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Afternoon: Program Registration. After you have your room assignment, come to the Road Scholar table in the main lobby to register with the program staff and get your welcome packet containing your name-tag, up-to-date schedule that reflects any last-minute changes, other important information, and to confirm when and where the Orientation session will take place. If you arrive late, please ask for your packet when you check in.
Dinner: Enjoy an Italian Family Style dinner served at Your Place Restaurant located on the property of the hotel. Dinner includes water and coffee. Other drinks available for purchase.
Evening: Orientation: The Group Leader will greet everyone and lead introductions. We will review the up-to-date program schedule, discuss roles and responsibilities, logistics, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer questions. Travel and transfers will be via private motorcoach unless noted otherwise. We will pre-select some meals. Periods in the daily schedule designated as "Free time" and "At leisure" offer opportunities to do what you like and make your experience even more meaningful and memorable according to your personal preferences. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions. Program activities, schedules, personnel, and indicated distances or times may change due to local circumstances/conditions. In the event of changes, we will alert you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. Continue getting to know your fellow Road Scholars, settle in, and get a good night's rest for the day ahead.
Activity note: Today will include some walking through the museums and rail yards. The day will include some periods of standing during our museum visit. Day will also include getting on and off motorcoach.
Breakfast: Breakfast is served this morning at the hotel. Features selections of pastries, juices, cereal, milk, tea, coffee and whole fruit.
Morning: FIELD TRIP:This morning we visit the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania where we will have an expert led exploration of one of the most significant collections of historic railroad artifacts in the world. The museum has restored many of these unique survivors to original appearance, and pursues a major restoration program. Seeks to enhance its world-class status through a process of steady improvements involving public-private partnerships. Railroading is one of Pennsylvania's most significant industries with its own distinctive history and culture. At the museum, first in the U.S. built to house a railroad collection, we'll learn about this fascinating world as we examine some of the more than 100 historic locomotives and rail cars, art, artifacts, and hear stories of those who built, operated, and loved the railroads. We will Re-group in the classrroom located near the entrance of the museum where Ivan Frantz who is a member of the PA Railroad Historical Society. He will discuss the Pennsylvania Railroad's vital role during the Civil War.
Lunch: A boxed lunch is served at the Strasburg Railroad featuring a selection of deli sandwiches, chips, fruit and water.
Afternoon: We'll set out on a journey aboard the Strasburg Rail Road, the oldest operating railroad in America. These are authentic, historical, restored locomotives and passenger cars. During the narrated, 9-mile round-trip ride, we'll pass through acre after acre of Lancaster County farmland. This is what it was like before automobiles and highways!
Dinner: Tonight a local expert takes us to a real Amish home for a traditonal Amish Meal served by the family which will include many Amish favorites like pickled beets, chicken, noodles and more. Water and coffee included with the meal. Following dinner our local expert will take us through the true Amish countryside with a quick stop at an Amish Craft Store before sunset.
Evening: Before disembarking the coach our leader will go over check out procedures and departure for the following day. Have a great evening of rest.
Activity note: Today will include some walking through a retired coal mine. Be sure to bring a jacket as temperatures are 50 degrees in the mine.
Breakfast: Full breakfast is included this morning at Your Place Restaurant. We will have a buffet with cold and hot selections, juice, coffee, water and milk.
Morning: Check out of the hotel and departure for Wilkes-Barre. Much of the railroading in this area was devoted to hauling coal — then a valuable commodity — as well as people. We'll begin the day with a trip by deluxe motorcoach to the Pioneer Tunnel and Coal Mine. We'll ride in open cars pulled by the Henry Clay, an old-time narrow gauge steam locomotive from the 1920s, on tracks taking us 3/4 of a mile around the side of Mahanoy Mountain to see remnants of strip mining. Mighty steam shovels once raked tons of coal from the mountain, leaving a wall of rock 150 feet high. We'll also see the Mammoth Stripping area, where a thick vein of coal is exposed, and see smoke from an underground coal fire that has never been extinguished. We'll then go inside Mahanoy Mountain to explore the Pioneer Tunnel, part of a horizontal drift mine that runs 1,800 feet into the mountain. We'll ride in open mine cars with a mining expert and stop inside the mine to see coal seams and learn about mining operations including how tunnels were carved out of solid rock.
Lunch: At a popular restaurant in Wilkes-Barre, we'll have lunches we pre-selected which include a sandwich, soft drink or coffee, and dessert. The restaurant is housed in an old popcorn factory.
