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December 27, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Baird Optimistic on 'Consumer Leisure Sector'
Editor's Note: The investment firm of Robert W. Baird & Co. distributed an analysis of the leisure market to investors. Highlights of that note follow.
We hold an optimistic consumer discretionary outlook as demand improves in the context of lean channel inventory. We believe improving values in big ticket items (RVs, boats,motorcycles, houses) may re-inflate a wealth effect for more consumers. Meanwhile, dealer inventory appears lean-to-balanced, supporting a modest re-stocking effect before a bubble builds. Longer-term, we are concerned that deficit spending and tax policy will lead to recession – but a wealth effect and restocking-effect suggest trends will get better before they get worse.
• Tectonic pressure on the economic fault line. Massive pressure is building on both sides of the economic fault line. On the bullish side, a housing recovery, low interest rates, and open-ended quantitative easing are re-inflating a wealth effect that should drive new spending. On the bearish side, the fiscal cliff, deficit spending, and tax policy on discretionary wealth are fueling a growth/debt crisis that eventually will lead to a recession, in our view. Although we see risk building, we believe that consumer footing is firming – supporting our optimistic outlook for 2013. We stress that channel inventory is lean-to-balanced, alleviating the risk of a demand shock. At the margin, we favor ideas with a compelling product cycle (PII) or turnaround agenda (HOG, BC) to purely cyclical ideas.
We emphasize three cycles to assess consumer discretionary fundamentals: spending, inventory, and product.
• Spending cycle. We see a better housing market as the mother of all catalysts, washing away the prime source of negative equity on most consumer balance sheets. Fed policy specifically targets the housing market, and it may not quit until it succeeds (damn the consequences). Meanwhile, we monitor pockets of equity accumulating in product categories, from boats to motorcycles, and believe the tide rising in some markets.
• Inventory cycle. Our checks indicate dealer inventory remains lean-to-balanced. After an extended destocking period, dealer inventory is fresh and turning quickly. As confidence builds, dealers have an appetite for more inventory. Before inventory becomes bloated, we expect a restocking effect to play out, in which more is shipped into the channel than is sold. It can take years to build an inventory bubble, but 2013 may be the year it starts to inflate.
• Product cycle. Economic cycles matter less for innovative companies that create their own product cycles.
Bottom-up Approach. Our coverage process emphasizes bottom-up research and proprietary channel checks. We capture insight from industry sources and local dealers to monitor retail trends, inventory levels, order plans, credit availability, and business sentiment. Recently, these our checks indicate better retail, lean inventory, and improving dealer sentiment – supporting our broadly optimistic outlook.
RV Dealer Survey. We contact over 100 RV dealers every quarter and host an annual field trip to meet with industry contacts. The end-of-quarter survey, our longest-running dealer survey, gives us an excellent read on traffic, retail, inventory, credit, and sentiment. Today, dealers are gaining confidence as retail improves, stimulating orders to build inventory after a long de-stocking period.


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Feed is a major portion of the total costs involved in Missouri swine production. Interest in on-farm ration formulation and mixing is growing, particularly in years of short feed supplies and high prices.
If producers are willing to learn the nutrient requirements for various weights and classes of hogs and to apply information available on nutrient levels in feeds, they can formulate and mix swine rations that will result in performance comparable with those commercially available.
On-farm mixing is not for all producers. It does demand accuracy, attention to detail, additional equipment in some cases, and a good job of mixing.
Supplying vitamins has been a problem for those interested in on-farm ration formulation in some areas of Missouri. Several vitamin sources are available to producers. These vary rather widely in price, number of vitamins contained, concentration of vitamins in the mix, and other nutrients or additives present.
There are many variations, but vitamin supplementation in broad terms is available to Missouri producers in three forms. These might be called: complete supplements, mineral-vitamin premixes and vitamin premixes.
Complete supplements
These commonly include all nutrients required other than the energy source or grain. They should include protein, major minerals, trace minerals, vitamins, and antibiotics or other drug ingredients.
In most cases, these supplements do a good job of meeting vitamin requirements if purchased from reliable companies and fed according to recommendations. Disadvantages may be in less flexibility in purchasing ingredients of protein, calcium, phosphorus and antibiotics.
In general, prices will be higher in this form than where the producer purchases and mixes these ingredients separately. However, many times there is some service included in addition to feedstuffs.
Protein, calcium and phosphorus levels in the complete ration should be checked using company recommendations and average figures on these nutrients and in the grain you are feeding. In most cases it is not possible to evaluate vitamin and trace mineral levels since they usually are not listed by amounts on the company's feed tag. The producer assumes that amounts of these nutrients are adequate. His evaluation of a particular company's feed then is based primarily on price and past experience with his pigs' performance using their supplement.
Particular attention should be paid to kinds and amounts of antibiotics present in evaluating commercial supplements. Many times this is the major difference in cost between the products of two companies. Feed tags must list actual amounts of antibiotics in the supplement.
Be sure to evaluate antibiotics and other drug ingredients on amounts per ton of complete mixed feed, taking into consideration additive concentration in the supplement and the company's recommendations on amounts to add per ton of complete feed.
Mineral-vitamin premixes
Commercial mineral-vitamin premixes have some of the same limitations as complete supplements for producers set up to do their own ration mixing. The major minerals of calcium, phosphorus and salt are nearly always included, and trace minerals are often included as well. Mineral-vitamin premixes permit the swine producer to purchase protein needs separately. They may or may not be medicated. They may or may not include on the tag actual amounts of vitamins present.
Where actual ingredient amounts are not listed, the producer again must depend on the reliability of the company, past experience with this product, and the current cost compared to other sources. Where vitamins are listed and concentrations given, an evaluation of amounts present can be checked against the requirements of the pig to see if requirements are met.
This source of supplementation generally is a slightly more expensive way to provide vitamins, and it is considerably more expensive to provide calcium and phosphorus compared to actual ingredient costs bought and mixed. Again, some of the detail of formulating and mixing these ingredients has been done for the producer and this may have some value.
Vitamin premixes
Several companies market vitamin premixes in Missouri. The most common variations in these are in concentrations, amounts recommended to mix per ton of feed, levels of antibiotics or medications present, and price. The cost that vitamins add to a ton of swine feed can vary significantly depending on these variations. In a series of least-cost computer ration formulation meetings conducted by MU researchers, the addition of vitamins from commercial companies varied from $2 to more than $10 per ton of complete mixed feed.
The basic goal of producers should be to meet the vitamin requirements of different weights and classes of swine. This is essential for top production. The second goal, of course, is to meet these needs as economically as possible. Table 1 lists the Missouri recommended vitamin additions per ton of complete feed. These suggested figures are adapted from the 1988 National Research Council's recommended nutrient requirements for swine, which equal or exceed these requirement figures.
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Missouri recommended vitamin additions per ton of complete feed
Because of the variability of vitamins in natural swine feedstuffs and the relatively low cost of commercial vitamins, it is recommended that producers provide the following vitamins completely from the vitamin premix and disregard amounts in the feed. These are vitamin A, D, E, K, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, choline and B12. Thiamin and vitamin B6 requirements should be met in adequate amounts in normal swine feeds.
With these requirements in mind, the first step in deciding which vitamin supplement to buy is to select a reliable company. Second, carefully study the feed tag. Third, determine ingredients present other than vitamins and determine their value to you. Fourth, check vitamin levels using the vitamin supplement check sheet in Table 3 to determine if requirements are met. Fifth, compare price.
Most vitamin premixes contain a list of vitamins present and units of each vitamin per pound of premix. They then recommend how many pounds of premix to mix in a ton of complete feed. A simple way to see if your premix meets the vitamin requirements of the pig is to check vitamin levels on a ton of complete feed basis. Follow the example in Tables 2 and 3.
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Swine grower vitamin premix-vitamin guarantees per pound
Table 3
Calculating vitamin levels
If you are offered the grower premix in Table 2, will it meet the needs of 60-pound pigs? Looking down the list, find on the premix tag that there are 600,000 units of vitamin A per pound of premix. This is entered under "Units per pound of premix," column 2, Table 3. Multiplying units per pound by pounds premix per ton gives the total units per ton for vitamin A of 4,800,000 IU This figure is in column 4, Table 3. This more than meets recommendation for finishing hogs. If one gives credit for some vitamin A in feedstuffs, it probably will be adequate for growers and breeders.
Using the same procedures with other vitamins in Table 3, one would conclude this vitamin source is at best borderline in assuring adequate vitamins from this source only. Producers can consider adding a higher level of this vitamin supplement or look for one with a higher concentration of vitamins per pound.
Once you are satisfied that vitamin levels are adequate, consider the other nutrients in the premix that have been mentioned. You need to have some idea of their value on a ton of feed basis.
