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Spyro the Dragon 2 Episode 24 - Spyro on Pest Control
This video should #39;ve been posted so long ago but better late than never I always say.

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Pest populations have dropped to undetectable levels after OSPRI and the Department of Conservation (DOC) teamed up to protect native species and control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Otagos Blue Mountains.

OSPRI manages the TBfree programme and has extensive experience in completing aerial operations. TBfree worked on behalf of DOC to control rodents and stoats following the beech mast (seeding) in the Blue Mountains, as part of the Battle for our Birds campaign.

The results of the operation showed that the number of stoats, which destroy native wild animals, fell dramatically. Monitoring by tracking tunnels showed stoats at undetectable levels (0%) compared to 38% in November last year prior to the aerial pest control operation.

Tracking results also showed that rats and mice had dropped to 0% in the treatment area from rates of 10% and 30%, respectively.

"OSPRI was delighted to play a role in protecting our countrys unique biodiversity, while also controlling pests that spread bovine TB," said Brent Rohloff, Southern South Island Programme Manager.

The Blue Mountains is a TB risk area, where infected wild animals have been found. With DOCs help, this operation will provide considerable cost savings, placing TBfree well on the way to eliminating the disease across at least 2.5 million hectares of New Zealand by 2026. Since 2011, bovine TB has been eradicated from some 830,000 hectares.

"While OSPRIs main priority is to manage the TBfree and NAIT programmes, the Blue Mountains operation shows we have the skills and capability to stamp out TB in wild animals and provide significant biodiversity gains," said Mr Rohloff.

The operation aimed to protect the endangered mhua population at risk from rising predator numbers fuelled by the beech mast. The Blue Mountains has an important mhua population at risk of local extinction.

DOC Conservation Services Manager Ros Cole said the TBfree operation was welcomed at a time when DOC was busy with other Battle for our Birds pest control work around the South Island.

"They did a great job in challenging spring weather conditions and the success in knocking down predators will have helped protect mhua over their summer nesting period when they are most vulnerable."

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San Diego police arrest Mike Montana, suspected in the shooting of Kyle Kraska. / San Diego News Video

SAN DIEGO CBS News 8 sports director Kyle Kraska was in a business dispute with the El Cajon painting contractor suspected of shooting him outside his Scripps Ranch home, San Diego police said Wednesday.

Kraska, 48, was shot at least twice outside his home on Tuesday and witnesses reported seeing a minivan with the logo Superior Painting leaving. Some El Cajon residents who heard media descriptions of the van realized it belonged to their neighbor, Mike Montana, and called police when he returned home. SWAT officers surrounded the house and Montana surrendered about 10 p.m.

CBS-8 Sports Director Kyle Kraska. Photo courtesy CBS 8.

Kraska underwent surgery Tuesday night. CBS News 8 has reported that doctors say his prognosis is good for a recovery from stomach and leg wounds.

Kraska has worked at the station since 1999 and has been its sports director since 2003, according to the stations website.

Montana, 54, was booked into jail early Wednesday without bail on a charge of attempted murder.

Robert Nicoll, 53, who lives next door to the Noden Street home in El Cajon where Montana rented a room, said he knew his neighbor had a gun because of a story Montana had recounted to him.

He said somebody owed him money and he couldnt get it, Nicoll said. Montana told him he had tried several times to get paid, but was unsuccessful.

He said three guys confronted him on a job site and told him to back off, quit bugging his customer, Nicoll said. (Montana) said he pulled the gun because he feared for his life at that point.

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Trish Robichaud knew something was wrong with her three-year-old daughter Brielle even though a series of tests and visits to doctors and hospital in Red Deer didnt find any problems.

So on Jan. 22, when the registered nurse saw that her daughter had a stiff neck and back, and fearing meningitis, Trish decided to take Bri, as she is known, straight to the Alberta Childrens Hospital in Calgary.

