| 1) | $54,000 | on | 8th Ave |
| 2) | $42,000 | on | Caloosa Loop |
| 3) | $59,000 | on | Dorn Ct |
| 4) | $196,000 | on | Fort Denaud Rd |
| 5) | $40,000 | on | Loblolly Bay Rd |
| 6) | $50,000 | on | Phillips Rd |
| 7) | $64,000 | on | Rainbow Cir |
| 8) | $32,000 | on | School Cir |
| 9) | $37,000 | on | E Sunflower Cir |
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Nine Homes Sold In LaBelle
LABELLE, FL. -- Homes sales took an upward swing this week as nine more homes were sold in western Hendry county, including properties in the city of LaBelle and in the Port LaBelle subdivision. Prices ranged from $32,000 to $196,000. From 8/30/2011 to 9/6/2011, there were 9 homes sold in the LaBelle area for an average price of $63,778.
Moore Haven Weather Camera Online
Emergency Management Office And Sheriff s New Webcam In Moore Haven
(photo: view from Glades Courthouse webcam Thursday morning)
Glades County Emergency Management purchased a new weather station from WeatherBug for live weather updates and the Glades County Sheriff's Office purchased the camera for security.
Both are located at 500 Ave J in Moore Haven. The camera is set up to take still pictures and video of the U.S. 27 area around the Glades County Courthouse.
“Emergency Management will be able to see live weather information 24 hours a day 365 days a year from any computer to ensure we are prepared to warn the citizens of Glades County,” said Angela Snow Colegrove.
Video Link: Moore Haven Weather Webcam
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Panther Conservation Issues Addressed In South Florida
Florida Panther Numbers Increasing As Conflicts With Homeowners And Ranchers Arise
(Video: Florida Panther in eastern Everglades on August 31, 2011 at about 8 p.m. Courtesy-South Florida Water Management District)
Last year the FWC revised its official estimate upward to as many as 160 adults in the panther's primary range of South Florida. At any given time the total number of panthers may vary, because the estimate does not include the addition of kittens or losses due to a variety of causes. In addition, there are an unknown small number of male panthers dispersed into Central or North Florida. The FWC is working with partners to develop better methods to count panthers and assess the statewide population.
In the 1970s, the panther population was estimated to be as few as 20 animals in the wild and showed signs of inbreeding. In 1995, the state, in cooperation with federal agencies, embarked on a genetic-restoration project attempting to avert extinction of the Florida panther. Eight young female Texas pumas were released into South Florida to increase the genetic health of the Florida stock. This conservation effort was intended to mimic the genetic exchange that once occurred naturally between panther populations in the Southeast and pumas in East Texas. It proved successful and resulted in improved panther productivity and health, and a growing population.
The progress made in conserving Florida's official state animal appears to be having an unintended consequence: livestock losses to cattle ranchers. Panthers normally prey on white-tailed deer, wild hogs and other game. Yet, last year the FWC began receiving reports of panthers preying on calves.
Southwest Florida cattle ranches typically are spread over tens of thousands of acres, with cows and calves dispersed on a range that includes excellent and essential panther habitat.
"Partnering with Florida's cattle ranching industry is an important part of our long-term panther recovery strategy," said Nick Wiley, the FWC's executive director. "The history of Florida cattle ranching is a rich one, and the state's cattle operations are among the largest in the country. Ranching is a critically important economic engine. It is absolutely essential to keep ranching viable in Florida, not only because of its economic value, food productivity and its place in our cultural heritage, but also because it provides valuable habitat for many types of wildlife, including panthers."
Speaking from a cattleman's perspective, Russell Priddy said, "Florida cattle ranchers understand that a balance needs to be reached between protecting endangered panthers and addressing the financial impacts of losing calves to panther predation. We will do our part, and we are expecting that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be responsive to our situation."
The FWC is addressing conflicts between panthers and human activities in several ways.
A $25,000 fund is being proposed by the FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to compensate ranchers who lose calves to panther depredation. The FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are working with ranchers, elected officials and conservation groups to figure out the best way to initiate this program. It is viewed as a possible first step towards more comprehensive and effective long-term solutions.
The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) will initiate a cooperative research project this fall to learn more about the panther's impact on cattle ranching by monitoring calf survival. This research, which is being funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and IFAS, is designed to provide scientific data on which factors are contributing to calf deaths on these ranches.
The FWC is also directing resources to this project. Agency staff will study individual panthers that are on or near the same ranches where the calf studies will be conducted and look at panther prey selection to determine the role that calves play in the panther's diet.
