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Oregon Sea Grant publication wins Gold Award
An Oregon Sea Grant publication, Mental Models Interviewing for More-Effective Communication, has won a Gold Award in the “Publications/Handbook” category of the 2013 Hermes Creative Awards.
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Administered by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (www.amcpros.com), the Hermes Creative Awards were created to recognize outstanding work in the industry. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.
There were about 5,600 entries from the U.S. and throughout the world in this year’s competition, with about 19 percent of entries receiving Gold Awards.
Written by Joe Cone and Kirsten Winters, Mental Models Interviewing is intended to help professionals such as agency officials, university outreach/extension specialists, and social science researchers interview more effectively by answering the questions “What am I listening for?” and “How am I listening?” It’s one of several publications in Oregon Sea Grant Communications’ “Public Science Communication Research & Practice” series. You can find it online here.
Oregon Sea Grant publication wins Gold Award
An Oregon Sea Grant publication, Mental Models Interviewing for More-Effective Communication, has won a Gold Award in the “Publications/Handbook” category of the 2013 Hermes Creative Awards.
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Administered by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (www.amcpros.com), the Hermes Creative Awards were created to recognize outstanding work in the industry. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.
There were about 5,600 entries from the U.S. and throughout the world in this year’s competition, with about 19 percent of entries receiving Gold Awards.
Written by Joe Cone and Kirsten Winters, Mental Models Interviewing is intended to help professionals such as agency officials, university outreach/extension specialists, and social science researchers interview more effectively by answering the questions “What am I listening for?” and “How am I listening?” It’s one of several publications in Oregon Sea Grant Communications’ “Public Science Communication Research & Practice” series. You can find it online here.
Starker Lecture: Forest Biomass -- Energy and Beyond
Panelists:
Matthew Betts, Associate Professor, Forest Ecosytems and Society, Oregon State University
Robert Harrison, Professor, Stand Management Cooperative, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, Universsity of Washington
Elaine Oneil, Research Scientist, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Executive Director, Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM), University of Washington
For the panelist's topics, bios, and other information, visit the Starker Lecture Series website.
A reception will follow the event.
April update on making a difference
We are four months into 2013 and I keep asking the question “Is this blog making a difference?” I’ve asked for an analytic report to give me some answers. I’ve asked you readers for your stories.
Let’s hear it for SEOs and how they pick up that title–I credit that with the number of comments I’ve gotten. I AM surprised at the number of comments I have gotten since January (hundreds, literally). Most say things like, “of course it is making a difference.” Some compliment me on my writing style. Some are in a foreign language which I cannot read (I am illiterate when it comes to Cyrillic, Arabic, Greek, Chinese, and other non-English alphabets). Some are marketing–wanting ping backs to their recently started blogs for some product. Some have commented specifically on the content (sample size and confidence intervals); some have commented on the time of year (vernal equinox). Occasionally, I get a comment like the comment below and I keep writing.
The questions of all questions… Do I make a difference? I like how you write and let me answer your question. Personally I was supposed to be dead ages ago because someone tried to kill me for the h… of it … Since then (I barely survived) I have asked myself the same question several times and every single time I answer with YES. Why? Because I noticed that whatever you do, there is always someone using what you say or do to improve their own life. So, I can answer the question for you: Do you make a difference? Yes, you do, because there will always be someone who uses your writings to do something positive with it. So, I hope I just made your day! And needless to say, keep the blog posts coming!
Enough update. New topic: I just got a copy of the third edition of Miles and Huberman (my to go reference for qualitative data analysis). Wait you say–Miles and Huberman are dead–yes, they are. Johnny Saldana (there needs to be a~ above the “n” in his name only I don’t know how to do that with this keyboard) was approached by Sage to be the third author and revise and update the book. A good thing, I think. Miles and Huberman’s second edition was published in 1994. That is almost 20 years. I’m eager to see if it will hold as a classic given that there are many other books on qualitative coding in press currently. (The spring research flyer from Gilford lists several on qualitative inquiry and analysis from some established authors.)
I also recently sat in on a research presentation of a candidate for a tenure track position here at OSU who talked about how the analysis of qualitative data was accomplished. Took me back to when I was learning–index cards and sticky notes. Yes, there are marvelous software programs out there (NVivo, Ethnograph, N*udist); I will support the argument that the best way to learn about your qualitative data is to immerse yourself in it with color coded index cards and sticky notes. Then you can use the software to check your results. Keep in mind, though, that you are the PI and you will bring many biases to the analysis of your data.
Log Buyer Panel
Join us in our Log Buyers Panel where you can meet a number of individuals representing various venues to sell your logs. Log buyers in attendance include buyers for Douglas-fir, whitewoods, pine, cedar, hardwoods, export and poles. A panel format allows for any and all questions from the audience for everyone to hear.
You will also receive a copy of the recently revised Log Buyers Directory, an invaluable asset for anyone merchandising their timber and logs.
Healthy Cooking and Meals 101
"Whole Grains For Every Meal – Healthy and Delicious!" Learn how to cook quick and healthy dishes with whole grains for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Recipes include healthy muffins, gluten-free options, easy pasta and whole-grain main dishes. Register Now!