They arrived at 8 a.m. Four hours later, doctors began a six-hour emergency brain surgery on the little girl. It would be the first of four surgeries shes had since arriving at the hospital.

Speaking to me Wednesday, on Day 21 as she called it, and an hour before Bri was to begin 18 months of chemotherapy, Trish said a CT scan and MRI in Calgary led to the discovery of a very large tumour growing in the middle of Bris brain that probably had been growing there for a long time.

Its in a bad spot of her brain, where her optic chiasm and hypothalmus are, and near her pituitary gland, said Trish. Thats all bad but what was even worse than that was the tumour was blocking the pathway of her cerebral spinal fluid ... filling her head with fluid ... which was threatening her life.

Neurosurgeons couldnt remove the tumour safely. It is considered benign but now has to be treated with chemotherapy to keep it from growing. Bri is too young to have radiation.

The location is so scary they have no choice but to treat it, said Trish, who hasnt left the hospital since the day they arrived there. Trish, 35, and husband Nick Robichaud, 36, assistant superintendant at Alberta Springs golf course, have one bed and a lawn chair to sleep in as they stay by her side.

Today were really happy because shes happy, said Trish. They are very glad the surgeries are over. Besides the initial surgery, Bri has also had a drain and shunt implanted, as well as a port that will enable the chemotherapy.

Obviously we have tears. Her and I. We both shed tears every single day and there are things that are very painful but shes such a good kid. Shes so easy-going and so likable. ... Everybody loves her. Shes the nicest little girl. She puts up with so much, a tired-sounding Trish said.

The parents of both Trish and Nick also live in Red Deer and are helping to look after the Robichauds other children sons Xavier, seven, and Taj, five.

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Light up your landscape ... and your life. Add lighting to your outdoor space for all the very best reasons -- beauty, safety, and increased property value. Find out all about the "whys" and "whats" of lovely landscape lighting.

Why

Safety. The No 1 reason to install landscape lighting is for safety's sake. You and your family, and especially guests who are not familiar with the layout of your yard, will be gently guided as to the location of pathways, steps, and abrupt slopes. Specialized lighting for your pool and its surround will enable you to swim more safely at night (just make sure any lights which come into contact with water conform to the localsafety code).

Security. Shedding light on dim areas around your home's perimeter will discourage loiterers and burglars, who prefer to work in the dark.

Beauty and fun. There's nothing like the charm of a gorgeous garden or an attractive outdoor seating and activity area ... except when it's made even more appealing by a well-planned lighting installation.

Usability. Outdoor living is the best, no matter how short or how long your local warm-weather season may be. Use landscape lighting to extend the hours you can spend enjoying your yard, garden, patio, pool, and/or outdoor room.

Highlighting. Accent lighting can be designed to show off an exceptionally lovely flowerbed, water feature, or piece of statuary.

Convenience. Task lighting makes food prep in your outdoor kitchen or grilling area a lot simpler and pleasanter. It may also encourage would-be chef's assistants to join you.

Property value. Although having a landscape contractor install lighting is a relatively inexpensive home improvement, you'll reap a generous return on your investment: more enjoyment and utility from your property, a distinctive new look and increased curb appeal.

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Carol O'Meara CSU Cooperative Extension

If you go

What: High Plains Landscape Workshop

When: Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Where: The Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins

Cost: $59, including coffee, light refreshments and bagged lunch; benefits Gardens on Spring Creek

Info: fcgov.com (type High Plains into the search window) or Spring Creek at 970-416-2486

Ready to dig into seminars that make you eager for spring? Don't miss the annual High Plains Landscape Workshop, Feb. 28 at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Like the first robin of spring, the workshop kicks off the season for planning and preparing for a blooming great summer.

A fundraiser for the Gardens on Spring Creek, the event gets down to earth about real-world gardening with a mix of design, pollinator protection, troubleshooting and an exploration of fruits to satisfy your sweet tooth.