Homeowners in Southwest Florida, and Collier County in particular, have also seen an increase in cases of panthers killing pets or backyard livestock such as goats. Protecting these animals from panthers and other predators requires taking basic safety measures that have proved to be effective. The FWC recommends that people living in panther country make sure their pets are sheltered at night inside a house or kennel and small animals like goats are put in barns or pens with roofs. Installing electric fences around animal pens is another useful deterrent against panthers.
Most Floridians or visitors to the state will never get to see the reclusive long-tailed cat that grows to 6 feet or longer. They can attend the first annual Florida Panther Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at North Collier Regional Park in Naples. The purpose of the free festival is to raise awareness of the endangered Florida panther while promoting safe coexistence of people, pets, livestock and panthers. To learn more about the panther, go to www.floridapanthernet.org.
Last year the FWC revised its official estimate upward to as many as 160 adults in the panther's primary range of South Florida. At any given time the total number of panthers may vary, because the estimate does not include the addition of kittens or losses due to a variety of causes. In addition, there are an unknown small number of male panthers dispersed into Central or North Florida. The FWC is working with partners to develop better methods to count panthers and assess the statewide population.
In the 1970s, the panther population was estimated to be as few as 20 animals in the wild and showed signs of inbreeding. In 1995, the state, in cooperation with federal agencies, embarked on a genetic-restoration project attempting to avert extinction of the Florida panther. Eight young female Texas pumas were released into South Florida to increase the genetic health of the Florida stock. This conservation effort was intended to mimic the genetic exchange that once occurred naturally between panther populations in the Southeast and pumas in East Texas. It proved successful and resulted in improved panther productivity and health, and a growing population.
The progress made in conserving Florida's official state animal appears to be having an unintended consequence: livestock losses to cattle ranchers. Panthers normally prey on white-tailed deer, wild hogs and other game. Yet, last year the FWC began receiving reports of panthers preying on calves.
Southwest Florida cattle ranches typically are spread over tens of thousands of acres, with cows and calves dispersed on a range that includes excellent and essential panther habitat.
"Partnering with Florida's cattle ranching industry is an important part of our long-term panther recovery strategy," said Nick Wiley, the FWC's executive director. "The history of Florida cattle ranching is a rich one, and the state's cattle operations are among the largest in the country. Ranching is a critically important economic engine. It is absolutely essential to keep ranching viable in Florida, not only because of its economic value, food productivity and its place in our cultural heritage, but also because it provides valuable habitat for many types of wildlife, including panthers."
Speaking from a cattleman's perspective, Russell Priddy said, "Florida cattle ranchers understand that a balance needs to be reached between protecting endangered panthers and addressing the financial impacts of losing calves to panther predation. We will do our part, and we are expecting that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be responsive to our situation."
The FWC is addressing conflicts between panthers and human activities in several ways.
A $25,000 fund is being proposed by the FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to compensate ranchers who lose calves to panther depredation. The FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are working with ranchers, elected officials and conservation groups to figure out the best way to initiate this program. It is viewed as a possible first step towards more comprehensive and effective long-term solutions.
The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) will initiate a cooperative research project this fall to learn more about the panther's impact on cattle ranching by monitoring calf survival. This research, which is being funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and IFAS, is designed to provide scientific data on which factors are contributing to calf deaths on these ranches.
The FWC is also directing resources to this project. Agency staff will study individual panthers that are on or near the same ranches where the calf studies will be conducted and look at panther prey selection to determine the role that calves play in the panther's diet.
Homeowners in Southwest Florida, and Collier County in particular, have also seen an increase in cases of panthers killing pets or backyard livestock such as goats. Protecting these animals from panthers and other predators requires taking basic safety measures that have proved to be effective. The FWC recommends that people living in panther country make sure their pets are sheltered at night inside a house or kennel and small animals like goats are put in barns or pens with roofs. Installing electric fences around animal pens is another useful deterrent against panthers.
Most Floridians or visitors to the state will never get to see the reclusive long-tailed cat that grows to 6 feet or longer. They can attend the first annual Florida Panther Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at North Collier Regional Park in Naples. The purpose of the free festival is to raise awareness of the endangered Florida panther while promoting safe coexistence of people, pets, livestock and panthers. To learn more about the panther, go to www.floridapanthernet.org.
