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Meanwhile, a new poll showed the two about even in the governor's race. The poll found 44 percent of registered voters supporting Topinka and 41 percent backing Blagojevich, with a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Topinka said Blagojevich is responsible for a "debacle" in this year's standardized testing of Illinois students.
The company hired to oversee testing delivered incomplete versions of the test or got it to schools late, forcing delays.
"This year, Illinois students, parents and teachers fell victim to the incompetence and cronyism of the Blagojevich administration because the contract ... was given to a company that only weeks before had hired a close friend of Governor Blagojevich as their lobbyist," said Topinka, the state treasurer.
Actually, the contract was awarded before the company, Texas-based Harcourt Assessment Inc., hired former Blagojevich aide John Wyma as a lobbyist. Harcourt won the job while a prominent Republican chaired the State Board of Education.
Wyma, as The Associated Press reported in February, was brought in later, when there was a possibility that the board might reopen the contract and solicit new bids. The board ended up sticking with its original contract decision.
Blagojevich, under a 2004 change in the law, has taken much greater control over the State Board of Education. He appointed new board members, forced out the previous superintendent and hired a new one, and installed an aide as chief of staff for about a year.
Topinka said the board should be more independent.
Major campaign donors and aides should not be named to the board, she said, and the law should be changed back so that brand-new governors can't get rid of most members and appoint a new majority.
"You pick people who are really hard-and-fast into education for education's sake and for the sake of the children," she said.
Blagojevich's campaign did not return a call seeking comment. But his office called to defend his record.
Education adviser Elliott Regenstein said the key decisions about the testing company were made before Blagojevich gained greater control of the board and that Harcourt misled board members about the extent of the problem.
He also said the governor's greater control has made the board more accountable and efficient. "Education is far too important to be divorced from the will of the people," Regenstein said.
The new poll also asked voters about the possibility of state Sen. James Meeks, the black minister at a major Chicago church, running for governor. It found that the race remains essentially tied if he runs: 40 percent for Topinka, 38 percent for Blagojevich and 7 percent for Meeks.
The telephone survey of 600 registered Illinois voters was conducted March 30-April 1 by The Glengariff Group, a Chicago research and marketing firm. It was not commissioned by any of the campaigns.
Topinka v. Blagojevich: Early campaign buzz will be meaningless by fall - Carol Marin
Let's talk about tea leaves. That, after all, is what political pundits try to read on regular basis. Sometimes successfully. Often not.
The other day, one such tea leaf came my way. A television producer I know and respect said, "Hey, what's the deal with the Topinka campaign? We can't find the right person at the campaign to even talk to us about scheduling an appearance for the candidate."
A tea leaf?
A hint of some problem in the campaign? Some incipient disorganization? Some post-primary failure to forge ahead aggressively?
I was off and running.
It is true that Judy Baar Topinka's campaign is without a campaign manager at the moment. Terry Barnich, who occupied that slot, left as promised after the primary to return to his other business pursuits. A new campaign manager has not yet been announced. Ditto for a fund-raising chairman, though rumor has it mega-millionaire Pat Ryan is waiting in the wings.
It is also true that Topinka's opponent, who was "too busy governing" to campaign in the primary where he had nominal opposition, now appears too busy campaigning to govern. The governor has hardly had what you'd call a commanding presence in Springfield as the Legislature gets ready to tackle the thorny business of the state budget. Rod Blagojevich, however, has been all over the airwaves, on television with glossy commercials, appearing at news conferences, and issuing challenges to Topinka to debate.
Does this media blitz bode badly for Topinka? Well for Blagojevich?
No. And no.
This is just April. We're still waiting for the Easter Bunny to hop over the horizon. We've barely gotten past the beginning of the baseball season. And we're nowhere near the junction of fact and fiction when it comes to what's happening in either of these campaigns.
I know that the Topinka forces are taking great heart in a couple of newly released polls. One of them done by Rasmussen Reports. It's an automated poll, an aggregation really of three polls, two of which were taken before the primary and one after. It shows Topinka over Blagojevich 43 percent to 41 percent.
The other, done by the Glengariff Group, is a post-primary survey of 600 registered voters. It has Topinka at 44 percent and Blagojevich at 41 percent. And, when it factors in the possible independent candidacy of state Sen. James Meeks, Topinka still leads with 40 percent against the governor's 38 percent with Meeks trailing in at 7 percent.
Topinka's camp, which includes former Gov. Jim Edgar, is reassured by these numbers because they're higher than the 37 percent of the Republican vote she got in the primary. It's evidence, they believe, that the part of the party that went with other candidates is now going with her.
The truth is, all these numbers tell us is that this election could be a horse race. Encouraging? Sure. A trend? Not yet.
And though Blagojevich's job approval ratings are lousy, and have been for some time now, is that a trend? Maybe. But don't count on that either.
Even Edgar says, "While I question their governing, I don't question their politics. They're good at it."
Republicans believe that this election will be a referendum on Blagojevich. If that referendum were taken in Springfield right now, the governor indeed could be in trouble.
It's not just Republicans who are furious with him. There are plenty in his own party who simply cannot understand how a man who spent time on the floor of the General Assembly can so assiduously avoid it and seem so disinterested in the day-to-day nuts and bolts of negotiating budgets and other wonky stuff that makes government run.
But back to the tea leaves for a moment. This is insider baseball, something politicians and political reporters thrive on. But the public is usually too busy with the issues that dominate their own lives to care whether Blagojevich gets along with lawmakers. Or for that matter, whether Topinka's campaign is currently doing a poor job of fielding media calls and scheduling her next appearance.
I have to remind myself that tea leaves, at this stage of the game, tell us almost nothing. They're not worth reading right now. And so I'm going to go grab some strong coffee and wait awhile.
DeLay gone, but not forgotten in 6th District race - Lynn Sweet
Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is quitting Congress because he does not want Republicans to lose House seats in November because of him.
But it may be too late for DeLay, the Texas Republican who is leaving with ethical clouds swirling around him, to take himself out of play as a factor.
Democrats at a national level and locally -- Dem House candidate Tammy Duckworth, running against state Sen. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton), who once worked for DeLay -- will continue to demonize DeLay.
"DeLay may be gone, but nothing has changed," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the chief of the House political operation, in a statement.
DeLay could bring GOP down after bringing it upWASHINGTON -- Tom DeLay leaves a troubling legacy for Republicans as they face re-election.
Texas Republicans line upHOUSTON -- Republicans hoping to fill the seat of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay stepped forward Tuesday as the 11-term lawmaker said he would resign, leaving the Texas district whose boundaries he drew.
Sweet blog:• DeLay: 'Abramoff has nothing to do with me'• What will this mean in November?
• DeLay 'proud of the past, at peace with present'• Emanuel, Pelosi: 'Culture of corruption' continues
Last year Emanuel and other Democratic leaders used DeLay's ethical problems to shape what became a drumbeat Democratic "culture of corruption'' battle cry against Republicans.
"If there were a Mount Rushmore of ethical scandals,'' said Duckworth spokesman Billy Weinberg, "Tom DeLay's face would be carved on it -- and it would be just as permanent.''
The top Republican House leaders provided a united front on Tuesday, praising DeLay's tenure and his decision to step down.
Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said, "I think he understood that it was becoming a referendum on him instead of on the ideas between the two parties and I think he did an honorable thing by stepping aside.''
DeLay recognized that he could lose his suburban Houston seat in the wake of the swelling federal lobbying scandal centering around convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, implicating former DeLay staffers. DeLay also is fighting Texas state charges of laundering campaign donations.
'Mentor' an overstatement
DeLay's name has been looming in the 6th Congressional District race to replace Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.).
Duckworth has been invoking DeLay on two fronts: his ethical woes and the conservative values which he advocates.
"Pete Roskam's agenda reflects the values of his mentor, Tom DeLay. It does not reflect the interests and concerns of the 6th Congressional District,'' Duckworth said in a thank-you letter to supporters she sent after the primary.
I talked to Roskam on Tuesday. Duckworth's constant refrain that DeLay is his "mentor'' is an overstatement, he said. I agree. More than 20 years ago, during DeLay's first term, Roskam worked about seven months for him as a legislative aide.
"I think the Duckworth campaign is really stretched and desperate in trying to make this a close association,'' Roskam said.
The House this week is poised to take up a watered-down ethics and lobbying bill.
Duckworth backs some strong ethics proposals offered by her mentors who have nurtured her candidacy, Emanuel and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Emanuel and Obama's ideas regrettably were rejected by the Senate and the House won't do any better.
Roskam said he would support whatever House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) does, since he has "confidence'' in Hastert's ability to pass a bill to restore public trust.
Congressional ethics is a legitimate issue in the Roskam-Duckworth race. Soon there will be real House ethics votes to use to measure up Roskam and Duckworth.
Topinka blasts governor, shows early lead in polls - AP
Republican candidate Judy Baar Topinka accused Gov. Rod Blagojevich of interfering with the State Board of Education and promised Tuesday to make the board more independent if she replaces him.
Blagojevich's campaign said Topinka doesn't understand the facts and that the governor's control has improved the board.
Meanwhile, a new poll showed the two about even in the governor's race. The poll found 44 percent of registered voters supporting Topinka and 41 percent backing Blagojevich, with a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Topinka said Blagojevich is responsible for a "debacle" in this year's standardized testing of Illinois students.
"This year, Illinois students, parents and teachers fell victim to the incompetence and cronyism of the Blagojevich administration because the contract … was given to a company that only weeks before had hired a close friend of Governor Blagojevich as their lobbyist," said Topinka, the state treasurer.
Actually, Texas-based Harcourt Assessment Inc. won the contract before hiring former Blagojevich aide John Wyma as a lobbyist. Harcourt was told it had the winning bid while a prominent Republican chaired the State Board of Education.
Wyma, as reported in February, was brought in later, when there was a possibility that the board might reopen the contract and solicit new bids. The board ended up sticking with its original contract decision.
Campaign spokesman Doug Scofield said Blagojevich and the board have been aggressive about holding the company responsible for its mistakes. "Judy's kind of displaying a lack of understanding of the facts here," Scofield said.
Major campaign donors and aides should not be named to the board, she said, and the law should be changed back so that brand-new governors can't get rid of most members and appoint a new majority.
"You pick people who are really hard-and-fast into education for education's sake and for the sake of the children," she said.
Blagojevich education adviser Elliot Regenstein said the key decisions about the testing company were made before Blagojevich gained greater control of the board and that Harcourt misled board members about the extent of the problem.
He also said the governor's greater control has made the board more accountable and efficient. "Education is far too important to be divorced from the will of the people," Regenstein said.
Duckworth brings up DeLay Republican rival Roskam worked for ex-House majority leader in the 1980s - Marni Pykehttp://www.dailyherald.com/news/dupagestory.asp?id=174475
It's early in the Peter Roskam and Tammy Duckworth 6th Congressional District match-up, but that isn't stopping her from taking a swing at her Republican opponent over the departure of Tom Delay from politics.
Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran, on Tuesday criticized Roskam, a state senator from Wheaton, for ties to DeLay, the scandal-plagued former U.S. House majority leader.
Duckworth, a Hoffman Estates resident, noted that Roskam got his start with DeLay and received contributions from him.
A Roskam spokesman dismissed the criticism as irrelevant.
"It's tiresome," campaign manager Ryan McLaughlin said. "He worked for Tom DeLay for eight months, 21 years ago."
DeLay, who announced his resignation from Congress Tuesday, was indicted on charges of misconduct related to campaign funds, part of an investigation into corruption involving lobbyists.
Roskam was a legislative aide to DeLay in the 1980s.
Duckworth also challenged Roskam to come up with ethics reforms.
She advocates preventing former members of Congress from becoming lobbyists for two years after leaving office, prohibiting travel paid by lobbyists and creating an office of public integrity.
McLaughlin said Roskam has demonstrated his commitment to ethics by tangible deeds such as co-authoring an Illinois State Toll Highway Authority reform bill.
"Throughout his career, Peter's been an advocate for ethics," McLaughlin said.
Meanwhile, Duckworth's rival in the March 21 Democratic primary, Christine Cegelis, gave her blessing to Duckworth's bid.
The endorsement came two weeks after a bitter primary battle that pitted local favorite Cegelis against Duckworth. While Cegelis had considerable support from grassroots organizations, she couldn't beat Duckworth, who lost both legs in combat and became an instant celebrity after entering the race at the urging of Democratic national leaders.
Duckworth officials said they weren't sure how far Cegelis' olive branch would extend and if it would include turning over her mailing lists of supporters.
Cegelis on Tuesday declined to elaborate on how involved she would be with the Duckworth effort.
Gay Games rowing event in Crystal Lake greenlighted No-wake restriction approved to help event - Patrick Garmoehttp://www.dailyherald.com/news/mchenrystory.asp?id=174561
During two Cary Park District meetings in March, commissioners listened to hours of heated debate on both sides over whether to allow the Gay Games to use the lake for an afternoon regatta event July 16.
Tuesday night, however, Mayor Aaron Shepley said the Crystal Lake City Council was not voting on whether to allow the Gay Games regatta event, or on the issue of homosexuality itself.
All Tuesday night was about was whether to change some restrictions to help the event go smoothly, Shepley said, and the final vote was 6-1 in favor of altering no-wake restrictions and temporarily closing Lakeshore Drive so boats could be loaded and unloaded.
The event, which could draw as many as 12,000 competitors from 30 countries to the Chicago area, is part of a week of festivities open to heterosexual as well as homosexual athletes.
Park district officials have offered mixed signals what was up for debate regarding the Gay Games, however. Park district commissioners voted to approve the event back in March.
On Monday, Park District Director Kirk Reimer said this wasn't just about approving rules. He said the park district, the city and Lakewood had to approve the idea, not just logistical matters related to it.
Although the crowd Tuesday night was bigger than usual — about 40 people came for the discussion about the Gay Games — all but one of the eight speakers voiced support for the event.
And when Shepley heard Jeffe Beebe drift into discussing why allowing an event highlighting homosexuality was a bad idea — the key debate during the park district meeting — he demanded Beebe quit speaking or get back onto the topic.
"I feel I was lied to," said Beebe, who thought the meeting was about whether to allow the games, not just the no-wake hours.
In addition, council members approved waiving boat sticker fees, since the rowers would only be there for the day.
