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As always, the Canadian pit lane boasted its fair share of celebrities this year, drawn from the worlds of film, sport, television, business and entertainment. We caught up with just a handful
Some Hollywood stars have such famous faces that hiding is simply impossible. This surely applies to Michael Douglas, who tried to keep a low profile in Montreal, but was immediately spotted by the media upon entering the paddock. "Somehow I knew that McLaren Mercedes would win this race, and this was the reason why I am here today - to see that I was right, he said. You know, the drivers may change over the years but the fans stay the same - this is my situation. I will always be a Formula 1 and specially a McLaren Mercedes fan, no matter who is driving for them. So I will be at races whenever my schedule allows it."
Louis Camilleri is a real Formula One fan, from both a business and sporting perspective, hence he squeezed the Canadian Grand Prix into his busy schedule. As Altria's CEO - Altria being the parent company of such household names as Philip Morris and Kraft Food - Camilleri is frequently spotted in the paddock, always starting his season of race attendances in Montreal. "Our company has a long history of commitment to Formula One so it is natural that I visit a race or two and it is always an extra pleasure to come to Montreal - not only because the short distance from New York is convenient, but because I love the city with its fantastic atmosphere on the race weekend. This race truly combines the flair of a metropolis with a high class sport event. So I am almost sure that also next year it will be business as usual and I will be back again."
For Mario Lemieux the star of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and for many the best ice hockey player after Wayne Gretzky, it was his first Formula One race. "I was invited by (Midland boss and Jordan owner) Alex Shnaider to join him for my home grand prix and I didnt have much of an idea what to expect. Sure, as an active athlete I follow racing in the US - but what I saw here was something that went way beyond what I expected. The high tech on display, the magnitude of the event and the life style that goes with it was something that really surprised me beyond all imagination. It is very likely that whenever he chance occurs, that I will be back in the paddock."
Anthony Edwards, from the US hit television series ER and Tom Cruises co-star in the box office smash Top Gun, was a Williams guest in Montreal. Edwards is a long time and fervent Formula One fan. "I am addicted to Formula One and whenever time allows me, attend three or four races a season - at least this is my delusion and I always try very hard to make it come true. So with Montreal being the first for me this season watch out for me at races to come."
The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is a must for local boy Guy Laliberte. The founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, and the man named one of the 50 most innovative businessmen in 2004 for revolutionizing the entertainment industry, plays host to one of the ultimate parties of the weekend, mingling the magic of his shows with the technology of Formula One racing. "For years I am one of Formula One's biggest fans. To come to a race and stroll through the paddock means relaxation for me. I love the people involved because theirs is a technical creativity while mine is on a visual level. What we have in common is the entertainment and sensation factor - and that we want to deliver a perfect show to the audience. And I am a friend of Flavio (Briatore) and Bernie (Ecclestone)."


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By Marc Middleton | April 26, 2012 | Comments
- WWE's website has a new article up looking at several Superstars who Abraham Washington should sign to his new stable that is in the works. They list The Miz, Christian, Ryback, Johnny Curtis, Maxine, Kofi Kingston, The Great Khali, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, R-Truth and AJ Lee.
- As noted before, WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella vs. Beth Phoenix has been added to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. WWE's website reports that Beth has been cleared to compete, despite suffering the injury on Monday's RAW.
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0 Okay, I am finished with everything including the CPNE, except, a Pathophysiology class that I will be done with this week, and Excelsior's Microbiology.
I really wanted to do this stuff last month, but with the holidays and birthdays I was just thankful to be done with the CPNE. But I want to graduate in April. Which means I have to take Micro within the next two weeks. So I really need help.
I have been out of the habit of studying for the theory exams for a long time, so it just seems so difficult to get it together.
I am starting from scratch basically. The only thing that I can remember at this moment it the very basic history of Microbiology.
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- Totora Micro eBook (newest edition)
- Vangonotes for Micro by Totora
- Study group 101 Micro, printed out and bound (reminds me of the CPNE guide, ughhh!)
- Biology flashcards
- Microbiology Demystified
- And I will have the EC practice exams tomorrow after I register for the exam
So imagine that you are me with 3 kids, your only job at the moment is managing the house full time (it is time consuming, and energy draining), and have a week, maybe 10 days to prepare for this exam with the above resources. Now, what would you do, what would be your plan of action?Must Read Topics
0Feb 2, '11 by NurseMaryBWell, Dream. I've never taken the Micro...supernervous about it! But, I wish I could offer some word of advice but I guess all I can offer is break out their content guide just like it were any of their other tests and jump in. Good luck and let me know how you do! What words of advice do you have for the CPNE?0Feb 2, '11 by FocusRNThanks. My advice is here http://allnurses.com/distance-learning-nursing/i-passed-grady-519755.html
Good luck!0Feb 2, '11 by AZMOMO2, ASNTake the practice test then study what you don't know There are a few online sites as well that give some good visuals for some lab stuff.. but overall its probably the same as taking any of the other tests.
Course I wouldn't know yet I am just starting.. hehe1Feb 3, '11 by INLPN93The Demystified book has an excellent overview.
Read the textbook and the keypionts at the end of the chapter/answer the multiple choice q's too.
I kinda focused on this approach and got a B.
Wish I'd known just how helpful the practice exams are, those will help alot.FocusRN likes this.1Feb 4, '11 by exnavygirl-RN, MSNAfter I took the CPNE back in 2008 I still had the A&P and Micro exams to take. I made a lot of flashcards and carried them around with me. I also used the Flashcard Exchange website. In fact I think I have flashcards posted on that site. I will check.
As mentioned earlier the Demystified books are awesome.FocusRN likes this.0Apr 27, '11 by itsjustclaireI only printed out the text - one or two chapters at a time to take with me - I viewed the pictures and charts on my computer - saves alot of ink and time!0Apr 27, '11 by TashaLPN2006RN2012I just took Micro last week, I ONLY used Micro Demystified and listened to all the vangonotes like 2-3 times around! Took all the little quizzes in the demystified book as well...got an A on the exam =) good luck! PS...i failed micro 8yrs ago in college still in awe i actully passed it! =)


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MEDFORD, Ore. — A Southern Oregon woodworking company goes public on Wall Street, and experts say it's a good sign for the local timber industry. Boise Cascade rang the bell on Wall Street earlier Wednesday, as it announced it will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Local experts say it's another example of the timber industry and housing markets bouncing back. Members of the local timber industry say it's nowhere near where it was just a few years ago, but it's starting to gain traction and climb back and even though there is still a long way to go, the signs are encouraging for timber and housing.
Boise Cascade, which operates several mills and operation in Southern Oregon, rang the bell on Wall Street, and officially launched a public stock offering. That stock jumped about 26% in its first day, ending at $26.43.
The Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association says it's an example of timber prices starting to rebound and as those have increased, the housing market has also seen a jump in Jackson County. The County Homebuilders Association says companies are starting to see what works in the aftermath of the recession.
"People have survived the recession by adapting to it. We saw people who did brand new construction going into remodeling. We've people who did high end homes who are doing lower end homes now," Pete Cislo, with the Jackson Co. Homebuilder's Association.
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Albuquerque police continue their search for a mystery man who's been using a squirt gun to shoot kids along a major city street – but they're not sure he's actually breaking the law.
Police say he approaches kids along Eubank Boulevard and asks their permission if he can shoot them with a squirt gun while videotaping them getting soaked. What if that was your kid?
That was the hot question of the day Thursday at the dog park at Eubank and I-40 among the men who call themselves the Geezers Club. They're keeping an eye on the street – but no sign of Mr. Squirt.
"Who knows what's in the water," said Roy Brooks. "Might be something in the water. Should be against the law. Maybe it isn't, but it should be."
"He's not threatening anybody," said Charlie Chavez. "He's got every right to approach you and ask you questions if you don't mind. I don't see where he's breaking the law at all."
