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Camp Programs (Nometne)
Camp Saulaine follows a similar structure everyday. Kids will wake up with a bit of music and begin their day with morning stretches followed by flag-raising (karogs), morning announcements and breakfast at the Main House. Campers are expected to select their own food and take care of cleaning up after themselves (the Vaditajs encourage a variety of food choices and help their campers with cleanup). Following breakfast (brokastis) the Putnu Sala begins their program for the rest of the day while the rest of camp divides into several groups. The groups rotate between activities for the morning that focus on physical exercise (sports), creative expression (arts/writing) and cultural and thinking activities (Latvian cultural workshops and science workshops). After these activities, campers have some free time before lunch (pusdienas).
In the afternoons after lunch, we have a short rest time (pusdienas miers) where the kids can read, write or do a quiet activity in their rooms. In the afternoons, we have a camp-wide activity such as a skerslugajiens ("Amazing Race"), survival games, singing, water games followed by some free time by river (upe) to build in the sand, splash in the water or go tubing down the river. Swimming is always supervised by a minimum of two trained lifeguards/bronze cross certified Vaditajs (counsellors). Tubing is allowed in small groups with a trained lifeguard/bronze cross certified vaditaj. The river is a great place to cool off on a hot day.
After walking back from the river, campers take a shower to get ready for one more short quiet activity before dinner. This could be singing, simple hand crafts or preparing a skit for the Saturday night ugunskurs (campfire). Dinner (vakariņas) is like our other meals, well-balanced with lots of healthy choices for campers. After dinner and flag-lowering (karogs) ceremonies, we gather for fun, friendly games or one of our special nights like sauna night, movie night or dance party night.
Bedtimes are easy and comfortable with the Vaditaj's helping the younger kids settle into their bunks after they get themselves ready for bed. The CIT's and Vaditaj's are very hands-on, often brushing girls hair, reading to kids and singing songs to help the campers settle down for the night. Our camp staff treat every camper at Saulaine like a member of their own family, ar labu nakti (good night)!
Camp begins Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Campers will not be accepted before this date and time.
Please note that all campers must have a head lice check completed prior to moving in.
Camp ends Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 2 p.m.
Please ensure that you arrive in the morning to pick up your child on the last day.
Saulaine accepts children ages 7 – 14 (born in the years 2004 through 2011) as residential campers. Children 6 and under (born 2012 and later) are able to participate with parental supervision as day campers (from 8am to 6pm). A CIT program is also offered for those born in 2003 (limited spaces available). Campers are divided into bunkhouses and rooms by age.
- Putnu Sala: 5 – 6 years old (>2012)
- Mazie (primary): 7 – 9 years old (2011 to 2009)
- Videjie (junior): 10 – 12 years old (2008 to 2006)
- Lielie (senior): 13 – 14 years old (2005 to 2004)
***Registration and Participation Fees***
The discounted rate of $475 per child per week is available before the Early Registration deadline of June 1, 2019. The full camp fee is $500 per child per week, if received after the Early Registration deadline. A one-time sibling discount of $25 is offered for two or more children from the same family attending camp the same week (i.e., second and third children each receive the sibling discount).
Medical Form
The Medical Form needs to be completed in full and either mailed with Registration Forms or brought to the registration desk upon arrival. Health Card numbers (and a photocopy/picture of the health card) must be included on the Medical Form; if not, children will not be permitted to stay at the camp. Please ensure your child is in good health and does not have any communicable diseases, prior to coming to camp.
Head Check Form
The Head Check Form shall be completed onsite at Saulaine before moving into your room. A professional lice consultant will be available in the morning on opening day, if you miss the onsite consultant it is the parents' responsibility to set an appointment with the Lice Squad (or another professional lice company). Lice treatment is the responsibility of the parents.
All donations (money, labour, materials, expertise) to help with rebuilding / renovating our facilities and to help improve our programs are gratefully accepted. Thank You! Let's build a beautiful space for our children!
Perhaps you have a special skill you would like to share? Past guests have included dance instructors, sports coaches, astronomers, bakers, Latvian language first aid responders, photographers, travels, etc. Please contact Lilita Tannis: firstname.lastname@example.com, if you would like to come for a half day to enrich the camp program!


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When a traveller sees a large modern building of Čelan Inn along the main road Ptuj - Maribor, it is difficult for him to understand that this restaurant has been operating for full 80 years. The beginnings reach back to the times when a gravel road went past the house and the only customers were the cart drivers and customers from the nearby blacksmith. The Čelan Inn was always a lively centre of the village life and a safe haven for travellers. Perseverance and hospitality are the key for numerous returning visitors - in addition to travellers on the increasingly busy road Maribor - Zagreb and other daily restaurant guests, the younger guests are the ones who came to dance at weekends. Many couples started their life together at a dance "at Čelan," as they used to day ...
Legacy of the first three generations of Čelan family is today in the hands of Anica Čelan. Her family members and committed employees helped her to extend the capacity of the restaurant, to modernize the premises and to diversify the offer. New ideas and fresh energy come form the fifth generation - her daughter Maya, who claims the heart of a good restaurant is in the kitchen, and her son Robi who is among other things, the master of baking a piglet.
The offer of Čelan Inn still includes the dishes they were offering more than 80 years ago – local delicacies grown on surrounding farms or in a home garden. Among the most popular dishes are roast veal with home-made dumplings, veal stew, suckling pig roasted over an open fire, and variety of Mediterranean dishes. Hosts like to listen to the ideas their guests have and at the same time introduce seasonal dishes, enrich the offer for vegetarians and follow the latest trends in nutrition. Numerous awards prove that they are masters of their trade. They received a special award for the quality of catering services, which was granted by the Board of Slovenia for Catering and Tourism in 2011. Many customers who visit the inn particularly at weekends when there is a dancing evening on Saturday are also a sign of a hospitable inn.
The same attention as to the preparation of dishes is paid to the guests themselves. The Čelan family try hard that the premises are clean and neat, and that the selection of food suits each and every guest. They offer accommodation for the guests - 4 rooms are equipped with beautiful and comfortable double beds and an apartment with eight beds.
A good caterer has catering in his genes, argues Anica Celan. The whole family Čelan will prove that to you!

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I recently had the opportunity to sample a few dark chocolate bars from Kallari, a USDA Organic Chocolate company based in Ecuador. They are a farmer-owned company that plants, maintains and harvests the Cacao that goes into their delicious gourmet dark chocolate bars. They hand-select the cacao beans that are fermented, dried and sent to a local plant for processing.
Kallari is a cooperative of 850 indigenous Kichwa families from the Upper Napo Region of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They share 100% of their profits with the 21 rainforest communities in their area. I really love giving support to companies that give back to their community like Kallari does. They strive to see their biodiverse ecosystem thrive and flourish. Kallari is a company that is passionate about preserving their ancestral heritage of Cacao farming and bringing you some of the finest chocolate in the world.
I was impressed by the velvety texture and smooth taste of the 70-85% Cacao dark chocolate bars.
Dark chocolate from Kallari is high in antioxidants, with earthy tones, floral notes and a robust chocolate finish.
An added bonus, Kallari chocolate is also gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free! It's so good, I didn't want to bake with it, so I just ate it with a smear of almond butter. It's the perfect post-dinner treat. I bet it would be delicious in chocolate ganache or chocolate chia pudding!
You can buy dark chocolate from Kallari at most Whole Foods stores, as well as online.


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Molly Meg's 1st Birthday
To help celebrate the first year of Molly Meg's Islington shop the Amazing Art Cart was invited to join the party and make badges. We had the pleasure of sharing the day with My Little Day who provided balloons and Baker Lou London who made the most incredible biscuits. So much fun and what a shop - I could have bought everything!


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The team at Il Fornello serve up a wide array of meals inspired by Italian cuisine. Pizzas and pastas sit alongside main courses and salads. Every meal can be complemented by a choice of wine, and enjoyed in a dining hall adorned by postcards and framed pictures.


