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Where to you store your great ideas? Do you tear out magazine articles and store them in a big binder? Do you jot down book recommendations and restaurants to try on Post-Its? Or do you just keep in all on file in your head?
Last week, I was perusing a fun paper arts store and admired a sample altered Rolodex file. I decided that I must make one of my own. I had to have one. Instead of paying the store .30 each die cut pass to make my framework, I went on a hunt for my own method of die cutting the custom Rolodex cards to suit my style. Several trips to JoAnns, Staples, Office Depot, a new Big Kick, Thick Cuts die AND the elusive 3"x5" rotary Rolodex file later: here is my creation:
My initial idea was to make a reminder file. Something that would help me to remember to send birthday cards and change my furnace filter on time. Then I talked to Korie, and she said she was making a Do It/ Done It File. Something along the lines of "Life's Little To Do List" broken up into easy to navigate categories. I loved that idea.
Mine is a place I can jot down ideas for everything from seasonal day trips and recipes to try to family traditons and scrapbook pages I want to make. I intend to fill it up with recommendations and all kinds of notes on things I want to do. And then we'll get out there and do them!
I had a blast making it. I stayed up late on Saturday night with a glass of pinot noir, listening to the audiobook of Eat, Pray, Love and went to work. It was the perfect soundtrack for dwelling in possibility.
More photos of this project can be seen here.
I love it. I might just have to make one for myself...after the wedding of course.
Posted by: msdramateacherlady | July 01, 2007 at 07:01 PM
I was thinking about cracking a beer, listening to Nineteen Minutes and getting some crafting done myself...and your entry just pushed me to do it tonight! ;) Love the rolex. Awesome!
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Omigosh this is great - so cute! I have Eat, Pray...coming from the library - love audiobooks, don't you? And pinot noir...yum, you know, my brother is growing pinot noir grapes. Sounds good!
Posted by: Kirsten | July 01, 2007 at 08:36 PM
That thing is so neat! I never have any luck no matter how I organize. The only thing that works for me almost without fail is to stick the really, really important notes to myself right in the bathroom sink when I go to bed, so I see them as soon as I brush my teeth. Even then, if I don't move the note to my purse to take with me for the day, I STILL might forget.
Posted by: Jill | July 02, 2007 at 08:18 AM
um- love it!! so are ya gonna share how ya did it?
Posted by: Tara@glutenfreepizza.com | July 02, 2007 at 09:21 AM
So cute!
Posted by: katbliss | July 02, 2007 at 09:40 AM
Brilliant idea! I love how you put the 7 Gypsies stickers to good use too. I have so many.
Posted by: Jeanette | July 02, 2007 at 04:51 PM
that is adorable. I keep things like that in a binder, but I like how colorful that one is!
Posted by: tommiea | July 03, 2007 at 05:41 AM
beautiful project! i can't imagine how much time this took you! i really love it though!
Posted by: kathyp | July 03, 2007 at 07:48 AM
What a cute idea...love what you've done!!!
Posted by: Annette | July 04, 2007 at 12:03 AM
What a FANTASTIC project!!! So, now I just created a word doc with ALL of the idea files that I want to include in my binder; I've had 1 notebook to scribble down all of my thoughts for the past 8 years, and now it's time to organize them into sections. Thank you for the inspirational jumpstart and BRAVO on your wonderful creation!!
Posted by: glo | July 14, 2007 at 08:51 PM
So stinkin' CUTE!!!!!
Your blog is going to need a BOS function soon. Anyway, I am so totally copying you.
Posted by: Monique S. | August 24, 2007 at 09:45 AM
Really cute! Love IT!
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jennifer D | May 22, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Love this! You did a great job - I think I might have to do this!
Posted by: Lisa | May 31, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Absolutely brilliant!
Posted by: Laurie | June 11, 2008 at 03:06 PM
This is the greatest idea since toilet paper. Why didn't I see one of these sooner?
Posted by: Arlene | June 11, 2008 at 04:09 PM
This is totally amazing! I just saw your creation on Tip Junkie's site and had to pop over - I bought a Rolodex at Office Depot a long time ago and haven't been inspired yet to use it. I was going to make it an address book, but this looks like so much more fun! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Posted by: Marilyn M | June 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Tip Junkie does it again!! I just bought a rolodex to make my own! Great idea!
Posted by: Domestic Chicky | June 12, 2008 at 09:46 AM
LOVE this idea! I'm sooo stealing it. Thanks!
Posted by: Jill | June 12, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Awesome idea!
Love your blog, I'll have to pull up a chair and make my self comfy!
Have a great day-
Tanja
Posted by: Tanja | June 12, 2008 at 01:17 PM
Love, love, LOVE this idea! I'm going to feature it sometime soon.
Posted by: Toblerone @ Simple Mom | June 16, 2008 at 11:41 AM
I love this! For whatever reason, when I'm pregnant I get crafty (and feel the need to mass produce baked goods...but that's not the point) and this is great! I'm already buzzing with tab ideas. What a cool idea.
Linked from Domestic Chicky.
Posted by: Trysha | June 20, 2008 at 09:47 AM
I just posted a link from my site to yours. I love this Rolodex idea.
Thanks!!!
Kristin
Posted by: Kristin | July 08, 2008 at 07:42 PM
Here via Tip Junkie. This is so cool -- I want one!
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A student was shot and a teacher injured Thursday afternoon at Price Middle School in southeast Atlanta.
On Thursday evening the APS Superintendent and the Chief of Police held a press conference, which can bee seen in the video above.
A juvenile suspect was quickly apprehended by a school resource officer and taken into custody, Atlanta police said. A small-caliber handgun was recovered. It appeared the victim and suspect knew each other and had argued earlier. For more on this story, visit Cascade Patch.
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Mother’s Day is meaningful because it allows us the opportunity to say thank you to our moms who have selflessly given so much of themselves over the years and encouraged us to be fearless—through guidance, that extra nudge of encouragement to take risks, or pointing us in the right direction.. And as we search for a way to say thank you for their inspiration and support, we should keep in mind gifts that give back.
Several organizations have embraced the idea of giving back to honor our mothers. Instead of opting for the traditional flowers as a gift, why not support companies that attach their products or services to a social cause? How about giving to a nonprofit that you know your mother would love?
Here are 10 ideas (some last minute!) to help you find the perfect gift that gives back this Mother’s Day:
• The practical fashion clothing store Ann Taylor will be donating 90 percent of its gift card sales to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
• Global Giving, a fundraising platform for charities and nonprofits, is offering a free Mother’s Day gift when a person makes a donation to select nonprofit organizations through its site.
• Powered by Ebay, World of Good is an online marketplace for socially and environmentally shopping.
• For mothers who love glamour, Viva Glam Lipstick offers several cosmetic products, donating every cent of the selling price of VIVA GLAM Lipstick and Lipglass to the M•A•C AIDS Fund to support men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS.
• For every pair of TOM’s shoes purchased, the organization gives a pair of shoes away to a child in need. Check out these ballet flats inspired by Native American prints.
• Ten Thousand Villages offers handmade jewelry from local artisans around the world at fair trade market value.
• With every purchase of these sporty One T-shirts, you’ll be helping to spread awareness about the fight against extreme poverty and preventable diseases.
• Give the gift of relaxation with a Raven & Lily soap set. Handmade in Northern India using locally grown ingredients and fresh spring water, proceeds fund literacy programs for the women artisans and children in the community.
• Help mothers around the world obtain access to clean water with the Kwiat Waterdrop bracelet, benefiting charity: water.
• For the moms that love to bake, check out this stylish mixer from KitchenAid. With each purchase, a portion of the proceeds will go towards cancer research.
While these are just a few examples, we hope these gift ideas help you find one that is just right for your mom – whether it’s with Survivor Chick chocolates where 100% of the proceeds fund cancer research, or with a trendy Project Iris T-shirt which donates a percentage of every purchase to the World Food Bank.
Still stuck? How about spending the day with mom volunteering and #goodspotting?
And because we want to hear your stories about how your mom has inspired you to Be Fearless, we’re giving away some gifts of our own for Mother’s Day: through May 14, share how your mom has inspired you to take risks and dream big in our Facebook sweepstakes, and enter to win an instant mobile photo printer and/or a $25 Network for Good charity gift card. You can enter here.
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NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS; Service Employees International Union, Local 1199, Plaintiffs–Appellees/Cross–Appellant, Kyle Wangler; Columbus Coalition for the Homeless, Plaintiffs, Ohio Democratic Party, Intervenor, v. SECRETARY OF State of OHIO, Defendant,
State of Ohio, Intervenor–Appellant/Cross–Appellee. v. Secretary of State of Ohio, Defendant–Appellant.
Nos. 11–3035, 11–3036, 11–3037.
Argued: April 20, 2012. -- August 30, 2012
ARGUED:Erick D. Gale, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross–Appellee. L. Bradfield Hughes, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees/Cross–Appellants. ON BRIEF:Erick D. Gale, Richard N. Coglianese, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross–Appellee in cases 11–3035/3036 and Appellant in 11–3037. L. Bradfield Hughes, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Caroline H. Gentry, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Dayton, Ohio, Subodh Chandra, The Chandra Law Firm, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, H. Ritchey Hollenbaugh, Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees/Cross–Appellants in cases 11–3035/3036 and Appellees in 11–3037.
OPINION
In 2006, Plaintiffs-appellees/Cross-appellants Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (“NEOCH”) and Service Employees International Union, Local 1199 (“SEIU”) brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against then Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell challenging several provisions of Ohio's 2006 Voter ID law. The parties negotiated consent orders in 2006 and 2008. In 2009, NEOCH and SEIU filed a motion for attorneys' fees with respect to the 2008 orders, which the district court granted. The Ohio Secretary of State appealed the fee and cost award, and the parties ultimately negotiated a consent decree signed by the district court in April 2010. In June 2010, the plaintiffs filed another motion for attorneys' fees and costs, this time for work performed (1) regarding prior motions for attorneys' fees submitted in the litigation, (2) during the appeal of the award of attorneys' fees, and (3) negotiating the consent decree. The district court granted the motion in part, but because it found that the motion regarded a supplemental fee request, it reduced the fee award to three percent of the award granted in the main case pursuant to Coulter v. Tennessee, 805 F.2d 146 (6th Cir.1986).
On appeal, the State of Ohio and the Ohio Secretary of State argue that the 2010 consent decree was a settlement in full of all of the plaintiffs' claims, thus waiving any subsequent claim for further attorneys' fees. The plaintiffs cross-appeal, arguing that the district court erred in applying Coulter to limit their supplemental fee award. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I.
This appeal over an award of attorneys' fees stems from litigation over Ohio's voter identification laws, passed in 2006, which culminated in a consent decree entered into by the parties in 2010. Although the parties' appeal and cross-appeal focus on the consent decree and the district court's grant of the motion for attorneys' fees filed after the consent decree was entered, the parties' arguments are premised in part on an understanding of the factual and procedural background leading up to the consent decree.
In 2006, NEOCH and SEIU brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against then Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell in his official capacity seeking to have portions of the Ohio “new voter-identification laws” declared unconstitutional. On November 1, 2006, the parties entered into a consent order, which governed the November 2006 general election and provided specific guidance and clarification to County Boards of Elections regarding identification procedures. An enforcement order was entered on November 14, 2006, after it was discovered that some Board of Election employees failed to follow the provisions of the consent order.
On January 4, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a motion under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1821 and 1920 for attorneys' fees and costs which were incurred in relation to the November 2006 consent order and the November 2006 enforcement order. Over the defendants'1 opposition, on September 30, 2008, the district court granted the plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees pending a hearing to determine a reasonable fee award.
Prior to the November 2008 election, the plaintiffs sought leave to file a proposed supplemental complaint, citing concerns that the County Boards of Elections would continue to apply inconsistent standards to their evaluation of provisional ballots, and also requested a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of the voter identification laws in the 2008 election. In order to settle the ongoing litigation, then Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued Directive 2008–101, which provided guidelines for Ohio's “boards of election in processing and counting provisional ballots.” By agreement of the parties, the district court issued an order on October 24, 2008, which adopted the directive. The court also issued an additional order on October 27, 2008, which addressed the effect of poll worker error on the counting of provisional ballots and instructions regarding acceptable addresses for persons without a permanent addresses.
On January 20, 2009, the plaintiffs filed their second motion for attorneys' fees and costs. The second motion requested fees and costs related to procuring the October 2008 orders as well as fees reasonably related to the orders. On July 28, 2009, the district court granted the second motion for attorneys' fees and costs and also awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs relating to the first motion for fees and costs. In total, the district court awarded $474,418.50 in attorneys' fees and $29,995.61 in costs and expenses.
The State of Ohio, as intervenor-defendant, appealed the award of attorneys' fees to this court. The parties subsequently began to work with the office of the circuit mediator in an effort to resolve the appeal.2 The district court approved and entered a consent decree on April 19, 2010. The parties included the following explanation of the decree in the preamble:
The parties, desiring that this action be settled by an appropriate Consent Decree ․ and without the burden of protracted litigation, agree to the jurisdiction of this Court over the parties and the subject matter of this action. Subject to this Court's approval of this Decree, and subject to the continuing validity of this Decree if it or its terms are challenged in any other court, the parties waive a hearing and findings of fact and conclusions of law on all issues, and further agree to the entry of this Decree as final and binding among and between themselves as to the issues raised in the Plaintiffs' Complaint and Supplemental Complaint, and the matters resolved in this Decree.
This Decree, being entered with the consent of the parties, shall in no way constitute an adjudication or finding on the merits of Case No. 2:06–CV–896, nor be construed as an admission by the Defendants of any wrongdoing or violation of any applicable federal or state law or regulation.
In resolution of this action, the parties hereby AGREE to, and the Court expressly APPROVES, ENTERS, and ORDERS, the following․
The consent decree provided for general injunctive relief, including (1) the adoption of Directive 2008–80 issued by the Ohio Secretary of State as an order of the district court, and (2) the agreement that the Secretary of State would instruct the County Board of Elections to follow agreed-upon rules governing the casting and counting of provisional ballots for persons lacking identification other than a social security number. The consent decree further provided that the Secretary of State “shall issue a Directive to all Boards of Elections that sets forth the text of the injunctive relief described․” The consent decree also provided that it was to remain in effect until June 13, 2013, and that “[a]ny of the parties may file a motion with the Court to modify, extend or terminate this Decree for good cause shown.” Finally, the consent decree contained a “miscellaneous provision[ ]” where the parties agreed that within sixty days of the decree's entry the Secretary of State “shall pay to counsel for Plaintiffs the attorneys' fees that were previously awarded by this Court, as follows: $321,942.15.51 [sic ] to Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, $99,722.58 to Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP, and $82,749.38 to The Chandra Law Firm, LLC.”
On June 3, 2010, the plaintiffs filed their third motion for attorneys' fees and costs. The motion requested attorneys' fees and costs for (1) briefing and arguing the prior fees motions, (2) opposing and settling the appeal of the district court decision granting the prior motions, and (3) “negotiating the April 19, 2010 Consent Decree which terminated th[e] litigation.” The requested fees and costs covered work the attorneys engaged in between January 2009 and April 2010.
The defendants opposed the third motion for attorneys' fees and costs, arguing that the consent decree was final and binding as to the claims set forth in the complaint, and that as a result, the plaintiffs waived any opportunity to seek additional fees by entering into the consent decree. The defendants submitted affidavits from an attorney in the Secretary of State's office and an attorney in the Ohio Attorney General's Office who acted as client contact for the State of Ohio during the settlement negotiations to argue that “inclusion of a final and certain amount of attorneys' fees was a material term of the complete settlement” and the defendants “would not have agreed to settle this case if the parties had intended to leave the issue of additional attorneys' fees open or unsettled.” In the alternative, the defendants argued that the motion for fees should be denied or reduced because the requested fees were unreasonable. Specifically, they argued that because the third motion was essentially a request for attorneys' fees expended in obtaining a prior award of attorneys' fees (a “fees for fees” request), the fee award should be capped at three percent of the fee award in the main case under the rule announced in Coulter v. Tennessee, 805 F.2d 146, 151 (6th Cir.1986), and that the bills submitted were unreasonable for the work required.
On November 30, 2010, the district court granted in part and denied in part the third motion for fees and costs. The district court concluded that the plaintiffs did not waive their right to receive further attorneys' fees because the parties did not intend the consent decree to be a final disposition of all claims and found that the plaintiffs were entitled to collect an additional fee award. The district court found the requested hours and hourly rates to be reasonable, but agreed with the defendants that the three-percent rule from Coulter should apply to the request for supplemental fees. The court found that “the hours spent at all three stages of this attorneys' fees case constituted preparation for and litigation of the attorneys' fees case” and that as a result, the entire fee request was subject to Coulter's three percent rule. The district court therefore awarded fees equivalent to three percent of the award in the main case, for a total supplemental attorney fee award of $15,132.50.3 The court also granted plaintiffs their requested costs and expenses.
The defendants appeal the award of fees and costs. The plaintiffs cross-appeal the supplemental fee award.
II.
“A district court's interpretation of a consent decree or judgment is a matter of law subject to de novo review, and the underlying findings of fact are reviewed for clear error.” Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Engler, 146 F.3d 367, 371 (6th Cir.1998). We review a district court's award of attorneys' fees and costs under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for abuse of discretion. Dubay v. Wells, 506 F.3d 422, 431 (6th Cir.2007). An abuse of discretion is a “definite and firm conviction that the trial court committed a clear error of judgment.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).
III.
A.
The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act (the “Fees Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b), “permits a court in its discretion to award the ‘prevailing party’ in a § 1983 action ‘reasonable’ attorney's fees as part of the costs.” Pouillon v. Little, 326 F.3d 713, 716 (6th Cir.2003). The Fees Act does not “bestow[ ] fee awards upon attorneys nor render[ ] them nonwaivable or nonnegotiable․” Evans v. Jeff D., 475 U.S. 720, 731–32 (1986). Thus, a prevailing plaintiff may waive attorney's fees as part of a negotiated settlement. See id. at 732–37. In considering whether a settlement includes a release or waiver of a claim to fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, we have adopted an approach that does not require the parties to reach an explicit agreement on the issue of attorneys' fees. McCuiston v. Hoffa, 202 F. App'x 858, 863 (6th Cir.2006) (citing Jennings v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville, 715 F.2d 1111, 1114 (6th Cir.1988)). Instead, the critical inquiry is “whether the parties intended the settlement to be a final disposition of all claims, rather than whether the parties intended to include attorneys' fees in the settlement.” Jennings, 715 F .2d at 1114. Because the parties need not have entered into “a separate agreement on each aspect of the claim in order to have reached a settlement in full,” in conducting the inquiry, “the silence of the parties regarding attorneys' fees is not controlling.” Id. Although intent is generally a question of fact, “it may be determined by the court when the record permits only one inference.” McCuiston, 202 F. App'x at 865 (citing Jennings, 715 F.2d at 1114).
In Jennings, we found that the settlement in question was a final disposition of all claims precluding a later request for attorneys' fees where, after the monetary settlement was paid, the district court entered a final order dismissing the action “with prejudice” which did not mention costs. 715 F.2d at 1112, 1114. In reaching this conclusion, we emphasized that the intention of the parties was to settle all claims, that one of the lawyers requesting fees admitted that he had not intended to request fees at the time of settlement (and thus that he did not intend to reserve settlement of that issue), and that the lawyer agreed to an order of dismissal with prejudice which was a final disposition of the lawsuit. Id. at 1114. We have also previously found that a stipulated consent judgment was a comprehensive settlement in full where the terms of the judgment stated that the judgment was a “final order of the court, disposing of all remaining claims in this action.” McCuiston, 202 F. App'x at 861, 865. Similarly, in Toth v. UAW, we found that a district court's grant of a fee award was precluded because the parties had entered into a settlement agreement which “made a final disposition of all claims, including any request for attorneys' fees, regardless of whether or not such fees were specifically mentioned in that agreement.” 743 F.2d 398, 406–407 (6th Cir.1984). We found that the provision which provided that the “agreement constitutes the full and complete settlement of all claims, allegations, or other causes of action which relate in any manner to the allegations set forth in Count III” was the “provision of th[e] settlement most directly bearing on the fee issue.” Id. at 406.
B.
The consent decree does not explicitly refer to attorneys' fees and costs incurred during the time period claimed in the plaintiffs' third motion for fees (between January 2009 and April 2010). Instead, it only provides for the payment of “attorneys' fees that were previously awarded․” The issue of attorneys' fees seems to be an afterthought, included only in a miscellaneous provision of the consent decree, which is largely merits-focused. Indeed, the majority of the consent decree focuses on issues relating to the substantive challenge to the procedures surrounding the implementation of the state voter ID laws and provides for injunctive relief. The consent decree lists the purposes of the decree as ensuring that the “fundamental right to vote is fully protected for registered and qualified voters who lack the identification required by the Ohio Voter ID laws, including indigent and homeless voters,” that the voters not be “required to purchase identification as a condition to exercising their fundamental right to vote,” that the votes be counted “even if they are cast by provisional ballot on Election Day,” and that voters will not be deprived of the right to vote because of differing interpretations of the Provisional Ballot Laws or because of poll worker error. Because the consent decree is overwhelmingly focused on the merits and is silent as to the availability of the attorneys' fees requested in the third motion, we must consider whether the parties intended the consent decree to operate as a final disposition of all claims. Jennings, 715 F.2d at 1114.
To support their argument that the parties intended the consent decree to be a comprehensive settlement, the defendants argue that the plain language of the decree requires the conclusion that it was a final disposition of all claims because the preamble refers to the desire to settle the “action ․ without the burden of protracted litigation” and states that the decree is “final and binding” and that the parties agree to the terms of the consent decree “in resolution of this action.” It is true, as defendants argue, that the scope of the consent decree is specifically defined as “final and binding ․ as to the issues raised in the Plaintiffs' Complaint and Supplemental Complaint, and the matters resolved in this Decree” and that the plaintiffs did request attorneys' fees in their complaint. However, the language in the consent decree is distinguishable from the language in McCuiston—where a final disposition of all claims was found—which stated that the consent judgment “dispos[ed] of all remaining claims ․“ 202 F. App'x at 865 (emphasis added). Similarly, the agreement here is distinguishable from a settlement agreement which stated that the defendant was “fully and forever” released from “any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, rights of actions”—language we found “sweeping” and that indicated the parties' intent to bar future fee awards. Fulford v. Forest Hills Eagle Supermarket, 822 F.2d 1088, 1987 WL 38035, at *1 (6th Cir.1987) (per curiam ) (table). Because the language in the consent decree is limited in scope when compared to the operative language in McCuiston and Fulford, the concern that “allow [ing] attorney's fees to [the plaintiffs] in the face of such language would make it impossible to devise a complete settlement of claims” is reduced. Id. Further, a natural reading of the specific language chosen, “issues raised in the Complaint,” does not automatically lead to the conclusion that all claims are extinguished by the consent decree. “Issues raised” suggests claims or the counts raised in the complaint, and not necessarily the relief prayed for in a complaint.
The defendants contend that to distinguish the specific language referring to the decree as “final and binding among and between themselves as to the issues raised in the Plaintiffs' Complaint and Supplemental Complaint,” from the language in McCuiston, which stated that the stipulated consent judgment was a “final order of the court, disposing of all remaining claims in this action,” 202 F. App'x at 865, is to make a “hyper-technical distinction without any meaning.” Appellants' Br. at 31. However, we must consider the specific terms of any settlement when determining whether the parties intended to make a final disposition of all claims. See McCuiston, 202 F. App'x at 865 (finding a comprehensive settlement where consent judgment contained language stating that it “dispose[d] of ‘all remaining claims' ”); Toth, 743 F.2d at 406 (finding provision stating that settlement agreement “constitutes the full and complete settlement of all claims” probative on fee issue); Jennings, 715 F.2d at 1114 (noting that parties agreed to terms that called for an order of dismissal with prejudice). It makes little sense to argue that specific word choices should not be viewed as probative and potentially significant when the terms of a relevant settlement agreement are key to shedding light on the intent of the parties. Here the words chosen are at least somewhat more specific and limited than those used in other settlement agreements where final dispositions of all claims have been found.
The defendants cite In re Lybarger, 793 F.2d 136, 138 (6th Cir.1986), to support their argument that the inclusion of language referring to the parties' desire to settle the action “without the burden of protracted litigation” demonstrates the intent of the parties to resolve all claims. In Lybarger, we found that a plaintiff waived her right to appeal an order denying an application for supplemental attorney's fees where the consent decree specifically stated that the parties were “desirous of settling these matters without further litigation” and provided that the parties would attempt to agree on a fee award and if they failed to do so, the plaintiff's lawyer would submit his fee request to the district court which would make a final and non-appealable decision on fees. 793 F.2d at 137–38. When the district court denied plaintiff's attorney's request for supplemental fees, the plaintiff attempted to argue that the consent decree only prohibited appeal of the district court's decision regarding fees incurred in connection with the merits and in preparation of the original application for fees. We rejected reading the language of the consent decree so narrowly as to allow appeal of the district court decision on supplemental fees. Id. at 138. But unlike the case at hand, the decision in Lybarger focused on whether or not the plaintiff waived the right to appeal the district court decision regarding a supplemental fee award, not whether the right to request the supplemental fee award itself was precluded. Lybarger is thus of little help to the defendants.
The affidavits submitted by both parties are consistent with each side's purported intentions regarding attorneys' fees when negotiating the consent decree. Ohio law allows the consideration of extrinsic evidence regarding an ambiguous term in a contract or consent decree. See Seals v. Gen. Motors Corp., 546 F.3d 766, 771 (6th Cir.2008); Waste Mgmt. of Ohio, Inc. v. City of Dayton, 169 F. App'x 976, 988–89 (6th Cir.2006). Here, the extrinsic evidence offered is confined to the parties' statements regarding what they intended to negotiate for during the consent decree negotiations and what they believed they were agreeing to under the terms of the consent decree.4 The affidavits simply reflect the fact that the parties had competing goals in forming the decree and possessed differing conceptions as to whether the decree was to extinguish all further claims for fees; they do not demonstrate that the parties explicitly discussed whether or not supplemental fees would be available. Thus, the affidavits do not provide substantial assistance in determining whether the consent decree was intended as a final disposition of all claims.
The parties also disagree as to the import of the fact that the consent decree contained language allowing for modification, extension, and termination of the decree for good cause, as well as the fact that the decree was only to remain in effect until June 30, 2013. The district court found that because the parties agreed to allow for modification and extension of the agreement, the consent decree was further distinguishable from the consent judgment in McCuiston, which “did not allow the parties to seek to modify or extend the terms of the agreement and contained no qualifiers as to the scope of the consent judgment's terms.” The defendants contend that because a consent decree is a settlement agreement subject to continued judicial oversight, it is standard to include termination dates and that the ability to modify a consent decree should not preclude finding a settlement in full.
It is true that a consent decree is a “settlement agreement subject to continued judicial policing.” Vanguards of Cleveland v. City of Cleveland, 23 F.3d 1013, 1017 (6th Cir.1994) (internal quotation marks omitted). In that sense, the defendants are correct that the ability to modify a consent decree should not prevent a finding of a settlement in full. However, it is also true that the fact that the district court retains the power to modify or police a consent decree is different from the affirmative decision to include a provision that allows any party to move to “modify, extend, or terminate” the decree for good cause. The fact that the decree expressly provides for modification or extension by the parties for good cause does provide some, albeit limited, support for reading the decree as providing for something less than a final disposition of all claims. If the parties truly thought that the decree worked a final disposition of all claims, they might have opted not to include the language regarding modification or extension and simply relied on the default rule allowing for continued judicial policing and modification.
The defendants finally argue that construing the consent decree to be anything but a final disposition of all claims would set a dangerous precedent because it would make states wary of entering into consent decrees. We disagree with such a broad assertion. The potential impact of our construction is merely to incentivize prudent parties to exercise care in drafting settlement agreements and encourage them to ensure that the language they choose clearly indicates whether they intend a final disposition of all claims. In the consent decree at issue, the defendants could have negotiated for the addition of a single sentence to the miscellaneous provisions section stating that the agreement regarding attorneys' fees previously awarded constitutes the entire agreement regarding fees and costs and that it disposes of any and all existing or future requests for attorneys' fees and costs, or the defendants could have requested language in the preamble that clearly states that all remaining claims are extinguished by the consent decree. They simply did not do so.
Accordingly, because the language of the consent decree contains both broad language and language limiting its scope, it is distinguishable from other consent decrees or settlements where a final disposition of all claims has been found on the basis of clear and broad language. The affidavits in the record do not clarify matters so as to permit a single inference that the parties intended a final disposition of all claims. As a result, we conclude that the plaintiffs did not waive their right to petition for supplemental fees and costs.
IV.
In their cross-appeal, the plaintiffs essentially challenge two aspects of the district court's grant of supplemental attorneys' fees and costs. First, the plaintiffs argue that although the district court correctly found that they are entitled to an attorneys' fees award, the district court erred in applying the three percent cap from Coulter to limit the fee award because the “unusual circumstances” exception to the rule renders the three percent rule inapplicable to the supplemental fees award. They also contend that the “three percent rule” from Coulter should be reexamined because it leads to severe consequences and because a rigid misapplication of Coulter is inconsistent with the intent of Congress in passing the Fees Act, which was to provide an economic incentive for attorneys to take on meritorious civil rights cases. Second, they argue that even if Coulter is correctly applied to some of the work that provided the basis for the third motion for fees and costs, the district court erroneously applied Coulter to all of the work underlying their third motion.
A.
“Although time spent in preparing, presenting, and trying attorney fee applications is compensable; some guidelines and limitations must be placed on the size of the[ ] fees. Otherwise the prospect of large fees later on may discourage early settlement of cases by rewarding protracted litigation of both the civil rights case and the attorney fee case.” Coulter, 805 F.2d 151. Because the “attorney fee case is not the case Congress expressed its intent to encourage[,] ․ in order to be included, it must ride piggyback on the civil rights case.” Id. We established a general rule that “[i]n the absence of unusual circumstances, the hours allowed for preparing and litigating the attorney fee case should not exceed 3% of the hours in the main case when the issue is submitted on the papers without a trial and should not exceed 5% of the hours in the main case when a trial is necessary.” Id. Subsequent cases have applied and affirmed the controlling nature of the Coulter three percent rule. See Gonter v. Hunt Valve Co., 510 F.3d 610, 620–21 (6th Cir.2007); Auto Alliance Int'l, Inc. v. U.S. Customs Serv., 155 F. App'x 226, 229 (6th Cir.2005).
B.
The plaintiffs argue that we should reexamine Coulter, largely because they contend that Coulter's three percent rule is in tension with Weisenberger v. Huecker, 593 F.2d 49 (6th Cir .1979). The plaintiffs argue that we should return to the principles espoused in Weisenberger. In Weisenberger, we found that the district court erred in denying prevailing plaintiffs requested attorneys' fees and costs incurred in pursuing their attorneys' fees awards in two § 1983 cases and awarded the plaintiffs ninety percent of the hours submitted in their supplemental request. 593 F.3d at 54 & n. 12. However, in Weisenberger, we were focused on applying the recently passed Fees Act and determining whether, under the Fees Act, attorneys' fee awards should include an award for time spent pursuing attorneys' fees. Id. at 53–54. Weisenberger predated Coulter, which found, consistent with Weisenberger, that attorneys are entitled to attorneys' fees for preparing and litigating the attorneys' fees case—but also found that a limiting principle was necessary to prevent the pursuit of such supplemental fee awards from subverting Congress's intent in passing the Fees Act, which was “to encourage lawyers to bring successful civil rights cases, not successful attorney fee cases.” Coulter, 805 F.2d at 151.