Prosecutors and police aren't sure either. Police in Port St. Lucie Florida arrested a 19 year old woman for assault last year after she shot a squirt gun at her boyfriend during a domestic dispute. Seattle cops arrested a man in a street protest in Oct. 2011 when he squirted an officer with water from a squirt gun. But the Albuquerque squirter asks permission first. Prosecutors say they need more information before they can determine whether it's assault or battery or a harmless stunt.
Police are distributing a photo of a man they say is not a suspect, just somebody they want to talk to about the squirt gun spree. Kids who got wet describe the squirter as a white male, 20 to 30 years old with brown hair, who at times wears a baseball cap.
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Apparently, not everyone is a fan of Justin's dancing. The pop star was turned away from a Manchester club on Feb. 22 for shuffling on stage.
Following his concert at the Manchester Arena on Feb. 22, Justin Bieber was hoping to unwind by partying at a local club, Sankeys. Unfortunately, he was barred from entering the club.
A statement on the venue's Twitter page read, "Yes the rumours are true, we turned Justin Bieber away. He shuffles on stage and we can't be having that in Sankeys now can we."
One Twitter user said the move was smart because the club "will get more publicity from turning him away, then letting him in." Another said, "This is the best thing I have seen," while most added, "AMAZING."
Justin, 18, is currently halfway through the UK leg of his Believe world tour.
After getting the boot by Selena Gomez, Justin must be reeling from this "slap in the face." The Sun reports that Sankeys' bosses weren't going to let a teen pop star ruin their well-earned credibility.
Clearly, Justin was upset, because he went home and sent a seductive tweet to Selena. Such a typical move for someone down in the dumps — reach out to an ex.
UPDATE: Even though Sankys says they barred Justin from the club, a source close to the singer tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that there is "no truth at all" to the story.
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Was it right for Sankeys to ban Justin?
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I think it was terrible that Justin got the boot by Selena but come on how could they now band him from a club. I mean aren't clubs supposed to be for every one. All he was doing was dancing. What, is that supposed to be a crime? Dancing is supposed to be a fun thing. You should never be kicked out of a club for that.
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Seriously, this is what riles you up? A pop star being turned away from a techno club? There are so very many injustices in the world worthy of your energy and attention. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM! The club has a reputation they have carefully cultivated. They do not want or need his patronage or that of any other pop star. The end.
I am sure you are a phony not a fan. He does contribute millions to charity-something rarely if ever publicized. You want handouts. Do they check your dancing ability at the door before they let you in? Did they know in advance, that he would shuffle? The fact is they are not being honest about their refusal to let him in. I could understand if they have a dress code but they could have told him beforehand. From comments i've read from patrons of the placel-some did not like him for their own preconcieved reasons. He went to other clubs that night without any insident or problem.
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you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. They didn't let him in because they have built up a reputation an a house/techno club that puts the music before everything else, and have no interest in the type of clientele that 'having justin beiber in' would attract. Hence they exercised their right to turn away anyone for any reason.
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(KMOV) -- Missouri law is allowing those accused of selling drugs that lead to death to get away with their crime.
Other states slap murder charges on drug dealers who allow people to overdose.
But Missouri doesn't and prosecutors tell News 4, that makes it much harder to put the bad guys behind bars.
St. Louis city prosecutors say in February, Stacey Davis sold heroin and cocaine to a woman at a drug house in the 2100 block of College Avenue. She passed out.
"They threw her into a cold shower; they gave a warm salt saline solution and injected her with that," said Prosecutor Ed Postawko.
But after reviving her, prosecutors allege Davis sold her drugs again. The victim died and her body was discarded and disguised under trash on an alley heap.
"His actions were knowing and deliberate," Postawko said.
It's a crime that prosecutors say should be considered murder.
But Missouri laws aren't written that way.
The decision to charge Davis and possibly put him away for life was bold and very rare.
"People who are selling it know what it's doing to the people that are buying it," Postawko said.
With drug deaths on the rise, prosecutors think Missouri's laws should spell it out: knowingly cause an overdose and you'll get charged with murder.


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Kubota to produce tractors up to 200hp
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FOLLOWING the introduction of 135hp tractors to its portfolio, Kubota now has its sights firmly fixed on 200hp machines.
How it will achieve this still remains a mystery, but one thing is for sure, the Japanese maker is not short of ambition stating it wants to go toe to toe with John Deere in the future.
The firm says it has no definite timing for a six-cylinder engine, hinting it could produce one in the next two to three years. Even if it does not, it is quite conceivable it will produce a 200hp tractor using a four-cylinder – just look at Agco who is getting nearly 190hp out of four pots.
In any case, Kubota is likely holding off the release of more powerful engines until engine emissions regulations reach Stage 4. That way, the manufacturer will not have to make costly adaptations from Stage 3b to Stage 4.
It says to meet Stage 4 emissions, it is looking to selective catalytic reduction using AdBlue.
Also in the pipeline are developments of a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Again though, it says we are unlikely to see anything for another two to three years.
What the firm can reveal though, is it would prefer to develop its own tractor, at least up to 200hp, rather than have to buy an already existing manufacturer. Rumours were rife last year of possible acquisitions by Kubota with names such as Same Deutz-Fahr, Agri Argo, Claas and CNH banded around. However, these rumours were quickly quashed by the respective manufacturers.
Kubota has not ruled out buying a tractor manufacturer to extend its product line, especially above 200hp.
Kubota's executive vice-president Tetsuji Tomita says: "We are always looking at potential acquisitions and we would take the opportunity if the right deal presented itself."
Currently, most of Kubota's tractors are built in Japan. However, as its product range grows in size and power, it is considering moving production outside of its homeland, where only small tractors are popular, to regions where new more powerful tractors will have more of an appeal, for example Europe.
Mr Tomita says: "Local tractors for local markets."
A major challenge for UK dealers, especially dual franchise dealers with more than one make of tractor sold, is conflict of products.
Adrian Langmead, Kubota UK's business development manager, says: "As Kubota tractors get larger, some dealers are finding themselves in a difficult position with other manufacturers and are having to choose which brand they get rid of."
So far, more than 3,000 M-series tractors have been sold in Europe, with ambitions to sell 10,000 by 2018.
Following its acquisition of the Kverneland Group last year, Kubota says it does have plans to offer Kverneland equipment in orange livery. However, this is unlikely to be anywhere in Europe, but more likely in markets where perhaps the Kverneland brand is not as strong and where Kubota will use its position to promote the brand.
For now, Mr Tomita says Kubota is going to respect existing sales channels, selling Kubota through Kubota dealers and likewise with Kverneland.
IsoBus technology, whereby implements are controlled and set up from a tractor's terminal, is definitely an area being explored by the manufacturer, which makes sense as a lot of Kverneland products are IsoBus compatible. However, do not expect to see this until the new 'big' tractors are revealed.
Finally, and intriguingly, Kubota has plans for entry-level combines to be sold in Europe for only £60,000. It currently makes small rice harvesters, which it says it can adapt and scale up to harvest cereals. It could be a very tempting machine for small farms wanting to take harvesting control.
Kubota history
- 1890: Established foundry and started production of cast iron water pipes
- 1922: Started production of oil-based engines for agriculture
- 1947: Developed a cultivator for use in rice fields
- 1959: Started production of spiral welded steel pipes
- 1960: Developed its first commercial tractor
- 1968: Started production of rice planters
- 1969: Began making combines
- 1974: Started production of mini diggers
- 2004: Entered the utility vehicle business
James Rickard's predictions on the future of Kubota
READING between the lines, I would say Kubota will produce its own tractors up to 200hp. Above this is anyone's guess, but if it went down the acquisition route, it would not be foolish to say the firm would need a manufacturer with a product line-up to complement Kubota's (tractors over 200hp).