Councilman Jeffrey Thorsen said he voted against the proposal purely because he wanted the no-wake hours to start at noon instead of 11 a.m., but council members approved the 11 a.m. start. It would have given motorboat operators an extra hour to use the lake.
Now, Lakeshore Drive will be closed between Leonard Parkway and Dole Avenue from 10 a.m. to noon and 7 to 9 p.m. so the boats can be loaded and unloaded.
And wake-creating boats won't be allowed after 11 a.m. that Sunday.
"It was pleasing and gratifying to just talk about rowing," said Kevin Boyer, Gay Games co-vice chairman.
Sali Rexhepi, former owner of The Viking Restaurant in Winfield, charged with failing to report $1.5 million income
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And even if State Senator James Meeks makes good his threat to run as a third party candidate, the Glengariff poll, taken last week on 600 registered voters, shows Topinka still slightly ahead of Blagojevich by two points in the General Election.
Most interesting is that Blagojevich loses 3 percent of his supporters and Topinka loses 4 percent of hers to make up Meeks' 7 points.
Topinka's campaign spokesman Dave Loveday said the results follow weeks of millions of dollars in advertising -- some by fellow Republicans attacking Topinka and others extolling the governor.
"These public opinion results offer evidence that the people of Illinois have become disillusioned by the broken promises and failed leadership of Rod Blagojevich," Loveday said.
Link: Illinois Channel: Topinka Leads Governor in Another Poll.
"I phoned Cegelis to close a loop because she never used the magic word "endorse" in a letter she sent supporters after her March 21 defeat, in which Duckworth narrowly beat her with 44 percent of the vote to 41 percent for Cegelis and 16 percent for Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott.
Cegelis' post-primary letter to her backers wished Duckworth luck. "She's going to need it,'' Cegelis wrote, since the "full force'' of the Republican Party would be helping her November opponent, state Sen. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton).
But she never was more explicit and skipped a DuPage County Democrat unity breakfast the Saturday after the election, where a picture of Duckworth with the two rivals she beat could have been worth the proverbial thousand words.
"Cegelis Gives Endorsement to Duckworth for Hyde Seat," http://www.suntimes.com/output/sweet/cst-nws-sweet03.html
Oh, we can't have that, democrats not making nice with each other. Isn't it great when guardians of truth and objectivity like Ms. Sweet want to make sure that everyone gets along? I guess if Mary Mapes can try to put John Kerry's campaign in touch with one of the biggest Bush bashers on the planet with some nifty forged documents in his grubby mitts, Lynn can play facilitator for squabbling democrats in the 6th Congressional District.
Larry Dowling, pastor of Chicago's St. Denis Church, said he will be joined by three dozen members of Priests for Justice, including some from Aurora. A handful of priests will not eat until Hastert agrees to meet with them and accept 150,000 postcards in favor of the McCain/Kennedy legislation that supports a gradual path to citizenship for immigrants who work in the United States.
"It's not a free pass," Dowling said of the bill being debated in the Senate. "We're not advocating an open border by any means."
Dowling said the cards were gathered from parishioners all over the Archdiocese of Chicago.
The hunger strike would last until 3 p.m. April 14 — Good Friday — if necessary, Dowling said. According to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, priests and allies will keep continuous watch until Hastert schedules a meeting.
"We're asking him, as Speaker of the House, to receive them (the postcards)," Dowling said Tuesday. "If it means we need to take them to Washington, D.C., we'll see."
The hunger strike may not last long. Reached late Tuesday, a spokesman for Hastert's office was not aware of the hunger strike but said the office would be glad to accept cards from the any residents living in Hastert's 14th Congressional District.
"They're free to drop off the cards," spokesman Brad Hahn said. "What we've tried to explain is that any postcard from the 14th Congressional District, we will respond to personally. We simply don't have the resources to deliver postcards to all members of Congress."
Hahn said Hastert takes immigration issues seriously and that the priests are "delivering a message we hear loud and clear."
The hunger strike is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. today outside Hastert's office at 27 N. River St., Batavia.
In the Chicago market, the suburban Daily Herald's Web site enjoyed the largest percentage jump in the region, attracting an additional 16%, or 128,704 readers, to a print weekly readership base of 789,930, according to data released Monday by the Newspaper Assn. of America.
The Web had an especially bracing effect on readership in a demographic not known for buying newspapers: 25 to 34 year olds. The Arlington Heights-based Herald reached 103,642 readers in that age range with its newspaper alone, while its Web site expanded the Herald's reach among the 25-to-34 set to 151,612 – a 46.3% boost that's the second-highest percentage increase in the nation.
"We are not surprised by that," said Kelly Casalino, director of interactive media at the Herald, owned by Paddock Publications Inc. "We believe they want to come for hyper-local news."
Ms. Casalino said younger readers are especially interested in stories about local entertainment, police and traffic – and "prep sports is huge." The Herald also launched beepcentral.com – "a unique blend of alternative media and citizen journalism" aimed at 21- to 34-year-old suburban readers, as it describes itself – in February.
Despite the assist from the Web, the Herald still reaches only 11.3% of all 25 to 34 year olds in its market. The paper's highest penetration is among 45 to 54 year olds, among whom 15.2% read the Herald each week.
The region's No. 1 newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, enjoys much wider readership. Its print and Web editions on average reach nearly half their market, according to the study.
But the Tribune gets a less pronounced kick from its Web site than its suburban rival — although the rise is from a larger base of 3.2 million readers reached. Total weekly reach jumps 7%, or 230,221, to 3.4 million when visitors to its Web site are factored in, the data say.
In the age 25 to 34 bracket, the Web adds 14%, or 72,642, more readers to make a total of 575,571 at the Tribune, owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co.
Dave Tan, marketing and business development manager at Chicago Tribune Interactive, said the number of unique visitors to the Tribune's Web site doubled to three million in December 2005 from 1.5 million a year earlier. Page views grew 32% in the same time period. "2005 was a banner year for us in growth," he said.
Mr. Tan said the Tribune's strategy includes highlighting the Web's utility with up-to-date weather predictions, traffic conditions and news. He was not familiar with the NAA statistics, but said younger professionals are a big consumer bracket. "We are strong among folks who are sitting in offices all day long," he said.
Readership figures from the Chicago Sun-Times and other local titles owned by Chicago-based Hollinger International Inc. were not available.
In the month of November, the Tribune reported 2.8 million, the Sun-Times 2.5 million and the Herald 435,000 unique Web visitors, according to the association. Nationwide, unique visitors to newspaper Web sites climbed 21% between January 2005 to December 2005, while page views increased 43% over the same period, the association said.
It's moving in the opposite direction than print editions. U.S. newspaper circulation dropped 2.6% in the six months ending September 2005 — the biggest six-month drop since 1991, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The data were released amid the Newspaper Assn. of America's four-day convention in Chicago, set to end Tuesday.
Why children of illegal aliens aren't citizens - Nathaniel Ward
One way illegal immigrants abuse our nation's hospitality is by coming to America to have a child. This so-called "anchor child," born on American soil, is considered a United States citizen, and is used to justify the parents' unlawful presence in the country.