Although the supplemental fee award granted by this court in Weisenberger is likely greater than that which would have been awarded under Coulter,5 the two cases are easily reconciled. Coulter elaborates upon and develops the law surrounding attorney fee cases, which Weisenberger acknowledged are recoverable under the Fees Act. As noted above, we have followed Coulter, a published case, in both published and unpublished cases. Coulter itself also provides that in “unusual circumstances” the cap on the supplemental fee award at three percent of the hours in the main case (or five percent if the main case goes to trial) will not apply. Coulter, 805 F.2d at 151. Thus, Coulter would not necessarily or automatically preclude the fees granted in Weisenberger. Because this is not a case where a later decision conflicts with an earlier one, see Salmi v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 774 F.2d 685, 689 (6th Cir.1985), we cannot revisit Coulter here.
Although the plaintiffs argue that it is unlikely that attorneys will continue to act as private attorneys general in taking on civil rights suits “if they will be compensated for only a tiny fraction of every 100 hours that they reasonably spend briefing legitimate fee requests, defending appeals of fee awards, and negotiating lengthy and detailed consent decrees,” this argument overstates the impact of the Coulter rule. The plaintiffs are correct that any cap on attorneys' fees might discourage attorneys from taking on civil rights cases, but the Fees Act itself presumes that the award in the main case provides sufficient incentive for attorneys. And as Coulter explains, while the availability of an award of fees for defending fee awards provides additional protection for such lawyers, this needs to be balanced against the unwanted incentives that could result from protracted litigation seeking fees for fees. Moreover, the plaintiffs err in arguing that attorneys will only receive a tiny fraction of every 100 hours they work on their attorneys' fees cases. The Coulter rule focuses on the hours spent on the main case. Thus, in a particularly complicated and lengthy main case, an attorney may be able to recover all of the claimed hours spent on the attorneys' fees case.
The plaintiffs argue that even if the panel declines to reexamine Coulter, the Coulter rule should not apply to their third motion for fees and costs because “unusual circumstances” exist which render the three percent cap inapplicable. In essence, the plaintiffs argue that the protracted and complicated nature of the litigation on the merits, as well as the significant challenges to the fee requests mounted by the defendants, demonstrate unusual circumstances distinguishable from the case in Coulter, which the district court characterized as a “simple” case.
We have previously rejected an argument that “ ‘protracted’ fee litigation [in the district court] is itself an unusual circumstance justifying a larger recovery․” Auto Alliance, 155 F. App'x at 229. However, we have also found the three percent cap on fees for fees inappropriate where the losing party engaged in “protracted and needless appellate litigation” because granting fees would discourage the losing party from engaging in the kind of protracted fees for fees litigation Coulter sought to limit. Lamar Adver. Co. v. Charter Twp. of Van Buren, 178 F. App'x 498, 502 (6th Cir.2006).
Although the litigation over the fees award in this case involved a somewhat unusual procedural history and the main case was arguably more complex than the one-day bench trial involved in Coulter, the district court did not abuse its discretion in capping the supplemental fee award at three percent. The district court necessarily has a “superior understanding of the litigation.” Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437 (1983). And here, the district court did not find that the actions of the defendants in appealing the fee award justified a finding of “unusual circumstances.” Although the defendants' appeal did prolong the fee litigation, there is no indication that the appeal was needless or meritless. The defendants opposed the original motion for fees on several grounds that do not appear to be frivolous. For example, the defendants opposed the original fees motion, arguing in part that if the district court were to find that the plaintiffs were prevailing parties, the court should still reduce any fee award to reflect the plaintiffs' less-than-complete degree of success. The district court agreed with this argument and noted in its analysis of a reasonable fee award that the “Plaintiffs' success ․ is not as broad as they have characterized it” and, in light of the partial success, that “the lodestar amount may be reduced because attorney's fees are not typically awarded for unsuccessful claims.” As a result, the district court granted a hearing on the reasonableness of the claimed fees, which both parties had requested. The district court also agreed with some of the defendants' further objections to the plaintiffs' fee requests in its analysis of the first and second motions for fees and costs. The court reduced the hours claimed by the plaintiffs and also applied a twenty percent reduction to the lodestar amount in recognition of its finding that the plaintiffs achieved less-than-total success on all of their claims. Therefore, the defendants' initial challenges to the fee awards were not frivolous, and it is unlikely that their decision to appeal the district court's fee award for the first and second fee requests was needless, given that some of their objections to the plaintiffs' claims were already recognized by the district court as reasonable. This is distinguishable from the situation in Lamar Advertising, where the losing defendant had engaged in a needless appellate challenge to the fee award. 178 F. App'x at 502. Thus, the district court's decision to apply Coulter's three percent rule to the supplemental fee award does not lead to a “definite and firm conviction that the trial court committed a clear error of judgment.” Dubay, 506 F.3d at 431 (internal quotation marks omitted).
C.
In their final challenge to the district court's partial grant of their third motion for costs and fees, the plaintiffs argue that the district court abused its discretion when it applied Coulter to all of the work for which they sought to be compensated in the third motion. The district court found that all three stages of work claimed in the third motion for fees “constituted preparation for and litigation of the attorneys' fee case” and as a result, applied the Coulter three percent rule to all of the hours claimed in the third motion. The plaintiffs argue that the time spent defending their main case fee award on appeal and the time spent negotiating the consent decree should not be considered time spent preparing and litigating the attorney fee case and that Coulter should not apply to cap their fee award for the hours claimed for those hours.6
The district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the time spent opposing and settling the appeal of the fee award for the main case was time spent preparing and litigating the attorney fee case. The plaintiffs argue that Weisenberger and Lamar Advertising demonstrate that prevailing plaintiffs should be able to recover fees incurred defending main case fee awards on appeal. However, Weisenberger predated Coulter's limitation on the total possible recovery and does not support the proposition that a deviation from Coulter is appropriate when a plaintiff must defend a fee award on appeal. Further, Lamar Advertising actually notes that fees for fees are available for litigation “on the fee request at both the lower court level and at the appellate level.” 178 F. App'x at 502. While we did not apply the Coulter rule to limit the fees the plaintiffs requested in Lamar Advertising for hours their attorneys spent defending their fee award, our decision was premised not upon the mere fact that time was spent defending the appeal, but upon the facts that the losing party “protracted the ‘fees for fees' litigation by making spurious arguments” on appeal and engaged in “protracted and needless appellate litigation.” Id.
Nor did the district court abuse its discretion in finding that the hours spent negotiating the consent decree were hours spent preparing and litigating the attorneys' fees case. While the consent decree negotiations present a somewhat unique situation, the time spent working on the decree is traceable to the litigation of the attorneys' fees case. The parties engaged in discussions with the circuit mediator only after the defendants appealed the original fee award; accordingly, the decree negotiations—and the inclusion of the provision that the Secretary of State would pay the entire fee award for the main case in the consent decree—are the direct result of the appeal of the fee award. The negotiations which led to the inclusion of the provision regarding payment of fees previously awarded are thus traceable to litigation in pursuit of obtaining fees and the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the hours spent negotiating the consent decree are properly limited by the Coulter three percent rule.
V.
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
CONCURRENCE
I write separately because I question the continued vitality of the three-percent rule in cases seeking attorneys' fees to recover the costs of pursuing fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. No other circuit—to my knowledge—has adopted a bright-line rule for calculating “fees for fees” like the one we stated in Coulter v. Tennessee, 805 F.2d 146 (6th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 914 (1987). Although I am sympathetic to the reasoning espoused in Coulter for such a rule, I see no justification in the statute or the legislative history for divesting the district courts of their discretion to determine whether fees for fees should be awarded and in what amount. However, because Coulter is binding Sixth Circuit precedent, I concur with the majority's analysis in this case. I also agree that the exception for unusual circumstances warranting a departure from the three-percent rule is not applicable in this case. The parties were free to contract around Coulter upon realizing that the consent decree would encompass more than just settling the litigation over the attorneys' fees, just as they were free to specify clearly that the consent decree would be final as to all claims.
FOOTNOTES
1. “Defendants” refers to Jennifer Brunner, the then Ohio Secretary of State and the State of Ohio, as intervenor-defendant.
2. Although the appeal was taken from the award of attorneys' fees, the mediation discussions and subsequent negotiations of a consent decree included efforts to resolve substantive issues raised in the plaintiffs' complaint and provide for injunctive relief.
3. The fee “awards in the main case were as follows: (1) $321,942 .15.51 [sic ] to Porter Wright; (2) $99,722.58 to Carlile Patchen; and (3) $82,749.38 to the Chandra Law Firm.” Because each firm requested fees greater than the three percent cap on supplemental fee awards, the district court awarded three percent of the fee awards made in the main case to each law firm: $9,658.30 to Porter Wright, $2,991.70 to Carlile Patchen, and $2,482.50 to the Chandra Law Firm.
4. The defendants argue that the affidavits from plaintiffs' counsel are not probative of intent and provide no evidence to contradict their view of the settlement negotiations precisely because they are affidavits from counsel and not from the prevailing party (NEOCH and SEIU). The defendants contend that Venegas v. Mitchell, 495 U.S. 82, 88 (1990), establishes that the prevailing party, not the lawyer, is the one eligible for the attorney fee award and that only the prevailing party possesses the right to waive, settle, or negotiate their eligibility for an attorney fee award. However, Venegas did not confront the question of whether an attorney affidavit is inappropriate extrinsic evidence for a court to consider in evaluating whether a consent decree was intended to be a full disposition of all claims. Further, in Jennings, we cited an admission of the plaintiff's lawyer to support our finding that the settlement was a final disposition of all claims. 715 F.2d at 1113–14. We also noted that the district court accepted the truthfulness of affidavits provided by the defendants' attorneys regarding the settlement agreement entered into by the parties. Id. at 1113.
5. It appears that the supplemental fee award granted in Weisenberger would likely exceed the three percent cap established in Coulter. The cases were decided without trial, see Milburn v. Huecker, 500 F.2d 1279 (6th Cir.1974), and the district court awarded $2,500.00 and $2,000.00 to the respective plaintiffs for attorneys' fees in the main cases. Weisenberger, 593 F.2d at 51. This court awarded the plaintiffs $5,096.00 for defending their fee award on appeal. Id. at 54.
6. The plaintiffs do not challenge the finding that the request for fees for the time spent briefing and arguing the first two motions for fees and costs was a supplemental fees request.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MOORE and ALARCÓN, J.J., joined. MOORE, J. (pg.21), also delivered a separate concurring opinion. | http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1610792.html | 2013-05-18T10:42:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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random thoughts on her vegetarian diet.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Late Night Musings from the Flu Stricken - Or my un-chicken noodle recipe
In one of my feverish bouts, I found myself craving chicken noodle soup. But, I'm a vegetarian, I wouldn't actually want to eat that. So after a few inconclusive searches online, I decided to whip up my own.
Here's my delicious take on that. If I could come up with a brand new recipe, at least my holidays won't have gone to complete waste...Although I have done some important catching up on my reading too. ;)
Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup
I eyeballed this recipe and realized I was missing a few of the staples but I'm sure you can make it work for yourself. For example, garlic and bay leaves are conspicuously absent. I didn't have garlic on hand and forgot the bay leaves.
The ingredients:
-2 large onions, cut in half then sliced lengthwise (for mouthfeel)
-4 large carrots, peeled and sliced in the food processor (lazy, achey, wanting to get it done with)
-4 celery sticks, washed and sliced in the food processor
-1 package dry TVP nuggets (it was originally suggested for "beef burritos" but it worked great here)
-1 inch of fresh ginger, grated
-Handful of linguini or spaghetti - broken into 3 or 4 segments
-No-salt seasoning
-Vegan Chicken Broth
-Vegetable Broth
-Olive oil
-Boiling hot water (about 2 liters)
In a large dutch oven, heat up the olive oil on medium and stir in the onions. Cook until translucent. Add in the carrots and celery and stir in to cover with oil and onions. While that sweats on medium heat, in a large bowl, place the TVP bits, 2 tablespoons of each kinds of broths and the no-salt seasoning. Pour the boiling water (all of it) on the TVP and stir to dissolve the broth. Set aside.
Once the carrots and celery have softened, add in the ginger and stir. Then gently pour in the broth water with the TVP bits into the dutch oven. Mix up and bring up to a boil, add in the broken pasta, and once the soup boils again, set to simmer and cover for about 30 minutes. You may want to add water if you find that it's looking more like a stew than a soup.
At this point, you'll want to taste the broth. If it's missing seasonings, you can add in some salt, pepper or other spices. | http://cassies-kitchen.blogspot.com/2012/12/late-night-musings-from-flu-stricken-or.html | 2013-05-18T11:03:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The records in this collection mainly concern the organization's early efforts to organize, including raising money, finding a proper name for the organization, and some notes from the first meetings. There are letters explaining why some businessmen chose not to contribute. There are also a number of financial records, monthly expense statements, copies of Federal income tax returns, and bank statements. There is correspondence relating to the closing out of the books on the Council and distributing the remaining funds to the State for a useful purpose, and the disposal of its records and how they should be made available to the public.
The Council was formed in 1976 and hired a Chicago consultant firm, Warren King and Associates, to make a study of state government and come up with specific recommendations for "ways, means, procedures and programs to effect economies and improvements in the operation of state and local government" in Vermont. The Vermont business community was asked both to finance the undertaking and also to name individuals who would have the expertise to make recommendations in specific areas, such as accounting, personnel, food service, and finance. King and Associates completed a preliminary survey in 1976. In 1977 the final survey and recommendations were made. The Council closed down its operations in 1982. | http://catalog.vermonthistory.org/vhsweb2/tramp2.exe/do_ccl_search/guest?SETTING_KEY=vhs&servers=1home&index=)&query=VHS-528 | 2013-05-18T10:12:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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- 80 guests
- 26 March 2011
- Paw Paws Back yard / Compton / California / United States
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My baby was such a Gentleman.... Being the only boy in this B-day Party while surrounded by GIRLS (his sisters) He Enjoyed himself and that made me happy!
Party Highlights
What People Ate
We had a Mexican Tacos Man
What People Drank
Kids had Capri suns, and adults had sodas
Dessert
Cup Cakes, I also had a chocolate fountain in which my guest were dipping strawberries.... it was awesome!!!!
Activities / Games
Bouncy slide, video game bus, and face paint,
Party Favors
I made personalize drawstring backpacks for the boys with their name on it and personalized tote bags for the girls.....Stuffed with favors such as A mario bros. wallet, stickers a coloring book crayons, necklaces with Mario n Luigui chracters on it.....They were so happy!!!! | http://catchmyparty.com/parties/anthony-twin1-first-birthday | 2013-05-18T10:32:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Sorry I’m late. Mommyo and I have been busy. Those Yankees were really rude to spoil your party like that.
Love,
The Five-Year-Old
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Book Review: Big Workbook Kindergarten
Big Workbook: Kindergarten SchoolZone Publishing, 2012 Ages 5-6 Unlike I’m Going to Write! Upper Case Letters, which is geared to teaching a single skill and can use a single set of instructions all the way through, Big Workbook: Kindergarten strives …
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I’ve always been a little envious of people from the South because they have such strong traditions in food and football (among other things, obviously, but those stand out). It’s not that I don’t love the way I grew up eating in the Pacific Northwest, it just seems less endearing to talk about Dungeness crab than Grandma’s famous fried chicken.
My mom had a Southern cookbook on the shelf in our kitchen for awhile but she never cooked from it (some excuse about not wanting clogged arteries). So because Southern cooking is something I know far too little about, this recipe for collard greens and black eyed peas was an exciting find. As an added bonus, it’s really healthy.
Although I may never live in the South — I had more than enough hot, humid weather during our stint in Southeast Asia — maybe some day my kids will reminisce about my awesome spicy black eyed peas.
This actually may not be as Southern as I’d like to think because chipotles play a key role in the flavor, but they definitely make the dish great. Plus I think the holy trinity of onions, green bell pepper, and celery make up any points I lost with the chiles. It’s great as a soup or served with a slotted spoon over some steamed brown rice.
Recipe:
(adapted from Fat Free Vegan)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 ribs celery, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups dried black-eyed peas, picked over and rinsed
6 cups water
1 pound collard greens, tough stems removed and greens chopped
1 teaspoons fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
2 cups water
1 tablespoon hot sauce (such as Tapatio)
2 tbsp chopped canned chipotle chiles en adobo
1/2 teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika
1 -2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Heat a ductch oven over medium high and add the olive oil. Add the onions. Sauté for about 5 minutes, until they begin to brown. Add the celery, green pepper, and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 3 more minutes or until all the vegetables are soft.
Add the black-eyed peas, 6 cups of water, thyme, and oregano.
Simmer until the black eyed peas are tender, about 45 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for about 20 minutes. Adjust salt and spices to taste. Serve with a slotted spoon over brown rice.
I can see myself filling up on a great big bowl of this. It looks very delicious.
Mmmm. DH would love this. He makes his own hot sauce.
Yum! This looks like a great dish for New Year’s Day! The black eyed peas give you luck, and the greens are supposed to bring you “green” in the new year. Just a lil bit more Southern traditions for ya!
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
We had these this year with just a couple of changes…red peppers instead of green and kale instead of collards. It was so delish, I’ve made it a few times since!
Thanks for the recipe, it was a great base. Good call on the white beer to cut the bitterness. I’m in Canada and unfortunately I can’t get Blue Moon which is a favorite but opted for a local brew called Rickards White.
I made an interesting adjustment with tasty results. Instead of serving it over the rice I used pre-cooked peas which I added at the end and cooked the rice into the dish after the greens were fried and made a quasi-risotto (adding small amount of water over 25 minutes). So tasty and easy, a new regular recipe for | http://catesworldkitchen.com/2010/02/spicy-black-eyed-peas-with-collard-greens/comment-page-1/ | 2013-05-18T10:52:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
A member of the Samoa Fa’afafine (Transvestite) Association (SFA) says they do not support gay marriage. “People always assume us to be that and this and I’m sure they (people) already thought we are celebrating together with the New Zealand gay community, when we are not,” said Tania Pulotu. So’oalo Roger Stanley, Samoa Fa’afafine Association Read more | http://cathnews.co.nz/tag/same-sex-marriage/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Dear __________,
Welcome, and congratulations on your new position at the clinic. You have a lot of learning ahead of you, so allow me to make the process easier by filling you in on a few things. This is all confidential, mind you.
First, you have no doubt noticed the protesters gathered outside. The activity you have seen is pretty typical; they mostly just pray and when they do approach a patient, it’s quiet and respectful. The orange-vested escorts we employ aren’t really necessary for the patients’ safety, but they are very necessary for our image. It’s important we continue to advance the fallacy that pro-lifers are violent, or at least unpredictable, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority are respectful and law-abiding.
Pregnant patients will meet with counselors. Luckily, some will know right away they want an abortion. If they’re wavering, our counselors will coerce them into it. May sound harsh, but trust me, it’s for the best. And after all, abortion is our bread and butter. We try not to use the word “abortion,” though. It puts people off. Other words to avoid include “baby,” “child,” and ”mother.”
If they ask about adoption, it’s important we emphasize how difficult it is, and how complicated a process. We need to talk her out of it.
If the pregnant patient doesn’t want to abort, we can’t really do anything else for her. We’re an abortion clinic, not an obstetrician or a counselor.
Whatever you do, avoid telling the patient anything about her baby’s development. If she insists on seeing a sonogram, come find a more senior employee. If she asks about the size or other details of the fetus, tell her it’s just a “blob of tissue.” Always refer to the “products of conception” or “tissue.” Try not to even say “fetus” if you can help it. It sounds too human.
No matter what the gestational age, if she asks to see the sonogram, discourage her strongly. Tell her there’s nothing recognizable to see. We don’t want her knowing the embryo has arms and legs as early as six weeks, and we certainly don’t want her seeing movement or facial features in the later weeks. No matter how far along she is, tell her, “It doesn’t even look like a baby yet.”
The heart starts beating at 18 days gestation, and a heartbeat can be audible not long after. By no means should you ever let the mother hear it. And never ever refer to her as the “mother.”
You may have heard rumors that we sometimes perform “abortions” on women who aren’t pregnant. Look, we have to keep our doors open so that the women who need them can have abortions, and sometimes that requires getting a little creative. If we weren’t constantly up against anti-choice opposition, we wouldn’t have to do this. She never needs to know.
Cases of rape and incest are extremely rare. Cases in which an abortion was necessary because the life of the mother was threatened are even rarer. But try not to let this get around.
By the way, if patients suffer any psychological damage after abortions, it’s not our fault. We’re providing a service, and we can’t hold everybody’s hand after it’s over. That’s what shrinks are for.
You should go ahead and accept now that what we’re doing is killing. You’re going to see blood and body parts. It’s best if you get used to this fact right up front. All of us who work in clinics understand the reality of abortion, but we accept that it’s what’s best for society. Our civilization can’t support all those unwanted children, anyway.
Does the unborn fetus feel pain? Yes. I won’t pretend the procedures aren’t gruesome, but they are necessary. All doctors know an abortion kills a living human. Just don’t go around talking about it.
Remember: if we quit doing this, someone else would take our place. It may help to think of all the doctors and employees like us who are able to support our families — our born, wanted children — with the work we do here. Think of all the women who come to us for help, and then get to go on and finish college, have careers, and start real families.
If you start having doubts, come to one of us who’s been here for a while and we can help you get your head straight. And whatever you do, don’t talk to them. They have a way of brainwashing people. Don’t listen to those traitors who’ve had their heads messed up by the anti-choicers.
Remember we’re ensuring the liberty and equality of women, and sometimes that fight can be bloody. If you remember the end justifies the means, you’ll be just fine here.
I’ll remind you once more: all this is confidential. We have lawyers, and we’re not afraid to use them, so even if you end up not working out, keep your mouth shut about everything you see. We are very good at lawsuits and at discrediting people in the press.
But there’s no need for all that unpleasantness. I’m sure you’ll like it here. We’re like one big happy family.
Sincerely,
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If this letter were to be read and meditated on by all new abortion clinic workers, there would soon be no one (except perhaps a few warped sadists) capable of working in these horror houses of death and destruction. | http://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/letter-to-an-abortion-clinic-worker-you-will-be-exploited/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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What started as just a re-watching of an episode of How I Met Your Mother ended up to be me re-watching half of a season. LOL. Damn, it makes me sad that this great show has an expiration date. Ah, September. New seasons of my favorite shows airing back-to-back. I know it was a show that was going downhill, but it’s too bad they canceled Heroes. :/ September 20 - How I Met Your Mother...
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THANKS FOR EVERYONE COMING BY!
i know it was pretty small. but damn, it was hella chill. best night all summer, even though it’s not summer anymore. :) not really gonna get another chance like this again, so thanks again! made my night. *to anyone who took pictures, i want them btw. :D
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mrsdongyoungbae: stephanieeeyang: i thought of kim xiah junsu O.o and he guessed it O.o lol fail i thought of bandit and he guessed colossus actually, he got it after four tries |D HAHAHA, this shit’s so cool! :D
“…the two attended Asian Camp together. Yeah, it’s like band camp; but for Asians.” I’m reading too many spoilers for Glee. But this one cracked me up. Hahaha.
The unexamined life is not worth living.– Socrates
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I love using the tomatoes in a way that makes them the center of attention in a meal. Here's one simple and delicious way of doing just that:
Fresh Tomatoes with Dill on Whole Wheat Bread
from catonalimb.blogspot.com
100% whole wheat bread, sliced
mayonnaise or Veganaise
fresh tomatoes, sliced
dried dill
sea salt
Start with a good loaf of 100% whole wheat bread (from a local bakery if possible). Toast the bread just enough so that it is slightly crispy on the outside but still soft on the inside. Let it cool for about a minute then spread generously with the mayonnaise or Veganaise. Lay the sliced tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with dill and sea salt. Sit back and enjoy the abundance of summer!
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So simple and delicious looking! Gotta love fresh tomatoes =)
If it's tomato, it will definitely be our family's favorite. I love its simplicity.
Aye, sounds like a lot of fun to consume this. :) Easy on the palate and definitely fresh. Best thing for summer!
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Yum! This looks DELICIOUS!
Thanks so much for linking up to Tuesday Talent Show! I would love to have you stop by and link up again with more great projects!
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Invite a friend
CDT presents "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
5130 Greenwich Ave, Baltimore, MD | Get Directions »
$12.00
Come out to Catonsville Dinner Theatre to enjoy Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
December 28th, 29th, and 30th AND January 4th, 5th, and 6th
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 3pm
Tickets $12, $8 kids 8 & under
Tickets sold at the door, cash or check only
For ticket information call 410-917-2911
Refreshments available at each performance | http://catonsville.patch.com/events/cdt-presents-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas | 2013-05-18T10:42:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
businesses attending will be those with current openings, or those expected to hire in the near future. Employers will be able to conduct on-site job interviews so job seekers are reminded to dress professionally for the event and be prepared to present copies of their resumes or work history. There will also be a computer area for job seekers to work on their resumes, or complete on-line applications. An early-bird workshop aimed at helping job seekers market themselves at a career expo is also being planned for that day. The Georgia Department of Labor is working with the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce-Development Authority, City of Dalton, Whitfield County Government, Murray County Chamber of Commerce, and members of the Murray-Whitfield faith community in the effort to match job seekers with available jobs. Business representatives interested in participating in the Hutcheson Medical Center invites the Northwest Georgia community to the hospital’s 28th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, Dec. 6. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the hospital lobby and feature family-oriented events such as a children’s crafts area, holiday carols, and a visit from Santa. The highlight of the evening will be the Walker County Emergency Services will offer a free class, “Preparing for a safe holiday,” for all ages, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. Parkridge East Hospital (in East Ridge, Tenn.) will offer a breastfeeding class from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Berry College Theatre Company’s annual Christmas show is “Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas” beginning Thursday, Dec. 6. The play is also a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Santa will available for photos at no extra charge. The play is family-friendly, but more suited to older children. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6,. | http://catoosanews.com/view/full_story/21008237/article-Tuesday--December-4--2012--Mark-your-calendar | 2013-05-18T11:01:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The Seat of God Lies Beyond
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Hey, did you like my game? Then if you're feeling up to it you should donate like 5 cents to me because I'm poor and I want to move out of my parents house.
Ask me anything
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Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn
Forest Reinhardt, Noel Michele Holbrook, James Weber, Karla Sartor
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learning objective:
To understand politics and economics of biofuels. To understand strategy in an industry heavily affected by government policy.
subjects covered:
Agricultural cooperatives; Business & government relations; Energy; Government policy; Small & medium-sized enterprises; Strategy
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- Geographic: Missouri
- Industry: Agribusiness
- Industry: Electric power generation
- Company Employee Count: 39
- Company Revenue: $100 million
- Event Year Begin: 2010 | http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711004-PDF-ENG | 2013-05-18T10:23:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Acting as the CEO of a small company called Sunflower Nutraceuticals, students choose to invest in growth and cash-flow improvement opportunities in three phases over 10 simulated years. Each opportunity has a unique financial profile and students must analyze effects on working capital. Examples of opportunities include taking on new customers, capitalizing on supplier discounts, and reducing inventory. Students must understand how the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows are interconnected and consider the possible effects of each opportunity on the firm's financial position. The company operates on thin margins with a constrained cash position and limited available credit. Students must optimize use of "internal" and external credit as they balance the desire for growth with the need for maintaining liquidity. This single-player simulation is ideal for introductory courses in finance, accounting, small business management, and entrepreneurial finance.
Develop intuition regarding a firm's cash conversion cycle and the operating ratios associated with it: days sales of inventory (DSI), days sales outstanding (DSO), and days payable outstanding (DPO.) Learn the trade-offs between managing revenue and EBIT growth while also managing net operating working capital (e.g., the fundamental balance sheet levers). Understand the consequences of investing too much or too little in net working capital. Learn how managers, especially entrepreneurs, often focus excessively on the income statement and, in the process, ignore the balance sheet and statement of cash flows. Develop intuition for the relationships among the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows-and appreciate how attention to cash-management techniques is critical to managing a firm effectively. Understand the tightrope between growth and illiquidity (in a simulated environment). Learn to maximize a firm's growth opportunities in a limited-credit: | http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/search_results.seam?conversationId=498113&N=4294689798 | 2013-05-18T10:54:47 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Background Paper: Proposition 13: Its Impact on the Nation's Economy, Federal Revenues, and Federal ExpendituresreportJuly 1, 1978
Inflation and Growth: The Economic Policy DilemmareportJuly 1, 1978
Five-Year Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 1979-1983reportJune 1, 1978
Direct Federal Action on Oil Imports: An Analysis of Import Fees and QuotasreportJune 1, 1978
Testimony on Social Security Payroll TaxesreportApril 5, 1978
The President's Fiscal Year 1979 Tax Expenditure ProposalsreportApril 1, 1978
An Analysis of Special Pension Benefits for the Veterans and Survivors of World War IreportMarch 27, 1978
Testimony on the Effects of Weather on the Federal Budget and the National EconomyreportMarch 14, 1978
Transportation Finance: Choices in a Period of ChangereportMarch 1,
The Economic OutlookreportFebruary 1, 1978 | http://cbo.gov/browse/publications/205?page=71 | 2013-05-18T10:53:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hi guys,
I am looking for a example program. For example that will ask for a Employee #, Name, and other tasks. And then the program will save that information in a excel or word file. Can please someone point me to the right direction.
And what is the command that writes the info taken from the user to a file automatically?
Thanks | http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/62711-newbie.html | 2013-05-18T10:54:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The attachment is a small (15kb) screen shot whcih shows a problem each time I exit my program, how do I use this information in the de-bugger to find out what it means?
If the screen shot doesn't work then I'll try to explain it -
I get an error box with the words 'The instruction at "0*77fcb838" referenced memory at "0*07d19f9d". The memory could not be "read".' | http://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplusplus-programming/15253-de-bugging-problems-printable-thread.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
On last night's Colbert Report, Cee Lo performed his big hit "Fuck You," which was censored on the air, but can now be seen here in all its NSFW glory. You know, when I was a boy, musicians weren't so coarse in their lyrics, they left a little something to the imagination with wholesome tunes like "Face Down, Ass Up" and "Just Don't Bite It." Would you like a Werther's Original?
You can watch Stephen's interview with Cee Lo after the jump.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c. | http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/11/10/cee-lo-performs-f-you-uncensored-on-the-colbert-report | 2013-05-18T10:21:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Columbia College-Christian County honors those who served
(OZARK, Mo.) -Columbia College-Christian County will salute all service members past and present with a special commemorative "I Served" pin. All college students, alumni, faculty and staff who have served or who currently serve are encouraged to wear the pin the week of Nov. 8-12.
