| In our view: Common sense is the best reason to applaud helmet law
If you have wheels under you, better have a helmet over you. That’s the message from the Vancouver City Council, which on Monday passed a law requiring helmets on riders of bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, scooters and unicycles on public streets, sidewalks and trails. The helmet law is the first in Clark County but is similar to regulations in Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. We hope Clark County commissioners and other cities in the county follow suit. Both supporters and opponents of the helmet law are able to debate this topic ad infinitum, and anecdotal references often cloud their arguments, but our preference is to rely on basic common sense. It just stands to reason that riders of these wheeled implements should be required to wear helmets in public places for reasons of public safety.
The changing cycle
India may be the second largest producer of bicycles in the world but precious little has been done to promote the cause of cycling in the country. Shveta Pathak reports that the cycle industry is today churning out beauties that could easily make a style statement but the road ahead is rough for the two-wheeled bikes. And, the status-conscious still refuse to adopt them as a mode of transport. DO you remember the tinkle of the bell as daakiya Rajesh Khanna delivers the post in the song Daakiya daak laya? Or, the very urbane Aamir Khan making your breath stop for a while as he competes for the famous race in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander? If you do, you mustnt have forgotten the spirit lent to these moments by the good old bicycle. India is the largest cycle manufacturer in the world after China.
Dublin police to ride three-wheeled scooter
DUBLIN Police will soon be patrolling the city's busiest shopping center on a three-wheeled, clean-energy scooter. The T3 scooter, which has a top speed of 25 mph, looks like a beefier version of a Segway. It runs on batteries that need recharging every 30 miles. The police department now uses patrol cars and bicycles to navigate the shopping center on Hacienda Drive and Dublin Boulevard. The scooter, which was donated by center businesses, will give officers a good option, said Dublin police Lt. Glenn Moon. Patrol cars have more visibility, a good deterrent to bad behavior, but they are harder to use in crowded areas, Moon said, while bikes can be used when officers don't necessarily want to be seen. The motorized scooter is the best of both worlds, he said. "It has the (visible) deterrent of a patrol car, but somewhat of the stealth" of a bike, Moon said.
Bread-baking barista leads coffee, pastry shop
I have a subscription to Cook's Illustrated magazine. (And) I get back issues from my parents." To those who are just venturing into the field of cooking, Hawkins suggests, "In the summer, go to the farmer's market and get something you've never cooked or even heard of. You can go on the Internet and get recipes." It's not just baking bread and cooking that get Hawkins fired up; food in general does. "I get excited about food from the first seed to the last bite," he says. "I also like the farming or gardening. I grew up on a farm, 99 acres. My dad (Jeff Hawkins) is a Lutheran pastor and resigned to do the (Clergy Sustaining Agriculture) farm." Hawkins says he cooked all the meals last year for a "hands-on" pastoral education program.
How to help those affected by tornado
Ozark Opportunities Inc. 8-11 a.m. and 1-4:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the OOI office, 213 E. Sixth St. in Mountain Home. Emergency funds available to eligible low-income families who suffered loss due to Feb. 5 tornadoes. Income and guideline eligibility rules apply. Assistance is limited to temporary shelter, auto glass and tires and medical, with a maximum of $300 per family. Fleet Reserve Association Local FRA Branch 251 is trying to contact any FRA Branch 251 member or Member at Large (MAL) who was a victim of the recent tornadoes. Call 492-4662, 421-3618 or (870) 453-2595. St. Vincent DePaul Society and Catholic Charities of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 249 Dyer St. Mountain Home. Provides financial assistance available for families who suffered losses due to the tornado.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
In the arc of history, all three substances are still new, and we have a lot to learn about them. We are just a few decades into the discovery of a new world. What does this mean for the notion of free? Well, just take one example. Last year, Yahoo announced that Yahoo Mail, its free webmail service, would provide unlimited storage. Just in case that wasn't totally clear, that's "unlimited" as in "infinite." So the market price of online storage, at least for email, has now fallen to zero (see "Webmail Windfall"). And the stunning thing is that nobody was surprised; many had assumed infinite free storage was already the case. For good reason: It's now clear that practically everything Web technology touches starts down the path to gratis, at least as far as we consumers are concerned.
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