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Flâneur and pedal savant dedicated to inform and entertain those fascinated by feet and shoes. Read this blog and you will never trust yourself alone with a pair of shoes again. Please note this is an advert free blog.
Friday, July 20, 2018
When two tribes go to war: Fighting Footwear
When two tribes go to war, how many people count the cost of keeping them in shoes? In the Great War it is estimated some 2,500,000 pairs of shoes were made for the Allied troops. Laid end to end this would mean the shoes would cover the complete coastline of Western Australia. An estimated 380,000 cattle were required to be slaughtered to provide the equivalent of 17.5 million square feet of leather or 400 acres to make the boots. The soul leather alone weighed 4,000 tons; metal for nails was 1,150 tons; with 55 tons of thread; and 78,000,000 eyelets. War has always meant big business to the shoe and textile industries. Sadly this has not always brought the best from friendly suppliers and it is estimated human greed can account for almost as many casualties as enemy fire in modern warfare.
When soldier's boots are poor quality for the conditions of combat then their fighting ability is undermined. During the American Civil War, for example, the US cavalry were demoralised because of shoddy workmanship. Supplied with sub-standard cardboard, cowboy boots, their feet and legs were cut to ribbons.
During the Second World War footwear supplies to the front were fatally delayed because vital supplies were misappropriated by Black Marketeers. It was quite common to find non-combat units wearing superior footwear intended for their colleagues at the front. Trench foot was first described in the Great War and was attributed to the feet being immersed in very cold mud for long periods of time. The forces footwear was no match for the atrocious conditions of the trenches. In the Second World War, trench foot was responsible for putting more Allied Forces out of action than the German 88 (artillery). In December 1944, northern Europe's witnessed it's coldest winter during which 45,000 men - the equivalent of three full infantry divisions, were pulled out of the front line because of trench foot. Three days before the Battle of the Bulge began so great were the casualties to trench foot, men unable to walk were carried from sheltered pillbox positions at night to firing positions in the day time. Behind the US Lines it was decreed any soldier suffering trench foot would be tried for court martial. Senior officers were suspicious some soldiers were hoping to avoid combat by actively encouraging symptoms of trench foot. One reason why trench foot was so common was soldiers slept with their boots on. During engagement they were recommended to dry and warm their feet as best they could, and sleep with their boots off. This was often impractical and most ignored the directive.
Conditions in the Falklands War were extreme. The British soldiers were severely challenged by their inferior boots. The direct molded sole failed to keep their feet dry and water poured through the lace holes. The impermeable sole provided a perfect reservoir and feet was immersed in cold water for long periods. Trench foot was commonplace and a major concern to the assault forces. The Argentine boot, on the other hand, was superior in every way and provided ideal protection to the elements hence it became a valued prize of war.
The crossover trend from military wear to fashionable is not new and was seen during the Napoleonic Wars. The Wellington and Blucher boot were proudly worn as a tribute to the Great War heroes. Paradoxically of course although Napoleon lost the war his style of boots became the prototype of all modern cowboy boots. The Engineer boots was popular after the Second World War and was taken into civilian life primarily by those young men who now rode motor cycles. The high ankle protectors meant the skin was not burnt by the hot exhaust pipe and of course this gave the fashion for biker boots. "Its an ill wind that blows no-one, some good ".
The misfortunes of a US boot making companies were transformed with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although 90% of US shoes are manufactured overseas there is a US federal law which states all military footwear should be made from cow hides of American cattle. War meant a new lease of life for ailing traditional industries. At first the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan was a major challenge to the boot designers. During the winter in the mountains the snows can be anything from waist height to over the head and since much of the campaign covert tell tale boot prints gave away the presence of strangers. Landmines were a major problem and despite the sophistication of design and material, no army boot has yet been able to prevent injury. Official US Government research indicates the spectrum of lower leg injuries is the same whether wearing sandals or standard army boots. At best the purpose of the army boot is to prevent below knee amputation for small charges and above the knee for large charges. Combat troops keen to avoid detection wore sandals made from old tyre treads.
Further Reading
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Posted: 9/20/2019
Job Status: Part Time
Job Reference #: 3cf8f51e-519d-46e0-883c-0ed608fb25a9
Categories: Administrative/Clerical, Retail, Customer Service
Job Description
- Enhances Chilson image and ensures a quality visit to the Chilson Center guests by receiving and greeting individuals and professionally assisting callers as needed. Primary workstations include check-in desk and front desk.
- Provides quality customer service tasks for these areas as key front-line operational staff member. (Tasks to include but not limited to: guest check-in, sales, facility reservations, activity registrations, washing/drying towels, equipment checkout, answering phones, concession and merchandise sales.)
- Processes transactions on affiliated computerized cash register and controls daily use revenues by collecting correct fees for daily admissions, activity registrations, facility reservations, extended used passes, adult athletic fees, merchandise and concessions.
- Prepares shift deposits and drawers at beginning/end of shift. Disseminates and promotes Parks and Recreation program information; directs public to proper locations; educates users of potential opportunities and services available; provides general facility use instructions; enforces facility policy and procedure by informing guests of existing policies; observes guest use and informs supervisors of improper facility or equipment use.
- Provides clerical support by assisting with maintenance of various records and sorting/filing needs.
- Resolves administrative concerns by applying appropriate policies and procedures through positive interaction and involvement with Facility Management Team and public.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
Must possess proven excellent customer service skills, be able to communicate effectively and diplomatically with guests, co-workers and facility management team. Must demonstrate skills of good judgment and decision-making in handling difficult situations involving facility guests; ability to follow written and verbal direction; ability to complete fee transactions quickly and accurately and prepare daily cash report using math principals. Must be able to operate menu driven computer/cash register system.
Education and/or formal training:
Current CPR certification required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire. Prefer some training in customer service.
Six (6) months of previous work experience performing similar customer service, receptionist and cashier duties including high degree of public contact and customer relations in a fast-paced environment. Prefer experience in recreation center setting, and computer experience using MS Word and MS Excel.
Working Environment and Required Background Checks:
This position will work in a standard recreational facility setting incorporating a typical customer service, office, and cashier environment which requires both sitting or standing for extended periods of time, reaching, and repetitive keyboard motion. Stooping, bending, pushing, pulling, kneeling, and lifting (up to approximately 30 pounds) are required. Ability to move quickly and efficiently throughout work area is a necessity. Will be exposed to noxious fumes from cleaning and laundry supplies. Will be expected to perform duties during both peak periods when customer service activity is fast paced and intense or during relaxed periods.
Material and equipment directly used:
Personal computer, printer, multi-line telephone, washer, dryer, calculator, photocopier, fax machine, two-way radio, digital camera, lamination machine and soda machine.
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
A criminal history background check will be obtained pre-employment.
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Donations support enrichment activities for students including Mock Congress, Shakespeare workshops, field trips, classroom grants, school assemblies, yearbook scholarships, technology stations for student learning, 8th grade celebration, and entrance fees for math, geography and science contests.
Thank you to our 2017 Impact Cheldelin Donors!
IMPACT Cheldelin is our primary fund drive which takes place each fall. Our goal was to raise $20,000 (approximately $35 per child) to enrich student experiences at Cheldelin Middle School.
The Cheldelin community raised approximately $12,000 for our school during IMPACT, with approximately one-third of all students bringing in donations. All of the funds raised will support student activities at Cheldelin.