Columbia College -Christian County was founded to serve military students and 16 percent of its current students are military.
"This campus was founded in 1996 to serve the needs of the greater Springfield area," said Kathy Gress, director. "Our military roots run deep. For 14 years Columbia College-Christian County has been working closely with military students to give them the most affordable, convenient college education as well as credit for their military experience." Gress added that military students are met at the door with understanding: Holly Canady, enrollment assistant, is a Navy veteran.
The Columbia College Veterans Services Committee created the "I Served" pin to honor students, alumni, faculty and staff who served in the U.S. military. The pin has been given to more than 1,200 veterans thus far.
The Columbia College Cougars volleyball team will also salute veterans in the Southwell Complex, main campus, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. The Cougars, who clinched the AMC crown, will be wearing camouflage jerseys to honor veterans at each match played during the tournament. Should the Cougars prevail on November 9, they will host the semi-final round match on November 11 at 7 p.m. Veterans will be honored throughout the evening with the presentation of the colors, singing of the national anthem, presentation of the I Served pins and playing of the "Armed Forces Medley." All veterans and military members are encouraged to attend and will be admitted free of charge.
College salutes all veterans with commemorative pin, volleyball game and more.
Approximately 30 percent of Columbia College's students are military active duty, reserve, veterans or dependents, and 18 of the college's campuses are on military bases. Last year, Columbia College enrolled over 1,800 veterans. When added with faculty, staff, students and alumni, the Columbia College community includes over 2,500 veterans who served admirably.
Columbia College-Christian County offers many benefits to military active duty, reserve, veterans and their dependents. The campus has the lowest undergraduate tuition costs in the area, at about $160 per credit hour. Tuition assistance is available to all traditional weekend drilling Army and Air National Guard members, and tuition is provided for 100 percent for soldiers/airmen with 10 years or less of service.
The Army Continuing Education System has also launched a new automated tuition assistance project that allows active-duty soldiers to enroll in courses online. This will speed up enrollment and minimize wait times at Army Education Centers. Active duty soldiers may also request tuition assistance through GoArmyEd.
Columbia College-Christian County offers the following degrees: *Associate in General Studies *Associate in Science in Business Administration *Associate in Science in Criminal Justice Administration *Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration *Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration *Bachelor of General Studies *Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
All classes are held during evening hours Monday through Thursday to fit the schedules of busy service members or working adults. The average class size is 10, so all students are assured of personal attention.
Columbia College, a private, nonprofit institution founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., educates more than 29,000 students each year and there are more than 67,000 Columbia College alumni worldwide. For more information, visit. | http://ccis.edu/nationwide/ESDnewsroom/index.asp?Story=941 | 2013-05-18T10:31:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, CALIFORNIA ADOPTED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2007- 2008 With Preliminary Budgets For Fiscal Years 2008- 2009 & 2009- 2010 WHAT’S INSIDE PREFACE Budget Process Overview i Includes a concise narrative description of the budget process from initial planning to preparation, adoption and implementation. Budget Calendar iii A detailed budget calendar - Fiscal Year 2007/ 08 budget Section A INTRODUCTION Budget in Brief Linking City Goals to Budget 23 Shows a crosswalk or link of goals to the current budget Section C BUDGET SUMMARIES Fund Structure and Basis of Budgeting 25 Shows budgetary fund structure including description of each fund and discusses “ basis of accounting” used. Operations and Accounting Structure Table 27 Shows the relationship between functional units, major funds, and non-major funds in the aggregate. Budget Graphics and Summaries Includes charts and tables summarizing revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance and the overall budget document; also includes summary of regular positions.. ALL FUNDS Combined Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance Fiscal Year 2004/ 05 28 Fiscal Year 2005/ 06 29 Fiscal Year 2006/ 07 30 Fiscal Year 2007/ 08 31 Fiscal Year 2008/ 09 32 Fiscal Year 2009/ 10 33 Combined Funding Sources 34 Combined Expenditures by Type and Function 35 Combined Expenditures by Type 36 Combined Operating Expenditures By Function 37 By Object 38 Combined Capital Expenditures by Function 39 Combined Debt Service Expenditures by Function 40 Authorized Regular Positions by Function 41 Summary of Changes in Fund Balance Fiscal Years 2007/ 08, 2006/ 07 & 2005/ 06 42 GENERAL FUND Summary of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance 43 Operating Expenditures By Function 44 By Object 45 Extended Financial Forecast 2005- 2015 46 Section D OPERATING PROGRAMS Operating Expenditure Summaries Includes summary of departmental expenditures, mission, description, goals, objectives and productivity measures. Operating Expenditures by Function and by Department 47 Operating Expenditures by Object: All Funds 48 Operating Expenditures by Object: General Fund 49 Public Safety Police 50 Fire 54 Public Utilities Water 58 Wastewater 62 Streets Streets 65 Leisure and Social Activities General Government 68 WHAT’S INSIDE Community Development Planning 69 Building 73 General Government Legislative and Policy City Council 76 General Administration City Manager’s 78 Public Works Administration 81 Legal Services City Attorney 84 Support Services Finance 85 General Services 88 Section E CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ( CIP) Includes information of major capital projects and prior year’s highlights. Summary of CIP Expenditures by Function 89 CIP Expenditures Project Detail by Function and Department 90 Individual Project Descriptions 93 Vehicle Replacement Schedule 113 Miscellaneous Replacement Schedule 114 Section F DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS Includes summary information about outstanding debt by function. Debt Summary 115 Summary of Annual Payments by Function and Funding Source 117 Computation of Legal Debt Margin 118 Section G CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Includes combining and individual fund balance statements reflecting revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance.. Combining Fund Balance Statements All Funds Combined 119 All Governmental Funds 120 All Enterprise Funds 121 All Non- Major Governmental Funds 122 All Special Revenue Funds 123 Individual Fund Balance Statements General Fund 124 Special Revenue Funds Public Safety Special Tax Fund 125 Gas Tax Fund 126 Measure “ A” Tax Fund 127 Police Grants Fund 128 Capital Project Funds 129 Internal Service – Replacement Fund 130 Enterprise Funds Water Fund 131 Sewer Fund 132 Section H FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES Revenue Summaries Includes descriptions of major revenues and revenue assumptions used in the development of the budget. Summary of Key Revenue Assumptions 133 Revenues by Major Category and Source 143 Interfund Transactions A summary of inter- departmental and inter- fund transfers. Operating Transfers 146 Staffing Summary 147 A listing of regular positions by function and by department Other Statistical and Financial Summaries: 2007/ 08 Appropriations Limit Calculation 149 A statement of the City’s compliance to the State’s appropriations limitation law. Appropriations Limit – Extended Outlook 150 Revenue and Expenditure Trends ( All Governmental Funds): Last Five Completed Fiscal Years 151 Includes summaries showing revenue and expenditure trends for the last five years for governmental funds Comparison to Other Cities A comparison of the Town’s financial transactions to its neighbors and similar- size California Cities 152 Community Profile and Statistic 153 Includes an overview of Hillsborough and demographic statistics WHAT’S INSIDE Section I BUDGET REFERENCE MATERIALS Summary of Major Policy Documents 159 Includes a list of policy documents that guide the preparation and execution of the City’s Financial Plan and its implementation Budget Resolution 161 Includes the City Council resolution adopting the budget Section J APPENDICES A – Schedule of Fees and Charges A master list of the City’s fees and charges for the budget year B – Cost Allocation Plan Cost allocation plan used to determine total costs of providing specific city services and the bases of allocation used to distribute program costs. C – Line Items Departmental Budget Detailed departmental budget to be utilized by the individual departments for their operations throughout the budget year. BUDGET GLOSSARY A listing of terms and abbreviations used throughout this Document. a series of budget meetings to discuss current year’s goals that guide the departments in their budget preparation. The status of prior goals is discussed and departments present their individual goals. Thereafter, priorities and work programs are set. Every other year, in- depth workshops are held to further review the City’s extended fiscal outlook and discuss Council’s values, goals and short- term objectives. PREFACE BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW ii held with both the Financial Advisory Committee and the City Council leading to a public hearing and Council adoption of the budget by June 30.. This budget year’s budget calendar is presented on the next page. PREFACE DETAIL BUDGET CALENDAR – FISCAL YEAR 2007- 2008 iii Date Tasks Description December 2006 Forms to update Fees and Charges distributed to departments January 2007 Departments discuss staffing changes ( if any) with City Manager and submit staffing changes to Finance. If requesting for a new position or program, please complete a “ Request for New Position or Program Change”. Finance updates salary projections. Finance updates revenue projections. February 20,2007 Finance distributes departmental budget worksheets to departments. Finance distributes other budget forms to departments: A. Request for Capital Equipment B. Capital Improvement Request C. Budget Narrative Template ( or previous budget’s version) D. Current Organizational Chart E. Performance or Workload Measures Feb – March 2007 Informal budget meetings among Finance, City Manager and Departments On or before March 8, 2007 Departments submit the following budget documents to Finance: A. Completed departmental budget worksheets B. Request for Capital Equipment C. Capital Improvement Request D. Proposed changes to Fees and Charges E. Budget Narrative F. Updated performance or workload measures March 15,2007 Finance returns budget documents to departments for review. NONE HELD THIS YEAR MANAGEMENT BUDGET WORKSHOP March 19 – 20, 2007 Finance reviews revenue projections with departments. Management reviews and balances draft budget and approves capital improvement requests. March 21 – 27, 2007 Budget meetings ( Departments, City Manager, Finance) March 21 – 2: 00 PM POLICE March 26 – 9: 00 AM FIRE March 26 – 10: 00 AM ADMINISTRATION March 26 – 1: 30 PM PLANNING March 26 – 2: 30 PM BUILDING March 27 - 1: 30 PM PUBLIC WORKS PREFACE DETAIL BUDGET CALENDAR – FISCAL YEAR 2007- 2008 iv March 27 – April 26, 2007 City Manager prepares budget submittal letter. Finance prepares PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT April 26, 2007 Finance distributes proposed operating and capital budget to Financial Advisory Committee. April 30, 2007 ( continued to May 3 if needed) Finance submits proposed operating and capital budget to Financial Advisory Committee April 30 and May 7, 2007 Public notice for fees and charges [ Two publications with at least 5 days between the dates of the first and last publication] – Government Code § 66018 and § 6062a. April 30, 2007 Finance distributes proposed operating and capital budget to Council May 14, 2007 Council holds public hearing ( if necessary, continues to 2nd meeting) and adopts the following: • Budget including Cost of Allocation Plan [ requires public hearing] • Resolution to adopt sewer charges for Fiscal Year 2007/ 2008 • Fees and charges [ requires public notice and public hearing] • Public safety special tax • Interim Modifications to Business License Tax May 24, 2007 Documentation for the calculation of the Appropriations Limit made available to the public [ at least 15 days prior to the June 11, 2007 meeting] – Government Code § 7910. June 11, 2007 Council holds public hearing and adopts the following: • Appropriations limit [ Consent calendar but should be approved by a roll call vote] Week of June 18 and June 25 2007 Public notice on collection of sewer charges [ once a week for 2 successive weeks with at least 5 days between publications] – Government Code § 6062a. June 30, 2007 Adopted Operating and Capital Budget and Fees and Charges distributed to departments July 1, 2007 Adopted fees and charges take effect July 9, 2007 Council holds public hearing and adopts the following: • Collection of sewer charges on the county tax roll [ requires 2- week public notice] – Government Code § 5473.1 and § 6066. • Collection of storm drainage charge and the public safety special tax on the county roll August – September Production and Distribution of the Adopted Budget Document Section A INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 1 OVERVIEW Although there were some improvements to the local economy, governmental agencies in the area, continue to face fiscal challenges. It is with this environment that the Town of Hillsborough (“ The Town”) continues to take a proactive approach to deliver cost effective public services. The Town is continuing the policy that in budgeting for a particular year, it will look and plan ahead by presenting preliminary budgets for the next two years. With this budget cycle, concerned about further fiscal challenges on the horizon, an extended financial forecast through FY 2014- 2015 for the General Fund is also presented ( see page 46 of the budget document for forecast details). Mindful that personnel costs represent the single highest cost for service operations like the Town’s, initial requests from the departments for 7 additional positions to enhance and increase service level in various areas for the next 4 years, were not accommodated. Instead, the Town approved to add only one new maintenance worker in the Water Department to meet government mandates, and looked for other ways to increase service levels. Staff has substantially completed the reformat of the budget document from a “ Line- item” budget to a “ Program” budget format. Each of the departments will have their budgets organized into the various services and programs each undertake. It is anticipated that the new presentation will provide much better information concerning budget allocation priorities and service changes. BUDGET HISTORY The Town’s 2007/ 08 ( fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30) budget totals $ 36.6 million, a 7% decrease over 2006/ 2007 mainly from a $ 3.5 million variation in major construction projects. Operating expenditures register a 4% increase over that of the current fiscal year. The Town’s budget history over the past four years is shown in the following graph and table: Operating Capital Debt Service Operating Capital Debt Service Operating Capital Debt Service Operating Capital Debt Service $ 0 $ 5 $ 10 $ 15 $ 20 $ 25 $ 30 $ 35 $ 40 Millions 04/ 05 05/ 06 06/ 07 07/ 08 k 04/ 05 05/ 06 06/ 07 07/ 08 Operating $ 22,475,328 $ 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 Capital 5,641,344 7,965,195 9,507,032 6,022,076 Debt 1,917,178 2,064,711 2,361,714 2,254,748 TOTAL $ 30,033,850 $ 34,787,757 $ 39,143,541 $ 36,581,470 In terms of overall approach to the budget, the following assumptions, considerations, and priorities guided the Town’s deliberations, recommendations and the final approvals: Continue to provide a safe and healthy community for the residents ensuring that Police and Fire have the resources they need ( personnel and equipment) to deliver quality services to its citizens. Continue to improve its infrastructure including streets, water and sewer. This year’s budget will focus on increasing level of service for streets improvement to improve its current rating ( currently identified as fair from the last assessment), in addition to the on- going program to rehabilitate the water and sewer infrastructure. The latter is approaching the end of the part of the program funded through a bond issue. Subsequently, the Town will work towards funding the program through service rate charges. Continue to improve delivery of services citywide, enhancing efficiency through the use of modern technology and processes. Continue to maintain competitive compensation for its employees. Maintain long- term fiscal health. Continue to work from a balanced budget for governmental operations. The Town also implemented INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 2 recommendations from a comprehensive study of the water and sewer operations including alignment of service charges that will prepare the Town to pay for its share of the capital improvements planned for its water source ( San Francisco Hetch Hetchy system) and to continue the enterprise capital program out of service charges. Economic assumptions for revenues assumed moderately aggressive revenue growth: FY 2007/ 08 Economic Growth Property tax 7% Construction permits & business license 3% Motor vehicle license fees 2% Franchise fees 2% Assumptions used in non- discretionary expenditures changes were as follows: FY 2007/ 08 Expenditures Assumptions Salaries ( contractual compliance) 4% CALPERS retirement rates: Police Fire Miscellaneous 37.472% 28.427% 25.459% Health insurance 15% Workers Compensation 5% CITY- WIDE REVENUE & EXPENDITURE OVERVIEW In total, the Town’s budget decreased by 7% over 06/ 07 mainly from the variation in capital projects. Governmental/ Internal Service Funds Enterprise Funds Total Operating $ 18,226,838 $ 10,077,808 $ 28,304,646 Capital 1,122,676 4,899,400 6,022,076 Debt Service 2,254,748 2,254,748 TOTAL $ 19,349,514 $ 17,231,956 $ 36,581,470 Funding for above comes mainly from taxes for governmental operations and from service charges for the enterprise ( water and sewer) operations. The following chart reflects the citywide funding sources for the budget year. The revenues for the Internal Service Funds have been excluded from the totals since these funds were transferred from the other departments. The $ 1.4 million excess of funding sources over expenditures belongs to the water and sewer operations as discussed earlier.% ` Though total expenditures decreased by 7% over FY 2006/ 2007, operations increased by 4% resulting mainly from contractual obligations with labor groups. Approximately 47% of the Town’s total budget is spent on public safety. That is followed by 36% for public utilities. The following graph breaks down the $ 28.3 million operations cost by function.% The following graph breaks down the same information by object code showing personnel costs as the largest component of the $ 28.3 million operational costs. INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 3 2007- 2008 Operating Expenditures by Object - $ 28.3 Million Personnel Services $ 18,801,987 66% Materials & Services $ 3,664,282 13% Transfers to Internal Service $ 221,997 Contract 1% Services $ 5,616,380 20% KEY BUDGET CHANGES Staffing Changes The Police Lieutenant position left unfilled since FY 2003- 2004 to help balance the prior years’ budget is fully funded in this budget year. To improve workflow and plan- checking processes and enhance customer service for the permitting process – a vital function in the Town’s operations, a new Permit Technician is allocated in the Building Department. Funds for this new position will partly come from cost savings from part- time help and contractual services both heavily utilized by the department in the previous years. To improve effectiveness, the City Planner position ( vacated with retirement) is reclassified to a Building and Planning Director who will oversee both Planning and Building operations. To enhance organizational effectiveness in the combined fire services between Burlingame and Hillsborough, the Administration Division Chief position is eliminated; the Administrative Secretary is reclassified to Administrative Support Officer; and one senior clerk is moved from ½ to ¾ FTE position. To increase service levels in streets improvement function, the Town is increasing the level of work from the normal $ 400,000 annual commitment to $ 700,000. The Town will continue to utilize third- party vendors to perform this job; funds for the additional level will come from the vehicle impact fee adopted by Council last year, and available federal and state grants. One additional maintenance worker is authorized for the Water Department to help address on- going system maintenance needs and comply with state mandates on water quality. Special Programs The adopted budget included a $ 25,000 one- time contribution to the San Mateo library for additional programs including extended library hours. $ 10,000 was budgeted for consultant costs to perform an actuarial study needed to comply with a new governmental accounting standard ( GASB 45) for accounting and reporting other post employment benefits ( OPEB). Funds were appropriated ($ 99,600) to continue and expand the Disaster Preparedness Program ensuring appropriate training for personnel, and to combine plans with the City of Burlingame for cost efficiency and effectiveness. $ 2,000 one- time contribution to the Human Investment Project ( HIP) Housing was also approved. Capital Expenditures Funds to replace dispatch equipment were approved for $ 40,676. $ 85,500 was allocated for various improvements in the Police Department. To continue the long- term strategic plan for improved processes by using modern technology, $ 60,000 was earmarked to purchase and implement an Electronic Document Management System ( EDMS) including automating the agenda preparation process. $ 50,000 was appropriated to update the Town’s telephone system. A breaker hammer ($ 17,900) in FY 2007/ 2008 was authorized and an asphalt zipper ($ 80,000) is to be considered in FY 2008/ 2009. Scanners for the Building Department for its plans were approved for $ 19,600. Replacements for Rescue 33 ($ 351,800) and breathing apparatus ($ 185,000) for the Fire Department were to be considered in Fiscal Year 2008/ 2009. INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 4 The Housing Element update ($ 80,000) was also to be considered for Fiscal Year 2008/ 2009. Funds for an excavator with trailer ($ 60,900) and a Water Quality Control Van ($ 60,000) in the Water Department were approved. A utility vehicle ($ 13,500) for the Sewer Department was also approved. Four vehicles are expected to be replaced in the Internal Service Fund for a total amount of $ 183,600; all other replacements including furniture and computers total $ 16,600. The Water and Sewer Capital Improvement Plan funded from the $ 12 million debt issued on April 2006 continues as follows: Project Name Amount Cherry Creek Pump Station $ 1,000,000 Vista Tank Site Improvement 1,500,000 Fire Main Projects 400,000 Advanced Meter Reading Project 500,000 Sewer Lining Phase 4 700,000 Elimination of Hayne Pump Station 400,000 Storm Drain Replacement 265,000 TOTAL $ 4,765,000 GENERAL FUND The General Fund is the fund that receives undesignated revenues which can be budgeted for any appropriate purpose. This fund finances the majority of the traditional services associated with city government. The following chart presents the approved General Fund budget for FY 2007/ 2008, the preliminary budget for the next two years as well as the compliance to the Town’s fiscal policy of maintaining the General Fund recommended level of reserves at 30% of operating expenditures. Adopted 2007/ 08 Preliminary 2008/ 09 Preliminary 2009/ 10 Revenues $ 18,173,638 $ 19,115,180 $ 19,973,686 Expenditures $ 18,173,638 $ 19,115,180 $ 19,973,686 % of change 2.5% 5.2% 4.5% Fund Balance $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 Recommended Minimum Level Of Reserves $ 5,452,091 $ 5,734,554 $ 5,992,106 Revenues Total General Fund revenues are projected to increase by 2.5% in FY2007- 2008 as reflected in the following table: Adopted 2007/ 08 Revised 2006/ 2007 Change Property taxes $ 9,487,600 $ 8,876,100 $ 611,500 Excess ERAF 755,000 990,500 ( 235,500) Special public safety tax 2,228,560 2,228,560 - 0 - Business license 628,200 615,900 12,300 Construction permits 790,200 774,650 15,550 Vehicle license fee 737,700 723,200 14,500 Franchise fees 519,975 521,242 ( 1,267) Service charges 1,095,700 1,081,625 14,075 All others 1,930,703 1,919,570 11,133 TOTAL $ 18,173,638 $ 17,731,347 $ 442,291 % of change over prior year 2.5% The Town’s major revenues are derived from property taxes which have been stable through the years with property valuation going up an annual average of 7% in the most recent years. The special public safety tax, a non- ad valorem tax on parcels of real property approved by the voters on June 1998, has reached the maximum allowed by law and will be flat. The Town continues to receive excess Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund ( ERAF) which represents that portion of the ERAF tax shift available after distribution to school districts to meet their revenue limit. Service charges are reviewed annually and adjusted as needed. These fees follow the Town’s objective to diversify its revenue base and work towards the user fee cost recovery goals discussed in the Town’s fiscal policies. The following graph depicts the Town’s General Fund revenue sources: INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 5 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FUND - GENERAL FUND Property taxes 53% Motor vehicle license fee 4% Franchise fees 3% Service charges 6% Construction permits 4% Special public safety tax 12% Business license tax 3% Excess ERAF 4% All others 11% Expenditures Similarly, the General Fund FY 2007/ 2008 appropriations are projected to increase by 2.5% as summarized below: Adopted 2007/ 08 Revised 2006/ 07 Change Public safety $ 13,307,793 $ 12,851,918 $ 455,875 Streets 1,479,801 1,483,127 ( 3,326) Leisure & Social Services 847,900 823,200 24,700 Community Development 1,501,451 1,613,691 ( 112,240) General Government 1,036,693 959,411 77,282 TOTAL $ 18,173,638 $ 17,731,347 $ 442,291 % of change over prior year 2.5% As further shown in the graph below, public safety ( police and fire) is the Town’s largest General Fund cost. WHERE THE MONEY GOES - GENERAL FUND Public Safety 73% General Government 6% Streets 8% Leisure & Social Activities 5% Community Development 8% ASSET REPLACEMENT FUND The following table illustrates compliance to the reserve requirement for the Asset Replacement Fund pursuant to the Town’s fiscal policy: Adopted 2007/ 08 Preliminary 2008/ 09 Preliminary 2009/ 10 Projected working capital reserved for asset replacement $ 2,366,218 $ 2,052,290 $ 1,816,787 Reserve requirements @ 20% of asset $ 627,148 $ 782,128 $ 864,528 ENTERPRISE FUNDS – WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS Following the recommendations from the comprehensive water and sewer rates study mentioned earlier, the adopted budget reflected the changes to the water rates structure including increasing the fixed meter charge and changing tier breakpoints and flow charges to maintain a stable revenue stream for the long- term fiscal health of the enterprise. These changes are expected to bring about approximately a 6% increase in revenues each year for the next two years and an 8% increase each year for the following two years. The first rates changes took effect in February 2007 and subsequent annual rates changes are to take effect on January 1 of 2008, 2009 and 2010. Likewise, residential sewer rates are to increase by 3% on July 1 of each of the next 4 years. Rates for non-residential accounts will be computed based on their relationship to an equivalent dwelling unit ( EDU). Summarized below are the operations’ adopted budgets for FY 2007/ 2008, debt service coverage, and compliance to the Town’s reserve requirements. Water Sewer Combined Operations OPERATIONS Revenues $ 7,908,000 $ 6,177,000 $ 14,085,000 Expenses 8,387,010 5,383,009 13,770,019 Change in net assets ( GAAP BASIS) ( 479,010) 793,991 314,981 Beginning net assets 18,869,234 12,721,682 31,590,916 Ending net assets $ 18,390,224 $ 13,515,673 $ 31,905,897 INTRODUCTION BUDGET IN BRIEF 6 Excess ( BUDGETARY BASIS) $ 402,804 $ 1,215,240 $ 1,618,044 DEBT SERVICE Expenses before debt service and excluding depreciation $ 6,644,457 $ 3,567,751 $ 10,212,208 Revenues avail-able for debt service $ 1,263,543 $ 2,609,249 $ 3,872,792 Debt Service $ 666,703 $ 1,107,108 $ 1,773,811 Coverage $ 1.90 $ 2.36 $ 2.18 RESERVES Projected Working Capital $ 11,363,536 $ 10,833,742 $ 22,197,278 Reserve Requirement $ 2,181,039 $ 1,265,352 $ 3,446,391 The Town continues to be assigned the high credit ratings of AA+ by Fitch and AA by Standard & Poor’s for all of its bond issues. EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS As discussed earlier, the Town’s priority to maintain competitive compensation for its employees has enabled it to build a highly effective and efficient workforce with very low turnover. Continuation of this strategic policy will further promote a strong work environment. Pursuant to an agreement with the Fire labor group, the Town will implement a retirement benefit improvement for the Fire Group by enhancing its retirement plan to 3% @ 55 from 2% @ 50. Continuing to look into costs containment, the Town has successfully negotiated with all labor groups except one, to change the more expensive benefit of providing health insurance to retired employees to the more reasonably- cost benefit of Health Savings Account for later hires. As of date, 33% of the city’s workforce is in this new program. The Town continues to maintain excellent labor relations and recently concluded negotiations for a five- year contract with the Public Works/ Clerical Group. This year’s budget reflects the Town’s commitment to offer a range of benefits that include retirement, health and life insurances, income protection insurances, savings plans and other tax deferment programs. MORE FISCAL CHALLENGES DOWN THE ROAD Unfunded Liability for Other Post Employment Benefit ( OPEB) Until recently when it starts to negotiate with the labor groups for a reduced level of post employment benefit for new hires, the Town provides post- retirement health benefits, administered through CalPERS and other compensated absences. There currently, are 80 retirees receiving the benefits. The Town finances the plan on a pay- as- you- go basis. In July 2001, the Town started to put aside minimal amounts from the General Fund towards a reserve to fund this liability. The planned transfers have either been trimmed or deferred altogether to help balance the previous budgets. An informal valuation done on June 30, 2000 estimates the Town’s unfunded actuarial liability for qualified employees, are in excess of $ 10 million. As of the end of fiscal year 2005/ 06, the Town has put aside approximately $ 970,000 towards this purpose. A new accounting standard now requires the Town to identify the liability exposure for this benefit. Funding this liability is a big concern that needs to be addressed as the Town implements the standard. Included in this budget are funds for an actuarial study to determine the Town’s liability. Health Care and Workers Compensation Costs There is no relief in sight for health care costs which have been increasing in double digits. While costs containment were implemented by way of charging higher co- payments to employees, double digits increases are still expected in this budget cycle. Same can be said with workers compensation costs as the Town experiences some lingering industrial disabilities. CONCLUSION The Town staff takes pride in submitting a balanced budget in FY 2007/ 2008. This achievement would not be possible without the collaboration of the Town departments and more importantly, the Financial Advisory Committee and City Council’s leadership. It is with this vision of identifying and confronting future fiscal challenges that the Town can continue to provide the highest level of service to its citizens. Catherine U. ( Kitty) Mullooly Fire Department Commissioner Vice- Mayor Christine M. Krolik Public Works Department Commissioner Council Member John J. Fannon Community Development Department Commissioner Council Member Thomas M. Kasten Police Department Commissioner Council Member D. Paul Regan Administration & Finance Departments Commissioner 9 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS FIRE FINANCE MANAGER’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POLICE PUBLIC WORKS Paramedic General Accounting Human