text: What Did You Learn in 2012? Seth J. Masters December 20, 2012 Americas, Multi-Asset In 2012, investors worried about the future of the euro, the US fiscal cliff and the emerging-market slowdown…yet stocks still climbed higher. What lessons should we learn from 2012? We'd suggest four key takeaways. 1. Investors can get trampled in crowds Many pundits proclaimed in 2012 that "equities are dead," and that investors should look to other asset classes. Many investors took this advice and liquidated almost $80 billion of equity funds (net) in the first three quarters of 2012. Following the crowd by dumping equities proved unwise. The S&P 500 returned about 16% in 2012, and equities are still alive and well. It's natural for investors to be jittery in volatile markets, but joining the crowd will not necessarily take you in the right direction. 2. 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Debbie McGrath stood in a doorway and pointed out her son, Ryan, who was in a darkened classroom Monday with a half-dozen other campers. Ryan was tossing a large rubber ball to a camp staff member, while a few kids were curled up on mats on the floor, hiding under blankets. One child silently played in a small ball pit.
It's a "low-stim" room, McGrath explained. It plays a key role in Sensory Camp because it provides a safe space in which easily overstimulated children can calm down, or, with the help of knowledgeable staff, be calmed down.
"When kids need a break, they need a break," said camp director Lauren Mizrahi, who during the school year works as an autism behavior consultant.
Sensory Camp, a seven-week program for children ages 5 to 13 who have an autism spectrum disorder or other sensory integration disorders, started Monday at Minnehaha Elementary School. It runs through Aug. 16.
In its fifth year, the camp has survived because of dedicated parents and a generous community.
The camp was canceled in March 2012, when Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation was cutting $1.2 million from its budget. The camp has high expenses, relative to other summer camps, and low cost-recovery. But mothers rallied and raised more than $27,000 to keep the camp open, and they were successful again this year.
Three of the mothers — April Sutherland, Beth Pederson and Sara Brandon — received a statewide citation of merit from the Washington Recreation and Parks Association in April.
While the parks department runs the camp, the Parks Foundation of Clark County has stepped in to accept donations and Vancouver Public Schools charges the camp only the cost of supplies, such as paper towels, toilet paper and soap. The camp used to be at Hough Elementary School, but moved to Minnehaha, which, blissfully, has air-conditioning — even though kids do go outside to cool down with water.
The camp runs 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and costs $170 a week. Thirty-three kids are registered each week, with as many as 10 on a weekly waiting list, said Dave Perlick, recreation manager. It's the only public camp in the area designed to accommodate children with autism spectrum disorder, Perlick said.
The camp has received greater recognition because of its budget woes, and Perlick said in addition to trying to find more stable funding, he'd like the program to be able to accommodate more children. It added a few spots this year, as last year the camp averaged 29 children a week.
Since the children need greater supervision and some need one-on-one care, the camp has 24 staff members.
Revenue for the $66,000 camp breaks down as follows: approximately $38,000 in registration fees, $15,000 in donations, $3,000 in state grants for eligible children and $11,000 from the city of Vancouver. The city used to pay for more than 60 percent of the camp's costs.
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A few years ago, McGrath enrolled Ryan in a standard summer camp. It did not go well. Loud noises bother him — the sound of a siren will cause him to crouch in a corner and cry — and he didn't have the adult supervision he needs.
But Ryan, 11, loves Sensory Camp. He loves water play and has become friends with other campers, said McGrath, who lives in Vancouver.
McGrath said Ryan hasn't been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, but he's on a waiting list to be evaluated at Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University. Ryan has delayed gross motor skills, fine motor skills and social skills, and takes special-education classes, she said.
She feels fortunate to have Ryan at the camp, and glad she's met other parents through the program.
At meetings to discuss ways to raise money, she doesn't have to worry what other mothers will think about Ryan's behavior.
"They get that Ryan is going to run around," she said. "They know it doesn't mean he's a bad kid or I'm a bad mom."