I also think its tractors up to 200hp will be made in Europe and use a ZF transmission. For its IsoBus terminal, it makes sense to turn to Kverneland and use its Tellus terminal.
I would also go as far as to say Kubota will have a prototype at this year's Agritechnica show with a production version launched at the following Agritechnica two years later.
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Farewell, "Futurama"
By Perry Michael Simon on April 22, 2013
Well, in case you haven't heard the news, the comng season of Futurama will be its last. Comedy Central announced that the series finale will air September 4th after a run of episodes starting June 19th that will include guest shots from Larry Bird, Dan Castellaneta, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Adam West, and Burt Ward. Total over seven seasons: 140 episodes. Not bad.
From the press release:
"I'm very proud of the upcoming season. If this is indeed the end of Futurama, it's a fantastic finish to a good, long run," said creator and Executive Producer Matt Groening.
"Having the opportunity to bring Futurama back for 52 episodes over these last four years has been a thrill for all of us at COMEDY CENTRAL. The upcoming season promises to be the best final season of Futurama yet," said Dave Bernath, EVP Program Strategy & Multi Programming.
Well, then, that's sad, but at least Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, Bender, et al. are going out before the show's worn out its welcome. Post your reaction in the comments below, but if you're in the mood for a more philosophical take on the show, the PBS Idea Channel recently posited that Futurama is actually an argument against transhumanism, that the non-euphoric states of the cast indicate that even if technology solves all human woes and makes us immortal or closer to it, we'll still have our miseries. (They DO know it's fiction, right?):
Make another comeback Futurama. I never thought CC was the right place to be anyways.
cartoon network anyone?
Futurama has sucked tentacles since it came back. I am glad it got cancelled. Simpsons should have died over 5 years ago. It is horribly written series.
NETFLIX!! For those that don't know, outside the U.S. it isn't that easy to find new episodes of Futurama, a local station needs to pickup the rights and even then the episode may be "old" by the time it airs. This means eager fans have to pirate a copy if they want to see a new episode before it's spoiled on Facebook, Twitter or whatever.
Personally I really enjoy Futurama but I usually just wait for the new episodes to show up on Netflix. However, if they picked up the show like Arrested Development then they would have much further reach on day 1. Not to mention, Futurama fans tend to be a little more "tech savvy" than most others. -
With all the dreck on the networks, it is sad when a real gem ends. ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD.
I would except that if anyone would pick it up and keep it going it would be Cartoon Network/Adult Swim as it did well for them when they were airing reruns. That said they may only want to air reruns and won't care about funding new episodes.
[…] Futurama is cancelled again.Veteran voice actor Maurice LaMarche advocates for a letter writing campaign to once again save the show. […]
The ONLY reason we don't have further Seasons of FUTURAMA is Comedy Central (aka Viacom) won't pay what the voice actors deserve (@ least we got as many Seasons as we could, which is more than I can say for THE CLEVELAND SHOW) ….
I'm looking forward to the next season. But i'm bummed that it's ending. Why if simpsons can run for forever, can't we continue to enjoy Futurama? Hmmmmm?
I'm saddened by the news, Perry. I just found out about it when I got to my office at DISH this evening. I want the series to go on, but reaching 7 seasons after being canceled once is something to be proud of. If Futurama doesn't come back on another channel, at least I will still have the whole series recorded to my DISH Hopper DVR. It holds up to 2000 hours of recordings, so I can keep Futurama stored without worrying about taking space away from my other shows.
The first sentence has a typo. "Comng season". Just thought I'd let you know.
Go to netflix, seriously.
It well and truly jumped the shark last season.
The show was great when it was on FOX ,but I can't stand the CC episodes ,I even forgot it was still on .
Sad news, everyone.
Still, it got a better run than Firefly.
7 Seasons and a Movie, though, Maybe?
I don't want to go through this again! This show is so witty and clever and stands above a lot of the garbage on tv. I hope another network picks this up.
Hopefully the show will find more life somewhere else!
2013 just hit Netflix and as someone that watches the first five seasons and the movies an some of season seven nightly. I have to give away all my Futurama shirts as I would be embarrassed if anyone thought I enjoyed the steaming pile that Futurama has become. It is as if aliens have hollowed out the Planet Express Crew and are wearing there skins around pretending to be the same cool characters that were Futurama. It huts my eyes its so bad. Whatever Ivy League washouts they have writing for them need to accept this is not the Simpsons and stop trying to make it a cheap knock off.
Futurama was the best animated show on tv. Comedy Central ruined it – it has completely sucked. Comedy Central itself went into the sh_tcan about ten years ago. I can't watch any of the crap they run currently, most of it is either political action committee inspired or just unfunny gross out.
Blame the writers, not the network. It just wasn't funny when it came back. Period. I was a huge Futurama fan when it was originally on the air, and I was elated to hear it was coming back. But I was sorely disappointed when it did.


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Through its state park system and related outreach programs, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources continues its strong commitment to preserving the state's natural and cultural heritage and to providing recreational opportunities. Our system strives to reach a balance between the preservation of Missouri's significant natural and cultural resources, and enjoyment of these resources through recreational opportunities.
In 1999, the state park system totaled 81 state parks and historic sites, covering approximately 137,000 acres and serving more than 18 million visitors annually. In addition, its Historic Preservation Program and grant program for outdoor recreation projects enhanced the effort to protect cultural landmarks and provide healthy, quality outdoor activities.
Missouri's natural and cultural resources
Deep forests, sunny glades, wetlands, tallgrass prairies and clear-flowing
streams all are protected in state parks. Likewise, the plants and animals
that call these landscapes home find protection here, including the federally
endangered Mead's milkweed at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park and the prairie
chickens of Prairie State Park.
In Missouri, the Missouri Natural Areas Committee designates the highest-quality landscapes as state natural areas. The number of natural areas in state parks increased to 38 with the designation of the Elk River Breaks Woodland Natural Area at Big Sugar Creek State Park in McDonald County. The designation recognizes the significance of the areas and gives them special protection. A total of 67,167 acres of land in state parks was designated as ecological stewardship areas, which means they are subject to management for native species and ecosystem improvements. Thirty-eight state parks have populations of rare, endangered or threatened species.
The National Register of Historic Places is the national honor roll for historic and cultural structures and sites. More than 400 buildings, structures and archaeological sites in the state park system are currently listed on the National Register. Sixty-one properties statewide were added to the National Register in 1999, bringing the total number of individual resources throughout Missouri to 16,578. Through its Historic Preservation Program, the department assists Missouri citizens and groups in identifying, evaluating and protecting the state's historical, architectural and archaeological resources.
The system must protect the resources from outside threats, such as water pollution and air pollution, and from such internal threats as overpopulation of deer and invasion by exotic species. One of the greatest threats is encroachment on park boundaries. With increases in construction and development all across the state, state parks and historic sites become islands. These trends were first documented in the first comprehensive study to determine threats to the state park system in 1992. This study will be revised and updated to reflect today's threats.
Enjoyment of Missouri's state park system
The Missouri state park system continues to attract visitors from throughout
the state and the nation. In 1999, 18,151,259 people visited state parks and
historic sites, an increase of 3 percent from the previous year and following
a trend of increased visitation during the last several years. The number
of camping permits also increased, with 308,697 permits issued.
Surveys conducted in the state park system showed that 51 percent of Missouri state park visitors were from urban areas while 49 percent were from rural areas. Surveys also showed that 99 percent of the visitors were satisfied with their visit to state parks and historic sites. The surveys are being conducted in an effort to gather input from visitors as to how the department can make state parks and historic sites better for everyone.
Recreational activities were enhanced not only through the state park system but also through its grant program, which administered state-funded Landmark Local Parks Program grants, federal recreational trail grants and federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants. These programs allow private and public organizations to build or repair outdoor recreation facilities and to create new recreational opportunities.