Table 4 provides a worksheet designed for quickly checking vitamin sources to see if they meet Missouri recommendations.
Table 4
Calculating vitamin levels using your premix. Use this worksheet and follow the procedure used in the example in this guide to evaluate your vitamin source
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31243, Hymns, With Humble Heart, no. 171
1. With humble heart, I bow my head
And think of thee, O Savior, Lord.
I take the water and the bread
To show remembrance of thy word.
2. Help me remember, I implore,
Thou gav'st thy life on Calvary,
That I might live forevermore
And grow, dear Lord, to be like thee.
3. To be like thee! I lift my eyes
From earth below toward heav'n above,
That I may learn from vaulted skies
How I my worthiness can prove.
4. As I walk daily here on earth,
Give me thy Spirit as I seek
A change of heart, another birth,
And grow, dear Lord, to be like thee.
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Music: Thomas L. Durham, b. 1950. © 1985 IRI
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I have been very busy for the past few months with a new addition to our family. Now that my wife is back to work, and the kids back in day care I will have more time to spend on BP Links.
One of my clients has been generous enough to donate 2 hours worth of my consulting time to this project to fix any serious bugs that have appeared since the release of WP 3, and the latest BP releases.
My time is not unlimited of course, so if some of the serious users of BP Links want to put their heads together and compile a prioritized list of the most important fixes that are needed, that would be huge.
Beyond updating the code to work 100% with newer WP/BP versions it is going to be hard to support this plugin with newer features, etc, as I have received less than $100 worth of donations for the hundreds of hours of free time that I have put into this project. It is nowhere near a total loss, since I have learned a lot, made many new friends, and some great clients. However, the reality is that I need to make money, so projects that pay are going to be a priority.
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IK Multimedia Winter NAMM 2006 Video Coverage
The 2006 Winter NAMM show provided musicians and artists from every style and genre an introduction to some of the best innovative tools for music production. IK was no exception, and gave artists and musicians the opportunity to achieve more with their music by learning about all of IK's new software and hardware production tools at a special two-day hotel clinic. Hear the sounds and get a closer look at IK's new guitar amp and FX processing hardware/software combo, AmpliTube 2 with StompIO, and watch amazing artist performances on the NAMM show floor with some of IK's signature audio tools in the videos provided below.
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Safari Ltd, a family-owned manufacturer and worldwide distributor of museum-quality educational toys, recently launched a new website along with a new brand logo.
The new website has improved its appearance with a better navigation system and search tools to help consumers find the toys they are shopping for. The website also includes a community forum, a blog, and a Safaripedia section, to serve as an additional educational resource.


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A catalog that's even more ridiculous than SkyMall? This may be it… Neiman Marcus recently unveiled its annual Christmas Book (the 86th year it's done so!) that contains oodles of ridiculous, who'd-ever-need-this, so-crazy-it's-awesome products, including a $100,000 henhouse (with chickens!), a pair of $1.09 million watches that don't really tell time (unless you twist a knob), a $70,000 video portrait of a snowy owl, a walk-on role in "Annie: the Musical," and a $99,500 jet pack.
Can't choose? For the low, low price of $3,500, you'll get a grab bag of 53 products worth $3,500. We're. Not. Kidding. Got a sec? Start flipping through the digital version of the catalog online here. Let's just hope that the Neiman Marcus for Target holiday collaboration is a little less SkyMall and a little more down-to-earth. (WWD)


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Short report: Partner Meeting 2010
On 07/08 April, a wide range of ForeStClim partners convened in Strasbourg to inform each other about the latest news and progress made.
An impressive number of 40 participants from 15 partner organisations joined this meeting which was held at the premises of SERTIT, SErvice Régional de Traitement d'Image et de Télédétection, Université de Strasbourg.
The first day of the meeting saw numerous contributions; representatives from nearly all partner organisations presented their activities and results achieved so far, as well as their outlook for 2010/11. Due to the tight schedule, discussion mostly occurred in the breaks, during coffee and lunch. Besides the opportunity to understand the particular involvement each ForeStClim partners, it has been a chance to make new, personal contact to other partners working on similar subjects.
To the opinion of the project management, this has been a truly transnational event; and it has proven that ForeStClim partners are keen on interacting with each other rather than working on their own. It was also encouraging to see so many people participate in spite of the Easter vacation period. Therefore a big THANK YOU! to all of you who participated and made this meeting possible!
For day 2, Julien Prinet and his colleagues from Office National des Forêts (O.N.F.) had organised a guided tour to several locations in the Alsatian forest. A first visit lead to the Forêt Domaniale de la Hardt Sud near Habsheim, situated in the "rain shadow" of the Vosges mountains. Here, O.N.F. colleagues Pierre Geldreich and Laurent Gautier presented how they are assessing the sensitivity of forest stands towards climate change. Marc-Etienne Wilhelm then explained their innovative sylvicultural approach based on long periods of experience and observation.
To show the wide range of sites under O.N.F. responsibility, the second visit lead to a former spruce-dominated site at the steep mid-slopes of the Vosges mountains. It has been severely affected by windthrow and also influenced by expanding holly bush vegetation. Participants discussed management options at this rather extreme site, also taking into account predicted climate changes.
For all of you who would like to take a closer look at the day 1 presentations, and of course also for all who were not able to make it to the meeting, the partner contributionsare uploaded into the website's internal area . To access them, please log in with your personal login/password. You will find the presentations - including the O.N.F. excursion guide in the folder
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Internships and cooperative education (co-op) experiences are some of the most meaningful college experiences. An internship or co-op offers a great opportunity for students to connect classroom learning to "real-world" settings, and to earn college credit and wages to help pay expenses. For employers, it is a way to augment staff and to build a pipeline of talented entry-level employees. The College of Business Administration (CBA) offers undergraduate internship and co-ops. The Coordinator of Internships assists undergraduates, graduates and employers alike through the internship/co-op experience.
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Students who participate in internships and co-ops can receive college credit. Co-ops are reflected on transcripts as a Credit/No credit class and internships are reflected as a three-credit elective. Both internships and co-ops have some related academic requirements. Graduate students are limited to internship opportunities which are reflected on transcripts as a Credit/No credit class. There are limited co-op options available for graduate students. credit class. The CBA graduate co-op option is expected to expand in the 2018-2019 academic year. See information about graduate internships and employment opportunities.
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PPR - precatalyzed powder, urea resin adhesive.
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Urea Resin � Plastic Powdered Resin (PPR) � Tan
Urea resins are a truly versatile adhesive, capable of most assembly gluing, face and edge gluing, laminating and veneering. Urea resin glue line characteristics: strong, rigid, thermoset, Type II water resistance, and excellent heat resistance. Powdered Plastic Resin (PPR) product may be hot pressed, cold pressed, vacuum bagged or radio frequency (RF) cured. See download section for complete Technical data sheet
Water is necessary to reconstitute the powder resin. Amount of water used should be 50-65% of the weight of the dry powder to be mixed.
* 65% is the ideal level of water.
* With the amount of required water determined, first add 2/3 of that amount of water to the mixing vessel.
* Slowly add the powder, while stirring the mix on slow RPM�s (<2,000) with a mechanical agitator.
* Continue mixing for 3-5 minutes, using a spatula to scrape powder from the sides back into the liquid. Mix should be creamy and virtually lump-free at this point.
* Add the remaining 1/3 water and mix for an additional minute. Mix should be smooth, creamy, and lump-free.
Spread rate will largely depend on the nature of the work being done and the method of cure employed. Thin spreads are critical when working with raw veneer in order to reduce the effect of bleed through. Bleed through is the occurrence of glue seeping through the pores of the wood to show up on the face of the panel. Be aware of the thickness of your veneer and relative porosity of the species you�re working with, and adjust the spread accordingly. In many instances, a thin spread coupled with mandatory open assembly time (perhaps up to 10 minutes) will be necessary to prevent excessive bleed-through.
The amount of glue squeezed out while under pressure is still a good determinant as to how your spread level is. Remember, it�s not only the amount of glue, but also how consistently it was applied, and squeeze out can give you indications of each.
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Once mixed with water, the resin will advance in its cure stage until it is unusable. The amount of time between first mixed until it reaches the unusable point is termed pot life. As with most directions for gluing, this is a dynamic value. It will change, primarily due to temperature. Hotter temperatures yield a shorter pot life and vice versa. There is no problem putting mixed resin in the refrigerator to extend its pot life; however, it should not reach below 55�F, as it will thicken to the point where it won�t spread well.
* At 70�F pot life will be 5-1/2 hours, and @ 90�F will be 3 hours.
* The adhesive will continue to cure until it is rock hard�generally within 24 hours.