4-H Plant Science Fun Afterschool Program
Let’s Get Growing – Plant Science & Fun 4-H Afterschool Program
Come join the gardening fun for spring. Youth in grades 3-8 are invited to pre-register. Older teens are welcome to volunteer to assist with class. Classes will be held each Wednesday from April 17 to May 8, 2013 after school from 2:30-5:00 p.m. Each week we will do plant experiments, learn fun facts, and make garden crafts & projects.
The classroom is located at the Oregon State University Extension Service meeting room
2204 Fourth Street, Tillamook. The fee is $30 for 4-H members; additional enrollment fees for non-members.
Forms and information are available online at: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/tillamook/ or at the OSU Extension Service Tillamook Office, 2204 Fourth Street in Tillamook. For more information call (503) 842-3433.
Joy Jones
Tillamook County 4-H & Agriculture Faculty
Oregon State University Extension Service
2204 Fourth Street
Tillamook, OR 97141
503-842-3433 | joy.jones@oregonstate.edu
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• Oregon State University Extension Service offers educational programs, activities, and materials without discrimination based on age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran’s status. Oregon State University Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Let's Get Growing - Plant Science & Fun 4-H Afterschool Program
Come join the gardening fun for spring! Youth in grades 3-8 are invited to register for this 4-week afterschool program where each week we will do plant experiments, learn fun facts, and make garden crafts & projects. Older teens are welcome to volunteer to assist with class. Classes will be held each Wednesday from April 17 to May 8, 2013 after school from 2:30-5:00 p.m. (from 2:30-3:00 we will do snacks and game; class will start at 3:00 p.m.). The classroom is located at the Oregon State University Extension Service meeting room 2204 Fourth Street, Tillamook. The fee is $30 for 4-H members; additional enrollment fees for non-members.
Flyer / Registration Forms and information are available at the OSU Extension Service Tillamook Office, 2204 Fourth Street in Tillamook. For more information call (503) 842-3433.
State bill would require wave energy companies to recover their own gear
SALEM – The Oregon Senate voted Monday to require that companies experimenting with wave energy in Oregon’s territorial waters show they have enough money to recover their equipment when they’re done with it.
The bill’s sponsors say they don’t want the state to be stuck for the cost of removing such gear if it breaks loose, sinks or outlasts its useful life.
The Department of Energy-funded Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), based at Oregon State University, is operating a testing facility for commercial wave energy devices off the coast of Newport, an area also slated to be home to the nation’s first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site, the Pacific Marine Energy Center.
State bill would require wave energy companies to recover their own gear
SALEM – The Oregon Senate voted Monday to require that companies experimenting with wave energy in Oregon’s territorial waters show they have enough money to recover their equipment when they’re done with it.
The bill’s sponsors say they don’t want the state to be stuck for the cost of removing such gear if it breaks loose, sinks or outlasts its useful life.
The Department of Energy-funded Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), based at Oregon State University, is operating a testing facility for commercial wave energy devices off the coast of Newport, an area also slated to be home to the nation’s first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site, the Pacific Marine Energy Center.
Bend Science Pub to feature OSG invasive species educator
BEND – Oregon Sea Grant’s invasive species specialist, Sam Chan, is the featured speaker for the OSU Cascades Science Pub event on Tuesday, May 21 at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend. The informal event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m and features a full pub menu and no-host bar.
Chan, a Sea Grant Extension specialist and biologist with the OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds, will talk about how invasive species arrive in Oregon via land, air and sea, and can cause serious harm to our economy and environment. Learn how these invaders arrive in ways we would never anticipate – through innocent classroom projects, gardening, and on floating tsunami debris – and what you can do to prevent and minimize their impact. Chan’s research guided the creation of the award-winning statewide “Silent Invasion” program.
Use this online form to reserve a seat for Hitchhikers from Afar: Aquatic Invasive Species & You. Science Pubs are free but due to their popularity, reservations are required no later than 5:00 p.m. the day prior to each lecture.
Bend Science Pub to feature OSG invasive species educator
BEND – Oregon Sea Grant’s invasive species specialist, Sam Chan, is the featured speaker for the OSU Cascades Science Pub event on Tuesday, May 21 at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend. The informal event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m and features a full pub menu and no-host bar.
Chan, a Sea Grant Extension specialist and biologist with the OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds, will talk about how invasive species arrive in Oregon via land, air and sea, and can cause serious harm to our economy and environment. Learn how these invaders arrive in ways we would never anticipate – through innocent classroom projects, gardening, and on floating tsunami debris – and what you can do to prevent and minimize their impact. Chan’s research guided the creation of the award-winning statewide “Silent Invasion” program.
Use this online form to reserve a seat for Hitchhikers from Afar: Aquatic Invasive Species & You. Science Pubs are free but due to their popularity, reservations are required no later than 5:00 p.m. the day prior to each lecture.