Many activities were focused on providing opportunities for residents in urban areas. Efforts in St. Louis included the opening of Route 66 State Park in St. Louis County and the upgrading of the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site. Work continues on developing a greater state presence and a state museum annex at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center in Kansas City. Another initiative is to develop a state park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
Partnerships have played a key role in efforts to reach the state's urban residents. The Missouri Parks Association created a program to offer recreation and environmental enrichment programs for urban youth by taking them to Kansas City area state parks and historic sites. The department has continued its involvement with Bass Pro Shops and other organizations to sponsor the Wonders of the Outdoor World at Roaring River State Park. This cooperative effort will be expanded in the future. The department also proposed the creation of mini-urban heritage parks in St. Louis and Kansas City in partnership with city parks departments and neighborhood organizations.
The effort to reach urban residents is just one of the challenges that faces DNR. With a continued increase in visitation, the demand on current facilities and the need for new facilities grows. This puts a demand on the system's infrastructure and staff. Although not as flashy as a new visitor center or campground, a sound infrastructure must be in place for a park or site to operate efficiently and effectively.
Goal I
To protect and preserve the integrity of Missouri's significant
natural features and cultural resource heritage
and enhancement of Missouri's significant natural features
Outcome measures
- Acres of significant native landscapes preserved in state parks
- Percentage of natural landscape themes and regions represented and protected in state parks
- Percentage of Missouri's listed rare, endangered or threatened species and ecosystems protected in state parks
Objective 1
To decrease threats* to natural and cultural resources in state parks
by 10 annually through purchase of lands adjacent to parks and
historic sites through January 2005.
* Threats as identified in the state parks' Threat Study,
such as residential encroachment, watershed and viewshed protection
and loss of biodiversity due to inadequate lands for ecosystem establishment.
Objective Measure
Threats to natural and cultural resources reduced through adjacent lands acquisition
- Revise 7 percent of the park system's facility conceptual development plans annually to identify key properties needed to preserve and protect park resources, biological reserves and viewsheds.
- Re-evaluate the priority ranking system used in evaluating all adjacent lands acquisitions to ensure it reflects strategic goals and objectives by July 2002.
- Increase the adjacent lands acquisition budget to accommodate changes in the price of lands and sustain a progressive and systematic program of adjacent lands acquisition.
- Work with the Division of Environmental Quality to develop and implement an Environmental Management System as a pilot project for establishing state agency initiatives as an approach to environmental compliance for all natural resources by 2003.
Objective 2
To increase the percentage of state park lands included within active natural resource stewardship units by a minimum 600 acres annually; thus bringing the total acres of land actively managed for native species and ecosystem improvements from 19 percent (approximately 26,000 acres) to 22 percent (approximately 30,000 acres) of total state park lands by January 2005.
Objective Measures
- Percentage of state park lands included within active natural resource stewardship units
- Percentage of state park lands with implemented natural resource stewardship plans
- Expand the number and effectiveness of monitoring programs (both qualitative and quantitative) tracking the status of threatened signature native environments and plant or animal species of special conservation concern to accommodate natural resource management plan requests.
- Implement as a new standard the Natural Resource Information Database and Geographic Information Systems to accommodate natural resource management plan requests to provide data management services for natural resource information and management needs.
- Develop Natural Resource Management Plans for each facility at a minimal rate of 7 percent of facilities per year until complete. Each completed plan shall be annually reviewed to examine facility obligations and results in meeting resource stewardship goals with oversight and technical assistance by the Operations and Resource Management Program.
- Commit a percentage of field staff time toward resources management at individual facilities as outlined through the General Management Plan and the performance planning process.
- Increase the annual allocation for natural resource management projects to compensate for inflation, ensuring sustained funding for restoration of native ecosystems, protection and mitigation of wetland and riparian zone hydrology, control of invasive exotic species and reduction of other threats in state parks.
Objective 3
To increase the acreage of park lands contributing to the protection of significant natural communities and landscapes as recognized by the Missouri Natural Areas and the Natural Heritage Sites programs by 2000 acres by January 2005.
Objective Measures
Acres of park lands designated as Natural Areas and Heritage Sites
Percentage of park lands contributing to the protection of significant
natural communities and landscapes
- Continue to work within the Missouri Natural Areas Committee to support interagency efforts to identify, designate and protect Missouri Natural Areas.
- Complete the DNR Natural Areas Plan by July 2002.
- Use Natural Areas criteria to assist in the review of the state park expansion plan identifying national and statewide natural resource themes and relationships of existing and potential facilities to natural resource theme gaps by January 2002.
- Review and revise natural theme gaps listings for expansion plan including management unit design standards to meet regional biodiversity conservation concerns by January 2002.
- Develop the Natural Heritage Site program and target approximately 15 sites for inclusion to assist the division's efforts to acquire, restore and preserve lands that represent Missouri's native natural landscapes and expansion plan gaps by January 2005.
Preservation of Missouri's cultural resource
Outcome Measures
- Percentage of historic structures included under state park cultural resource plan protection (As a new measure, base numbers are being reported for use in calculating later percentages. The cultural resource plan is a chapter within each state park and historic site's General Management Plan. This formalized approach to cultural resource inventory and management is a newly designed concept with a pilot project currently underway in three state park facilities.)
- Cumulative number of Missouri properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Historic properties aided through incentive or local government assistance programs
- Percentage of properties containing archaeological sites* and threatened archaeological sites* of those properties reviewed in state parks (This is a new measure, data yet to be collected.)
- Percentage of properties containing archaeological sites and threatened archaeological sites of those properties reviewed other than in state parks (This is a new measure, data yet to be collected.)
- Number of state park artifacts receiving preservation treatment
or added to interpretive programming
* Archaeological sites are sites where some evidence of archaeological material is found. Threatened archaeological sites are those archaeological sites deemed to be of significant importance with potential for impacts from certain developments.
Objective 1
Increase the number of completed cultural resource management plans for each state park facility at a minimal rate of 7 percent of facilities per year until all facilities have plans through July 2005.
Objective Measure
Number of completed cultural resource management plans
- Complete a program to identify or develop standards for historic structures and landscapes for use in evaluating and rating condition of elements to gain status toward stable and good condition by July 2002.
- Inventory and evaluate all historic structures and landscapes based on the established standards for resource type, condition and preservation treatments for inclusion within cultural resource management plans at a minimal rate of 7 percent of facilities per year until all facilities are completed.
- Review completed cultural resource management plans annually to examine facility obligations and results in meeting resource stewardship goals; oversight provided through the Cultural Resource Management Program and district offices.
- Contribute to the update of the division's expansion plan through the cultural resource planning process to identify system gaps in major cultural themes and historic subthemes as identified for geographic and chronological criteria and adequate statewide and regional coverage by January 2002.
Objective 2
Increase the number of historic properties identified and evaluated for historic significance through outreach efforts by 5 percent by January 2005.
Objective Measures
- Total properties identified and evaluated for historic significance
- Number of citizen-prepared Historic Register nominations and requests for eligibility assessment
- Utilize DNR Urban Core Teams in St. Louis and Kansas City to assist in the identification and documentation of properties potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
- Target 45 percent of the annual Historic Preservation Grant funds for National Register survey and nomination projects.
- Provide training or consultation to local governments, agencies, consultants and citizens on National Register eligibility and the survey and nomination process.
- Provide better mechanisms for the storage and retrieval of information and data collected on identified historic properties, particularly in regard to National Register eligibility.
Objective 3
Increase public participation in historic preservation incentive programs by 3 percent annually through January 2005.
