NEW YORK — Second-graders who can't tie shoes or zip jackets. Four-year-olds in Pull-Ups diapers. Five-year-olds in strollers. Teens and preteens befuddled by can openers and ice-cube trays. College kids who've never done laundry, taken a bus alone or addressed an envelope.
This image provided by Penguin shows the book cover of "The Dumbest Generation" by Mark Bauerlein. The book contends that cyberculture is turning young people into know-nothings, and Bauerlein says "the absence of technology" confuses kids faced with simple mechanical tasks.
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? And do we have only ourselves to blame? Or are some of these things simply the result of kids growing up with push-button technology in an era when mechanical devices are gradually being replaced by electronics?
Susan Maushart, a mother of three, says her teenage daughter "literally does not know how to use a can opener. Most cans come with pull-tops these days. I see her reaching for a can that requires a can opener, and her shoulders slump and she goes for something else."...MORE
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Elk Country Visitor Center shows off a natural resource
Sunday, September 26, 2010
By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Melissa Tkach/Post-Gazette
Bull elk seen near Benezette
Most Pennsylvanian's don't even know they're there, but in the hills surrounding Elk County's Benezette the elk are at the peak of the rut -- bugling, chasing, displaying all the classic signs of an animal weighing up to 1,000 pounds in the throes of seasonal courting.
On Oct. 6, Gov. Ed Rendell and other Harrisburg types will put on another kind of display when they pull out the big ceremonial scissors for the official opening the new Elk Country Visitor Center.
Located on 245 acres of elk habitat on Winslow Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10269/1090061-358.stm#ixzz10llNqqBi
By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Melissa Tkach/Post-Gazette
Bull elk seen near Benezette
Most Pennsylvanian's don't even know they're there, but in the hills surrounding Elk County's Benezette the elk are at the peak of the rut -- bugling, chasing, displaying all the classic signs of an animal weighing up to 1,000 pounds in the throes of seasonal courting.
On Oct. 6, Gov. Ed Rendell and other Harrisburg types will put on another kind of display when they pull out the big ceremonial scissors for the official opening the new Elk Country Visitor Center.
Located on 245 acres of elk habitat on Winslow Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10269/1090061-358.stm#ixzz10llNqqBi
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Railroad history program set
Pennsylvania Lumber Museum will host a program on the region’s logging railroad history on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 1 pm.
Author Paul Pietrak, whose books have covered a broad range of railroad historical themes, will focus on operations in Pennsylvania and New York during the lumbering era and the history of the Goodyear Lumber Company.
The meeting is open to the public.
Author Paul Pietrak, whose books have covered a broad range of railroad historical themes, will focus on operations in Pennsylvania and New York during the lumbering era and the history of the Goodyear Lumber Company.
The meeting is open to the public.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Photo of the Day
Hunter Prosper snags this long pass before running it in for a touchdown during the Junior High Red Raider's 37-0 win over the Smethport Hubbersmore photos at http://camconative.dotphoto.com
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Rendell ends tracking of opponents of natural gas drilling
Ron SouthwickPatriot News
Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday night that the state will no longer monitor groups who oppose natural gas drilling.
And he said the state would not renew a contract with a private company tapped to gather the information when the pact expires at the end of October.
Government watchdogs and environmental groups expressed outrage that the state Office of Homeland Security had been sending information to law enforcement agencies and drilling companies about anti-gas drilling groups.
A Patriot-News story on the controversy was published in Tuesday morning's editions.
"Protesting is not a threat," Rendell said at a press conference. "It's a God-given American right."
The Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security had tapped the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, a private firm based in Philadelphia, to gather the information.
But the firm also disseminated information about a gay pride event, a tax rally at the Capitol, and a gathering of students who came to Harrisburg to support the governor's own education agenda, Rendell said.
"It's just stunning," Rendell said. "This is absolutely ludicrous." More...
Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday night that the state will no longer monitor groups who oppose natural gas drilling.
And he said the state would not renew a contract with a private company tapped to gather the information when the pact expires at the end of October.
Government watchdogs and environmental groups expressed outrage that the state Office of Homeland Security had been sending information to law enforcement agencies and drilling companies about anti-gas drilling groups.
A Patriot-News story on the controversy was published in Tuesday morning's editions.
"Protesting is not a threat," Rendell said at a press conference. "It's a God-given American right."
The Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security had tapped the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, a private firm based in Philadelphia, to gather the information.
But the firm also disseminated information about a gay pride event, a tax rally at the Capitol, and a gathering of students who came to Harrisburg to support the governor's own education agenda, Rendell said.
"It's just stunning," Rendell said. "This is absolutely ludicrous." More...
Gov. Ed Rendell to hold press conference on Homeland Security tracking anti-Marcellus Shale activists
Gov. Ed Rendell will hold a press conference today at 6 p.m. in his office at the capitol to address Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security activity related to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
The Patriot-News reported this morning that leaked intelligence bulletins from the PA Office of Homeland Security show that the office - through a private contractor in Philadelphia - has been tracking the Internet activity of anti-drilling activists to determine the public meetings they are planning to attend - including public screenings of the film “Gasland.”
Homeland Security has then distributed this information to law enforcement officials, emergency responders and the gas industry.
Officials in both Homeland Security and the Governor’s Office said there had been five to ten recent acts of vandalism to Marcellus sites around the state and that the information on anti-drilling activists was being supplied to local officials and the operators of such sites as a means of public protection.
Now THIS is scary stuff to me. Our own tax dollars are being spent to track lawful gatherings, the suppression of free speech, and the welfare of corporations over the average citizen. All because of "five to ten" acts of vandalism? Wow, most small towns have more than that every month and it doesn't create a press conference from Harrisburg!
The Patriot-News reported this morning that leaked intelligence bulletins from the PA Office of Homeland Security show that the office - through a private contractor in Philadelphia - has been tracking the Internet activity of anti-drilling activists to determine the public meetings they are planning to attend - including public screenings of the film “Gasland.”
Homeland Security has then distributed this information to law enforcement officials, emergency responders and the gas industry.
Officials in both Homeland Security and the Governor’s Office said there had been five to ten recent acts of vandalism to Marcellus sites around the state and that the information on anti-drilling activists was being supplied to local officials and the operators of such sites as a means of public protection.
Now THIS is scary stuff to me. Our own tax dollars are being spent to track lawful gatherings, the suppression of free speech, and the welfare of corporations over the average citizen. All because of "five to ten" acts of vandalism? Wow, most small towns have more than that every month and it doesn't create a press conference from Harrisburg!
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