* Only experience and a careful eye will tell you the point when the mix is unusable, so err on the side of performance rather than yield. When it has thickened to the point that it is not spreading well, consider the mix unusable.
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Urea resins offer very generous assembly times, making them ideal for intricate work requiring longer lay-up time. Once again, these are dynamic, dependent on spread rate, substrate porosity, moisture content, and temperature�both ambient and stock temp.
* As temperature increases, allowable assembly times decrease. Max. assembly time @ 70�F is 40 minutes, and @ 90�F is 20 minutes.
Ureas are water-based products and therefore can be cleaned up with water. Warm water is preferred, as either cold or hot water will make clean-up more difficult. Eliminate as much of the adhesive from surfaces to be cleaned as possible, prior to adding water. The straight adhesive should be collected in a bucket and allowed to sit until cured completely, which leaves a solid plug of urea. This can be discarded as solid waste in a dumpster.
As with the use of any industrial chemical, proper care should be taken when handling urea adhesives. These are specifically outlined in the MSDS, available at veneersystems.com as a PDF download.
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Topographic maps, which show landscape features and elevations, were critical in the selection of the Mars Curiosity landing site and the rover's subsequent treks across the Martian surface.
A team of scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Ariz., began making maps in 2007 for this summer's landing. Led by geophysicist Randy Kirk, the team used the cameras on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to take stereopairs, which USGS describes as "two photographs of the same area from slightly different angles -- whose combination produces a three-dimensional image from which elevation data for every pixel can be derived."
The resulting digital topographic maps have created huge datasets. The maps of the Gale crater landing site contained as much information as is contained in the entire global topographic map of Mars, USGS said. According to the agency, that amount of data is about a million times more than what the team produced by nondigital stereo mapping of the 1997 Mars Pathfinder landing site, the team's first landing-site assessment.
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A new and Progressive Science shows how Wavevolution, or the transformation from waves to atoms, is the connecting link that closes the circle of science to open our eyes toward new horizons never seen before.
The bureaucracy of traditional science prevents the recognition of any event unless certain criteria are first met. The problem of this science is buried deep in the compilation of these "laws" or criteria introduced by a few scientists in the name of all science and from their erroneous understanding of the relation between Space and Time. This antiquated system of rules also results in misleading theories.
For example, Space is not "curved".
In Einstein's paradigm, a stone that falls on the ground from the window of a moving train also marks one parabola in Space. Although, this path is only apparent since the Earth is also moving and the Time spent by the stone to reach the ground has also changed to some degree that imaginary vertical line. At the Time of the initial Movement when the stone falls from the window, its potential trajectory is one perpendicular Space that is no longer the same as the stone continues to move until it hits the ground. If the scientist had known that the coordinates of Space in Time are unique and unrepeatable then all the rest would have also been "straight". That perpendicular is straight but accounted as "curve" because of the limits of science unable to recognize the issue of simultaneity. In reference to each body on each moment in Time there are always only two coordinates in Space for one perpendicular.
And with two coordinates there is no curve.
One perpendicular is unrepeatable and never the same because while the measure of it is repeatable and any measurement can be applied for different segments instead one perpendicular marked in Time is like an imprint on clay with one mold that is not repeatable. These are the limits of science in regard to simultaneity and repeatability that like a white flag surrender traditional science to Religion.
The perpendicular changes in Time but Einstein believed that the concept of Space is independent from the concept of Time.
Much confusion comes from these approximations.
One new Awareness will be found in between the winding creativity of the human mind and the rigid logic of numbers.
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A person with the use of one arm can adopt special work methods and adapted tools and equipment to make homemaking tasks easier. They can learn to do almost all household tasks with the help of special techniques and devices. Suggestions for these techniques and devices that are helpful are included in this guide. Use these ideas to devise your own equipment and methods — find a way that works best for you.
People with the use of one arm as a result of a stroke have additional limitations. They may have difficulty remembering how to perform simple tasks that they have done for years. Speech or hearing problems, limited peripheral vision, impaired judgment and lack of arm and leg control may also result from stroke.
A stroke will affect each person differently. Therefore, adjustments must be made for each individual.
Memory problems
To help overcome problems caused by impaired memory, we suggest the following:
- Plan each task carefully.
- Write things down. Use a chalk board, bulletin board or magnets on metal surfaces to fasten notes.
- Plan easy meals.
- Use convenience foods.
- Assemble all ingredients, tools and equipment before starting preparation.
- Set a timer when food is cooking on the range or baking in the oven.
- Keep storage areas neat with each item in its place to avoid having to search for an item.
- Label cabinets and containers.
Special tools, devices, and equipment
Some adapted equipment and special devices will make tasks easier. Choose items carefully. Buy equipment that will help you overcome the limitations imposed by your disability and enable you to function more efficiently. All equipment should be as versatile, durable and easy to clean. Consider the amount and location of necessary storage space.
This publication lists some sources where these items may be purchased. Send for catalogs and current prices before ordering.
Nail board
Fruits, vegetables, meats and other foods can be peeled, sliced or chopped easily with one hand by securing the food on a nail board.
This versatile aid can be purchased (Sources 1, 2 and 3) or made by anyone with basic carpenter tools and skills.
To build, use a wooden cutting board and aluminum or stainless steel nails (to prevent rusting). Drill two holes slightly smaller than the nails to be inserted, and 1 to 1-1/2 inches apart as shown in Figure 1.
A 1/2 inch x 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch wood edging may be nailed around one corner to form a raised edge to stabilize bread or toast for buttering or making sandwiches.
Figure 1
Screw-on suction cups can be attached under each corner to prevent the board from sliding during use. A damp sponge cloth may be used under the board instead of suction cups. Sponge cloths are absorbent and easy to clean. They may be purchased at grocery, hardware and variety stores.
Place a piece of waxed paper or a paper towel down over the nails before preparing the food to make clean-up easier.
It is wise to use two cork stoppers or a sponge to place over the nails when not in use to avoid possible skin punctures.
A floating blade peeler is safer and easier to use for most fruits and vegetables than a knife.
Bowl holders
A bowl holder grips a bowl firmly while batters, heavy doughs and other foods are prepared. Notches at the sides hold the bowl while the finished batter or food is scraped into the prepared pan underneath.
To build, use 3 pieces of 1/2-inch plywood (10 inches x 12 inches; 3 x 10; and 5-1/2 x 10). Make the bowl opening to fit the bowl most frequently used. Cut 1/2-inch-deep notches on both sides about 1 inch apart. Glue and nail the holder together as shown in Figure 2. Using waterproof adhesive, glue 3/8-inch-wide rubber weatherstripping around the bowl opening and across the bottom edges of the frame to prevent slipping.
Figure 2
Stainless steel bowls with a rim wide enough to catch firmly in the notches are satisfactory. Unbreakable plastic bowls are preferred by some. Metal and plastic bowls with handles are easy to lift and fit into the bowl holder. Glass or china bowls are usually too heavy and frequently do not have a satisfactory rim.
Without the bowl holder, some people are able to use a plastic Grip'N'Mix Bowl by Rubbermaid (source 7). Placed in the lap, the bowl can be stabilized with the arm for stirring or mixing.
A long-handled measuring cup or an ice cream scoop may be satisfactory for transferring batter or mixture from bowl to baking pans with one hand.
A plated metal frame with rubber feet holds a 3-quart stainless mixing bowl with handle while mixing is done. The bowl is lifted from the slots and batter poured into pan underneath. To scrape the bowl, it is lowered into the slots in pour position. Bowl lifts out for cooking and cleaning. This item has been found to be very helpful for people working with one hand. Available from sources 1 and 2.
Handle stabilizer
A pan handle stabilizer can be made to attach to the range top (or the side, if the range is small and space between burners or units is limited). This allows the person with the use of only one arm to stir while the pan stays in a stable position.
To build, follow the dimensions in the accompanying diagrams of Figure 3. The width of the center slot may vary, depending on the size of handles, and the slotted portion can be shortened or lengthened to accommodate the height of handles.
Figure 3
Either suction cups or strong magnets can be used to attach the device to the range. If suction cups are used, they adhere better when damp or wet. Press firmly for good suction. If removing the holder from the range, slide it off or loosen suction with knife edge instead of pulling it up to prevent the cups from being torn loose from the wood.
This device can also be purchased from sources 1, 2 and 3.
Can openers
Almost any standard electric can opener with a vertically straight cutting blade can be operated with one hand. The Oster Touch-A-Matic is excellent because the motor is activated with only light pressure from the finger or palm of the hand. An opener with a long lever that requires downward pressure to pierce the lid and activate the cutting action is also satisfactory.
