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Guido van Rossum is the well-known creator of the Python programming language. During his address at OSCON 2003's States of the Unions event, he announced that he'd soon be leaving PythonLabs to work for a California startup. Guido graciously agreed to an interview with Steve Holden on the move, recent developments, and Python in general.
O'Reilly Network: Can you explain why you're leaving PythonLabs and where you're going?
Guido van Rossum: Moving to California has always been on my list of things to try eventually. When Dan Farmer approached me in February to join his new software company, where he anticipated there would be lots of need for language design skills, my initial thoughts were that such a move would be too disruptive to my family.
Dan kept pushing, and when he had his venture capital lined up he asked me out to California for an interview. My plan for that interview was to find out what was wrong with the company or the business plan and to use that to maintain my original decision. But, try as I might, I couldn't find anything wrong!
As the weekend progressed I got more enthusiastic, both about the project and about working with Dan.
ORN: So it wasn't so much an offer you couldn't refuse, rather an inability to find anything to justify a refusal?
GvR: The offer was a good one, and I certainly couldn't complain, but mostly I was surprised at my own enthusiasm for this new project.
ORN: What will your relationship with be with PythonLabs and with the Python Software Foundation in the future?
GvR: In terms of personal relationships nothing much will change. I really like the PythonLabs guys, and most of us have worked together for eight years since the CNRI days. It was difficult to move without being able to make them all an offer, but for various reasons none of them would have wanted to make the move.
I will remain the head of the PSF. Board meetings will be a little different as I'll be using IRC rather than being present in person. As you proved during the PyCon DC 2003 planning process, that's fine as long as people can make the time for it, and I'll certainly make the time for PSF board meetings.
ORN: This is the third time in as many years you've changed employers?
GvR: That's right.
ORN: Does this indicate some kind of instability in the employment market?
GvR: I think if the economy had been better I wouldn't have left Zope, and Zope might have been more fun. Really, though, it's more of a reflection on the opportunities that have come to me personally.
ORN: Serious Python users might be concerned about your continued involvement in the development of the language. What will the move mean for the future of Python?
GvR: First, it's written into my contract that the development work I do on Python will not belong to Elemental Security. That will continue to be owned by he Python Software Foundation.
Also I will have time carved out in my regular work week to work on Python. So I'm pretty hopeful that once the dust of the move has settled, say in mid-August or so, I will have enough time for Python.
It's not my dream Python job, which would basically be to be paid to work with a team about the size of PythonLabs to work on the development of Python full-time. That's not a realistic possibility at the moment.
ORN: What will you miss most about Virginia?
GvR: The friends I've made there. I've lived there for eight years, and during that time I've made some really great friends.
ORN: What East coast ties do you intend to retain?
All of them. I plan to stay in touch with all of those friends, and they're all going to be welcome to stay in our house in California as long as there's space--we haven't found a place to live yet, and the Bay Area's even more expensive than the DC Metro area!
ORN: You are a family man, with a life besides IT. How much of your time do you spend working with and developing Python?
GvR: At Zope Corporation, almost all my time was spent developing the Zope web server environment, but of course that was using Python. I expect that I'll be using Python a lot at Elemental too, but I'm not sure how long the working week will be.
ORN: Do you see any way you will ever be able to devote 100% of your professional life to developing Python? Even if you could, would you want to?
GvR: Well, I've already said that would be my ideal Python job. It depends on a lot of things. Maybe the Python Software Foundation will find a rich sponsor or perhaps a large corporation like IBM or Microsoft will decide that Python is important to their strategic interests. But there's no immediate prospect of that.
ORN: Will you be looking for a new dance group after you move?
GvR: Absolutely. The Bay area actually has a lot of great contact improv communities. I visited there six or seven years ago, so I already know a few people and I'm looking forward to renewing those contacts.
ORN: Tim O'Reilly's keynote at OSCON was quite thought provoking. What do you think were his most interesting points?
GvR: I really liked his point about how the nature of the popular applications changes, and that Amazon or Google are applications just as much as Word or PowerPoint. I thought his point that those applications have a lot of data, and that they leverage the people who interact with the data, was particularly telling.
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I think that was the key idea from his speech, and I really think that in the Python world there are things we can do with that idea. For example, the PyPI, the Python Package Index, might actually become much more useful if people can feed back what they think of a particular piece of software.
ORN: Do you think that the open source development model has proved itself as a viable alternative to proprietary methods? Can the cathedral coexist with the bazaar?
GvR: Open source development methods have absolutely proved themselves, and I don't think there's any immediate likelihood that the cathedral will be demolished. However, among open source projects, I'm a fan of those that are consciously run with a bazaar-style model.
The projects where there are a lot of programmers paid by a particular company, whether it's Netscape with Mozilla or Sun with Open Office, even though they claim a lot of success in terms of downloads, are extremely hard for the average programmer to make a contribution because the code base is so enormous, and the learning curve is therefore rather steep.
Projects that started out as grassroots, like Python, have developed more of a community and a process that makes it much more acceptable.
ORN: Python is a part of a larger open-source community. What do you see as the major challenges facing that community in the next couple of years?
GvR: Oh, man, I'm not that kind of visionary, to have an opinion about that. Some people are worried about a few things, like software patents, but in my view software patents are so absurd that I expect that open source will happily survive all that, even if situations arise where a few specific projects are forced to rewrite some of their code to work around a patent.
A few individuals will probably be hit by unfair lawsuits, but by and large I don't think that's going to break the open source community.
ORN: I sometimes think it's a good job nobody has patented breathing; otherwise we'd all owe them money.
GvR: I guess there was prior art among the reptiles [smiles].
ORN: How does Python differ from other open source projects?
GvR: I guess one difference is that it has a long history, since it was first distributed in 1991. In those days nobody talked about "open source", and Richard Stallman [founder of the Free Software Foundation] wasn't very well known and the GNU General Public License didn't exist.
It's amazing how many people who are still active in the Python community were at the first Python workshop in 1994.
ORN: How has the Python development community changed over the last few years?
GvR: The role of PythonLabs has actually been diminished, and although the perception is that PythonLabs still controls a large percentage of the core code, in fact the reality is that PythonLabs folks have all been hacking on various pieces of Zope and ZODB. So the larger developer community has taken over and has done so very successfully.
We've had a lot of "new kids" join as developers and become active in the community. We've also seen that the geographical base has broadened quite a lot, with contributions coming in from outside Western Europe and the United States.
ORN: Why do you think Python is less popular than Perl?
GvR: Perl was there first. It's definitely older than Python, and when I decided to create Python I looked at the existing Perl, which I think was 3.0. Even by that time it had managed to create a lot of mind share, and it definitely filled a need in the user community.
Perl, Python, Ruby and Tcl are the four dynamic programming languages that get the most publicity as open source projects, and I think they have a lot more in common than they differ.
ORN: What's being done (and by whom) to improve Python's visibility and grow the user community?
GvR: I don't know that enough is being done, but there are certainly a number of people who are very active in that area. I do it myself by staying where I am and giving keynotes at conferences and making my personal life the subject of discussions on Slashdot. I didn't elect to do that, but it happened--someone listening to my OSCON keynote posted the news of my move to Slashdot, and some people seemed to feel they had the right to comment on it.