But this entire premise is flawed, legal scholar John Eastman explains in a new Heritage paper. Our Founders believed in government based on the consent of the governed, a break with the feudal notion that someone remains forever the subject of the country in which he was born. The Founders rejected this feudal idea and threw off their British citizenship (they were, after all, born on what was then British soil) to become Americans.
In passing the 14th Amendment, on which birthright citizenship claims are erroneously made, Congress reiterated the Founding principles, Eastman said. Congress once again "rejected the feudal birthright citizenship doctrine of medieval England as fundamentally incompatible with the principles of the Declaration of Independence."
What does all this mean? It means, in short, that only those who fully submitted themselves to our nation's laws can be eligible for citizenship.
A current citizen or legal immigrant has agreed to abide by the laws of the United States, so he and his children are eligible for citizenship. He has consented to be governed by American laws. By contrast, an illegal immigrant has entered the country unlawfully and refused to submit to American laws. Since he refuses to obey American laws, he must be assumed not to consent to our government, so he and his children are ineligible for citizenship.
"Birthright citizenship is contrary to the principle of consent that is one of the bedrock principles of the American regime," Eastman concludes.
When dealing with the illegal immigration problem, we must look at incentives. So what's the incentive for someone from Latin America to illegally cross the border into this country? Easy: he can make far more money here than in his home country, so in his mind the crossing is well worth the risk.
So our solution must address both parts of this incentive. To do so, we must
With American encouragement, Mexico has made tremendous progress on this second front, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs and increasing real wages. But Mexico has to do even better, Heritage's Stephen Johnson reports, since jobs are being created at a pace slower than population growth. In fact, he reports, "many U.S. cities' annual economic output rivals those of entire [Latin American] countries." This is an imbalance which it is in America's interests to solve—by encouraging these countries to help themselves.
"No country exists to take on the problems of others," Johnson explains. "On the other hand, all nations dwell in an increasingly interdependent world, and internal problems can have consequences that extend across borders. So it should come as no shock that the U.S. has a strong interest in Mexico's economic policies and performance."
La Raza, a Hispanic special interest lobbying group, sent around an e-mail last week about proposed legislation that would encourage new immigrants to learn English and American history. The e-mail complains that "while [the bill] doesn't overtly mention assimilation, it is very strong on the patriotism and traditional American values language in a way which is potentially dangerous to our communities."
Since when are patriotism and traditional American values things that anyone in America should be worried about?
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All around the Dayton area, there are pockets of wildlife conservation and learning centers that could, frankly, add up to a whole zoo. One such spot exists east of town, where bald eagles, vultures, owls and more can be observed for the enticing price of free.The Glen Helen Raptor Center lies just outside of Yellow Springs, a short jaunt from the artsy downtown district.
The Raptor Center is a place for second chances. Birds who are injured in wild and urban areas are brought to the Raptor Center so that they can get the therapy and care they need to recover. This is a great opportunity to talk to kids about our responsibility to care for wildlife and have compassion for the sick and injured.
Along the short path of birds on display, you will see placards in front with information on each bird. There are only fifteen birds out to look at, so get the most out of your trip, take the time to read each placard. Here you will find out the birds name, how they were injured, and a bit about their personalities. This information makes the trip a much more intimate experience than you will find at a zoo, and the kids usually find a connection with at least one of the birds through their stories.
Birds you will see include barred owls, red tailed hawks, vultures, barn owls, screech owls, and of course, Solo, the bald eagle with only one wing. Bring a camera, as many of the owls are people friendly and ready to pose.
The center also provides education for school and college groups through many programs that teach about raptor birds. It is a great place to visit if your children are studying birds, food chains, habitats or nocturnal animals in school.
Warnings: These are all birds of prey, so expect to see your share of dead mice for the day. If you are lucky, you will see one of the birds having a snack. Lots of kids think this is the coolest part!
Hours: Summer: 9 am to 7 pm, Spring and Fall: 9 am to 6 pm, Winter: 9 am to 5 pm
Price: Totally Free! There is a donation box on the information sign out front. I would encourage you to give each child a quarter or a dollar after viewing the birds. Kids get a great sense of satisfaction when they believe they are helping out the animals they just spent some time with. Talk to them about how their donation will help buy the birds medical care and lots of mice to munch.
Where to Park: Finding the Raptor Center was the trickiest part of the trip. It is located on Route 343, recognizable by the park entrance sign on the right (coming from Dayton). However, there are only a few parking spots at the Raptor Center itself. You can most often score a spot on a drizzly day, but your chances of getting out of the car are better if you park at the Corry St. entrance of Glen Helen, and take a short hike over to the Raptor Center. There is an education center at the Corry St. parking lot where you can peruse the park map to plot your course, or ask a volunteer for directions. Glen Helen is beautiful, so I recommend working a short hike into your trip.
Planning a Day Trip: It will only take around a half hour to see all of the birds. This makes The Raptor Center a great addition to a day of enjoying the Yellow Spring area.
The Raptor Center is part of the Glen Helen park. This park is home to a bubbling stream, waterfalls and lots of nature. The kids were eager to see the birds, so we stopped at the Raptor Center first. This gets the anticipation out of the way and gives the kids lots to talk about as we continued a hike afterward. We strapped a Camel Back to Dad and packed seeds, dried fruit and cracker snacks to keep the kids tromping through the woods. Pack a picnic lunch with everyone's favorites for a mid-day break near the Corry St. entrance.
Yellow Springs is a great place to visit, but be sure to warn your wallet. If you are looking to keep this trip free, I recommend having a talk with the kids about purchases, or saving a trip through downtown for another day. If you didn't pack a picnic lunch, Subway and Ha Ha Pizza are inexpensive options that are close to the Corry St. entrance.
Youngs Dairy is also nearby, and here you can get another dose of free animals and inexpensive entertainment. Here the kids will be tempted to get an ice cream. I like to think that the money saved on the picnic lunch could be wisely invested in some frozen treats!
Special Events: The Raptor Center takes part in special camp programs and bird release events. Check out what is happening at the official Special Events section of The Raptor Center website.
For more information: To help plan your visit, check out the Glen Helen Raptor Center website.


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I'm not exactly going out on a limb in saying this, but the boarding call against Datsyuk was pure B.S. He hit Groasek's shoulder! Even if he had hit him in the numbers, as the morons on ABC said, Grosek was the one who was turning away as Datsyuk came in. If is so much of a moron that he turns his back to an oncoming checker, he deserves to be hit.
Bottom line... If that goes uncalled, the Lapointe PP goal doesn't happen. From there, maybe it's a win instead of an OTL.
Datsyuk's boarding major
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Posted January 10, 2004 - 04:58 PM
I must agree that it was a complete and total overreaction on the part of the referee. I could have MAYBE seen calling a 2 minute minor, but 5 minutes and a game misconduct is beyond ridiculous. Way to decide the game, ref. Not only do you give the other guys a 5 minute power play, but you deny us access to our leading scorer in a tight game. Thanks loads.
Posted January 14, 2004 - 06:07 PM
the call on datsyuk is 100% b-s he hit him on the shoulder and the stupid refs have been doing this to the wings all year and the refs should get fired.Not only some all.they costed us the game and number one player in the nhl.thats the bottom line because a redwings fan said so.
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The Light Sweet Dire Divergence: Just Another Paper vs. Physical Disruption?