Objective Measures
- Number of communities seeking local preservation ordinance aid
- Number of communities participating in the Certified Local Government program
- Number of properties successfully passed through the Historic Preservation Revolving Fund
- Number of properties receiving Historic Preservation Fund grant assistance (development or pre-development grants)
- Utilize DNR Urban Core Teams in St. Louis and Kansas City to assist in the identification of potential state and federal tax act projects, Revolving Fund projects and Historic Preservation Fund development and pre-development projects.
- Organize or participate in annual forums or workshops to increase incentive effectiveness including programs annually on the federal and state tax credits, and four programs annually dealing with preservation topics.
- Partner with local governments or not-for-profits to utilize the Missouri Historic Preservation Revolving Fund to acquire and protect endangered historic properties.
- Target 40 percent of available Historic Preservation Grant funding toward historic structure pre-development and development projects and l5 percent of available grant funding toward educational, outreach and other planning activities to maximize preservation initiative effectiveness.
- Provide design assistance and training to communities participating in the Missouri Main Street Program.
- Promote investment and preservation of historic resources through expanded educational and outreach activities.
- Work with other cultural resource providers to coordinate and distribute information on these resources. Provide technical assistance to communities to foster ecotourism projects.
- Increase participation in the Certified Local Government program by conducting yearly performance evaluations, organizing and facilitating at least one training opportunity for commissioners and staff in communities participating in the Certified Local Government program, working to increase the number of communities enacting preservation ordinances by 5 percent by January 2005.
Objective 4
Increase the number of potential archaeological properties evaluated
through the archaeological review process* by 1 percent annually
through January 2005.
* The archaeological review process is conducted in state parks to
identify, protect and interpret significant resources. It is also an
important prerequisite for federal projects throughout the state. The
evaluation process may include four sequential steps: 1) an initial
review of the potential for sites; 2) an archaeological survey if the
review determines it is needed; 3) the recording of sites during the
survey; 4) determination of site significance and disturbance potential.
The process is important in identifying significant archaeological resources
and allowing consideration of options to minimize destruction when found.
Objective Measures
- Number of archaeological properties identified and evaluated in state parks
- Percentage of properties surveyed of those reviewed in state parks
- Number of archaeological properties identified and evaluated other than in state parks
- Percentage of properties surveyed of those reviewed other than in state parks
- Expand and enhance archaeological survey resources for state parks through additional agency and program partnerships and development of annual work plans that acknowledge survey time needed for interpretive projects and cultural resource theme expansions as well as construction and emergency excavations.
- Evaluate threats to archeological resources in state parks as a component of the project update and assessment concentrating on needs for immediate inventory of sites and stabilization strategies for significant archaeological resources.
- Facilitate the reinterment of identified unmarked human burials and Native American remains for both affiliated and unaffiliated burials as a partner in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act process.
- Improve responsiveness to archaeological reviews mandated through federal requirements (e.g., federal projects and storm-water permitting) to include expanded abilities for timely review and development of written guidelines for archaeological survey.
- Develop activities and materials that are designed to increase public awareness of the need for archaeological resource protection.
Objective 5
Increase the percentage of state park artifacts fully documented within the automated cataloging system from 4 percent to 40 percent by January 2005.
Objective Measure
Percentage of state park artifacts fully documented within the automated cataloging system
- Provide periodic training or consultation sessions on cataloging and the use of current computer catalog software to field personnel to ensure effective artifact and accession management.
- Provide quarterly updates to the field units engaged in the artifact data entry process as a means of benchmarking progress.
- Assist parks with limited artifact holdings and without computer cataloging equipment to update catalog records and include collections in the database at a rate of one park per year through January 2005.
- Target one park annually with a limited artifact collection (defined as 500 objects or fewer) to inventory and either convert or complete its data entry to update that facility's catalog records.
Objective 6
Maintain at eight to 10 projects annually, the rate of formal assessment and conservation treatment projects designed to preserve significant cultural resources for interpretive use through January 2005.
Objective Measure
Number of formal assessment and conservation treatment projects completed annually
- Develop annually, an artifact stabilization and conservation treatment plan that preserves key artifact and collection materials for interpretive use and maximizes effectiveness of enhancement project funding.
- Review and evaluate all artifact preservation and interpretive enhancement projects with the project approval committee during a two-month period (May and June) and provide a recommended list of projects to the division director by July 1 of each year.
- Provide all affected state parks and historic sites with a list of division approved cultural resource stabilization and interpretive enhancement projects by Aug. 1 of each year.
Goal II
To provide opportunities for all citizens to enjoy Missouri's natural
and cultural resources and the benefits they provide toward health and
quality of life .
Increased availability of Missouri's
state park system and outdoor recreation opportunities throughout the
Outcome Measures
- Number of state park visitors statewide
- Percentages of rural and urban state park visitors
- Percentages of minority state park visitors
- Percentage of state park visitors with disabilities
Objective 1
Increase state park system opportunities available to residents of
the St. Louis area (statistical metropolitan area) by a minimum
of three new opportunities* annually through January 2003.
* New opportunities may include high-visitation events, new or enhanced
ongoing programs at existing facilities or the addition of new facilities
managed all or in part by the division.
Objective Measure
New state park opportunities available to St. Louis-area residents
- Increase Rosebud Cafe programs at Scott Joplin State Historic Site to interpret African-American performing arts in St. Louis and Missouri and to interface with urban neighbors through development of monthly programs utilizing the two-performance-area format by January 2003. Also, initiate an evaluation of potential opportunities provided by restoration of the row houses located on Delmar Avenue.
- Increase outreach in the St. Louis community by participating in the department's St. Louis Urban Core Office project focusing on historic preservation and outdoor recreation grant opportunities and outreach programs designed to interface with urban users.
- Promote the development of the Great Rivers Resource Center, a regional information and interpretive facility to be located near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, in cooperation with the Department of Conservation providing a historic perspective of the importance of the rivers and their recreational activities, particularly focusing on the urban community. Use this opportunity to educate the public on area recreational opportunities and provide a hub for trail access.
- Acquire and begin development of a 200-acre parcel located at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers allowing public access and interpretation of two of North America's most significant rivers and watersheds; extending Katy Trail State Park to this confluence by July 2004.
- Develop a pilot program targeted toward local sponsorships of Urban Heritage Parks in St. Louis, which link smaller community parks to significant interpretive themes and their associated state parks and historic sites. Partnerships with communities and cities may include promotion, activities, events, grants and maintenance.
- Offer funding opportunities for park and trail development in the St. Louis Statistical Metropolitan Area through federal and state grant programs including the Landmark Local Parks Program, Land and Water Conservation Fund and the National Recreational Trails Program to include an annual general fund request for the city's park infrastructure; program to include grant monitoring and inspections to ensure high-quality projects.
- Continue to develop program activities at Castlewood and Babler state parks and First State Capitol and Mastodon state historic sites that enhance and expose state park and historic sites to urban area residents. (CAMP Kids, Wonders of the Outdoor World, Cultural Resource Tours).
- Continue development of Route 66 State Park as both a natural and cultural park to preserve the Meramec River corridor and interpret the importance of this route to early automobile travel. Offer opportunities targeted to the urban community and information concerning the state park system.
- Extend the Al Foster Trail from Route 66 State Park to the Lincoln Beach Unit of Castlewood State Park.
- Increase involvement with metro-area radio stations, newspapers and TV stations to provide free information and feature articles about the state park system.
- Increase involvement with the Division of Tourism to develop an advertising campaign to promote the state park system in the urban area.
- Increase involvement with the Missouri Department of Transportation and Tourist Information Centers to promote the state park system and upgrade the exhibit and brochure distribution areas featuring state parks and historic sites.
Objective 2
Increase state park system opportunities available to residents of
the Kansas City area (statistical metropolitan area) by a minimum
of three new opportunities* annually through January 2003.
* New opportunities may include high-visitation events, new or enhanced
ongoing programs at existing facilities or the addition of new facilities
managed all or in part by the division.