ORN: Perhaps they should get lives of their own instead of discussing yours?
GvR: Perhaps. Anyway, there are some people taking specific actions to promote Python, notably Kevin Altis, who among other things put the OSCON Python track together and has set himself the goal of increasing the number of Python users tenfold in the next year or two.
There's now a "python-marketing" mailing list, and Stephan Deibel of Archaeopteryx is very active there, issuing press releases for the Python Software Foundation about various things. He'll be doing another one for the upcoming Python 2.3 release, where hopefully we can include a quote from Apple about the inclusion of Python 2.3 in the next MacOS X release.
ORN: How did you come to decide to set the 2.3 release date so the software could be included in the gold master for the next Mac OS release?
GvR: Well, Apple expressed interest, and the schedules almost matched already. Basically all we had to do was bring our deadline forward one week.
ORN: Have you seen a good response to this decision from the developer community?
GvR: Very good! Usually what happens is that when I get my act together and set a release date, all sorts of people who have been putting off checking in their changes and reviewing their patches suddenly become active. So we've seen a flurry of activity.
Of course there are a few people who are disappointed with the compressed schedule, because it's meant their changes have had to be rejected for 2.3, but there's always 2.4 or even 2.3.1.
ORN: How would you like to see the Python Software Foundation develop over, say, the next three years?
GvR: Observing how other similar non-profits like the Apache Software Foundation and also the Open Software Initiative, of which I'm a board member, I'm struck by how the PSF is still run by geeks, none of whom have significant experience running a non-profit. I think as a result we're not always doing the right things, and we don't always do things at the right time; we don't exactly know how to do it. So either we argue endlessly about how to do things, or we do them badly.
It would be good to invite some new people who are friendly to Python onto the board for the next year. You could say that I think the board needs a little adult supervision [smiles]. I realize that this is not something I'm good at: I head the board because people know my name, but I'm not very good at the schmoozing that it takes to get companies to sign up as a sponsor member, for example, or to attract large donations.
ORN: What's the situation with the python.org domain ownership, and do you anticipate any changes any time soon?
GvR: As you might know, CNRI still owns that domain, and has let the PSF use it without much restriction, although they did ask us to keep the 1.6 release on there despite the fact that nobody much uses it.
They have finally approached me, having found the time to address the question, with a contract to handle the transfer of the domain name, which is probably the most important thing, a number of trademarks, and the copyright to the content of the python.org website. The CNRI position has been that they own that copyright because the web site was started when we were all at CNRI.
That's actually quite an important contribution to the open source movement by CNRI.
ORN: What are the most difficult aspects of reconciling open source software development and making a living?
GvR: It gets more difficult once you have a family, because it's more important to have a steady stream of income that lets you pay your bills and put something away for when the kid goes to college. It seems a long way away, but you have to start saving almost from the moment they're born.
That limits me in the choice of employment.
ORN: What have been the major changes in patterns of Python usage lately? What do you see as the most interesting new application areas?
GvR: There are lots of interesting ways that Python is being applied, but none of them are especially new. Python has always been very broadly applied.
What I do appreciate is that Python is slowly but steadily becoming more known among at least the avant-garde teachers and educators. There are more and amore people who aren't too tied to traditional school districts and who are looking into Python and teaching it.
ORN: This resonates with your long-held interests in "computer programming for everyone". Don't you think that perhaps "everyone" is too broad, and that there aren't at least some people who will never be capable programming a computer?
GvR: That's a deep philosophical question. I'm optimistic about that in theory.
There are plenty of countries, although unfortunately the USA isn't one of them, where 100% of the population is literate. That doesn't necessarily mean that they can write novels or newspaper articles, but they can all read and write, and if you taught them how to type they could all express their thoughts in an email or a blog entry, for example.
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Given that I believe everybody can learn to read and write, given the right education and circumstances--obviously if your parents have no money and you're sent to work when you're seven years old, you're not in a very good situation unless you're exceptionally smart--I believe that the same thing would be possible for programming and thinking logically to some extent.
ORN: What value do Python skills have in the job market? Why should a programmer bother to learn Python rather than Visual Basic or Java?
GvR: If you say, "Why should a programmer learn Python", I could say, "Because it's the most fun of all the available languages". There are situations where you're required to code everything for production in, say, Java, but you still have the opportunity to do prototypes or testing frameworks or personal and ad hoc programs using Python. So it often proves useful in situations where you least expected it. But if you don't know it, you won't be able to use it, so you may lose out on an opportunity to do something extra for your boss because you knew this new tool.
I don't think that at the moment there are enough places advertising jobs with Python as a requirement to say that Python will give you a bigger chance of getting a job, although there are some places where that's obviously true. For example, Industrial Light and Magic has seven hundred Python programmers!
ORN: How many annual Python conferences are you aware of now? Can you still get to them all?
GvR: I think I'm going to have to start saying "no" to some. This year I've been to PyCon 2003 in Washington DC in March, then Python UK in Oxford, England the following month. EuroPython was in Charleroi, Belgium in June, and now we're at OSCON in Portland, Oregon, in July. That's four, and as far as I know all those four are planning to run again in 2004. I don't think that next year I'll be able to go to more than three of those.
ORN: What did you think of PyCon DC, Python UK and EuroPython in 2003? Were there any instructive differences?
GvR: They are all different, and the differences are very interesting. PyCon is the youngest, and the members of the organizing team were all people who hadn't done a Python conference before. You could tell that from some of the details. On the other hand, given that, I thought it was an excellent conference. I had a really good time, and I'm really glad that you're going to do it again next year.
Python UK was two days of tracks in a much larger conference, just like Python 11 has been a track here at OSCON. You get a much larger audience, and speakers have been paid to come, and can come in company time because it's a prestigious conference. So I think that the number of truly high-quality presentations at those two is somewhat higher from my perspective.
That said, I still think there were many excellent talks at PyCon and at EuroPython.
ORN: So there are two professional-style conferences, and two more community-oriented conferences?
GvR: Yes. PyCon definitely had a more grungy community atmosphere than EuroPython, because the EuroPython folks had done it before, and their price level is slightly higher.
ORN: Where will the next major Python conference be and when?
GvR: The next one that I'm aware of is PyCon 2004, and I hope it'll be in Washington DC in March next year, but you'd know more about that than I do.
ORN: Indeed. Now you're moving to the West coast, will there be a PyCon West?
GvR: It's not impossible, but OSCON is on the West Coast, although it's at a rather high price level, so a PyCon might be attractive. I'm not sure that the Python community is large enough to support two events, though; if they both existed, then the West coast community might stay away from PyCon East and vice versa, and both might suffer by that.
If you have too many conferences, then each conference has less of a critical mass, and people will realize the conference they attended didn't include all the people they wanted to hear, because some of them are speaking at other conferences.
At least in the USA, travel from one coast to the other is not that devastating, although time differences can be a little bit of a pain.
ORN: Will you be doing any more Geek Cruises? How did your first one go?