An opener with a magnet to hold the lid while removing the opened can is preferable. The opener should be easy to move about on the counter as needed, remain stable during operation, be easy to clean and have a protected cutting blade to avoid cuts on the fingers.
Set the can to be opened on a damp sponge or several sponges on top of each other, until the top of the can reaches the cutting blade of the opener.
If the can opener tends to slide, it may be placed on a rubber or plastic mat or stabilized against the wall.
Jar openers
Removing the lid from a screw-top jar when it is very tight is difficult. Two types of jar openers are available that makes this task possible for the person working with one hand.
The Zim Jar Opener is a deep wedge, lined with steel teeth that grasp the lid as the jar is turned. It can be attached to a wall and folds flat when not in use. If the opener can be hung above a counter or small shelf, it will be easier to set the jar down after it is opened and spills will be easier to clean up than from the floor.
The Zim also has a bottle cap pry opener along the top edge. This opener is available in some larger hardware stores and from sources 1, 2 and 3 listed at the end of this guide.
Some similar openers currently on the market are made from softer metal and are not as durable or satisfactory as the Zim.
A flat, half-circle, undercounter jar lid opener, called UN-SKRU. is available. It is less expensive and may be easier for some to use than the wedge type. It opens any screw lid from 3/8 inch to 3-3/8 inch without adjustments. Slip the jar lid into the opener where it wedges — turn with a quick, one-hand operation. It is made from durable plastic with a steel-ribbed gripper. This device is available from sources 1, 2 and 3.
It may be possible to open a jar by wedging it between the knees when seated. This method also works for anchoring bags or boxes of food for opening with one hand.
A bottle or jar may be placed in the corner of a waist-high drawer. Use body to push drawer tight against the jar then twist and remove cap.
Wrap a damp dish cloth around the jar to provide more friction as well as a precaution against breakage.
Non-slip flexible rubber grippers are also excellent. They are available from source 3.
Rocking knives
Curved blade, rocking knives make food preparation and cutting food at meal time easy. By rocking the handle up and down, the sharp, curved blade cuts meat and other foods easily. They can be ordered from sources 1, 2 and 3.
Auto fork
A cooking fork with a double handle and a sliding metal plate to push food off the fork tines is available from source 6. The worker with one hand can spear the food item, turn it over for further cooking, or transfer it to another location, then squeeze the handles together to release the food.
Wonder Cups
The Wonder Cup measures liquids, granules and solid shortening easily and with less mess. Slide cup bottom to desired setting. fill to top, then push or pour to empty. Self-cleaning action removes all materials as ingredient is ejected, so the container need not be washed between ingredients. Available from sources 4, 5 and 9.
Long-handled sponges
Long-handled sponges have many uses. Usually sold as bath tub scrubbers, they can also be used for dusting, cleaning the refrigerator, or cabinet shelves, mopping spills, etc. Available from sources 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Suction brushes
Two types of suction brushes are available. The double brush has heavy-duty nylon bristles for washing glassware, vegetables and dishes. The 6-inch rubber suction cup anchors firmly to side or bottom of sink.
A small scrub brush with two non-slip suction cups are excellent for many uses. Have one for handwashing and possibly one for dentures. Keep one in the kitchen for vegetables, silverware, dishes, etc. Available from sources 1, 2 and 3.
Some people find short kitchen tongs better to lift, turn or transfer food than a fork. They are readily available in houseware departments and mail-order houses. Tongs may also be used for retrieving items from high shelves or from the floor, or as an aid to bedmaking. Long tongs are available from sources 1, 2, 3 and 5.
Lock-on drainer
A flat aluminum drainer that locks on any size pan up to 9-1/2 inches in diameter allows the worker to safely drain foods with one hand. This is available from sources 1, 2, 3 and 6.
Drain and strain pan
A 3-quart saucepan with a lock-on cover and drain holes at top of saucepan to merit safe, one-handed draining is available from source 6.
Fry basket
A spaghetti cooker or fry basket used in a saucepan to cook vegetables eliminates the need for draining. Hot liquids can be left to cool before storing or discarding.
Long-handled cups and spoons
Long-handled measuring cups and spoons are easier to use than short-handled ones. Flat measuring spoons with long, raised handles that lie flat make measuring liquids, salt, etc. easy for the worker with one hand.
Rounded measuring spoons can be stabilized by placing the bowl of the spoon in a lid from a small bottle.
Ejector spoon
This spoon dispenses anything from cookie dough to peanut butter with one hand. Made of stainless steel, it has a spring-action level on the 8-inch handle. See source 9.
Kitchen shears
Shears are useful to cut open plastic or paper packages. An imported brand, Fiskars, is lightweight and can be purchased for the right or left hand. They are available from department and fabric stores and mail-order houses throughout the country.
Five-inch snippers may be used while held in the palm of the hand and blades closed with the fingers and thumb. A spring action opens the snippers. These are available in fabric and department stores. One manufacturer is Wiss.
Kitchen aprons
A plastic apron hoop with a terry cloth hand towel makes a no-tie, no-iron apron. It can be fitted around the waist and removed with one hand. To construct: Fold over 1-1/2 inches on the long edge of the towel and stitch. (Run the apron hoop through the casing.) One or more face clothes may be sewn to the towel as pockets.
Cleaning aprons
Although some hazard is involved with loose pockets, a cleaning apron with several pockets is convenient. They can hold a dust cloth, a damp sponge in a plastic bag to wipe up stubborn spots, a paper bag to hold waste scraps and another to hold items that must be returned to their proper places is convenient.
To make, use about 30 inches of cotton material such as terry cloth, denim or some other easy-care fabric. Amount of material may vary with desired apron length. It should be short enough to be comfortable and the contents of pockets should not hit the knees.
- Sew a 1-inch hem at the top edge as a casing for the hoop.
- If the material has no right or wrong side, hem the bottom edge to the outside and turn up about 10 inches to form pockets. If material has right and wrong side, cut off a 12-inch piece of material and make seam with wrong sides together to turn up for pockets.
- Stitch down along apron side edges.
- Stitch at desired intervals to make pockets.
To put the apron on, grasp the center front of the hoop at "A" in sketch. Hook the outside end of hoop "B" at your side and straighten until the hoop curves around your waist (Figure 4).
Figure 4
The plastic hoop can be purchased at notion counters or from sources 1, 2 and 3. They are available in small, medium and large sizes.
Techniques to simplify work for the worker with one hand
Almost every meal requires some cutting preparation. Knives should be kept sharp and a solid cutting board is a necessity.
- Use the cutting board with built-up corner to anchor boxes and open with linoleum knife or shears.
- Keep frequently used staples such as flour and sugar in canisters with easy-to-lift lids on the counter to avoid having to move them.
- When measuring dry ingredients, level the measuring spoon by scraping it against the container or by shaking off the excess.
- If it is necessary to take an opened can of food containing liquid across the kitchen, place the can in a bowl or pan to carry it to avoid spills on the floor.
- A kettle of water on the range or counter next to it will be more convenient than returning to the sink or water source for cooking water.
- Prepacked commercial or home-produced foods in boiling bags heated in boiling water or a microwave oven make meal preparation easy.
- Pre-cut, loose pack frozen vegetables save time and energy. Plastic bags are easier to open than boxes. Loose pack in bags allows use of the desired amount; the remainder can be re-tied and placed back in the freezer.
- Use a baster to remove excess fat when frying bacon or fat and juices from meatloaf and roasts, before carving or serving.
- Ladle or spoon hot foods from saucepan rather than lifting the pan for draining if it is heavy.
- A damp cloth or towel with a loop for fastening on wheelchair, cabinet, or range handle is handy.
- A rubber mat on the counter or work surface will stabilize bowls, cold pans and boxes.
- Nonstick finishes make pans and utensils easy to wash.
- A microwave oven is a safe, quick cooking method for casseroles, vegetables, fruits and boneless meats. The microwave oven is also excellent for reheating left-overs and there is no "left-over" flavor.
Remove seldom-used tools, equipment, saucepans and other items from kitchen drawers and cabinets to make needed items easier to find.
Periodically remove obsolete or unused items from medicine chest, clothes closets and dresser drawers. Frequently used items will be easier to locate.
Store items where they are most frequently used. For example, pot holders, pancake turner, baster and slotted spoon should be near the range center.
Keep frequently used items in convenient, easy-to-reach locations when possible. The electric mixer, can opener, and flour and sugar canisters should be at the back of the counter in the mix center. Store sharp knives on a magnetic knife rack hung on the wall or other special rack for greater accessibility and safety.
Use peg board for hanging tools where they are used, such as measuring cups and spoons at the mix center.
Use heavy magnetic hooks on refrigerator, range and other metal surfaces for hanging pot holders, tools, towels and recipes in use.