Objective Measure
New state park opportunities available to residents of the Kansas City area
- Provide additional opportunities for historic preservation and opportunities for urban students to learn about minority and urban historic themes through participation in the Discovery Center in Kansas City.
- Develop a pilot program targeted toward local sponsorships of Urban Heritage Parks in Kansas City, which link smaller community parks to significant interpretive themes and their associated state parks and historic sites. These partnerships with local communities and cities may include promotion, activities, events, grants and maintenance.
- Offer funding opportunities for park and trail development in the Kansas City Statistical Metropolitan Area through federal and state grant programs including the Landmark Local Parks Program, Land and Water Conservation Fund and the National Recreational Trails Program to include an annual general fund request for the city's park infrastructure; program to include grant monitoring and inspections to ensure high-quality projects.
- Increase the park system's planning and operational involvement in the Bruce R. Watkins Center in Kansas City to improve interpretive programming quality and availability by January 2003.
- Prepare a strategy for connecting Katy Trail State Park to the Kansas City area by July 2003.
- Increase outreach in the Kansas City community by participating in the department's Kansas City Core Office project focusing on historic preservation and outdoor recreation grant opportunities and outreach programs designed to interface with urban users.
- Develop a pilot promotional campaign and event in the Kansas City area to introduce the state park system to the increasing Hispanic population in Missouri.
- Increase involvement with the Division of Tourism to develop a promotional campaign highlighting the state park system in the Kansas City area.
- Increase involvement with the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Bureau to highlight state parks and historic sites of the Kansas City area in their marketing publications.
- Increase involvement with Missouri Department of Transportation and Tourist Information Centers to promote the state park system and upgrade the exhibit and brochure distribution areas featuring state parks and historic sites.
- Increase involvement with metro-area radio, newspaper and TV stations to provide free information and feature articles about the state park system.
Objective 3
Increase programs provided to urban youth by developing and implementing a minimum of four new or enhanced program opportunities by January 2003.
Objective Measures
- Number of new or enhanced opportunities for urban youth
- Participation in new urban youth programs
- Continue to work with the Missouri Parks Association, the Kansas City Parks Department and the Lakeside Nature Center to provide the Summer Camp Program in Kansas City whereby disadvantaged inner-city youth participate in summer outdoor experiences to develop outdoor skills and enjoy personal enrichment.
- Continue to cooperate with Bass Pro Shops, Missouri Department of Conservation and the U.S. Forest Service to offer the Wonders of the Outdoor World Program and the National Outdoor Recreation School at Roaring River State Park, working to expand the program to the St. Louis area (Babler or Meramec state parks) and the Kansas City area (Watkins Woolen Mill State Park) by January 2002.
- Promote environmental and resource education and advocacy by encouraging appropriate staff to be active in the Missouri Environmental Education Association promoting teacher awareness of how state park facilities can help students better understand Missouri's natural and cultural heritage and committing naturalist and historian staff time toward resource education programs at area schools and communities. Staff time devoted to these functions will be determined through the interpretive planning process.
- Collaborate with the Department's Environmental Education Unit within the Division of Environmental Quality's Technical Assistance Program to establish four new outreach opportunities for teachers and educators, directed toward environmental education and awareness of schoolchildren, at state park facilities located near St. Louis and Kansas City.
Objective 4
Increase hiking trail opportunities within the state park system by expanding primitive hiking trails from 397 miles to 412 miles by January 2003.
Objective Measure
Miles of primitive hiking trails in state parks
- Formalize an agreement with the L-A-D Foundation concerning the development of a trail system in the Roger Pryor Back Country Preserve in Pioneer Forest by July 2002.
- Complete the trail layout for Morris State Park (Crowley's Ridge) by July 2002.
- Complete the Conceptual Development Plan for Big Sugar Creek State Park with a major focus on trail development by July 2002.
- Investigate the connection of Goggins Mountain Trail in Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park to the Ozark Trail on USFS property at Bell Mountain Wilderness by July 2002.
Objective 5
Reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular disease as mirrored in the Department of Health's objectives by increasing outdoor recreation opportunities and participation through January 2005.
Objective Measure
Decreased percentage of chronic diseases (Show-Me Result data)
- Continue to fund annually, 40 to 50 new outdoor recreation projects throughout Missouri through the Landmark Local Parks Program, National Recreational Trails Program and the Land and Water Conservation Fund through January 2005. Provide information and technical assistance to communities and citizens to ensure knowledge of grant availability and application procedures.
- Require all state and federal outdoor recreation grant applicants to include plans in their outdoor recreation project applications for educational programs to promote health benefits and use of outdoor recreation resources and environmental programs.
- Participate in promotional efforts by the Cardiovascular Health Advisory Board to encourage communities to develop and use outdoor recreation facilities.
- Continue to work with other natural resource providers to coordinate and distribute information on outdoor recreational resources and provide technical assistance to communities to foster ecotourism projects that encourage development and use of outdoor recreation opportunities.
- Continue efforts to extend the Katy Trail border-to-border from
the Kansas state trail system into Illinois by January 2003.
Seek acquisitions of existing railroad corridors for rail-to-trail
conversion, or work with the railroad owners to provide a
"rail-with- trail" opportunity where necessary.
* A "rail-with-trail" opportunity refers to a hiking or biking trail developed parallel to and within an active rail corridor but at a safe distance away from the track. - Increase participation in the Missouri State Park Passport Program bringing new users to the state park system and encouraging repeat users to visit different parks bringing total participation to 5000 participants or more by January 2005.
Enjoyment of Missouri's state park system
Outcome Measure
Overall percentage of visitor satisfaction with visits
Objective 1
Sustain overall visitor satisfaction with facility operation and maintenance
at the satisfied level* or higher in state parks through January
* Based on annual University of Missouri surveys using a scoring
grid of 1- 4 with a score of 4 being "very satisfied."
Objective Measure
Visitor satisfaction with facility operation and maintenance
- Complete General Management Plans* for all facilities within the
system and once completed, target 7 percent of the system's
facilities per year for plan review clarifying the relationship
of the threefold state-park mission to each facility and addressing
recreational conflicts as part of this planning process through
January 2005.
* General Management Plans are comprehensive planning documents developed for each park and site containing five individual chapters: the Interpretive Plan, the Natural and Cultural Resource Plans, the Conceptual Development Plan and the Operation Plan. - Reevaluate and update the 1992 Challenge of the '90s: Our Threatened State Parks to include collating the results of a survey questionnaire on the status and solutions to the system's documented threats, remedial actions taken and new threats perceived by January 2002.
- Increase by 10 percent annually the number of facilities actively managed through a cyclical repair and maintenance schedule intended to assess and remediate the park system's building and infrastructure needs; the program to include an inventory of buildings and structures and a prioritization of the system's infrastructure maintenance needs based on mission, visitor service and life-cycle analysis.
- Conduct general facility inspections in each state park and historic site two times per year to evaluate whether park staff is meeting routine maintenance and repair needs. Inspections are to be conducted by district supervisors and will determine if more detailed inspections or actions are necessary to address maintenance, safety, and environmental or ecological needs.
- Continue the upgrade of facilities to increase accessible use areas for the disabled per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by 10 percent annually through January 2005.
- Complete new signing plans* for 81parks and historic sites and four
district office locations by July 2005 with fabrication and
installation of new signs according to these plans to be completed
at the rate of six parks annually. Target complete installation
for all facilities by July 2010.
* The new sign plan and design program will improve the information and directions provided to visitors by enhancing visibility, utilizing understandable and readable legends and verbiage. Signs will be attractive, durable and environmentally sound, utilizing quality, recyclable materials and biodegradable paints and stains. - Develop an employee- and volunteer-recognition program for outstanding service, particularly as it relates to high-quality customer service by January 2002.