GvR: I loved the first one, and the family loved it. Neil Bauman is a great guy, and he runs a great conference, so we're going again in September: Linux Lunacy 3, I believe it's being called.
ORN: Do you have any writing plans at present?
GvR: I don't. I'm going to put all my energy into Elemental Security and one day a week just running the Python community, sort of guiding where the next developments go. I would dearly love to write, but I can't even add something to my blog more than once every couple of months.
ORN: The literature has expanded hugely in the last three years. What gaps, if any, do you see in Python coverage nowadays?
GvR: I love the way that literature has grown. Is there a book on wxPython yet? That's still a gap [Patrick O'Brien has a book in the planning stages]. Apart from that I'd love to see more materials for use in classrooms for use by the "computer programming for everyone" crowd.
Those people are looking for tutorials and examples and books, and they have very different requirements; they can't use "Learning Python" or any of the other standard texts.
ORN: Do you regard yourself as a permanent US resident now or might you consider moving back to Europe?
GvR: I'm pretty settled here. When I visit the Netherlands, I'm aware I've Americanized quite a bit. There are some things about the Netherlands I still really miss, in particular using your bicycle for local transportation. At the same time the Netherlands is Americanizing at an incredible pace, and somehow I found an Americanized Netherlands worse than America itself!
ORN: What's been best and most difficult about relocating to another continent?
GvR: It all has to do with friends. The worst part of relocating is leaving really good friends behind, as I did when I moved from the Netherlands and as I'm doing again moving away from DC. The best part is that in a new place you make new friends, and I've never failed to do so.
ORN: What's your single favorite Python application that someone else wrote?
GvR: That's an overwhelming choice; there are so many categories, and there are things that I know exist that I have never used myself that I think are absolutely exciting.
Maybe I should mention Adele Goldberg's and Dennis Allison's ThinkFive application that they presented here at OSCON. In half a year with two people they were able to create a content management system in Zope and Python, with a little bit of SmallTalk that allows master teachers to create really high-quality online classes in subject topics like geometry and algebra.
I was really very impressed by what they did, and there are three kinds of users who interact with the system. First, the people who create the courses, who interact with Zope and create Flash animations and all sorts of other stuff in XML. Then there are the teachers who use the system in the classroom, or at least mentor the students, who are taking the courses from home in some cases, and there are the students. ThinkFive does something for each of those groups.
ORN: You've spent a lot of time on Zope recently, and it's a product nearing a major new release. What is your favorite feature that people will see in Zope 3 (and why)?
GvR: That's hard to say, because everything in Zope 3 is different. What I like in Zope 3 is that for the Python programmer writing code to go into a web site, things are much less confusing than they were in Zope 2.
ORN: What do you feel was your biggest technical, professional or personal mistake along the trail from ABC to Python 2.3b2?
GvR: I think the biggest mistake was a personal one, my decision to join BeOpen.
ORN: What advice would you give to young people just starting their careers in information technology?
GvR: There is still a lot of fun to be had in software development and don't believe all the negative stuff about how the IT boom is over.
Computers still run a significant part of our lives and they will continue to get a lot better. So we will continue to have a lot of need for a lot of smart people to program the applications of the future that nobody's heard of or can even dream of.
Steve Holden chaired the first three PyCon conferences and organized the Need for Speed sprint. He will be happy to help you if you would like to sponsor a sprint of your own.
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palino_s wrote:Williams didnt deserve to be sued.. Italian idiots deserve to be sued.. Organizers knew circuit was dangerous, but they ignored safety.. No tire barriers, no run out zones, etc.. Especially section from last turn to Tosa was very nice but very dangerous.. That section had two fast straightaways with two fast corners (Tamburello and Villeneuve's turn).. In 1987 and 1989 Nelson Piquet and Gerhard Berger had heavy accident in Tamburello.
1987 Tamburello - Nelson Piquet
1989 Tamburello - Gerhard Berger
1994 Imola Grand Prix was horrible and tragic.. Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna lost lifes, Rubens Barrichello was in coma (he had heavy accident in Variante Bassa), some Ferrari and Lotus mechanics were injured (Michele Alboreto lost tire in pit lane) and some spectators were injured (starting collison between JJ Lehto and Pedro Lamy - parts of the cars went over the safety fencing designed)..
Wow those are some big names getting injured at that place.
that last you tube though shows how far safety crews has came. That one said it took them 16 seconds. Back in the day in the williamson crash it is said they took 8 minutes. Wasnt aware of Barrichello being in a coma. Is that why he doesnt race F-1 anymore?
1st time I remember knowing about him was as Schmachers teammate, & he was ordered to slow down (practically stop) so Schmacher could win the race. Always thought he would become a big name in F-1.

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I would undo the antonio mcdyess and frank williams trade with the nuggets, we lost our best shot blocker n rebounder in marcus camby we also lost mark jackson, a play maker, if i was zeke i'd trade anybody to get camby back....
I was bored and I thought up this question. So here it is; if you could undo one trade or signing since the year 2000 which one would you pick.
I thought about it, and at first I went right the Camby and 1st round pick (Nene) for Mcdyess. And even though I think that trade was a killer I decided the one trade I would undo is.
The Patrick Ewing Trade.
Knicks get Glen Rice and Luc Longley
Sonics get Ewing
And some other players were involved.
Here are my reasons
1. You just can't trade arguable the best player in the history of your franchise. That's the obvious one
2. We got back Glen Rice and Luc "never played for us" Longley.
But here's where I really think this trade has killed us till this day.
If we don't make this trade we let Ewing finish his career out with us and let his contract expire giving us some cap relief.
So now we have Glen Rice and Luc Longley eating up cap room, and this one bad trade then turns into us acquiring Shandon Anderson & Howard Eisley just to get rid of Glen Rice.
So to wrap it up I really think this one boneheaded move started a spiral of hell for the knicks. But I'm interested to see what you guys would undo if given the chance.
I would undo the antonio mcdyess and frank williams trade with the nuggets, we lost our best shot blocker n rebounder in marcus camby we also lost mark jackson, a play maker, if i was zeke i'd trade anybody to get camby back....
Moz and NYK 4 Life....."I got orange n blue blood pumpin in my veins"........
damn i like that frank williams cat, wat happened to em, i remember em in chicago looking overweight
Whats the point of this thread its gone and over with. We cant set back time but who cares.
Signing- Kelvin Cato, Jerome James, and the Trading of Patrick Ewing.
probably the jerome james signing, the mcdyess trade(man, how i'd want camby and nene right now.
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
I would re-do Scott Layden's signing of Howard Eisley and Shandon Anderson. Both deals started the salary cap-killing snowball.
I would choose letting go Jalen Rose because right now we need a small forward who can put the ball in the basket now that Lee is out.
i would undo the francis trade
I would have never given Don Chaney and extension
I would have never gave Thomas and extension
I would have never let go of Camby


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Barre woman ordered not to drive
BARRE A Granite City woman has been told by a judge she cant drive after being charged with swerving into oncoming traffic several times Friday.