A new item on the market, the Kitchen Carousel, holds up to 40 kitchen tools and knives. It rotates completely around like a lazy susan and helps organize a kitchen or workshop. It is available from sources 8 and 9.
Safety precautions
Unplug mixers from electrical outlet before inserting or releasing beaters.
Keep sharp knives and other sharp objects in special holders instead of loose in a drawer.
Clean up spills immediately from floor to avoid falls. A long-handled sponge or mop should be used for clean up if your balance is poor.
Do not wear loose or full sleeves that might catch on pan handles or catch on fire.
Avoid garments with large, in-seam pockets or tie belts that might catch on knobs or handles.
Many of the items mentioned in this bulletin are available from large hardware stores and housewares departments of department stores, or they may be ordered from supply houses like the ones listed. Sources 1 and 2 do not have catalogs. Call or write them for current prices for these and other needed items. Sources 3 through 8 have catalogs for these and many other useful items.
- United Medical Mart
11833 New Halls Ferry Road
Florissant, Mo. 63033
- Doctor's Equipment Service
6021 Troost
Kansas City, Mo. 64110
- Fashion Able
Rocky Hill, N.J. 08553
- Miles Kimball
41 West Eighth Ave.
Oshkosh, Wis, 54091
- Nasco Home Economics Catalog
901 Janesville Ave.
Fort Atkinson, Wis. 53538
- American Foundation for the Blind
Consumer Products Department
15 W. 16th St.
New York, N.Y. 10011
- Rubbermaid
Wooster, OH 44691
- The Garden Way
Country Kitchen Catalog
Charlotte, Vt. 05445
- Walter Drake and Sons
Drake Building
Colorado Springs, Colo. 80940
Books that may be helpful to people with physical disabilities are:
- Mealtime Manual
Box 65
Ronks, Pa. 17572
- The Source Book for the Disabled
W. B. Saunders, Publisher
W. Washington Square
Philadelphia, Penn


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Stand up to right-wingers
The world is not flat but actually round — so when you are in a conversation with someone that believes the world is flat, homophobia is acceptable, woman should not have access to health care, department of education should be abolished, the environmental protection agency should be abolished, Social Security should be abolished, the way to prosperity is to cut spending, there is no way to actually have a discussion — "compromise" is impossible.
The right wing of the Republican Party has become so extreme that when I read their words and philosophy it sounds like I am reading a playbook right out of the Taliban or al Qaeda in the Middle East. I would think that politicians from Iran have infiltrated America and are trying to tear down our democracy.
Right-wing Republicans want to ruin the progress toward freedom that we have built in this great country and return us to the days of religious oppression and hypocrisy — merciless tyranny of the rich and powerful.
In the beginning of this country there was oppression toward all people who were not Christian religious or rich or white or male. Through the years we have fought for freedom for all people in our work and personal lives.
We have a department of labor to protect us from employers that mistreat workers. We have a retirement safety net so old or sick people are not thrown into the streets to starve or freeze to death. Woman and all races can now safely walk the streets not fearing for their safety.
Please, America, stand up to these right-wing Republicans trying to highjack America and attempting to return us to the oppressive days of the past.
Ken Earle
Hood River
Say it ain't so, Greg
I was in Washington, D.C., last week and had the chance to meet for the first time with our Rep. Greg Walden. To his credit, he took the time to meet with me, an ordinary constituent, during a very busy period.
We had a very cordial talk about the government shutdown, default on the debt and the need for immigration reform. Rep. Walden assured me that the Republican leadership didn't want to keep the government closed or default on our financial obligations, and he believed that the vote that very evening would pass and reopen the government until January.
I was glad to hear that and also encouraged him to work to push the next vote beyond the primary season so that representatives would not be pressured to take extreme positions on these important votes. He talked about the time frame for the primaries, but expressed no concern about a challenge from the right in his district.
Given our talk, I assumed that he would vote with the moderate majority to end the crisis. Imagine my surprise and disappointment when I learned that less than 10 hours after our conversation Walden took the extreme right position and voted to keep the government closed and send our country into default. He did not share with me on Wednesday any of the explanations he would give on Thursday for this vote.
I now feel that in our meeting he was at best disingenuous, and at worst showed a lack of integrity and honesty. I did not expect him to agree with all my positions, but I did expect more transparency from my representative.
I can only hope he will be stronger on the other issue we discussed: coming to the district more often and talking more openly with all his constituents about how to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.
Leanne Hogie
Hood River
Enough is enough
In response to "Walden disappoints" (Our readers write, Oct. 19): Walden is one of the few who are brave enough to put their foot down and say enough is enough. Our economy is and has been moving toward meltdown. Our government spends money faster than it comes in; another way to say it: They are spending money we do not have.
How long can we keep paying off credit cards with credit cards? And the big question is: How do you get people to listen and take action?
Good news is the shutdown ended and opened some eyes. The bad news is that we are still in trouble with spending more than we have, and in three months we will run out of money again and get to go through this again, because the Republicans and the Democrats will not sit down together without fighting on what programs are not working and/or need to be cut or handed over to the private sector where real people can sort through the waste and move forward.
Ron Morgan
Mount Hood-Parkdale
Long live Tea Party
All hail the ACA-Obama care! The new name for unrepresented taxation.
Long live the Tea Party!
Paul Nevin
Hood River
Gun puzzler
In re the gun raffle for the Gorge Heroes Club: I realize that I am hopelessly old-fashioned (as I also know that I am hopelessly old), but I fail to see how a raffle of firearms (that don't seem to be of the hunting variety) is any sort of a tribute to those who have given their lives and fortunes for the safety and well-being of their fellow countrymen.
Unless these firearms were bought by true patriots who would melt them down into the proverbial plowshares, it seems to be a horrible tribute to the heroes of our country.
Catherine Kelter
Hood River
The choice is yours
Do you want a 16-story cellphone tower blocking the view of Mount Adams from Fairview Drive? No? Well, then, how about a 14-story one?
The choice is yours: If you're fine with "just" a 14-story cell tower, then do nothing. A big East Coast corporation will have it there in a jiffy.
But if you think 14 stories is still totally out of place, then come and be part of a citizen show of strength on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Let our county planners know that we think the word "scenic" means just that — scenic.
Mike Hendricks
Hood River
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Odyssey Part 1 Text Analysis Essay
Like Homer's other epic, the Iliad, the Odyssey begins in medias res, or in the middle of things. Rather than open the story with the culmination of the Trojan War, Homer begins midway through Odysseus's wanderings. This presentation of events out of chronological sequence achieves several different goals: it immediately engages the interest of an audience already familiar with the details of Odysseus's journey; it provides narrative space for a long and evocative flashback later in the text (Books 9–12), in which Odysseus recounts his earlier travels; and it gives the story a satisfying unity when it ends where it began, at the house of Odysseus, in Book 24.
Most important, the in medias res opening infuses the foreground of the story with a sense of urgency. Were the narrative to begin with the happy victory over Troy and the beginning of Odysseus's trip back to Greece (a journey the Greeks would have expected to be brief at the time), the story would start at a high point and gradually descend as Odysseus's misfortunes increased. By commencing with a brief synopsis of Odysseus's whereabouts and then focusing on Telemachus's swift maturation, the narrator highlights the tension between Telemachus and the opportunistic suitors as it reaches a climax. Spurred on by the gods, Telemachus must confront the suitors to honor his father.
Telemachus has already begun his own psychological journey by the end of Book 1. Homer highlights his progress by showing how astounded the suitors are to be told so abruptly that they will have to leave the palace after the next day's assembly. Indeed, calling the assembly is itself a sign of Telemachus's awakening manhood, as Aegyptius notes at the beginning of Book 2. But even before his confrontation with the suitors, the confrontation between him and his mother reveals his new, surprisingly commanding outlook. When Penelope becomes upset at the bard's song, Telemachus chooses not to console her but rather to scold her. His unsympathetic treatment of her and his stiff reminder that Odysseus was not the only one who perished are stereotypically masculine responses to tragedy that suit him to the demands of running his father's household. He supplements these behavioral indications of manhood with the overt declaration, "I hold the reins of power in this house" (1.414).
Of the Greek heroes who survive the Trojan War only Odysseus does not return home, because he is detained by the god of the sea, Poseidon, for an offense that he committed against that god. At a conclave of the gods on Olympus, Zeus decrees that Odysseus should at last be allowed to return to his home and family in Ithaca. The goddess Athena is sent to Ithaca where, in disguise, she tells Telemachus, Odysseus's son, that his father is alive. She advises the youth to rid his home of the great number of suitors suing for the hand of his mother, Penelope, and to go in search of his father. The suitors refuse to leave the house of Odysseus, but they give ready approval to the suggestion that Telemachus begin a quest for his father, since the venture will take him far from the shores of Ithaca.