Raffle prizes were donated by a number of community supporters and we distributed over 20 raffle prizes to students. We thank OMSI, Oregon Coast Aquarium, OSU Athletics, Mod Pod, Many Hands Trading, The Inkwell, Block 15, Running Princess, Starbucks, Dutch Bros, Coffee Culture, Trump's Hobbies and Winco for donating raffle prizes and rewards for IMPACT. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Thank you to the countless Cheldelin staff, parents, friends, family and students who helped to make this year's donation drive successful. Thanks to Erika Cook and Chelsea Henson for their support with announcements and communication and to Jacquelyn Kwon, Sheila Pederson, Cori Bland and Stephanie Precourt for help processing the packets. Meghan West and Mary Gaines helped handout rewards during lunch, and Cheldelin students Sarah Schoeffler, Cooper Wakefield and Juliah Lyon delivered rewards to the classrooms. And a big thank you to the leadership class for running the kickoff assembly. We especially want to thank the anonymous donor who provided a match of $2,500 during the final prize period.
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You can donate to IMPACT Cheldelin any time through the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation. Online donations can be made online. Simply direct your donation to IMPACT Cheldelin in the online form. Your gift may be tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS and the Tax ID number will be provided once you donate.
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- Select Cheldelin and click "Enroll"
- Done! Cheldelin will now receive a donation for each of your purchases!
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Women key for Davis, Abbott in race
AUSTIN — Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott says no one has fought harder for women as he looks to dispatch at least four of them, including Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis, to gain the Governor's Mansion.
Democrats call him women's Public Enemy No. 1, targeting his record and highlighting insults about Davis by an Abbott supporter and a top adviser.
The fight, coming before Abbott or Davis even have won their party nominations, shows the importance of this battlefield as Democrats try to break a long losing streak in statewide elections. Luring suburban, Anglo women who'd typically vote Republican — or don't vote — is key to Davis' uphill strategy.
"The first stage for Wendy Davis ... is to win the support of more Anglo women. If she can't do that, then it is very unlikely she's going to have much success with Hispanics or among other groups," said Mark P. Jones, chairman of the Rice University political science department.
In 2010, Gov. Rick Perry got 68 percent of the vote among Anglo women to 30 percent for Democrat Bill White, Jones said. If White had received half the vote of Anglo women, it would have been a "photo finish" rather than a 55 percent to 42 percent Perry victory, Jones said. If White had won 35 percent, it would have closed the gap a bit. Percentage points make a difference as Davis works to build a winning coalition.
A September poll for the Texas Lyceum by government Professor Daron Shaw of the University of Texas at Austin and Josh Blank, polling and research manager for UT's Texas Politics Project, showed potential opportunity for Davis.
Done before she announced that she would run, it showed a statistical tie for the women's vote between Abbott and Davis, with 51 percent undecided.
Among undecided women, Blank said, 41 percent identified as Democrats and 29 percent as Republicans. The Sept. 6-20 telephone poll including 798 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.47 percentage points.
"This is a trend we're seeing," said Blank, who earlier co-wrote an article for the Texas Tribune saying conservative identification fell from 49 percent to 38 percent among suburban women between October 2010 and June 2013.
Women's health care, economic opportunity, equal pay, education and even Abbott's opinion in a sexual assault case as a Texas Supreme Court justice are among Democratic weapons in the fight, set against the background of Davis' filibuster this summer against tighter abortion restrictions predicted to close many health clinics.
The legislation increased abortion-facilities standards and banned abortion at 20 weeks. Regarding late-term abortions alone, Davis' camp said she opposes them except in cases of rape or incest; when the mother's life or health is endangered; or if there are severe, irreversible fetal abnormalities.
Abbott, who supports the restrictions, is expected to win the GOP nod in a field that includes two women, Miriam Martinez and Lisa Fritsch. His best-known opponent is former state GOP chairman Tom Pauken.
Davis' effort might get a slim boost from a Libertarian for governor, Kathie Glass, who got more than 2 percent in the 2010 governor's race and could siphon away a percentage point or two from Abbott.
Liberty movement leader Debra Medina, who wants to run for comptroller as a Republican, says some have promised financial backing if she runs for governor as an independent. That could mean another drain on Abbott's votes; Medina got nearly 19 percent of the GOP primary vote in the 2010 governor's race.
The Anglo suburban women's vote is just part of the puzzle. But it's important.
"Women are going to be a powerful voice in this election," Abbott said in El Paso, as reported by the El Paso Times. "I'm proud to say there is nobody in the state of Texas who has done more to fight to help women than I have in the past decade."
Tanene Allison of the Texas Democratic Party hit back. "Greg Abbott is public enemy No. 1 for women in Texas," said Allison, adding he used his position to help defund women's health clinics and calling it "extreme" for Abbott to oppose abortion if a woman becomes pregnant after a rape.
To back his claim to being women's champion, Abbott's camp pointed to his agency's collection of more than $27 billion in child support, his leadership of a human trafficking prevention task force, his office's administration of funds paid to domestic violence and sexual assault victims to relocate and to law enforcement agencies to fund sexual assault exams, and his office's training of sexual assault nurse examiners.
Abbott "sees his job through the eyes of the two most important women in his life: his 16-year-old daughter and his wife of 32 years," said his spokesman, Abe Huerta.
Abbott, speaking Friday to the Texas Federation of Republican Women in San Antonio, said,"To win this fight, I need the most powerful women in the state of Texas working side by side, fighting that fight with me. I need the women of TFRW."
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, who is considering a run for lieutenant governor, said she has heard from women with diverse political views who didn't like the way GOP leaders handled this summer's abortion debate. She asked during that debate what women senators had to do to be heard over the men.
"The women I've encountered are angry," she said. "They feel that they're not being listened to." Conservative women, she said, have expressed "astonishment at the disrespect."
Democrats will keep reminding women why they might be angry. They pounced when Abbott thanked a Twitter supporter who called Davis "retard Barbie" (Abbott later disavowed the language, saying he hadn't read the whole tweet ) and when his top political adviser retweeted a headline suggesting Davis is too stupid to be governor. (Abbott later said he disagreed.)
Democrats have focused on the cutoff of state funding to clinics such as Planned Parenthood that provide women's health services and projections that the new abortion-facility standards will close clinics.
They cite Davis' sponsorship of a state version of the federal Lilly Ledbetter law, giving people a better chance to sue over wage discrimination. It was vetoed by Perry. Abbott's spokesman, Huerta, said the attorney general "believes strongly in equal pay" and that women are protected by the federal law plus the state constitution and state labor code.
They point to Davis' 2011 filibuster against public school cuts.
Democrats also reach back to Abbott's time on the Texas Supreme Court, when he broke from a majority ruling that favored a woman who sued a vacuum-cleaner company because she was sexually assaulted during a home demonstration. She said the company should have required background checks. Abbott, dissenting, said the responsibility was with the distributors.
Mary Beth Rogers, who ran Ann Richards' 1990 campaign for governor, has written that Richards' campaign was about suburban women and that Davis has the potential for the same election-day payoff.
"She won't get my vote," said Becky Clepper, 59, of Tomball at the gathering of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. "She doesn't represent my views or beliefs, whereas Greg Abbott does."
Grace Aguilar Handley, 56, a San Antonio native who lives in Tomball, said abortion is "probably the No. 1 issue for me." She said, "I don't care for Wendy Davis."
Carol Ann Baker of San Antonio, publicity chairwoman of the Alamo City Republican Women, said she hasn't made a decision in the governor's race. She said she is "pro-life" and will decide based on issues, with an eye to ensuring "that we maintain our liberties and our constitutional freedoms" and that taxes are kept low to help small businesses thrive.
Carolyn Hodges of Houston, president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, sees "a wide variance" of opinions on issues among its 10,000-plus members. "But I think in the end, Republican women come together on the key Republican philosophy of limited government, personal responsibility, lower taxes and a great business climate."