Maryellen S. Harris, 54, pleaded not guilty Monday in Washington County criminal court in Barre to negligent operation, a misdemeanor. If convicted, she faces a maximum of a year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
According to the Vermont State Police affidavit, police received a call about a vehicle going into oncoming traffic on Route 2 in East Montpelier. The caller gave the license plate of the vehicle, which came back as a 2011 white Kia Sorento registered to Harris.
The caller told police she and her husband were driving east toward Plainfield with the Kia in front of them. The caller said Harris swerved into oncoming traffic about 10 times, causing westbound traffic to swerve to avoid a head-on collision.
Police called Harris home and spoke to her husband, who told them she had been out delivering newspapers during the time of the incident, according to the affidavit. The husband told police Harris must have been tired, suggesting her fatigue caused the car to swerve.
Police say there have been several reports about a white Kia swerving into traffic over the past few months. On Jan. 30, a report was made about erratic driving by Harris on Maple Hill in Plainfield. On April 10, a report came in about Harris vehicle speeding on Route 2. May 21, a report was filed about a white Kia being operated erratically on Route 2 near Twinfield Union School. Thursday, a white Kia was seen being operated erratically on Route 2 in East Montpelier. And Friday, a call was made about a cream-colored Kia running people off the road on Route 2 in both Marshfield and Plainfield.
Harris is also facing an unlawful trespass charge in an unrelated matter. She pleaded not guilty May 21.
According to the state police affidavit in that case, Harris went onto someones property in Plainfield on April 3, even though she had been served with a no-trespass order for that property in February.
In both cases, a competency evaluation has been ordered.
In court Monday, Judge Thomas Zonay ordered that Harris not drive and had her husband sign her conditions of release. The judge said that if Harris violates her conditions, her husband is to inform law enforcement immediately or possibly face a criminal charge himself.
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Des Moines park, lake to undergo construction
A popular park and its lake near downtown Des Moines are undergoing construction.
Work is scheduled to begin Monday to restore portions of a trail around Gray's Lake and a park road.
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Doctors renew call for flu vaccinations
Three people have died from the flu this month in Washington, and doctors are reacting by renewing their call for everyone to get vaccinated.
At Group Health in Spokane you can just walk in and get a flu shot. That's how easy they make it to protect you and your family from getting the flu..
"This is usually right around the time when we start to see numbers climb, so the peak usually being January into February," Dr. Deb Gore said.
"It can cause severe fatigue, high fevers, cough, headaches, just profound debilitating effects so the vaccine itself can really help to minimize that dramatically," Gore said.
If you're avoiding the shot for your kids because, well, they'll cry, there's an easier way to administer the flu vaccination to kids.
"A nasally delivered vaccine, it's a nasal spray and it's given to anyone between the ages of 2 and 50," Gore explained.
You might still get the flu even with a vaccination, but the Washington state Department of Health said the strain used in this year's vaccination is a good match for the virus making its rounds right now.
"People that are at most risk for getting influenza, young children, pregnant women, anyone over the age of 65, anyone that has any sort of immune compromised state, people that have asthma diabetes, or any sort of heart conditions, those are the people that we target especially to make sure that they're vaccinated," Gore said.
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The owners of the Vermont Marble Museum indicated Monday that they will move forward with plans to close the museum now that an effort to find a buyer for the museum had failed.
The Preservation Trust of Vermont came up short in its effort to raise $880,000 to buy the Proctor museum that chronicled the history of the Vermont Marble Company.
Faced with an end of the year deadline, the nonprofit historical group was able to raise only $200,000 toward its goal.
The Preservation Trust came forward this summer with the fundraising offer after the owners announced they would close the museum at the end of the year.
Marsha and Martin Hemm said in an email that they and their employees "are very saddened that we are not able to continue on the road that we had planned with the Preservation Trust. But we are extremely appreciative for the immense amount of work that they did on behalf of the museum and the collection."
The Hemms said they would continue their "efforts to find the proper homes for the museum records and artifacts."
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LA CROSSE, Wis. -- All eyes are on Wisconsin as the state gets ready to decide whether the governor will keep his job.
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It's a fight to the finish as Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrettt crisscrossed the state on their last day to campaign before voters hit the polls. Both candidates made stops in our area today, with visits to La Crosse and West Salem.
It's a high-stakes election that's attracted attention -- and money -- from across the nation. The recall even came up in a presidential press conference today.
That means the outcome of this Wisconsin election could have a ripple effect on the rest of the country.
Barrett supporter and lifelong Wisconsinite Carol Scoville sees a lot of big issues at stake in this recall -- not just in Wisconsin, but on the national stage.
"Collective bargaining, voters' rights, women's rights -- these are all being taken away from us, and we can't tolerate; we can't allow that to happen," said Scoville.
That's why she brought her grandsons to meet Barrett this morning at Jules Coffee House in La Crosse.
"I brought my two grandchildren and I said, 'We're going to go down and meet that man!'" said Scoville.
Barrett said he knows the race has gained a national spotlight, but he's trying to stay focused on Wisconsin.
"My hope is that this is going to be a focus on our values as a state. And so you've got all these national pundits and these national figures, but I want to be concerned, and I will be concerned, about people who live here in this state," said Barrett.
Walker, on the other hand, said he's embracing the opportunity to send a national message.
William Chaney took off some time from work to meet the governor during his stop in West Salem and said he hopes a Walker win would catch the country's attention.
"The taxpayers are revolting. Seriously, I think the taxpayers have had enough," said Chaney. "It's about time somebody showed some austerity."
"Most politicians don't have the courage to take those issues on. I think the message that will come out tomorrow, if we're able to prevail, is that you can take on the tough issues. You can do things to think more about the next generation than just about the next election, and voters will stand with you. And I think that's powerful not only here in Wisconsin. I think it would be powerful across the country," said Walker.


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July 24, 2013 —
The Wayne County Commissioners on July 18 authorized a new public alert system to go live.
If you want to know the latest from the county's emergency management agency about weather or traffic problems, you can sign up to have emails or text messages sent directly to your cell phone, pager, smartphone, or email account, emergency management director Steven Price told the commissioners.
The system will not be an alternative to a radio scanner, commissioner Jonathan Fritz explained.
"There will be no cats in the tree calls," added commissioner Wendell Kay.
School weather closings will not be messaged, but school emergency announcements will be made available to residents of the various school districts.
The main problem for Price now is getting out the word of the system's availability. "We'll be in the papers, on Facebook and TV," he said.
The service, "ReadyNotifyWayne," is a product of the combined efforts of the county agency and the Northeast PA Regional Counter-Terrorism Task Force.
As the task force involvement implies, the system will handle other information as well, including fire, EMS, police and county government messages. But not everyone who signs up for every type of message will be getting all those messages, as its traffic will also include secure messages for emergency service personnel. "We will screen those who sign up so that appropriate emergency service members will be getting those messages," Price said.
Price said all incoming information will be vetted for accuracy before messages go out.
A sign-up form for the new service appears at wayne.alertpa.org.
The Northeast PA Regional Counter-Terrorism Task Force was formed in 1998 in response to growing awareness of the threat of terrorism. Its focus has broadened to include all hazards such as natural disasters. Pertinent messages from the other seven counties in the task force will also be available, Price said.
