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How Much is a Tree Worth?
You're just getting up from the supper table when you hear a knock at the back door. The man standing there introduces himself as a log buyer. He says he just happened to be driving past your farm and noticed that you have some big trees that he would like to buy.
Without forest management most forest owners have the chance to sell timber only once or twice during their lifetimes. Because they are not accustomed to dealing with logging contracts, board-foot measurement and current lumber prices, selling that timber can be a bewildering experience. You never are sure whether you are getting a fair price.
How much is a tree worth? It's a good question that ends up having a complicated answer. A tree's value depends on species, size and quality. The most valuable species are black walnut and white and red oak trees that have grown large enough to yield high quality veneer butt logs. On the other hand, hickory, cottonwood, American elm, pin oak, honey locust, river birch, box elder, blackjack oak and several other species are worth relatively little, particularly when they are small.
To make money growing timber, always favor your best species and trees and let them mature to their peak value. Remove lower value trees by logging, or by turning them into firewood after chemical or mechanical deadening. After all, why have a tree that is worth less than $5 shade out or crowd a tree that might someday bring you between $250 and $1,000?
Manipulating your forest to yield its maximum value is known as Timber Stand Improvement (TSI). In addition to selective harvest of trees, TSI includes pruning small branches on young trees and killing grape vines.
Don't think the effort required by TSI isn't worth it. I guarantee that the next time you visit your woods, you will find a grape vine or honey locust ruining a potentially good black walnut, or a hickory tree shading out a red or white oak.
With 25 minutes of work, you could change conditions to favor the high dollar trees. Your actions could eventually raise the price tag of a black walnut from $25 to over $1,000. That's not a bad return for less than a half hour's labor.
Studies have shown that proper forest management can double or triple the growth rates of trees. However, most landowners lack the expertise necessary to properly manage their forests. They want to do something but are in the dark about where to start.
The Conservation Department offers a wide range of services for private forest landowners. They can help you identify potentially valuable trees, show you how to improve wildlife habitat and the future value of your forests and, if your trees are mature, help you select the proper trees to harvest and reliable companies to do the work. Conservation Department foresters cover large territories, so contact them well in advance of your needs.
The forester will leave with you a number of informational brochures that provide advice about tree planting, timber stand improvement, wildlife habitat development and timber harvesting. Two Conservation Department videos, Improving Your Forest and How to Sell Your Timber, are available for purchase or can be checked out from your local library.
Private consulting foresters offer similar services on a more individualized basis. Since their services are based on a fee, they can spend as much time as necessary preparing a management plan or finding the right market for your trees.
It's estimated that more than 90 percent of private woodland owners in Missouri sell their timber without a forester's assistance, and most of these have never even had a forester in their woods to help them manage or improve their timber.
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Experts: Emphasis on early education beginning to pay dividends
'We keep growing'
Sunday, November 10, 2013
As she cracked open the can of Pepsi and struck a match, the preschool teacher quizzed her small students. She held the match up to her lips, long enough to warm her fingertips before blowing it out. She lighted a second match and lowered it down to the surface of the effervescent soda.
"What's going to happen?" asked Jennifer Pensurum, a Title I teacher at the Southwest Early Childhood Center in Jefferson City.
The students tried to guess. One thought it might catch the soda on fire. Another was fearful of the blaze. But before the tip touched the bubbling soda, the flame flickered out.
"Does anybody remember what was coming out of my mouth?" she asked.
"Peroxide!" shouted 4-year-old Kevon Sincleair.
"You're so close," she replied.
She explained people breath in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. The soda bubbles are also filled with carbon dioxide, she said.
The simple experiments, gleaned from a book called "Ollie Oxygen," kept the children rapt. But expanding the students' vocabulary and encouraging them to verbalize their thoughts was the activity's main point.
"We want them to observe, predict and describe … basically learn the pre-k scientific method," she said. "But the important thing is language development."
It's widely known children from disadvantaged families start kindergarten with lower language and cognitive skills.
But a new study — undertaken by Stanford University psychologist Anne Fernald and published in Developmental Science magazine — found significant disparities in vocabulary and language proficiency were already evident between 18-month-old babies from higher- and lower-socioeconomic status families. By 24 months, there was a sixth-month gap between the two groups.
In other words, the researchers were able to show that toddlers from wealthier homes could identify pictures of simple words they knew — like "match" and "candle" — much faster than kids from low-income families.
In a separate study, Fernald and lead researcher Adriana Weisleder asked mothers to outfit their children with a shirt containing a small audio recorder that captured the sounds the child heard throughout the day. The recordings were analyzed and measured by special software that distinguishes between human speech and other sources like TV or radio. The recordings revealed that one toddler heard more than 12,000 words of child-directed speech while another heard only 670 words during the day, the equivalent of a 30-second commercial every hour.
Another study showed that professional parents talk the most, uttering almost three times as many words to their kids as parents on welfare do.
Nicole Langston, principal of the Southwest Early Childhood Center, was not surprised to hear that children who hear more child-directed speech had larger vocabularies by age 2.
"That is very much what we see in this building," she said.
She noted the 3- and 4-year-old children entering her program score low nationally. They've tested in the 13th to 20th percentile on a screening that measures developmental indicators such as language concepts and motor skills.
"That pretty much says that they are not ready for kindergarten," she said.
Launched in 2009, the Jefferson City Public School's Title I Preschool only has enough resources to serve some of the students who qualify for the free-lunch program. (Although her program screens kids who qualify for reduced-priced lunches, they remain on the waiting list.)
"These kids are living in poverty," she said.
Langston would like to serve more pupils. "We need more space. We need more classrooms," she said.
When poorer students are enrolled in a "good, quality preschool" it makes a big difference, she said. She noted Southwest students experience six "interactive read-alouds" daily which give the children chances to think, talk and ask questions.
Southwest uses a research program called "Continuum of Literacy" that labels everything in the classroom. So, if a child's name is "Kenya," then the teacher will add a picture of a kangaroo next to the child's name so they start to comprehend that letter-sound correspondence.
"Those language scores have jumped," she said.
Langston tracks the progress of 3-year-old children in her program. A group of students that entered September 2011 had average scores in the 29the percentile on developmental exams. However by May 2013 those scores were raised to 83rd percentile. (The 70th percentile is average for entering kindergartners.)
"So they are completely ready for kindergarten now. They are on a level playing field with the rest of their peers and in many cases they are above," she said.
Jefferson City's Title I Preschool program has expanded significantly in recent years, growing from 40 students five years ago to 105 today.
That growth is due, in part, to the Jefferson City Public School Foundation's and Scholastic's willingness to fund a seventh classroom teacher at the school. It takes $60,000 to open a classroom.
Because of that program, she noted one group of 4-year-olds came in at the 16th percentile on the developmental exams and left at the 84th percentile.
"If it wasn't for their help, these students never would have had the preschool experience they had," she said.
She said the extra classroom has made a huge difference for the children in it. She noted one little boy came to Southwest's preschool after he'd been asked to leave five others.
In his first evaluation, the boy exhibited 27 incidences of bad behavior in a 45-minute window and was ranked at the 7th percentile.
"He was way behind in many areas," she said.