As an example of community generosity, McGrath was wearing a "Sensory Camp" T-shirt, which was designed and made at cost by Tammy Scott of Scott Pro Ink. Her husband, Dave Scott, has a business called White Crest Software and he designed a camp website for free.
The website, http://sensorycamp.org, has a link for people to donate, McGrath said, and photographs from past years.
McGrath and other parents, knowing how exhausting their children can be, marvel at the patience of staff members, who are specially trained to meet campers' needs. About 80 percent of the campers have autism spectrum disorder, Mizrahi said, while others have different conditions including Down Syndrome or cerebral palsy.
Each child has a notebook with a list of the day's activities, and they get marked on how well they participated and followed directions.
Sutherland's son Liam, 12, has attended the camp since it started in 2009. She had her doubts before the first day.
"I was afraid nobody would be able to manage my child," said Sutherland, a Camas resident.
Liam has severe autism, and the family doesn't take summer vacations because of the stress it would cause Liam, she said. Even going out to a restaurant can be a challenge.
Within the first week of the first year of camp, however, "I became a believer." She's comfortable leaving Liam at camp, and loves the fact that it gives her quality time with her 14-year-old son, Ethan, who has a high-functioning form of autism. She can take Ethan places he'd otherwise never go, such as downtown Portland or the Oregon Zoo.
"These are the reasons we fight for this camp," Sutherland said. "It really is life-saving."
Pederson, another of the mothers recognized by the Washington Recreation and Parks Association, had the same initial doubt as Sutherland. The camp was recommended by a school counselor when her son Sam, now 13, attended Hough.
"I was apprehensive that he could be at a camp," she said. Her son has a nonverbal type of autism, although he uses sign language. At home, he doesn't like to go outside, but he'll go outside and play at the camp. Her husband works, and she works from home, so without Sensory Camp she's not sure how Sam would spend his summer.
Sam doesn't know, either. Each year the children receive a camp memory book, Pederson said.
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HEALDSBURG -- The Silveira automobile dealership has survived six decades in business, including a shakeout of nearly 60 percent of General Motors dealerships nationwide, and is passing to third generation management and ownership.
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In addition to the generational ownership transition is a recent $1 million remodel of the dealership showroom at 985 Healdsburg Ave. and gearing up the service center to handle hybrid and electric vehicles.
Jim Silveira, who started working at the dealership in 1966 and became owner in 1974, has started a 15-year transfer of company stock to his son Scott Silveira, vice president and sales manager. Part of the transition includes having GM last year transfer the role of dealer to Scott Silveira, who has been working at the dealership since 1986 and a partner since 1991.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The trial of a Springfield woman accused of smothering her newborn child is expected to go to the jury Thursday after closing arguments from her defense lawyer.
The prosecution wrapped up its case Wednesday. The Register-Guard reports (http://is.gd/P3xH46 ) a Lane County deputy district attorney urged jurors to value the baby's life.
Angelica Swartout is charged with aggravated murder and faces at least 30 years in prison if convicted.
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1. A Smart Rotation There were about a half-dozen reasons to take heart from tonight's 99-94 win over Denver before the NBA pauses for its all-star game break, and the umbrella nurturing most of them was coach Randy Wittman's substitution rotation.
Wittman's hooks were quick, decisive, and purposeful. They didn't rely upon recent past performance--Marko Jaric, whom Stephen Litel pointed out to me had a team-best +31 over the last five games, logged just 6:50, while nine others finished with double-digit minutes played--or some predetermined pattern. And for the first time in a long long time, every one of them seemed to make sense.
Two mismatches dominated the early going: Classic point guard Steve Blake was schooling Randy Foye two out of every three possessions and Nene was having his way butt-backing Mark Blount down in the paint and diving toward the hoop on KG. So Wittman yanks Foye after just 6:37 (Blake already with 5 assists and zero turnovers, Foye with one assist, two turnovers) and the Wolves down 9-20. With Davis at the point, the ball doesn't automatically rotate through KG or Ricky Davis every time, although James is also looking for his shot more. The Wolves nearly double their point total in three minutes. With 1:59 to play, Madsen subs in for KG; by quarter's end, the Wolves whittle the lead down to five.