"TV and radio have been the outlets for emergency notifications in the past, but society has changed and this is our evolution," Fritz said.
In other business, the commissioners tabled the single bid received for the installation of a new elevator, reporting that the bid received was more than twice the amount estimated by a county engineer. Kay said he wanted to hear from the county's engineer and see if he expects a different outcome if the bid is re-advertised.
The commissioners also approved seven new hires and salaries for the county prison.
On the lighter side, commissioners' chair Brian Smith issued a formal challenge to the Pike County Commissioners to take part in the inter-county commissioners' cow-milking contest at the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair on Labor Day weekend. Treasurer Brian Field said the Pike officials should not dwell on past errors. "They may be embarrassed after an attempt to milk a bull."


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I'm a little late in getting this blog about America Saves Week posted. But, when you consider the subject—saving money—a little late is better than never.
Officially America Saves Week began on Feb. 24 and will end March 1. The program started in 2007 and its goal is to promote good savings behavior. Nice idea no matter what your income bracket is. And, particularly in a country where spending wields far more clout than saving.
"Only about one-third of Americans are living within their means and think they are prepared for the long term financial future. One-third are living within their means [More]


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Hi everyone. Sounds like we are all right about at the same place. My 17 month old nurses 2-3 times a day. When they are getting solid meals they do not need much more than that.
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In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve knew God and fellowshipped with Him; but when they sinned, they lost that special relationship. As a result, the next generation of man lost the moral knowledge of God. This left humanity with no righteousness of our own and the inherent tendency to drift into sin, which produces misery in our souls.
Paul wrote, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." (Romans 1:18) Those who "hold the truth in unrighteousness" are those who know of God but are disrespectful to Him and unjust toward humanity.
"Truth" in the Scriptures is more comprehensive than our modern word. As used in Romans 1:18, "truth" means the moral and true wisdom of God available to man. Jesus encouraged His listeners to put their trust in the light – the truth of God. He said, "But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God. " (John 3:21)
Many come to the light but are only willing to live in the physical sense, not in the Spirit. They express themselves through their works. In so doing, they hinder or oppose the truth of God, and therefore remain condemned.
Unrighteousness is evil, and God's wrath opposes it. He is not against humans, but against their sin. He loves sinners and desires salvation for them. Failing to treat people as God's created beings made in His image suppresses His truth, bringing His wrath.
Adam and Eve knew the righteousness of God and had His truth, but they refused to obey it. Their evil attitude suppressed the truth of God and His love to all their children. Because of that, all humans are born lost, needing salvation.
Even those who do not have the truth of God's Word have creation and their conscience to warn them of God's judgment. They need the revelation of God's righteousness and faith, that they might give to Him reverence, worship and service, and turn from the worship of created beings and idols.
As an attribute of man, "righteousness" refers to his conformity to God's will and moral standards. When Christ's righteousness is applied to a believer, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit passes on the power for godly living.
Faith is man's reaction to the revelation of Christ's righteousness. God passes Christ's righteousness to those who trust in Him. This is a miracle of God. When we apply faith, reverence and worship unto God, this is His faith wrought out in us.
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For Immediate Release
April 29, 2008
Science and Math teachers take center stage at annual Capitol Showcase
Professional development opportunities with Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships (IMSP) help teachers grow and improves student achievement
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) joined dozens of classroom teachers, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and experts from higher education from throughout Illinois at today's Capitol Showcase for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships (IMSP) program. The annual event at the Illinois State Capitol showcases the professional development efforts by research partnerships statewide that work to help teachers grow, and in turn, improve student achievement.
"Today's classrooms are incorporating technology to deliver lessons at a rapid pace," said State Superintendent Christopher A. Koch. "No place is this more prevalent than with science and math, where teachers are taking full advantage of opportunities for rapid learning to yield student improvement."
The IMSP program was created as part of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). It creates partnerships that are designed to meet the growing needs of students by providing ongoing professional development and unique opportunities for teachers that focus on new trends in Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM). Participants are able to share their expertise, resources and facilities with high-need local school districts and regions with the primary goal of improving student achievement in mathematics and science. The IMSP program has already served more than 3,000 teachers statewide.
"This year's math and science innovations showcasing research partnerships take on added importance as the work gets underway for the Task Force for 'A Public Agenda for College and Career Success,'" said Judy Erwin, IBHE Executive Director. "The Public Agenda – an action agenda – will be built to close the achievement gap, and many of the programs at the Capitol Showcase, will further this effort."
Starting this year, new partnerships are forming with public and private universities across the state. All of the partnerships include the development and implementation of innovative graduate degree programs that will concentrate on building content expertise and leadership talents essential for Illinois' highly qualified teachers. Twenty-four partnerships have begun work with design teams composed of classroom teachers, local administrators and college professors to create the innovative programs of study for the estimated 600 teachers who will participate. Classes will begin in some of the partnerships this summer, while others will begin during the next school year.
Here are 19 IMSP partnerships that are presenting at the Capitol Showcase. The listing is arranged by lead partners and includes partnership members:
- The Champaign Unit 4 Nanotechnology Teacher Enhancement Program (CU4NTEP) is collaboration between Community Unit School District #4, the Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education for Employment System #330, Parkland College, and the Army's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL).
- The Chicago Public Schools Middle Grades Mathematics/Science Teacher Leadership Institute will provide in-depth professional development in middle grades mathematics and science for three cohorts of 30 teacher-leaders each year. Mathematicians from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and scientists from Loyola University of Chicago (LUC) are included in the partnership.
- The Chicago Academy of Sciences, notably sharing the expertise from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the University of Illinois at Chicago is finishing its work with elementary teachers from Chicago.
- The partnership between the Christian-Montgomery Regional Office of Education and the ROE #40 for Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, and Macoupin Counties, Blackburn College, Hurst Rosche Engineering Company is finishing its work this summer.
- Leaders from the University of Illinois in Champaign are completing their work with teachers from Champaign as well as teachers from Bradley-Bourbonnais, integrating astronomy concepts directly in mathematics understandings and applications.
- DePaul University in Chicago plans for the graduation of its candidates in its innovative Masters of Science degree program for public and private Chicago middle school teachers, boasting of uncommon connections with many of their collegiate divisions.
- The Loyola University Chicago-Chicago Public Schools Physics Project will be continuing its comprehensive, three-year program that will provide 30 CPS teachers with content background to receive an endorsement in physics as they are studying and applying the latest physics and educational research.
- Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District #62 and the North Cook Intermediate Service Center completes its partnership with 3 school districts, National Louis University, Oakton Community College and the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce.
- East Richland School District #1 in Olney has teamed with three other rural districts, including a local private school, Eastern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to expand their existing partnership with the Embarrass River Management Association.
- Eastern Illinois University partners with elementary teachers, mentored by colleagues from their own middle or high schools throughout central Illinois with special technologies associated with environmental sciences will be completed this year.