The youth and his crew sail to Pylos, where the prince questions King Nestor concerning the whereabouts of Odysseus. Nestor, a wartime comrade of Odysseus, advises Telemachus to go to Lacedaemon, where King Menelaus can possibly give him the information he seeks. At the palace of Menelaus and Helen, for whom the Trojan War was waged, Telemachus learns that Odysseus is a prisoner of the nymph Calypso on her island of Ogygia in the Mediterranean Sea.
Zeus in the meantime sends Hermes, the messenger of the gods, to Ogygia, with orders that Calypso is to release Odysseus. When the nymph reluctantly complies, the hero constructs a boat in four days and sails away from his island prison. Poseidon, ever the enemy of Odysseus, sends great winds to destroy his boat and to wash him ashore on the coast of the Phaeacians. There he is found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinoüs of the Phaeacians, when she goes down to the river mouth with her handmaidens to wash linen. When the naked Odysseus awakens and sees Nausicaa and her maidens, he asks them where he is. Frightened at first by the stranger hiding behind the shrubbery, Nausicaa soon perceives that he is no vulgar person. She tells him where he is, supplies him with clothing, and gives him food and drink. Then she conducts him to the palace of King Alcinoüs and Queen Arete. The royal pair welcome him and promise to provide him with passage to his native land. At a great feast the minstrel Demodocus sings of the Trojan War and of the hardships suffered by the returning Greeks; Alcinoüs sees that the stranger weeps during the singing. At the games that follow the banquet and songs, Odysseus is goaded by a young Phaeacian athlete into revealing his great strength. Later, at Alcinoüs's insistence, Odysseus tells the following story of his wanderings since the war's end.
When Odysseus left Ilium he was blown to Ismarus, the Cicones' city, which he and his men sacked. Then they were blown by an ill wind to the land of the Lotus-eaters, where Odysseus had difficulty in getting his men to leave a slothful life of ease. Arriving in the land of the Cyclops, the one-eyed monsters who herded giant sheep, Odysseus and twelve of his men were caught by a Cyclops, Polyphemus, who ate the men one by one, saving Odysseus until last. That wily hero tricked the giant into a drunken stupor, however, and then blinded him with a sharpened pole and fled back to his ship. On an impulse, Odysseus disclosed his name to the blinded Polyphemus as he sailed away. Polyphemus called upon his father, Poseidon, to avenge him by hindering Odysseus's return to his homeland.
Odysseus's next landfall was Aeolia, where lived Aeolus, the god of the winds. Aeolus gave Odysseus a sealed bag containing all the contrary winds, so that they could not block his homeward voyage. However, the crew, thinking that the bag contained treasure, opened it, releasing all the winds, and the ship was blown back to Aeolia. When he learned what had happened, Aeolus was very angry that Odysseus's men had defied the gods by opening the bag of winds. He ordered them to leave Aeolia at once and denied them any winds for their homeward journey. They rowed for six days and then came to the land of the Laestrigonians, half-men, half-giants, who plucked members of the crew from the ship and devoured them. Most managed to escape, however, and came to Aeaea, the land of the enchantress Circe. Circe changed the crew members into swine, but with the aid of the herb Moly, which Hermes gave him, Odysseus withstood Circe's magic and forced her to change his crew back into men. Reconciled to the great leader, Circe told the hero that he could not get home without first consulting the shade of Teiresias, the blind Theban prophet. In the dark region of the Cimmerians Odysseus sacrificed sheep. Thereupon spirits from Hades appeared, among them the shade of Teiresias, who warned Odysseus to beware of danger in the land of the sun god.
On his homeward journey, Odysseus was forced to sail past the isle of the sirens, maidens who by their beautiful voices drew men to their death on treacherous rocks. By sealing the sailors' ears with wax and by having himself tied to the ship's mast, Odysseus passed the sirens safely. Next, he sailed into a narrow sea passage guarded by the monsters Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla's six horrible heads seized six of the crew, but the ship passed safely through the narrow channel. On the island of the sun god, Hyperion, the starving crew slaughtered some of Hyperion's sacred cows, despite a warning from their leader. The sun god thereupon caused the ship to be wrecked in a storm, all of the crew being lost but Odysseus, who was ultimately washed ashore on Ogygia, the island of Calypso.
When he concludes his story, Odysseus receives many gifts from Alcinoüs and Arete. They accompany him to a ship they provide for his voyage to Ithaca and bid him farewell, and the ship brings him at last to his own land.
Odysseus hides in a cave the vast treasure he receives from his Phaeacian hosts. The goddess Athena appears to him and counsels him on a plan by which he can avenge himself on the rapacious suitors of his wife. The goddess, after changing Odysseus into an old beggar, goes to Lacedaemon to arrange the return of Telemachus from the court of Menelaus and Helen.
Odysseus goes to the rustic cottage of his old steward, Eumaeus, who welcomes the apparent stranger and offers him hospitality. The faithful servant discloses the unpardonable behavior of Penelope's suitors and tells how Odysseus's estate was greatly reduced by their greed and love of luxury.
Meanwhile, Athena advises Telemachus to leave the ease of the Lacedaemon court and return home. On his arrival, he goes first to the hut of Eumaeus to get information from the old steward. There, Athena transforming Odysseus back to his heroic self, son and father are reunited. After pledging his son to secrecy, Odysseus describes his plan of attack. Eumaeus and Odysseus, again disguised as a beggar, go to Odysseus's house where a meal is in progress. Reviled by the suitors, who forget that hospitality to a stranger is a practice demanded by Zeus himself, Odysseus bides his time, even when arrogant Antinous throws a stool that strikes Odysseus on the shoulder.
Odysseus orders Telemachus to lock up all weapons except a few that are to be used by his own party; the women servants are to be locked in their quarters. Penelope questions Odysseus concerning his identity but Odysseus deceives her with a fantastic tale. When Eurycleia, ancient servant of the king, washes the beggar's feet and legs, she recognizes her master by a scar above the knee, but she does not disclose his identity.
Penelope plans an impossible feat of strength to free herself of her suitors. One day, showing the famous bow of Eurytus, and twelve battle-axes, she says that she will give her hand to the suitor who can shoot an arrow through all twelve ax handles. Telemachus, to prove his worth, attempts but fails to string the bow. One after another the suitors fail even to string the bow. Finally Odysseus asks if an old beggar might attempt the feat. The suitors laugh scornfully at his presumption. Then Odysseus strings the bow with ease and shoots an arrow through the twelve ax hafts. Throwing aside his disguise, he next shoots Antinous in the throat. There ensues a furious battle, in which all the suitors are killed by Odysseus and his small party. Twelve women servants who were sympathetic to the suitors are hanged in the courtyard. When Penelope, in her room, hears what the purported beggar did, husband and wife are happily reunited.


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Marjorie Rose Jolley
Marjorie Rose Jolley, a 33-year resident of Colville, passed away on Oct. 12, 2011 in Colville at the age of 76. Marjorie was born on Jan. 31, 1935 at Inchelium, the daughter of Ervin Charles and Violet Marie (Moomaw) Peone. As a young girl, Marjorie resided with her family in Inchelium, where she began grade school. She continued her education as her family relocated first to Tonasket and then to Oroville in the mid-1940s. Marjorie would often spend her summers at the home of her grandparents in Inchelium. She left school at an early age and began working in the orchards and packing houses around Oroville. At the age of 17, Marjorie met and married James Everett Jolley. They began their family while residing in Oroville and moved to Inchelium in 1968. While in Inchelium, Marjorie worked for five years with the Colville Confederated Tribe before returning home to her beloved role as homemaker. In 1978, Marjorie and Everett divorced. Marjorie moved to Colville, where she worked for a time as a model, a bartender at Murphy's Restaurant and as a local musician. She later married Keith Poirier and enjoyed traveling with him throughout Washington, Montana and Idaho. Marjorie remained in Colville following the dissolution of their marriage in 1995. She then enjoyed traveling, snow-birding to Yuma, AZ for eleven years, crafting, camping and sharing time with her family.Marjorie was a gifted musician and played a multitude on instruments, including guitar, bass, piano and banjo. She sang lead vocals at many local nursing homes, bars and dances. She had an incredible work ethic and spent countless hours making mandalas, moccasins, weaving baskets, tanning hides, beading and picking night crawlers to support her family. Marjorie always took time to tend to the needs of her family. She will be remembered for her strength of character, supportive nature and love of family.She was preceded in death by her mother, Violet; by her father, Manny Peone, and by a brother, Erval.Marjorie is survived by her seven children: Judy Todd and husband, Bob, Colbert; Ken Jolley and wife, Debbie, Kettle Falls; Linda Phipps and husband, Dwayne, Colville; Jim Jolley and wife, Bev, Inchelium; Gene Jolley and wife, Diana, Kettle Falls; Debbie Oden, Spokane; Dan Jolley and wife, Kathy, Colville; 16 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; siblings, Lorraine Hood, Kettle Falls; Elaine Bicknell, Spokane; Ron Eshom, Inchelium; Don Eshom, Kettle Falls; Marvin Eshom, Inchelium; Yvonne Eshom, Everett; and numerous nieces and nephews, including Roberta, Everett, Billy, John, Joe, Renee and Rebecca. The funeral service for Marjorie R. Jolley was held October, 15 at the Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville. Graveside service and vault interment followed at the Hall Creek Cemetery in Inche¬lium. Memorial contributions may be given to the Eagles Auxiliary "Angel Fund", 608 N. Wynne St., Colville, WA 99114. Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Pets, Pets, Pets . . .
