood water from Lake Ned. The Florida Division of Forestry which stored equipment on the grounds during the run of the three storms, cleared the fence line, removed broken trees and brush from around the buildings, and created numerous firebreaks on the 42 acres. Judith Turner, area supervisor, and her crew did a tremendous job digging us out from under a tangle of crushed and damaged trees. They plan on doing some winter burns to restore the property back to a more natural setting.
Now that the water has receded, and volunteers have spent dozens of hours reworking the trail system we are about back to normal. The primitive trail is still in a planning stage but everything else is operational. By next spring the rebirth will be complete.
So come on in and see the new trail system and help us keep it open with your volunteer work.….Chuck Geanangel
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VANCOUVER, BC - Dean Murten has been appointed head coach of the British Columbia senior women's provincial team it was announced today by BC Rugby.
AMNEVILLE, FRANCE - Under soggy conditions in Amneville, Canada's senior women's national 15s team defeated France 11-6 in the second match of their three-game November Tour. With the win, Canada split their two matches against France after losing 27-19 Saturday in Pontarlier.
Five BC senior women's reps will be heading to France at the end of October to compete for Canada during the November Tour. The program is fresh off its first ever Nations Cup victory this past summer.
Canada's Women's XVs head coach Francois Ratier has announced his 26-player roster for the upcoming Nations Cup in Denver, Colorado. The four team event, held at USA Rugby's Infinity Park, will be Ratier's first competition at the helm of the National Women's Team ahead of next year's Women's Rugby World Cup (WRWC) in France.
Hilary Leith's aspirations of suiting up for Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup took a significant step forward this past year as the Capilano RFC product spent a year plying her trade with London's Saracens RFC. The former collegiate wrestler and provincial team standout has returned for the summer and will join the British Columbia senior women's provincial program in their quest for their first national championship since 2010.
BC Rugby's Senior and U20 women's provincial team programs will be holding their second open trial of the 2013 season on April 21st at UBC's Wolfson Fields.
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