But the boy left with zero incidents of bad behavior, prepared for kindergarten.
Langston attributes his change to the high-quality experience the Southwest Early Childhood Center offers.
"We've got to have a strong staff because these kids come in here and think, 'He who yells the loudest and hits the hardest wins.' But that's not the way it works here," she said.
She noted her teachers have to understand the ramifications of living in poverty.
"We are dealing with the child and their family," she explained. "We are working to get families out of poverty … to give them the knowledge and skills they need, so that when their kids go to kindergarten, they can be the next PTO president."
Langston said her staff helps both children and families meet basic needs.
"We can't get frustrated with them. If they don't have lights on, and they're hungry, we've got to take care of those things before we can teach them to read and to learn their letters," she argued.
But rules still apply.
"If you're not on time everyday, you can get kicked out," she said. "We don't want to enable anyone. We want to prepare them for elementary school."
Langston points to the HighScope Perry Preschool Study as evidence that high-quality early learning is critical to future success. The study divided a group of 123 poor children in the 1960s into two groups — some attended a high-quality preschool and the rest stayed at home or in daycare. It revealed the students with the better early-childhood learning experience had higher earnings and committed fewer crimes.
The Title I preschool program first started at the behest of the district's kindergarten teachers.
"They were seeing this huge wave of kids who were not prepared for kindergarten, and we wanted to change that," she said. "A more-affluent family can afford a quality preschool. And a family who lives in poverty cannot. That is why the district is focusing on those families, because they don't have the means."
She was recently in Washington, D.C., to accept two "Promising Practice" Awards on behalf of the school from the Character Education Partnership, a national umbrella organization for character education.
One is for the school's Destination Graduation program, which emphasizes the steps to graduation, even at very young ages. The other is for Cruising with Character, which stresses making sure everyone feels welcome in the buildings. For example, Langston's team — from the principal to the custodian — tries to greet every student five times before they enter their classroom.
"We want to be approachable," she said.
At every level of the political and education spectrum, leaders talk about the need to bolster early childhood education. For example, Gov. Jay Nixon's first order of business for his second term was meeting with early childhood leaders. Under his tenure, state funding for the Missouri Preschool Program increased from $8.3 million for fiscal year 2013 to $11.8 million for 2014, a $3.5 million increase and the funding for Early Head Start went from zero to $3.5 million.
"If we can make sure when kids enter kindergarten they are ready to learn, we can prevent much more difficult and expensive problems down the road," said Scott Holste, Nixon's spokesman.
Some of the signs of growth at Southwest include: the expansion of the first special-education kindergarten class; an increase in the number of special needs screenings from 50 to 100; the addition of 65 more Title I preschool students; a larger garden plot and the creation of a program for babies and teenage mothers.
Langston wants to see the preschool program continue to grow.
"I'm still meeting with outside donors. My hope is, in the next couple of years we're going to expand in a big way. We have the space for six more classrooms," she said. "We keep growing, and we keep seeing the need."
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This latest edition of McMillan?s bestselling guide includes over 150 new model accounting and financial policy documents, as well as forms for such areas as internal control, office administration, and risk reduction. McMillan divides his resource into three sections?Internal Financial Statement Formats, The Chart of Accounts, and The Accounting and Financial Policies and Procedures Manual. Some of the new additions to the third and largest section include forms and procedures relating to
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Cody Simpson turns Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids" into his own "Super Beach Kids."
Covering Frank Ocean seems like the obvious choice these days because, well, Frank's songs are the effing best. And while you might expect that "Thinkin Bout You" would be the cover song of choice, we've been quietly waiting for someone to cover our personal favorite Frank Ocean jam (and the true sleeper hit of Frank Ocean's Grammy-nominated R&B Channel Orange debut) — the Earl Sweatshirt-assisted "Super Rich Kids."
Listen to Cody Simpson's "Super Beach Kids" after the jump.
Cue Cody Simpson: Not only has he covered Frank's "Super Rich Kids," but the pop singer took it one step further by reimagining the tune entirely and changing the setting from say, the Upper East Side, to the beach. Changing the title to "Super Beach Kids," Cody keeps Frank's melody and overall vibe intact, but instead of singing about privileged kids, Cody sings about his beach-obsessed pals. And rather than "searching for some real love" as per the original, the kids in Cody's version prefer to search "for them real waves." Instead of starting his day "up on the roof," Cody starts his "morning on the sand." Honestly, we don't even like the beach (um, wrinkles, duh), but this jam makes us wanna grab some SPF 100,000 and hit the sand. With an giant umbrella, of course. And in a few months, because it's COLD OUT right now. Nicely reinterpreted, Cody. You done good.
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Ertz, Celek lead Eagles to fourth straight win
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Zach Ertz caught five passes for a career-high 68 yards and two touchdowns in the Eagles' 24-21 win over the Cardinals. (AP)
They knew what they had to do. They were reminded of it all week.
Brent Celek and Zach Ertz knew that for the Eagles to beat the Cards Sunday, they had to come up big.
"We knew this was our opportunity and we had to take advantage of it," Celek said. "We knew coming into this game we had to play well."
The Cards have struggled covering tight ends all year, and the Eagles made that a big part of their game plan Sunday in their crucial game against Arizona.
Ertz and Celek combined for nine catches for 97 yards and scored all three of the Eagles' touchdowns Sunday in their fourth straight win, 24-21 over the Cards at the Linc (see Instant Replay).
Ertz had five catches for a career-high 68 yards and two touchdowns, and Celek caught four passes for 29 yards and a touchdown.
It's the first time in 24 years Eagles tight ends have caught three touchdown passes in a game. Keith Jackson caught three in the Eagles' historic 42-37 comeback win over the Redskins at RFK Stadium on Sept. 17, 1989.
"I felt like we had good matchups with our tight ends against their linebackers," Nick Foles said. "Their linebackers are very talented, but they're bigger guys. They're very good at stopping the run, and the have a big defensive line that really wants to generate pressure, but I liked our matchup with our tight ends, and I thought they did a great job today."
It was clear from the start what the Eagles wanted to do.
Foles' first three passes went to Celek, and his fourth went to Ertz for a 16-yard touchdown.
"Fortunately, the tight ends got our number called this game," Ertz said. "DeSean [Jackson] and Riley [Cooper] have been huge playmakers for this team and we needed to take pressure off them."
On a day when Jackson caught just three passes for 36 yards and Cooper was 3 for 48, the tight ends were huge.
Ertz became the first Eagle tight end with two TD catches in a game since Celek had two in the 2008 NFC Championship Game against the Cards in Glendale, Ariz., and the first to do it in a regular-season game since Chad Lewis had two against the Giants at the Vet on the final day of the 2001 season.
He's only the sixth Eagles rookie in the last 60 years with two TD catches in a game, joining Charlie Young vs. the Patriots in 1973, Jackson vs. the Rams in 1988, Fred Barnett vs. the Cards in 1990, Reggie Brown vs. the Redskins in 2006 and Jeremy Maclin vs. the Buccaneers.
Jackson 25 years ago was the last Eagles rookie tight end with a multiple-TD game (see 10 observations).
