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BUSINESS BRIEFS
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TRADING SECTRETS WITH MARTHA -Harvey and Marsha Gladstone
of Gladstone Furniturevisited with Martha Stewart andAlex Bernhardt
Jr.from Bernhardt Furniture inHighpoint,N.C. inJune.The Gladstones
receivedapersonaltour of Stewart'snew Opal PointCollection,which
includes pieces for living, dining and bedrooms. Gladstone Furniture
has three Cape locations in Hyannis, Orleans and Falmouth.
Mental health clinic
expands operations
South ShoreMental Health
has announced it will be ex-
panding operations on the
CapeatitsBayviewAssociates
clinic, 310Barnstable Road in
Hyanniswhere mental health
and substance use treatment
for children,adolescents,fami-
liesand adultsisprovided.The
BayviewclinicinBrewsterwill
be closing Sept. 15.
Avon Foundation
receives grant
SwirlsJewelry of Sandwich
recently donated $1,100 to
the Avon Foundation for
Breast Cancer Research and
Education.Fundswereraised
through sales of aspecialpair
of earrings Elisa Sullivan,
owner of Swirls, designed.
Fiber-cement siding
questions answered
Homeowners, builders and
contractors are invited to
learn about the features of
fiber-cement exterior siding
withthe JamesHardie Home
Experience.The information
truck stops at Home Depot in
Hyannis Aug. 26 from 10a.m.
to 3 p.m. Products, displays,
demonstrations, hot dogs,
drinks and drawing. '
United Way
announces funds
available
Sept. 15 is the deadline for
non-profits,municipalitiesand
schools to order aRequest for
Proposals from Cape and Is-
landsUnitedWay.It'sexpected
that $430,000 will be available
in CommunityImpact Grants
for programs devoted to nur-
turingandprotectingchildren
and youth, supporting and
sustaining families, and sup-
port for aging and vulnerable
populations.
Awardswilllikelyrangefrom
$5,000 to $50,000. Go to www.
uwcapecod.org, sendane.-mail
to Alisontg uwcapecod.org,
or call 508-775-4746 for more
information.
Help fight children's
cancer
Cape Cod Blockbuster Vid-
eo stores are teaming up this
summer with Burger King
restaurantsin "AChance For
Kids"program. When you do-
nate $1 through Sept. 5, you
will receive a scratch ticket
guaranteed to win a prize.
Free earrings
Swirls Jewelry of Sandwich
will give away a free pair of
handcrafted Elisa Sullivan
signature earrings with every
$100 purchase at Cape Cod
area craft shows. Shows are
held Aug. 19and 20 at Nauset
Middle School in Orleans and
Aug. 26 and Sept. 9 at the
Sandwich Art Association-
Fish Hatchery.
Champagne gala in
Brewster
Mario Rinaldi orchestrates
a champagne tasting Sept. 3
at ChMngsworth, Route 6A
in Brewster. Bernard Guillas
is the guest chef. Admission
is $135. For details and reser-
vations, go to www.Chilling-
sworth.com.
Talksin Hyannis
Centerville-Osterville-
Marstons Mills Business
Network International holds
weekly meetings, including a
10-minutetalk,Thursdays at
the HyannisGolf Club, Route
132, at 7 a.m.
Guide to Cape Cod
available
The Official 2006 Guide to
Cape Cod is available at AAA
offices , trade shows and by
request. Call 508-362-3225 or
visit www.CapeCodChamber.
org to order a copy.
Golf guide on the
racks
The Cape Cod Chamber
of Commerce in partnership
with Northeast Publications
Inc. has issued 60,000 cop-
ies of its 2006 Annual Golf
Guide to Cape Cod, "The Golf
Coast."Also available on-line
at www.capecodgolfcoast.
com,it is a 72-page,full-color,
glossy magazine providing
information,amap,directory,
lodging and dining informa-
tion, and more.