Afternoon: Next, we'll visit the Forty Fort Meeting House where a local historian will give us a presentation on the historian of this New England Style Meeting House built during the Revolutionary War. The Forty Fort was named for a Revolutionary War era fort that the town's original settlers built when there were 40 settlers. Moving on, we'll reach our next hotel where we will stay for two evenings and check in with some time to freshen up and relax before dinner.
Dinner: Dinner this evening is served at a nearby restaurant where you can enjoy dinner off a full menu. You will have a Gift Card for dinner.
Activity note: Today some walking through Steamtown, Trolley Museum and Anthracite Museum. Standing during lectures.
Breakfast: A full hot buffet breakfast is served at the hotel which includes hot and cold entree's, juice, coffee, fruit, water and milk.
Morning: We'll continue our learning adventure into the history and heritage of Pennsylvania's railroad culture with a field trip to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, where we'll explore the working shop with a NPS Ranger. You will also have time to explore the many exhibits see the working turn table, and visit the rolling stock. Train ride may not be available as the schedule has not been confirmed at this time. The site exists thanks to a passionate railroading enthusiast, F. Nelson Blount, a New England seafood entrepreneur who assembled a large collection of standard-gauge steam locomotives and freight and passenger cars beginning in the 1950s. Following his death, a non-profit organization, the Steamtown Foundation for the Preservation of Steam and Railroad Americana, Inc., brought the collection to Scranton where it occupies about 40 acres of the railroad yard of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, one of the earliest rail lines in northeastern Pennsylvania. The locomotives range in size from a tiny industrial switcher engine built in 1937 by the H.K. Porter Company for the Bullard Company, to a huge Union Pacific 'Big Boy' built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (Alco). The oldest locomotive is a freight engine built by American Locomotive Company in 1903 for the Chicago Union Transfer Railway Company." Next, enjoy self guided exploration at the Electric City Trolley Museum. The Electric City Trolley Museum Association is a volunteer non-profit group that supports the activities of the Electric City Trolley Museum in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lunch: In the former Lackawanna Station, now a hotel, we'll have a buffet lunch including two entree's, sides, dessert, coffee and water.
Afternoon: Our next field trip takes us to the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum that preserves and presents the story of hard coal mining, its related industries, and the immigrant culture of northeastern Pennsylvania. Led by a museum docent we'll learn about people who came to this country and endured harsh working conditions to make a living. We'll also see exhibits representing varied facets of work, life, and values of the region's ethnic communities as we see recreations of homes, a pub, and a church.
Dinner: Buffet or Limited menu dinner served at hotel includes entrée's, dessert, water and coffee.
Evening: This evening we are joined by a railroad historian from Steamtown who will talk with us about the history of the local railroads in the city of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Before retiring for the evening we will go over check out and departure for the following day.
Activity note: Today we will travel by coach to Altoona. Very little walking but getting on an off coach a few times.
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Morning: Check out of hotel before boarding our coach. Today we travel to Honesdale. PA for a scenic and historical journey on the Stourbridge Railroad. Our first stop today takes us to the Wayne County Historical Society where we are met by a local historian that will talk with us about the history of this historic railroad and the town of Honesdale. Regarded as the birthplace of the American railroad. It was here that the Stourbridge Lion made a 3-mile journey and back on August 8, 1829, the first commercial steam locomotive run on rails in the U.S. We meet with an employee who will be with us as we take a scenic and historical journey on today's Stourbridge Railroad.
Lunch: A box lunch is served on the train on the return trip back to the station. You will preselect a sandwich which is served with a side, fruit, cookie and water.
Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Visit the lovely town of Bellefonte for a presentation on the historical significance of this railroad site.You will have the opportunity to visit their Budd Diesel Car, manufactured in Philadelphia, PA. This car is under restoration and soon to be operational. We continue traveling to our hotel for check-in.
Dinner: At a local restaurant we'll enjoy a family style Italian dinner.
Activity note: Some walking and standing on uneven ground. Some stairs today and boarding on trains.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet is served at the hotel and features both cold and hot selections including fruit, juice and coffee, water and milk.
Morning: We'll board our coach with our group leader and travel to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where we'll board an Amtrak train for a scenic journey to Altoona. During our ride, we will pass through the Gallitzin Tunnels and Horseshoe Curve as our Conductor explains as we travel. .In Altoona, we'll visit the Railroaders Memorial Museum. Self guided exploration. This Museum is dedicated to revealing, interpreting, commemorating and celebrating the significant contributions of railroaders and their families to American life and industry.