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"maybe in the paper markets- but don't count on delivery" ....pretty much encapsulates the essence of the situation
Ehhh? I thought we're flooded with crude. Aren't there hundreds of tankers out there in the ocean storing crude for speculators?
Well, lets call it 60 million bbl (I best estimate I can get)... lot of oil, almost 18 hrs worth at current world demand...
Yeah, its a cheesy way to make money, but it doesn't change the pricing structure.
Get used to it....
" just like in gold, there appears to be a dramatic divergence being created between the paper and physical markets
These are the cogent, optimum words.
The Gamers have learned well (young Skywalker) from Darth Vader (the JP Morgue)
and now know how to divert attention from the Physical by Three-Card-Montying the Paper.
They learned this from the first bankers (Goldsmiths) in ca. 1500 AD
And it still works today after 500+ years.
You'd think we'd have learned after half a millenium
but noooooooooooooooooo . .. . .. .. not us
I love my tanker,
My tanker loves me,
We are so happy, my tanker and me!
Step up the delivery schedule on the futures market, raise capital requirements on futures traders, and actively regulate positions size limits. These are not shares of Netflix. This is the nation's energy supply. Make the paper a slave to the physical. Were it the case, oil prices in the US would be a lot lower right now.
Cue the Peak Oil responses....
"Make the paper a slave to the physical. Were it the case, oil prices in the US would be a lot lower right now."
I think you missed the point, which was the opposite. Paper oil is trading lower than the physical value.
No, I understand the point just fine. My point is not made for this minute, today, Egypt, etc. My point is meant to address the embedded problem...including prior months of front running the resource ahead of absolutely slack demand...to bring us to this moment now. I am talking about volatility caused by speculation. Considering the importance of oil to our economy, I think it is past time to improve the system.
I am not trying to argue the current spread.
Cue more Peak Oil responses....
so you misinterpret the evil speculators hand with cost push inflation? the futures come as close to beeing the real deal, as long as delivery requests are met. if not all bets are off. volatility is not caused by the evil speculator it is caused by imbalances. but i think the slow brains need a scapegoat as ever.
Ok, I'll bite.
Higher production costs >> higher prices >> demand destruction >> lower prices >> decreased investment >> lower supply >> higher prices
Eventually it all leads to higher prices and lower supply as the norm and lower prices are now the exception.
Oh, Jesus Christ. This is not rocket science.
Texas only produces 3.5 mbpd now. That's down 50% from 1980. 50%!
There Just Isn't Much Of It Left, and the pipelines that were originally supposed to distribute it now are filled with Canadian oil headed south or imported Mexican or Nigerian oil headed north. It's Hard To Get To. This makes it less valuable.
Period. Full stop. Behold what happens as you run out of a product you cannot make any more of.
Please do not use the Lords name in vain. God makes oil for us to use. We are never going to run out. Peak Oil my butt.
Palin 2012!
but god thot we going to use it only for cooking---so he thot he created plenty. his bad
Looks like we caught a live one....
Why did God put our oil over in the Middle East?
Texas never produced 7 MBPD. More like 3.2 million or so back in the 1970's. They are around 2 million now. There wasn't any drilling for 20 years to speak of.
As far as the story, the difference in price might have to do with the location of the oil. They don't sell Brent in the US and the European markets just might be rigged better than the US markets are. There probably isn't much use for oil in Bartlesville, OK, unless you are Phillips Petroleum. There is a hell of a lot more to these contracts than merely the substance. Also, there doesn't appear to be any shortage of oil, just a surplus of war machines in the oil markets.
goldman prob already handed the arbs their collective heads funding the other side of the trade
I work for a very small California oil producer. We've been wondering about this curious divergence in the benchmark prices for a couple weeks now. Great article.
We sell to refineries who index their prices to a benchmark that closely matches the NYMEX futures / WTI benchmark. It is not heartening to know we're getting $10 a barrel less for our oil than what it's really worth. Anything we can do about it except hope the divergence narrows?
Anything we can do about it except hope the divergence narrows?
Yes, there is. Tell your customer your price. Do not refer to any other price than the price you want and that you are confident your competition won't undercut you on.
If they (your competition) will sell at WTI price, then you have to. If they don't swear fealty to the WTI price, then why are you? If WTI price was below your cost of production, you would not be selling at that price, would you? If not then, you need not do so now.
Tell your customer your price. If he can get it elsewhere, he will. If he can't, and MUST have your oil, he'll pay. Done.
i was kinda thinkin' uncle ben wanted to keep WTI down so the american consumer wouldn't throw a fit. the newspapers now report WTI to the sheeple and they are clueless that the larger brent market is nearing the magical 100 number. when we near that 100 number, sentiment turns against the current regime. ben may have his hands in everything. check out pics of ben as a kid. whata dork. kinda scary he has so much power. maybe he has voo doo dolls????
there's substantially more paper oil than real oil.
10kbpd on the futes? Easy.
Locking up an actual 10kbpd supply of the real shit? much much harder. For that you have to talk to an actual producer, possibly get governments involved, and the price gets fixed by negotiation. This ain't like buyin at fuckin walmart
Crude tankers went ballistic today:
5x normal volume:
3x normal volume
oklahoma, hmmm...what's it worth not to have to take yer tanker and the few peeps aboard into the gulf?
but, that prob. isn't the whole, delicious enchilada, i would opine, RT.
front contracts. one or two big buyers of N.Sea Black Gold. "Stockpiling".
i can't help thinking that this is probably part of a "spread" where jp morgue shorts PM's or now, even copper, and loads up the tankers for somebody BIG.
the WTI volume capacity seems to be in dispute here, also, but whoever da playa(z) be, they are buying NSea Crude ONLY and almost certainly hauling it outa there.
if only it were the mogambo!
I am a little slow here. It appears that someone is trying to take away crude pricing power away from the U.S.. You agree?
If so, are we going to see domino effect?
Thanks for your opinion.
Nobody is taking any pricing power away. WTI is produced in a quantity of less than 3.5 million barrels per day. Total global production is about 76 mbpd of just crude oil. Why would the 3.5 mbpd type be definitive?
This is all just part of the process of it getting scarce. Be patient. It's all going to get much, much worse.
CIO, it definitely is a part of the plan to make it seem a lot more scarce than it is.
Such an easy excuse to take down JIT delivery systems, food, essential services, the like.
For the west, really bad news all around.
I'd be watching the signs around me very very carefully.
Crash, WTI has nothing to do with where the oil is produced. It is gravity measure, better known as light sweet crude. There are heavy oils that come out of the mid east tahat sell for a highly discounted price. US refineries used to be set up to process light crude, I believe because you could produce more gasoline out of it and it was easier to frac. I would imagine if they sold oil for delivery at the terminal in Iran, it would be much cheaper. Having oil in Rotterdam or where ever Brent is delivered is probably worth a premium.
Doesn't matter. One week and the fires burn closer to home. Tunsia and Egypt are drills the requests for help are in a well armed Ireland.
The next "wish you were government" drills filled with signs and chanting will be replaced with old school Black Irish. No more friendly horseshit. The fists were thrown first. $5 a blue blood head collected.
Engineers online. We are no longer bound by iron ring. Pick a side, if unable use percentages, if the heavy side of percentages averages on those is on the poor side of the fence then guess what.