"Just thought we had some plays in there to the tight ends, get them in base personnel and then try to take advantage of that, and those guys did," head coach Chip Kelly said. "Those guys contributed, and we feel like we have three that are talented, and when the matchups present themselves, we can exploit it."
Celek (23 for 319, four TDs) and Ertz (26 for 342, three TDs) have a combined 49 receptions for 661 yards and seven touchdowns. You can throw James Casey's 3 for 31 in there if you like.
"I put a lot of pressure on myself to make every play when the ball is thrown to me," Ertz said. "Early in the year I had a drop or two, but I think I'm getting more comfortable. The game's kind of slowing down and I've been able to make some plays."
Ertz is on pace for 456 receiving yards, which would be the most by an Eagles rookie tight end since Jackson had 869 in 1988.
"He's a great player, and he's going to continue to get better," Celek said. "Every game you just see him improve and improve and improve. He's going to be a great player in this league for a long time."
Celek and Ertz are both on pace for 30 receptions. The Eagles have never had two tight ends catch 30 balls in the same season.
"Brent and James have both been huge mentors for me," Ertz said. "I'm kind of like the little brother of the group right now. It's kind of a family in the tight end room. They take good care of me.
"Every now and then, I'll get down on myself and those two will bring me back up."


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One week before Election Day, a Quinnipiac University poll finds Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal leading Republican Linda McMahon by 12 percentage points.
In the governor's race, Democrat Dan Malloy leads Republican Tom Foley, 48 to 43 percent, among likely voters, the poll found.
The margin of Blumenthal's lead is essentially unchanged from the Oct. 14 poll. Poll Director Doug Schwartz said time appears to be running out for McMahon, who had trailed Blumenthal by just 3 percentage points a month ago.
"Linda McMahon has tried to raise Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's negatives over the last several weeks, but she hasn't been successful. He remains popular, but McMahon's own negatives have risen above 50 percent. One has to wonder if over the last few weeks McMahon would have been better off spending more of her millions on positive ads," Schwartz said in a press release accompanying the numbers.
The McMahon campaign said it believes the margin is closer than today's poll shows.
Ed Patru, a spokesman for McMahon, said in a statement: "This election remains extremely competitive, and we believe the margin is closer today than it was even a few days ago. If that were not the case, it's unlikely that we would see the Blumenthal campaign degenerating further and further into the gutter."
"This election is volatile," Patru said. "Blumenthal holds a very small single-digit lead, and his narrow advantage is precarious. It's worth remembering that earlier this year, polling showed Democrat Martha Coakley with a growing 15-point lead over Republican Scott Brown, 50-35, just nine days before the election." Brown came from behind to beat Coakley early this year in a special election in Massachusetts for U.S. Senate.
In the governor's race, Malloy held a 49 to 42 percent advantage in the Oct. 15 Quinnipiac poll.
Both candidates have lined up their bases: Malloy captures 80 percent of the Democratic vote while Foley gets 90 percent of Republicans.
Seven percent of those polled said they were undecided about the gubernatorial candidates while 11 percent said they could change their mind before election day.
"Throughout the fall campaign Democrat Dan Malloy's share of the vote has been between 45 and 50 percent, while Republican Tom Foley's has been stuck between 41 and 43 percent," Schwartz said.
The survey of 702 likely voters was conducted from Oct. 18-24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
Schwartz, the poll director, explained the new results at a state Capitol press conference. "The poll is good news for Richard Blumenthal. He has a 12 point lead over Linda McMahon. He leads 54 to 42 percent. This is essentially unchanged from our poll two weeks ago. Blumenthal runs strong among independents. He leads among independents by 16 points, and he leads among women by 26 points," Schwartz said.
"In the governor's race, it's a tighter race than in the Senate race. Malloy leads by only 5 points. There are also more undecided voters on the governor's race, so that is potentially more volatile," Schwartz said. "I'd call it a slight lead [for Malloy]. It's slight lead - but the governor's race is certainly in play. "
"It is important to point out that we really haven't seen much movement in either race," Schwartz said. "If you look at all the polls we've taken since the start of the fall campaign, Malloy's numbers have consistently been between 45 and 50 percent while Foley's are stuck between 41 and 43 percent. So he's had a consistent lead - Malloy - since early September.
"Most voters' minds are made up in both races," he said, adding: "Certainly on the Senate side, people have made up their minds and it's going to be a lot tougher for Linda McMahon to overcome such a big lead, 12 points. Also, Blumenthal is at 54 percent, so she's got to peel away some of his supporters and that's going to be tough to do."
Noting that recent polls by other organizations also have shown Blumenthal with a double-digit lead, Schwartz said: "You never want to say it's over but certainly Blumenthal's in a very strong position, and it's going to be very difficult for her to overcome such a large lead in such a small amount of time. "
Malloy's position isn't as strong, Schwartz said. "On the governor's side, it is more volatile," he said. "There are more undecided voters, and more voters who could change their mind: 18 percent are still persuadable. So those numbers could certainly move in either direction: the race could tighten; also, Malloy's lead could expand. So there's definitely more room for movement on the governor's side."
Schwartz said that, particularly in the Blumenthal-McMahon race, the numbers seem to have solidified in the Democrat's favor - and, in another negative development for McMahon, more than half of those polled now say they have an unfavorable impression of her. "There hasn't been any movement in terms of the horse race" since the last Quinnipiac Poll two weeks ago, he said.
"The last poll had Blumenthal up by 11 points. In this [poll] he's up by 12 points, so it's essentially unchanged," Schwartz said. "But ... in terms of Linda McMahon's favorability, for the first time her negatives are above 50 percent. Fifty-one percent of Connecticut voters have an unfavorable view of her. This compares to our last poll, when it was 46 percent."
Asked what he thinks the reason is for this rise in negative opinion about McMahon, Schwartz said: "It could be a backlash against her ads. It could that his ads are working against her. He's focused his message on [his claim] that she's putting profits ahead of people; perhaps that's resonating. Perhaps people are reacting to her ads. Perhaps it's a case of the law of diminishing returns; it appears that she peaked at the end of September, when she closed the gap with Blumenthal to 3 points."
"The parallel in the governor's race is that Malloy is also running strongly among women and doing well among independents - not as well as Blumenthal is among those groups, but that helps to account for his lead as it does Blumenthal's lead," Schwartz said.
"We have essentially the same race that we did two weeks ago, where Malloy has a slight lead over Foley, ... the 5-point lead with the 3-point margin of error," Schwartz said. ". Also, I look at the fact that his lead has remained stable over these two months in every likely-voter poll that we've conducted. ... I don't want to call it a solid lead, because certainly there's enough room for movement there - but maybe a stable lead, I guess I'd call it."


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Hug-and-a-beer hockey fighters get indefinite suspensions
What was supposed to be a cute send-off has turned into a bit of a mess after the FHL decided to suspend two players who faked a fight on the ice and then hugged and opened a beer.
Oops. Maybe that hug-and-a-beer stunt pulled off in the Federal Hockey League last week wasn't such a great idea after all.
It's a shame, but we've likely seen the last of hockey fights that conclude with a beer and a toast to the crowd.