Lunch: At the Pennsylvania Railroaders Museum, we'll have a picnic lunch featuring a selection of deli sandwiches including fruit, cookie and waters. We meet our local historian during lunch who will spend the rest of the day with us.
Afternoon: This afternoon we visit the Portage Railroad National Historic Site, the Gallitzin Tunnels, and Horseshoe Curve National Historic Site while receiving a detailed railroad history as we travel through the area. .
Dinner: Dinner is included at a local restaurant featuring a limited menu, salad bar and non-alcholic beverages. Share favorite experiences with new Road Scholar friends during our farewell dinner.
Evening: This evening we go over our departure instructions for our journey back to Lancaster.
Breakfast: Breakfast is served at the hotel and features both cold and hot selections including fruit, juice and coffee.
Morning: After checking out of the hotel, we'll transfer back to Lancaster. We will make stops at the Harrisburg Airport or Amtrak station as needed. This concludes our program. We hope you have enjoyed your Road Scholar learning adventures and look forward to having you on rewarding programs in the future. Please join our Facebook page and share photos of your program. Visit us at www.facebook.com/rsadventures. Best wishes for all your journeys!


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3 bedroom bungalow for saleDrumore, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, PA28
Sold STC £190,000
Property Description
Key features
- Kitchen/Dining Room
- Lounge
- Sun Room
- Conservatory
- 3 Bedrooms
- Bathroom
Full description
Sherwood is a fantastic 3 bedroom detached bungalow in a great location, walking distance of the Town Centre & local amenities. The home offers spacious accommodation over one level & comprises lounge, luxury kitchen, dining room, conservatory, sun room, 3 bedrooms, utility room & bathroom.
The spacious and bright lounge has north and north west facing windows with feature custom built marble fireplace with living flame gas fire and laminated flooring. Stunning open plan kitchen/dining room has a range of wall and floor mounted units with integrated appliances and breakfast bar. The conservatory and sun rooms are accessed off the room by French doors.
The conservatory offers further fantastic living space with tile effect laminated flooring, lovely views onto garden and the room is heated. Sun room gives further seating space and leads to the spacious utility room which has wall and floor mounted units with stainless steel sink and is plumbed for a washing machine.
Master bedroom overlooks the front of the home and benefits from built in wardrobes, fitted carpet and the room has an en-suite shower room. Bedroom two is to rear and the room is a very well-proportioned double room with fitted carpet and the room is decorated in neutral tones. The third bedroom is to front and has a fitted carpet and tasteful décor. Completing the internal accommodation is the very smart family bathroom that comprises a white three-piece suite with electric shower fitted over bath.
To the front/side of the home is a driveway offering off road parking for several cars. Front garden is mainly chipped for easy maintenance. Very spacious rear garden has a large selection of lawn and superb private patio area. There is also a garage/storeroom within the grounds.
Further benefits from gas central heating and double glazing.
The home is approximately a 5 minute walk to the Town Centre and close by again within walking distance are shopping facilities, local schooling, hospital, beach and Airport/Golf Courses.
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|Reviews for 26 Things Fuji Syuusuke is Not Allowed to Do
| Guest chapter 1 . 10/27/2015
Hahahaha the rule about kaidoh was funny hahahahaha
| ScarletIsCool chapter 1 . 7/13/2014
This is funny..good job!
| dhampire712 chapter 1 . 6/6/2014
I could Totally see Fuji do this to them XD
| MssCassandra chapter 1 . 4/8/2014
That was soooo fuuuunny!
| greekfreak101 chapter 1 . 3/26/2014
You should really write out a chapter that explains each and everyone of these rules. I've read a fic like this for another fandom, and trust me when I say it is much more humorous when you tell the story behind the rule! I love the list and I'd love to hear what stories are behind them! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
| tennisgirl16ipod chapter 1 . 1/22/2014
omg that is hilarious poor ryoma but i love fuji hes so crazy id get along with him great
| Guest chapter 1 . 10/20/2013
I can see him doing this!
| Rebecca chapter 1 . 10/6/2013
Most of these I can picture. Nice!
| ghe21 chapter 1 . 4/5/2013
HAHAHAHHAHA! This is so funny XD
These rules are based on experiences with Fuji, aren't they?
BTW, I think number 6 and 8 are just the same...