Pit Bulls have no natural coat to withstand a life chained outdoors; some enter shelters, their Waldorf Astorias, as living skeletons with multiple gashes, mange, ears cropped hedge clipper style, and imbedded prong collars. In a life proverbially "going to the dogs", being reincarnated as a Pit Bull is the ultimate in bad K-9 karma.
Besides bearing the scars of abuse and poor press, their sheer numbers make responsible/loving homes for Pits a scarce commodity. An informal survey shows that at least 75% of all dogs in LI town shelters now are Pit Bulls and Pit mixes. City shelters are packed with Pits too. Dog demographics were different 10-15 years ago. We used to see variations on the Shepherd or Lab mix theme.
To address concerns about the overwhelming number of Pits in municipal shelters, shelter directors and rescue volunteers recently met at 2 brainstorming sessions. The immediate result is the Long Island Pit Bull Predicament Conference, sponsored by Last Hope, Inc.-Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation (www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.), to be held Sat. May 3, 2008 from 9 am to 5 pm at Suffolk Community College, Lecture Hall at the Health, Sports and Education Center of the Grant Campus in Brentwood. The conference (631-425- 1884) is open to all. Advance registration (which includes lunch) is $20; at the door is $25.
The Pit Bull situation is extremely complexsocio economically, culturally, legally, ethically. Breed specific legislation (BSL), both illegal and unfair, is not the answer. The goody two-shoe days depicting a Pit Bull as mascot of Buster Brown are long gone- RCA's "His master's voice and Petey from Our Gang. Like it or not, there is an underground economy of dog fighting and drug dealing with Pits as pricey pawns. Unfortunately the breed often appeals to the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Towns walk a fine line when they discriminate against adopters. We're yet to see if the aftermath of Michael Vick will impact positively or negatively.
Town shelters must take in all stray dogs. Pair the Pit surplus, with the trend toward "no kill" and municipal facilities are becoming holding tanks for dogs, some cage crazed, that are going no where. Private rescues can selectively pull a few, but these Pits still wait months before finding the right home. Granted many are dogs with sound temperaments, but often the strength and canineto canine aggression in others make them too much dog for many of us.
The Pit Bull Predicament Conference will focus on workable solutions to curtail irresponsible breeding and to enhance the breed's public image and adoptability. Stopping rampant breeding is the first priority. Presently mandatory spay/neuter at shelters only applies to adopted pets. Intact dogs claimed by owners continue to breed. Shelter directors are exploring creative ways and incentives to deal with this issue.
Scheduled speakers at the May 3rd Pit Bull symposium include Adam Goldfarb of the Humane Society of the US and Jane Berkey from Animal Farm Foundation, who will address the history and myths of the breed. Jane Hoffman of the Mayor's Alliance will debate dangerous dogs versus irresponsible owners while Jacques Lynn Schultz, senior outreach director for the ASPCA, will explain how to care for Pit Bulls in shelters. Linda Klampflof Almost Home Animal Rescue will discuss Training Wheels, the amazing outreach program she administers in Wyandanch. (See "Pets" online archives 11/2/06; 11/22/07.) In the last session we will develop short and long term plans to address the Pit Bull plethora.
Sorry if you detect frustration, but I've seen the extreme cases. Way before Vick's victims, plenty of dog fight rings were raided in Nassau and Suffolk. The living evidence of man's inhumanity toward his supposed best friend languishes in shelters while courts decide their fate. These battled dogs, tolerant of handlers, are bred and taunted to tear each other apart if given the slightest opportunity, and sometimes they get that chance.
Last month the SPCA seized a skinny blue-nose Pit puppy left alone for days inside a home with 3 sick kittens, one dying from something neurological. They brought the neglected pets to a town shelter. A dedicated volunteer lined up a great home for the pup. He could have had a wonderful life, but it was not to be.
The owner returned with excuses galore plus a bill of sale. He was referred to the SPCA and police. His buddy tried to re-claim the pup too. Since I'm always eavesdropping when I shouldn't be, I heard him say: "it was abandonment only if you left the animals alone outside". Hard to believe, but law enforcement let the pup go back to the neglectful owner.
...Just one more Pit story without a happy ending. The LI Pit Bull Predicament Conference offers hope. It is a step in the right direction to end needless suffering. If you care about dogs- all dogs, please attend.
Oyster Bay's Pilot Feral Cat Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Policy: Beginning this month Oyster Bay has enlisted the help of All About Spay Neuter, Inc., Joe Rachiele, and Last Hope, Inc. to implement their free TNR program. Requests from Oyster Bay residents for feral spay/neuter or help trapping are being relayed via the shelter (516-677-5784) to one of these 3 agencies. This plan is different from the Babylon Town program described here last week. Remember Babylon residents can pick up their free feral spay/neuter vouchers this Sat. 4/5 at Phelps Lane Annex from 11 am to 1 pm.
Oyster Bay Shelter Adoptables: "Yokie" #926, shown here playing on the shelter's slide, is our "Poster Pit". This 3 yr. old small mix plays well with others. You can see her romping in the yard with "Dee Dee" in the shelter's new video feature on Petfinder. "Socks"#1129 is a "purrsonable" tortoiseshell cat. Come visit these gals and other potential pets at the Miller Pl., Syosset shelter, right off the LIE Exit 43N.
Dogs: "Dee Dee" #933- "Yokie's pooch pal; "Milan"- #218- male Toy Poodle; "Gustaf"- #59- Swiss Mt. Dog mix; "Chestnut" #1116. The last 2 guys play with Yokie also.
Cats: "Spackle" #207- white & black big guy in the lobby; "Randy"- gray tabby in the showcase.


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If you frequently find yourself thinking back to the days when you wore a pair of pants without an elastic waist and wondering how you're ever going to slip back into your pre-pregnancy jeans, never fear: Our ultimate body-after-baby plan is designed to help you lose weight, gain energy and feel great in just three months, without having to devote hours to the gym or slash hundreds of calories from your diet.
This month kicks off with an anyone-can-do-it series that will help you firm your core and regain strength -- not to mention tackle some of the stress that's an inevitable part of having a new baby in the house. Our experts provide easy ways to burn fat and smart, simple nutrition strategies to follow, even if you're nursing. Most of all, we've kept it easy and lots of fun because right now, you don't have the time or inclination for much else!
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Get the OK. Make sure you check with your doc before beginning any exercise routine -- especially if you've had a C-section or given birth within the past few weeks. Generally speaking, most OBs advise waiting six weeks to allow your body time to heal from the rigors of birth.
Find a few minutes. Practice our core-strengthening moves just two or three times a week, and you'll reap benefits. Squeeze them in during naptime or any time you need an energy boost.
Move it and lose it. Try boosting your activity level whenever you can. Walk with the stroller to do nearby errands, or park in a central place and walk to each destination. Turn this into a steady-pace workout by walking for about 30 minutes, two to three days a week.
Core Connection (5-10 minutes)
For about nine months, your baby called your belly home. Now that you're once again the sole occupant of your core, it's the first place you should focus your fitness efforts. "Regaining core strength is critical for new moms," explains Elena Brower, owner of Virayoga [one word] in New York City and creator of the DVD, Element: Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga.
During pregnancy, the abdominal muscles stretch to make room for your ever-growing offspring. To regain lost strength and rebuild muscle, it's important to strengthen all of the muscles of your core, including the deep transverse abdominals, the external and internal obliques (sides), the rectus abdominals ("six pack") and the lower back. "You can do these strengthening and stretching moves almost anywhere, even if you have just a few minutes between feedings, changing diapers and laundry," says Brower. As you try the movements, "Focusing on your breathing can help you regain a sense of calm and control." Begin by taking a few breaths while staying in each pose. As you build strength, try to increase the number of breaths you take. "Stop when your breathing becomes too short or feels difficult," adds Brower. The whole routine should take only five to 10 minutes.