You're on my side.
If not. I intend to sell organs as long as the body is fresh. You are a working machine and salvage.
Paper markets = playing the game of monopoly
Physical markets = purchasing and taking delivery of a tangible commodity
We all, well most of us, knew that divergence of the paper vs real would arrive.
What did Eric Sprott experience when he recently purchased 15,000,000 oz of silver?
"We had to go into the market and buy about 15 million net ounces from third parties and it took us about ten weeks. It was a very, very long process and the one thing we can read out of it is obviously there weren't 15 million ounces sitting around somewhere."
Sprott also said that a recent order for another 5 million oz of silver will take 2 months to deliver.
His prediction on silver this year? "$50 per oz, and gold to $2,150"
by MyKillK on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 20:30 #915161
We sell to refineries who index their prices to a benchmark that closely matches the NYMEX futures / WTI benchmark.
This is the real crux of it. The banks have done an excellent job over the last 25 years of convincing the oil industry to index price every drop of crude oil and refined oil products relative to the futures market. After sucking everyone into the scheme, guess who now controls and manipulates the futures market and thus the price of physical oil everywhere in the world? Think about it, when was the last time you ever saw anything but futures market oil prices reported in the mainstream media? Who would know without reading something like this letter from Poten & Partners that physical oil price spreads are much different and that the huge price spread we are all talking about is really much more localized between Cushing and the USG.
The Wall Street analysts are now all preaching that the sustaining spread between Brent and WTI is the result of some radical dislocation of major oil consuming regions in the world. They claim this is something new and suggest that that any smart investor should jump on the trend and buy into it while they still have a chance. I say bullshit, they're not telling, they're selling you right down a path that ends with them having more of your money. I guess we're all supposed to just overlook the fact that the worlds physical oil supply and transportation system is among the most efficient and liquid (literally) of any that ever existed, where supplies can be shifted from Singapore to Rotterdam or Houston within weeks at a cost of $1-3/bbl max.
Admittedly, there is a real problem with storage and logistics at Cushing, which limit the flow of oil into and out of the facility. This bottleneck does cause the price of physical supplies there to diverge substantially from world markets at times. Ultimately, this translates into a fault in the design of the WTI futures contract, which is supposed to be a benchmark representing all physical oil in the North American Region. Rather than try to fix this problem (perhaps with a better futures contract design) the biggest Wall Street traders have simply chosen to exploit the situation, at times leasing large amounts of storage at Cushing to further limit and control it to make the problem even worse. The more squeezes and volatility they can cause in the futures markets the more money they make everywhere, and that's all that matters to them.
Here's something else I copied on this subject from Wikileaks:
On April 13, 2007, the now-defunct Lehman Brothers released a study which claimed that WTI Crude at Cushing is no longer an accurate gauge of world oil prices. A large stockpile of oil at the facility (mainly due to a Valero refinery shutdown has caused prices to be artificially depressed at the Cushing pricing point. This gap relative to world markets increased in early 2009 to nearly $12 per barrel at times, causing Saudi Arabia, a leading oil exporter and OPEC member, to announce an end to benchmarking its own oil prices to WTI.
So, here's my question for all you investors in the USO ETF, what is you that you think you are really buying into?
Fascinating. One way to interpret this situation puts the supply/demand Adam Smith view of looking at markets on its head. In that traditional supply/demand analysis, you would predict that less supply of WTI oil would cause the prices of it to rise--but yet the opposite is happening. What is causing this?
Why, it's all an illusion controlled by the bankster behind the curtain. If the price of front month WTI on the board is not even the price at which you can buy the actual physical commodity, than what good is the WTI benchmark?
Oh, it serves its purpose very well in CPI & PPI calculations, the import/export component of GDP calculations, its use in various paper derivative contracts and other "official" bankster means of benchmarking crude oil prices.
It has become a very useful tool of the banking elite to use as a means of misrepresenting the oil market. And, if you are skeptical of this conspiracy way of thinking, then please take a close look at the USO ETF. Set up by Wall St. banksters to reflect the price of WTI in the form of a convenient instrument to trade as a stock on the NYSE, it closed Friday at $37.58. Yet WTI (even at it's artificially depressed price) settled at $86.10 on Friday, which places the USO fund at about 44% of the price of crude oil. So if you bought the USO a couple years ago as a way to own oil in a paper form, you have been thoroughly fleeced by Wall St.
Next in line: Artificially low agri futures! Like with PM and oil, we will be fooled into believing that there is plenty of cheap wheat and corn, only the actual loaf of bread will cost you $10 at the supermarket.
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The question here is which market is leading, that is, which is a 'real' futures market and which is a kinda-sorta cash market?
The reasoning is that + $90 is too high to support most economic activity so gravity will emerge at some point. This would mean WTI is forward and Brent is cash. Sell Brent front month and buy longer- dated WTI contracts might be a good trade.
Maybe not, predicting petroleum prices is like predicting weather a month out.
The major indexes give us a choice. Drillers who ship to Cushing have the ability to hold crude off the market and let inventories drop and WTI prices firm. They aren't doing so for all sorts of reasons. These are probably the reasons why spare capacity has vanished along with tanker storage.
Physical arb is not an issue. The possibility of closing Suez canal means anything that floats will be in demand: the trip around Africa is another 5000 miles which adds/subtracts from Brent's appeal.
The solution to $100 oil is $100 oil -- and demand destruction. This is ongoing but how it all plays out is going to be the surprise.
Well there are contracts and the need for ongoing cash flow. Short of the a force majeure, "The spice must flow", but I agree there is an element of logic to your argument.
I wonder how much of the disconnect between paper and physical commodities is due to the direct manipulation of markets, i.e. the Fed through its partners deperately trying to keep a lid on things. Try to make the demand destruction occur elsewhere before it has to happen here?


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Enjoy the fresh flavor of summer squash with this moist and hearty cornbread. This is good enough to eat by itself! —Marlene A. Huffstetler, Chapin, South Carolina
- 5 medium yellow summer squash (about 2 pounds), chopped
- 2 packages (8-1/2 ounces each) corn bread/muffin mix
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup 4% cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
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- Serve warm or cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Wrap in foil and freeze for up to 3 months.
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Unless people have a first-person experience with hunting and fishing these days, they often won't learn what sportsmen do for wildlife. In fact, the truth about hunting has become so politically incorrect that to determine if a politician is environmentally friendly the mainstream media looks no further than "The National Environmental Scorecard," a rating system concocted before each Congressional election by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), a Democratic-partisan organization whose issues revolve around climate change, opposition to domestic oil and gas development and getting legislators to pass regulations, such as stricter vehicle-emissions standards. If a politician passes this liberal litmus test, then they're "green." If they don't, then they're deemed to be in league with the polluters, the environmental destroyers, and, ah, the hunters.
(Poll: Sportsmen fund game departments and public lands through excise taxes on firearms, ammunition and fishing tackle. Is this fair or should non-sportsmen also be taxed?)
You see, the LCV doesn't consider critical issues such as deer management, state wildlife program funding, wetland preservation, habitat restoration and other quantitative conservation efforts to be worthy of its environmental rating. This shuns sportsmen because sportsmen are the ones who implement and pay for those real-world conservation projects. As a result, a congressman who voted to expand the Conservation Reserve Program, backed additional funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System, and fought to keep the Clean Water Act strong, might be labeled anti-environment because he or she thought it was hypocritical for the United States to import oil while passing blanket restrictions on offshore oil drilling.