- The Lee-Ogle Regional and Rock Island Offices of Education (ROE) have collaborated to replicate and extend their very successful MSP programs in two separate programs with Northern Illinois University and Western Illinois University.
- Loyola University (through its Center for Science and Math Education which includes the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education and Departments of Biology, Natural Science and Physics) completes its graduate program work with middle school teachers from Chicago Public Schools.
- Teachers from Chicago, Rochelle, Havana, O'Fallon, Oak Lawn, Thornridge, Red Bud, Mascoutah, Teutopolis, Casey Westfield, Galesburg, Southeastern, Astoria, Reavis, Rushville, Lovington, and Abington schools, will participate in a project organized through the Peoria County Regional Office of Education, with Walgreen's, Southern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Bradley University, Western Illinois University, focus on Mathematics and Science concepts as they relate to the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career clusters.
- Proviso Township completes its partnership this year with Loyola University's Departments of Chemistry and Physics and the University of Illinois-Chicago Departments of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science and Texas Instruments.
- St. Clair and the Monroe-Randolph Regional Offices of Education have planned a partnership with Camp Wartburg, Lindenwood University and 60 teachers from 18 districts.
- The Madison County Regional Office of Education and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville completes its work with Collinsville teachers who are leaders in the pre-service student-student- master teacher program, creating a program for these leaders with partners from the Schools of Engineering and Education and Boeing Corporation.
- The University of Chicago and Yerkes Observatory completes its work with the Will County Regional Office of Education and 24 of their teachers and a dozen other teachers from around the state in a 3-year international astronomy project.
- Staff from the Regional Office of Education in Ullin concludes its partnership with the Regional Offices of Franklin/Williamson Counties and Jackson/Perry Counties to serve 35 teachers with experts from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.


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Help! My son was born almost 2 months premature but other than having GERD (which is being treated with prescription meds), he's a perfectly healthy 5-month-old. He went from NG tube to bottle and then to breast since he was premature, and although he received Neosure supplements for a while, he has been fed breastmilk only (mostly from the breast with a bottle from his dad once a day or so) for almost 4 months now.
The problem is this: Over the past 3 weeks, he has become extremely fussy, writhing, screaming, and pushing away from the breast when I try to feed him. He won't calm down until I finally thaw breastmilk and give it to him in a bottle. The strange thing is, he usually takes the breast again at subsequent feedings, so it's not like he's on a lasting nursing strike.
He doesn't have an ear infection or other illness but does have a nasty case of heat rash under his chin. Could the rash be the problem? Maybe the nursing position I'm using (modified cradle with his bottom and legs stretched out on my lap) is less comfortable than the way he's held while bottle-fed? I used to use a Boppy but at 13.5 lbs. and 23 inches long, he seems to be outgrowing it.
I've tried giving him Simethicone in case it's gas but haven't seen any improvement, and he doesn't appear to be teething yet. My husband and I used to think that he was just trying to work on a bowel movement and that drinking from a bottle helped move things through him more quickly, but he doesn't always make a diaper after getting the bottle.
To make things more frustrating, my stored supply of frozen milk is about to run out. I've started pumping again after daytime feedings and right before bed (I had pretty much stopped pumping except for comfort) to try to increase my milk supply in case my baby's fussiness is due to his not getting enough milk at feedings, but that hasn't decreased his crying. He used to wake up crying before but then seemed content once I started to feed him. Now, he regularly cries and refuses the breast altogether, nurses for 3-10 minutes and then stops and cries inconsolably, or falls asleep while nursing and then wakes up crying. He used to be a much happier baby!
If ANY of you can shed ANY light on my situation (even my baby's pediatrician was dumbfounded), I would GREATLY appreciate it! And even if you don't have answers or explanations, some words of comfort and encouragement would be wonderful. I intend to breastfeed my son for at least a year, but when each feeding becomes a wrestling match I usually lose, that seems like a goal I'm unlikely to reach. Thanks.


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Rant is down, but no need to frown
Just wanted to let you all know I'm not gone. I have no internet until Tuesday or Wednesday next week. So I apoligize for my lack of entries.
It figures this would happen when the Rockies are on a serious hot streak. Anyways I'm still here, I'll be checking comments as often as I can and I'll be back to blogging full speed by next Wednesday.
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Hey D,
Sigh. I really, really, really miss reading your blog everyday.
JULIA-Don't know what you got till it's gone really makes sense to me now.
R-LUV-Thanks, you're part of the Rant and I appreciate that. Hang in there my friend.
All is good in the world right now. Wish I could blog and tell you about it. SOON…D
I am surprised you are not heading out to the local coffee shoppe that offer WIFI and cranking out some more great stuff.
Just like a mother baking cookies, you give us a taste and then tell us to wait until after dinner.
Fine, D.
Anyone else and we would be long gone.
Anxious to see what you got going on my brother.
Stay safe and we will see your muses again soon.
Rays Renegade
Hope you're up and running again soon, D. Good to see ya yesterday! :0)
hey! i've never commented on here before, but am a frequent reader of the rant. just wanted to let you know that i saw you at the game today (father's day)! i just saw from the back that your shirt said rockpile ranter haha :]
anyway, it was a great game and hope your internet is up and running again soon!
Hope you had a great time at the game today, that ninth inning was amazing!!!
JULIA- Thank you very much.
LUVMYROX- Who needs little blue pills to get it up. A little blue sky did the trick🙂
RAYSREN-Thank you my friend. As much as I LOVE coffee. Wifey doesn't want me hanging around in coffee shops. Not really my crowd anyway.
BROOKLYNNN-Welcome to the Rant. Say hi next time.
EMILY-Thanks, I did and it was…D


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Police: Man tried to assault officersOctober 05,2013BRATTLEBORO — A Brattleboro man is facing charges after police say he tried to assault two police officers with a brick.
The officers were investigating whether 28-year-old Todd Koshinsky had violated conditions of his release from a previous stalking charge Thursday when police say he became combative.
They say Koshinsky picked up a large brick and tried to hit the two officers. They say he also punched the officers.
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DVAA extends holiday hours
December 1, 2011 —
NARROWSBURG, NY — Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), located at 37 Main St., will extend its hours during the holiday season while it hosts Valley Artists Holiday Sale and Art in Sixes. Gallery and store hours through Wednesday, December 21, are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Art in Sixes features works six inches or less in any direction. Valley Artists Holiday Sale fills the year-round Signature Gifts shop and expands to the second floor, featuring works by over 60 local and regional artists and artisans who work in clay, wood, glass and textiles and metal. Visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org or call 845/252-7576.


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Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said after Friday's game that Alex Avila sustained a minor concussion when hit in the head by the backswing of David Ortiz, and that the veteran catcher would not play on Saturday.
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that the Yankees have made contract offers to both Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen.
Rival executives tell Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports that the Mets are not making Curtis Granderson available.
White Sox acquired INF Yoan Moncada, RHPs Michael Kopech and Victor Diaz, and OF Luis Alexander Basabe from the Red Sox for LHP Chris Sale.
Red Sox officials have informed Jose Bautista's camp that "they are out on signing him," per Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, the Orioles have "called on" free agent Chris Carter.