Looking for Formula
One kart drivers
The 6th AnnualSeaside Le
Mans race for the Cape Cod
community willbe held Sept.
9 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at
Mashpee Commons. Compa-
nies or individuals interested
in becoming sponsors or
drivers should contact Beth
Patkoske at 508-394-8800,ext.
142 as soon as possible as the
field is limited to 20 teams.
For more details, check out
www.seasidelemans.org.
Help for people over
55 who want to
work
The Mature Workers Pro-
gram of Elder Services of
Cape Cod and the Islands,
Inc.has openingsinitsBridge
Back to Work Program for
income-eligible people 55
and older. Paid work experi-
ence and/or skills training
opportunities are available
in or near your community
to help you obtain employ-
ment. Call Mary or Betty at
508-394-4630 or 888-394-4630
ext. 134 or 138.
Lending a hand
The USDA/Rural Develop-
ment offers help with home
repairs and rehabilitation
projects for single-family
homeowners with very low
household incomes. Call 508-
295-5151, ext. 134.
Website for job
seekers
The U.S. Department of
Labor has a Web site, www.
careeronestop.org, which
serves as a resource for job
seekers and workforce pro-
fessionals alike. The local
office for employment and
training assistance is Career
Opportunities at 75Persever-
ance Way in Hyannis. Call
508-771-JOBS or visit www.
ciwib.org.
Loans for people
with disabilities
Massachusetts residents
with disabilities have access
to reduced-interest loans
for assistive technology and
related services through the
Massachusetts Rehabilita-
tion Commission and Easter
Seals Massachusetts. Call
617-204-3851, ext. 3623, or
508-751-6431.
Raking in the clams...
HOLEY CLAMFLATBATMAN!-Doug Kalweit of natural resources holds
a photo of mid-1990s dug-out clam flat in Barnstable Harbor when 190
commercial permits and superabundant crop was in vogue.
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limit commercial permits
to around 40 and allow one
new one for every three
that didn't renew.
Now the resource is such,
said Kalweit, that the town
is issuing new commercial
permits one to one - one new
permit for each non renewal.
"This year has been better
than average," he said, not-
ing that every six or seven
years produces several years
of abundant supply. Sup-
pliers and retailers aren't
complaining. Kalweit's prog-
nosis? "It should be pretty
good for the next few years."
In addition, there are from
1,800 to 2,000 recreational
permits, and one of those
permit holders, Lenny Clark
of Barnstable, said recently
"This is the year to have
a permit," to indicate the
abundance of the shellfish
resource.
Even mussels proliferated
in Barnstable Harbor this
year, while the hard shell
quahog family of littlenecks,
(small quahogs) cher-
rystones (medium size) and
chowder or bull (large sizes,)
While Mother Nature
mainly propagates the soft-
shell stock, she gets willing
help from the town, Kalweit
said, and from some shellfish
farmers working about 110
acres growing quahogs.
The town, he said, casts
some nets to snare softshell
spat (seed), which then
settles under the net area to
propagate naturally. Some
of the spat also attaches to
grant facilities, producing
an added crop, and to oyster
clutch bags used by the town
to propagate that specie.
(A clutch bag is a netted
affair loaded with empty
oyster, sea clam and quahog
shells to which oyster seed
attaches itself and grows
-and some squatter softshell
seed as a by-product).
Kalweit issues a disclaimer
to the abundance of the
shelled resources by noting
the cyclical tradition of the
fisheries and the variable
whims of nature that affect
shellfish crops from year
to year as they can corn or
orange crops.
"The town is fortunate to
have shellfish technicians
and a biologist that are
second to none," in helping
nature nurture fresh crops of
crustaceans, Kalweit said.
Technician Kris Clark
handles the recruitment of
volunteers and the quahog
fishery while biologist Tom
Marcotti works the oyster
fishery.