Resources PLANNING: Patrol Streets Suppression Financial Services Records Management/ Design Review Investigation Storm Drainage Disaster Planning Prevention Utility Billing Investments/ Cash Elections Risk Management Environmental Assessment Dispatch Alarm Program Water Wastewater Vegetation Management Management Payroll General Plan Zoning Neighborhood Services Traffic Safety Municipal Service Center Information Technology Debt Management BUILDING: Permits Inspection CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL Mayor Catherine Mullooly Vice- Mayor Christine M. Krolik Council Member John J. Fannon Council Member Thomas M. Kasten Council Member D. Paul Regan ADVISORY BODIES Architecture & Design Review Board Communication Advisory Committee Financial Advisory Committee CITY MANAGER Anthony Constantouros CITY ATTORNEY Norm Book FIRE CHIEF Don Dornell FINANCE DIRECTOR Maria Edna J. Masbad ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER Katharine Leroux POLICE CHIEF Matthew O’Connor PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Martha DeBry CITY CLERK Miyuki Yokoyama CITY ENGINEER Cyrus Kianpour DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & BUILDING Elizabeth Cullinan Chief Building Official John Mullins JOINT POWER BOARDS Hillsborough Recreation JPA Board Central County Fire Board INTRODUCTION ADVISORY BODIES 10 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN REVIEW BOARD John J. Fannon, Commissioner Jennifer Werbe, Chair Walter Heyman George Jewett Mark Heine Charlie Barnett Bruce Herman, Alternate FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE D. Paul Regan, Commissioner Jess “ Jay” Benton, Chair Allason Clark Jr. Josh Cooperman John Lockton Jr. Larree M. Renda Alvin Royse CITIZENS COMMUNICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Catherine U. Mullooly, Commissioner Diana Witzel, Chair Marie Chuang Candace Lyche Janet MacGregor Beatrice “ BeBe” Trinkner HILLSBOROUGH RECREATION D, Paul Regan, Commissioner Christine Krolik, Commissioner CODE ENFORCEMENT HEARING PANEL Jim Curry Wallace Baldwin INTRODUCTION AWARDS 11 The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada ( GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Town of Hillsborough, California for its budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006. In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan and as a communication device. The award is valid for one year only. We believe our current budget continues to conform to program requirements. INTRODUCTION AWARDS 12 The California Society of Municipal Finance Officers presented a Certificate of Award for Excellence in Operating Budgeting to the Town of Hillsborough for the fiscal year 2006- 07 Budget.). LINKING CITY GOALS TO BUDGET 23 CITY GOALS RELATED BUDGET ITEMS LAND USE PLANNING – Housing Element Update ( 08/ 09) ($ 80,000) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – Reclassification of City Planner Position ( vacated from retirement) to Director of Planning and Building to better serve the needs of the community. BUILDING – A new Permit Technician position to increase level of customer service of the permitting function and free- up time for building inspections ( additional cost $ 25,000). COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICE – Fully funding authorized Lieutenant position in the Department left unfilled in the prior years due to fiscal constraints to ensure a more effective operations. FIRE – Replace Rescue # 33 to increase effectiveness of the Special Operations response ($ 351,800). FIRE – Replace Self- Contained Breathing Apparatus ($ 185,000). POLICE – Update dispatch programs and equipments ($ 40,676). POLICE/ FIRE – Continue implementation of RoamSecure Community Alert Notification System INFRASTRUCTURE STREETS – Expand streets projects to improve City’s Pavement Management Index with a combination of additional 2 Maintenance Workers, New Equipments ( Asphalt Zipper $ 80,000; Hydraulic Breaker Hammer $ 17,900); and additional contractual services. WATER AND SEWER – Continue major capital improvements to the infrastructure funded from bond proceeds for the next 2 years ($ 7.3 million). CITY- WIDE – Upgrade or replace aging telephone system ($ 50,000). POLICE – Various renovations/ improvements to the Police Building ($ 85,500). WATER AND SEWER – Purchase several equipments to increase effectiveness ( Mini excavator & trailer $ 60,900; Quality Control Van $ 60,000; Gator Utility Vehicle $ 13,500). LONG- TERM FISCAL HEALTH CITY MANAGER/ FINANCE – Balanced budget for FY 07/ 08 and preliminary balanced budgets for the next 2 years. FINANCE- Actuarial study to implement GASB 45 – Reporting and accounting for Other Post Employment Benefits ( OPEB) ($ 10,000). WATER AND SEWER – Implementation of recommendations from the rates study to align water and sewer rates for equity and ensure long- term fiscal health of the water and sewer operations LINKING CITY GOALS TO BUDGET 24 CITY GOALS RELATED BUDGET ITEMS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WATER AND SEWER – Additional 5 maintenance workers in the next 4 years to comply with state mandates and implement programs previously not done in the prior years due to short staffing. FIRE/ GENERAL GOVERNMENT – Expansion of the Disaster Preparedness Program allowing for more personnel training and ensure on- going preparedness for disaster response ( additional funding of $ 48,600); set up a local emergency response center in the Council Chambers. GENERAL GOVERNMENT – One- time contribution to San Mateo Library for program expansion ($ 25,000). WATER - Purchase Advanced Meter Reading ( AMR) for more efficient meter reading function ($ 500,000). INTER- JURISDICTIONAL OPERATIONS FIRE – Merging of Disaster Preparedness Program operations between Hillsborough and Burlingame COUNCIL/ ADMINISTRATION/ FIRE – Continue to review and implement efficiency measures on the merged fire operations between Hillsborough and Burlingame. FINANCE – Continue implementation of technology plan through contract with South San Francisco ( update of operating systems and replace equipments), COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION COUNCIL/ CITY WIDE – Continue membership/ representation with various organizations EMPLOYEE EXCELLENCE FIRE – Enhanced retirement plan of the Fire Group ( approximately $ 170,000 increase in annual costs). CITY- WIDE – Implement labor contracts contractual obligations PUBLIC WORKS LABOR GROUP – Implement new terms from 5- year labor contract. CITY MANAGER/ FINANCE – Phase 1 of the Records Management System – Agenda Management System ($ 60,000). WATER – Training for/ and recertification of various employees per State Mandate BUILDING – Purchase scanners for efficiency of operations in the permitting function ( 19,600). Section C BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET SUMMARIES FUND STRUCTURE AND BASIS OF BUDGETING 25 26. Public Safety Special Tax – This fund accounts for revenues from a Town of Hillsborough voter- approved special tax which proceeds are designated for public safety operations and capital expenditures. Gas Tax – This fund accounts for receipts and disbursements of funds apportioned under California Streets and Highways Code Sections 2105, 2106, 2107 and 2107.5 for major street construction projects. Measure “ A” – This fund accounts for a San Mateo County half- cent sales tax approved by the voters in June 1988 ( Measure A) for the purpose of improving local transportation including streets and roads. Police Grants – This accounts for activities funded from various police grants and programs. OPERATIONS AND ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE TABLE 27 USE OF FUNDS BY DEPARTMENTS Department General Fund ( Major) Water Fund ( Major) Sewer Fund ( Major) Capital Projects Fund Asset Replacement Fund Public Safety Tax Fund Gas Tax Fund Measure “ A” Fund Police Grants Fund City Council City Manager City Attorney Finance General Government Police Fire Planning Building Public Works Administration Streets Water Sewer BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 28 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS - ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR 2004- 2005 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 9,091,589 $ 2,188,202 $ 11,279,791 Permits 1,002,681 1,002,681 Intergovernmental 825,357 669,534 $ 480,325 1,975,216 114,505 2,849,733 1,854,835 5,641,344 Debt Service 14,349 202,702 568,021 1,132,106 1,917,178 Total Expenditures 14,626,615 953,945 316,728 8,273,051 5,863,511 30,033,850) 570,264 627,034 2,292,988 4,308,914 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 282,270) ( 1,160,341) ( 992,907) ( 2,435,518) Principal payment 179,986 175,888 324,412 680,286 Capital expenditures 114,505 2,849,733 1,854,835 4,819,073 Proceeds from borrowing ( 2,677,225) ( 1,828,389) ( 4,505,614) Total adjustments to GAAP 12,221 ( 811,945) ( 642,049) ( 1,441,773) 29 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS - ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR 2005- 2006 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 9,688,685 $ 2,233,132 $ 11,921,817 Permits 973,812 973,812 Intergovernmental 1,150,206 980,380 $ 88,206 2,218,792 Use of assets 1,127,020 87,812 $ 102,472 $ 449,114 349,156 2,115,574 Service charges 1,149,151 145,428 558,505 6,471,820 5,224,185 13,549,089 All others 166,544 182,306 37,732 386,582 Total Revenues 14,255,418 3,629,058 698,709 6,920,934 5,661,547 31,165,666 EXPENDITURES: Operations 16,079,618 83,999 34,274 5,226,297 3,333,663 24,757,851 Capital 1,426,647 236,282 2,971,223 3,331,043 7,965,195 Debt Service 14,349 202,702 675,951 1,171,709 2,064,711 Total Expenditures 16,093,967 1,510,646 473,258 8,873,471 7,836,415 34,787,757 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES ( USES): Operating Transfers In 2,628,560 666,995 3,295,555 Operating Transfers Out ( 101,255) ( 3,043,300) ( 151,000) ( 3,295,555) Proceeds from borrowing 2,910,607 3,238,621 6,149,228 Total Financing Sources ( Uses) 2,527,305 ( 2,376,305) 2,759,607 3,238,621 6,149,228 REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) 688,756 ( 257,893) 225,451 807,070 1,063,753 2,527,137 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 272,847) ( 1,312,035) ( 1,184,348) ( 2,769,230) Principal payment 188,066 178,702 321,298 688,066 Capital expenditures 236,282 3,029,978 3,359,965 6,626,225 Proceeds from borrowing ( 2,910,607) ( 3,238,621) ( 6,149,228) Total adjustments to GAAP 151,501 ( 1,013,962) ( 741,706) ( 1,604,167) CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE 688,756 ( 257,893) 376,952 ( 206,892) 322,047 922,970 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 9,114,131 1,056,300 3,946,168 19,364,102 11,945,429 45,426,130 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,802,887 $ 798,407 $ 4,323,120 $ 19,157,210 $ 12,267,476 $ 46,349,100 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 30 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS- REVISED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2006- 2007 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 10,937,710 $ 2,228,560 $ 13,166,270 Permits 909,650 909,650 Intergovernmental 979,630 834,771 1,814,401 Use of assets 1,171,242 84,100 $ 73,500 $ 250,000 $ 150,000 1,728,842 Service charges 1,081,625 394,000 607,600 7,246,000 5,783,500 15,112,725 All others 103,930 417,694 10,000 531,624 Total Revenues 15,183,787 3,959,125 691,100 7,496,000 5,933,500 33,263,512 EXPENDITURES: Operations 17,318,906 170,997 25,000 6,094,705 3,665,187 27,274,795 Capital 1,318,532 408,910 4,604,590 3,175,000 9,507,032 Debt Service 7,174 202,702 842,774 1,309,064 2,361,714 Total Expenditures 17,326,080 1,489,529 636,612 9,091,059 8,149,251 39,143,541 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES ( USES): Operating Transfers In 2,547,560 876,267 3,423,827 Operating Transfers Out ( 405,267) ( 2,962,560) ( 32,000) ( 24,000) ( 3,423,827) Proceeds from borrowing 4,551,010 3,160,000 7,711,010 Total Financing Sources ( Uses) 2,142,293 ( 2,086,293) 4,519,010 3,136,000 7,711,010 REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) 383,303 54,488 472,941 920,249 1,830,981 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 350,000) ( 1,170,000) ( 1,000,000) ( 2,520,000) Principal payment 196,147 178,702 321,298 696,147 Capital expenditures 408,910 4,781,391 3,372,659 8,562,960 Proceeds from borrowing ( 4,551,010) ( 3,160,000) ( 7,711,010) Total adjustments to GAAP 255,057 ( 760,917) ( 466,043) ( 971,903) CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE 383,303 309,545 ( 287,976) 454,206 859.078 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 9,802,887 798,407 4,323,120 19,157,210 12,267,476 46,349,100 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,802,887 $ 1,181,710 $ 4,632,665 $ 18,869,234 $ 12,721,682 $ 47,208,178 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 31 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS- ADOPTED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2007- 2008 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 11,342,600 $ 2,228,560 $ 13,571,160 Permits 925,200 925,200 Intergovernmental 957,500 710,000 1,667,500 Use of assets 1,176,975 99,810 $ 73,500 $ 318,000 $ 197,000 1,865,285 Service charges 1,095,700 419,000 221,997 7,590,000 5,980,000 15,306,697 All others 128,103 10,000 138,103 Total Revenues 15,626,078 3,457,370 305,497 7,908,000 6,177,000 33,473,945 EXPENDITURES: Operations 18,086,138 115,700 25,000 6,523,557 3,554,251 28,304,646 Capital 37,500 884,976 200,200 3,520,900 1,378,500 6,022,076 Debt Service 860,739 1,394,009 2,254,748 Total Expenditures 18,123,638 1,000,676 225,200 10,905,196 6,326,760 36,581,470 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES ( USES): Operating Transfers In 2,547,560 465,000 3,012,560 Operating Transfers Out ( 50,000) ( 2,962,560) ( 3,012,560) Proceeds from borrowing 3,400,000 1,365,000 4,765,000 Total Financing Sources ( Uses) 2,497,560 ( 2,497,560) 3,400,000 1,365,000 4,765,000 REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) ( 40,866) 80,297 402,804 1,215,240 1,657,475 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 350,000) ( 1,286,000) ( 1,098,000) ( 2,734,000) Principal payment 210,150 389,850 600,000 Capital expenditures 200,200 3,594,036 1,651,901 5,446,137 Proceeds from borrowing ( 3,400,000) ( 1,365,000) ( 4,765,000) Total adjustments to GAAP ( 149,800) ( 881,814) ( 421,249) ( 1,452,863) CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE ( 40,866) ( 69,503) ( 479,010) 793,991 204,612 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 9,802,887 1,181,710 4,632,665 18,869,234 12,721,682 47,208,178 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,802,887 $ 1,140,844 $ 4,563,162 $ 18,390,224 $ 13,515,673 $ 47,412,790 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 32 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS- PRELIMINARY BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2008- 2009 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 12,035,900 $ 2,228,560 $ 14,264,460 Permits 948,700 948,700 Intergovernmental 962,200 715,000 1,677,200 Use of assets 1,139,720 99,810 $ 77,175 $ 350,000 $ 242,000 1,908,705 Service charges 1,114,550 434,000 230,997 8,100,000 6,158,000 16,037,547 All others 311,550 10,000 321,550 Total Revenues 16,512,620 3,477,370 318,172 8,450,000 6,400,000 35,158,162 EXPENDITURES: Operations 18,923,980 115,700 25,000 6,761,565 3,636,654 29,462,899 Capital 80,000 831,200 774,900 900,000 1,601,000 4,187,100 Debt Service 80,000 984,847 1,504,014 2,568,861 Total Expenditures 19,003,980 946,900 879,900 8,646,412 6,741,668 36,218,860 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES ( USES): Operating Transfers In 2,602,560 526,200 3,128,760 Operating Transfers Out ( 111,200) ( 3,017,560) ( 3,128,760) Proceeds from borrowing 351,800 900,000 1,601,000 2,852,800 Total Financing Sources ( Uses) 2,491,360 ( 2,491,360) 351,800 900,000 1,601,000 2,852,800 REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) 39,110 ( 209,928) 703,588 1,259,332 1,792,102 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 350,000) ( 1,413,600) ( 1,205,800) ( 2,969,400) Principal payment 66,000 343,270 516,730 926,000 Capital expenditures 774,900 900,000 1,601,000 3,275,900 Proceeds from borrowing ( 351,800) ( 900,000) ( 1,601,000) ( 2,852,800) Total adjustments to GAAP 139,100 ( 1,070,330) ( 689,070) ( 1,620,300) CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE 39,110 ( 70,828) ( 366,742) 570,262 171,802 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 9,802,887 1,140,844 4,563,162 18,390,224 13,515,673 47,412,790 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,802,887 $ 1,179,954 $ 4,492,334 $ 18,023,482 $ 14,085,935 $ 47,584,592 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 33 COMBINED REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE-ALL FUNDS- PRELIMINARY BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2009- 2010 Major Enterprise Funds General Fund Non- Major Govern-mental Funds Non- Major Internal Service Fund Water Fund Sewer Fund Total REVENUES: Taxes $ 12,780,000 $ 2,228,560 $ 15,008,560 Permits 973,000 973,000 Intergovernmental 1,029,800 735,000 1,764,800 Use of assets 1,162,116 99,810 $ 74,500 $ 387,000 $ 287,000 2,010,426 Service charges 1,134,003 444,000 304,997 8,750,000 6,341,000 16,974,000 All others 372,207 10,000 382,207 Total Revenues 17,451,126 3,507,370 389,497 9,137,000 6,628,000 37,112,993 EXPENDITURES: Operations 19,973,686 115,700 25,000 7,020,692 3,797,615 30,932,693 Capital 700,000 412,000 1,500,000 700,000 3,312,000 Debt Service 80,000 975,910 1,487,205 2,543,115 Total Expenditures 19,973,686 815,700 517,000 9,496,602 5,984,820 36,787,808 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES ( USES): Operating Transfers In 2,522,560 440,000 2,962,560 Operating Transfers Out ( 2,962,560) ( 2,962,560) Proceeds from borrowing Total Financing Sources ( Uses) 2,522,560 ( 2,522,560) REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) 169,110 ( 127,503) ( 359,602) 643,180 325,185 ADJUSTMENTS TO GAAP: Depreciation and amortization ( 360,000) ( 1,553,960) ( 1,324,380) ( 3,238,340) Principal payment 68,000 348,390 521,610 938,000 Capital expenditures 412,000 1,500,000 700,000 2,612,000 Proceeds from borrowing Total adjustments to GAAP 120,000 294,430 ( 102,770) 311,660 CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE 169,110 ( 7,503) ( 65,172) 540,410 636,845 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 9,802,887 1,179,954 4,492,334 18,023,482 14,085,935 47,584,592 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,802,887 $ 1,349,064 $ 4,484,831 $ 17,958,310 $ 14,626,345 $ 48,221,437 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 34% ` COMBINED FUNDING SOURCES – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 Taxes $ 11,279,791 $ 11,921,817 $ 13,166,270 $ 13,571,160 $ 14,264,460 $ 15,008,560 Permits 1,002,681 973,812 909,650 925,200 948,700 973,000 Intergovernmental 1,975,216 2,218,792 1,814,401 1,667,500 1,677,200 1,764,800 Use of Assets 1,548,519 2,115,574 1,728,842 1,865,285 1,908,705 2,010,426 Service Charges: Governmental 1,260,745 1,294,579 1,475,625 1,514,700 1,548,550 1,578,003 Enterprise 11,679,011 11,696,005 13,029,500 13,570,000 14,258,000 15,091,000 Proceeds from borrowing 4,505,614 6,149,228 7,711,010 4,765,000 2,852,800 All others 319,697 386,582 531,624 138,103 321,550 382,207 TOTAL $ 33,571,274 $ 36,756,389 $ 40,366,922 $ 38,016,948 $ 37,779,965 $ 36,807,996 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 35 TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY TYPE AND FUNCTION – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 OPERATING PROGRAM EXPENDITURES Operating Program Expenditures 22,475,328 24,757,851 27,274,795 28,304,646 29,462,899 30,932,693 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Capital Expenditures 5,641,344 7,965,195 9,507,032 6,022,076 4,187,100 3,312,000 DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES Public Safety 202,702 202,702 202,702 80,000 80,000 Public Utilities 1,700,127 1,847,660 2,151,838 2,254,748 2,488,861 2,463,115 Streets Leisure & Social Activities Community Development General Government 14,349 14,349 7,174 Total Debt Service Expenditures 1,917,178 2,064,711 2,361,714 2,254,748 2,568,861 2,543,115 TOTAL EXPENDITURES Public Safety 10,952,364 12,293,058 13,521,330 13,599,469 14,933,274 15,126,930 Public Utilities 14,227,491 16,754,021 19,836,320 17,311,956 15,539,405 15,940,121 Streets 2,008,816 2,385,774 2,080,216 2,278,061 2,452,380 2,489,083 Leisure & Social Activities 737,116 1,237,953 1,276,073 847,900 860,060 878,315 Community Development 1,343,009 1,293,995 1,617,691 1,503,451 1,610,609 1,609,922 General Government 765,054 822,956 1,081,911 1,123,693 1,130,696 1,163,148 Total Expenditures $ 30,033,850 $ 34,787,757 $ 39,143,541 36,581,470 36,218,860 36,787,808 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 36 2007- 2008 Expenditures by Type - $ 36.6 Million Operating $ 28,304,646 78% Capital $ 6,022,076 16% Debt service $ 2,254,748 6% COMBINED EXPENDITURES BY TYPE – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 Operating $ 22,475,328 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 $ 29,462,899 $ 30,932,693 Capital 5,641,344 7,965,195 9,507,032 6,022,076 4,187,100 3,312,000 Debt Service 1,917,178 2,064,711 2,361,714 2,254,748 2,568,861 2,543,115 TOTAL $ 30,033,850 $ 34,787,757 $ 39,143,541 $ 36,581,470 $ 36,218,860 $ 36,787,808 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 37% COMBINED OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 $ 22,475,328 $ 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 $ 29,462,899 $ 30,932,693 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 38 2007- 2008 Operating Expenditures by Object - $ 28.3 Million Personnel Services $ 18,801,987 66% Materials & Services $ 3,664,282 13% Transfers to Internal Service $ 221,997 1% Contract Services $ 5,616,380 20% COMBINED OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 $ 22,475,328 $ 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 $ 29,462,899 $ 30,932,693 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 39 2007- 2008 Total Capital Expenditures by Function - $ 6 Million Streets $ 717,900 12% Public Safety $ 191,176 3% General Government $ 112,000 2% Community Development $ 21,600 0% Public Utilities $ 4,979,400 83% COMBINED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 $ 5,641,344 $ 7,965,195 $ 9,507,032 $ 6,022,076 $ 4,187,100 $ 3,312,000 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 40 COMBINED DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION – ALL FUNDS 2007- 2008 Total Debt Service by Function - $ 2.3 Million Public Utilities 2,254,748 100% Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 Public Safety $ 202,702 $ 202,702 $ 202,702 $ 80,000 $ 80,000 Public Utilities 1,700,127 1,847,660 2,151,838 $ 2,254,748 2,488,861 2,463,115 General Government 14,349 14,349 7,174 TOTAL $ 1,917,178 $ 2,064,711 $ 2,361,714 $ 2,254,748 $ 2,568,861 $ 2,543,115 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 41 2007- 2008 Funded Positions by Function - 114.75 FTE Public Utilities 19.00 17% Streets 7.00 6% Community Development 8.00 7% General Government 14.00 12% Public Safety 66.75 58% AUTHORIZED REGULAR POSITIONS BY FUNCTION – ALL FUNDS Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 Public Safety 63.75 64.75 65.75 66.75 66.75 66.75 Public Utilities 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 Streets 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 Community Development 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 General Government 12.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 TOTAL FUNDED POSITIONS BY FUNCTION 107.75 110.75 111.75 114.75 114.75 114.75 Public Safety 3.00 2.00 1.00 General Government 1.00 TOTAL UNFUNDED POSITIONS BY FUNCTION 4.00 2.00 1.00 TOTAL AUTHORIZED POSITIONS 111.75 112.75 112.75 115.75 118.75 119.75 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 42 SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE BUDGETARY BASIS GAAP BASIS Other Financing Sources Adjustment Change in Fund Fund Balance Revenues Expenditures ( Uses) To GAAP Balance Beginning Ending FISCAL YEAR 2007/ 08 ADOPTED BUDGET GOVERNMENTAL: General Fund $ 15,626,078 $ 18,123,638 $ 2,497,560 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 Special Revenue Funds: Public Safety Special Tax Fund 2,322,560 2,322,560 Gas Tax Fund 235,000 10,000 ( 225,000) Measure “ A” Fund 376,000 5,200 ( 400,000) ( 29,200) 48,644 19,444 Police Grants Fund 100,500 85,500 ( 15,000) 134,546 134,546 Capital Projects Fund 423,310 899,976 465,000 ( 11,666) 998,520 986,854 PROPRIETARY: Internal Service Fund 305,497 225,200 ( 149,800) ( 69,503) 4,632,665 4,563,162 Enterprise Funds: Water Fund 7,908,00 10,905,196 3,400,000 ( 881,814) ( 479,010) 18,869,24 18,390,224 Sewer Fund 6,177,00 6,326,760 1,365,000 ( 421,249) 793,991 12,721,682 13,515,673 GRAND TOTAL $ 33,473,945 $ 38,904,030 $ 7,087,560 ($ 1,452,863) $ 204,612 $ 47,208,178 $ 47,412,790 FISCAL YEAR 2006/ 07 – REVISED BUDGET GOVERNMENTAL: General Fund $ 15,183,787 $ 17,326,080 $ 2,142,293 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 Special Revenue Funds: Public Safety Special Tax Fund 2,322,560 2,322,560 Gas Tax Fund 230,000 9,297 ( 225,000) ( 4,297) 4,297 Measure “ A” Fund 371,000 5,200 ( 400,000) ( 34,200) 82,844 48,644 Police Grants Fund 100,500 85,500 ( 15,000) 134,546 134,546 Capital Projects Fund 935,065 1,389,532 876,267 421,800 576,720 998,520 PROPRIETARY: Internal Service Fund 691,100 636,612 $ 255,057 309,545 4,323,120 4,632,665 Enterprise Funds: Water Fund 7,496,000 11,542,069 4,519,010 ( 760,917) ( 287,976) 19,157,210 18,869,234 Sewer Fund 5,933,500 8,149,251 3,136,000 ( 466,043) 454,206 12,267,476 12,721,682 GRAND TOTAL $ 33,263,512 $ 41,466,101 $ 10,033,570 ($ 971,903) $ 859,078 $ 46,349,100 $ 47,208,178 FISCAL YEAR 2005- 06 – ACTUAL GOVERNMENTAL: General Fund $ 14,255,418 $ 16,093,967 $ 2,527,305 $ 688,756 $ 9,114,131 $ 9,802,887 Special Revenue Funds: Public Safety Special Tax Fund 2,378,560 2,378,560 Gas Tax Fund 213,255 5,428 ( 225,000) ( 17,173) 21,470 4,297 Measure “ A” Fund 414,338 13,400 ( 425,000) ( 24,062) 106,906 82,844 Police Grants Fund 106,164 111,347 ( 14,740) ( 19,923) 154,469 134,546 Capital Projects Fund 516,741 1,380,471 666,995 ( 196,735) 773,455 576,720 PROPRIETARY: Internal Service Fund 698,709 473,258 151,501 376,952 3,946,168 4,323,120 Enterprise Funds: Water Fund 6,920,934 8,873,471 2,759,607 ( 1,013,962) ( 206,892) 19,364,102 19,157,210 Sewer Fund 5,661,547 7,836,415 3.238.621 ( 741,706) 322,047 11,945,429 12,267,476 GRAND TOTAL $ 31,165,666 $ 37,166,317 $ 8,527,788 ($ 1,604,167) $ 922.970 $ 45,426,130 $ 46,349,100 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 43 SUMMARY OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE – GENERAL FUND Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES BY TYPE: Taxes $ 9,091,589 $ 9,688,685 $ 10,937,710 $ 11,342,600 $ 12,035,900 $ 12,780,000 Permits 1,002,681 973,812 909,650 925,200 948,700 973,000 Intergovernmental 825,357 1,150,206 979,630 957,500 962,200 1,029,800 Use of assets 1,016,188 1,127,020 1,171,242 1,176,975 1,139,720 1,162,116 Service charges 1,120,255 1,149,151 1,081,625 1,095,700 1,114,550 1,134,003 All others 270,550 166,544 103,930 128,103 311,550 372,207 Operating transfers 2,678,692 2,628,560 2,547,560 2,547,560 2,602,560 2,522,560 Total Revenues 16,005,312 16,883,978 17,731,347 18,173,638 19,115,180 19,973,686 EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES BY DEPARTMENT: City Council 36,220 42,008 49,180 26,675 34,963 37,992 City Manager 334,207 365,256 482,971 521,823 537,766 573,111 City Attorney 96,170 110,166 104,956 118,336 124,246 125,389 Finance 260,414 281,672 322,304 369,859 376,721 399,656 General Government 792,699 833,071 885,200 903,080 915,260 933,715 Police 5,333,407 5,809,801 6,289,728 6,833,666 7,201,267 7,557,304 Fire 5,235,790 5,961,227 6,500,190 6,418,947 6,755,407 7,216,726 Planning 325,459 351,359 503,336 444,251 542,117 486,664 Building 876,277 924,421 1,110,355 1,057,200 1,066,492 1,121,258 Streets 1,335,972 1,516,241 1,483,127 1,479,801 1,560,941 1,521,871 Total Expenditures 14,626,615 16,195,222 17,731,347 18,173,638 19,115,180 19,973,686 EXCESS ( SHORTFALL) OF REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES OVER ( UNDER) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES ( BUDGETARY BASIS) 1,378,697 688,756 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE 7,735,434 9,114,131 9,802,887 9,802,887 9,802,887 9,802,887 ENDING FUND BALANCE $ 9,114,131 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 $ 9,802,887 RECOMMENDED RESERVES – 30% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES $ 4,387,985 $ 4,858,567 $ 5,319,404 $ 5,452,091 $ 5,734,554 $ 5,992,106 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 44 2007- 2008 General Fund Expenditures by Function - $ 18.2 Million Streets $ 1,479,801 8% Leisure & Social Activities $ 847,900 5% Community Development $ 1,501,451 8% General Government $ 1,036,693 6% Public Safety $ 13,307,793 73% GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION Actual 2004/ 05 Revised Budget 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 Public Safety Streets Leisure & Social Activities Community Development General Government $ 10,624,780 1,335,972 737,116 1,201,736 727,011 $ 11,829,539 1,516,241 767,152 1,275,780 806,510 $ 12,851,918 1,483,127 798,200 1,613,691 984,411 $ 13,307,793 1,479,801 847,900 1,501,451 1,036,693 $ 14,011,874 1,560,941 860,060 1,608,609 1,073,696 $ 14,829,430 1,521,871 878,315 1,607,922 1,136,148 TOTAL $ 14,626,615 $ 16,195,222 $ 17,731,347 $ 18,173,638 $ 19,115,180 $ 19,973,686 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 45 2007- 2008 General Fund Expenditures by Object - $ 18.2 Million Capital Outlay - 0% $ 87,500 Transfers to Internal Service - 0% $ 33,747 Contract Services - 10% $ 1,766,380 Personnel Services - 91% $ 16,547,333 Reimbursements - ( 11%) $( 2,091,773) Materials & Services - 10% $ 1,830,451 Debt Service - 0% - GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 1036 1,830,451 1,796,000 1,845,519 Charges/( Credits) – Other Programs ( 1,574,629) ( 1,797,962) ( 1,977,796) ( 2,091,773) ( 2,180,028) ( 2,280,444) Transfers to Internal Service 694,110 482,125 511,600 33,747 38,747 108,747 Capital 101,255 405,267 87,500 191,200 Debt Service 14,349 14,349 7,174 TOTAL $ 14,626,615 $ 16,195,222 $ 17,731,347 $ 18,173,638 $ 19,115,180 $ 19,973,686 BUDGET SUMMARIES BUDGET GRAPHICS AND SUMMARIES 46 GENERAL FUND EXTENDED FINANCIAL FORECAST 2005- 2015 ($ 000) ( 1) This extended financial forecast is a model, designed to take a forward look and project what could occur given a certain set of parameters. It can help the Town identify its priorities, allocate its resources efficiently and continue to deliver quality services to the community 05/ 06 06/ 07 07/ 08 08/ 09 09/ 10 10/ 11 11/ 12 12/ 13 13/ 14 14/ 15 Revenues: Property taxes $ 7,980 $ 8,876 $ 9,488 $ 10,098 $ 10,754 $ 11,453 $ 12,197 $ 12,990 $ 13,834 $ 14,733 Excess ERAF 623 991 755 800 848 903 962 1,025 1,092 1,163 Public safety tax 2,233 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 2,229 Business license tax 635 616 628 647 666 686 707 728 750 773 Construction permits 841 775 790 814 838 863 889 916 943 971 Vehicle license fee 963 723 738 753 768 783 799 815 831 848 Franchise fees 673 521 520 476 491 507 523 540 557 575 Service charges 1,149 1,082 1,096 1,115 1,134 1,157 1,180 1,204 1,228 1,253 All others 1,787 1,918 1,930 2,183 2,245 2,310 2,376 2,443 2,512 2,582 Total 16,884 17,731 18,174 19,115 19,973 20,891 21,862 22,890 23,976 25,127 Expenditures: Salaries 7,999 8,764 9,304 9,794 10,284 10,798 11,338 11,905 12,500 13,125 Retirement costs 2,244 2,521 2,926 3,192 3,448 3,620 3,801 3,991 4,191 4,401 Insurances 1,102 1,312 1,460 1,581 1,707 1,844 1,992 2,151 2,323 2,509 All others 2,880 2,701 2,857 2,980 3,128 3,191 3,255 3,320 3,386 3,454 Total 14,225 15,298 16,547 17,547 18,567 19,453 20,386 21,367 22,400 23,489 Mat, supplies 1,387 1,516 1,543 1,418 1,297 1,323 1,349 1,377 1,405 1,433 Transfers 583 917 84 150 109 115 127 146 171 205 Total 16,195 17,731 18,174 19,115 19,973 20,891 21,862 22,890 23,976 25,127 Excess 689 Beg Fund Balance 9,114 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 9,803 End Fund Balance $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 $ 9,803 Percentage Changes in Forecast for Revenues and Expenditures Revenues: Property taxes 5.5% 11.2% 6.9% 6.4% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% Excess ERAF 47.6% 59.0% - 23.8% 6.0% 6.0% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% Public safety tax 2.1% - 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Business license tax - 0.6% - 3.1% 2.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% Construction permits - 3.3% - 7.9% 2.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% Vehicle license fee 36.6% - 24.9% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% Franchise fees 14.8% - 22.5% - 0.2% - 8.5% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% Service charges 2.6% - 5.9% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% All others - 6.5% 7.5% 0.6% 13.2% 2.8% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% Total 5.5% 5.0% 2.5% 5.2% 4.5% 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% Expenditures: Salaries 3.7% 9.6% 6.2% 5.3% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% Retirement costs 46.2% 12.4% 16.1% 9.1% 8.