Red Sox acquired LHP Chris Sale from the White Sox for INF Yoan Moncada, RHP Michael Kopech, OF Luis Alexander Basabe, and RHP Victor Diaz.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday that he has received interest in Brett Gardner.
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, offers for free agent closer Aroldis Chapman are past $80 million.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Nationals are now going for Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen after missing out on Chris Sale.
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Here's what Tony had to say about that a couple of years ago.
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As I said, she has little control over that, but it does require a bit of management to keep from being overwhelmed. That is where Haley comes in. Haley is Danica's friend, confidant, advisor and most importantly, her media rep. If you keep a sharp eye out you will sometims catch a glimpse of her on camera at the track.
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"We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you."
BTDT and with ya. One positive thing that came from his weaning was that he became affectionate in other ways: hugs, kisses, tickles,etc. And the nice thing is this opened up a relationship between D and DH.
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yeah! you did great and weaning was smooth and on his own... perfect. Too bad they cant really give us any warning good for you guys
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BTDT you did a great job. This link might offer a little boost to your heart (scroll down to .."if my child weans when she is ready...")
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Migratory Connectivity
January 1, 2011 by Sarah Bloom Leeds
Knowing how and where birds migrate and breed is an important part of understanding how and why their numbers increase or decrease over time. However, we don't know much about the exact migratory patterns of most birds. After all, they are one of the most itinerant animals on earth, coming and going from one place to another as regularly as the seasons change. Where are they going? How will they get there? Why do they go? Based on what we currently know about migration, we can assume that they head toward areas where the weather is more conducive to survival and breeding. Now, a new technique to track birds is helping researchers understand an important concept called migratory connectivity.
Migratory connectivity is the degree to which breeding and non-breeding populations of birds are linked to one another; it is the relationship that helps us understand how these interactions contribute to the natural ecology of the animals' habitats. Until recently, the mark-recapture method has been the only technique used to do this. This method includes tagging individual birds and recording where they were recaptured, if they were recaptured at all. Unfortunately, this method was not always successful if the bird was not caught again.
Researchers recently tried a new method to track gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis), in addition to the older mark-recapture technique. The scientists fit 13 male and nine female birds with geolocators, which are special devices that resemble tags on the birds' legs and that can record the estimated latitude and longitude of the wearer based on sunlight levels every 10 minutes.
Birds wore these during the breeding and non-breeding seasons from July 2009 through May/June of 2010, when researchers recovered the devices. Only three males and three females were recaptured, so the data from the six geolocators was the only new information that the researchers had to work with. They were able to successfully download this data and use special software to correct and calibrate any errors in the information. They were also aware that the readings were sometimes slightly skewed if the bird had been perching in a shady area rather than in direct sunlight, but despite this, the team was able to get a good impression as to where the birds had been.
Next, the data was compared to previously documented mark-recapture records from 1914 to 2009 in order to provide a wide-range view of migratory connectivity. The data from both were similar, indicating a strong connectivity. It also showed that the gray catbirds that bred in Washington D.C. migrated to Florida and the Caribbean during the winters. In addition, long-term mark recapture data from the U.S. Geological Services Bird Banding Lab indicated that gray catbirds from the Midwest migrate down to Central America during the winters.
Although the data was consistent from both sources, there are limitations to both. The geolocators require proper light so that data is not misrepresented. The birds wearing these devices may also have trouble getting around, as weight and drag are increased, and a piece protrudes unnaturally. This can ultimately affect their survival. The authors did state however, that statistically the recapture and return rates of birds from both the geolocator study and the historical records were about the same. Data collected via mark-recapture techniques only seems to have meaning when the data is collected over a long period of time.
This article summarizes the information in this scientific paper:
Ryder, Thomas B., Fox, James W., and Peter P. Marra. 2011. Estimating Migratory Connectivity of Gray Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) Using Geolocator and Mark-Recapture Data. The Auk 128(3):448-453.


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Ash borer might be in NHApril 06,2013CONCORD, N.H. An invasive beetle that has beleaguered 18 other states including Massachusetts and Connecticut might now be in New Hampshire.
The emerald ash borer, originally from China, has killed millions of ash trees nationwide since being discovered in Michigan in 2002. Its often spread by people transporting firewood, and much of the outreach nationally has focused on a Dont Move Firewood campaign.
State entomologist Piera Siegert said Friday that a tree in the Concord-area is showing signs of stress indicative of the beetles presence. She also discovered what she believes is ash borer larvae, but a federal specialist must confirm her findings. Siegert and others are meeting with Agriculture Commissioner Lorraine Merrill on Friday to discuss the situation.
This is something weve been prepared for. (The ash borer) is in neighboring states and we knew it was somewhat inevitable that it would make its way up here, Merrill said.MORE IN NewsNarration and audio production by RH Alcott Full StoryNarration and audio production by RH Alcott Full Story
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What are the odds of a Giant Floater stopping a multi-ton piece of dredging equipment in its tracks?
It happened in southeastern Missouri, where the Giant Floater was one of 14 species of mussels discovered in a section of a drainage ditch near Hayti. The mussels were discovered as Pemiscot County was preparing to remove debris and sediment left there by spring 2008 flooding.
The ditch clean-out work qualified for federal cost-share assistance from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through its Emergency Watershed Protection program (EWP). The program is available to help local units of government repair levee breaks, remove logjams and debris from streams, remove sediment and debris from drainage ditches, and to stabilize streambanks. EWP funds may cover up to 75 percent of the construction costs of eligible emergency measures.
"We were doing our visual inspection along the ditch when we saw the mussels in one stretch of the ditch,"says Jack Lewis, NRCS district conservationist serving Pemiscot County.
Lewis told Joe Tousignant, area biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), about the mussels.
"I walked out there, and there were mussels everywhere,"Tousignant says. He and Lewis knew that many of the mussels in two locations where the dredging equipment needed to cross the ditch would be killed.
"In those two areas, we knew that we had to move the mussels out,"Tousignant says.
After Lewis explained the situation to Pemiscot County Presiding Commissioner James Atchison, Atchison and associate commissioners Wendell Hoskins and David Wilkerson agreed to delay the dredging.
"They asked for our cooperation, and we just felt like it was the right thing to do,"Atchison says.
Thus began the task of physically moving the mussels. Tousignant and four other MDC employees from the Cape Girardeau regional office spent an entire day putting the mussels into sacks and moving them.
"We literally got in the creek, felt for them, picked them up and put them in mesh bags,"Tousignant says. About 2,000 mussels were identified and released downstream. One species identified, the Wartyback, is on the Missouri state list of endangered species.
The majority were Threeridge mussels, which accounted for nearly 1,400 of the 2,000. The least common were the Wabash Pigtoe and Pistolgrip; only one of each was identified.
Normally, biologists don't go to such lengths to spare mussels. But Tousignant says the Pemiscot County site is different.
"This was an exceptional site, and that's why it deserved some extra attention,"he says.
Perhaps more important than the mussels themselves is what their high population represents.
Tousignant says mussels are an indicator of good, long-term water quality.