Coming off the bench to start the second period, Davis is the only starter left playing, and he sits after 23 seconds in favor of Rashad McCants. Wittman gives 8 guys at least 5 minutes of second quarter play, sits Trenton Hassell for the entire period despite Carmelo Anthony playing more than 9 minutes, and has the starters plus McCants in for an 11-2 over the final 3:13 that gives the Wolves their first lead of the game just before the halftime buzzer. At the half, five different Timberwolves had between 6 and 8 shot attempts.
I won't keep going with this kind of detail for the second half, but the other two points in this trey will provide plenty of examples. Suffice to say that at the end of the game, Wittman focused on those who statistically had bad games, like Randy Foye and Ricky Davis, stepping up and maintaining their effort and keeping their poise. I think a large part of it was that Wittman put the players in a position to succeed, but it often was also a circumstance that required his trust in them, circumstances when each of 9 players could look back and legitimately feel that he had contributed to this win. There was also some tough love and hurt feelings, and that too was a good thing.
2. Succumbing to Optimism About the Future Loyal fans follow a team the way thrill-seekers shoot the rapids: fully engaged and alert to every nuance of both the plunges and pinnacles, partially remembering the lessons and patterns that have recently transpired, but mostly caught up in the ride. For all the times you can appropriately contemplate the Wolves almost-certainly dreary future prospects, you also need the giddy, full drinking in of the team's blossoming, perhaps fleeting, synergy.
Which is a long-winded way of saying that McCants and Foye gave a taste tonight of two young potentially special talents simultaneously on the court, a happenstance that the Timberwolves haven't had since Garnett and Marbury. Shaddy's latest stride was a large one, made with dogged and canny defense as much as his explosive scoring. He played more than half the game--24:44, and was a team-best +11. His 12 points on 8 shots (5-8, including 2-4 from 3 territory) made him the club's most efficient scorer.
Instead of riding his starters for almost all of the third period, Wittman subbed in James for Foye at 4:51, Madsen for Blount at 3:03, and, right in between, McCants for Davis at 4:07. But McCants not only finished out the third, but stayed in for the first 8:55 of the final quarter--a 13-minute span--as Davis sat for 9 minutes and then spelled Hassell. During that season-high stint for McCants, the Wolves were +4 and McCants did a better than average job during the times he was the primary defender on Melo Anthony. Even giving up four inches, he often bodied Melo and wouldn't let him pivot. One time he "pulled the chair" and watched Melo fly away by his own momentum from a pass coming his way. In response to praise about his defense after the game, McCants said, referring to his layoff, "I've had 7 months to see tendencies, what [opponents] like to do, and figure out how to play it. Now that I am moving laterally [on his surgically repaired knee] I'll get better."
A guy with McCants's physical talent talking about being a defensive student of the game--with KG the obvious role model--is music to the ears of any Wolves fan. Ditto his performance tonight.
The positives demonstrated by Foye were more subtle, but at least equally important. Once again James was doing a better job running the ballclub in the second half, and there was a legitimate question of whether Foye would reenter the game in the 4th period. But Wittman brought him back with 5:18 to play and the Wolves down by 5. The question loomed: With KG, Davis, and McCants as options (joined a minute later by Blount), would Foye feed the firepower, or stake his claim as crunchtime alpha dog with a more selfish shot selection?
The first thing he did was clank a jumper--but grabbed his own rebound and zipped it to McCants, who missed from long range. Next time down, good ball movement got Davis a nice look, but his trey was off target. Yet the Wolves, with McCants on Melo, was stopping them at the other end. On Minnesota's ensuring possession, Foye drove for a layup. Next time down, he dished to Mark Blount for a successful 21-foot jumper. The Ricky Davis reprised his court kinship with Blount by feeding him for a couple of sweet jumpers and the Wolves were up by one with 1:28 to play. After an important stop at the other end, Foye went alpha dog, deploying his patented, right lane scoop hook over Camby's outstretched arms, banking it in for a 3-point Wolves lead with 23 seconds to play. It was all over but the obligatory fouls and free throws.