6. Repeat everything Tezuka says.
8. Repeat everything Tezuka says in a feminine voice.
Fuji's voice was always feminine LOL
| The runt Duchess chapter 1 . 7/25/2012
oh oh OOOHHH...i just about DIED laughing...which sucks, cuz i'm hiding in the quiet room at work, and it's supposed to be QUIET, hence the name, and yeah...heeheee. LOVED IT! i can SO see Fuji doing that...though the one that had me laughing the hardest and rolling on the floor was fuji telling Tezuka that Ryoma needs to know about the birds and the bees...i can *SO* see Tezuka actually trying to tell Ryoma about that, and of course, Ryoma will be *sooo* like 'huh?' and it was just hilarious...i wonder who was the more embarrassed in that scenario, Buchou or Echizen? heehee...you should do a one-shot based on that...heeheeehheeee! :P - n.n
| SilverSeas chapter 1 . 12/28/2011
Haha, so funny :P
| Megumi014 chapter 1 . 12/8/2010
LOL I totally can see Fuji doing all of this...
Nice fic!
| pentalion chapter 1 . 8/3/2010
Hilarious! If you wanted to make it even funnier, write about the reactions when he does each of these things.
| Yuzuki Mazui chapter 1 . 3/18/2010
i would buy ryoma for $500!
is that a sold?
oh, and no, it's not a fangirl thing it's for a gift for sakuno, (ryosaku!)
| AuroraLAEASBARL chapter 1 . 3/9/2010
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2 bedroom apartment for saleEngineers Way, Wembley HA9
Offers in Region of £549,950
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Stunning dual aspect 2 bed, 2 bath off plan re-assignment apartment in Belcanto Apartments in North West Village, Wembley HA9.
785 sq ft / 72 sq meters. 2x Balconies. Garden views. Due to complete April 2017.
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One of London's most significant regeneration projects, Wembley Park is transforming the landscape around iconic Wembley Stadium to create a thriving neighbourhood and destination, just 19 minutes from Central London.
The success is already impressive with the new public spaces and shopping and leisure amenities that have already opened. Along with 70 stores at London Designer Outlet, you'll find new restaurants, bars and coffee shops, a nine screen cinema, the Hilton Hotel, the landmark civic centre and a state-of-the-art library.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Hugh Grant DVDs
I'm, of course, worried, as I'm more suited to handle gangsters than him. I grab the X-Acto knife from my nightstand, the one I'd been using to make Duct Tape wallets the night before. Tony grabs a stack of Hugh Grant DVDs. (See?)
I follow him out of our room as far as the landing, which overlooks the entry to our house. At this point, the gangsters have broken through the door, despite the mattress that Tony had propped up in front of it to slow them down. I don't see their faces, because once the door cracks open, Tony slides his hand through and gives them the stack of Hugh Grant DVDs. They leave without a word.
"Is that all they wanted?" I say.
"Yes," he says.
We climb back in bed, but I'm still worried because we have a few more Hugh Grant DVDs that Tony forgot to give them.
"Like what?" he says.
"Sense and Sensibility and Nanny McPhee," I say.
He says I'm right about Sense and Sensibility, but Hugh Grant isn't in Nanny McPhee. We get into a brief arguement. I toss and turn and can't fall back asleep.
On an unrelated note...
Don't you hate it when your kids hop in your bed in the morning, snuggle up next to you, and then proceed to tell you all about the dream they had the night before? I'm not interested in hearing about anyone's dream (except for Smeyer), but kids are the worst, because they tell you the long version. They don't know how to edit out the confusing, unnecessary parts. But I have to listen and act as if I'm interested in the nonsense, otherwise I'm a "bad mom".
Which brings me back to this morning...
I fell back asleep after I took the kids to school (Yes, I promised myself I would never waste my time on a nap, but I was up 'til 3am the night before with a bad case of insomnia and there was no getting around it), and during my nap I had the weirdest dream. I know you don't wanna hear about it. Listening to someone ramble on about their dream is the worst.
Which brings me to the first part of this post that didn't make much sense...
I just tricked you into reading about my dream.
Nicely done, eh? Basically, I wrote the whole thing backwards.
11 comments:
- Markie23 said...
that's twisted.
- September 3, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Memzy said...
Brilliant. But you weren't fooling me. I saw it coming "Tony and I were awoken from our sleep" That never happens.
- September 3, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Cristin said...
You. Are. Genius. I hate hearing about other peoples dreams except like you, my friends Steph Meyers. But she dreams better than me so...
- September 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Landee said...
I knew it from the get-go. You wouldn't have A Hugh Grant movie let alone a stack of them. Plus you're over your duct tape wallet making phase, uh, right?
Someone once said that telling other people about your dreams is the ultimate form of self-conceit. Kids are the most conceited creatures on the planet.
- September 3, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- eekareek said...
Lol-ing at Memzy's comment.
You should write a book series based on that dream, it was that good.