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% Insurances 19.2% 19.0% 11.3% 8.3% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% All others 23.9% - 6.2% 5.8% 4.3% 5.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% Total 13.8% 7.5% 8.2% 6.0% 5.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 4.9% Materials & supplies 5.7% 9.7% 4.0% - 1.0% - 0.6% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% Reimbursements 14.2% 10.0% 5.8% 4.2% 4.6% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% Contributions - 16.0% 57.2% - 90.9% 79.0% - 27.5% 5.5% 10.0% 15.0% 17.0% 20.0% Total 10.7% 9.5% 2.5% 5.2% 4.5% 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% CALPERS rates: Police 24.945% 35.765% 37.472% 39.445% 40.572% 40.572% 40.572% 40.572% 40.572% 40.572% Fire 22.739% 22.839% 28.427% 31.805% 32.714% 32.714% 32.714% 32.714% 32.714% 32.714% Miscellaneous 21.287% 25.092% 25.459% 26.853% 27.621% 27.621% 27.621% 27.621% 27.621% 27.621% Valuation dates 6/ 30/ 03 6/ 30/ 04 6/ 30/ 05 6/ 30/ 06 6/ 30/ 07 6/ 30/ 08 6/ 30/ 09 6/ 30/ 10 6/ 30/ 11 6/ 30/ 12 PLAN CHANGES: Police to 3% @ 50 effective 1/ 05; Miscellaneous to 3% @ 60 effective 7/ 05; Fire to 3% @ 55 effective 7/ 07 ( 1) Forecast does not include potential cost to fund GASB 45 ( Other Post Employment Benefits). Section D OPERATING PROGRAMS OPERATING PROGRAMS EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION AND BY DEPARTMENT 47 Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 PUBLIC SAFETY Police Protection $ 5,502,181 $ 5,873,508 $ 6,428,028 $ 6,989,346 $ 7,325,767 $ 7,713,204 Fire Protection 5,235,790 5,961,227 6,500,190 6,418,947 6,755,407 7,216,726 Total Public Safety 10,737,971 11,834,735 12,928,218 13,408,293 14,081,174 14,929,930 PUBLIC UTILITIES Water Distribution 4,855,297 5,226,297 6,094,705 6,523,557 6,761,565 7,020,692 Wastewater Collection 2,876,570 3,333,663 3,665,187 3,554,251 3,636,654 3,797,615 Total Planning 325,459 351,359 503,336 444,251 462,117 486,664 Building 876,277 924,421 985,355 1,037,600 1,066,492 1,121,258 Total Community Development 1,201,736 1,275,780 1,488,691 1,481,851 1,528,609 1,607,922 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative & Policy 36,220 42,008 49,180 26,675 34,963 37,992 City Administration 334,207 365,256 482,971 521,823 537,766 573,111 Public Works Administration Legal Services 96,170 110,166 104,956 118,336 124,246 125,389 Finance 260,414 281,672 322,304 369,859 376,721 399,656 General Services ( 14,828) ( 19,481) ( 131,833) ( 25,000) 25,000 25,000 Total General Government 712,183 779,261 827,578 1,011,693 1,098,696 1,161,148 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES $ 22,475,328 $ 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 $ 29,462,899 $ 30,932,693 OPERATING PROGRAMS SUMMARY EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT – ALL FUNDS COMBINED 48 Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 PERSONNEL SERVICES Salaries and Wages Salaries – Regular $ 8,629,654 $ 9,054,696 $ 9,910,600 $ 10,559,671 $ 11,136,635 $ 11,693,468 Salaries – Temporary 241,695 344,562 218,500 135,000 90,000 90,000 Overtime 693,064 965,224 553,050 647,500 669,500 684,560 Total Salaries and Wages 9,564,413 10,364,482 10,682,150 11,342,171 11,896,135 12,468,028 Benefits Retirement 1,698,707 2,485,982 2,809,052 3,246,295 3,519,156 3,800,688 Social Security/ Medicare 357,135 394,422 370,540 407,558 427,294 444,385 Health and Other Insurance 1,096,060 1,318,180 1,542,579 1,725,769 1,878,416 2,028,689 Retirees’ Health Insurance 521,883 595,862 658,550 789,530 853,341 921,607 Workers Compensation 435,260 607,543 738,857 782,221 823,446 864,617 All Others 397,238 465,136 537,916 508,443 532,442 556,409 Total Benefits 4,506,283 5,867,125 6,657,494 7,459,816 8,034,095 8,616,395 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES $ 22,475,328 $ 24,757,851 $ 27,274,795 $ 28,304,646 $ 29,462,899 $ 30,932,693 OPERATING PROGRAMS SUMMARY EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT – GENERAL FUND 49 Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised Budget 2006/ 07 Adopted Budget 2007/ 08 Preliminary Budget 2008/ 09 Preliminary Budget 2009/ 10 PERSONNEL SERVICES Salaries and Wages Salaries – Regular $ 7,711,009 $ 7,999,468 $ 8,763,762 $ 9,303,517 $ 9,794,000 $ 10,283,701 Salaries – Temporary 170,296 177,281 128,500 70,000 70,000 70,000 Overtime 631,748 876,916 492,050 562,500 579,500 594,560 Total Salaries and Wages 8,513,053 9,053,665 9,384,312 9,936,017 10,443,500 10,948,261 Benefits Retirement 1,534,816 2,243,859 2,521,288 2,926,495 3,167,573 3,420,979 Social Security/ Medicare 275,197 296,634 287,687 311,867 325,982 339,021 Health and Other Insurance 924,489 1,102,353 1,312,124 1,460,359 1,580,878 1,707,348 Retirees’ Health Insurance 472,235 537,151 597,030 725,690 783,908 846,620 Workers Compensation 395,028 549,664 660,095 695,740 730,916 767,461 All Others 380,424 442,120 536,211 491,165 514,300 537,360 Total Benefits 3,982,189 5,171,181 5,914,435 6,611,316 7,103,557 7,618,789 TOTAL35 1,830,451 1,796,000 1,845,519 CREDITS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS ( 1,574,629) ( 1,797,962) ( 1,977,796) ( 2,091,773) ( 2,180,028) ( 2,280,444) TRANSFERS TO INTERNAL SERVICE 694,110 482,125 511,600 33,747 38,747 108,747 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES $ 14,612,266 $ 16,079,618 $ 17,318,906 $ 18,086,138 $ 18,923,980 $ 19,973,686 PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATION: Police Protection DEPARTMENT: Police, General Government FUNDS: General Fund, Police Grant Fund, Capital Projects Fund 50 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised 2006/ 07 Adopted 2007/ 08 Preliminary 2008/ 09 Preliminary 2009/ 10 Personnel Services $ 4,402,398 $ 5,009,722 $ 5,551,947 $ 6,092,571 $ 6,449,658 $ 6,826,776 Contract Services 55,583 58,511 62,000 55,180 55,200 55,400 Materials & Services 613,650 642,175 814,081 836,446 815,760 825,879 Transfers to Internal Service 430,550 163,100 5,149 5,149 5,149 Total $ 5,502,181 $ 5,873,508 $ 6,428,028 $ 6,989,346 $ 7,325,767 $ 7,713,204 DESCRIPTION The department works to ensure the safety and welfare of the Town residents and their property. This goal is realized through a dynamic combination of proactive patrol, investigations, crime prevention, community education and other interactions. The department consists of two divisions: Administrative Services Division ( Headed by the Services Captain) provides support to Operations by ensuring the availability and continued maintenance of supplies and equipment, such as vehicles, weapons ( lethal & less lethal) and radios, as well as the dispatching of Officers to calls for service. It is responsible for the training, recruitment and retention of personnel. This division also handles both external and internal administrative investigations, court filings, evidence handling, records management and is a liaison to other law enforcement agencies, i. e.: FBI, DOJ, Secret Service, etc. Operations Division ( Headed by the Patrol Captain) consists of front line Police Officers and Inspectors who serve the residents. They accept crime reports, conduct criminal investigations, manage traffic issues, conduct community policing programs, provide education, manage the Alarm Specialists Program, and participate in multi- jurisdictional activities such as SWAT & K- 9 trainings and call- outs, Mutual Aid in surrounding areas and other county- wide regionalized multi- jurisdictional enforcement programs. They also provide a School Resource Officer to schools, Training Officers to the police academy and conduct various school programs and activities. STAFFING SUMMARY Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised 2006/ 07 Proposed 2007/ 08 Preliminary 2008/ 09 Preliminary 2009/ 10 Police Chief 1 1 1 1 1 1 Police Captain 2 2 2 2 2 2 Police Lieutenant * 1 1 1 Police Sergeant 4 4 4 4 4 4 Police Corporal 4 4 4 4 4 4 PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATION: Police Protection DEPARTMENT: Police, General Government FUNDS: General Fund, Police Grant Fund, Capital Projects Fund 51 STAFFING SUMMARY Actual 2004/ 05 Actual 2005/ 06 Revised 2006/ 07 Adopted 2007/ 08 Preliminary 2008/ 09 Preliminary 2009/ 10 Police Officers * 13 14 15 15 15 15 Communications Officers 4 4 4 4 4 4 Records Supervisor 1 1 1 1 1 1 Police Service Technician 2 2 2 2 2 2 Code Enforcement Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1 Executive Assistant 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 33 34 35 36 36 36 * Total authorized positions in the department are 36. To help balance the budget, the Police Lieutenant position had been left unfunded from FY2003/ 04; and two police officers positions were not funded during 2003- 05. Funding for one police officer was resumed in 2005/ 06 and funds for the 2nd police officer were placed back in budget year 2006/ 07. Funding for the Lieutenant’s position is being resumed starting FY2007/ 08. SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM CHANGES This year’s budget resumed funding for the Lieutenant position that was cut back in the previous years as discussed above. Chief of Police ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Police Captain ( 1) PATROL/ OPERATIONS Police Captain ( 1) COMMUNICATIONS Dispatchers ( 4) Records Supervisor ( 1) Executive Assistant ( 1) Police Lieutenant ( 1) A TEAM ( Days) Sergeant ( 1) Corporal ( 1) Officers ( 4) B TEAM ( Days) Sergeant ( 1) Corporal ( 1) Officers ( 3) C TEAM ( Evenings) Sergeant ( 1) Corporal ( 1) Officers ( 3) D TEAM ( Evenings) Sergeant ( 1) Corporal ( 1) Officers ( 3) Police Inspectors ( 2) Reserve Police Officer ( 1) Code Enforcement Officer ( 1) Police Service Technicians ( 2) PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATION: Police Protection DEPARTMENT: Police, General Government FUNDS: General Fund, Police Grant Fund, Capital Projects Fund 52 KEY PLANS FOR THE NEXT PERIOD Continue to provide proactive, front line law enforcement services ( City Goal 2). Continue to procure the most cost effective police equipment and services ( City Goal 4). Seek to replace and update equipment that will advance the technical position of the department’s staff ( City Goal 8). Continue to advance integration with other law enforcement agencies in multi- jurisdictional issues including home, vehicle & construction burglaries, identity/ mail theft rings, homeland security issues, SWAT operations, regional gang enforcement and police training at all levels ( City Goals 2 and 6). Continue in- house team building activities ( City Goal 8). Continue leadership in implementing strategic plans for technology trends among the county’s police departments ( City Goals 6 and 8). Continue and expand outreach efforts to the community that include summer safety talks, bicycle safety rodeo, Read All Day program, HTV Channel 27 personal safety commercials, emergency preparedness training for school faculty, identity theft presentations, internet safety for parents and kids, etc. ( City Goals 2 and 5). Fully roll out and implement the RoamSecure Community Alert notification system for 2007/ 08 ( City Goals 5 and 8). Recruit and retain highly qualified police officer candidates filling the authorized department staffing levels ( City Goal 8). POLICE ACTIVITY HISTORY 2004/ 05 2005/ 06 2006/ 07 as of March 30 2007 Total calls for service 7,244 7,120 5,232 Average response time 4: 27 4: 56 4: 51 Arrests – Felony Adult 10 18 8 Arrests – Felony Juvenile 2 0 3 Arrests – Total Adult 88 68 46 Arrests – Total Juvenile 39 14 11 Accidents – Injury 18 14 13 Accidents – Non- injury 67 61 48 Citations issued ( all traffic) 952 1,039 716 Crimes – Burglaries ( all) 34 49 13 Crimes – Identity Theft 11 18 13 Crimes – Stolen Vehicles 9 3 6 Crimes – Domestic Violence 12 14 8 Crimes – Child Abuse 11 17 4 Crimes – Elder/ Dependent Adult Abuse 1 7 1 Crimes – Drunk Driving ( Arrests) 7 11 7 Crimes – Sexual Assault Investigations 3 4 2 Alarm activations ( all) 2,711 2,706 1,857 Total Incident Reports 533 528 364 City Ordinance Violations – Case reports 1 3 4 City Ordinance Violations – Citations 80 77 54 PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATION: Police Protection DEPARTMENT: Police, General Government FUNDS: General Fund, Police Grant Fund, Capital Projects Fund 53 PRIOR PERIOD’S MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Continued to hold one of the lowest crime rates of any California city with populations over 10,000 through pro- active patrol and investigation efforts ( City Goal 2). Continued using and coordinating tactical information with the County- wide Electronic Tracking System to locate and apprehend regional bank robbery suspects ( City Goals 2 and 6). Secured grants which support and enhance equipment acquisitions for police personnel ( City Goals 2,4, and 8). Accessed departmental training and equipment support from regionalized grant funding sources ( City Goals 4 and 6). Continued excellent relationships with the Hillsborough School District through interactive safety programs, holiday and personal safety presentations, lunch programs and disaster preparedness meetings. This includes Nueva and Crystal Springs Uplands. ( City Goals 2 and 5). Fully participated in the 2006 County- wide Gang Task Force to disrupt and dismantle area specific criminal street gang activity ( City Goals 2 and 6). Continued and fully developed the Peninsula Rangemasters Group, a highly specialized cadre of firearms
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^rib i i Hi illiiniiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii uiie •RT LOT**C008 JULY 12-18, 2002 VOL. 40 NO. 28 SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORDAND PLAINEDGE FORTY CENTS Golden Age Senior Club Beikpage High School Receives Commended on Their Hard Work Sportsmanship Award Oyster Bay Town Councilman Joe Muscarella commends the Executive Committee of the Golden Age Senior Club of Bethpage on their dedication and hard work to the club and the community. Executive Committee members pictured (left to right) were Recording and Corresponding Secretary Gladys Schober, President Barbara Scully and Vice President Eleanor Garruba. Bethpage Scholar Athletes Congratulated Legislator Edward Mangano presents the Bethpage Scholar Athlete to Lauren Wetherell in recognition of her academic achievement and athletic excellence. The annual award program is sponsored by the Bethpage Dad's Club. Photo from left to right: Nassau County Legislator Edward P. Mangano, Lauren Wetherell, Dr. Toni Macleod, principal Bethpage High School and Mr. John Franchi, Athletic Director Bethpage High School. Pictured from left to right are Legislator Edward P. Mangano, Bethpage High School Principal Dr. Toni Macleod, and District Athletic Director John Franchi. Nassau County Legislator Edward P. Mangano (R-Bethpage) was on hand to congratulate the students and faculty of Bethpage High School for winning the prestigious Nassau County Sportsmanship Award at a ceremony held at the Knights of Columbus in Bethpage on June 7th. The goal of this award is to raise the consciousness level of all athletes, coaches, parents, spectators, and students to promote good sportsmanship at all Nassau County sporting events. "I am proud to be associated with such a fine school district with outstanding students and teachers, this is even more fulfilling because the Golden Eagles are the first recipients of this award," said Legislator Mangano. The Sportsmanship Award is based on points accumulated throughout the year in varsity sports that the high school participates in. Points are given out by the referees and umpires that officiate at the high school sporting events. In winning, the school received a Jade Crystal that will be displayed in the school's trophy case for all to see. 'This award shows how caring parents, teachers, and coaches can influence a student's attitude towards the opposing team. The whole town of Bethpage should be proud that they have turned out such a fine group of scholar athletes," added Legislator Mangano. Homeowners Cleanup July 20 The fourth of eight Homeowners Cleanup programs for Oyster Bay Town residents will take place on Saturday, July 20, according to Town Councilman Joe Muscarella. "Residents only (no businesses) in the Town's Solid Waste Disposal District can take unwanted rubbish to the Town's Solid Waste Disposal Complex, Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road, Old Bethpage, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p .m.," Councilman Muscarella. Councilman Muscarella noted that additional Homeowner Cleanup dates are: Saturday, August 24; Saturday, September 28; Sunday, October 20; and Saturday, November 2. Residents can call 677- 5853 if they have any questions.
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THE D E R ^THURSDAY* APRIL. 18, 1946 ] Fear Recofd For ^ Heolth Commissioner Issues A Worning To All Nossou Porents Measles —• the disease said to spread faster than any other—is pryamiding in Nassau county and at the rate cases are being report-ed, the number this year will top the all-time high of 6,408 cases, ^n 1941, Dr. Earle O. Brown, cohnty health commission, said today. No fatalities have been reported this year, but Dr. Brown warned that as the cases increase In num- ; they also* Increase In serious-ness. ^ There were 89 cases In January, 489 in February, and 1,137 In March. The prospects are that the March number will be doubled this month, Dr. Brown said. There have been two deaths in the state. He warned that the .disease Is n .virus infection and that parents should call the family physician at the nrst sign of such Illness In a child. „ Neglect may cause death, he warned. "Babies and young children should be kept away from any child with a cold, watery eyes or fever," Dr. Brown warned. "A child who has watery eyes today may develop a measles rash to-morrow. No disease spreads as" rapidly as measles." The rash developes about 14 days from bhe date of -exposure, he said: The child who has BeenV exposed usually begins to show onset of the disease 10 to 11 days after ex-posure. Adults may contract the disease. There is only one comfort; once a person has had measles, .they become immunized for life and can never have measles again, Dr. Brown said. "" "" """'•, IN HOUSING TOST J. Bradbury German, Jr., former Mayor of Utica, has been appointed executive assistant to the Commis-sioner of Housing in the State Division of Housing, Commissioner Herman T. Stlchman announced today. HARRINGTON-TERRY Miss Evelyn E. Terry, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Frank Ten'y of Willow avenue, became the bride of George W. Cartlngton of Maple street, on April 8 at 4 p. m.. at the First Presbyterian church of Freeport. The Rev. A. Gordon MacRury, pasto?, officiated, and Mr. Terry gave his daughter in marriage. Miss Dorothy Meyers of Free-port was attendant to^ the bride, and Borg Christensen was beat man. The bride wore a powder-blue afternoon dress, a blue and dusty rose flower hat, and black accessories. She carried an old fashioned bouquet. Following the ceremony, a re-ception for 45 guests was held at the Freeport Elks cMb. The couple will make their home in Freeport MODEL RAILROAD ADMIRED , Pupils ndt the Archer Street School, Viewed an exhibit set up in one of t&e schoolrooms by the Archer Afodel Railroad'Club. Man types of locomotive%\coaches and freight cars were included in. Uie exhibit. There were automatic signals, bridges, switches, side-tracks, colorful stations and many of the other types of equipment used by large Tallroads. The exhibit was set up by the following boys, all pupU* in the school: Lawrence" Rea, . David Fisher,. John Face, Richard Rose, Rolf Larson. for the present. Mrs. Carrington Is a graduate of Freeport High school, while Mr. Oarrlngton at-tended schools in North Dakota. it-^3 \ x }<>\r s\<\\ ^\^\. or ^ Other Home-Mode Candies and Novelties --U, "$v ?•'•* ? . '*? W.JJ ,7$ VIEBROCK'S OWN MAKE FRENCH - ASSORTED ^%ss QUR OWN MAKE FRENCH and A^SQ CHOCOLATES Ib Boxe ZT- {ASTER KIDDY BOX LOLLIFOPS • EGOS MMJt CHOCOLATES - HERSHEY BAR f **" "' Box Sorry - No Jeffy HIGH GRADE ONLY PLUS! i'!"*«* *4 Main Stteet ?, *? Offklal Papar Year. No. 48 FREEP0RT, N.Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, PRICE: FIVE CENTS A 60P1 Council Aiaks Study Of Memorial Building Mayor Ryan To Nome A Committee To Investigate A resolution in which the Frceport Community Council went *%« record as recommending the consideration by the village trustees of the erection of a community center as a war memorial, followed a lengthy discussion of the war** memorial project at the Council's annual meeting In the municipal building iMonoay night. Mayor Cyril C. Ryan, who was among the ofBcials present, said he will appoint a committee to study the proposition and eubmitr-a re-port to the trustees. Trustee Wal-ter Wood, who is also a member of the .planning board, said the board is much Interested in a war ^Memorial .building and believes it would All a long-felt need of the community. (Mayor—Span,-, attei—extending, greetings on behalf of the village, urged-the council to take veterans and returned; servicemen into its confidence for advice and counsel when Jurther plans for the war memorial are discussed. The pos-s& bilities of -coordinaLing a com-munity center' program with that of the municipal studium, was pointed out by Trustee Wood. The suggestion Mhat Fjeeport start-with a, community center on a small scale, with provisions made to expand it if bhe need arose, came from John J. Brown, director i of the Westchestcr county* center, I and a. member of the stan" of the | f .Weskcheater county recreation com- i mission, who was present as a guest speaker. ' Small Center, $100,000 Brown estimated the cost of a community center, even on a small «ca,le, would amount to $100,000. but he told the members "the im-portant thing is to start without delay." Dr. Earle G. Brown, Nassau county health commissioner, recom- *<mended the formation of a com-mittee on rheumatic fever to in-clude the council's medical advisory committee. The functions of the committee, Dr. Brown explained, would include bhe launching of an «d"ucational program to instruct the public on the means of preventing the illness, and, after investigating "the number of oases In the village, to point out. the proper care for such cases. The subject of Dr. Brown's talk was "A Community Rheumatic Fever Project." He was introduced by Robert, E. Patterson, who pre-sided. .A slate of omcers submitted by the nominating cemmittee, was approved. Mo&aHng -New President The following omcers gwill serve for the 1946-47 term: Russell E. JZ3otaling, president; Mrs. Peter J. Guthy, vice-president;"Mrs. George B. Enders, secretary; Cord Vlcr %#>rock, treasurer, and Mrs. Cornelius ^.Van Rees, publicity/ director. Named to bhc executive committee, were: George Anderson, A. F. Bas-set t, Mrs. Alfred Brady, John H. Delmer, the iRcv. David Goodwin Jaxheimer, Mrs. A. J. Mackenzie, Robert E. Pattereon, Miss Helen S. Boss and Asa A. Tfenchard. Two Women jave Boy From Burning Mrs. Mickey ond Mrs. Helm Beat Out Lad's Flaming Garments Two Randall avenue women are the heroines of their neighborhood for saving the life of John Murray. 6':: years old, when his clothes -oaughl- .fire. The_.3rnun&steT._Jivf s at 216 Randall avenue. His'two TPscuers are Mrs: Helen "Hickey, of 194 Randall avenue, and Mrs. Benjamin H. Helm, of 189 Randall avenue. Johnnie wns playing near a smouldering tree stump at Randall nvenue and Hanson place when the flames ignited the cowboy suit he wore. His shrieks of pain and fright were heard by Mrs. Hickey and Mrs. Helm. They ran to him. brat nut the flames and car-ried him into .Mrs. Helm's home, where they administered nrst aid unUl the arrival of a physician. Mis. Hickey also required treat-ment for bums on' her "hands. The boy sufTered first and sec-ond degree burns of the body and might have been, fatally injured except for the prompt action of his two neighbors. He is in Uhe Free- 'port Hospital, recovering from his injuries. The Ore department was called, but there was nothing for the nre-men to do. School Budge! Up $10,736 Over That of 1945 Librory Gets $4,000 More; Solories Are Robed.$100 Eoch Despite increases in salaries of $100 each for employes of the school system, the budget for Union Free School District No. 9, which covers Freeport, will increase school taxes by only $10,736 over last year, a study of the proposed budget rev sals. This is said to be the smallest increase of any school budget in bhe county. The additional items in the bud-get this year are: $4,000 (Freeport Memorial Library 9.000 M.^ Bj^s _TmnjkBsrj^^iOji 4.000 AdulT Education Call Public Hearing On Budget; Same Tax Bate No Increase Despite Plan To Spend $6,615 More Than In 1945 A public bearing on Freeports* proposed budge? for the com* mcK,ycHr will be be Id tomorrow night at the regular meeting of tlw \ i I luge Board in the municipal building. "" = —<& Taxpayers will be happy to learn Brlllih War Bride Finds Freeport Fine ^ $17,000 Total The employees of the school sys-tem.— faculty, custodial force, ?nd clerks — according to the salary schedules, receive an mciease of $100 making a total of $38.810. The returnmg servicemen were guaranteed their Jobs upon rcen-tering the school systtm. These men were In the higher anlnrlcs Substitute people, who were tem-porarily taking their places, were lower. One additional physical education teacher has been added to ,t%&e High''" Qchppl •=f acylty/i^r*'*'*'' ''"• ':''•" ^*'J *• •• The amount to .be raised by tax laat year was $537.164. The amount to be raised, -by tax in 1946-47 is (continued on page 8) Wives of iSergeonts Poroscondolo and Hopke Arrive Here Two brides and an Infant child of Freeport veterans reache\d this village on Easter Sunday, \ after landing from the Queen Mar)) SET THE CLOCKS AH&AD You^l be, late for church if you fojget to set your clocks one hour ahead before retiring Saturday night. JgP.r, . at 2 AJM. Sunday, - dayl^AT saving goes into egect, to ,, remain until September, So you . .jpee an hour's sleep this Saturday. ^ypij.. can/make It up, though, in ^September. Does Anyone Know These Freeport Folks? Do you know Mnthildc Tnnkow. formerly of 207 Rnndall avenue? Or Sophia Berthold, formerly of Freeport. ? Or Peter Kritikos, .\%hn used to have Box 182 in the Free-port Post Omce? If anyone knows the prrrrnt, lo-cations of these people, the Nassau County Chapter of "the American .Red Cross, at Mineola. would like the information, for It cannot lo-cate them. . For Miss or Mrs. Tankow. (lie chapter has received a message from persons in a foreign country, and. ls,=imable to deliver It. For Sophia Berthold and Petar Krikltos, the chapter has .received requests for welfare and news reports from relatives or friends abroad. NEW VILLAGE COUNSEL b SETS OFFICE HOURS For the convenience of the pub-lic, Martin H. Weyrauch, the new village counsel, announces the fol-lowing hours when he will be in his omcc hi the municipal building to transact village business: Mondays and Tuesdays—8:30 to 11 A.M. Wednesdays—3 to. 6 PM. Thursdays—3 to 6 P.M. Saturdays—9 A.M. to noon. FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Friedman's Pharmacy. Inc., 65 West Sunrise highway, w*B remain open Sunday after all the other druggists In the village cloee at 2 P. M. The telephone Is Freeport 1. Molloy Council Reody For Minstrel Plans are practically completed and rehearsals almost at an end for the Bishop Molloy council. Knights of Columbus, minstrel show which is to take place at St. Christopher's school hall in Bald-win, announced Luke J. Smith, general chairman of the affair, after a meeting «f tin* council Tuesday night. There will be a nre-view and dress rehearsal-'TiTr' the school children of Baldwin Bell more, Freeport. Merrick and Roosevelt on Sunday afternoon April- 28th at,three o'clock. Ar-rangements have been made to convey the Sisters to and from the show in private automobiles. The evening performances will take T]l8ce^on- May 3rd and 4th. with dancing atier each performance. -Music—will be furnished by Ernie Brierly and his_ qrcKSstra. The cast has been rehearsing for the past several weeks, under the direction of Eddie Kelly "the minstrel 'man of Queens", and promises to be one of the best shows produced on Long Island In a long time. Smith is^hejng as-sisted by the following committee, James P. McHugh, Treasurer; Wil-liam A. Dunker. Minstrels: Frank McConvllle. Tickets; TnAus Albers, Journal; Henry J. Dense!. Pub-licity, and James A. Butler, Print- Ing. There was an exemplification of the.nrst degree under the direction of'tWilliam J. McVay, grand knight, and his stag, at the meeting Tues-day night. There was no regular business conducted at this meeting, the, entire evening being devoted to*the exemplification. On account of this-t?em? Holy. Wedc there were on refreshments or social hour "following the exemplification.* 2,332 other wives nUourd. They are: Mrs. Shlela M. G. Parascondola and her three-monUi-old daughter. Shlela M. The proud husband and father Is former Sgt. An in ony J. Parastondo.a. of 385 Siymond 6 true t. Mi's. Miirjorlr A. iiopke. wife of former Syt. H. D. Hopke, of 67 California, avenue. (Mrs. Parascondola admitted that she was a bit seasick on the across, but the baby was One. Sgt. Parascondola was abroad nearly three years a^ met h*& {bride] .i%& her .- ;., WJ W X^ ^ W. t &4V*q &T&MJ*C"*, * ******? Ic" he'* TXms-sta Honed'' there in 1943. The couple were married on March. 10, 1045, in Liverpool. "How do I like Fre-port?" said Mrs. Parascondola. "Why, I like it very much, fur I lived in the suburbs of Liverpool and Freeport Is very much likv my home com-munity." The formrr service man is in business wiuh his lather, and so expects to remain here wiUi his wife ji nd baby. Nobody was at home in bhc Hopkc hotise when a LEADER re- . porter called there. Christ Church To Hold Anniversary Christ Lutheran Church the Rev. that although the. trustees antici-pate spending $6,615 more than last year, the tax rate remains the same, namely, $1,33 on each $100. Total expenditures last year ag-gregated $712,796.29. Thla year, the trustees hope to be allowed to spend $719,411.49. But a summary of the provisions for meeting ex-penditures anticipates a revenue of $221,445.18, so the coming nscal year might end with a generous balance in the bank* . A summary of principal budge- Cary "Items R^Ri3es"tKi^ followCngT General government: $76,143.48. "^ Protection of Persons and Prop-erty: $171.003.06. ^ Sanitation: $143,332.56. Highway Department: $61,306.59. Recreation: $27,285.52. Miscellaneous: $9,233.29. Municipal Indebtedness: $232,- 107 99. The village board has already done :i bit of budget-paring, for the recommendations by department heads would have brought the total budget tq $746,720.54, or about 300 more than vthbj«tFWAt$8B ^htl^on^ i«s $"407^.9^66.31, on an assessed valuation of $97.574,020. Police department salaries, in-cluding more personnel, arc expect-ed to rise about, $25,000 in the tentative budget. The Highway Department is slated to Ret about $8,000 more than last year's ex-penscs; recreation is increased sliglitiy under $3.000, and there is $1,500 extra for miscellaneous ex-penses. BM municipal indebted-ness takes a substantial drop of $21,156. The amount to be raised by taxation is also lower by about $2,600. The municipal Indebtedness thh year includes n nrst payment on the bond issue of $9,500. In the provisions ror meeting ap-propriations, it is anticipated that David G. Jaxheimer, pastor, will , the State contribution will amount cclobrate the 20th anniversary of tihc dedication.of the church build-ing this Sunday. The guest, pieachcr will be the Rev. Carl H. Miller, who was paator of the to $69,828. CLEAN-UP WEEK Freeport village trucks will roll through the streets of the com- Church durin; the years 1919-1930, t munlty to make daily collections and therefore (pastor al the time | durlrlg "cleanup week," AprlT 29 the Church was dedicated. He to May 4, and residents-ha,v@...bcen-will. preach" at both the 9 o'clock and 10;45 services. On Wednesday, May I3tT there requestcd to co-operate by all bundles packed and accessible for a quick p.lck-up. will be an anniversary Smorgas- in the event that assistance Is bord supper. The supper be needed for details other than col-served by the Ladles' Aid at 6:30, ; lections, residents may telephone and.' will be followed by entertain- JFreeport 4930, from 9 a.m. to ment which will be provided by the 4:30 p. m. ,and a member of the Parish Auxiliaries. T^ere will be committee will supply the infor-no charge for the supper, but an mat ion needed. offering will 'be taken to cover ex-penses. 'Reservations must be JUDGE GREASON SPEAKS turned in not later than April 28. . TO EXCHANGE CLUB District Court Judge Samuel SCHOOL BOARDS MEET Greason was the guest spepker The Nassau County School Board yesterday at the luncheon-meeting Association, composed' of the mem- i of-the Exchange. Club, held In. the bers of all the school boards In the Elks" Clubhouse. county, met yesterday afternoon In Judge Greason is A veteran of the Columbus avenue school here.'both world ware. In the second, Clifton B. Smlbh, who is vice he was a colonel on the staff of chairman of the local school board and also of the State (Association of School Boards, spoke on salaries. Dr, John W. Dodd superintendent , dMcussed veterans' edu-cation and employment* Oen. Eisenhower In Europe. Judge' Oreason 'described some of his advent/urea on the European battlefronts and told of an unex-pected meeting with hla «on on the other side.