Asked in the locker room if he'd thought about distributing the ball to his prolific teammates or taking the shots himself, Foye talked about setting the defense up with passes and his own jumpers. "I got my [second] layup because of what I did before," he said. And so would he keep shooting the j if the defense didn't try and take it away? "Oh no, that's my rep--going to the hole," Foye said with a smile. "You may see me shoot jumpers earlier, but when the game is on the line, you take it inside."
Minnesota outscored Denver 12-4 over the last three minutes. During that stretch, Kevin Garnett had two boards, some great help defense, zero assists, zero field goal attempts, and two made free throws. Blount had 6, Foye had 4, Davis had two dimes. And McCants was biding his time, which will come, on the sideline.
3. James Emerges, Blount Pouts, Both Contribute Who knows why Mike James does not consider himself worthy as a starter, but goes to the tenacious side of Jekyll/Hyde when coming off the bench? James jacked up 13 shots in 23 minutes tonight and made only four of them. Wittman was extremely, and rightfully, pleased. "I'll take those shots every game, those were all good shots," he enthused. That's because James played with pep, flowing free, jonesing for the hoop on drives, suddenly rising up and flicking off threes when the opponents backed off him, and generally looking like he knew what he was doing out there--it was pleasant, but unfamiliar. And who was this dude pressuring Steve Blake in the second half, playing a significant role in turning Blake's 11/0 assist to turnover ratio in the first half into 7/6 in the second? A stint in the third and early fourth quarter may be the best on ball defense we've seen from James thus far this season. Who is this guy? A player born to sub in, apparently.
Meanwhile, Mark Blount played as if he wanted the final score to be 170-168. Blount had five more shots and four more makes than anyone on the ballclub, going 11-19 FG in less than 32 minutes, mixing some of his recently entertaining double-pumps and lane drive-bys, replete with heavy mustard on the body english, in with a bevy of those sweet jumpers, often flashing to his kill zone between the top of the arc and the free throw line, where Davis knows he's going. Count up 24 points in all, including the crunchtime points that enabled Foye to secure the victory.
On defense, Blount was also an offensive force. First he allowed Nene to run roughshod on him, with at least half of Nene's 6-6 FG in the first period being back-you-down paint jobs. Then, in the third period Eduardo Najera, the 6-8 Mexican forward who has all the grace of a dump truck but plays with a keen intelligence and nonstop motor, was fed passes as he cruised right past Blount for easy layups on two straight possessions, extending a five-point Nuggets lead to nine with 3:04 to play in the third. Wittman called a timeout, glared at Blount, and jerked his thumb for Mark Madsen to replace him. It was an in-your-face scolding, a tough love message for the entire team but specifically Blount.
Blount is a proud veteran who doesn't take criticism well or lightly. I sense that one reason he got so enthused at the end of the Boston win was because he was royally ripped by the Beantown media and treated badly by the Celtic coaches. In any case, he was clearly pissed as he went to the bench. He exchanged some words and commiserated with Davis and also Troy Hudson and Justin Reed. (There is a tight camaraderie among the three ex-Celts, Blount-Reed-Davis, that has threatened to damage overall team chemistry whenever Blount and/or Davis are unhappy with the coaches and their recent handling. It is the downside of the beautiful chemistry Davis and Blount have on offense when playign together.) But Blount performed like a veteran pro when Wittman summoned him back into the game with 4:07 to play. Nevertheless, when he was swapped out for McCants in order to improve the Wolves' 3-point defense in the final seconds, he took a roundabout route away from Wittman to the end of the bench. And he was (hopefully) showered and gone just minutes after the game, a speedy exit that rivalled those of the legendary Christian Laettner back in the dysfunctional days when Laettner and Chuck Person used to criticize each other loudly when the other was nearby, until Laettner decided to never be nearby anybody after a game.