- September 3, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Katie said...
I agree! The only dream I want to hear about is Martin Luther King's. Eh, who am I kidding. Even that one got a little wordy.
- September 3, 2010 at 6:32 PM
- StandsMom said...
Uh...wait a minute. I just told Landee about a dream I had a couple of days ago. Does this mean that while I was talking about it - she was thinking about me being conceited??
- September 3, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Jenny ESP said...
I wouldn't read too much into it, Stands. After all, she is writing a book entitled Me.
"This book will be all about ME and MY thoughts on things..."<--quote from the book jacket.
This is for you, Katie:
- September 3, 2010 at 8:52 PM
- Landee said...
It's not a real book, like about Kris Allen, or anything. But speaking of the book jacket, will you write the foreword? Thanks in advance.
And I didn't say I said it was conceited...just that someone did. I think it was a tweet actually.
- September 3, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Katie said...
Where has this been all my ipod's life??
New family rule: Kids are welcome to share the details of their dreams with mom, but only after they've been auto tuned and remixed. Same goes for civil rights activists.
- September 4, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- Sara M. Carter said...
gah! so clever! i got to try that sometime...hmm..
- September 4, 2010 at 10:22 AM


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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf cuts ribbon to the Center as MadamTheodosia Sowa of the UN Women Development Fund, Cllr. Chesson Wureh and Senator Taylor assist.
Pres. Sirleaf Dedicates Chief Suakoko Center
By Ballah Kollie, LINA Bong County Correspondent
SUAKOKO, June 10 (LINA) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dedicated the newly-constructed Chief Suakoko Center for Rural Women Empowerment, with a call on women and girls to take advantage of the available opportunities at the center.
She said the center is intended to ensure that Chief Suakoko is remembered in the history of Liberia.
Chief Suakoko is reported to have been Paramount Chief in the 1860s, in Western Kpellehland, now part of the Republic of Guinea.
Being courageous, hospitable and believing in oneness, Chief Suakoko rose among her male counterparts to become a female chief who left an indelible mark in the history of the Republic of Liberia.
The center will provide many training opportunities, including micro-finance, leadership, development as well as studies in peace-building and reconciliation, among other disciplines.
"With a sense of commitment, another promise has been fulfilled," said an apparently elated President Sirleaf at the ceremony held on Monday, June 9 on the main campus of the Cuttington University in Suakoko, Bong County.
The Liberian leader lauded the Angie Brooks International Center (ABIC) and partners for the project, and praised rural women for the leadership role they continue to play in the country.
Presenting the Center's history, ABIC Coordinator Yvette Chesson-Wureh said the establishment of the center dates back to 2009, when President Sirleaf committed to institutionalize the memories of Madam Angie Brooks, Liberia's astute female icon and Chief Suakoko, a female traditional leader of repute.
She said the Chief Suakoko Center for Rural Women Empowerment is a non-profit institution that will seek to build the capacity of women and girls to prepare them for future challenges.
Madam Chesson-Wureh praised President Sirleaf for providing the bulk of the funding, and all who assisted in ensuring the completion of the project.
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The search for appropriate management strategies to control invasive plants is an important theme in ecology and environmental management and of considerable applied relevance (Vitousek et al. 1996). Where native or non-native species invade an ecosystem, they can degrade the ecosystem by displacing vulnerable native species and influencing nutrient cycling, hydrology and energy budgets (Mack et al. 2000). Hence, conservation efforts are often targeted to restore these degraded systems; however, a major problem is that the recovery of the resident community species complement does not necessarily respond in a predictable manner to restoration efforts for controlling invasive plant species (Suding, Gross & Houseman 2004). Understanding the responses of invaded communities to restoration treatment is, therefore, essential for developing management strategies to conserve biodiversity and maintain ecosystem services (Seastedt, Hobbs & Suding 2008).