Matt Puntureri of the Danville Dashers and Jesse Felten of the Dayton Demonz appeared to be destined for a standard scrap when they dropped the gloves during a game on March 28. But instead of throwing punches, the two FHL players came together for a hug before Puntureri pulled a can of Coors Light from his shorts and began to chug. The two then skated around the ice together and toasted to the fans.
Although no player received any sort of penalty immediately after the incident, the league is coming down hard on the two for the joke they orchestrated to celebrate the end of the season.
"Obviously the biggest problem was bringing alcohol on the ice," FHL commissioner Don Kirnan told Puck Daddy. "If they would have just hugged each other at the end of the season ... bringing the beer on the ice is what we're upset about."
Both players have been suspended indefinitely, with Felton forced to miss the league's playoffs, while Puntureri told Sports Illustrated he's heard he could be handed a lifetime ban from the league.
"I wouldn't take back what happened, even if it meant not getting suspended, I guess," Felten told SI. "Punts has been a real good friend of mine, and it's kind of upsetting to see what happened. But at the same time, it was all in good fun. It wasn't meant to piss the league off or make them look bad, even though they maybe took it that way."
"We've gotten a lot of attention over it, which has kind of been cool," he added. "It blew up more than we expected or planned for it to."
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GNOME 3.0: Fear Not!
Does GNOME 3.0 necessarily need 3D acceleration? Do GNOME 2.0 apps run under 3.0? A website tries to provide answers to some unsettling questions.
With the change-over from GNOME 2.x to 3.0 in September 2010, many users are expecting problems similar to those of the KDE 3.x update to 4.0. GNOME developer Paul Cutler was thus compelled to issue a blog to address the issues.
The associated GNOME3Myths wiki page is now online. It tries to dispel the 3.0 myths by addressing six specific points:
- Does GNOME 3.0 need more graphics power and active 3D acceleration?
- Does it continue to support the current panel and the popular window manager?
- Will GNOME 2.0 programs continue to work on 3.0?
- Will the Nautilus file manager be completely replaced with the Activity Journal?
- Will 3.0 depend on Mono?
- Will all apps need to be ported to 3.0?
The wiki is being actively maintained. The entries related to the release in September are likely to grow fairly quickly, considering that the current responses in Cutler's blog still reveal a lot of uncertainties.
Issue 25: Raspberry Pi Handbook 4th Ed./Special Editions
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Microsoft Visual Studio Code v1.0 is available for Linux!
Linux users can now download and install the Windows code editor
Open Container Initiative announces Image Format Project
New initiative will address security and interoperability concerns around container technology.
Red Hat Lures Developers with Free RHEL and Container Development Kits
Developers can use RHEL as a development platform without a subscription fee.
Microsoft Brings the Linux Command Line to Windows
Windows users will soon have native access to the Bash shell.
Internet Research Group Proposes Better Email Standard
Improvements to SMTP will provide better guarantee of confidentiality
New Nvidia Driver Offers Wayland Support
Graphics vendor embraces new reality in Linux graphics
Inventor of Email Dies
Pioneer Ray Tomlinson bequeathed the @ sign to billions of Internet users
Microsoft Announces Linux Version of SQL Server
Redmond says its classic database tool will run without Windows
Strange New Attack Lets an Intruder Gain Access Through a Mouse Dongle
New intrusion technique affects most non-Bluetooth wireless mice
GDP-ivi: Linux Platform May One Day Drive Your Car
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Many innovative and creative approaches to sustainable development and placemaking show that we can use our built environment, along with natural systems, to develop a sustainable life on earth. Deep down, people identify with place, and appreciate beauty and nature. This site showcases the work of creative people as they invent new ways of making the places we inhabit sustainable, and those ideas become innovations that make their way across society. Please enjoy the examples and tell us what you think about them, and alert us to others we should post on the site. About the curator: John D. Warbach, Ph.D. is a Professor at MSU and the Associate Director, Faculty Research Development, Land Policy Institute. John coordinates the Michigan Higher Education Land Policy (MIHELP) Consortium, LPI research initiative development and teambuilding, curriculum development, grant administration and the Distinguished Speaker Series. He taught Landscape Architecture at the State University of New York and at MSU, and he has been a consultant to units of government at all levels on a wide range of environmental and land use planning projects. John has a Bachelor of Science degree from MSU, a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Doctorate in Urban Forestry from MSU.


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NASCAR announced Friday that Chester based Whelen Engineering will remain the title sponsor of three of NASCAR's development divisions through 2019.
Whelen Engineering serves as the title sponsor for the Whelen Modified Tour, the Whelen Southern Modified Tour and the Whelen All-American Series national short track program.
Competition at Stafford Motor Speedway, Thompson International Speedway and the Waterford Speedbowl is all part of the Whelen All-American Series program.
"During the last five seasons, Whelen has been an invaluable partner for NASCAR in advancing both grassroots racing and key regional tours," George Silbermann, NASCAR managing director of racing operations, said in a release. "The commitment that Whelen has made to the future of these series is unprecedented, and it is a partnership that will continue to flourish for many years to come."
Whelen, which has been a NASCAR title sponsor, since 2004, is now the longest running title sponsoring entity in the NASCAR family of racing divisions.
"Whelen understands the value of short track racing, both to the future of NASCAR and the fan. Short track racing is the foundation of NASCAR and it provides affordable and exciting entertainment for racing fans of all ages in their local neighborhoods," said Phil Kurze, Whelen vice president for motorsports. "Whelen is proud to be associated with local short track racing and the Modified Tours and as long as fans continue to support Whelen we will continue to support the most entertaining racing in all of motorsports. NASCAR short track racing has a friend and a sponsor for the decade."
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Two very hungry Monarch caterpillars visited the Children's Room at Family Storytime on Monday morning. We also got to see this Monarch chrysalis bivouacked out beneath an aloe plant, of all things. Soon a butterfly will emerge from the chrysalis. Can you spy the chrysalis hanging with its golden dots? If you stop by the Children's Room soon, you might be able to see a very hungry caterpillar eating milkweed leaves on its way to becoming a chrysalis and, eventually, a Monarch butterfly. And if you see my butterfly gardener mother, tell her thanks for supplying us with these amazing creatures! Family Storytime continues Monday mornings at the Children's Room.
Summer Reading Games have begun! You can pick your time to read to Bailey, the lovable Schnoodle, in the Alice in Wonderland Storytime Room! Thanks to a special bequest in support of Reading with Bailey, the Central Library will have lots of great new books about dogs that Bailey will love to hear before they're added to the Children's Room collection. You can get a preview when you read to Bailey! Call the Central Library Children's Room at 269-553-7804 to reserve your 15 minutes of fame with the best dog that loves to be read to!
The countdown has begun! Summer Reading Games are right around the corner. Beginning on June 15th, you can sign up to win prizes, read lots, and enjoy fabulous programs at the library with a water theme. There's a game for all ages: Read to Me for preschoolers, Make a Splash for children entering 1st to 4th grade in the fall, plus Tween, Teen and Adult Summer Reading Games. Save the date for the end of summer party, a celebration on Sunday, August 29th with games, snacks and fun!