- Enhance and upgrade the state park's souvenir program by offering at least three new marketing strategies annually to provide a complete souvenir and merchandise program featuring enjoyable, memorable, upscale and educational merchandise through January 2005. Pursue more comprehensive souvenir retailing (i.e., park store concept) contingent on expansion approvals.
- Continue to develop a comprehensive and long-range program to comply with the building codes for public providers, adopting voluntary floodplain standards for state-owned facilities.
Objective 2
Increase participation in interpretive programming from 9 percent to 12 percent of park system guest visitation by January 2005.
Objective Measures
- Percentage of visitors participating in interpretive programs in comparison to total visitation
- Visitor satisfaction with state park interpretive programs
- Continue to develop interpretive plans at each facility at a minimal rate of 7 percent of facilities per year until all facilities have plans. Once completed, plans will be updated on a cyclic schedule at the rate of 20 percent of all plans annually. Interpretive plans shall be included as part of the General Management Plan process.
- Provide workshops and events targeting teachers, including development of educational materials so teachers can reach more students with information about Missouri's state parks and environmental messages. Staff time devoted to these functions will be determined through the interpretive planning process.
- Reaffirm the division's commitment to resource interpretation through amphitheater programming, brochure publication, interpretive hikes and other similar activities.
- Participate in a statewide planning group to develop an interpretive plan for the Lewis and Clark Trail from the Ohio River to the confluence and up the Missouri River to include Sugar Loaf Rock and plans to handle an increase in Lewis and Clark tourism;
- Form a special task force to review interpretive themes with special attention to underrepresented or nonrepresented minority themes and how these could be used to develop Urban Heritage Parks. This review shall also be used to make recommendations to revise the system Expansion Plan by January 2003.
- Continue to develop interpretative training opportunities for park interpreters by expanding the scope of the Annual Interpretive Training School and by offering specialized training in interpretive philosophy and methods at other times during the year for other staff who provide natural and cultural resource interpretation.
- Encourage and support appropriate partnerships between the division's interpretive staff and the Environmental Education Unit of the Division of Environmental Quality's Technical Assistance Program, other agencies, schools and cooperating institutions to provide educational events in state parks and historic sites targeting user diversity such as Wonders of the Outdoor World, Partners in Environmental Education Programs and Ecology Days.
Objective 3
Decrease the average visitor accident or injury rate in state park facilities by 5 percent annually through January 2005.
Objective Measure
Annual visitor accident rate in state park facilities
- Increase the emphasis on risk management with special focus on the health and safety of our park guests identifying and addressing park safety issues and working toward decreasing costs associated with Workers' Compensation and public-injury claims.
- Complete a standardized public-safety plan for each facility to direct risk management funding toward safety/risk issues identified as potentially life threatening or having the potential to cause serious physical injury by January 2003.
- Develop or assess park sign plans for all facilities and incorporate OSHA sign standards as outlined through the division's risk-management program for improving visitor awareness of natural risks in park settings by January 2005.
- Conduct comprehensive facility inspections using established industry safety and health guideline standards to increase employee awareness of physical safety and health hazards in the workplace inspecting each division facility at least once in every 24-month calendar period; deficiencies identified as life threatening or which could result in serious physical injury to be addressed by risk- management funding.
- Conduct a comprehensive inspection of each playground annually using the most current guidelines as given by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission; deficiencies noted as life threatening to be repaired using risk-management funding.
Objective 4
Decrease the rate of crimes against persons and property (Show-Me Result) in state park facilities by 30 percent by 2005.
Objective Measures
- Crimes against persons as measured in state parks
- Crimes against property as measured in state parks
- Develop an incident and arrest record retrieval system that will allow improved measurement of statistical trends, including crimes committed against people and property in state parks by January 2002.
- Review annually, crime statistics to ensure proper allocation and assignment of law enforcement personnel to include rangers and commissioned superintendent consistent with the division's statewide law enforcement strategy and deployment plan.
- Reduce the number of alcohol-related offenses through education and by conducting annual safety checkpoints in each Ranger Region (cooperative effort between State Park Rangers, Missouri Highway Patrol, Missouri Water Patrol, Missouri Department of Conservation, County Sheriff's Departments) to systematically ensure motorists are in compliance with state statutes. Each ranger to conduct at least two alcohol safety programs in DSP amphitheaters each summer and hand out brochures and other safety information in picnic areas and campgrounds.
- Further implement the tenets of community-oriented policing within state park facilities through the increased use of foot and bicycle patrols. Each ranger would conduct at least 40 hours of foot patrol and/or bicycle patrol in their assigned facility each month during the "on season" and endeavor to make at least 100 quality contacts with park visitors each month while conducting foot and/or bicycle patrols. Increase the Ranger Program Bicycle Unit by 10 officers by July 2005.
- Continue to provide comprehensive training to noncommissioned field personnel annually, promoting efficient and legal response to potential and occurring enforcement incidents and practical information regarding what noncommissioned employees legally can and cannot do regarding various types of incidents.
- Provide training for commissioned personnel in the areas of natural and cultural resource awareness and management annually to enhance the understanding of the threats that may be posed by malicious and noncaring acts and viable legal remedies. Staff from the division's natural and cultural resource programs will provide guidance at in-service training to make commissioned employees aware of potential threats, problem trends and strategies.
- Continue to actively pursue state and federal grants to supplement law enforcement personnel, equipment and training.
- Develop and implement procedures to mobilize law enforcement teams swiftly and effectively to deal with specific law enforcement problems in state park facilities (e.g., methamphetimine labs) by July 2002. Conduct annually, a comprehensive review of crimes occurring in state parks and update and develop strategies to ensure adequate responses to these crimes.
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7. Ding Dong the (Giant) Witch is dead ...
30th Day of Eleint
You finish the last hill giant off, Fina sings a last song to heal Liame, and you all look around at the devastation you have bought on the hill giant nursery and it's protectors. There are still two young Hill Giants unconcious over in the corner where Jinn's blast threw them against the walls. Although it took less then a minute, most of you are breathless, either from effort or the effects of adrenaline leaving your bodies ... It's still VERY early in the morning, it's still less then an thirty minutes since your first run in with Vargg and his pack. What are going to do NOW ???? |
Fina covers her mouth with her free hand by reflex. But to her surprise, there is a lack of gagging this time. The stench is horrid, yet she is more accustomed to it now. She is not sure whether to be relieved by this or terrified. Her bow is kept clenched in her other hand, her grip not loosening even after the battle is over.
Giddis looked around the room. There was a lot of dead, but he immediately spotted two breathing youth... that was cruel. They would be better off dead than to wake up to this. He'd deal with that later, right now there was something else he needed to do. He walked into the room that he had shoved the matron giant into and found a corner to pee in.
Giving the large doors a final push to ensure that they were tightly closed, Lakkariel sauntered back to the group as Gidd quietly hustled off to go do.... something. And given the Halfling's propensities, he wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know what that something was. Instead, he settled for giving Fina a friendly pat on the shoulder, quietly thanking her as he spoke up to everyone else.
"So what now?" He asks, indicating the unconscious youths. "Tie 'em up, question them a bit? The doors are pretty thick, I doubt anyone next door will hear them calling out for help." |
Lakkarial notices that when he gave the large thick, well fitted doors a push, it cut the noise from the next room cosiderably, from very loud giants playing games to having to listen hard to hear any noise from the next room at all. The doors are masterpieces in the manufacture.
"Tie them up and gag them, but I would not do any manner of search or interrogation until we've cleared the other room. There's obviously more enemies there, and the risk is too great."