From a theoretical perspective, the aims of ecological restoration should be to remove the invasive species and recreate a more appropriate native community (SERI 2004). This involves overcoming the resistance (i.e. the ability of the ecosystem to avoid displacement) and resilience (i.e. the ability of the original ecosystem to return to its original state after disturbance) of the invaded community and moving it towards a new community with sufficient resistance and resilience to prevent a return to the original invaded state (Mitchell et al. 2000), essentially to create an alternative stable state (ASS; sensu Beisner, Haydon & Cuddington 2003). ASS theory predicts that ecosystems can exist in multiple states under the same external environmental conditions, moving from one stable state to another only by a large perturbation (Beisner, Haydon & Cuddington 2003). This can be performed by altering either the ecosystem state variables (e.g. species composition) or the ecosystem parameters (e.g. removal of grazing by fencing); the aim being to force the existing undesired ecosystem to change to an alternative desired state (Suding, Gross & Houseman 2004). Where a state is changed as a result of a repeated treatment application, the new state produced may be dependent on this treatment. Hence, the new alternative state (AS) produced may revert to the original if the treatment is stopped. If the resistance to change of the invaded community is low, the restoration treatment may be enough to allow the successional trajectory to reach a new set of state variables; but, where the treated community has a high resilience, the invaded community re-establishes rapidly (Marrs et al. 2000), thus wasting restoration effort. Therefore, knowledge of the resistance or resilience of an invaded community to restoration treatments can provide insights into both fundamental community dynamics and the effectiveness of restoration towards the desired state (Suding, Gross & Houseman 2004).
Traditional approaches to managing degraded ecosystems dominated by invasive plant species have consisted of controlling the invasive species (e.g. with herbicides) and mitigating any disturbance that is likely to maintain its dominance (i.e. modify grazing or fertilization), with the aim of altering the system state variables (e.g. species composition) (Firn, House & Buckley 2010). Intervention methods targeting the plant invader can be described as either an initial treatment or a set of treatments applied at the start of any programme (e.g. a single herbicide or cutting treatment, here termed 'one-off') or treatments applied regularly (e.g. cutting applied annually, here termed 'repeated' treatments). By killing or reducing the biomass of the invasive species, these treatments create a 'window of opportunity' for native species to fill the niche space left by the invader (Pickett, Cadenasso & Meiners 2009), facilitating change in community structure, composition and diversity (Folke et al. 2004). However, to achieve a persistent effect, the resistance threshold of the ecosystem needs to be crossed, and there has to be a movement into a different alternative state. Where this occurs, the probability of the ecosystem returning back to its degraded state will be reduced (Spiegelberger et al. 2006). Surprisingly, there have been few attempts to assess the effectiveness of 'one-off' and 'repeated' treatments in overcoming the resistance and/or resilience of invaded ecosystems and shifting their species composition towards a stable native ecosystem of enhanced conservation value.
Pteridium aquilinum is a serious invasive weed of upland and marginal land in many parts of the world (Marrs & Watt 2006), including Great Britain, where it often occurs in dense stands and considerably reduces the conservation value of upland heaths and acid grasslands. The current agricultural and conservation policies in the UK are to reduce P. aquilinum infestation and restore either Calluna heathland or acid grassland. However, P. aquilinum is difficult to control because it has high productivity producing a dense frond cover and deep litter, which combine to reduce understorey vegetation (Marrs et al. 2000) and an extensive underground rhizome system with large carbohydrate reserves (Le Duc, Pakeman & Marrs 2003). It is, therefore, important from a policy perspective to identify the optimal P. aquilinum control treatments, as well as the impacts of control measures on recovery of native species. Even though control measures reduce dominance and/or abundance of the invader, they do not necessarily result in native species recovery. Where the invasive species are persistent perennial weeds (Marrs & Watt 2006), relatively long-term monitoring is needed to assess impacts on both the invasive species and the developing understorey flora; clearly, the impacts of 'one-off' and 'repeated' treatments may have different outcomes at short-, medium- and long-term time-scales (Spiegelberger et al. 2006).
In this paper, we address these issues by testing a range of recommended Pteridium control treatments (including 'one-off' and 'repeated') in a series of seven experiments over a 10-year period, with the focus on restoring two different vegetation targets: Calluna heathland and acid grassland. The key question was how do the different plant communities invaded by P. aquilinum respond to 'one-off' and 'repeated' treatments? Previous analyses of data from these experiments have assessed the effectiveness of the control treatments on P. aquilinum performance (Cox et al. 2007; Stewart et al. 2008) and on the developing understorey flora at the individual species level (Cox et al. 2008). Here, we focus on the effects of the Pteridium control treatments on the developing plant community composition and its diversity, with the aim of providing a national view of the impact of Pteridium control treatments on the changing plant communities. We hypothesized that (i) the Pteridium control treatments would result in different successional trajectories (for each vegetation target type) with varying rates of success based on the perturbation intensity of each treatment; (ii) 'one-off' or 'repeated' treatments would produce different plant compositional responses influenced by the resistance or resilience of the invaded community; and (iii) the Pteridium control treatments would affect the response of vascular and lower plant community differently based on the differential dispersal and growth capacities of each group.


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2WIT 2WOO are based in rural aberdeenshire offering help and rehabilitation to any wild bird or indeed any one we can help.