"Dad's Golden Hour", an article by Clint Kelly in a recent enough issue of Motheringmagazine, is all about dads reading to their kids - how much fun it is and how it creates time away from the stresses of everyday life while creating a lasting connection. The article offers tips to dads and moms for making reading aloud to your kids even more fun. One of my favorite suggestions from the article is to try reading with your kids in a different, special space - underneath the kitchen table or even up a tree. The author also suggests reading stories at dinnertime, a nice way to combine two family strengthening routines in one busy day. I also like Kelly's suggestion to give kids parts in the story, a great way to read with, not just read to your children. Finally, a suggestion to make up your own stories to tell your kids is a good one. Kids are fascinated by their parents' real life stories from when they were children.
Inky sent us a postcard all the way from Sydney, Australia. I'm not surprised it's Inky who does all the writing. Inky wrote: "Octy and I are having a wonderful time traveling all around and getting to know each other. Octy is a cheerful traveling companion. We'll see you back at the library soon! Your friend, Inky. PS Octy says beep boop!"
Maybe Octy and Inky will join us at our next evening Sing Along Storytime in May. I hope to see you there because we'll have songs, stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and a craft.
Have you seen the trees decorated with 5,281 ribbons on the Kalamazoo Mall north of Michigan Avenue? Each ribbon represents a reported case of child abuse or neglect in Kalamazoo County. While there's never any excuse for child abuse or neglect, there's no doubt that the experience of parenting is often very frustrating in the moment.
Unrealistic expectations of children's abilities can lead to frustration for parents. Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today is a recent study for Zero to Three conducted by Hart Research Associates and funded by the MetLife Foundation. Researchers interviewed 1,615 parents of infants and toddlers to explore the experience of parents, to identify what information and support services parents of young children turn to, and to better understand how parents interpret and respond to their children's behavior.
According to the study "many parents lack a clear understanding of when young children are capable of reaching certain developmental milestones". Parents of infants and toddlers most commonly mentioned tantrums, crying, and their children's inability to control emotions as challenges. Children only begin to be capable of such emotional regulation from 3 to 5 years of age.
Also fascinating is that "a significant majority of parents do not realize that by six months most babies can experience feelings such as sadness and fear and can be affected by their parents' moods" or that "many parents are also not aware that most children are capable of feeling good about themselves between ages one to two." The majority of parents believe this happens later in a child's development.
The good news is that "virtually all parents (93%) understand the value of reading to young children" though a smaller majority say they recognize the importance of talking (75%) and singing (70%) to very young babies and newborns to facilitate cognitive development. Kalamazoo Public Library has great materials for reading aloud to your little one. Come to Baby Storytime on Tuesday evenings in April to share some songs and rhymes for babies and young children.
At Sing Along Storytime, we sang call-and-response songs, shared some great read aloud stories, and made crafts about the cow that jumped over the moon. We also met Octy the Musical Octopus (who speaks with musical notes) and Octy's new friend Inky. Now Octy and Inky are off travelling to who-knows-where in their yellow suitcase. Inky promised to send a postcard, so check back here at the Kids' Stuff blog for updates about their trip! Bon voyage, Octy and Inky! Maybe Octy and Inky will be back from their big trip by the time we have our next evening Sing Along Storytime in May. Let us know your favorite sing along songs by replying to this blog post. Then, we can sing them together.
Because of my move into a new job at the library, last night was the final Storytime with Mr. Steve & Friends.
We had a great time reading books, singing songs about a man made out of food, and playing with the parachute.
The adrenaline of the evening helped me hold up well last night, but now I am feeling the effects of closing a very happy chapter in my life.
I would like to thank all the families in the community for your wonderful support during my years as a children's librarian and for allowing me to be a part of your children's lives.
Your Own Book Reviews are fun for you to make and fun to listen to. Did you know there's a nationwide contest of videos made by kids talking about their favorite books? It's called StoryTubes, and it's awesome! While KPL doesn't provide cameras to record videos at the library, you can make your own "my favorite book" video with a digital camera or even a cell phone with video, upload it to YouTube or TeacherTube and enter the StoryTubes contest. Just how creative can you be in a video talking about your favorite book in less than two minutes?
Many of Kalamazoo Public Library's children's programs, like Family Storytimeand Baby Storytime, are drop in no-registration-required programs. Others, like Baby Lapsit, Baby Steps, Toddler Storytime, or Preschool Storytimerequire registration in advance. In the print andonline Kids Calendar, these storytimes are the events with a little ® next to them. It's easier than ever to register for these storytimes because now you can register online, day or night. Of course, you can always call the branch of your choice to register or come to your neighborhood branch to register in person. We'd love to see you here! However you register, or if you choose one of KPL's drop-in programs, you'll find programs that are fun for your child and work with your schedule. Registration begins 30 days before the program begins. As always, if you have any questions, talk to your children's librarian.


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Under the supervision of the Senior Vice President, the Senior Estimator in Aecon Buildings Western Inc. will be responsible for the direction, preparation and documentation of work completion estimates for construction projects and also managing any associated risk. Initially the geographical focus will be Alberta and primarily buildings intended for industrial use.
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Incorporate all addendums to plans and specifications into on-going estimates
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UPDATED MAY 27TH: I have a winner! Selected through Random.org, and proving that coming late to the party is no handicap, Peggy has won the drawing for Werecat: The Rearing. I will be in contact with her very soon to provide her with the e-Book.
A million thanks to each of you who stopped by. This was my first blog hop, and I have definitely caught the bug; so there will be more giveaways on the horizon. 🙂
I'm participating in this year's Hop to raise awareness of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The Hop was organized by authors of gay romance around the globe, in order to: "stand as a writer community against discrimination of our works."
As a promotion for this event, I'm giving away a free copy of my upcoming (May 28th release) e-novelette Werecat: The Rearing. For a chance to win a copy, read this short post and drop a comment below. I will randomly select a winner on May 28th and send her or him the e-book (Kindle, Nook, MOBI and pdf formats available).
Here's the back cover blurb for Werecat:
For Jacks Dowd, a gay college senior who feels ungrounded from his family and life in general, an alcohol and sex-infused weekend in Montréal sounds like a pretty good escape. His Spring Break binge takes a detour when he meets Benoit, an admiring drifter with startling green eyes. A hook-up turns into a day, two days, and then a full week in Benoit's hostel, making love and scarfing down take-out food. But at the end of the week, Benoit demands that Jacks make an impossible choice: stay with him forever or never see him again.
The night before Jacks is supposed to return to college, he meets Benoit in Mont Royal Park to try to work things out. Benoit springs on Jacks an unfathomable secret: he's a werecat. He traps Jacks in an abandoned cabin and performs an occult rite so they will be mated forever.
With his dual nature, Jacks can shape-shift at will, and he has amazing new senses and physical abilities. But how will he live as an unfathomable hybrid creature? When Benoit shows Jacks the violence he's capable of, Jacks may need to find a way to destroy the one person who can help him survive.
Now, my thoughts on homophobia and transphobia…
The extent of anti-LGBT discrimination in the literary community is a frequent topic of discussion among the LGBT writers I know. Most of us would say that some degree of bias exists. Why should the literary community be different from any other?