Wittman seemed to know that his big man was disgruntled, and three or four times cited Blount for praise. Once he said that Blount had had some rough patches on defense and included him along with Foye and Davis as those who had fought through doldrums to come up big later. Other times he excused Blount's lapses by noting that the main goal was ensuring that Melo earned every point he got and didn't go off for a huge game; that the big men were charged with helping ensure Melo was uncomfortable. Asked about Wittman and Blount after the game, KG chose to emphasis this latter point about the bigs having Melo as the priority, and otherwise vaguely siding with the idea that Blount was just doing what he was told. Part of this is true. And Anthony missed more than half his shots (10-21 FG), had 4 turnovers and a relatively quiet 28 points. But it is also true that Blount was torched by Nene in the first quarter, embarrassed by Najera in the third (or at least should have felt embarrassed) and properly chastised, via benching, by Wittman for those lapses. It was all part of Wittman's, and the Wolves's, best all around performance since the upset in Phoenix more than two weeks ago, and allows fans a little peace of mind going into the all star break.
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Detailed knowledge of the life and experience living in Peking at that time.
Disappointment. Not neatly wrapped up for reader at the end. But this was true life. Life is not neat.
Not really attracted to any of the characters. More of an "arms length" experience. Watching from afar.
The continued dread of Japanese invasion which held over Peking at the time. And the timid or cowardly actions of the historical figures, Chaing Kai Shiek and Mao Te Sung. Essentially out of sight, out of mind while Peking suffered.
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Midnight in Peking is a fascinating story about what was happening in Peking in the late 1930's and the story of a father's devotion to his daughter even in death. The horrible story of what happened to her possibly happened to others. Without his persistence, the killers would have gotten away with it. Because of his persistence, they had to stop their "sport" and disband. Wonderful story and mystery, but so sad because it was true.
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Yes. The story is set in Peking just before WWII erupts. The foreign community lives in an enclave that seems to attract or breed decadent westerners who think they are entitled to do whatever they want. The British embassy officials are more interested in preserving face and prestige than in seeing the brutal murder of a young British woman solve. The local Chinese police are corrupt, and protect the drug dealers, pimps and other low lifes in the "Badlands." The murdered girl's father, an irascible former British diplomat, won't give up and investigates how and why his daughter died. Meanwhile the tension mounts as the Japanese close in.
The father. He's a maverick, speaks his mind, which gets him in trouble. When his daughter is murdered persists in trying to solve the mystery of who murdered his daughter, in the face of ridicule, and danger from the British embassy, the local corrupt police, and the underworld.
No, but he's very good.
When a young woman is murdered, her father risked it all to find her killers.
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Through their regular London season at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the South Bank and on BBC Radio 3, London Octave has attracted a loyal following of concert goers who appreciate their vitality and virtuosity. This, coupled with their programmes based on major and accessible works, has established them as one of the leading chamber orchestras in Britain. The members, many of whom have distinguished individual careers, frequently take turns as soloists and leading musicians are often invited to work with the ensemble. During recent seasons, artists include John Lill, Nick van Bloss,William Bennett, Crispian Steele Perkins, Lorraine McAslan, Yvgeny Sudbin, James Bowman, The Tallis Chamber Choir.
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West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
Health Care for Homeless Veterans Programs
The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program is a group of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless services. These efforts include a number of specialized programs. The core program involves:
- Outreach to Veterans living on the streets and in shelters who do not seek assistance on their own
- Evaluation, treatment, and referral for physical and psychiatric disorders, including substance abuse
- Assistance with housing, case management, and rehabilitation
- Referral to employment assistance: National HCHV Webpage
Program Descriptions
The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program has been around since 2000. The program consists of the Homeless Veteran Outreach Team, the Veterans' Resource Center, the Grant and Per Diem Program, VA Homeless Contract Program, Incarcerated Veterans Re-Entry Program and HUD/VASH. Several programs are in development and this information will be updated as more services are offered.
- The Homeless Outreach Team includes a Social Worker and Physician Assistant who spend about 75% of their time working in the community. The mission is to contact homeless Veterans and provide treatment services. The goal is to return the Veteran to their highest level of functioning. This is done in a community setting. The team looks for homeless Veterans in soup kitchens, halfway houses, treatment facilities, street corners, woods, and wherever the homeless might be found.