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Motorcycle Tour to Veracruz Mexico
Ricardo Perez
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|South of Tropic of Cancer
|Mission, Texas To Veracruz, Mexico
|Rest Stop - Just Follow that Beer Truck!
|Central Downtown Veracruz Plaza
|Lunch Stop
South of the Tropic of Cancer that the landscape started to change a little bit, but it was not until we were well south of Tampico that the vegetation really went from dry semi-arid conditions to lush vegetation.
Our first night was spent in Tampico in a downtown hotel which made it convenient for us to leave the bikes parked while we hunted down a good restaurant or bar. Tampico founded in the early 1800's is another port city which is very industrialized and carries tons of commercial traffic inland to Mexico's major cities.
|Away from the crouds on a Tecolutla Side Street
|Irma & Ricardo in El Tajin
Although it was out of our way, it was certainly a worthwhile detour. It's hard to imagine that just a few hundred miles South of our border there are archaeological findings that long pre-date the discover of America.
|Jaime Pena at El Tajin
|Player's Courtyard at El Tajin
|Voladoros de Papantla
|El Tajin Market Area
Our visit to El Tajin was only half day before continuing our journey down to Veracruz. The highway south of Tampico leaves a lot to be desired and it's probably some of the poorest highway since being so close to the coast it gets battered by coastal winds and moisture year-round.
We hugged the coast as we stayed on the Poza Rica - Veracruz Highway (Mexico 180). Other than the condition of the road in spots the ocean views, the tropical vegetation and sea breeze made this ride one of our most memorable.
It was a long ride into Veracruz and ended up rolling into town after sunset. We finally settled on a hotel along the Costa Verde vicinity, checked in, and made our way across the street to a nice seafood restaurant.
|View from our hotel of Isla de Sacrificios
|Veracruz Port and Ship of Unknown Origin
|Gran Cafe de la Parroquia
On our last day in Veracruz we spent most of the day in the main downtown plaza. All of us had a great time as we drank, listened to music, and just kicked back and enjoyed good food, drink, and music with good friends.
We took a few days getting back to Texas riding straight from Veracruz to Cd Victoria for an overnight stay and then back into Texas the following day. Veracruz is one of the southernmost rides we have taken into Mexico, but it was a great ride along the Gulf coast. Once things settle down in Mexico we'll point our bikes in that direction again.
|The Girls
|The Boys
|Roadside Luncheon Stop
|Joe at the Plaza in Veracruz
|Trio at the Veracruz Plaza with Irma
|The Plaza
|Lunch Stop
|Veracruz Downtown
|Veracruz Group
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List of Plants in the U.S.A.
List of Plants by States
List of Plants Starting with the Letter
Forked Spleenwort
Forked Spleenwort Plant Information
Forked Spleenwort grows in the following 12 states:
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, West Virginia, California, Texas
Asplenium septentrionale is a species of fern known by the common names northern spleenwort and forked spleenwort. It is native to western North America, Europe, and Asia, where it grows on rocks. Its long, slender leaves give it a distinctive appearance, more like a grass than a typical fern. Three subspecies exist, corresponding to a tetraploid and a diploid cytotype and their triploid hybrid.
Asplenium septentrionale is a small fern which grows in dense clusters superficially resembling tufts of grass. The long, dark stems support narrow, leathery leaf blades, which may appear slightly forked at the tip. The fronds are monomorphic, with no difference in shape or size between fertile and sterile fronds.
The rhizome from which the many leaves of each plant spring is about 1millimetre in diameter, and covered with scales. The scales are narrowly triangular, and range in color from black to a dark reddish-brown. They are 2 to 4 millimetres (0.08 to 0.2in) long, 0.3 to 0.6millimetres wide, and entire (untoothed) at the edges. The stipes (stems below the leaf blade) are reddish-brown at the base, fading to green above. They range from 2 to 13 centimetres (0.8 to 5in) in length, and are about 2 to 5 times the length of the leaf blade itself.
The leaf blades are narrow, with parallel edges following the stem, ranging from 0.5 to 4 centimetres (0.2 to 2in) in length and 0.1 to 0.4 centimetres (0.04 to 0.2in) in width. They come to a point at both base and tip, and have a leathery texture. They are often divided into pinnae (leaflets) near the tip, usually two (but sometimes four). These pinnae are sharply angled towards the tip of the blade, giving it a forked appearance. They also come to a point at the tip, and have a few widely spaced, irregular teeth. The rachis (central axis of the leaf) is green and shiny, and the leaves, including the rachis, are free of hairs or scales. Fertile and sterile fronds are the same in appearance; in fertile fronds, the sori are linear, parallel to the edges of the pinna, usually two or more per pinna. The sori are covered by thin, pale tan indusia, with entire edges. It contains 64 spores per sporangium, and most sporophytes have a chromosome number of 2n=144 (a tetraploid).
Individual plants have an abundant number of leaves, forming dense tufts from a rhizome of about 1millimetre in diameter, and sometimes mats on flat rocks.
A.septentrionale is easily distinguished from other related ferns by its narrow blades, often forked at the tip. The presence of sori on fertile leaves distinguishes it from the vegetative material of a grass or sedge.
Originally named Acrostichum septentrionale by Linnaeus in 1753, the species was placed in genus Asplenium by Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1796. The species has twice been placed in genera segregated from Asplenium: as Chamaefilix septentrionalis by Farwell in 1931, and as Tarachia septentrionalis by Momose in 1960. Neither combination was widely accepted and current authorities do not recognize these segregate genera.
In 1980, the discovery of diploid specimens prompted the division of the species into A.septentrionale subsp. septentrionale, the tetraploid population, and A.septentrionale subsp. caucasicum, the diploid population. The diploids are limited to southwest Asia, while the tetraploid population has a circumboreal distribution. The tetraploid subspecies is believed to have arisen from the diploid subspecies by autopolyploidy. The two subspecies are very similar in form, but can be distinguished by the narrower blades of A.septentrionalesubsp.caucasicum (to 0.12 centimetres (0.05in) wide) and its smaller spores (averaging 34m in diameter). In 2003, Ronald Viane and Tadeus Reichstein elevated this subspecies to a species, as A.caucasicum, and described a sterile triploid formed by hybridization of the tetraploid and diploid, identifiable by its abortive spores. They designated the hybrid A.dirense. However, in his taxonomic revision of Indian pteridophytes, Christopher Fraser-Jenkins reduced all of these taxa to subspecific rank, with the hybrid A.dirense becoming the nothosubspecies A.septentrionale subsp.rehmanii.
Asplenium septentrionale can hybridize with maidenhair spleenwort (A.trichomanes) to form the hybrid A.alternifolium, with A.foreziense to form A.costei, with black spleenwort (A.adiantum-nigrum) to form A.contrei, with A.obovatum subsp. lanceolatum to form A.souchei, and with wall-rue (A.ruta-muraria) to form A.murbeckii and A.tavelio. A.murbeckii can back-cross with A.septentrionale to form A.hungaricum.
Asplenium septentrionale subsp. septentrionale is found in Europe and Asia from the Macaronesian Islands east through Europe, western Asia, the former USSR, northern India, parts of western and central China (Xinjiang, Tibet, and Shaanxi), and Taiwan. It is also found in North America, principally in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, but also in the Black Hills of South Dakota - Wyoming. It also occurs in the mountains of the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada, from Oregon south through California into Baja California. Populations occur to the eastward in western Texas and near the tip of the Oklahoma Panhandle, and two very disjunct stations have been located on shale in Monroe County and Hardy County, West Virginia.
Asplenium septentrionale subsp. caucasicum has been reported from Georgia, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. The type specimen of A.septentrionale subsp. rehmanii came from Pakistan, near the Lowari Pass.
Asplenium septentrionale is epipetric and can be found in crevices of rocks, around boulders, and on cliffs. It can be found on a variety of substrates, including granitic rocks and limestone. The West Virginia stations are on shale. In the United States, it can be found growing at altitudes from 700 to 2,900 metres (2,300 to 9,500ft).
Asplenium septentrionale is hardy to USDA Zone 4. It is best grown in partial sun or medium light in moist to dry potting mix. It requires good drainage and little watering. Sensitive to root disturbance, it is difficult to transplant and establish, and is rarely sold by nurseries.
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Picture it: a warm August week in lovely Boston, a brand-new resort and casino, three epic marketing and sales events packed under one roof, networking with hundreds of your peers and all the clam chowder and lobster rolls you can eat.
If all of the above sounds like a damn good time, then mark your calendars for the B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange, taking place at the beautiful, new Encore Boston Harbor Resort & Casino August 12-13, 2019. So new, in fact, that it's not even open at the time I publish this blog post.
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Elmwood Neighborhood Association is seeking artwork for its next order of t-shirts, and you can be the artist that designs it. ENA treasurer Claire St. Pierre announced the design contest Sunday afternoon, adding that the shirts will be available for sale at the association's upcoming Fall Fest.
Entries must be in electronic format (preferably TIF or PNG) and submitted via email to firstname.lastname@example.com by September 3rd. The winner will receive a $50 Visa gift card and the first shirt off the press, according to ENA vice-president Joshua Kumler. The Fall Fest committee will pick the winning design and announce the winner the following week.
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If you're autistic, "Autism Awareness Month" is a special kind of hell.
(CN: this article frequently references ableism as it specifically relates to disability and autism.)
In a month that is theoretically about raising awareness of issues that affect me, my kids, and my community, I am invisible. There are very real issues affecting the autistic community: abusive therapies and "cures," culture-wide sympathy with caregiver murders, and the total lack of acknowledgment that autistic kids eventually become autistic adults and have specific and individual support needs, to give some of the many, many examples.
But instead of focusing on those issues, Autism Awareness is focused on questions like whether autism is caused by vaccines (it isn't), whether or not there's an autism "epidemic" (there's not), and whether or not Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is abusive (it is). Instead of focusing on us—actually autistic people—this month is about those around us. Our siblings, our parents, the poor neurotypicals who have to deal with us day to day.
For just a minute, think how it would feel to have every day of a month directed towards telling you that your life is a tragedy. If you can't see how much that would hurt, I want you to think about what the word empathy means before I hear it misused for the 60th time since April started.
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Dirty drum processing with Depeche Mode
There's so many computers on stage these days. No wonder robots will rule the world very soon! (unless the ninja can stop 'em!)
In the meantime, I just bumped into this one. Depeche Mode's live drums, explained behind the scenes (with Ableton Live). Learn from the guys who have been making beats & bleeps for over 2 decades now!
Recommended for Ableton users!
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Metal Armorial
Metal Armorial is an award-winning animated music video that merges elements of comics, Westerns and woodcuts to tell the story of a young cowboy. The film is set in an arid region, full of challenges that could be located in the American Southwest, in the Australian Outback or the Brazilian Cariri.
Synopsis: A young adventurer wanders with his mule over the dry and mysterious land of Cariri paraibano looking for his wife. On a treacherous and dangerous path, he gets lost when encounters a fork in the road. He must choose between the alluring mermaid song and the road that will lead him back to his rough farming life with his wife.
Directed by Beethowen Souza & Minna Miná
Produced by Pedro Jácome de Moura Jr.
Pedro Jácome : : Screenplay, Story
Minna Miná : : Screenplay, Storyboard, Character Design, Concept Art
Beethowen Souza : : Screenplay, Animatic, 2D Animation, Traditional Animation, Riggers, Final Editing
Soundtrack : : No chão do Cariri
Composition : : Pedro Jácome de Moura Jr
Voice : : Katarina Nepomuk
Bass : : Paulo Márcio
Electric and Acoustic Guitars : : Pedro Jácome
Synthesizer : : Gustavo Medeiros
Drums : : Maerson Meira
This project was my first big gig as a freelancer and took one year and seven months to complete. Working together with Minna Miná, we did every step, from the script to the credits and delivered to Pedro Jácome, our musician client responsible for the executive production and for the audio.
I used this project to learn during the process and to try some techniques to get familiar with animation. I did a lot of mixing between Photoshop and After Effects. Each tiny piece of this design has texture animated with brushes in Photoshop and just this process alone took me three looong months to get every texture moving around.
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2018 Winner - Best Art Direction
2018 Winner - Best Script
24º Festival de Cinema de Vitória
2017 Official Selection - Best Video
Rio WebFest
2016 Nominee - Best Music Video
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Fall 2009 Seasonal Drink Competition Winner
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Autumn Sunset Latte
- medium size mug (16oz)
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She will be receiving two 12oz. bags of Vienna Coffee and a VCC mug. Congratulations
Thank you to all of our Participants. Don't worry you have another chance to win with our next competition. The Winter Seasonal Drink Competition has begun! Please send in your recipes by February 9, 2010, just in time for Valentine's Day. This is the best season for a good cup of hot coffee and tea! We'd love to hear from you. Need ideas? Check out our recipes or past winner's recipes.
Halloween is this Saturday, and in celebration of Halloween we have a special promotion! Show your Halloween spirit on Friday by coming in your costume to the roastery, and get an 8oz. bag of a coffee of your choice. WHAT A DEAL! (The picture is of John's little precious grandbaby scarecrows.)
"Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter." for the rest of the story go here.
Weekly Deal: Cupping Coffee of the World
Today we started our coffee classes and cuppings up again. This week we focused on Organic vs Non-organic from around the world. To accomplish this, we cupped our Sumatran, Guatemalan, and Ethiopian. It was an interesting class, and we would love for anyone to join us for our next class.
Our next class, on Tuesday, August 25 we will be hosting "What is Espresso - tasting and training." Space is limited so reserve your spot today.
Just for signing up for this class this week you will recieve a free 2oz. bag of coffee of your choice!
The image is a picture of coffee fields in Sumatra taken by Les Stoneham on his most recent visit to Sumatra.