Our project began many years ago with a love and fascination for animals and birds, jeff began helping birds when he was very young and myself (patricia) took a keen interest and took advantage of an oppertunity to rescue a kestrel when i was 12.
although we have always had this interest and done so for many years it is in recent years that people have come to rely on us or bring birds to us for help.although we have a great deal of experience we never ever say we know everything there is to know, we heed our vets advice and work with defra, spca and animal welfare to ensure quality of life and agreed opinions.
we have always kept rescued animals such as dogs and cats and expanding into the birds was a large step and we took advantage of all the help we could get from the afore mentioned parties.
beginning with just one or two birds we slowly built up a collection of many unwanted, mistreated and disabled birds, birds come to us for many different reasons-many of which we struggle to understand ourselves. we do what we can to help them and re release them wherever possible -this can be quite emotional. if a bird cannot be helped then sadly euthanising is the only option-but always the very last.
we always also insist on a quality varied diet for each and every one in our care and source our food from reputable and reliable sources buying in bulk once a month. we buy in rabbits,venison, hare, pheasants, day old chicks, quail and mice.
we have for a few years now had many requests to open to the public, but sadly due to financing and many of the regulations our premises are not suitable, and we decided if the public wish to see our birds then we could take our birds to them, we do not display any injured or physically disabled birds for legal reasons-and we also think it would be unfair on them and yourselves.
we do train our birds ourselves-every one of us mentioned below play a part in this programme from the collection of food, to the preparation of food, the feeding of the birds, the cleaning, building and rehabilitating there is always something to do and very few days off, we make every effort we can to keep every one healthy and happy spending every day with our birds talking to them and handling them.
not all our birds are trained for display work, we have of course those in our care waiting to be released-i hope to update these regularly on the website and those who cannot be released as they would be unable to survive in the wild ie-damaged wing or damaged leg. these birds are microchipped and either rehomed or entered into a breeding programme.
we are very proud to say we are a family run unit with jeff , doreen , myself (patricia) my brother chance and the youngest falconer/bird handler in the uk at the age of four willoe downie. we also have a couple of external volunteers who help out when they can.
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Persuasive Online Copywriting: How to Take Your Words to the Bankby Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eisenberg, Lisa T. Davis
Writing for the web. Web word wizardry. Web writing that works. What does that mean? Your online copy must persuade - it's integral to getting your visitors or readers to register, subscribe, qualify as leads, and yes, even buy from you. It's writing that must earn its keep. And to effectively manage the quality of your online writing, you need to understand what works, why it works and how to make it work better for you.
Whether you are the marketer responsible for the bottom line or the writer creating the copy, Persuasive Online Copywriting provides the tools you need to get results.
Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffery Eisenberg and Lisa T. Davis are Future Now, Inc., an agency Specializing in online conversion since 1998. In addition to offering seminars and workshops, the trio's publications include The Marketer's Commom Sense Guide to E-Metrics, an ROI Marketing column for ClickZ and GrokDotCom.
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I really wanted to give this book 5 stars as the concepts presented are solid and unique to the Internet. While most internet marketing books teach how to present products allowing visitors to buy, the authors of this book teach how to actually sell site visitors based upon their personality types. To me this is taking customer service to a new level, starting from the time a visitor enters the site instead of waiting until the customer buys a product or service. However the book is sometimes a bit disjointed and hard to follow, making one work harder than needed to learn the material. That said, I would say it's worth the extra effort because I'm already seeing the application of some of these pricipals translate into a higher conversion rate on my site and it's hard to argue with success.
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It's one thing to say you support environmentalism. It's another thing to vote with your wallet.
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Alternative Measures Could Be Used to Allocate Funding More Equitably
GAO-13-434: Published: May 10, 2013. Publicly Released: May 10, 2013.
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What GAO Found
GAO identified multiple data sources that could be used to develop measures to allocate Medicaid funding to states more equitably than the current funding formula--known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)--which is based solely on per capita income (PCI). To be equitable from the perspective of beneficiaries and allow states to provide a comparable level of services to each person in need, a funding allocation mechanism should take into account the demand for services in each state and geographic cost differences among states. To be equitable from the perspective of taxpayers, an allocation mechanism should ensure that taxpayers in poorer states are not more heavily burdened than those in wealthier ones, by taking into account state resources. To illustrate, GAO identified at least one federal data source that could be used to develop measures of each of these aspects, in order to allocate Medicaid funding more equitably.