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K t k « . « ' T^^^ f' • - IREiPOIlt BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERinCK •LiERARtAfr; HAS3AU CTV HISTORICAL UUSEUU . EISENHOWER PARK BAST UEADOW, H y 11554 . 41st YEAR No. 22 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 23.1976 PRICE 15t PER COPY atlzens lb Raise vi/loge To Ife^ Funds For School Athletes, Music PoWce Department - -¥REEPOK£—\Vith-th snriNQJN Supt^'ponald Cmtlbw's i>fnc8s,'Frmpqrt parents demonstrated for an :inv«ntciTy;^f«eh(»I.Buppne3.Seve'ra^ . Tuesday,jhrdugh"the open dooB,:told THE.CEADER they had "sat ; ..thare-through th6 nights M^WEIJ§fli3gB\yfinV;tnpri;inr,-TwMfli»y'-''"jr"o^ port School-District-on -austerity,- more. than 100 persons met at the Salvation Army Corps Center, Monday night, to discuss plans to raise funds for. the schools' athletic . and music' activities. With Roy .Cacciatore, of the: Freepbrt Chamber of Commerce, acting a& Chairman, the group i decided to' have a . laige fund- • raiser -Tuesday. October. 26,' at Salty. Bay Yacht Qub. Use of; the-Club's premises will be donated free by" oiwners Fred and ,- Joseph Scalamahdre,- for the • 7-11 pm ''RedJOevil Night." The: RSPORy-^^illageTgstdents-will riot go tO'THe~po!irNovember. -2. to decidc^on the-future of-police-services4n-;Frceport.—The Village Board of Trustees, at Monday night's open voting session, unanimously voted to withdraw the proposal to submit for referendum the abolish^ mentbf the local force, and. Its substitution with a contract with Nassau County for law ' enforcement nigm,aiMo eight residents were prepared-to stay through another *- night, / v : ':.:;; V^^U 1^^; • ' i .- ; .> (ALEADERphblp) -ffiiriy w .FREEPORT. - SeyerarFreepbrt r«idents w«e still •engaged - in a demonstration, in the, School District's Administratioh Bnilding.-as THE LEADER went to press Tdesday night.,; . r - •, . ' Led by Jomer Rand." oiihe-Freeport.Taipi^eni^Association, an ^ estinuted total of 30'parents had demrastn^ since.eaHy Monday^ nUioriung, sitting in the.;ante-nxnh outside:Superintendent ponaIdXostlow's"o£Rce;Mid re-i fusing'to" leave. They were..<le-V: manding; a .-complete record ; of rV sJcuhloyo-l1 .s. uwphpleinie s thoen .h7a.7n0d0 apsu poilf ;.• ; district went on an austerity, bud-.. get, ; after. having • -budgrtT pro- - po^ls def&ated at the p ^ three ' times; According to,some of the. demonstrators, they also insisted upon the right to coAdnct a room : by"f6om, storage doset"by cloiset investigation of the supplies: in: the district'^ schools, to diecfc ; them off against the written list they wanted. 'The deinonstiation; according to soine of those dagaging in it, was prompted by receipt of bills by parents for instructional .supplies-considered "consumer-able'' by the State Department of Education. Residents were billed S13 for each child in the elementary grade and S27 for children in the junior and senior high schools. According to Assistant •;. Superintendent of Schools Doctor Thomas McAin, the bills were based on a student's pro rata share of the estimate of supplies that would have to be ordered for the.austerity year. Supplies, he explained, are ordered by the Freeport School District in December, as this is an "offseason" -time and the District can command the lowest prices on bidsto' save money. The inventory already compiled : and accessible is an April one, which Rand claims is insufficient as it does not show aH the' supplies, he says, that were in the building in July when the District went on;austerity.: Both M c ^ ; . andiCostiov.explaihied that the. $150,000. figgre in the defeated budget proposal)'for instructional, supplies, .was based on:piievioiis years* experiences. AoMrding- to a State Education Manual in the : Administratibh office;' the procedure used by the Freeport District is the one recommended by theSUte. , - Several of the parents sitting in toldTHE LEADER that their chU- : dren . had been threatened by thqr teachers.' They were told ^they would get"'incompletes, fail, not receive books or be able to keep up with their class wbrit, three or four parents complained. -. These cpmpUdnts, they said, were based, on remarks their Junior High School student children had repeated to them. District of- - fidals and School Board members had explained the fee sysem prior to the budget vote. ' Costlpw told THE LEADER that Rxmci already "has a breakdown of the S27 and S13 fees," and that to have a new inventory taken would require a great de^d of time and manpower. He stated that he would not allow the parents.to check the teacher's rooms and supply dosets as this would be an "accusation of dis- -honesty"of hisstaffi —— Costlow also told .THE LEA- . DER that sometime after 2 pm, Tuesday afternoon, he and two of his staff members met with Rand and two of the other demonstrators, Mrs. Harrington and (Cont. onPagelO) , would be' about $100' for special; de^iip, -•since,. the • volunteers; other labor. At^lOjpefiicket J the, grbiip hopes to iell 5,000 tidcets' and ralie $20,000 tb.$30,000. v -The' FreeiJort; Alliance, -as theri groQps' is.called." is concerned; with programs in the school - district from Septeinber through, June..'About $60,000.' it was explained, would be.needed to fund athletics,..; withAneaAy another: $11,000' needed for the music , program; Salaries of dub advisers are. in the .school budget.under austerity, but the school district cannot pay for transportation, uniforms, etc.; Even after, the •money-is raised,'the district,by. law. Superintendent . Ddhald Cbstlpw ; explained,, .cannot get involved in; transporting athletes and band members; to meets, etc., but the Fathers and Boosters Club oin. The money to be raised 'would cover, activities (Cent, on Page 6) Propwal For 74 New Homes Discussed By Planning Board services. Mayor William White, who had stated at the September 13 public hearing on the referendum that he was opposed to the abolishment of the local force, asked the Board for a resolution that Local Laws 7 and 8 (covering the referendum and the change in polite service) not be adopted. In his statement to the Board, : he rcfcangdutftihw paMio^wafhte which 30O;. persons,' ptie of the-* "I^est t\mi6uts ever for a hear- White repeated, "felt we owed It to our hard pressed taxpayers to get all of the facts on .the cost differences Tb'etwecn County Police and the Village force." . The mayori explaining his oyra position, described how the hiitial study_undertaken by the:County indicated -the cost difference-might be as high as; $400,000 in tax savings if County Police were said, that the necessary.' legal-. steps were taken to hold a pubHc .ta&.in..imy^J>iea.',L attended.. t;5iaf!n8': "There was not a single iJerson I^^^e^ « ,»<«*-. of^conomJi^ fac-^ rwjorded aass bbeeiinngg In favor of . " " was contained.- holdiiig the public referendum on ^ the question.'-^Th'e Mayor said; • pointing to. the "dverwhfclmlng sentiment opposed to.'the' referendum, expressed by individuals and -'^^'represent^tives r' of local ' organizations." He'added that he had, received "considerable' cor-resp6rideri «*'2 :''-in support/.of' retaining' the force aiid "not • a single signed letter favoring the referendum.". -.: . ; A History iofthielsitae. White outlined the reasons be-hmd the original: study of the change in police. He explained that in November 1975, Chief of Police Anthony Elar • told the Board that, he.^^vould need an additional ten then^(a' total of 90) to "effortiveiy patrol the Village." White pointed out that this would have added $200,000 more" to the police- budget, ''above and beyond the increases expected." The Vlllag;e Board, 'Si'i ;-^'We found"that the amount of .' ^potential saviiigs to the taxpayers •was" steadily- reduced," White said, as "more detailed cost information" 'wis; received; With . later figures showing a savings of about.3340,000. this meant that the tax savings to.the average homeowner,, -as.: described ;by. lWhite,.p'n a house assessed at $7,000, would be about 30t per $lt)0 assessed ''valuation or $21-per year. This decrease in.'- potentuil tluc savings, according to White, "increasnl my conviction that Freeport should not give . up its own PoIice.Department." Asking for a motion from the Board, White called on the retaining of the Village Police orce '"with the understanding that its personnel compliment will not exceed 80 men. and that we will call upon bur Chief, supervisors and officers to make spedal ef- - {Cpnt.onPagelb) A-' '/5 FREEPORT - Some 40 persons gathered at Villagie Hall, Tuesday night, to attend the Freeport : Planning Board's public Jiearing to gather public opinion on Powell Construction, Inc. of Melville's proposal to build 74 raised ranch and two-stoty single family homes, in South Freeport. The 14 undeveloped acres are bounded by Hudson Avenue and-Grove Street, Howard Avenue and the bay. Approximately 11 -of the jcies-are presently zoned— "Residence A" with over three acres earmarked for " Marine Industrial." With the developcr.'s attorney, Julhis Mintz, stating he-did not believe the developer would establish the single-family (Cont. on Page 10) f t IN COLLISION, on the comer of Randall Avenue and North'Main Street, a scHool bus containing children on the way home, from Our Holy Redeemer School and a private car resulted In the hospitalization of the bus driver and hospital treatment of 20 of the children. According jo school district sources, thei car's driver received two summons, one for passing a red light. (A LEADER photo)
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ELM LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY VOL. 10 NO. S Entere^d as Second-CIsas Matter Post Office, Lvnbrool.. N. V. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, July 9,1910 10^ Eagle Stout Award STATE SENATOR NORMAN F, LENT (Left) presents Eagle Scout award to District 5 Boy Scout Joseph Kuhnow who stands between proud Mom and Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kuhnow. Joseph was granted the high honor in recognition of outstanding citizenship. Dad is Scoutmaster of Troop #336, Lynbrook. Illlllllllllllllllll State Approves Merger The New York State Banking Board Wednesday approved the application of the $5.1 billion-deposit Marine Midland Banks, Inc. to vote its stock in the $2.2 billion-deposit Marine Mid-land Grace Trust Co. of New York in favor of a merger with the $22.2 million-deposit Com-munity Bank in Lynbrook. The Board's action came on the recommendation of Super-intendent of Banks William T, Dentzer Jr. Community Bank operates two offices in Nassau County. It is next to the smallest of the 11 commercial banks with head-quarters in the county and the next smallest of the 20 com-mercial banks with offices there, Lynbrook Scouts To Europe A group of 125 Boy Scouts and Leaders from Nassau Coun-ty Council are spending three weeks in Switzerland this sum-mer. They leave on Swissair July 17 for Geneva. While there they will have as their base camp the International Boy Scout Chalet in Kandersteg. Much of the time wiU, be spent in hiking the Jung-f r ? ' and the Matterhorn, and touring the Interlaken and Lo- (Continued on page 6) Personalities NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK- L to R) Thomas Driscoll Mayor of Malverne; Pat Mazza, Flotilla Public Relations Officer and William Sheeser, former Mayor of Malverne. Mr. August A. Ulm, Lynbrook's Man of the Year, outstanding resident and volunteer worker of the Lynbrook Recreation Com-mission was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. like so many other Lyn-brook residents. His father and mother, August and Catherine are both deceased. He has one brother, Robert, retired, and a resident of Hampton Bays, Long Island. His sister, Ann, Mrs, Henry Lorey lives in Franklin Square with her family. Another brother, Frank, a resident of Gilbertsville, N.Y. is deceased. Gus attended parochial school In Brooklyn, until the age of 11, when his family moved to Bellaire. He was graduated from Jamaica High School where he was an outstanding high school athlete, playing in every sport, especially baseball and football. During those years of his early life, he was a valued member of a Semi-Pro Baseball Team called the Montauks. He joined the staff of the New York Tele-phone Company right after his graduation from high school and has been a New York Telephone Company employee for the past forty years, and twenty-five of that period as a Supervisor. Many of the present N.Y. Telephone Company officials trained under Gus Ulm and he has always thoroughly enjoyed both his work and the host of friends he has made there during the years. He was married to the former Frances D, Smith on Jan. 28, 1933. They had one son, Lee Andrew, a third year student at University of Georgia and a graduate of Lynbrook High who was killed in an auto accident in Georgia in 1962. One of Lee's best friends, Anthony Scafurihas been just like a son to them ever since, and now that he is married to the former Linda Thomanns, their children call Mr. and Mrs. Ulm, Grandpa and Grandma and are a delight to their heart. They both spoke of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Scafuri with such deep emotion and obvious love, it is easy to see that Tony Scafuri and his wonderful little family are just like their very own and deeply loved by the Ulms. They moved to Lynbrook in 1939 and have lived at their present address at Fenimore St. ever since becoming more and more involved in community service and helping their be-loved church. Our Lady of Peace with various projects that Gus was involved with over the years. Gus Ulm has been with the Lyn-brook Recreation Commission for 19 years; He was originally appointed by the late Mayor Fred Greis and has been re-appoint-ed ever since. He served as Chairman of the Recreation Com-mission for 9 years and still serves his home community as a valued member of the Commis-sion at the present time. He has been Chairman of the Our Lady of Peace Catholic Youth Committee. He was Chairman of Boy Scout Troop #85 and Co- Chairman with Mr. Robert Beck-er on the drive for a new school August A. Ulm for Our Lady of Peace. He was Co-Chalrman of the Dad's Club of Lynbrook High School and has been on every Citizens' Advisory Committee for Lynbrook High School since 1953. In appearance, Gus Ulm is a quiet modest man of 5 ft., 8 in. in height with deep soft brown eyes and brown hair with touches of grey which give him quite a distinguished air. His favorite food is steak and sauerbraten, and next to that comes all types of Italian food even though he is of German American descent. He loves all sports, especially his first love, baseball and now, golf, when he can find time. His great love of people and kindly air, make him one of the easiest folks to talk to, and his interest in all young people and the youth of Lynbrook need no further ex-planation, because his record of service to them is quite unequalled, despite the loss of his own beloved son. Gus Ulm attributes all of his success as a volunteer to his wonderful wife, Frances, because of her great understanding and the many lonely hours she has had to take care of the thousands of volunteer hours of work of his various projects and com-mittees. His wife, Frances, an attractive, vivacious lady of great charm is also a great sports fan and enjoy s baseball and games and athletics. She also has a great love for the youth of . Lynbrook and this has enabled Gus to con-tinue with his volunteer work for the past 19 years with her loyal support and encouragement. Gus stated that his work with the Recreation Commission brought him a host of friends, among them the late wonderful Lynbrook Lion, Bill Albern. Gus remarked that just being in his company for a brief time was a great joy, because Bill was such a dynamic and interesting person. He also mentioned the late Sid Covert as another outstanding example of the way his own life has been greatly enriched by fine folks he has come into contact with who be-came valued friends. Both he and his wife, Frances love to
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These three personal mobility concepts, hailing from new environmentally efficient company Kowa tmsuk, were on show in the Smart Mobility City section of the Tokyo motor show.
Kowa tmsuk, which is developing vehicles under the Kobot brand, is a rather unlikely source for a new car company: the brand actually stems from a partnership between Kowa, a pharmaceuticals and electro-optronics company, and a robotics company tmsuk, creators of service robots such as the telerobotic shopper and the Showa Hanako 2 robotic dental patient.
The urban-centric electric vehicles developed under the new partnership include two single passenger personal mobility vehicles called the Kobot V (red) and the Kobot β (green) and the Renault Twizy-like two-passenger Kobot ∏. According to the Japanese company, the Kobots are ‘ultra small and ultra agile vehicles embodying the design full of playful spirit’. The V and β′s telescopic foldable structure shortens the vehicle’s wheelbase to save space when parked.
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J/A+A/509/A14 Grid of solar-metallicity wind models (Mattsson+, 2010)
Dust driven mass loss from carbon stars as a function of stellar parameters. I. A grid of solar-metallicity wind models. Mattsson L., Wahlin R., Hoefner S. <Astron. Astrophys. 509, A14 (2010)> =2010A&A...509A..14M
ADC_Keywords: Models, atmosphere ; Stars, carbon ; Stars, giant ; Mass loss Keywords: stars: AGB and post-AGB - stars: atmospheres - stars: carbon - circumstellar matter - stars: evolution - stars: mass-loss Abstract: Knowing how the mass loss of carbon-rich AGB stars depends on stellar parameters is crucial for stellar evolution modelling, as well as for the understanding of when and how circumstellar structures emerge around these stars, e.g., dust shells and so-called detached shells of expelled gas. The purpose of this paper is to explore the stellar parameter space using a numerical radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) model of carbon-star atmospheres, including a detailed description of dust formation and frequency-dependent radiative transfer, in order to determine how the mass loss of carbon stars changes with stellar parameters. Description: The file online.dat contains all the data presented in the paper. The table include input parameters and the resulting mean mass loss rate, mean velocity at the outer boundary and mean degree of dust condensation at the outer boundary. The dust-to-gas mass ratio is calculated as described in Hofner & Dorfi (1997A&A...319..648H). A FORTRAN code representing a parametric mass-loss prescription for, e.g., stellar evolution modelling, is available at where also future updates will be posted. File Summary:
FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
ReadMe 80 . This file tables.dat 65 720 Input parameters (L*, Teff, log(C-O), Per) and the resulting average mass loss rate, average wind speed and the mean degree of dust condensation at the outer boundary
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1- 4 F4.2 km/s dvp Piston velocity amplitude (2.00, 4.00 or 6.00) 6- 9 F4.2 solMass Mass Stellar mass (0.75, 1.00, 1.50 or 2.00) 11- 14 F4.2 [solLum] logL Log of bolometric luminosity (3.55, 3.70, 3.85, 4.00 or 4.15) 16- 19 I4 K Teff Effective temperature (2400, 2600, 2800, 3000 or 3200) 21- 24 F4.2 [-] log(C-O) Carbon excess (8.20, 8.50, 8.80 or 9.10) 25 A1 --- n_log(C-O) [*] numerical problems (1) 26- 28 I3 d Per Pulsation period (221, 295, 393, 524 or 699) 30- 37 E8.2 solMass/yr dM/dt ?=- Average mass-loss rate 38 A1 --- n_dM/dt [*] numerical problems (1) 39- 46 E8.2 km/s uout ?=- Average wind/outflow speed 47 A1 --- n_uout [*] numerical problems (1) 48- 55 E8.2 --- fc ?=- Mean degree of dust condensation 56 A1 --- n_fc [*] numerical problems (1) 57- 64 E8.2 --- Md/Mg ?=- Mean dust-to-gas mass ratio, ρd/ρg, calculated from fc 65 A1 --- n_Md/Mg [*] numerical problems (1)
Note (1): * when no meaningful wind properties could be derived due to numerical problems.
Acknowledgements: L. Mattsson, mattsson(at)fysast.uu.se
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by Virginia Bruce, editor.
Cornell itself is being widened to include a westbound left-turn
lane, an eastbound right-turn lane and bicycle paths. The entrance
to the new development will be approximately halfway along the
graded area. The perspective rendering shows what the entrance will look
like when it’s
completed.
This month Fred Gast, a Vice President and partner
in Polygon, visited the CPO#1 meeting to present modifications to
the original plan that the company will propose to Beaverton. The
main change, due to shifts in the housing market since the original proposal,
is to move some of the density of the project from the north end to the southern
end.
“We’re seeing an increased interest in more urban living,
so at the south end we will build a mixed-use area where we can place
living units above retail or office space. This allows us to open up the
north area, reducing the number of units in the north end by about 76 units.
These will still be condominiums but we’re requesting that the density
level go from 22-24 units per acre to 12,” says Gast, “It will
fit in better with the nearby residential area,” he continues. Residents
in the homes along 114th, which abuts the eastern side of the development,
have expressed concern about the high density originally planned for the
site. “There
will be fewer buildings and more landscaping,” Gast notes.
The entire
development, including 20 acres of retail along Barnes Road, is projected
for completion in “about five years,” says Gast.
When the project is complete, it will include approximately 1310
living units and the retail area, which now will include the mixed-use
buildings. “Our
intention for the retail area is that it will serve the residents
of the development. We’re not interested in any ‘big box’ type
of businesses,” Gast
assured the CPO.
“We’re doing all of the grading for the north
end, including the school property, right now. We’re working hard to
get it done quickly. We know how disruptive this is for people, and
we also know that before long the weather will be a factor, so we’ll
be done with most of the grading in a few weeks,” he says. The road
cut will be made shortly, the new road (as yet unnamed) should be in by the
end of the month, and the majority of the grading work will be done by the
end of October. They expect to start construction on the condominium units
in January 2006.
The Beaverton School District, which owns 18 acres in the
center of the property, has not announced what kind of school
is planned or when it will be developed. Rumor has it that it will be a middle
school, but nothing has been confirmed. | http://cedarmill.org/news/archive/0905/Teufel_update.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Some links to kick off your week:
- Pacing the Panic Room: Mom-to-be hits week 30! — Pacing the Panic Room
- An 8-year-old girl takes the wheel and saves her grandmother’s life — Jezebel
- The Garner-Afflecks take a stroll around Boston — Just Jared
- Sick children are using laptops to connect with their classmates — CNN.com
- The pros and cons of VBAC — Breezy Mama
- Casey Aldridge, father to Jamie Lynn Spears‘ 10-month-old daughter Maddie Briann, is hospitalized after a car accident — PEOPLE | http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/04/27/around-the-web-98/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus attended the screening of screening of "Veep" last night (April 10) in New York City.
She looked great wearing a fresh white floral embroidered and sleeveless dress by Dolce & Gabbana.
Julia paired her feminine dress with statement jewelry by Irene Neuwirth, a matching white box clutch by Judith Leiber, and ankle strap and open toe sandals by Giuseppe Zanotti.
The 51-year old actress finished off her look with curls, statement eye makeup, and a natural pink lip shade.
Buy It:
Judith Leiber East West Rectangle Clutch at Neiman Marcus
Giuseppe Zanotti Metal Back Sandals at Barneys New York
Giuseppe Zanotti Metal Counter Sandals at shopbop.com
Giuseppe Zanotti Stiletto Sandals at farfetch.com
Same shoes in black:
Giuseppe Zanotti Metal Back Sandals at Barneys New York
Similar dresses by Dolce & Gabbana:
Dolce & Gabbana Boatneck Lace Dress at Nordstrom
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Muirecán son of Diarmait, king of Nás and eastern Life, was killed by the Norsemen.
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Thoughts after 3 games
Saturday, November 1, 2008
by Unknown 11:30 PM
Our record is 2 and 1 right now, but don't think that I'm writing this as a "sky is falling" piece because of our loss to the Pacers today. I've noticed some areas of (slight) concern in our 2 wins that I feel needs work on. We still have 79 games to go and we will still end up being a top 2 team in the East, but here are some things I think we need tightening up.-Rajon needs to finish his dribble penetrations in the lane. Either he passes out layups he should attempt, or he doesn't finish at the rim. I think the root of his problem is he's thinking too much in midair--he's being indecisive whether to pass it out or take it for himself. Really, the only thing he should be thinking is "score". When he's that quick and that close to the basket, he's got to put it up. If he misses, KG or Perk will most times follow up with a dunk, so he should always go for it when he has daylight.-Tony Allen needs to stop being cute, and instead execute. Rather than lower his shoulders and make a beeline to the basket, Tony seems to rely on his slippery athleticism to squeeze and squirm through traffic. He's got enough strength to take contact and the body control to get off a good shot, so he should look to be more physical on his dribble penetrations. From my perspective, another thing Tony needs to adjust is his footwork. When driving to the rim, he takes off a step too soon. Another power dribble and Tony would be attacking the basket with more force. But as it is he takes off a bit too soon, and he ends up putting up soft looking shots because he loses steam and momentum. Good thing is Tony naturally draws fouls, so even though he's not finishing all his shots, he still gets to the line and gets his points. But what I'm seeing is if Tony takes off after another dribble, he'll be finishing his penetrations more.-Most times, our pick and rolls don't do anything but take the ball handler further away from the action. Fortunately for us, we have excellent isolation scorers. But if we want role players like Eddie House and Gabe Pruitt getting open looks beyond the arc, and guys like Perk and Big Baby getting open rolls to the basket, we got to make better use of our pick and rolls. Maybe we need to design some plays that will actually take us "towards" the basket?-Get Leon the ball more in the post. Nuff said.That's pretty much the only things that have caught my attention. I'll put up an article later about the things we are doing right.Derren.Mat! | http://celticsgreen.blogspot.com/2008/11/thoughts-after-3-games.html | 2013-05-18T10:32:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Governor Bentley appointes new Children's Affairs Commissioner | News
Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced the appointment of Jeana Ross as the state’s new Department of Children’s Affairs Commissioner.
“Jeana Ross brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, along with a strong commitment to serving children and their families,” Governor Bentley said. “She also has a tremendous enthusiasm for early learning. I am excited she is joining us to lead this important state agency. She will play a fundamental role as we work to serve the children of Alabama.”
Ross most recently served as a federal programs coordinator and grant administrator for Madison City Schools. She has developed, directed and evaluated programs that impact Alabama’s children from the time they enter pre-K classes until graduation. In addition, she has extensive experience in grant writing, securing more than $7.5 million in grant funds for Alabama schools and programs.
Ross holds a Master of Arts Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood Development from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has 18 years experience in school systems in Alabama with much of her time devoted to early childhood education.
“High-quality early childhood education and support for children in Alabama are truly the keys to developing citizens who are capable and contributing to their community,” Ross said. “I am humbled by the responsibility of this appointment and will be devoted to maximizing the potential of early childhood programs. I am grateful for the confidence Governor Bentley has placed in me. He is a true servant leader, and I am honored to be part of his team that is working every day to make Alabama a better place to live.”
The Alabama Department of Children’s Affairs is dedicated to the well-being of children of all ages. The department works with various programs such as local children’s policy councils, pre-kindergarten programs, Head Start sites, and many others. The department also educates and informs various state leaders about issues affecting children. The goal is to help improve the lives of children by recognizing unmet needs and finding solutions to help meet those needs.
Dr. Susan McKim has served as interim commissioner of the Department of Children’s Affair and will remain with the department. Governor Bentley thanked her for her service as interim commissioner and looks forward to her continued service to the department.
“Dr. Susan McKim has done a tremendous job serving this department,” Governor Bentley said. “Under her leadership, Alabama’s state-funded Pre-K program, First Class, received a perfect ‘10’ from the National Institute for Early Education Research, maintaining its status as one of the best programs in the country. I appreciate Dr. McKim’s faithful service to the children of Alabama.”
The appointment of Jeana Ross is effective immediately.
For more information on the Department of Children’s Affairs, please visit this link:.
Source: Press Office for Governor Robert Bentley
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Owner Al Shaw, 74, said he is closing the business at 101 N. Main St. for health reasons. He is scheduled for an operation that will require “a couple months” of convalescence, he said.
Shaw said Monday is his last day at the store. It will stay open for several weeks in January to reduce inventory, then will close. Future plans are uncertain, though Shaw said he is considering selling antiques there.
“I have quite a bit of stuff in my warehouse,” he said.
The historic building, once home to the Prussian House Tavern, became a grocery in 1933, according to the development group. Shaw bought the building in 1961 and has operated the grocery since then. | http://centralpennbusiness.com/article/20121227/CPBJ01/121229888/0/submitnews/Manheim-icon-Shaw's-Market-to-close | 2013-05-18T10:54:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Monday March 26, 2012
Spring Semester resumes
[Faculty/Staff]
0% Refund for TOTAL WITHDRAWAL from the University
[Spring Semester]
Classes Resume
[Spring Semester]
9 am
10 am
11 am
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
DAYTON LINKS-AUD
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
senior class - miss voluptuous pageant rehearsal (robeson auditorium)
[Student Gov't Assoc.] 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
7 pm
NAACP - meeting (college of education student lounge)
[Student Organizations] 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
8 pm
money matters with Curtis Pettis (anderson.green hall lobby)
[Residence Life] 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
9 pm | http://centralstate.edu/events/print.php?m=3&d=26&y=2012&v=d&calendar=7&evnt_type=0 | 2013-05-18T10:31:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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100 FOLLOWERS WHAT!? I can’t believe my eyes! Thus, the stupid photo. Thank you guys soo much! I didn’t think this would happen ever since I am pretty boring and I also spam a lot. Anyway, I need to figure out what to do now. Virtual party will commencement somehow and hopefully sometime soon. <3 | http://cfnchng.tumblr.com/post/4428298220/100-followers-what-i-cant-believe-my-eyes | 2013-05-18T10:40:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Well I'll go with Beer here, it's also almost year when some of us suggested getting Bill/Steve interview, but you could ask Paul along too
I think such would also get some attention toward the site, theres many great interviews here but I still think this site has been gone under the radar for many developers. I could be wrong though.