- The Veterans' Resource Center is a separate building on the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center property. It is a drop-in center for homeless Veterans. There are a variety of services available: supportive social services, shower and laundry facilities, clothes closet, and food pantry.
- The Grant and Per Diem (G&PD) Program was created to pay community agencies to provide services to homeless Veterans. The services will include supportive housing and/or supportive services. The goal is to help homeless Veterans find housing, improve their level of functioning, and obtain greater independence.
- VA Homeless Contract Program programs provide housing, food, transportation, laundry facilities, and therapeutic services for homeless Veterans. The VA pays a per diem rate for each Veteran. Case management is provided to Veterans while they are saving their earnings for their eventual return to independent housing. In general, Veterans are expected to become gainfully employed within 1-3 months of entering the program.
- Veterans Re-Entry Program outreaches to eligible incarcerated Veterans who are within six months of release from state and federal correctional facilities to provide education about available VA and community services in support of smooth transitions from institution the community.
- HUD/VASH is an intensive case management program. The primary intent of the program is to reduce homelessness among Veteran populations by offering community-based services that emphasize the maintenance of stable housing.
Annual Events
The West Palm Beach VA HCHV Program hosts two major annual events:
- Project CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups) is a program to improve VA and community communication. The idea behind Project CHALENG is to encourage cooperation and communication between the VA and community. Annual meetings are hosted by the West Palm Beach HCHV for VA staff and community agencies that provide homeless services.
- Contact: Carla-Paula daSilva 561-422-7503
Project CHALENG Homepage
- Stand Down events are one to three day events providing services to homeless Veterans. Services can include food, shelter, clothing, health screenings, VA and Social Security benefits counseling, and referrals to other services. These other services include housing, employment and substance abuse treatment. Stand Downs are planned by local VA Medical Centers, and include other government and community agencies that serve the homeless.
- Contact: Carla-Paula daSilva 561-422-6870
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|HCHV Social Work Assoc.
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|HCHV Program Support
|Wanda Bryan
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|G&PD Program Liaison
|Sherilda Lyons LCSW
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A few of the biggest local celebrities are getting a new home as the Oregon Zoo elephant enclosure is set for expansion.
The zoo is in the midst of its most significant construction project since it opened at its current location in 1959. Projects scheduled over the coming years aim to upgrade outdated facilities and improve the zoo experience for visitors.
One project at the heart of the construction effort is the 6.25 acre Elephant Lands. Construction on the $53 million project started in early June and is scheduled to be completed by 2015.
"It was state of the art at the time, but we've learned so much since then," said Hova Najarian, media and public relations officer.
While the Elephant Lands project is one of the largest changes in store, a series of additional improvements, using sustainable practices, are scheduled in the coming years. The projects are paid for by a $125 million bond measure passed by Portland Metro-area voters in 2008.
With an area more than four times the size of the current facility, Elephant Lands is expected to provide the lively animals with more choice and freedom to stay active and socialize. The current Lilah Callen Holden Elephant Museum will also be torn down and replaced with Forest Hall, the indoor exhibition portion of Elephant Lands.
Elephant curator Bob Lee said the new addition will address the needs of the zoo's eight Asian elephants: Packy, Samudra, Rama, Tusko, Rose-Tu, Chendra, Sung-Surin and Lily.
Aside from being a crowd pleaser at the Oregon Zoo, 51-year-old Packy was the first elephant to be born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years.
One of the largest recorded male Asian elephants weighing in at about 12,500 pounds, Packy will get to experience the new state-of-the art enclosure designed by elephant curation staff, a core group of veterinarians, architectural designers and Mike Keele, former deputy zoo director, who recently retired from his position.
"I think the inspiration for everyone was what would benefit the elephants the most," Lee said.
Lee has worked with the zoo since 1999 and spends just about as much time with the elephants as he does his kids, he joked.
"It's just like being here with your family," he said.
When asked what is his favorite part of working with the elephants each day, Lee quickly answered: "The personal relationships." When he first met Rose-Tu, he could see just over her back, he said. Not anymore, he laughed.