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"In order to maximize your potential, you have to know your body. Whether you are trying to lose weight, increase athletic performance, or push yourself to that next fitness goal, understanding your body composition, fitness level, and metabolism is critical. In the past, you have had to visit hospitals, laboratories, or other locations just to get an accurate picture of your fitness and body composition. This was not only inconvenient, but also expensive."
This was taken right from their website and I think it does a good job of explaining exactly the point of getting a Dexa Body scan. It's certainly not necessary for medical purposes, but for anybody looking for more specific, customized optimization of their training and nutrition, it's a wealth of information. In order for this post to remain interesting, I'm going to briefly share my experience so far, what I learned, and how I intend to continue with Dexa scans in order to monitor progress.
Dexa Body has a main location in Salt Lake City, UT and also a mobile testing facility (a nice bus) that operates in the Southeast, primarily Atlanta. When Dexa reached out to me to get tested, I couldn't get there fast enough. I love personalized data and think it's beyond interesting that there is technology readily available that can tell us so much about what is going on in the inside as a result of our genetics, nutrition and exercise.
The scanning process was really as simple as it sounds-- I fasted for the morning, met Duane in a central location, hopped up on a table and laid there for 7 minutes while it gathered it's data. (Couldn't be any more simple). Duane was so professional, informative and generous with his time. Drew wasn't schedule to get a scan, but Duane willingly included him in the fun. It was fun for us to compare our numbers and see where our strengths and weaknesses differ.
I was planning to get three tests:
Dexa Body Scan- Overall analysis of lean muscle to fat ratio, symmetry of muscles, bone density, and regional compositions.
VO2 Max- Tests aerobic fitness by pushing you on a treadmill until the anaerobic threshold (switching point from aerobic to anaerobic) and allows target heart rate zones to be determined. This allows you to know where YOUR specific heart rate needs to be for different types of cardio helping a person to know the precise level of intensity that will truly maximize the amount of fat burned.
Resting Metabolic Rate- this test gives a detailed picture of your metabolism using breathing monitoring for ten minutes. It measures how many calories you body would burn at rest, then factors in extra needs based on exercise and lifestyle.
Unfortunately, my plans to get the Vo2 fell through because the gym that the Dexa Body Mobile Van was planning to attend didn't have enough clients, so we were left with no treadmill that day. I was pretty disappointed, just because that was the test I was most curious about, but Duane assured me that this will be an ongoing tool and next time he will find me a treadmill ;)
When it came time for RMR test, I put a small clip over my nose and began breathing (regularly) through a tube. Since my oxygen consumption and resting heart rate are both VERY low, the machine actually wasn't picking up my breathing for the first four minutes of the test. Once Duane realized and asked me to take much longer, deeper breaths, it began to read the results, but I was advised to repeat that test for a little more accurate experience.
I'm going to save my results of the body scan and how I plan to use them for another, more technical post. Hopefully this answered a few of the questions about the process and potential for Dexa Body Scans. It certainly isn't necessary for anyone looking to start a new workout regimen or clean up their diet, but it IS an informative way to measure the progress you are making. Duane recommends quarterly scans if this is something you want to track and they compare results from each test date that shows trends (good or bad) that have resulted from the training and nutrition approach taken in between tests.
I'm planning to get another in January and see if I can put on some lean muscle before then! It's hard for women to gain muscle, but it is so beneficial for our bodies, metabolisms, and eventually our aging process.
Thank you Dexa Body for hosting Drew and me--we look forward to partnering with you over the next year!