The impetus for the Hop, back in 2012, was the discriminatory practices of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), who hosted a writers' contest with the stipulation that stories featuring male/male couples would not be considered.
Notwithstanding that ugly incident (which resulted in the chapter cancelling their contest altogether), I think LGBT discrimination in the literary community, as in other arenas, has generally moved from overt, sanctioned forms to de facto, more subtle practices.
For example, when readers and writers point out that there are too few LGBT-themed books getting published and/or those books don't receive the attention — marketing-wise and media-wise — that they deserve, the typical response is that it's a problem of supply and demand. The LGBT market is smaller. There are fewer people who want to read those books.
That's still discrimination. Regardless of the forces at work, writers of LGBT stories have a steeper mountain to climb to reach readers. Readers of LGBT stories have fewer choices and have to put more time and effort into finding the literature they like. Of course, small presses and self-publishing have widened the access point significantly. But for the mass market — the featured titles at the big on-line booksellers, and the type of books anyone can find at the newstand/bookstores at the airport — books with LGBT content remain seriously underrepresented.
I think it's a problem of an entrenched mindset. When people believe there's a limited market for LGBT stories, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. LGBT stories get marginally published, they make marginal profits, and the publishing gatekeepers say: see, I told you so!
See also: racism in publishing, sexism in publishing, ableism in publishing, etc.
Some people have asked me if I ever experienced discrimination as a gay author who writes gay stories. My answer is a bit nuanced. I've never received feedback from an editor or an agent that I would characterize as discriminatory. I've also never of course been a fly on the wall when editors or agents were discussing my work. The big publishing houses haven't been interested in my work so far, but there are so many factors there that invoking homophobia would be a pretty unreliable conjecture.
What I have experienced is strange comments from non-LGBT writers that I think reflect a lack of understanding, and — dare I say — heterosexism.
"Why do all the bad things in your story have to happen to gay people?"
"I think your story would work better if there was a more positive portrayal of gay people."
Here's the context: in most of the stories I write, the main characters are gay. So when drama happens — good or bad — it's going to happen to someone gay. Sorry, no handling of minority characters with kit gloves.
What I like to say when I get those reactions is: when you read a non-LGBT novel, say The House of Sand and Fog, does it concern you that all the bad things happen to non-LGBT people? Or that the story portrays non-LGBTs as damaged, desperate, or immoral?
Of course not, because non-LGBT characters have the privilege of being received as multi-faceted, villains or heroes, villains and heroes at the same time even, without being called up as a reflection of all non-LGBT people.
See also: racism in the media, sexism in the media, ableism in the media, etc.
I think there's still much work to be done regarding public attitudes and perceptions of LGBTs. And the funny thing is that there's a two-way feedback loop between public attitudes and literature — which I'll include under the umbrella term "media." Public attitudes can change the media. I would venture to say that a book like David Levithan's Two Boys Kissing would never have been mass published ten years ago when public opinion polls showed that less than half of the general public believed that LGBTs deserved basic human rights like the right to marry. On the other hand, media can change public attitudes. When J.K. Rowling announced that she had always imagined that her beloved character Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series was gay, it had a huge impact on attitudes and perceptions of LGBTs (too bad Rowling didn't write that part into the story).
What are your thoughts and experiences regarding homophobia and transphobia in literature? How do you think authors and writers can have an impact?
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This chutney, a complex union of snappy rhubarb, oranges and raisins, follows the basic formula of cooking all the ingredients together for an hour, but it has the unusual twist of substituting caramel syrup for white sugar.
This chutney improves enormously with an overnight stay in the refrigerator. Serve with broiled swordfish steaks or salmon, shellfish, chicken, lamb, spicy dishes such as curry or Chinese food, and on crackers with Cheddar cheese.
1¼ cups sugar
¼ cup water
Few drops fresh lemon juice
½ cup apple cider vinegar
2 medium oranges, peeled
2 pounds rhubarb, washed, trimmed and cut into ½-inch slices
1 large onion, chopped
¼ cup (packed) golden raisins
½ teaspoon Fine Sicilian Sea Salt, or any other high quality sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
Pinch of cayenne pepper, or more as desired
Place 1 cup of the sugar in a small nonreactive saucepan with the water and lemon juice. Heat over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved. Do not stir or the syrup may crystallize. Boil until the syrup has turned an auburn color, 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add the vinegar; be careful–the caramel will splatter. Cook over medium heat, whisking to dissolve the caramel, then transfer to a medium nonreactive pan and set aside.
Cut the oranges into ½-inch chunks and add them, with their juice, to the caramel. Add the rhubarb, onion, raisins, Sicilian Sea Salt, cinnamon (if desired), cayenne and remaining ¼ cup sugar. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer briskly for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until thickened, stirring often, so the mixture does not burn.
Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature, then refrigerate. The chutney will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
- Substitute dried strawberries or cherries for the golden raisins.
- Add 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger.
- Add 1 teaspoon or more mustard seeds.


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Cripple our Healthcare System
Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Tops 40 percent of US Adults
More than 40 percent of American adults age 20 years and older have hyperglycemic condition according to a review of data from the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey from the National Institute of Health (Diabetes Care 2009;32:287-294.)
The magnitude of these findings predict an incredible burden on our health care system in the next 20 years with dramatic increases in heart disease, heart failure, blindness, kidney disease, circulatory problems and amputations.
With the exploding number of type 2 diabetics due to the rise in obesity, more and more physicians are called on to care for these patients. Physicians prescribe drugs that attempt to lower the dangerously high glucose levels, the high cholesterol and triglycerides levels and the high blood pressure typically seen in diabetics. Doctors are continually attempting to target these "risky" numbers that are predictors of damage and or a premature death.
What is wrong with this scenario is that the treatment of diabetes with medication gives a false sense of security to those with diabetes. Patients think they are fine now that their glucose levels are somewhat better controlled under the care of their well-meaning physicians. Furthermore, the conventional treatment of this problem with oral medications and insulin often leads to weight gain and advancement or gradual worsening of the pancreatic insufficiency over time. The patients become more diabetic and need more medications as time goes on. The result is disastrous.
What they do not know is that while trying to "control" their diabetes with drugs they continue to damage their organs and heart. Medications give a false sense of security, providing implicit permission to continue the same disease-causing diet and lifestyle that allowed the development of diabetes. Inevitably, the patients worsen, develop complications, and die young. The tragedy is that all this suffering is unnecessary; adult onset diabetes can be effectively and relatively quickly reversed in over 90% of patients.
The answer is not more medical care or better medical care. The key is nutritional excellence and understanding of food addiction and food cravings, with careful attention to micronutrient density of the diet-style and exercise. The patients find that they no longer have food cravings, are comfortable eating less and are enjoying their new diet-style and new found health more. The moderate dietary changes prescribed by most physicians, dieticians and recommended by the American Diabetic Association never result in diabetic reversal and are inadequate. These moderate dietary improvements and adjustments are almost worthless.
My motto is:
Don't just treat your diabetes
Don't just control your diabetes
Instead, make the commitment to get rid of it!