Sure you may throw up some Real party, along with a ch9 real time chat at the ms.com/chats.. But I think many here are not near Redmond so having lucky few party there would hardly be more than party among ch9 crew and select few.
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Psychological Problems and Suicide Are Alleged Side Effects From the Smoking-Cessation Drug Chantix
For some individuals, the psychological side effects of the Pfizer manufactured smoking-cessation drug Chantix were so intense that they attempted or actually committed suicide. In 2009, the FDA ordered Pfizer to include a black box warning on the label that alerted patients to the risk of side effects such as Chantix suicide.
Over 275 cases have been consolidated in the Chantix multidistrict litigation (MDL) since it was established by the U.S. Judicial Panel on October 1, 2009. The Panel found that the growing number of cases against Pfizer presented common issues of law and fact that made consolidation appropriate.
The injuries allegedly caused by the drug (known generically as varenicline) include “neuropsychiatric” disorders such as atypical mood swings, depression, aggression, paranoia, mania, hallucinations, and blackout injuries.
Eight cases are chosen as suitable to be bellwether trials
The Chantix MDL is being managed by District Judge Inge P. Johnson in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. On March 16, 2012, Judge Johnson issues a pretrial order selecting eight trial pool cases from those that have filed a Chantix lawsuit and setting their trial schedule. The eight cases were chosen from a group that was first assembled by the attorneys for the plaintiffs and their counterparts for Pfizer. Each team identified 14 cases as suitable for bellwether trials, for a total of 28, and Judge Johnson made the final selection. Four of the trial pool cases involve Chantix attempted suicide or those who actually completed the act, and four others involve neuropsychiatric side effects.
The first two trial dates have been set
The first trial will begin on October 22, 2012. It was filed by a Minnesota woman named July Ann Whitley. Ms. Whitley’s husband, Mark Alan Whitley, committed suicide in 2007.
Another case, scheduled to begin on January 22, 2013, was filed by the estate of Sandra Corey. Ms. Corey died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2008 after using Chantix.
The remaining six trial pool cases will be scheduled at a later date.
Millions of individuals relied on Chantix for help in quitting smoking before the black box label was added and allege that they were not adequately warned of the dangers of suicide. | http://chantixsuicide.net/2012/08/psychological-problems-and-suicide-are-alleged-side-effects-from-the-smoking-cessation-drug-chantix/ | 2013-05-18T10:42:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Understanding The Difference Between Good and Bad Carbs
Author: Robert Swilley
As we know the topic of “good” vs. “bad” carbohydrate intake has been greatly debated over the years. What I am here to do, is to help you understand the difference between the two and show you that there is hope for fat loss success and healthier eating habits. Although the low carb approach may be sensible to some, I personally feel that it is not the best approach.
I do, however, feel that one of the most significant reasons that people struggle with their weight loss is simply because they are over consuming “bad” carbohydrates. These “bad” carbohydrates can be found in non-whole grain pastas, rice, bread, and bagels, as well as, juices and sodas. Refrain from fried foods and refined starches. Instead, eat meats, vegetables, and get your carbs from a whole grain source. Fact is, these simple substitutions can prolong your life and keep you healthy.
To answer the question I know you all have, carbohydrates can be both good and bad. The difference, however, rests on everyday choices that you can make! Do yourself a favor and opt for the “good” carbohydrates, those containing high fiber content. These carbs can be found in whole grain breads, as well as, fruits, vegetables, and beans. Fruit juices from 100% concentrate and artificially flavored fruit “snacks” do not count. Due to fiber content, these “good” carbs are absorbed more slowly by the human body which in turn helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels. Foods containing refined starches such as white bread will actually strip away helpful fiber that our bodies need.
Although fiber is not digested by our bodies, it has many beneficial qualities. Fiber is extremely helpful with absorbing water into our bowels. Fiber helps keep you “regular” and can relieve constipation. Hemorrhoids can even be relieved with the help of fiber. The amount of fiber in your diet also plays an important role in preventing certain diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, diverticular disease, and even gallstones.
Rather than grains for your carbohydrate intake, attempt to eat more vegetables, sweet potatoes, and berries. Whole fruits (not fruit juices) work as well. When grains cannot be avoided, focus on the most nutrient dense and fibrous portions. The “bran” and the “germ” is what you want more of, to be exact. For example, when you decide on having oat meal for breakfast, alter that main ingredient to oat bran. This way, you get the full benefit of the most grains without the inconvenience of excess starches and calories.
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Gardening 101: A Touch of Spice
Plant nasturtium seeds this month for a punch of color in the garden and a peppery bite on the plate
Beautiful and versatile nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) are easy to love: these cool-hardy annuals are virtually care-free, come in many varieties, and are edible from leaves to seed. And February’s the perfect time to plant seeds for fiery color in the garden and a peppery bite in salads (as long as you grow them pesticide-free) this spring. You can even pickle the immature seeds and use as a substitute for capers.
Ornamentally, these flowering plants hold court with their cascading stems and brilliantly colored blooms that range from soft, pale yellows to rich reds. If you need a beautiful climber for a trellis, try ‘Moonlight’. For containers that need trailers, get the heirloom ‘Trailing Single Blend’. The showy variegated foliage of ‘Alaska’ is a good bet to brighten a window box. An added bonus? Nasturtium can distract and deter pests, such as aphids, white flies, and cabbage loopers.
Light: Nasturtiums prefer full sun
Water: If planted in the ground, water weekly; if in a container, water more frequently. They do not like dry conditions.
Soil: Loamy well-draining soil. If you use rich soil or fertilize frequently, your plants will be big on leaves and short on blooms.
PLANTING FROM SEED
When: If you live in downtown Charleston’s unique microclimate, directly sow your nasturtium seeds in mid-February. If you live just outside the city, move your sowing date toward the end of the month. For locales closer to the airport where temps are cooler, sow indoors in peat pots (nasturtiums prefer not to be transplanted) to get a jump start on the growing season, or push the direct seeding date back three weeks.
How: Soak seeds in water 12 to 24 hours before sowing. Nasturtiums need darkness to germinate, so plant at depth of at least one-half inch. Space the seeds 12 inches apart, and your seedlings will emerge in about 10 days. | http://charlestonmag.com/charleston_magazine/feature/a_touch_of_spice | 2013-05-18T11:03:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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It’s Philanthropy Week in the Lowcountry—the Coastal Community Foundation’s seventh annual celebration of our region’s big charitable heart. “What can I do?” you might ask. If you haven’t made your plans yet, not to worry, as four come-one, come-all events are still on the schedule.
On Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., join Charleston Trident Association of Realtors for a Habitat for Humanity Build Day at three sites in Charleston, Dorchester, and East Cooper. To find more info and get registered, click here.
Tomorrow from noon to 2 p.m., you can also fill up on good food and good works during the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals at Trident Technical College. You’ll see two outstanding individuals, a business, and a community organization be recognized for their service and also hear keynote speaker Marc Chardon, president and CEO of Blackbaud. For details and to buy tickets ($40-$60), click here.
Friday night brings the event we’re all abuzz about: Charleston magazine and Coastal Community Foundation’s 2012 Giving Back Awards. Put on your cocktail attire for the “Oscars of Lowcountry Giving,” emceed by Mr. Hospitality himself, Charleston Grill GM Mickey Bakst. In addition to finding out which amazing locals won awards in volunteer, community catalyst, and business categories, you’ll get to help select the Nonprofit of the Year via text vote. Plus, there’s live entertainment by Charleston Jazz Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, singers Quiana Parler and Leah Suarez, and hip-hop violinist Daniel D. For more information about the event and to buy tickets ($45-$65; $95 VIP), click here.
Philanthropy Week wraps up at Keep North Charleston Beautiful’s Butterfly Garden in Park Circle, where volunteers will collect trash and help with light landscaping from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Get inspired, get involved, and give back.
For the full scoop on Philanthropy Week, click here.
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WELLNESS EXAMS
Regular wellness exams allow our staff to evaluate your pet’s general health and become aware of any health problems before they become serious illnesses. Since your dog or cat cannot vocalize feelings, you must rely on regular physical examinations by one of our veterinarians and your at-home observations to assess your pet’s health. Routine blood testing, urinalysis, and other tests are recommended for all pets in their senior years. It is important that your pet receives a wellness exam at least every year as many aspects of your pet’s health can change in a short amount of time.
ILLNESS EXAMS
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ALLERGY AND ITCHY SKIN RELIEF
Allergy injections are especially effective against airborne pollens, dust and mold allergies. Allergic reactions can be reversed with antihistamines, and such treatments can often help in preventing allergy attacks and rash breakouts. Itchy skin caused by allergies is treated with fatty acid supplements. While these methods can be effective in the short term, the long term solution is to try to avoid the things that cause your pet’s allergies. Keep your pet away from foods that contain known allergy ingredients. Make sure to read the label on all food products you give your pet. Environmental factors such as pollen, dust and mold are harder to eliminate, but limiting known allergy triggers is the best way to prevent health problems.
ANESTHESIA
Anesthesia is used for a wider range of circumstances in animals than in people, due to animals’ natural reluctance to cooperate with certain diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Anesthesia is utilized for many surgical procedures that require the patient to be immobile, unaware, and without pain. In addition, certain diagnostic procedures require anesthesia, notably stomach or airway endoscopy, bone marrow sampling, and occasionally ultrasound. Aggressive animals may require anesthesia in order to be handled for a physical exam to be performed, or to obtain blood for testing.
BLOOD AND LAB SERVICES
Blood work is usually a combination of a complete blood count (CBC) and a blood chemistry analysis (CHEM) along with other needed diagnostics, such as thyroid testing. Pets should have wellness blood screening checked at every annual examination, since changes on blood work are often detectable before the pet shows symptoms of disease. This is especially important in senior pets. We recommend having a pre-surgical blood screening performed before any surgery, even in young animals, to check for underlying abnormalities that could complicate anesthesia. In addition, blood work allows our veterinarians to monitor organ function when a pet is on medication as well as the progression of a pet’s disease after diagnosis.
DENTISTRY
Maintaining your pet’s oral health is an important part of your pet’s veterinary and home care. We offer comprehensive dental check ups and cleanings to identify and correct problems as well as offer for sale a variety of products that will help you maintain your pet’s oral health at home.
EAR CHECKS
It’s important that your pet’s ears remain clean and healthy. Ear mites are common parasites that are highly contagious among pets. cause your pet to scratch their ears or shake their head excessively.
GERIATRIC CARE
Health issues seem to come up faster and sometimes more seriously the older our pets become. Senior pets require specialized care and a broad, comprehensive watch. We have a specific program for our senior patients which consists of a complete physical examination and in-depth diagnostic tests. Taking this thorough approach to senior patients allows us to establish a good baseline and to catch potential problems early.
IN-HOUSE LABORATORY
Our in-house laboratory allows us to perform many types of testing that can aid in the diagnosis and treatment of your pet. This enables us to get quick results on routine heartworm and intestinal parasite tests, as well as pre‐surgical blood work. Our in‐house lab allows our hospital to gather information necessary for quick diagnosis and treatment recommendations, reducing treatment cost and stress on your pet.
IN-HOUSE PHARMACY
Our in-house pharmacy is an integral part of our practice. It provides our clients and their pets with the latest technology, convenience, and the right medications at a competitive price. Charlestown Veterinary Hospital keeps a well stocked in-house pharmacy to service the immediate needs of your pet and we offer an array of prescription foods. If you need a prescription refilled at any time, please call our office (617.625.0090) and we will have it ready for pick up within a short time.
PAIN MANAGEMENT
It is well known that pain, both acute and chronic, can lead to not only suffering but a decreased quality of life for your pet. Here at Charlestown Veterinary Hospital, we aggressively address pain with pharmaceutical therapies and techniques in physical medicine. We use pain examination techniques to first localize and identify the patient’s pain. Once we know the location of the pain, we then use diagnostic tests to determine its cause. Generally the more established pain is, the more difficult it is to manage. This complexity often results in a failure to recognize and treat the cause of the pain, which produces a cycle of chronic pain, suffering and decreased quality of life.
DIGITAL RADIOLOGY
Using advanced technology, radiographs are now recorded in digital format, rather than on film, allowing them to be transmitted to any computer in our hospital, as well as to radiologists at other locations within seconds. It is a much faster process, causing your pet much less stress. This technology also provides a dramatic increase in image quality, allowing for more accurate diagnoses.
SPAYS AND NEUTERS
Spaying or neutering your dog or cat is an important part of being a pet owner. By having the procedure done, you create a positive environment for your pet and the community by:
Reducing the risk of certain pet health problems, adding years to your pet’s life.
Having a more enjoyable pet – you’ll no longer have to deal with females in heat or overactive male suitors.
Putting to rest myths about pet sterilization – it doesn’t reduce the instinct or personality of animals, nor does it create overweight and lazy pets.
Helping to control the pet population by reducing the number of unwanted and stray animals.
ADVANCED CARE
EKG | BLOOD PRESSURE
At our facility we have the equipment and expertise to properly evaluate and monitor your pet’s heart. An EKG provides a more thorough analysis of murmurs and arrhythmias. This is helpful in specifying what type of murmur or arrhythmia is present and it will help us provide the best type of treatment for your pet.
Blood pressure is something that affects animals much like it does humans. High blood pressure in your pet can result in blindness, heart disease and kidney disease. By properly monitoring and diagnosing high blood pressure in your pet we can help them maintain the proper levels to live a healthy and long life.
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
Abdominal and Thoracic surgery (including Cancer/Tumor Removal Surgeries)
Otitis Externa
Gastric Dilitation Volvulus (Bloat)
Perineal Hernia
Canine/Feline Urologic Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery
PREVENTATIVE CARE
FLEA & TICK CONTROL
It’s nearly impossible to keep an eye on your pet 100% of the time especially if they love the outdoors. Fleas and ticks are small critters that can transfer diseases to your pets and cause them to be in discomfort. With our in-house pharmacy we can prescribe you the proper medication to prevent fleas and ticks from infesting your pet.
VACCINATIONS
We provide vaccines at your pet’s annual appointment. The following vaccinations are available for your dog or cat:
NEW KITTEN & NEW PUPPY PACKAGES
Have a new pet? We’re here to help! To ensure your pet’s health we provide any necessary vaccinations, a fecal examination, de-worming medication, and parasite prevention medication. We also perform a physical exam checking on your pet’s overall health. This includes but is not limited to: eyes, ears, teeth, skin and fur, skeletal exam, abdomen, heart, lungs, nervous system, and lymph nodes.
PARASITE CONTROL
Worms are a potentially deadly parasite that can be fatal if left untreated. The best way to prevent parasites is for your pet to have regular screenings and by adhering to any medications that are prescribed by our veterinarians.
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Weight management is a simple way to help keep your pet healthy and it’s a great start to prevent future health problems that may arise due to weight. By understanding your pets lifestyle and any special dietary needs we can put together a weight management program specific to your pet. We offer a variety of specialty foods to help facilitate a healthy weight for your pet.
EMERGENCY & AFTER HOURS CARE
Angell Animal Medical Center
350 S. Huntington Ave,
Boston, MA 02130
(617) 522-7282
Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center of New England
(VESCONE)
180 Bear Hill Road, Suite A.
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ASPCA Poison Control
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Agenda Attachments Table of Contents - View the Agenda attachments in the Table of Contents below by selecting the number to the right of the item. You may also still view the detailed agenda (without attachments) by clicking on the link to the right.
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5:00 P.M. Dinner Briefing
Conference Center
1. Mayor & Council Consent Item Questions
2. City Manager's Evaluation of Utilities' Customer Service
3. Sustainable Communities Initiative Planning Grant
1
4. Police Youth Initiatives
5. Answers to Mayor and Council Consent Item Questions
6:30 P.M. Citizens' Forum
Meeting Chamber
7:00 P.M. Awards and Recognitions
6. Utilities EPA Safe Drinking Water Award and Wastewater Plant Performance Award
7. Charlotte International Cabinet Cougars Basketball Teams
8. Dr. Andrew P. "Sam" Haywood 2010 Award
9. Charlotte Douglas International Airport Eagle Award
Consent
10. Consent agenda items 26 through 58 may be considered in one motion except those items removed by a Council member. Items are removed by notifying the City Clerk before the meeting.
Public Hearing
11. FY2011-FY2015 Consolidated Plan and FY2011 Action Plan for Housing and Community Development
2
12. Public Hearing on Resolution to Close a Portion of South Caldwell Street
3
13. Public Hearing on Resolution to Close a Portion of East 19th Street
4
14. Public Hearing on Resolution to Close Two Residual Portions of Baxter Street
5
15. Public Hearing on Resolution to Close Nesbitt Drive
6
Policy
16. City Manager's Report
17. Centers, Corridors and Wedges Growth Framework
18. University Research Park Area Plan
19. Catawba Area Plan
Business
20. Preliminary Applications for National Infrastructure Investment Grants Program
21. Renewable Energy Project Grant
7
22. Energy Grant Outreach and Education Campaign Services
23. Nominations to Boards and Commissions
8-15
24. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
16
25. Mayor and Council Topics
Consent
26. Office Supplies
27. Wastewater Pumps
28. Police Uniforms Contract Extension
29. Police/Gang of One Contract with Mecklenburg County
30. Police DNA Equipment and Supplies
31. Humane Society Contract Amendment #3
32. FY2011 General Obligation Bond Referendum
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33. 500 Dalton Avenue Demolition
34. Safety Systems Maintenance Services for CATS Maintained Facilities
35. Parking Citation Management Software and Collections
36. Credit Card Processing Agreement
37. Grier Road Sidewalk
38. North Tryon Street Business Corridor Engineering Services
39. Geotechnical and Construction Materials Testing Services Contracts
40. Various Stream Restoration Projects
41. Airport Roof-Mounted Solar Energy System
18
42. Airport Telecommunications Agreement
43. Wastewater Treatment Facilities Landscape Management Contracts
44. Water Transmission Main Emergency Repair
45. Briar Creek Relief Sewer Changer Order #1
46. CATS Security Services Contract Amendment
47. Scaleybark Road, South Boulevard and Whitton Street Improvements Infrastructure Reimbursement Agreement
48. IKEA Boulevard Extension Infrastructure Reimbursement Agreement Amendment #3
49. Closures of S. Crigler Street and Marvin Smith Road at CSX Railroad
19
50. Airport Supplemental Agreement with NCDOT
51. Hazard Mitigation Plan
20
52. Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
53. Charlotte Center City Partners Board Appointments
21
54. In Rem Remedy
22-31
55. Airport Land Acquisition – 5604 Denver Avenue
56. McAlpine Creek Relief Sewer Phase 2 Condemnation Additional Deposit
57. Property Transactions
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With many brands and types of ice cream makers available, making ice cream at home is easier than ever. From simple ice cream makers to more serious ice cream gadgets, you can make all sorts of specialty frozen desserts at home. You can even make soft-serve at home! But why stop with simply making ice cream, or frozen yogurt, or any other frozen dessert? Why not take them to the next level of fun with some simple kitchen gadgets to turn your frozen desserts into something really special?
Sure, it's easy to put some softened ice cream between two big cookies for a tasty treat. But it's just as easy to use molds and cutters to make those cookie ice cream sandwiches in traditional rectangles, in the shape of hearts and stars -- or even cows and pigs.
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I think we all remember making mini-popsicles using fruit juice and the family ice cube tray. I never could get those toothpicks to stand upright. No need to worry about that anymore, nor do I have to endure the endless wait for the little pops to freeze. With a nifty little ice pop maker, pops are frozen and ready to eat in a mere seven minutes!
However, if you can wait for the freezing process to be complete, there are many options for fun-shaped pops. From sailboats pops to animal pops to small pops that can be filled with additional flavors, you can make ice pops fun for the whole family.
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Don't limit yourself to chocolate cookies and vanilla ice cream (though it is delicious), try some new flavor combinations:
Or try layering a bit of jam on each cookie before adding the ice cream. Experiment and enjoy!
Ingredients: Two or more pop fillings of your choice Directions: 1. Fill an ice pop mold part way with one filling flavor. Freeze until almost set. 2. Add the next flavor and freeze until almost set. Repeat until the mold is full.
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Padric Feeley colored Hootie the Wise Old Owl and answered the question “When I graduate, I’m going to be a ____.” Feeley plans to be a train conductor.
“Padric loves mechanical things like trains and construction equipment. This contribution to his future will help Padric achieve his goals whatever they may be as the years go by,” said Kathleen Feeley, Padric’s mother. “We appreciate this gift to him and to the school. Hopefully many other kids like Padric will take the early education they get at preschools like Dogwood Hills Academy and become exceptional adults in the years to come.”
Feeley’s Pre-K school, Dogwood Hills Academy, also won $1,000, which the school plans to use to purchase electronic tablets for its Georgia Pre-K Program.
The tablets will create a new learning center for the program, emphasizing math and communication skills. The age-appropriate apps will allow the children to learn at their individual levels with teacher assistance and guidance.
Sabrina Collier, director of Dogwood Hills Academy said that the purchase of the tablets will allow the school to continue its cutting-edge program and concentrate on the Cherokee County School District’s emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math learning.
“I am very excited about Padric winning this contest and starting his college savings at such a young age,” said Collier. “Padric has been at our school for several years, and it is exciting to see his growth and development over the years.”
The sweepstakes was conducted by the Path2College 529 Plan to recognize College Savings Month in September and raise awareness about financial planning for higher education.
The sweepstakes was available to Georgia children in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and Feeley was selected randomly from the more than 1,600 entries.
In addition to the coloring sweepstakes, the Path2College 529 Plan is also offering a newborn sweepstakes open to Georgia residents.
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Among the schools represented will be five from within Cherokee County’s borders — Woodstock, Etowah, Sequoyah, Creekview and River Ridge.
Each school, with the exception of Woodstock, will be fielding at least one team at the meet, with Creekview, Etowah and River Ridge each fielding two.
Woodstock, though it failed to qualify for state as a team, did advance two of its individuals from the Region 5AAAAAA boys race — J.C. Cornett and Owen Bailey — through their top-six finishes.
Though winning a state championship may be a stretch for any team in the county, many have their sights set on a top-10 finish.
One of those is Sequoyah’s boys team, which finished 10th in last year’s Class AAAA meet.
For coach James Adams, a top-10 finish would be satisfying, but the meet would be considered a greater success if the Chiefs could improve on last year’s performance.
“Any time you finish inside of the top 10 in state is great, like we did last year, but this year, we hope to do even better,” Adams said. “We would be very happy if we did better.”
Leading Sequoyah will be junior Chris Costa, who finished third in the Region 7AAAAA meet two weeks ago at Boling Park with a time of 16 minutes, 17.67 seconds.
According to Adams, Costa’s personal goal is to break inside of the top 15.
Though he won’t have a full complement of Woodstock teammates to back him up, Cornett stands a strong chance at a high finish.
Despite battling a high fever at the region meet last week, he completing the course in 16:00.61 — the fastest time any runner from the county has recorded all year.
After twice racing this season while sick — the first being the county championships, which Cornett won despite suffering from flu-like symptoms — Woodstock coach Kirk Scharich expects his lead runner to be a threat to finish inside of the top 10 — something he failed to do last year.
“Last year, his hamstring knotted up, and he ended up finishing outside of the top 50,” Scharich said. “Now, he is feeling great and is focused on breaking into the top 10. He has gotten better every week and had some good workouts recently, so we are hoping that he has at least one more good race left in him.”
River Ridge will help kick off the day’s racing in the Class AAAA meet at 8:30 a.m., followed by the girls at 9:15. The Knights’ teams made it to Carrollton with a pair of top-four finishes at last week’s Region 7AAAA meet, including the boys individual title won by Joe Mayes.
The Class AAAAAA boys will begin racing at 11:30 a.m., followed by the girls at 12:15 p.m. The Etowah girls and the two Woodstock individuals will be a part of those races.
The AAAAA boys race will commence at 1 p.m., followed by the girls race at 1:45. Creekview will have a team contingent in both races, with the Sequoyah boys also competing. | http://cherokeetribune.com/view/full_story/20772972/article-County%E2%80%99s-top-runners-bound-for-Carrollton | 2013-05-18T10:32:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
There is the success of the team as a whole and the success of the individual members of the team.
Any way you look at it, Creekview coach Wyatt Wilkie led his team to a successful season in 2012-13. The Grizzlies placed a program-best fourth in the Class AAAAA traditional state meet, finished in the top six in the state duals and went undefeated against county rivals.
Creekview also qualified 12 wrestlers for the sectional meet, and five went on to place at the Class AAAAA state meet. The team was also the runner-up in the Region 7AAAA duals and traditional meets.
For leading his team to a season unlike any other, Wilkie is the 2012-13 Cherokee Tribune Wrestling Coach of the Year.
While honored by the award, Wilkie said the athletes were the ones who did most of the work.
“We had good seniors leading the team,” he said. “We had quite a few guys return, even young guys had a couple of years of experience.”
Wilkie said several of his wrestlers compete year-round and attended national tournaments last summer. All of them work out in some way or another when it isn’t wrestling season. Several are involved in other sports, such as track, lacrosse or football, when it isn’t wrestling season.
This season, the Grizzlies had competition for several of roster spots. Wilkie said wrestle-offs were a weekly occurrence as each member of the team wanted to make the varsity lineup.
“There were a few weight classes that wrestled off ever week,” he said. “Sometimes, that final decision doesn’t get made until the last wrestle-off before region and state. When you are competing for a weight class, you don’t just want to be on the team. You want to be in the varsity lineup. You see who you have to beat and your outwork them. That is internal motivation there. If you don’t have the motivation already, that gives you the extra.”
Creekview sent more wrestlers to state this season than any year before, and placing five was a new record for the team as well. Both are things Wilkie said the Grizzlies take pride in.
“The guys that didn’t make it were bummed out they weren’t competing, but they were there to cheer on the guys that did,” he said. “It was a good team experience.”
Creekview will graduate six seniors, but of the five state-placers, three will return. Among the returning state-qualifiers will be Joseph Sorrentino, the state-runner up at 182-pounds, Hunter Smith, Ryan Camp and Christian Saragusa.
“We will be missing some good leadership, but at the same time, we have guys that can fill that role,” Wilkie said. “We will be in good shape.”
But with high school boys, a lot can change before next season — particularly with an unexpected growth spurt.
“Some coaches are real sticklers for guys holding weight all summer,” Wilkie said. “But I think they need to grow. Their bodies change. As long as they are staying involved and not sitting on their rear ends playing video games, I’m happy. When they come back in next season, they figure out where they need to be and we get back at it.” | http://cherokeetribune.com/view/full_story/21933006/article-Coach-of-the-Year--Wilkie-quick-to-credit-his-athletes | 2013-05-18T10:22:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Another reason we need strong voices & YA books: Comedian Daniel Tosh suggests an audience member should be gang-raped
I can’t believe *anyone* actually thinks it’s okay to tell rape jokes–never mind that they mind be funny. To me, that’s a sign of great disconnectedness from compassion, from emotion, and from their own vulnerability. Yet that’s just what comedian Daniel Tosh does. Apparently he frequently tells rape jokes in his spiel.
And when, in a recent performance, he was telling rape jokes, and a woman audience woman yelled out that rape jokes are never funny, according to the audience member, Daniel said: “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her…”
Okay. Wow. Let’s just pause here for a minute. In a world where women are frequently raped–every 2 minutes in the US, someone is raped, and 9 out of 10 of them are usually women–this man thinks he suggest a woman get gang-raped? Seriously?
As a woman, I am offended and outraged. As a incest and sexual abuse survivor, as a ritual abuse survivor, I am horrified. I know what it’s like to be raped. It leaves emotional and psychic wounds that don’t go away. It dehumanizes us. It makes us feel worthless, dirty, like garbage.
Stances like Daniel’s are one of the reasons I write the kind of books I do. Books that talk about rape and sexual abuse, victimization and oppression. Books that also talk about the strength of survivors, and our ability to not only fight back and heal, but to thrive after something so traumatic. To find safety for ourselves, and to help others find it, too.
We need strong voices to counteract voices like Daniel’s. And so I am so grateful to the woman audience member who stood up to him in the show, and who then blogged about it so other people could hear about it. When we raise our voices, we are often heard. We CAN make a difference.
That’s something that, to me, is so powerful about books. We can help others who don’t understand an issue really get inside another person’s experience and emotions through story. We can help them feel. I’m always grateful when people stand up to oppression–in real-life situations, in conversation, and in books, film, art. I hope for a world without hatred. Without abuse, rape, oppression. I will never stop hoping for that. Care to join me?
July 11th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Why on earth would he think that was funny?
July 11th, 2012 at 8:44 am
Yeah. I don’t know, Brian. I really don’t get it. It’s not funny on any level….
July 11th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Wow. That is absolutely horrible and unacceptable. I am also an incest survivor and his ‘humor’ infuriates me. I absolutely love your writing and support you a 100%. Thank you for sharing this.
July 11th, 2012 at 10:35 am
It infuriates me, too, Raven! I agree–it’s unacceptable and horrible. And thank you so much! I’m so glad you love my writing and support me. (beaming)
July 11th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
That just sickens me. I hope that tasteless humor spells the end of his “comedy” career.
July 11th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
It really sickens me, too, Stina! I don’t think rape jokes–or suggesting that someone be gang-raped–is ever funny. Ug. I’m glad the woman spoke up.
July 12th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
What bothers me even more is that when I searched Twitter for info, since I missed it, the responses were even more disgusting! A lot of the comments cheering him on or saying it was just a joke were from women. It disgusted me beyond no end. We as a society have moved so far from normal behavior. What woman thinks a joke about rape is funny? I would’ve been the woman in the audience if I was there. Great post!!
July 12th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Stacey–yeah, it’s disgusting, and to me scary. I don’t understand how people can hate so much. BUT I think it’s always been there. (And so have people with compassion and kindness and fighting for justice….) And yeah–I might have yelled it out, too, if I’d been there.
July 13th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
There’s a petition on Change.org that is being served up to Comedy Central, requesting Tosh.0 be cancelled. 30,000 signatures so far.
July 16th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Excellent, Beth! Thanks so much for letting me know. | http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/index.php/2012/07/11/another-reason-we-need-strong-voices-ya-books-comedian-daniel-tosh-suggests-an-audience-member-should-be-gang-raped/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
1st Ward Alderman Moreno Interview on WGCI Morning Riot April 19, 2012
By chicago-pipeline at April 20, 2012 | 10:12 am | Print
Ald. Moreno was on The WGCI Morning Riot 107.5 FM show yesterday discussing the events of last Friday, April 13, 2012 at the Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave. Thanks to Fake Shore Drive where we noticed this post.
In the radio interview, the alderman says he doesn’t want to shut down the venue. The Pipeline, having been on the scene on Friday night, witnessed a different dialogue occurring between the alderman and the show’s promoters, seen at right with the alderman.
Rhys Parejas, at far left, wrote into the pipeline sharing his experience. At the time this photo was snapped by the pipeline, the promoters were unaware of the warning that the alderman had sent out to the 1st Ward Community about their show. They were only aware of the fact that their concert had been disrupted by a large police presence, street closure, etc. The alderman had been trying to align himself with the promoters, faulting the Congress as the reason for the problems and the police showing up.