"Mussels are like canaries in a coal mine in that regard,"Tousignant says. "Because they are so long-lived, a large and diverse population in this ditch indicates that there haven't been any chronic water quality problems, or major pollution events, in their lifetimes. Many of those mussels were probably over 20 years old."
Lewis says the water quality in the area is protected by a number of conservation practices utilized by Bootheel farmers, including no-till, field borders and weir boxes for rice fields.
He says the mussel discovery reflects the success of the conservation activities in the county, and the effort to save the mussels reflects the cooperative spirit in the area.
"It's been a good, communal effort with MDC, NRCS and the county,"Lewis says.
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Richmond, March 14, 2013 – USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced that approximately $400,000 is available in 2013 for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Virginia.
This year, NRCS will offer Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) funding for projects within the state that focus on soil health, silvopasture establishment, nutrient management and economics (cost and benefits of conservation). Soil health submissions can address a wide range of topics, including education and outreach, crop diversity, grazing management, and soil-health-building farming systems. Innovative approaches that promote soil health in other ways are also strongly encouraged.
"Soil health is a priority need for our 2013 CIG projects," says NRCS State Conservationist Jack Bricker. "We're looking for demonstration projects that seek to improve soil health and function on Virginia farmland to increase productivity, profitability, and the environmental impact of agriculture. Proposals that address multiple principles and integrated systems will receive a higher ranking from our review group."
CIG grants will be awarded for projects between one and three years' duration with individual awards not exceeding $75,000. Entities and individuals, including state and local units of government, and non-governmental organizations, who are interested in applying for these competitive grants must submit pre-proposals by 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) May 3, 2013. Those who are selected will be notified by May 24, 2013, and, if requested to submit a full application to the NRCS State Office by 4 p.m. on June 28, 2013.
CIG does not fund research projects or those intended to formulate hypotheses. Projects must involve landowners who meet eligibility requirements for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Applications may be hand delivered or forwarded via express mail or overnight courier to: USDA-NRCS, CIG Program, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, VA 23229-5014. Packages may also be submitted electronically by visiting http://www.grants.gov/ and clicking on the "Apply for Grants" link.
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Game wardens: Record deer was taken illegallyJanuary 29,2013By Patrick McArdle
STAMFORD - The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department had good news and bad news for a local hunter in December.
The good news was that the large, trophy-antlered buck that Jim Smith, 47, of Stamford, had harvested in Stamford was the largest taken in Vermont in more than 20 years.
The bad news was that the buck was taken a day after the 2012 rifle season ended so instead of congratulations, Smith is now facing criminal charges for which he is scheduled to be arraigned in Bennington criminal court on Feb. 11.
In a press release, officials with the department said someone had witnessed Smith removing the 10-point buck from the woods on Nov. 26 and then tipped them off.
There was no record of the deer being reported so Vermont Sate Game Wardens Richard Watkin, Kelly Price and David Taddei conducted an investigation.
During an interview on Dec. 19, Smith admitted to killing the deer on the day after rifle season ended but said he had mistakenly believed the season was still open. The antlers, meat and hide were seized by wardens.
Smith has been cited to appear in court for taking a deer during the closed season. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 60 days in prison, lose his right to hunt, fish and trap in Vermont for up to three years and be fined up to $3,000.
Curtis Smiley, a lieutenant with the Fish and Wildlife's enforcement division and president of the Vermont Big Game Trophy Club, said the buck would have a Boone and Crockett score of 165 2/8 gross. The Boone and Crockett score, the standard for North American hunters, is based on antler size.
According to Keith Balfourd, marketing director of Boone and Crockett, the score described it would make it the fifth- or sixth-largest buck reported from Vermont since the scoring system began almost 100 years ago.
Vermont doesn't historically produce big-racked, white-tail deer and there are only 13 in Boone and Crockett's record books, Balfourd said.
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BARRYVILLE, NY — The store was bustling on the morning of November 23, as John and Athena Lynn had just wrapped up their first staff meeting, and they were getting used to the feel of being the new proprietors of the River Market in Barryville.
Athena will be managing the store on a day-to-day basis, while John commutes daily to Manhattan. It's a big change for Athena, who said she was perfectly happy with her advertising career at Ogilvy & Mather. But when the opportunity to buy the market came along, the couple felt it was too good an opportunity to pass up.
The market underwent a top-to-bottom renovation in 2005, and Athena and John had been impressed with the way the market was operated by former owners Cooper Boone and Mark Veeder. The couple liked the mix of merchandise, which aims to appeal to both the local population and the weekend population.
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There's no question that the Town of Delaware town barn, in order to prevent its contents from flowing downstream, needs to move. It now sits on a parcel of land on Route 17B in the Village of Hortonville where the Joe Brook and the Callicoon Creek meet up on their route to the Delaware River. They are peaceful streams, until they flood.
Highway superintendant Bill Eschenberg says he's watched taxpayer money, in the form of town equipment, float from the barn downstream during floods. His crews do what they can to save everything, but he worries this decades-old battle with Mother Nature will eventually lead to tragedy.
At the town board meeting on January 16, nothing on the agenda attracted more attention than supervisor Ed Sykes' report that the town is close to closing on a deal to obtain property and begin a new chapter in the operations of the highway department. "The land purchase is moving along. We're in contract. We've had it surveyed and we're moving along with the other steps." One of those steps, clearly, is paying for the property.
It's a 3.8-acre parcel of land along Route 17B in the town of Hortonville, and the going rate is $100,000, roughly $26,300 per acre. The consensus among residents at the meeting was that this is a lot of money. Sykes said the value lies in the location: it's in the town, it has good drainage, it's not likely to flood, and it is located in a spot where trucks can enter the road safely.
Resident and former fire chief John Duffy has his own solution to the situation. "That's ludicrous. I have 20 acres I'll sell you, if that's the going rate. It's got a house there to store all your stuff in." He said with the heavy burden already placed on taxpayers from local, school and federal taxes, spending $100,000 for less than four acres is too much for people to accept. "You're driving people out of this town spending all this money. How can you justify it?"
Sykes recounted some of the history. "Fifteen years ago there were negotiations for that specific property (for the same purpose). The previous town board and supervisor had negotiated a price and the price was much too high, nearly twice that." He said he and Eschenberg picked through properties in the town for six months. They found some that could work but were not for sale. Gerald Euker, a 30-year real estate veteran, said the town is prudent in their pursuit. "$30,000 an acre for a piece of good commercial property on a state highway is not an exorbitant price. In fact, I think it's a deal."
According to town records, in 2005 a 2.95-acre piece of commercial land on Route 52 outside of Jeffersonville sold for $325,000, roughly $110,000 per acre. After flooding in 2006, the same property is back on the market for $295,000, an average of $100,000 per acre.
The town is negotiating directly with Coon Rock, the hunting club that owns property. The money will come from reserves the town has accumulated over the past 15 years, according to Sykes, which amounts to about $400,000 to be used to cover the purchase of the property.
But Duffy worries about the next step. "If you're spending that kind of money just for the property, what are you spending for a building?" No amount was given, but Sykes did say the town is pursuing grants for that purpose.