The mainstream media doesn't point out this disparity. The resulting media spin is so deceitful that even in these environmentally conscious times most Americans don't know that by paying Pittman-Robertson surtaxes on guns, ammunition, and other gear, hunters sent $294,691,282 to state conservation programs in 2005—or that hikers, mountain bikers, and environmentalists don't pay those conservation taxes. Most people aren't even aware that monies from sportsmen and shooters is used to purchase critical wetland habitat and to fund wildlife research in every state. Or that hunters are instrumental in controlling deer and other game populations, and that without hunting more people would die in deer-auto collisions, farmers would have to reduce wildlife habitat to fend off depredating wildlife and so much more. Sportsmen are conservationists even if they don't know it.
For more from Frank Miniter, check out The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting.


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Merchandise control is such a huge area of any processing plant, from choosing the right textile to processing it correctly to getting it back after delivery. Any of these three areas can make or break a laundry, whether you service inside or outside customers!
Product Selection and Placement — Choose the right textile for the application, getting the right product in the right place at the right cost (price).
Buying the cheapest unit-priced product isn't always the lowest cost. And it isn't always the best answer for the customer or you. What quality and other attributes do your customers expect, or can separate you from your competition?
What are the positive "wear life" ramifications for your operation? What does an improved product do to your rag-out percentage? As operators, we need to measure true cost and not just textile price. Plus, it is important for you to balance your product selection between marketing and cost issues.
Life-Cycle Costing — This can prove what is right for your operation. If you buy a textile at 30 cents per unit and it has a life of 10 washes, the life-cycle cost is 3 cents per serving. If you buy a textile for 40 cents per unit and it has a life of 20 washes, the life cycle cost is 2 cents per serving. In this example, by spending 30% more on the product, you actually gained 100% servings and your cost is 30% less.
Freight Cost Considerations — This is a huge consideration when looking at cost. And there really is no free lunch.
If your supplier pays the bill, it has to be worked into their cost. Many times, especially in larger metro areas, it is more cost-efficient to cut your own freight deals and pay it yourself. Additionally, consolidating your shipments instead of a lot of small orders can save you a lot of money. This is best handled by buying large put–in buys monthly rather than weekly.
Product Integration — Does it meet or exceed the plant standard? Does the packaging and case pack affect the put-in labor? Does the fabric match your current offering in color, weight and weave? Is it "too good" for the standard, causing the integration period to drive customers to want only your new product?
Processing — Improper soil sorting, chemicals overuse, formula water levels, under-loading, formula time, formula temperatures (heat) or extraction can cause you to inadvertently wear out products prematurely.
Some key results of improper processing are alkaline hydrolysis; shrinkage; redeposition; bleach damage; placket crease; thermal shock; polyester heat damage; excessive linting, pilling or fading; hanger molding; and compression wrinkles.
It is important to work with your product supplier and chemical company in reviewing this issue, as these problems can typically be discovered and solved fairly easily.
Loss and Abuse Recovery — Some companies count their soil, inspect it, and charge for abuse and/or replacement. Other companies don't count and simply charge an "inventory maintenance fee" to cover average losses.
Answer these two questions: How many pieces are you putting in for inventory maintenance to cover your loads? How many pieces does your loss/abuse revenue (whether direct or in a maintenance charge) cover?
The difference between these two numbers could show you the black hole of missing merchandise. If you are putting in more than you are getting paid for, and you are using the maintenance fee, it would be apparent that one or more of your accounts is abusing the system by either damaging or losing more merchandise than you are recovering through revenue. You may have to isolate these accounts and put them back on a soil count system rather than a maintenance program.
Product Reuse — Most operators do a marvelous job in this area. Examples are using downgraded bar mops for turk towels, dyeing hand towels for automotive cleanup, etc. As you choose products, it is important to consider their "second life." Otherwise, you must measure your rag-out cost and choose a product and placement that provide the longest life. If you are ragging out products directly from first life to junk, consider a second-tier product.
Facility Security — Flat goods should be held within a fenced "crib," where only authorized employees can enter. Your backup inventory area should also be secured so that unauthorized personnel cannot get to it. Your stockroom should be secured as well, with only authorized employees allowed within. If you cannot crib your areas, then paint a bold yellow line on the floor.
It's important to post "Authorized Personnel Only" signs. Cover this issue in your orientation documents and then reinforce your security rules at every employee meeting. Specifically, it should be against company policy for a route person to pull his/her own load or fill his/her own garment orders. It isn't that route personnel typically "steal" the goods. Many times, uncontrolled merchandise ends up at your customers and they are not billed for it. Any good route person worth his/her salt has extra goods on the street. We just shouldn't invite this practice.
There must be a proper paper trail in order to control inventories. This means even if a manager is filling a "shortage," there should be a signed document from a manager one level higher granting authorization. Personally, I would authorize this sort of activity only at the general manager level. All movement of merchandise to and from your operation should be secured with a properly executed inventory control document. Train your plant employees to fill these orders only with proper authorization.
Many operators install video equipment and signage at all exits to monitor all merchandise movement. If this is done thoroughly and talked about in your meetings, employees will be motivated to assist you in merchandise control and understand that this is a high cost.
Put-In Management — Start with any control period (week, month, quarter), and calculate your total starting inventory. Now add organic growth: the invoiced increases in pieces per product, as well as new items added to accounts. Subtract invoiced decreases in pieces by product, as well as item cancellations from accounts. Now subtract your product "down-grades" and "rag-outs" from the mix, by product. The inventory balance is what you should have in stock. If you are still short product to fill your loads, you have identified a "black hole."
Stockroom Management — Set up visual standards for your grading and establish at least three grades: near new (A), standard (B) and utility (C). Keep new and near-new goods separated from standard goods. If an order comes in for standard goods and cannot be filled, it should not be an easy task to fill with new. Implement a second-level management authorization to fill B grade orders with A grade garments. And if goods need to be ordered, the highest level of management should be in the review/approval cycle.
Route Control — In some cases, shrinkage can occur through theft. But in most cases, shrinkage occurs when extra (free) merchandise is given to customers. Try auditing suspect routes unannounced. Validate the goods being sent out on the load, and have a manager count them. When the truck comes in, count in the soil, count in all clean return, and balance it against the load sheet. Discuss any discrepancies with the route person and the owner and/or general manager present. Take it seriously, and they will, too.
Taking a "route ride" is probably the most effective way to get a handle on extra merchandise. This is an audit of the route person rather than the customer. At the customer site, look for extra inventory and how the soil is coming in. Are bar towels being used for grill pads? Are shop towels being used to wipe off Bondo putty? Document the ride-along and review findings with the route person and key management.
Inventory Correction Initiatives — One way to make merchandise control fun to have an annual or semiannual "inventory correction and account growth" contest, to balance inventories with invoices.
Typically, routes are paid new-business commission on "add items" only, not increases. In this case, authorize commissions for contest length (six weeks is recommended) on all inventory increases. This allows the route to fix the invoice by adding the additionally used inventory instead of bringing it back. The commission will motivate any route person, as he/she never gets extra money for fixing invoices.