To see the moves, click here.
To see the moves, click here.
What you'll need: A yoga mat or towel
1. Standing Balance
Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and take a few breaths to center yourself. Bring left knee toward chest, holding it with left hand. (Place right hand on a wall for balance if necessary.) Inhale to lengthen the sides of your body from waist to armpits, and exhale to ground right foot. Take about three to five breaths here; with each exhalation, gently draw belly and pelvic floor up and in for more stability. Switch sides and repeat. As your balance improves, try taking hand off the wall and placing it on waist.
2. Downward-Facing Dog
Come to hands and knees on mat, then walk knees back a few inches until they're behind hips. Inhale, tuck toes and slowly exhale, straightening legs as you bring hips toward ceiling. Keep hands firmly rooted to the mat, especially fingertips. Remain here for three full breaths, come down, and sit back on heels to rest in child's pose or on hands and knees.
3. Warrior 1
a. From downward-facing dog, step right foot forward between hands. Turn out left heel 45 degrees; keep entire foot on floor, especially outer edge. Bring hands to waist. Inhale, rounding back slightly to deepen breathing and reach hands behind you.
b. Exhaling, stand up, lengthening sides as you reach arms up past ears. Bow forward again as you inhale, then exhale and stand back up. Repeat three to 5 times. Return to downward-facing dog and repeat, this time bringing left foot forward.
4. Boat Pose
Sit tall on mat, legs extended and hands at sides. Lift feet off mat with knees bent and shins parallel to floor. Keeping abdominals engaged, lean back slightly but stay as far forward on sitting bones as possible. Reach fingers forward, keeping hands in line with shoulders. Breathe evenly, lengthening the sides of body as you balance on sit bones.
There's a good reason that you're feeling tired these days (besides all those late-night feedings, of course). In addition to supplying your baby with food and love during pregnancy, you also gave him something else. "A mother typically gives up to one-third of her oxygen to her baby while in utero, which can lower her endurance and perhaps her fitness levels," explains Mary Beth Knight, president and chief fitness director of StrollerFit Exercise with Your Baby. "So after pregnancy, you might not be as fit as you were before." Here's how to bounce back into shape safely:
1. Set a goal. Reach for about 30 minutes of moderate exercise three days a week to rebuild your aerobic fitness level. "It's important to have a strong base so you can safely burn off the baby weight while getting your hormones back in balance," says Knight.
2. Take it easy -- but not too easy. Do too much, too soon, says Knight, and you may rob yourself of much-needed energy. Exercise enough to break a light sweat: Your breath should be slightly faster than when at rest, but still in control; work at a pace you can easily maintain for 30 minutes. "If you were chewing a piece of gum and you have to spit it out, you're working too hard. If you're able to blow a bubble, you're probably not working hard enough," she explains.
3. Stay low. Choose an activity without a lot of impact. "The hormone relaxin [which relaxes the joints in your pelvis to ease delivery] is still floating around your system, and that can increase your risk of injury during high-impact activities," says Knight. A brisk walk is one of the best ways to raise your heart rate without stressing your joints -- and you can do it solo or with your newest family member. In fact, you'll burn about 20 percent more calories pushing a stroller than going solo -- up to 444 calories an hour at a brisk 3.5 mph pace. Other low-impact activities to consider include swimming, cycling (stationary or outdoors), and using an elliptical machine or stair climber.
4. Opt for easy indoor options. If you can't get outside (bad weather, cranky baby, too much laundry) and you don't have access to gym equipment, there are still plenty of ways to stay active indoors.
- Climb stairs. Research shows you'll burn about 10 calories per minute, which can easily add up to 100 extra calories a day. (just think of all that laundry!) Write it down in a log to keep tabs on how many steps you're climbing, then challenge yourself to tackle a few more flights each time.
- Crank up the radio and dance. Do it during playtime and you'll elicit baby giggles, or put her in a carrier and sway with her. (It might even soothe a colicky baby.) A fast-paced step burns more than 300 calories per hour; slow dancing burns about 200.
- Turn on the tube. There are hundreds of exercise DVDs for every taste and style, including many specially designed for new moms. Check out StrollerFit's Restore the Core Pilates series, $17 each (strollerfit.com) or Gabrielle Reece's The Complete Fit & Healthy Pregnancy Workout, $20 (collagevideo.com).
After nine months of having a "what-the-heck-I'll get-the-fries-and-milkshake" attitude, you might be tempted to micro-size your meals to lose those extra pounds. Not so fast. "Cutting too many calories can also eliminate important nutrients from your diet, which can have a negative effect on your body, especially if you're breastfeeding," explains Elisa Zied, R.D., spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and author of Nutrition at Your Fingertips. "The key is to pay attention to the quality of food that you're eating as well as the quantity." For the first six months, nursing moms need about 300-400 extra calories a day. (After six months the number stays at 400.) Whether you're breastfeeding or not, make sure you're receiving the nutrients you need by including these power foods in your diet:
Low-Fat Dairy Milk, yogurt, cheese and other dairy foods are important sources of calcium, which is crucial for baby's strong bones and teeth, as well as your own, plus vitamin D, potassium, protein and B vitamins. Choose low-fat or fat-free options to save calories and fat (especially saturated fat). Lactose intolerant? Look for fortified orange juice, cereals, fish, beans and soy to get your calcium and vitamin fix.
Eggs Not just a great source of fill-you-up protein (typically 6-8 grams per serving), eggs are also loaded with important vitamins and minerals, like lutein and vitamin A for healthy vision, selenium for immune function and B vitamins for cell growth and metabolism.
Wild Salmon Rich in good-for-you omega-3 fatty acids, this cold-water dweller is a good source of energy, and it's high in protein, vitamin D, potassium and calcium. Research shows that a diet rich in salmon and other fatty fishes like sardines and herring can help reduce heart disease and improve brain function.
Blueberries Sweet and low-calorie, blueberries are a powerful source of antioxidants that help protect against diseases like cancer and improve brain, heart and vision function. One study rated blueberries tops when it came to antioxidant activity. Blackberries and strawberries have a similar effect.
Lean Meats "Many women don't have enough iron in their diets, especially in the weeks after pregnancy," says Zied. Low iron levels can lead to energy-sapping anemia. You need this vital mineral to help with red blood cell and muscle function. Chicken, turkey and lean beef (stick with lean cuts with loin or round in the name) are all good sources of iron, as well as protein. Not a meat eater? Fortified cereals, enriched rice, beans and even many tomato products (like sauce or paste) have significant iron levels.
Whole-Grain Cereals These fortified foods are a fantastic source of folate, fiber and iron, not to mention complex carbohydrates to give you an energy boost after an early wake-up call. One bowl typically supplies at least 10 vitamins and minerals. Stir in some berries and low-fat milk for a power-packed way to start your day.
Sweet Potatoes An excellent source of fiber, vitamin C, potassium, beta carotene and other disease-fighting antioxidants. Roast them in the oven, and they'll even satisfy a sweet tooth.
Bananas The perfect grab-and-go snack; throw one into your diaper bag for an easy energy boost. High levels of potassium help regulate blood pressure and keep muscles moving. They're also a good source of fiber and vitamins B6 and C.
Beans Canned or dried, kidney, black, garbanzo or navy-they're all great low-fat sources of protein, iron and fiber. Add them to a salad, soup or pasta as an inexpensive way to help fill you up without a lot of extra calories.
Water Last but definitely not least, new moms need to stay hydrated, especially when nursing. Try drinking a glass every time you breastfeed to keep fluid levels high.


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Project: McAlpine Creek Greenway, Extension from Sardis Road to Providence Road
Length: Approximately 1 mile
Location: Sardis Road to Providence Road
Description: The proposed greenway will extend existing McAlpine Creek Greenway one mile south from Sardis Road to Providence Road increasing the existing Campbell/McAlpine greenway system to a total of 5.1 miles, excluding the 5K (3.1 mile) cross country trail in McAlpine Creek Park. It will be the third longest greenway in the entire system and an important step toward connection to the Lower McAlpine Creek Greenway at Johnston Road. McAlpine, Sardis to Providence preliminary trail alignment What's Next:
Planning and design is currently underway for an extension of McAlpine Creek Greenway to the south from Sardis Road to Providence Road. Design is being pursued in partnership with City and County Storm Water Services. The construction of the greenway will be delayed until Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities completes installation of a large relief sewer across the property. Sewer construction is anticipated to begin between 2010 (earliest) and 2012, depending on funding resources. The first public meetings have been held and the design process is moving forward. There will be additional meetings to inform citizens and receive citizen input. A second Community Workshop will be held in Spring 2009.
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