The enclosure will largely expand the area for the elephants to roam and stay active, he said. Elephant Lands will feature more than 20 automatic feeding stations, elephant-controlled showers, mud wallows and additional water features.
The elephants need exercise and the ability to make their own decisions, he said. It is important for them to develop their minds and social structures. In the wild, he said, the elephants are constantly challenged 24 hours a day.
Staff workers always are looking to provide the animals with more choices, he said.
"The greatest thing for me is to watch these guys have self-determination over their day," Lee said. "To see that blown up on a massive scale is most rewarding."
Projects at the Oregon Zoo
Elephant Lands: Opens summer 2015.
Condors of the Columbia: Opens spring 2014.
Zoo Education Center: Coming in 2016.
Polar bear habitat: Coming in 2017.
Primate habitat: Coming in 2018.
Rhino habitat: Coming in 2019.
You can help
The Oregon Zoo Foundation launched a $3 million Campaign of Elephants to support the zoo's vision for Elephant Lands and is accepting donations.
For more information, call the Oregon Zoo Foundation at 503-220-5707.
If you go
Where: The Oregon Zoo, 4001 S.W. Canyon Road, Portland.
Hours: Open every day of the year, except Dec. 25. Summer hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; grounds are open until 7 p.m. from May 25 to Sept. 2.
Cost: Members and ages 2 and younger, free; ages 3 to 11 pay $8.50; ages 12 to 64, $11.50; ages 65 and older, $10. On the second Tuesday of each month, tickets are $4.
Transportation: Parking is $4 per vehicle. You can get $1.50 off the price of admission if you take the bus or light rail to the zoo and show proof of ridership.
Information: http://www.oregonzoo.org/visit/hours-admission-special-offers
An Inside Look
For zoogoers, Forest Hall, will allow for an up-close view and panoramic display of the elephants, according to the zoo's website, www.oregozoo.org. The indoor exhibition will also feature the history of the human-elephant relationship over the past 5,000 years around the world.
New interactive technology is also planned for the exhibition and is currently in the planning process, said Elephant Curator Bob Lee.
With the new exhibition, visitors will be able to better understand the level of care it takes to maintain the livelihood of the elephants, he said.


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Do you have anything like probate records that prove George Faggart born 1780 N C is the son of Jacob Faggart [Fegert] Sr. and Anna Maria Fischer Faggart? I have been researching that line for a cousin through Barnett Cruse who is son of George Faggart's? Would appreciate hearing from you, but I am not really good on the computer. Contact me at email@example.com
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Yep, your Great Great Grandmother must have been Grace Alice, the youngest baby girl. My Great Great Grandfather was William David the oldest son. Small world, pretty cool.
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As in Jonas Cook of the NC 8th Reg.,Clingman's Brigade, Hoke's Division? Cold Harbor/Petersburg?
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Changes in the patterns of flow or `hydrology' of a river affect the resident flora and fauna. To understand how hydrology affects ecology, scientists are studying the flow of unregulated rivers in various stages of flood and drought, and the responses of fish, waterbirds, riparian vegetation, microinvertebrates and zooplankton. Information on species richness, abundance, behaviour, health and breeding will then be used to produce models that predict the response of different organisms to different flows. This information is essential for estimating the impacts of hydrological changes on biota, which would occur if the rivers were regulated or exploited for irrigation.
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Puckridge, from Adelaide University's Department of Environmental Biology, is the scientific leader of a project that aims to model the response of flora and fauna to flow patterns in the major rivers that drain the Lake Eyre Basin.
The Environmental flow requirements for Australian arid zone rivers project, also known as ARIDFLO, involves 10 institutions and research organisations, including the South Australian Department for Water Resources, CSIRO, the Australian National University and the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre.
Results of the ARIDFLO project will help scientists and natural resource managers to understand the relationships between flow patterns in unregulated arid zone rivers, and the condition of the resident flora and fauna. This understanding will inform community and government debate, and decisions concerning future proposals to regulate the flow of inland rivers, or extract water for irrigation.