"I'll be talking about gardening for pollinators, what they are and what is around," says John Murgel, horticulture coordinator for the Denver Zoo who has a background in ecology and evolutionary biology. "Everyone thinks about honeybees, but I'll focus on native pollinators and what you can do to help them. Things like planting food for the adults and larvae, plus providing nesting material."

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Published: February 10, 2015 - Updated: February 11, 2015 10:32 pm

by Suzanne Elliott

Almanac Staff Writer

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Bob Good of Pashek Associates talks to Peters Township residents about how to transform their parks and recreational space.

McMURRAY If the more than 40 Peters Township residents who attended the latest round of public meetings on the townships new 10-year plan for its parks, recreation and green space had their way, there would be an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a disc golf course and ample room for young entrepreneurs to open lemonade stands.

Or as Chris Posti, a Venetia resident, suggested at the meeting, just keep the townships green spaces as they are unspoiled.

Welcome to Comprehensive Planning 101, Peters Township style.

Peters is in the midst of gathering a wish list from its citizens on a new plan for its six parks and recreation space. The township is spending $60,000 in this endeavor and has hired Pashek Associates, a landscape architectural firm based on Pittsburghs North Side, to bring the myriad ideas to life.

As we put together the comprehensive plan, we need to determine where we are now, where we want to be and how we get there, Pasheks Bob Good told the residents at a community meeting last week at Peters Township Public Library.

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10 hours ago A traveler arriving from overseas is fingerprinted while his paperwork is checked by a border patrol official at the passport control line in Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey

The United States wants the European Union to pool data on airline passengers to bolster security and prevent Islamist extremists from staging attacks on the West, US officials told lawmakers Wednesday.

The mounting numbers of foreign fighters flocking to Syria to join forces with militants has raised concerns on both sides of the Atlantic that jihadists with Western passports could slip through borders without being detected.

US counter-terrorism officials said a key tool to track militants and disrupt plots was sharing information on airline passengers, known as passenger name records (PNR).

Francis Taylor, undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, said Washington was "encouraged" by discussions in the European Parliament to permit the pooling of passenger data throughout the European Union.

There was a "hope that the European Parliament will move forward to pass a European-wide PNR requirement that allows for that data to be collected across Europe and shared across the EU," Taylor told the House Committee on Homeland Security.

"We think that will be a big step."

He added that "if that doesn't work, then we can work bilaterally with individual countries to share data."

In the wake of extremist attacks in Paris that left 17 dead, European, US and Canadian interior ministers said there was a "crucial and urgent need" to establish an EU-wide database of passenger information for travel inside Europeand for flights leaving or entering the 28-nation bloc.

At the House hearing, the head of the National Counter-terrorism Center, Nicholas Rasmussen, said there has been "a fairly dramatic improvement" in sharing intelligence on potential suspects among US and European spy services.

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Feb. 12, 2015, noon

In remote Broken Hill the medical staff use their wits to remedy any manner of injury.

Dr Andrew Olesnicky picture supplied.

According to Dr Andrew Olesnicky hospital emergency departments are like snowflakes all different.

As the Director of Emergency Services at Broken Hill Base Hospital, Olesnicky believes his ED is possibly the most unique in Australia.

Outback ER, a new 8-part series, focuses on what sets the Broken Hill ED apart including how different a life-threatening crisis can be in one of the most isolated locations in the country.

Taking in the Broken Hill Base Hospital, The Royal Flying Doctors Service and the NSW Ambulance service, the series showcases what happens in emergency situations without the resources of a big hospital.

While we treat cowboys we dont want to be cowboys." - Andrew Olensicky

Our ED is small. We dont have huge staff numbers so wouldnt be able to move to a big disaster easily. We are away from 24/7 specialist care so if a patient needs a higher level of specialist care they need to be shipped out to Adelaide, Olensicky says.

The ED at the Broken Hill Base hospital. picture supplied

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