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Math Dice Powers Editionby ThinkFun
This fun and fast-paced game will test and train your mental math skills as you race against your components to find the right mathematical solution. Ideal for children aged 10-years and over, this attractive game focuses on exponents (for parents who have forgotten all their math: this is the small number written next to a big number that tells you how many times to multiply the big number by itself – i.e. 23 = 2 x 2 x 2). The game includes two 12-sided dice and three six-sided dice, and comes in a handy pouch for easy storage and mathematical entertainment anywhere.
- Sharpens math skills
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Alan Stewart's Impeccably researched biography makes brilliant use of original sources to bring to life the conversations and the controversies of the Jacobean age. Stewart Lucidly untangles the intricacies of James's life. In doing so, he uncovers the extent to which Charles I's downfall was caused by the cracks that appeared in the monarchy during his father's reign. The D/w shows light shelf wear. A good, tight and clean copy. View more info


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Transfection of human low density lipoprotein receptor gene (pLDLR-2) to CHO cells and HepG2 cells1.TransfectionMethod of the Electronporation was performed to CHO cells or HepG2 cells using plasmid with human LDL receptor cDNA (pLDLR-2) and PVS2-neo under the condition with voltage 0.2kV and time constant 18 msec.2.Selection of transfected cells1) In CHO cells, neomycin-resistant colonies, stable colonies were obtained accroding to the method.2) In HepG2 cells, transient colonies could be obtained, but stable colonies could not.3.Identification of transfected cells1) Binding assayIn the experiments of binding assay with 1251-labeled LDL,affimity and binding capacity were markedly increased in both CHO cells and HepG2 cells transfected as compared with wild type CHO cells and HepG2 cella.2)Western blottingMembrane pellets from CHO-pLDL-R2 or HepG2-pLDL-R2 were subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in 3-12% gel and then electrophoretically transferred to nitrocellulose paper. Immunoblotting was performed using 10 mg.ml of anti-human LDL receptor monoclonal antibody, followed by 1251-labeled protein A.Ligand blotting detected a single protein (around 13 kDa) in membrane pellets of these cells.
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Excited and honored to announce that I'll be heading back on tour this summer, this time with Death Cab for Cutie as they headline Boston Calling Festival and several other shows in New York and New Jersey. Much like my time with The Postal Service last summer, I'll be Trail Coordinator (what?!) for the entire band and crew + assisting with production. Gonna be good, real good. In NY, MA, or NJ during May? I'd love to see you.
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Hello Friends!
I am thinking about those friends and associates of mine who blog and just wanted to say hello to them all! And invite anyone and everyone who wants to read my blog and become my "follower" to please, do so and soon! I feel "lonely" over here all by myself, otherwise! LOL
I realize my blog is simple. Basic. But it's what I can do and what I know how to do. Besides, I figure sharing your thoughts and impressions in simplistic form is just as important as sharing them on a fancy webpage! Not that I don't like fancy details because I do! However, I also appreciate simplicity. Thus, my simple blog.
I would love to hear from you! Your comments on what I'm writing, your thoughts about anything and everything pretty much! So drop in, follow, and let's talk!
Have a wonderful day! :-)
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Electrical Engineer - JUMP Hardware
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
About the Role
We are currently seeking an Electrical Engineer to help bring our suite of electrical products from concept through production and into operation. Great judgment, a comprehensive understanding of op-amps, ASICs, PMICs and their applications are critical to success. This role will work with senior engineers on the team to accelerate development, optimize performance, and improve the supply chain.
A familiarity with component selection, schematic capture, part creation, and board layout are required for this role. This role will require experience with 2-4 layer board design and an understanding of how to apply and modify reference designs to achieve product goals. Day to day, the Electrical Engineer will execute with aptitude, to ensure JUMP products are operationally reliable, exceptionally safe, and consistent across high production volumes.
- Be a positive and collaborative contributor for electrical engineering projects.
- Be organized and decision-oriented, keeping projects on schedule and well-communicated across teams.
- Have wide domain awareness and understanding of mixed signal design.
- Work closely with technical experts to execute within aggressive timelines.
- Collaboratively design analog and mixed-signal hardware in Altium Designer.
- Perform failure analysis with technicians to identify root causes.
- Prepare product design and analysis documentation.
- Collaborate with firmware test engineering to establish hardware-in-loop facilities.
- Evaluate electromechanical components for alternates.
- Select, simulate, and create component libraries in Altium Designer.
What You'll Need
- 1 year experience with Electrical Design
About the Team
JUMP is a team inside Uber building the next generation of shared light electric vehicles. This role will contribute to the core functionality of the vehicles and test equipment shipping around the world. Success on this team means changing the way people fundamentally get around cities for the better. We move fast, work smart, and have a lot of fun.


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Bethany is a graduate from Point Park University, a private university located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. While there she received a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Production.
She's done work ranging from short narrative actions to emotional experimental films. While at Point Park University, Bethany was able to discover and pursue her love for directing. She developed her style and has gained the confidence to be able to lead a team from pre-production all the way into post-production.
Bethany has experience not only in directing, but the following positions: 2nd Assistant Camera, Wardrobe Stylist, Set Dresser, Art Production Assistant, 2nd Assistant Director, Script Supervisor, Executive Producer, and Producer.
Please check out her IMDb page to see specifics for her positions on sets.
Not only a lover for film, Bethany is also an avid writer. She currently writes for Skinny Teatox - a Canadian based detox tea company - where she writes fitness and healthy lifestyle articles. Bethany also wrote short film reviews for a site called Monologue Blogger. Along with that, Bethany also manages a blog where she occasionally will write reviews on newer and older films. In the past, Bethany has written for a Pittsburgh based magazine called Maniac Magazine, where she would write fashion related blogs for their site.
She was previously a personal assistant for actor Ryan Hurst, and his wife Molly Cookson. As the assistant Bethany helped manage their schedules, set up appointments, ran errands, and helped keep watch of their nine dogs!


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Bright Aisles, Dark Alleys
I am also one dedicated to 'getting in the way'. I am not brave and would not like to be hurt but if I saw someone beating up a dog, I would intervene. Wouldn't you? So why not get in the way of other animals being beaten up and slaughtered, by being vegan? We can block the funding channel and so, get in the way of profitability for the violent industries which exploit other sentient creatures and lie to us about what they do, refuse to show the horrors and keep us in thrall to their myth of how happy the animals are to be abused, tortured and murdered. Go vegan. Get in the way of violence.
―a brief address by Tashi Nyima to the Richardson Interfaith Alliance (TX) during the Thanksgiving Observance
There is a quote in tonight's program that reads: "Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from the taking of life, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down —scrupulous, full of mercy— trembling with compassion for all sentient beings." ―Buddha Shakyamuni
When people think of Buddhist monks, if they think of us at all, they imagine that we dwell in clouds of incense, smiling serenely, unperturbed, meditating on nothing. But, as you just read, we are not called to drift placidly in emptiness, but to "tremble with compassion for all sentient beings".
I thought that the mention of 'trembling' was just a rhetorical device, until late one night, returning with my Teacher from visiting with refugees, when we passed by a dark alley and heard the cries of fear and pain of…
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de Daumier-Smith Blends
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Bottling Date: august 8, 2018
Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Serving: 42-50F (Intentionally highly carbonated. Please refrigerate 24-48 hours prior to opening.)
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 cascade hops, blueberries, red-juiced peaches
Élevage: spontaneously fermented in french and hungarian oak puncheons for six to twenty-six months before refermenting in an open (upright) 400L hungarian oak red wine puncheon with single-farm NJ blueberries and red-juiced peaches
Fruit: south jersey blueberries, south jersey overripe red-juiced yellow peaches, with pits
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This month, all of dragonkind come together to participate in the Crystalline Gala. This festival celebrates the ice flight. Our most prized possession, Eternal Snow, can be found by using any gathering profession in the ice territories this week. Neutral and ice-aligned monsters also have a chance to rarely yield these items as drops in the Coliseum. They may be crafted at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew using alchemy reagents.
Festive Favors
The Festive Favors holiday stall is now open for the duration of the holiday and you may trade in Eternal Snow for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on Sunday, February 3 at 06:00 server time.
Joxar's Spare Inventory
The following item has been added to Joxar's Spare Inventory:
Crystalline Gala Skin & Accent Contest
The results are in! Congratulations to all of our winners!
- @Arkenrall
- @Kaenith
- @Lynnora
- @Medisin
- @Meeboo
- @Nyebe
- @protowilson
- @raclette
- @Ravenhearst
- @Saerino
- @Spassow
- @tasmanicus
- @ventoaureo
- @Window
For the remaining duration of holiday, 12 of these skins will be stocking in the Treasure Marketplace and six of them will very rarely gathered by digging in ice territory or by battling in the coliseum. 2 of these skins will be exclusive to Baldwin's Bubbling Brew.
There were so many amazing entries, we had to take note of several honorable mentions. A special thanks to:
- @AlpineHell
- @arcaneidolriots
- @Atramentia
- @Autopilot
- @bioluminosity
- @chocoapple
- @cutiefry
- @Desnik
- @Hinatara
- @Judithan
- @Kaldwin
- @Mysh
- @nonaline
- @RiavaCornelia
- @YoukaiMinori


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Hi Chris, Philip, Nice work on media fragment URIs, awesome! Is this for URLs pasted in the browser or for URLs in the <video> element? Or maybe both? On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Tue, 10 May 2011 03:52:11 +0200, Chris Double <firstname.lastname@example.com> > wrote: > >> I'm working on Mozilla bug 648595 to implement temporal media >> fragments on the HTML video and audio elements: >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648595 >> >> I have basic support working but have some questions regarding >> behaviour and events. This is how I've currently implemented things: >> >> 1) When a temporal fragment is given with a start time, when the >> loadedmetadata event on the resource is raised this is the currentTime >> of the resource. > > Do you mean that you internally seek when reaching HAVE_METADATA? That's > what I did, but care must be taken to not show the first frame of the video > before seeking. Also, should seeking events be fired at this point? > >> 2) When an end time is given I do the equivalent of calling 'pause()' >> on the media element. I do not raise the 'ended' event. > > Is paused set to true, or is the element "paused for user interaction"? I > think the latter actually makes sense, but when I implemented MF as a quick > hack for FOMS I just called pause(). > >> 3) When the media is paused due to reaching the end time and then >> 'play()' is called, playback continues ignoring the media fragment >> times. > > Agreed. > >> 4) What do I do with 'loop'? Loop the fragment? > > This has pretty much been discussed to death. IMO, there are basically 3 > options: > > 1. Treat #t as a "cropping" operation so that entire timeline is that of the > fragment. Then loop, ended, etc can be treated as usual. > > 2. Make the fragment somehow stateful so that looping works until one seeks > outside the fragment. I quite dislike this approach because it would > probably be confusing to users why looping sometimes works and sometimes > not. > > 3. Don't support looping. > > I think option 3 is the least horrible option. > >> Currently authors fake looping in the absence of the attribute support >> by doing something like: >> >> <video onended='video.play()'></video> >> >> This workaround won't work with fragments as I've implemented them. I >> don't raise the ended event. And if I did, 'play()' resumes after the >> fragment. >> >> There doesn't seem to be a way to detect 'hit end of fragment', or to >> get the fragment start/end times using the DOM without the author >> parsing the URL themselves. Is this likely to be a problem in >> practice? >> >> 5) When a user seeks, or 'currentTime' is set on the DOM object then >> the media fragments are ignored. Is this the right approach? Or should >> seeks within the fragment range not remove the fragments? > > What does "remove the fragments" mean? That equals option 2 above for looping IMO, i.e. the "zoom in" on the fragment is removed as soon as the user interacts with the timeline. The whole handling of media fragments depends indeed on the model that we associate with it. Originally, cropping seemed the right approach to me. But we are using #-fragments and not a new resource, so from a URI POV there is still the "main" resource which is the full resource. The thing is: if we deal with fragments with rendering @controls, then we can make it behave in option2 and how Chris is handling point 5). If we turn off @controls at that stage, we still get to display the "cropped" resource and the Web developer can decide to do with the controls what they like. >> Any feedback appreciated. If other implementors could comment on what >> they plan to do (or have already done) in this area I'd appreciate at >> it so I can make sure the Firefox implementation is compatible. > > Please have a look at http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10723 > and weigh in with whatever you think makes sense. > > Finally, whatever you end up implementing, I would very much appreciate if > you take the time to ensure that it ends up in the specs as well, either MF > of HTML. When the time comes for me and other browsers to implement this, we > shouldn't have to refer to the email archives for implementation > requirements :) I agree! :-) Cheers, Silvia.Received on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:52:27 UTC
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Heading to Winston-Salem this morning to deliver Focus for the 2014 Second Spring Arts Exhibit and Competition which will take place at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts from May 9th thru 30th. Hope you will stop by and enjoy the exhibit if you are in the area.
Focus is available for purchase and looking for a good home.
Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
251 North Spruce Street
Winston-Salem, NC map