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should i raise my handle bars for more speed / control on the road , i ride a mtb.
should i raise my handle bars for more speed / control on the road , i ride a mtb.
If i was you, i'd try that and see if it's any better for you, and if it's still comfitable. if not then change it back again. Trail and error really.
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riserbar or flat, depends on you.. its really more of a trendy thing however i have heard ppl saying riserbar is easier to lift their bike up but to me no real diff
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not t be an ass but "i ride a mtb." r-really, is that why you're in the mountain biking forum
Yeah riser bars are trendy...thats it..haha...Originally Posted by Reggie
I think riser bars are supposed to give you more leverage for climbing hills, accelerating etc.
Just something I heard though.
Risers do quite a bit. I just love when people don't think something makes sense they justify it by calling it trendy
Really, I don't see how raising the bar will help road speed. I tend to ride faster on my talus with its far lower handlebars than my outlook which has a near upright position to it.
Now raising the seat to a proper road height will make loads of difference. I usually drop my seat by an inch to two inches when off-roading for comfort purposes, but raise it right back when I get on the road. If I can point my heel significantly downward when it's at the 6-o-clock position, i'm not high enough yet. At the height I'm in though, it's very easy to clip in and unclip while in the saddle, and I found it's actually easier to accelerate in that position as well.
Faster, more experienced riders tend to ride in a more forward position than upright. The reason is it gives you more leverage on the pedals. It also makes you more aero-dynamic.
If your wrists are hurting, it might be appropriate to raise your handlebars/riser. If you find yourself bending your arms excessively, than a lower bar would be more appropriate.
Well you are being an ass, sorry but comments like these should stay in your head.Originally Posted by fhod36
The answer is simple really. If you ride an XC bike usually flat bars work best for climbing. If you ride downhill or aggressively you'll want riser bars as they put in a better attack position for the nasty stuff.
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To be honest, I do think riserbars are the result of a trend. However, right now, they really have become the only decent option for those wanting more sweep and upright handlebar positions. The end-goal is to position the portions of the handlebar that the rider will need a certain relative spacial relationship to the rest of the bike. Whether this is done with a flatbar and high-rise stem, flatbar with lots of steerer (although going too long on the steerer is not good for the frame or the steerer), stepped up handlebar (riser bar) or some other method is unimportant. Were it not for the look of the riserbar being trendy, flatbars and high-rise stems which would work equally as well, would still exist. As it is, one would be hard-pressed to find a wide flat bar with more than three degrees of sweep.Originally Posted by Maelstrom
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I like risers better than flats, even for XC duty. You can get away with a lower angle stem, and still have a reasonable position. Also your accessories are more lined up with the bars, and not hanging over...I know that's an aesthetic thing, but I like the look a good riser setup gives.


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As a little background since I'm new to this forum, I turn 62 this month. As a kid in the 50's I rode quite a lot and had several paper routes. Quit riding when I became motorized and returned to cycling only 9 years ago. Our company needed a 50+ geezer to race a bike in the Corporate Challenge. That was fun so I started participating in a some local time trials. Two years ago a friend pointed me to our state's Senior Olympics. Four cycling events are offered, 5K & 10K time trials, 20K & 40K road races. The first year I participated in the time trials, had so much fun that I returned last year and competed in all four events, and the wife took gold in the two time trials. The competetion is divided by gender and age graded into 5 year brackets beginning with age 50. The competition was fun but even better was meeting a group of really great people with common interests who enjoy exchanging ideas, helping each other improve, and talking about high performance equipment.
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Phillips Edison & Co. purchased the center in 2011, adding four new tenants to the 189,000-square-foot center in the past year. The center was designed to give customers the ability to handle all of their shopping needs in one location, with a layout similar to Bayshore Town Center.
Jenna Johnson, marketing and events director for the company, said shoppers and tenants alike appreciate the outdoor one-stop feel of the center.
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Sendik's Towne Centre also hosts community events such as a walking club, outdoor concerts, and outdoor yoga.
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