My nutritional and exercise prescription for diabetic and pre-diabetic patients has resulted in the majority of patients becoming non-diabetic. If you know anyone who has pre-diabetic (fasting glucose level above 100) or diabetic (fasting glucose above 120), they should be informed that they can get well and live a normal life without the medical complications and shortened lifespan.
My Eat For Health book has resulted in thousands of people losing dramatic amounts of weight and hundreds of people reversing their diabetes. The book has made it possible for people to realize the miraculous health benefits of nutritional excellence even without being able to see me as a patient. The success rate is extraordinary and evident by the high conversion factor of Eat For Health readers. The conversion factor is the percentage of people who have read the book and who actually report that it has motivated them to make significant and permanent change in their diet-style and lifestyle to bring them improved health. With the additional support and information available through the Member Support Center at readers experience remarkable results and the diabetic successes are just as remarkable as people who personally come to my office as patients.
These are a sample of letters I receive from people who have reclaimed their health and reversed their diabetes. If you or someone you know is pre-diabetic or diabetic, I hope this information is encouraging and I look forward to hearing about your success too!
Yours to Good Health,
Dear Dr. Fuhrman,
About four to five months ago, my husband, who was quite overweight, was diagnosed with diabetes. His blood sugar and cholesterol were extremely high. His A1C hemoglobin was 12.7. The doctor gave him no instructions on diet and referred him to another doctor. My husband immediately started to research the topic on the internet and found out about Dr. Fuhrman's plan. He followed the plan exactly and by the time he saw the referral doctor (just 3-4 weeks later), his blood results were normal. He continues to follow Dr. Fuhrman's plan, and tests his glucose regularly. It remains normal, as do his follow-up blood exams at the doctor. He has lost 65 pounds!
If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.
Last week, I got the results of my blood test. Because I mentioned that my joints hurt, the doctor ran an ANA test. It came back positive with an extremely high titer. I am planning to see a rheumatologist soon so that a diagnosis can be made (Lupus? R.A.?, who knows?). I also started following Dr. Fuhrman's plan and will let you know how this turns out.
In any event, I am extremely grateful that you wrote Eat to Live which helped my husband so much.
~ Daisy
I was diagnosed late November, 2006 with diabetes. My fasting blood sugar level at the time was 160. My weight was 218 pounds. I have been pre–diabetic for some time, along with a strong family history of the disease in my family.
I took this news as a personal death wish. Being a pharmacist, I knew the long term complications and risks that diabetes carries. I became determined to not let this diagnosis doom me to a life of medication and routine insulin shots.
My wife found Dr. Fuhrman's book when she was browsing through the health section at our local book store. It was a godsend.
While I have never been a big red meat eater, the thought of evolving my diet from a chicken and fish diet to the ultimate goal of a primarily plant based diet seemed like a huge challenge. However, I was determined to beat diabetes at any cost.
I am proud to say that Dr. Fuhrman saved my life with his eating program. My latest test results speak for themselves. . . Cholesterol (total) 139, LDL 79, HDL 49, Blood pressure 110/75, Weight 172, A1C 5.3 (avg BS fasting 94).
The only downside to this experience (if you call it that) was my need to buy a new wardrobe. My waist size dropped from 38 inches to 33 inches. My large shirts now hang on me like a trash bag! I have lost the fat face that you see in my 'before' photo.
I am so grateful to Dr. Fuhrman for giving me the means to change my life and become healthy. I am a new man!
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Anita Metlen, left, and Tina Seavert ride through Pyles Canyon, on the proposed Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway, in October, 2010. DICK MASON / The Observer
State likely to give green light to proposed scenic cycling route
A red-letter date in Northeast Oregon bicycling history may be just a month away.
The State Parks Commission will vote at its April 4 meeting in Medford on whether to grant final approval for the creation of the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway, a 134-mile signed route that would start and end at Riverside Park.
"Judging by what has been submitted to the commission so far I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be approved,'' said Alex Phillips, bicycle recreation coordinator for the State Parks and Recreation Department.
Phillips helped conduct an Oregon State Parks and Recreation hearing on the proposed Grande Ronde Scenic Bikeway Monday. Close to a dozen people spoke at the hearing, conducted at Cook Memorial Library. All said they supported the proposed bikeway.
The route would be part of the Oregon Scenic Bikeway program, which is designed to build a system of cycling routes that showcase Oregon's natural wonders and cultural history, while providing economic and social benefits for communities.
The Grande Tour would take cyclists by Hot Lake on Highway 203, then pass through Union, Pyles Canyon and Telocaset, North Powder, the Powder Valley and Baker City.
On the way back the Grande Tour would hit Pondosa, Medical Springs, Catherine Creek State Park, Cove and Island City.
The top selling points on the proposed route include low traffic; opportunities to see the Wallowas, the Elkhorns and the Blue Mountains; and access to food and lodging. The variety of terrain on the route is another plus. It includes pasture and crop land, sagebrush and forest land.
The Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway would begin and end at Riverside Park.
Steve Antell of La Grande, who spoke at the hearing, noted that the route provides cyclists excellent views of the Elkhorns and Wallowas.
"These are views you do not get from a car,'' Antell said.
Kem Brainerd of Elgin also spoke of the beauty of the route and what it would add to the region.
"This is an absolute must. This is a cycling paradise,'' Brainerd said.
The only worry expressed at the hearing concerned the narrow shoulders on the side of some roads on the route. This could pose a safety issue. Still, several people at the hearing said that this problem would be nullified by the 60 signs that would be put up along the route, alerting drivers of bicyclists.
The signs would read Scenic Bikeway and have a drawing of a bicycle inside an outline of Oregon.
If approved, maps and information would be posted on biking web sites. Word of creation of the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway would undoubtedly boost tourism in Union and Baker counties, something that would be most welcome.
"Tourism is the least intrusive type of business there is,'' said Kim Metlen of Imbler.
Sandy Sorrels of La Grande expressed a similar sentiment.
"I am totally in favor of it (the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway). This (bicycling opportunities) attracts the kind of people you want to have here,'' Sorrels said.
The Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway has been several years in the making. Originally, supporters of the bikeway proposed that the route begin at a site east of La Grande on Highway 203. This was recommended because visitors would have easy access off Interstate 84. Riverside Park was then chosen as the starting and ending point.
The Oregon Scenic Bikeway program started in 2005. Presently it has 584 miles of routes. Two bikeways are in Eastern Oregon:
• Old West, which runs through the John Day, Monument and Dayville area.
• Blue Mountain Century, a route passing through the Heppner and Ukiah areas.
The state turned down more than 500 miles of proposed routes over the past 12 months. The routes were rejected because they lacked "scenic value'' or had roads that were deteriorating, Phillips said.


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Is it to Early for my baby to be head down?
I am 34 weeks pregnant. When I was 32 weeks pregnant my Doc. said that my baby is head down and siting in my cervix causing the pains and contractions I had been experiencing. I went to the Doc. again and I havn't had the same pain as I did the last time I went and she is still in the same spot. I was wondering if it was to early for her to be head down and is safe for her to be in the same postion after two weeks had passed already?
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My first daughter was head down my entire pregnancy, she flipped around a lot during the day but during scans it never failed, her head would always be right over my cervixposted 11/28/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
This is perfectly fine. She'll be flipping and doing circles for a while. She may have flipped a few times already and you didn't even notice.posted 11/28/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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No need to panic - perhaps the push to war can still be saved! By placing immediate and senseless time constraints on the Russian deal, there might still be a way to wage World War III.