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Unless you're a completely self-sustainable hermit living a remote life in the mountains, chances are you're going to have to deal with at least one other human being on a daily basis. So when you meet that new person, ask yourself: Is my default setting to trust this person, or not to trust this person?
Coming from a place of distrust is completely understandable. After all, most of our elementary education is firmly established on the principle of distrust between teacher and student. The teacher assigns the students homework from the textbook, the students do the homework, and then are required to perform a series of educational exercises to prove they didn't lie, and they actually did what was asked of them. While there's plenty of arguments to be said about the inner workings of the child psyche in relation to learning, there's also little denying the classroom atmosphere has widely become one of competition, rather than willful, truthful engagement.
It's also understandable to carry a general distrust for people in their professional capacities. Doctor's frequently recommend getting a second opinion about an unfavorable diagnosis. Every touchdown in the NFL is reviewed. Bank safe deposit boxes require two keys. To distrust is to prolong your feeling of safety.
What if we trusted people before we met them? What if we erred on the side of belief, rather than disbelief? Would we grow differently as a result of how we interact with people and what we learn from them?
Trust, like love, is an internal emotion that we don't truly comprehend until it's been broken by something outside ourselves. And only once it's been broken, do we understand how valuable of a commodity it is in the first place. But we can't forget that the only reason Gold and the American dollar and Bitcoin hold immense wealth (right now) is because there is a general trust in their respective value. After all, if you're stranded on a deserted island, you have a brick of gold and the other guy has a cheeseburger, who's richer? And where's the trust?
The truth is, despite all the easily identifiable negativity in the world right now, I truly believe that people generally default to trusting others, just as our general default setting should be to be honest with others. It's only when you lose your bearings on truth, when you lose the ability to trust others, will you'll find yourself starting or ending sentences with the words, "believe me."


text: So interestingly enough, I instagram stalked Rylee about a month before she contacted me to do her wedding and put her on my "people I want to shoot asap" list So when she contacted me about doing her wedding I legit think I double checked the name 12 times on the email. Can you blame me? And even better? She's a dancer. I knew I could get down with her at the wedding so what did I do? Got down with her at the wedding of course. Im sure you're wondering where Kolton was? Oh right next to use. Don't worry, men love to dance at night too, they just don't know it yet. Happy dancing and endless love to the prettiest couple I know.Read More


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Jackson + Shannon
You guys remember how I said love sometimes grows from work friendships? Another perfect example right here. Jackson and Shannon not only met working together but are now starting their life together with the same company in D.C. Can you imagine? Getting married, moving, and going to work with a new role/work family in mind...I have no doubt that they will transition with lots of love, laughter and really good food. Nashville will be lost without you guys! Cheers from your favorite Tennessean! *wink* *butreally*
P.S. You might notice that the camera loved Shannon's twin nieces who were the cutest flower girls. Jackson's nephew made the cutest ring bearer! Some of the best kids I've ever seen in a wedding.
Bride's dress | Groom's suit | Bridesmaid dresses | Groomsmen accessories | Bridal jewelry | Venue | Florals | Caterer | Cake by Mother of the Groom | Hair & Make-up | Videography | Rentals


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Whether Ruto will be president or not will be determined by the ballot not individuals announcing in rallies.
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A YouTube Channel!
So I've started a YouTube channel!
I've been meaning to do this for a while, mainly to showcase flipthroughs of my journals, but should I ever find the time I would also love to use it for tutorials and art supply reviews. Really it's all an elaborate scheme to convince myself that the obscene amount of money I spend on art supplies and stationery is totally worth it, but hopefully you'd get something out of it as well.
So, do check out the first seven videos of me flipping through my illustrated journals over here if you should feel so inclined and please let me know what kinds of video's you'd like to see on my channel. I'd love to grow this into a 'thing'!


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Josephine Butler Parks Center Wedding: Josh and Ozge
In a way, Ozge and Josh cheated. They got married in Turkey before they did this ceremony in the United States, so they had a practice run. But I suspect they'll be just as beautiful years from now as they did the day I photographed them, or rather more so with the passage of time.
One of the benefits of photographing a married couple getting married, I discovered, is that they helped dress each other, get ready together. I witnessed a piece of romantic domesticity, eros and pathos both. I remember seeing Ozge carefully helping Josh with his cufflinks, and Josh patiently buttoning each of the buttons on Ozge's dress. How many couples get to relive their marriage moments with the mundane actions of daily life? (For those with a child already, I can see some of the same opportunities of happy rememberance.)
They had a morning (or brunch) wedding, which gave such wonderful light that day at the Butler house. Their families and friends mixed and talked, and gabbed and hugged, and toasted (it seemed) 40 times. "There is so much to say," is what I heard from all of the friendly murmurs, jokes, and conversations from my mobile perch. Thank you, by the way, those of you who helped me corral the formal portrait participants. We had a pretty efficient operation going, for sure.
And even though it was a packed schedule, Ozge and Josh brought me along to bring some of their private time and personal photography time together. I found some images then that I'm very proud of that show them together in their own way. I found their dance, in a similar way, as another special expression of being together--the whole 5 minutes--but with everyone around them.
Ozge and Josh, I think I expressed it clearly as we took the last photographs afterwards in the park: it was a pleasure to be there, with you and your loved ones. I wish you the best.
Ceremony and Reception Location: Josephine Butler Parks Center
Bridal Shop: Lana Addison Bridal
Dress Designer: Pronovias
Shoes: Bella Belle
Hair: Oasis Hair Salon
Caterer: Spilled Milk Catering
Transportation: Uber
Officiant: Sarah Martinez-Helfman
Reception music: DJ Wolfman - Isaac Helfman
Honeymoon location: Turkey


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Vacation- One of the best.words.ever. It is also one of the words that before this trip I couldn't tell you when the last time we used that word and for more than just a quick getaway. There is not much I need to say about Hawaii, let alone Kauai. It was our first time to Hawaii and I can guarantee you not the last! The whole island was just completely stunning, it is truly its own canvas and makes any picture on its own absolutely gorgeous!
While it was a good trip for us to relax and just disconnect and hit reset, we stayed busy exploring the island, hiking, and just being. One of the best things we did on this trip was to take a helicopter tour of Kauai. OH.MY.GOSH! It was one of the most breathtaking yet thrilling things! I HIHGLY recommend if you get a chance to do a tour of any location via helicopter you do it- you will look at the location with a whole new perspective and appreciation.
With such gorgeous scenery I really didn't end up with a picture I didn't like from the trip and am so glad we will have this gallery to look back on for years to come! I am also looking forward to getting these printed (trying out a couple new mediums too so stay tuned to the blog for my reviews).
Enjoy a few of my favorite pictures from our trip (I took a LOT)- if I just look at them long enough maybe I will magically appear back in Hawaii?? A girl can dream. Anybody needs a destination photographer to Hawaii, you know I am game!