- Demand for services. A measure of the demand for Medicaid services should account for both the size of the target population in need of services and the health services needs of that population. Nationally representative federal surveys, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS), are available data sources that can be used to directly estimate the number of persons residing in each state with incomes low enough to qualify them as potentially in need of Medicaid services. These estimates can then be adjusted to reflect variation in health services needs within the identified population, using additional information collected in the surveys or from data sources external to the surveys, such as Medicaid data on enrollment or spending.
- Geographic cost differences. A measure of geographic cost differences should account for all components of health care costs, including the cost of the personnel who provide services, which represents the greatest share of costs. National data that can be used to estimate average wages for health care personnel by state include the Occupational Employment Statistics survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- State resources. A measure of state resources should account for all income--regardless of whether the state taxes the income or not. While PCI includes the personal income of state residents, it excludes other taxable income, such as undistributed corporate profits. In contrast, the Total Taxable Resources (TTR) measure, as generated by the Department of the Treasury from multiple data sources, comprises not only the income included in PCI but also other significant sources of taxable income. As a result, nationwide, the TTR measure of income was 42 percent larger on a per capita basis than PCI in 2010, and provided a more comprehensive measure of state resources.
GAO's analysis shows that measures of the demand for services, geographic cost differences, and state resources can be combined in various ways to provide a basis for allocating Medicaid funds more equitably among states.
Why GAO Did This Study
Medicaid is the largest federal program assisting states in financing medical and health-related services for certain low-income individuals. States and the federal government share in the financing of the Medicaid program, with the federal government matching most state expenditures for Medicaid services on the basis of a statutory formula known as the FMAP, which is based solely on state PCI in relation to national PCI. Prior GAO work has raised concerns about the FMAP, noting that PCI does not accurately represent states' populations in need of Medicaid services or states' ability to finance services, and does not account for geographic cost differences among states. GAO was asked to examine ways to improve the allocation of Medicaid funding.
GAO considered whether available data sources could be used to develop measures to more equitably allocate Medicaid funding. To do so, GAO reviewed its prior reports and other studies, examined data sources produced by federal agencies, and illustrated how selected data could be used to develop measures to allocate Medicaid funding. GAO based its analysis on commonly used equity standards and focused its efforts on readily available data sources, which are not inclusive of all possibilities.
The Department of Health and Human Services provided technical comments, which GAO incorporated as appropriate.
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DOD Health:Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Are Considered in Misconduct SeparationsGAO-17-260: Published: May 16, 2017. Publicly Released: May 16, 2017.
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Medicaid Demonstrations:Federal Action Needed to Improve Oversight of SpendingGAO-17-312: Published: Apr 3, 2017. Publicly Released: May 3, 2017.
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Medicaid Personal Care Services:More Harmonized Program Requirements and Better Data Are NeededGAO-17-598T: Published: May 2, 2017. Publicly Released: May 2, 2017.
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Food was good. Main dishes was delicous (beef with bacon) combined with a zupa as starters it was perfect. Forgot the name of he soup but something with meat and a lot of herbs.
tasty soups and main courses, also for children, nice place outside and inside to eat, clean toilets
Had lunch in this very nice cosy place that serves traditional polish food. The soup with beef tripes was incredible! A real flavour bomb ! Very good kebab and excellent apple pie as desert.
Stumbled over this behind the tourist info place in the town centre. Had the onion soup and a couple dark beers and it all came to about 20Zl. Soup was lovely and did the job absolutely fine. Quite dark inside and obviously suited to proper...More
Super location and nice patio, but dark inside and nothing special on the menu. I try pasta in creamy sauce, with chicken and mushrooms, was really average, nothing to write home about.
Just next to the town square,infact you can eat outside under brollys on terraced steps.But oweing to rain showers,inside was comfortable.It was late afternoon and I needed a "hit" of latte,and a little something to see me thou..Well I picked Szalotka (applecake or pie) with...More
We had 2 kinds of traditional soups and a breaded cod with potatoes and sauerkraut. All meals were tasty, service quick and friendly, and the townhall is an imposing building.
Loved eating on the outdoor terrace. My daughter wanted juice and they brought her freshly squeezed orange juice. She was in Heaven! We all enjoyed our meals, and the service was excellent!
This was one of the few restaurants where the waitress spoke English during our visit to Silesia. The restaurant has old world charm, the food was good, the selection decent, the prices decent, and a very pleasant dining experience. Yes, the service is not NYC,...More
The location is great as it is in the centre of the charming little Klodzko town. During the summer it is lovely to seat outside and have a delicious cold Zywiec beer. You can hide away from the crowds there. The food is very poor,...More