Given the choice of bringing goods back and putting them into your "amnesty cart," experience has shown that most route personnel prefer to fix the invoice and make some money. Additionally, when customers are faced with either sending the goods back or paying for it, they will typically approve adding it to their invoice.
As you think about your own operation, use these 12 steps to evaluate and measure where you are.
Textiles are vulnerable to attack from a multitude of misuse situations. One that is easily overlooked is the laundry environment: a chemical, thermal, and mechanical constant for every wash cycle.
Laundry chemistry and machine programs have significant impact on textile fiber damage or longevity.
Matching fiber and soil classification types to machine chemistry and programs can optimize soil removal, fabric wear, and overall product quality. Utilizing a "one program fits all" approach or demanding unreasonable rewash percentages easily takes a toll on fabric life.
High alkalinity, temperature, and extended wash cycles can deliver extremely low rewash results, but the toll on the fibers can often be found in the dryer. Changing from a conventional program to a neutral, reduced-temperature program reduced the amount of dryer lint by almost 25% in a number of nursing home laundry tests.
Allocating time and effort to review soil classification by machine chemistry and programs can pay big dividends. Periodic review of textile replacement costs is satisfying to track. Even more satisfying is the excited customer who calls to tell you that because of his/her/your new program, they have to purchase rags—they aren't making them in their laundry anymore.


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Susan Kasser, Ph.D.
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Dr. Susan Kasser's teaching and research within the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science centers around physical activity and exercise in clinical populations. Her scholarship focuses on identifying the underlying mechanisms of postural dyscontrol in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and evaluating exercise-based interventions aimed at mitigating balance impairment and reducing falls in those with the disease. Dr. Kasser also has extensive clinical experience. For the past 16 years, she has served as Director of MS IDEAL, a campus-based program offering tailored exercise and balance training programs for people with MS.
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1997
M.S., University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, 1984
B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1982
Courses Taught
EXMS 150 - Introduction to Exercise Science
EXMS 260 - Adapted Physical Activity
EXMS 263 - Exercise Prescription for Special Populations
Research Interests
Postural control and fall risk in adults with multiple sclerosis
Physical and psychological outcomes of exercise for individuals with multiple sclerosis
Physical activity and health in people with multiple sclerosis
Current projects include:
- Neuromotor control of posture in people with multiple sclerosis
- Variability in gait and postural control in adults with multiple sclerosis
- Outcomes of balance training on postural control and fall prevention in adults with multiple sclerosis
- Effects of an acute bout of exercise on balance, mobility, mood, and cognition
Selected Publications
Kasser SL, Jacobs JV, Ford M, Tourville TW. Effects of balance-specific exercises on balance, physical activity, and quality of life in adults with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation 2015, DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1019008
Kasser SL, Jacobs JV. Understanding and treating balance impairment in multiple sclerosis. JCOM 2014;21(9):419-431.
Kasser SL, Jacobs JV, Littenberg B, Foley JT, Cardinal BJ, Maddalozzo GF. Exploring physical activity in women with multiple sclerosis: associations with fear of falling and underlying impairments. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2014;93:461-469. PMID: 24398582.
Padgett P, Kasser SL. Exercise for managing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Phys Ther J 2013;93:723-728.
Kasser SL, Rizzo T. An exploratory study of fitness practitioner intentions toward fitness programming for individuals with multiple sclerosis. Disabil Health J 2013;6:188-194. PMID: 23769477.
Kasser SL, Lytle RK. Inclusive physical activity: promoting health for a lifetime (2nd Ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2013.
Padgett PK, Jacobs JV, Kasser SL. Is the BESTest at its best? A suggested brief version based on inter-rater reliability, validity, internal consistency, and theoretical construct. Phys Ther J 2013;92(9):1197-1207.
Kasser SL, Kosma M. Health beliefs and physical activity behavior in adults with multiple sclerosis. Disabil Health J 2012;5(4):261-268.
Jacobs JV, Kasser SL. Balance impairment in people with multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evidence for the Balance Evaluation Systems Test. Gait Posture 2012;36(3):414-8.
Jacobs JV, Kasser SL. Effects of dual tasking on the postural performance of people with and without multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. J Neurol 2011;259(6):1166-1176. (Abstract)
Kasser SL, Jacobs JV, Foley JT, Cardinal BJ, Maddalozzo GF. A prospective evaluation of balance, gait, and strength to predict falling in women with multiple sclerosis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2011;92:1840-6. (Abstract)
Kasser SL. (2009). Exercising with multiple sclerosis: insights into meaning and motivation. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 2009;26(3):274-289. (Abstract)Kasser SL, Lytle R. Inclusive physical activity across the lifespan. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005.
Kasser SL, McCubbin JA, Hooker K. Variability in constraints and functional competence in adults with multiple sclerosis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003;82(7):517-525. (Abstract)Kasser SL, Stuart ME. Psychological well-being and exercise behavior in adults with and without multiple sclerosis. Clin Kines 2001;55(4):81-86.
Kasser SL, Rose DJ, Clark S. (1999). Balance training for adults with multiple sclerosis: multiple case studies. Neurol Report 1999;23(1):5-12.
Research Grants
- Research Incentive Grant, CNHS University of Vermont, 2012-2013.
Effects of functionally-based sensori-motor exercise on strength, balance, mobility, and physical activity in adults with multiple sclerosis. Role: PI.
- Research Incentive Grant. CNHS University of Vermont, 2009-2010.
Effects of cognitive-motor dual-tasking on postural control in adults with multiple sclerosis. Role: PI.
- Research Incentive Grant, CNHS University of Vermont, 2008-2009.
Health beliefs, intention and exercise behavior in multiple sclerosis. Role: PI.
- Research Incentive Grant, CNHS University of Vermont, 2008-2009.
Psychological health, falls and physical activity in adults with multiple sclerosis. Role: PI.
Mentored Research Activities
- Faculty Mentor, Victoria Wood, 2013-present.
Understanding resilience in multiple sclerosis: implications of falls and mobility impairment.
- Faculty Mentor, Avery Marcus and Laurel Cole, 2013-present.
Effect of an acute bout of exercise on the durability of balance, mobility, and affect in adults with multiple sclerosis.
- CNHS Research Incentive Grant/Faculty Mentor, Amanda Goldstein, 2011-2013.
Symptom variability, affect, and function in ambulatory persons with multiple sclerosis: understanding patterns and time-bound relationships.
- Faculty Mentor, Parminder Padgett, 2009-2011.
Reliability of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) for people with balance impairment.
- Honor's College Thesis, University of Vermont, Kelly Groll, 2011-2012.
Disease-related and cognitive-behavioral factors associated with physical activity in adults with multiple sclerosis.
- URECA/Faculty Mentoring grant, University of Vermont, Kristen LeClerc, 2011-2012.
Relationship among balance, stress, coping and physical activity in adults with multiple sclerosis.
- URECA/Faculty Mentoring grant, University of Vermont, Amy Steadman, 2009-2010.
Fear of falling, balance, and physical activity levels in adults with multiple sclerosis.
Professional Affiliations
North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity
Multiple Sclerosis Consortium
Greater New England Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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