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The dangers of worker exposure to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen that can cause serious long-term health issues, including lung cancer and kidney failure, should have come as no surprise to the Lane Plating Works Inc. owner.
Air-monitoring tests showed workers were suffering from overexposure to the dangerous toxin, but he failed to correct the hazard.
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As a result, the Dallas-based chrome plating shop is facing a fine of $110,200 for two willful violations and 19 serious violations, said officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
"Workers had dangerous chemical residue on their clothing and labored in areas where unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium dust were found on work surfaces," said Stephen Boyd, OSHA's area director in Dallas. "By failing to address these hazards, Lane Plating Works' endangered the health and well-being of its employees and their families who were exposed when their loved ones came home with contaminated clothing."
OSHA initiated the complaint inspection under its National Emphasis Program for Hexavalent Chromium.
Investigators found two willful violations and issued a citation and $56,000 penalty for failing to use controls to reduce employee exposure to hexavalent chromium and to monitor the chemical periodically.
The 19 serious violations, with a penalty of $54,200, were for failing to institute controls to reduce and maintain levels of hexavalent chromium below the permissible exposure limits and to train workers on the chemical's hazards. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known exists.


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Special for the Halloween season was a morning edition of Zombie Movie Night. Eating M&M's for breakfast, my brother and I took a look at Quarantine 2 and Die Zombiejager.
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quarantine 2: Terminal is the sequel to a very good film that was an almost identical copy of the Spanish film [REC]. The one very key difference between Quarantine and [REC] was the cause of the zombie infection. (SPOILER ALERT) At the end of [REC], it's discovered that patient zero was a possessed little girl under the care of a priest trying to exorcise her. Quarantine took a different approach, having the virus being a sort of super-rabies unleashed by a doomsday cult. [REC] 2 goes deeper into the religious/devil aspect, so obviously the Quarantine sequel was going to be something quite different (which is good, because I hated the direction [REC] 2 took).
The events of Q2:T take place either at the same time as or shortly after the original. We're quickly introduced to a number of passengers and crew on a small plane and thrown a bunch of red herrings as to who might be the first one to turn zombie: there's a sick co-pilot, a fat guy who gets bitten by a hamster, an old lady carrying a cat. Soon enough, there's a zombie on the plane, the plane lands, the passengers and crew attempt to leave the terminal only to find that they're under…..you guessed it……Quarantine!
THE GOOD: Q2:T doesn't have any recognizable actors, but they all do a pretty good job. The zombies look pretty good and there's a good amount of action. The story's pretty solid, but there's really nothing outstanding about this movie. It certainly doesn't capture the intensity of the first film. They did dump the handheld camera style, which I count as a plus. While [REC] and Quarantine pulled it off really well, other films that have tried it have been terrible (I'm looking at you Diary of the Dead and Zombie Diaries), hopefully it's run its course in the zombie genre.
THE BAD: Again, Q2:T kind of falls right in the middle, nothing terrible but nothing great either. There is one thing that did bother me throughout the movie. Every time we see a zombie on screen they're grunting, groaning, yelling, and loudly stomping all over the place, yet they somehow manage to keep sneaking up on people throughout the run of the film. It's really just a lazy use of a horror cliche. The way the zombies act combined with the characters' location in an echo-filled terminal back room means that our heroes should have been able to hear every zombie coming a mile away.
THE ZOMBIES: If you've seen the original, you know the zombies we're dealing with. They're infected with "super-rabies" making them not actually dead, but sick and extremely violent. (One of the characters refers to it as "people rabies" which doesn't seem quite accurate since regular rabies does affect humans.) There's no need to worry about head shots with this bunch, it seems that anything that would kill an ordinary human is enough.
THE VERDICT: Nothing spectacular, nothing god-awful. Q2:T is a solid zombie movie that rests neatly on the middle of the spectrum.
Current ZMN Rank: #23 out of 59
Die Zombiejager
Look at that poster! Die Zombiejager just screams Instant Classic! doesn't it?…No? I didn't think so either, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been surprised.
So, does Die Z deliver??? Well….No….or sort of….I don't know. That's the main issue here. Die Z is just all kinds of confused, it doesn't really know what it wants to be and the viewer is left as confused as the filmmakers.
Die Zombiejager is an elite crew of zombie killers that have been hired by German city officials to take care of a little zombie problem, about 100 to 150 zombies depending on who you ask. The team rushes in (without zombie serum mind you) and gets to work. Little do they know, there's an evil zombie master behind the scenes pulling the zombie strings and creating a "super zombie" (with chest armor!).
THE GOOD: Die Z is, during it's best moments, somewhat amusing. At some points, it's laughably bad, other times, just plain bad.
THE BAD: The tone of this movie is all over the place. Is it supposed to be taken seriously? Is it supposed to be a parody of zombie and action movies in general? Is the villain supposed to look ridiculous and cheesy? It's all really hard to tell. If the filmmakers had just chosen one direction or the other, this would have been a much better movie.
THE ZOMBIES: Standard slow zombies. We are treated to some pretty bad zombie acting and what seems like a generous reuse of extras (I swear one dude played a zombie in at least three different zombie-killing scenes). In the world of Die Z, there does exist a zombie serum, but it is apparently pretty pricey as the city doesn't have enough to go around. It's unclear how exactly the serum works, but I certainly hope that it isn't a complete cure as our main characters liberally dispose of the zombies throughout the city.
THE VERDICT: It's hard to be disappointed by low-budget zombie crap, but Die Z managed to pull it off. It just felt like it could have been a much better movie with a little more direction. That being said, it did set itself up for a sequel, which I would most likely watch if it ever became available.
Current ZMN Rank: This one is still up the air a bit, as my brother rates it more favorably than I do. Still up for debate, it currently sits at #45 out of 59


text: This week in the First Light look around the state, Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford has a story from Springfield. There are multitudes of compelling stories from the U.S. Civil War, but few are as intriguing and mysterious as this one. This is the story of a Civil War soldier who, like many from Illinois fought for the Union cause. However, this soldier was keeping a secret. Sean talked with Tara McClellan McAndrew about a story she wrote to try to find some answers


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Conservation Foundation
The Essex Region Conservation Foundation (ERCF) was established in 1977 to receive and maintain funds for charitable, educational, conservation and heritage purposes related directly or indirectly to the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural and heritage resources in the Essex Region. The funds we raise are critical to ensuring that the Windsor-Essex County-Pelee Island region remains the Place for Life.
Become a Partner in Sustainability!
Gifts of Conservation
Plant a tree
To honour a loved one and create a greener community, have a tree planted. The gift recipient will receive a tree-shaped ornament.
Our Mission
To create awareness and raise funds to enhance our natural environment for healthy living and economic vibrancy in the Essex region.
Our Vision
To achieve a sustainable environment with healthy watersheds highlighted by clean creeks, rivers and Great Lakes, thriving natural areas, productive agricultural lands and vibrant places.
Our Goals
- Protect and restore our environment
- Support education in the environment
- Connect the region through trails
- Preserve our heritage
- Build a strong Foundation
Our charitable registration number is 118902162RR0001.
The Place for Life
Community Priorities
Essex Region Conservation Foundation is presently raising $1 million dollars to support four pillars which make our region the Place for Life:
- Connecting our community by trails
- Greening our region
- Inspiring future generations through outdoor education
- Preserving our heritage.
Learn more about how you can become more involved in the Place for Life.
Our Assurance
In 2015, the Foundation achieved prestigious accreditation from Imagine Canada's Standards Program for Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations. Meeting these highest standards will inspire confidence among our donors and partners. Imagine Canada is a national umbrella organization that establishes operating and governance guidelines for charities and non-profits that demonstrate excellence in board governance; financial accountability and transparency; fundraising; staff management; and volunteer management.
The Foundation is also a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and adheres to the AFP Code of Conduct.
Full STEAM Ahead!
YES – I want to help to help create a new interactive educational experience to ensure stories of our past are protected for the future!
CSG Greenway Entrance
The beautiful Cypher Systems Group Greenway connects Essex to Amherstburg and intersects with the existing Chrysler Canada Greenway, allowing our entire community to be connected by trails.
Now that this wonderful trail system is open for public use, we need your help to create parking locations for trail users to access the Cypher Systems Group Greenway.
This multi-use trail cannot be opened for equestrian use until an entrance that can accommodate horse trailers is built. Your donation can help get us one step closer to creating this community entrance.
Yes, I want to help create a new Community Entrance for the Cypher Systems Group Greenway!