QR Codes Link To Savings On The Mobile Web
QR Codes -Use Your Phone To Instantly Access The Mobile Web
iPhones, iPads, Blackberry, and Adroid cell phones are accessing 2-D bar codes, or QR codes to jump instantly to special offers and additional information found on the mobile web free product trials, special savings promotions, as well as product descriptions and even videos.
QR is an abbreviations for "quick response." Surveys show about 14 million U.S. mobile phone users scanned a QR code in June, 2011, or about 6.2% of the mobile users.
Half of all U.S. phones are expected to be smart phones by year end.
2-D bar codes have been popular in Asia for a decade and in Europe for the last five years, and began to take off in the U.S. just last year.
The most likely place codes were scanned were in newspapers and magazines and on product packaging.
To use a code, take a picture with the phone's camera and a QR code app will load a web page automatically to the screen. It's a convenient way to get information instantly using a smart phone while shopping or reading catalogs or brochures.
QR is an abbreviations for "quick response." Surveys show about 14 million U.S. mobile phone users scanned a QR code in June, 2011, or about 6.2% of the mobile users.
Half of all U.S. phones are expected to be smart phones by year end.
2-D bar codes have been popular in Asia for a decade and in Europe for the last five years, and began to take off in the U.S. just last year.
The most likely place codes were scanned were in newspapers and magazines and on product packaging.
To use a code, take a picture with the phone's camera and a QR code app will load a web page automatically to the screen. It's a convenient way to get information instantly using a smart phone while shopping or reading catalogs or brochures.
The "QR" code, a unique black and white square graphic design as shown here is used by the phone's camera to find a designated web page using a QR reader app.
For example, snap the QR code above with your smartphone to see 2011's most read news item published on the Sunday Morning News/Southwest Florida.
Retailers and advertisers are including the square codes on packaging and store displays to allow consumers convenient access to information about products and services instantly using their smart phones.
Some vendors use the codes for instant savings or special promotions only available using smart phones.
GNC places codes on signs and in store windows, leading customers to the "deal of the day." Sears uses QR codes in it's catalogs and circulars and throughout stores to direct shoppers to it's online commerce site where a purchase can be made or more product information can be found.
eBay even uses the codes at NASCAR events, and car shows leading viewers to it's eBay Motors site.
(A second format for the 2-D codes is Microsoft's Tag code. Lowe's places it's Tag codes on plants in it's nurseries, a snap leads to a mobile page of detailed instructions on how to care for the plant.)
Retailers and advertisers are including the square codes on packaging and store displays to allow consumers convenient access to information about products and services instantly using their smart phones.
Some vendors use the codes for instant savings or special promotions only available using smart phones.
GNC places codes on signs and in store windows, leading customers to the "deal of the day." Sears uses QR codes in it's catalogs and circulars and throughout stores to direct shoppers to it's online commerce site where a purchase can be made or more product information can be found.
eBay even uses the codes at NASCAR events, and car shows leading viewers to it's eBay Motors site.
(A second format for the 2-D codes is Microsoft's Tag code. Lowe's places it's Tag codes on plants in it's nurseries, a snap leads to a mobile page of detailed instructions on how to care for the plant.)
If you have not added a QR reader app to your smart phone, just google "QR app" to download one. Then just snap a picture of the square. It's as easy as that.
(Snap the QR Code above: Southwest Florida Online's most read news story of all time.)
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
NASA Releases New Apollo 17 Moon Landing Photos
New Photos Of Apollo Moon Landing Sites
The twists and turns of the last tracks left by humans on the moon crisscross the surface in this Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) image of the Apollo 12, 14, and 17 sites released by NASA September 6, 2011.
In the thin lunar soil, the trails made by astronauts on foot can be easily distinguished from the dual tracks left by the lunar roving vehicle, or LRV. Also seen in this image are the descent stage of the Challenger lunar module and the LRV, parked to the east.
The LRV gave the Apollo 17 astronauts, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, considerable mobility. As in previous Apollo missions, the astronauts set up the lunar monitoring equipment known as the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), the details of which varied from mission to mission.
To the west of the landing site, the cross-shaped path that the astronauts made as they set up the geophones to monitor seismic activity can be seen.
To the east, more rover tracks can be seen. Cernan made these when he laid out the 35-meter antennas for the Surface Electrical Properties, or SEP, experiment. SEP, a separate investigation from ALSEP, characterized the electrical properties of the lunar soil.
Below the SEP experiment is where the astronauts parked the rover, in a prime spot to shoot video of the liftoff of the Challenger module.
Video courtesy of NASA/Goddard/ASU
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