Shellfish propagation is
a labor-intensive task. Last
week, for example, volun-
teers were called out early in
the morning when tempera-
tures had cooled quite a bit,
to wade in hip-deep water to
rake and retrieve small qua-
hogs that had grown under
protective netting from the
size of sesame seeds and are
now mature enough to be
"broadcast ," that is, distrib-
uted in closed fishing areas
to grow naturally for harvest-
ing perhaps by next year.
In 2005, -the last year for
which figures are complete
-volunteers working with
Clark handled more than
601 field plant quahogs and
broadcast eight areas of 2'
-
year-old seed that was ready
for harvesting this year.
There was an 87 percent
or 918,937 recovery of year-
old seed and 47 nets were
planted on the South Side.
Landings in 2005 of all sizes
of quahogs totaled 1,404
bushels, according to natural
resources figures.
Tech Files...
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supported, so the user need
not be tethered to his com-
puter. This is an example
of assistive technology that
benefits able-bodied users
as well. Dragon Naturally
Speaking 9 enables profes-
sional PC users to create
and edit documents and
emails, fill out forms and
streamline workflow tasks
-all by speaking, crows the
promotional copy. Talk to
your computer and your
words instantly and ac-
curately appear in the full
Microsoft Office Suite, plus
Corel WordPerfect, Lotus
Notes, and virtually all other
Windows-based applications.
For people who have dif-
ficulty controlling a mouse,
here are two options.
Magic Touch and Touch-
Window are external add-on
touchscreen kits that can
be mounted on virtually
any monitor and used for
any mouse-driven applica-
tion. They have a history of
proven success with people
with developmental and/or
physical disabilities.
The other is HeadMouse
Extreme , a hands-free head-
operated mouse. This device
replaces a standard mouse
for people who cannot use
their hands. It translates the
user's head movements into
proportional movements of
the on-screen cursor. A wire-
less optical sensor tracks
a small, disposable target
placed on the user's forehead
or glasses. With an on-screen
keyboard, HeadMouse can
completely replace a conven-
tional keyboard. The level
of precision allows the user
to perform tasks such as
drawing or Computer Aided
Design (CAD).
Implicit in the return
of atypical workers is the
implied use of the Internet.
The most popular screen
reader worldwide, JAWS for
Windows works with your
PC to provide access to
today's software applica-
tions and the Internet. With
its internal software speech
synthesizer and the com-
puter's sound card, informa-
tion from the screen is read
aloud, providing technology
to access a wide variety
of information, education
and job related applica-
tions. JAWS also outputs to
refreshable Braille displays,
providing unmatched Braille
support of any screen reader
on the market
Assistive technology is not
the universal panacea or a
magic bullet. In most cases, a
single device or piece of soft-
ware will not instantly erase
the problems an individual
faces because of a disability.
The most effective approach
is usually a system of accom-
modations consisting of both
high-tech and low-tech devic-
es selected through a careful
implementation strategy.
For example, if a person
suffers from RSI (repeti-
tive strain injury) and has
difficulty typing, it is highly
unlikely that all of his prob-
lems will be solved by using
speech-recognition software
or an ergonomic keyboard.
An effective solution might
include several accommoda-
tions: speech recognition
software; a special keyboard;
a different pointing device;
the use of arm supports
while typing; orthotic typing
aids; the use of keyboard
macros to reduce the typing
load; and changes in work
procedures. The choice of
which assistive technology to
use should be based on each
user's unique combination of
abilities and needs.
There is rarely an absolute
"best" solution.The user's
capabilities and deficit s
should be assessed to reduce
the number of possible ap-
proaches. This will avoid
going down blind alleys in
search of a solution, and
will allow the user to make
educated decisions as to the
accommodations he feels are
most effective and that he is
are most comfortable using.
Stan Elias writes on business technol-
ogy issues and operates Tensor
Communications, a West Barnstable
marketing communications agency that
specializes in technology-based busi-
nesses. He has no financial interests in
any software product or publishermen-
tioned. He can be reached at 323-401-
1290 or TensorComm@comcasl.net.
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