Kel Wer documentary screening
KEL WER means “to bring song” in Dholuo, the native language of Lela, Kenya. In July 2012, residents of Lela partnered with the Oregon State University student chapter of Engineers Without
Borders USA to bring their community greater access to safe drinking water. This 35-minute film documents the students’ journey to bring water (and song) to a community of resourceful, resilient
and friendly people in desperate need.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with a photography exhibit of the people of Lela. The 30-minute documentary will start at 6:30 p.m. Following the screening, members of Oregon State's chapter of Engineers
Without Borders will share their personal experiences and answer questions.
View the trailer: http://poweredbyorange.com/kelwer/
Join the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/187735174708820
The event is free and open to the public.
Marina owners, users, team up to clear Fernridge lake of boat-fouling invader
EUGENE - The Fern Ridge Reservoir just west of Eugene, Ore., is a popular recreation spot for boaters and swimmers during the spring and summer months. The marina attracts freshwater sailors and provides ample fishing opportunities for anglers. There’s only one problem: An invasive species is steadily taking over the lake, and the worse it gets, the less welcoming the lake becomes.
The invader, known as Eurasian watermilfoil, is an aquatic plant that forms tangled mats as it grows. Eurasian watermilfoil tends to show up in shallow waters where it can access sunlight. These thick tangles are obstructive enough to stop boat motors from working, and they can prevent kayakers from maneuvering through the water.
Not only is the milfoil an obstacle, but it also saps oxygen from the water and can cause fish to suffocate. As the fish decay at the bottom of the lake, the smell can get pretty strong.
For boaters like Scott Coleman, the owner of Underway LLC and manager for the Orchard Point Marina, it’s a worrying problem. “Specifically in this marina, if this plant really got going and clogged up the marina, then you wouldn’t be able to get your boat through here,” Coleman says. “And, it would be no fun to swim in.”
Last year, Coleman and a band of concerned marina users decided to take action. After consulting with Tania Siemens, WISE Program coordinator, and Sam Chan, invasive species specialist at Oregon Sea Grant, the boaters created a management plan that could correct their core problem: standing water.
Read more about their efforts in OSG’s Watershed and Invasive Species Education blog
(Photo by Roger Bailey)
Marina owners, users, team up to clear Fernridge lake of boat-fouling invader
EUGENE - The Fern Ridge Reservoir just west of Eugene, Ore., is a popular recreation spot for boaters and swimmers during the spring and summer months. The marina attracts freshwater sailors and provides ample fishing opportunities for anglers. There’s only one problem: An invasive species is steadily taking over the lake, and the worse it gets, the less welcoming the lake becomes.
The invader, known as Eurasian watermilfoil, is an aquatic plant that forms tangled mats as it grows. Eurasian watermilfoil tends to show up in shallow waters where it can access sunlight. These thick tangles are obstructive enough to stop boat motors from working, and they can prevent kayakers from maneuvering through the water.
Not only is the milfoil an obstacle, but it also saps oxygen from the water and can cause fish to suffocate. As the fish decay at the bottom of the lake, the smell can get pretty strong.
For boaters like Scott Coleman, the owner of Underway LLC and manager for the Orchard Point Marina, it’s a worrying problem. “Specifically in this marina, if this plant really got going and clogged up the marina, then you wouldn’t be able to get your boat through here,” Coleman says. “And, it would be no fun to swim in.”
Last year, Coleman and a band of concerned marina users decided to take action. After consulting with Tania Siemens, WISE Program coordinator, and Sam Chan, invasive species specialist at Oregon Sea Grant, the boaters created a management plan that could correct their core problem: standing water.
Read more about their efforts in OSG’s Watershed and Invasive Species Education blog
(Photo by Roger Bailey)
Compost Demo by Compost Specialist at GrassRoots Garden
For beginning to experienced composters, these hands-on workshops will cover the basics of how composting works, which materials to use, different methods of composting and types of compost bins. Workshops are led by certified OSU Extension Service Compost Specialists.
Pre-registration is not required.
Cost: Free but donations are welcomed.Polk County Master Gardener Plant Sale
New, unusual, rare and hard-to-find plants of all kinds are the focus of the totally revamped, 23rd Annual Polk County Master Gardeners Plant Sale set for Mother's Day weekend, Fri. May 10 and Sat., May 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in building "C" at the Polk County Fairgrounds, 520 S. Pacific Highway W (99W) in Rickreall.
Admission and parking are free Fore more information, visit: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Master-Gardener-Plant-Sale.html?soid=1104412490846&aid=5QA4hJRh5Fw
Spring Into Gardening Event
2013 Spring into Gardening Plant Sale and Seminar presented by Clatsop County Master Gardeners
Saturday April 13, 2013; 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Clatsop County Fairgrounds Free admission to all events and presentationsKeynote Speaker: Elizabeth Howley; 10:00 am "Victory Gardens...History and Today" Program Speakers: Susan Dyer-Preston; 11:20 "Pet Friendly Gardens" Becky Graham; 1:00 "Container Gardening" Theresa Retzlaff; 2:00 "Extending your Growing Season with Raised Beds and Row Covers" Open Forum; 3:00 pm Question and Answer Session with Master Gardeners and Nursery Representatives
92937 Walluski Loop
Astoria, OR 97103 (503) 325-8573