Give war a chance!
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John Kerry gives Syria week to hand over chemical weapons or face attack
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School district, Ecke YMCA team up to offer water workouts for kids with disabilities
Third-grader Micah Rosen stepped into the pool with La Costa Heights Elementary School teacher Kerri Stucky, and all his anxieties seemed to melt away.
Micah has an autism spectrum disorder, and the Magdalena Ecke YMCA pool provides more than a place for his swim lessons. For Micah and several dozen other special-needs children in the Encinitas Union School District, the weekly water workouts are part instruction, part therapy and all fun.
"It's very soothing, very calming," Micah's mother, Dagmar Rosen, said of the swim program. "He immediately feels better once he gets in. It's very therapeutic, and it enables him to learn some important skills."
The school district, which serves about 5,600 elementary school children in Encinitas and the La Costa area of Carlsbad, has been teaming with the Ecke YMCA for the last six years to treat and teach special-needs children in the morning. The YMCA provides the pool and a swim instructor; the school provides the teachers and pays for the transportation.
Students who take part in the program live with disabilities that include autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.
"We're providing these kids opportunities to do things they might not otherwise have," said YMCA aquatics director Chris Wallick.
"It allows them to be themselves," said La Costa Heights classroom aide Robin Sullivan.
The program began evolving more than six years ago after Liza Neptune spent several months substituting in an adaptive sports class for severely handicapped children. The sports, however, were all held in the gym or on a field.
"I thought, 'Why not do this in the water?'" she said. Neptune said she approached the school district and the YMCA, and "both were on board immediately."
The initial effort was limited to the severely handicapped, said Maria Waskin, the school district's director of pupil personnel. It didn't take long, however, to rethink that limitation.
"We saw children improve not only physically, but we also saw improvement with their socialization skills, with their learning and with their speech," Waskin said. "So we extended it to include others," including those with autism.
Added Waskin: "One of the most remarkable things that we've seen is that when you put autistic children in the water, it unleashes them; it gives them this incredible energy and it encourages them to communicate."
Although the district hasn't been immune to budget cutbacks, the program has survived over the years because of its low cost: about $15,000 annually. All of the money goes toward transportation costs.
The money, parents say, is well spent.
"It's a chance for these kids to have their own sport, something they can participate in," said Cara Dehaan, whose 7-year-old daughter, Julia, has cerebral palsy.
"They don't just let her stand there and splash. They are teaching her how to move her arms, how to move her legs, how to close her mouth when she goes underwater. They are teaching her how to swim."
Stucky said the weekly trips allow special-needs children to work on interacting with others.
Some teachers, noting how focused some children are when in the water, will work on lessons from counting to colors.
"There's something about the water," she said. "They're more engaged. They're calmer. We see fewer issues with behavior. And they're often more verbal."
Sullivan said the benefits extend beyond the pool. "When we get back to school, everybody is really calm," she said.
That's often quite a turnaround from what occurs at the beginning of the semester.
"Some of these kids have never been in a pool before," Neptune said. "They're terrified."
Wallick said the program has been as rewarding to him as to the children who benefit from their time in the pool.


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A concussion may occur when the head hits an object, or a moving object strikes the head. A concussion is a minor or less severe type of brain injury, which may also be also called a traumatic brain injury.
A concussion can affect how the brain works for awhile. It may lead to a bad headache, changes in alertness, or loss of consciousness.
A concussion can result from a fall, sports activities, or car accidents. A big movement of the brain (called jarring) in any direction can cause a person to lose alertness (become unconscious). How long the person stays unconscious may be a sign of how bad the concussion is.
Concussions do not always lead to loss of consciousness. Most people never pass out. They may describe seeing all white, all black, or stars. A person can also have a concussion and not realize it.
Symptoms of a milder concussion can include:
The following are emergency symptoms of a more severe head injury or concussion. Seek medical care right away if there are:
Head injuries that cause a concussion often occur with injury to the neck and spine. Take special care when moving people who have had a head injury.
Exams and Tests
The doctor will perform a physical exam. The person's nervous system will be checked. There may be changes in the person's pupil size, thinking ability, coordination, and reflexes.
Tests that may be done:
For a mild head injury, no treatment may be needed. But be aware that the symptoms of a head injury can show up later.
Your health care providers will explain what to expect, how to manage any headaches, how to treat your other symptoms, when to return to sports, school, work, and other activities, and signs or symptoms to worry about.
Both adults and children must follow the health care provider's instructions about when it will be possible to return to sports.
You will likely need to stay in the hospital if:
Outlook (Prognosis)
Healing or recovering from a concussion takes time. It may take days to weeks, or even months. During that time you may:
These problems will probably recover slowly. You may want to get help from family or friends for making important decisions.
In a small number of people, symptoms of the concussion do not go away. The risk of these long-term changes in the brain is higher after more than one concussion.
Seizures may occur after more severe head injuries. You or your child may need to take anti-seizure medicines for a period of time.
More severe traumatic brain injuries may result in many brain and nervous system problems.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call the health care provider if:
Call the doctor right away if the following symptoms occur:
If symptoms do not go away or are not improving a lot after 2 or 3 weeks, talk to your doctor.
Although no child is injury-proof, parents can take some simple steps to help keep their children from getting head injuries.
Not all head injuries can be prevented. Increase safety for you and your child by following these steps:
Do not drink and drive. Do not allow yourself to be driven by someone who may have been drinking alcohol or is otherwise impaired.
Heegaard WG, Biros MH, Head injury. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2013:chap 41.
Kerr HA. Closed head injury. Clin Sports Med. 32;(2013) 273-287. PMID: 23522509 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23522509.
Landry GL. Head and neck injuries. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 680.
Review Date: 1/15/2014
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- Title
- Relevance of intellectual capital information for company valuation
- Author(s)
- Abhayawansa, Subhash; Bahtsevanoglou, John
- Abstract
- Despite the extensive research pointing to the fundamental link between intellectual capital and organisational success, various studies have noted that sell-side analysts and other capital market participants are somewhat ambivalent to information about IC. Through a semistructured interview approach, we explore the use of intellectual capital (IC) information in the conduct of analyst research, and how this vital information impacts sell-side analysts' decision processes. The study finds that analysts use intellectual capital information to form their perceptions about the overall quality, strength and future prospects of the companies they analyse. These perceptions then provide a basis upon which analysts adjust their valuation models to reflect subjective assessments on risk, company growth and relative performance. We believe the study's findings are important for increasing our understanding of the valuation practices of financial analysts.
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- Research centre
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- Paper presented at 'Mastering Change, Improving Corporate Reporting and Auditing to Match New Demands', International Accounting and Auditing Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 20-21 June 2012
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- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Company valuation; Intellectual capital
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Officials say residents from Camp Creek Lake East to Clareon Drive may be affected by a possible compromise in the distribution system.
Officials say residents may notice discolored water due to a loss in system pressure.
They say a boil notice is precautionary and does not necessarily mean the water is affected
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