Neithardt replies as he emerges from the clump of dead hill giant bodies strewn across the room. How many was that, 10? 20? He surveyed the level of destruction that they've managed to wreak upon their opposition; it was impressive, but in a way, also quite terrifying, and as Neithardt switched his gaze across to the two remaining young hill giants that were just barely kept alive, he wondered if the more humane thing to do would have been to kill them rather than to leave a pair of orphans amidst a mountain of corpses of their dead kin. "Our ability to question them is highly contingent on one of us being able to speak Giant anyway. Which...well, I suppose I could...on a good day. All the same, I don't think there's much value in questioning these, erm...children. I say we catch our breath for five minutes or so, then immediately assault the other room while we still have the momentum and they remain unawares." Regardless of their decision, of course, Neithart was sitting down and taking a breather on one of the oversized beds. |
The rooms off the main room are in blackness, though Morvul's
With a few flits and flying leaps, Giddis lights a torch in each room, all while only bouncing on half of the beds. You find the following: 3A. A fire blazes in the hearth, and the walls are adorned with trophies: animal skins and furs, racks of antlers, and mounted heads of beasts and humanoids, including some humans and dwarves. A number of large doors lead to other areas of the stronghold. 3B. Four beds sized for hill giant adults fill this room. Animal furs cover the beds. 3C. This room is empty, but left behind are a great bed covered with furs and a locked wooden chest. 3D. This room is hung with rugs and skins. Against the north wall stands an enormous bed sized ... It also contains a bearskin rug and a pair of locked wooden chests. Above all of the beds are bags, sacks or satchels -- except the two large sacks carried out by the two Avalanchers. There are no such bags or items to be found on the young hill giants' beds (or under them). Also, are you taking a 5 minute rest ??? If you do, there is a good chance that one or both of those YHG's will awake and disturb it ... |
Standing on the bed and drawing a very rough smiley face on the sheets, Giddis tucked himself back in his pants and moved over toward the chests. He paused at the rug and pulled it aside, looking for traps and the like before he tried his hand and the boxes.
"Anyone Got a Spare Lock-pick?"
Dice Roll: 1d20+15z
d20 Results: 17 (Total = 32) |
These look to have the same sought of locks on them as Varrg's chest. You can see clearly what you would have to pick, but none of you carry lockpicks this big.
"What are the chances...?" Liame pulled out the key they had taken from Varrg and tried it on the chests. |
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Location Map Most of the ecoregion is dominated by sagebrush steppe ecosystems on the desert floor, but distinct vegetation zones related to relief and elevation also exist. The desert floor is characterized by big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), low sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula)-and salt-desert shrub systems. With increasing elevation, the higher plateaus and rocky areas support western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) and curlleaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) communities. Aspen (Populus tremuloides) communities grow along streams and drainages in the mountain gorges and riparian zones, providing an important source of forage for deer and other wildlife. Isolated stands of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) also occur in the mountains. The subalpine zone supports low-growing shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers such as mountain meadow knotweed (Polygonum bistortoides) and false hellebore (Veratrum viride). Terrestrial wildlife species of concern include bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis ), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), elk (Cervus elaphus), pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Important habitats in the ecoregion include migration corridors and areas for overwintering pronghorn, as well as seasonal habitats for greater sage-grouse. The Northern Basin and Range ecoregion also supports thousands of migratory waterfowl in the Malheur Lake area, and populations of the Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi), redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), warm water fish, bat species, and spotted frog (Rana luteiventris). Management Questions
Conservation Elements In brief, the coarse-filter conservation elements for the NGB REA include sagebrush, salt desert shrub, juniper species, aspen, streams and rivers, springs and seeps, groundwater, and wetlands. Examples of fine-filter conservation elements include mule deer, greater sage grouse, golden eagle, pygmy rabbit, bighorn sheep, and bats. Change Agents This REA will examine the potential effects of the following change agents. A more complete discussion of change agents is presented in the Task 1 Final Memorandum.
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Arch Coal, Inc. produces and sells thermal and metallurgical coal from surface and underground mines located in the United States. As of December 31, 2013, it operated or contracted out the operation of 22 mines, and owned or controlled approximately 5.3 billion tons of proven and probable recoverable reserves. The company also owned or controlled primarily through long-term leases approximately 32,135 acres of coal land in Ohio; 22,417 acres of coal land in Maryland; 46,532 acres of coal land in Virginia; 425,038 acres of coal land in West Virginia; 107,668 acres of coal land in Wyoming; 267,024 acres of coal land in Illinois; 19,428 acres of coal land in Montana; 21,802 acres of coal land in New Mexico; and 20,166 acres of coal land in Colorado, as well as coal land in Kentucky. In addition, it owned or controlled through long-term leases smaller parcels of property in Alabama, Indiana, Washington, Arkansas, California, Utah, and Texas. The company sells coal to power plants, steel mills, and industrial facilities. Arch Coal, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.


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Forget that JP Morgan now owns Bear Stearns, one of the very worst of the worst, and Washington Mutual, so rife with corrupt incentives, banished whistleblowers, and predatory lending practices that it merited its own chapter in the meticulously documented Levin-Coburn report. Just a couple of stats: an internal review found fraud of one sort or another on 71% of loans sampled and "discrepancies or other issues" in appraisals. A second internal sampling turned up "excessive levels of fraud" in 42% of the files. Other reviews found evidence of fraud in 58%, 62%, and 83% of loans issued by various offices, the Levin report said (page 84).
But never mind that. As Ryan Chittum pointed out in pushing back against Dimon's famed sense of victimhood, JPM itself is knee-deep in muck:
JPMorgan are the good guys, you see. Just ask Jefferson County, or talk to the lawyers in Chase's mothballed debt-collections department, or the investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars while JPMorgan profited big on a SIV, or the Lutheran nonprofit defrauded on a CDO that JPM built for Magnetar, or illegally foreclosing on and overcharging hundreds of troops while they were abroad, or the homeowners who got trampled in the foreclosure scandal, or the former who regrets the $2 billion in toxic loans he made in 2007 under "pressure from the top," or the consumers who get screwed by Vertrue, etc. etc.
As for Goldman, do we really have to go through this? Apparently, yes. Besides those civil securities fraud changes (and doesn't that count for anything?), it merits a huge chapter of infamy in any honest crisis history, and gets one in Levin-Coburn:
The Goldman Sachs case history shows how one investment bank was able to profit from the collapse of the mortgage market, and ignored substantial conflicts of interest to profit at the expense of its clients in the sale of RMBS and CDO securities.
But forget derivatives. How about how Goldman funded predatory lenders, like New Century, for years. And who remembers Litton Loan Servicing LP?
I mean, was it so long ago?
And by the way, if you want to learn more about any of this, one of the few crisis books in which you will not find it is Too Big To Fail, the blockbuster crisis book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the Dealbook chief and engine behind the conference.
Eric Schmidt and Indra Nooyi head large publicly companies that the Times must cover. That's one thing.
But The New York Times—published by a midcap company of uncertain prospects, reviled in some quarters—still retains (let's face it) enormous prestige globally. JP Morgan and Goldman are tainted in a way the Times is not, never really has been, and will never be.
That's why Dimon and Blankfein were there. Both CEOs and their institutions benefit from their association with the Times, which has allowed them center stage at a conference on public policy to discuss things other than their day jobs. (If it were about their day jobs, they'd never have agreed to go. And if they had agreed to go, all the seats at the Times Center would be taken up by their lawyers.) That they were allowed to headline a Times event is meaningful.
Conferences are fine. But the particular problem business-news organizations face now is that not only are they, like the rest of the news business, facing their own big financial problems, they are doing it in the wake of the meltdown of their central beat. They're vulnerable, and they need the one thing that Wall Street can bring. It starts with "M" and rhymes with "honey."
So, the banks gained by association here; their rehabilitation into the broader society advances, even if a bit. Their reputations came in for some, if not laundering, certainly freshening up. Here was the Times treating them just like normal companies, like Pepsi.
But, as I've said, on Wall Street, nothing is ever for free, especially conference coin.
And my "dealbook" on this reputational transaction between the banks and the Times says it was definitely zero-sum.