All drama aside, The Pipeline truly hopes that the alderman, the police, Carranza and his team, the neighbors, the GGNA, and everyone can work together to make the Congress better. This is our dispatch from the hearing. We didn’t intend to cover this past Friday’s events, but we were up the street when they happened and couldn’t ignore the commotion. We hope that no further events like Friday occur during this 45 day period before the Congress’s next hearing. They need to be working on the tasks assigned to them by City Commissioner Barbara Gressel rather than diffusing unfortunate situations like what occurred this past Friday.
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Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko
(WSCR) The White Sox’s 44-48 record through the first 92 games of the season hasn’t necessarily led to optimism among their fans. And to make matters worse, they suffered a 3-1 series loss to the Twins heading into the All-Star break.
“Fortunately for the White Sox, they’re playing in a division that nobody is running away with,” baseball analyst Dave Campbell said on the Mully and Hanley Show. “And as poorly as they’ve performed in the first half, I mean, [John] Danks getting out 0-8, and [Alex] Rios and [Adam] Dunn, I mean they’re still within striking distance.”
LISTEN: Dave Campbell On The Mully And Hanley Show
For the rest of this interview and other 670 The Score interviews click here.
The White Sox are five games back of the Detroit Tigers, and only only a half-game back of the Cleveland Indians. Once their games resume on Friday, the White Sox will play 12 consecutive games against divisional opponents, including six agaisnt the Tigers and three against the Indians.
“They’re a two-week streak away from being in first place in that division,” Campbell said.
But for that kind of streak to happen, Dunn will have to start looking like the player the White Sox thought they were signing to a big contract.
“I don’t know what Dunn’s problem is,” Campbell said. “…I suppose they’ve probably had his eyes checked, and they’ve probably had a few other things [checked]. But, you know, confidence is such a part of this game and I know Ozzie [Guillen] is thinking, ‘if he could just have a couple back-to-back games, all of a sudden he’s going to take off and go and he’s going to put up the numbers he has in the past’ But I don’t know if that’s going to happen or not. I’m not clairvoyant enough to know that.” | http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/07/13/white-sox-a-two-week-streak-away-from-1st-place/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Dodgers sign four young Dominican players
Club revamped scouting department to discover international talent
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers announced Monday the signings of four players from the Dominican Republic by the club's revamped international scouting department.
Signed were outfielders Deivy Castillo and Ariel Sandoval; shortstop Ravel Hernandez; and right-handed pitcher Miguel Urena. Each player is 17 years old.
Sandoval reportedly received a $150,000 signing bonus.
The signings are the first for the Dodgers since the arrival of Bob Engle and several scouts that worked with him in Seattle. Management has been outspoken about the club's aggressive return to international scouting after virtually abandoning emerging markets for most of the past decade.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. | http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130114&content_id=40963412&vkey=news_la&c_id=la | 2013-05-18T10:42:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
ALCS Gm1: Young singles home Miggy in the sixth
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ALCS Gm1: Fister fans Martin to strand bases loaded
ALCS Gm1: Fister gets out of trouble three times
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ALCS Gm1: Fister gets out of trouble in the second
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ALCS Gm1: Jeter dives to rob Miggy of a base hit
10/13/12: Tigers regroup, take Game 1 in 12 innings
Tigers react to Derek Jeter's injury | http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25405011&topic_id=37991928&c_id=nyy | 2013-05-18T10:32:28 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Sunday 5/1/2011
The end
People often feel bittersweet at the end of things; be it the end of their stay in that one apartment with the fun neighbors, or the end of a career they've really enjoyed. But when it comes to me and my schoolyear, there's nothing to feel bitter about at all. I'm finally done! After all the sleepless nights, the splinters from woodshop, the endless walk to and from my school cafeteria... I'll be happy to go home and have Mom's home cooking for a few weeks before coming back to Chicago to start my internship and spend time with the new beau.
If there's any one thing I could take away from my year at IIT, it's that the more open you are to new experiences the better time you'll have. I haven't lived in Chicago 9 monthes and I've already met some of the most generous and caring people of 'em all. You can make a home anywhere you allow yourself. It may take a little while, but you just gotta adapt and seek out the joy in the familiar.
Saturday 4/23/2011
Music History
This is too cool, I had to share with all you guys!
5 Seconds of every #1 song from 1993-2011.
For those of you who haven't caught on, that's the majority of my life. But no matter your age this is a great reminder of all the music we've had in the last two decades - I forgot about so many of these, but I'm dancing now :D
soundcloud.com/anthonydc/5-seconds-of-every-1-billboard
Saturday 4/16/2011
Students in Politics
As students, we're often told to flex our vocal chords and speak up about the issues we believe in. Universities fund student governments and extracurricular clubs to give us all the opportunity to grow as people and not just as academics. So why weren't any of my college gays excited about Obama coming to town? He had a big rally for his 2012 campaign the other day in Navy Pier's grand ballroom and nobody mentioned it here on IIT's campus. Why didn't our student newspaper cover it? None of my professors mentioned it.
We as students have immense political push that we can't give up because "that issue won't affect us" or "the place where I vote is too far away." Lame, guys. The other night - thursday to be precise, I attended IIT's annual Unity Banquet put on by our Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion. It was wonderful, and my first time at a fancy event the college has hosted. They even had those little tomatoes stuffed with crab... But that's besides the point. I met my Provost and President, had dinner with our Student Government President-Elect (although she happens to be a friend of mine, so that's not that impressive), and listened to the President of the American Chemical Society talk about how his career has provided him with unifying experiences in culture, business, politics, and personal backgrounds. It was wonderful, I was shocked that I was one of only two freshman to attend. Who would pass up an opportunity to meet the people shaping your future? Students, ARE YOU CRAZY?!
Anytime you're asked to RSVP for something at your college, and it's not an open invitation, try to make it to that event! You can make a huge difference and flex those vocal chords. Politically, we're much more connected than we might think. These guys are interested in you and they also happen to be well connected individuals. The type who oh, I don't know, go to Obama's campaign rallies (or to one of the other guys campaigning). Students have the power to rally together like they did during the 2008 elections and change the course of a candidate's future - subsequently their own, as we witnessed Obama pass major education reform and allow many more financially stressed families to fulfill their child's college aspirations.
Maybe nobody in Chicago cares about Obama anymore, it's just like he's visiting home hahaha. But there's still so much available to us on a smaller scale. I want to encourage everyone to get involved in politics on whatever level they feel comfortable with. I'm going to be attending a White House Student Roundtable a week from now, hopefully we'll have a staffer present, but if not it's still a chance for ten to fifteen of us discuss current issues and send our ideas off to Capitol Hill directly. How cool is that? And you know ANYONE can host one. Obama has asked students across America to host summits and let his staff know - he even visited one summit himself in Cleveland. You never know! I got invited to this one because of my attendance at the Unity Banquet my College put on. Take one step at a time and pretty soon you'll find yourself doing things and making changes you never thought you could.
Thursday 3/31/2011
Birthday!
While I may not have had a sweet sixteen, I certainly had an amazing time yesterday celebrating my birthday! I've felt a bit detached from Chicago since going home over winter break, probably because a lot of my friends had left for warmer weather and I was still here going to school, trudging through sleet and snow and generally toning my social life down a notch to focus on those studies. But my birthday made me realize how loved and appreciated I am here in the windy city. It's a good thing, too - I was just offered a live-work opportunity over the summer that I had been unsure about accepting.
Even though I've really wanted to stay I was scared that I might spend every friday night alone. But with friends that bombard me at the stroke of midnight with birthday shots and presents, I'm pretty sure that won't happen. I have a community here, I just have to remember that we're all busy people and sometimes it's a special occasion like my birthday or the summertime that brings us together. So I've decided to stay in Chicago over the summer and write for the Windy City Times, be an activist, and go through thousands and thousands of photos from Gay history. And at the same time I'll be living on South Prairie Avenue, could I ask for more from a summer?
Thanks to everyone who showed me some birthday love, you've given me the confidence to continue on. And a heads up to Sound Bar, where I'll continue to celebrate with friends this Saturday for their 3rd year Dance Factory Anniversary Party with special performances by Mia Martina, the sexy singer from Edward Maya's Stereo Love.
I'm so excited!
Sunday 3/20/2011
Stress
I was talking to a friend of mine at lunch today who was extremely stressed about her college classes and all the various deadlines. We began to discuss (in an abstract, would-if kind of way) changing majors, changing schools, or changing life plans altogether. But in the end she kept referring to a woman she knew whom had just retired from a long career as an architect. The woman had done exactly what my friend wants to do - but one thing was wrong. The woman's best friend was her dog. She had devoted so much of herself to her education and then her career that she missed out on an important aspect of life, at least from my friend's point of view. She never had a family.
So the two of us debated how much school was necessary for what kind of job that might pay how much, etc, etc... In the end this woman plagued my poor friend. Even though she wanted to be an architect, a successful one at that - she knew she wanted a balanced life. A happy life, in her eyes. And so this is how I described to her my own take her situation:
The reason I develop stress when I'm doing something that I want to do, is because I've got myself walking down a hallway with no doors but the one at the end. But you can't do that to yourself. You should be able to go out a door on the side somewhere along the way if you want to. You should give yourself options and not feel like a failure for ditching out on the first one you walked towards. And you shouldn't feel bad for going out the door you came in, either.
Happiness is an individual thing, and I think we all have to learn that for ourselves. In my friend's case, she felt embarrassed to open any dor other than the one she started out towards because she didn't want to "drop out" of her major or feel embarrassed about changing schools. In the end, no one will really care what she decides to do as long as she does it in a respectful way; though I did tell her, "if you need to find a new door, I've always been one to smash holes in the wall where I thought a door should be."
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Mattingly sticking with Gordon atop order
LOS ANGELES -- Dee Gordon is struggling at the plate, but Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he'll keep Gordon atop the batting order.
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PITTSBURGH -- While closer Brett Myers, who has converted his first nine save chances this year, has gotten most of the credit for the success of the Astros' bullpen, setup man Wilton Lopez is off to a terrific start this season, too..
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Jackson not your average big league journeyman
Well-traveled right-hander proves durability, joins Cubs on multiyear deal
Envision a Major League pitcher who has started 30-plus games for six consecutive seasons and notched double-digit win totals in each of the past five. Then add to that list one All-Star appearance and an improbable eight-walk, 149-pitch no-hitter.
Now factor in he's on the verge of pitching for a new team for the sixth consecutive Opening Day and it produces one of the more unlikely resumes for a journeyman pitcher in recent memory.
Yet, that's exactly how Edwin Jackson's career has unfolded as he prepares for his first season with the Cubs after agreeing to a four-year, $52 million contract this offseason.
In the past six years alone, Jackson has started at least one season in every division except the American League West. Beginning with 2008, Jackson opened the season with the Rays (AL East), followed by the Tigers (AL Central), Diamondbacks (National League West), White Sox (AL Central), Nationals (NL East) and now the Cubs (NL Central). Overall, the Cubs will be Jackson's eighth team during his 11-year Major League career, and it marks his second stint in the NL Central.
And he doesn't turn 30 until September.
"I think everyone likes me," joked Jackson, who also spent the second half of the 2011 season with the Cardinals. "The only thing I take from it is that as long as people are going out and trying to get me on their team, it says a lot."
Jackson may be well-traveled, but there are 10 active pitchers -- including recognizable veterans such as Octavio Dotel, Livan Hernandez and Bruce Chen -- who have actually made more stops in their respective careers than Jackson. Though at 29, the right-hander certainly has time to catch them.
The difference between Jackson and the typical journeyman pitcher is Jackson has been relatively consistent throughout his career. He may not always put up ace-like numbers, but he has routinely provided a solid option every fifth day to whichever club he's on at the time.
"Edwin is 29 years old, and he's had six consecutive seasons making 30-plus starts," Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. "He's proven his durability and proven his talent, but he's also at an age where we think he can get even better and an age where he fits into what we're trying to do age-wise and talent-wise with our roster."
The same hasn't always held true for the other active pitchers -- Dotel, Hernandez, Chen, Miguel Batista, Brett Tomko, LaTroy Hawkins, Darren Oliver, Kip Wells, Jamey Wright and Chad Gaudin -- who have played for more than eight franchises.
Hernandez, who started 30-plus games in 13 straight seasons from 1998-2010, is the only pitcher on that list to start 30 or more games six times total in his career, let alone in consecutive years.
The more common theme among journeyman starters seems to be the one experienced by Chen: a mix of injuries and alternating between the rotation and bullpen, just hoping to impress enough for another team to offer an opportunity.
Prior to missing the entire 2008 season as a result of Tommy John surgery, Chen had already played for nine teams (Braves, Phillies, Mets, Expos, Reds, Astros, Red Sox, Orioles and Rangers) in 10 seasons. He started 30-plus games just once during that span, going 13-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 34 games (32 starts) with the O's in 2005.
The Royals decided to be next in line after Chen's surgery, but even then, he was almost in a constant tryout up until last season. He initially signed a Minor League contract on March 1, 2009. Despite going 1-6 with a 5.78 ERA in 17 appearances (nine starts), Kansas City brought Chen back on another Minor League contract.
Chen then notched 12 wins in 2010, prompting the Royals to offer him a one-year Major League deal heading into 2011. After another 12-win season (12-8, 3.77 ERA), Kansas City finally dished out a two-year, $9 million offer, of which Chen is currently entering his final year.
"I wanted to be back here. I like the organization, I love my teammates, I love the city, I like the fans and I believe in this team," Chen said at the time of his long-awaited multiyear deal. "I turned down more guaranteed money to sign with the Royals. I didn't quite explore the whole market because I knew where my heart was."
As for Jackson, his heart hasn't had time to settle on any one place. In fact, if Jackson plays out the entirety of his four-year contract with the Cubs, it would mark the longest stint of his career in one location.
Fortunately, Jackson hasn't let himself get too attached to any one franchise, and that's something he already was accustomed to back in 2011 during his other stint in Chicago with the White Sox.
"If I had a soft spot for teams I used to play for," Jackson said at the time before facing the Dodgers, who originally drafted him in 2001, "I'd have a soft spot for a lot of teams already."
A month later, Jackson was traded to the Blue Jays on July 27. Just hours later, he was traded again -- this time in a package that included Dotel, of all players -- to the eventual 2011 World Series champion Cardinals. That marked the sixth, and most recent, time he's been traded, all since the 2005-06 offseason.
"Most of the times I've been traded, it's to a playoff-contending team. I never looked at it as a negative," Jackson said. "As long as someone wants me and they want me on their team and around their players and in their clubhouse, it's not necessarily a bad thing."
Then again, Jackson isn't necessarily the typical Major League journeyman.
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. | http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130117&content_id=40998864&vkey=news_chc&c_id=chc | 2013-05-18T10:21:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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HOU@PIT: Pirates walk off on an error in the 9th
Grand slam frenzy around the Majors on Friday
Grand slams make winners of Braves, Cards and Rockies
NYM@CHC: Harvey does it all to pick up win No. 5
Must C Cannon: Leonys Martin nails runner at the dish
SF@COL: Fowler lays out in the gap to save a big run
BOS@MIN: Pedroia makes a phenomenal diving grab
Must C Crushed: Alvarez belts a homer out of PNC Park
ARI@MIA: Goldschmidt's 13-pitch AB results in homer
KC@OAK: Rosales belts a go-ahead solo homer to left
WSH@SD: Tracy connects on go-ahead homer in the 10th
LAD@ATL: Van Slyke and Kemp make back-to-back grabs
Must C Cannon: Byrd's throw preserves the Mets' lead
NYM@CHC: E. Jackson fields comebacker with his heel
KC@OAK: A's fans, Francouer celebrate Bacon Friday
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A difference in kind
Posted by Steven Den Beste on November 1st, 2006 (All posts by Steven Den Beste)
That picture of the soldiers in Iraq was hilarious, but think about how
it happened.
Technological change always has unforseen side effects, cultural and
political. The invention of movable type printing was one of the great advances
of all time, but most people don’t really understand just how much political and
cultural change resulted because of it. Protestantism happened because of the
printing press. Two centuries of war between Catholic and Protestant countries
happened because of it. The printing press is responsible for the rise of what
we now think of as "nationalism" in Europe. And the printing press was
responsible for converting Latin from the international language of Europe into
a dead language. The printing press was the proximate cause of a drastic
increase in the rate of change of, well, damned near everything.
We’re on the cusp of a comparable change, being brought about by a comparable
advance in communications technology. We just had a really remarkable example of
that come by today.
On Monday at a rally in California, John Kerry stuck his foot in it with a
lame joke that he loused up (he now says). Today
this picture is all over the Internet, and the resulting horse-laugh at
Kerry’s expense has caused him to abjectly retreat. Yesterday he pugnaciously
declared that he would never apologize. Today he
did apologize, or
someone
apologized in his name.
It would seem that he was against apologies before he was for them. reasons that the
invention of printing press was such a seismic event was that among
the earliest things to be printed in quantity were translations of the Bible
in the local vernacular. Instead of listening to the local Priest read
Biblical passages in Latin (which you didn’t understand) and then having him explain to you
what they meant, and what you had to do because the Bible Said So — in Latin,
which you didn’t understand — you could now read it
in your own language. And you could come to your own conclusion about what it
really meant and what you needed to do. You didn’t need the Catholic Church any
longer for that, and that meant you didn’t have to follow the priest’s orders.
That’s a big part of how and why Protestantism happened.
Something like that is happening now. We no longer need Television and Radio
and Magazines and Newspapers to tell us whether something that’s happened is important. We
uneducated ignorant peasants can do it for ourselves. And we can do it faster than the
MSM can. They
fancy themselves to be gatekeepers, but we’re kicking holes in the fence and
going around the gates now. In fact, there isn’t any fence any longer; the gates
stand lonely and alone, and the gatekeepers are
going out of business.
A huge number of unrelated technological lines all coalesced at the same time
to make the printing press possible: advances in metallurgy, paper making, ink
making, jewelry, glue, and many others. The printing press
itself, for example, was an adaptation of a wine press.
And a huge number of only distantly related technological lines coalesced to
make it possible for you to see that picture today. Most of these are in
electronics, of course, but it included development of the CCD, advances in
storage battery technology, modern CMOS-based microcircuits, wide area networks,
communication satellites, and the rockets which put them into orbit, and on and on.
Arrogant patrician John Kerry was humbled today by a squad of Minnesota
smartasses, a digital camera, a notebook computer, a military communications
network, many huge civilian communications networks, and hundreds of bloggers.
And it happened at breakneck speed. (Kerry’s neck.)
We no longer need the priests of the Main Stream Media to tell us what the
news means, and to tell us what we should do.
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:48 am
OSB: One Step Beyond Kerry’s Halloween Gaffe. . .
There’s another lesson here as well — a lesson in why one might choose to refrain from ‘going negative’ in politics (and other areas of life as well). It’s the risk of exactly what happened: screwing up the delivery of a snide, nasty, mean put-down so that it hits the wrong targets.
If one has a reputation for not going negative, for not repeatedly aiming for the lowest common denominator of human behavior; if one has a reputation for being nice and behavingly maturely, it makes it much, much easier to turn around and say, “Oops, I misspoke; I didn’t mean that the way it came out,” and have that accepted.
Likewise, it also makes redeeming oneself when one has criticized on the basis of false information easier. And so on.
It’s a simple rule of life, even in politics, that the nicer, more pleasant, more courteous, more respectful, more, basically, *adult* one is. . .
. . .the more inclined people are to take you at face value, to cut you some slack when you humanly err, to give you the benefit of the doubt, and, perhaps most importantly, take you, your points, your proposals, and of course your *candidacy*, more seriously.
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:51 am
Sadly Acksiom, the times when a politician is rewarded for decency seem to be dwarfed by the benefits of unpunished meanness.
After all, Kerry still became Senator of an important state.
But then, that’s why many sane people avoid politics altogether.
November 2nd, 2006 at 9:39 am
A paradox here, or maybe it’s merely the appearance of a paradox, is how the MSM could succeed in strongly influencing voters’ opinions before the current elections, as it seems to me they have, at a time when MSM power appears to be waning. Is it that the MSM are pulling out all the stops this time? Is it that Republicans would be doing poorly in public opinion no matter what the MSM did? Is it that MSM power isn’t waning so much as moving to the Internet? (Of course I am assuming that Republicans overall will do poorly in the elections. If they do well my questions become moot. But I think it’s unlikely that they will do well.)
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:47 am
A lot of good questions, Jonathan. I’ll give you my take on some of them.
“Is it that the MSM are pulling out all the stops this time?”
Well, yes they are pulling out all the stops, but they started moving quickly in that direction right after the election of 2000. By 2004, they had already gotten to the point where they had pulled out all the stops. RatherGate was the most obvious example, and also recall the media continuously promulgated the idea that Kerry was ahead or the race was dead even. The phenomenon was even admitted by Newsweeks’ Evan Thomas So 2006 is nothing special in that respect.
“Is it that Republicans would be doing poorly in public opinion no matter what the MSM did?”
The Republicans have betrayed their base on many issues. They have gone soft and fuzzy on Iraq, failed to do anything about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, failed to take illegal immigration seriously, and passed welfare state programs comparable to anything the Democrats have done. Non-military spending has gone up faster than under Clinton.
I think the straw that broke the camel’s back was the Miers nomination. It was a completely unforced error, and the base for the first time really let it be known that they felt betrayed. (I think their reaction honestly confused Bush, who just thought the base would be behind him no matter what he did because they hated those dastardly Democrats so much.)
So, yes, the Republicans would certainly be suffering in public opinion, no matter what kind of press they were getting. In fact, they actually benefit from a biased media on a couple of those issues. The press agrees with the Republicans on illegal immigration, for example, so they don’t slam Bush and company on that issue even when the Republican base is upset.
“Is it that MSM power isn’t waning so much as moving to the Internet?”
One of implications of Stephen’s points about technology change is that just “moving to the Internet” won’t preserve MSM power. They are on a radically different playing field, and cannot block smaller players from gaining significant influence. Nor can they get away with the sloppiness and bias that have become endemic in the MSM. It’s too easy for others to point it out and make them look silly.
I don’t think any of us know what the long-term structure of an Internet-based media will look like, but it’s almost a sure bet that today’s dominant players will no longer be the dominant players in that world. They have too much baggage and their temperament and experience are not suited for the new world. They may survive (and I think most of them will, at least for a time), but they won’t be able to dominate the news cycle the way they do today.
“(Of course I am assuming that Republicans overall will do poorly in the elections. If they do well my questions become moot. But I think it’s unlikely that they will do well.)”
I’ve thought about that one a long time, and concluded that we don’t know enough to predict what’s going to happen. I believe elections in which a substantial portion of voters dislike both sides are inherently volatile. And we can’t really count on current polling, because of a number of flaws that it’s very tough for them to overcome. Did you know, for example, that the number of land lines in the US is decreasing 3-4% per year while mobile phone usage is going up by more than that? Now mix in the fact that the distribution of land line vs. mobile usage is not uniform. According to the AARP, at the end of 2003, cell phone penetration in the over-65 population was 38%, compared to 65% for 18-49 year olds and 58% for those aged 50-64.
The bottom line on polling is that it’s becoming harder and more expensive for the pollsters to get unbiased and representative samples, or to even know when they have managed to get such a sample. They were off something like 2% in 2004 on the presidential election, and I see no indication that they will be any better this time around.
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:49 am
Sorry, Steven, I misspelled your name, and not for the first time I think. My own middle name is “Stephen”, so that’s what tends to come off my fingertips.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:26 am
Thanks. I don’t trust the polls either, but in my experience Intrade is usually reliable, and it has been showing a consistently high probability that Democrats will achieve a majority in the House. (Note, however, that Intrade does not predict the size of the Democrats’ majority.)
November 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Steven – The picture was emailed to a Minnesota talk show host, Charlie Sykes, and he posted it on his blog.
(Here’s my latest post on the picture, with a link to Sykes.)
November 2nd, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Sykes is certainly one point of infection, but he didn’t post the full-sized version of the picture (that I downloaded from LGF) so it can’t be the only one.
November 2nd, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Gotta love that disintermediation!
November 3rd, 2006 at 3:57 am
Another striking thing about the banner picture is that it broke the rather strong military taboo against partisan messages from active-duty troops — especially from active-duty troops in a hot zone.
Apparently none of the soldiers responsible for the picture is going to get in trouble. If that doesn’t show the institutional animus the military bears towards Senator Kerry, then nothing ever will.
The junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts has been leaning on the military code of political/partisan silence for a long time now. He passed himself off as a portrait in courage, and the general reluctance of soldiers to say anything against him on the record allowed him to get away with it.
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Game Ninety-Five: Cubs (49-45) vs. Reds (44-51)
Game Time – 12:05pm C.T.
Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183
Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago
Kevin Hart (1-1, 2.30/1.72) vs. Johnny Cueto (8-6, 3.67/1.27)
Updated 9:23am C.T. – Ted Lilly placed on the 15-day DL – Justin Berg Recalled from Triple-A Iowa
The Cubs will try for their third win in a row this afternoon behind Kevin Hart. The offense has stepped up in the last two games and will have a much tougher task this afternoon against Johnny Cueto.
Lou Piniella’s frustration could be heard in his post-game press conference on Friday. Not with the way the Cubs played but with all of the injuries he is dealing with this season. The Cubs have played with their projected lineup on the field just twice this season and as Piniella put it, it seems every time one player is getting ready to return another one gets injured.
Ted Lilly is expected to be placed on the DL before today’s game. He was scheduled to start but was scratched with shoulder soreness on Friday. Reports then surfaced Lilly would likely be lost for a couple of weeks with tendonitis in his shoulder, something he dealt with during his days in Toronto. According to Bruce Levine, Lilly might elect to have his knee scoped while resting his shoulder, which would require at least a three-week stint on the disabled list.
The Cubs are looking to activate Ryan Dempster from the DL a day or two early on Tuesday to make the start against the Astros … and the timeframe on Geovany Soto’s return appears to be the first week in August.
The outcome of this afternoon’s contest between the Cubs and Reds hinges on Kevin Hart’s ability to throw strikes. While the offense must do their job, it all begins with Kevin Hart … and one win at a time. With the injury to Ted Lilly it appears Kevin Hart will be in the Cubs’ rotation for the foreseeable future … and he must learn how to throw strikes. Hart has been effective at chewing up 10 innings while subbing for Ryan Dempster but his 10 walks in two starts (10 innings) will not cut it. Hart has walked 15 batters total in 15 2/3 innings at the big league level and all of the free passes will catch up to him.
Kevin Hart has the stuff to be successful at the Major League level. Even during his ‘walk-parade‘ in his last two outings he has shown that much. Hart’s biggest problem is when he gets into trouble he starts nibbling around the plate instead of attacking the hitters. Walks will punch his return to Iowa faster than getting beat by the other team.
It is time for Kevin Hart to take advantage of the opportunity he has been given.
Hart is coming off his first win of the year, and his third career big league victory. Hart benefited from the Cubs plating seven runs in the fourth inning … he allowed two runs on five hits in five innings with five walks and one strikeout.
Today will be Kevin Hart’s first career start against the Reds. He has faced them three times out of the pen … 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP (two runs on five hits in five innings with a walk, a home run allowed and four strikeouts).
- Chris Dickerson – 0-for-1
- Edwin Encarnacion – 1-for-2
- Ryan Hanigan – 1-for-1
- Brandon Phillips – 0-for-1
- Joey Votto – 0-for-1
The Cubs will get their second look of the year at one of the best young arms in the National League. Johnny Cueto shutout the Cubs and Ted Lilly on April 22 at Wrigley. Cueto allowed just four hits, no walks and struck out three in a truly dominating performance … and he earned his first win of the year.
Cueto is coming off a no decision to the Brewers. After allowing three runs in the first three innings he settled down and completed six in the Reds 5-3 victory. Cueto gave up the three runs on 10 hits (tied a season-high) with a walk and five strikeouts.
Like Aaron Harang, Cueto has struggled of late. After a dominating April (1-1 in four starts with a 2.19 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP) and May (3-2 in six starts with a 2.72 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP) he came back down to earth, just a little, in June (3-1 in five starts with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.37 WHIPP) … and in July he has been rocked.
All of the innings could be wearing on the right-hander. Cueto tossed 174 innings in his rookie campaign a year ago and has already thrown 115 1/3 this season. Cueto is 1-2 in his last four starts with an 8.15 ERA and a 1.98 WHIP … teams are hitting .342 against him after hitting just .195 in May.
Johnny Cueto has been very good in a short amount of time against the Cubs. He is 2-3 in five career starts with a 3.66 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP … at Wrigley, 1-2 in three career starts with an impressive 2.18 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP. In 32 career innings against the Cubs, Cueto has issued just seven walks to go along with 26 strikeouts.
For some reason the Cubs have been very aggressive in the past against Johnny Cueto and simply do not make him work. The Cubs must employ a different game plan this afternoon … or history will continue to repeat itself.
- Milton Bradley – 0-for-3
- Mike Fontenot – 0-for-4
- Kosuke Fukudome – 3-for-12 with a double and a walk
- Micah Hoffpauir – 0-for-3
- Reed Johnson – 2-for-5
- Derrek Lee – 6-for-15 with 2 doubles and a walk
- Aramis Ramirez – 2-for-9 with a home run and a walk
- Alfonso Soriano – 4-for-12 with 2 home runs
- Ryan Theriot – 7-for-16 with 2 doubles
Let’s Talk Cubs Baseball….
Updated – 9:23am C.T. – According to a report from Bruce Levine on ESPN 1000, Ted Lilly will be placed on the DL with shoulder tendonitis. The MRI did not show any significant damage in his shoulder. Lilly is also considering having his knee scoped as reports on Friday indicated. Lilly could miss as much as three weeks with a conservative return time of mid-August.
Justin Berg is on the Cubs 40-man roster, so another move will not be required. The right-hander had a decent spring with the big league club but has not pitched at the Major League level. Berg was 4-1 in 24 games out of the I-Cubs pen with a 2.00 ERA with a 1.31 WHIP … 19 walks and 20 strikeouts in 36 innings (10 runs, eight earned, on 28 hits). Berg will likely be the odd-man out once Ryan Dempster is ready to return on Tuesday.
In his last 10 games, Justin Berg is 2-0 with a 1.04 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP (12 walks, eight strikeouts, 11 hits in 17 1/3 innings)
Updated 9:47am C.T. – Bruce Levine reported Ted Lilly will have his left knee scoped on Monday which means the earliest Lilly will return is August 15.
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The Real Gadget Revolution: Web on the Go.
The report goes on to look at the roll that "mobile internet access" plays in various user groups. It concludes that the tech bar "has risen":
In the past, having tech gear such as broadband at home generally placed people on the cutting edge; that is no longer the case in this edition of the typology. Our new study shows that mobile connectivity is the new centerpiece of high-tech life.
[h/t ResourceShelf]
Isn't the appeal of the
Isn't the appeal of the kindle that its fundamentally different from these hyper connected technologies? One can sit back and read a book on a large font, non eye straining screen. Less bulk than paperbacks. Potentially with better royalty distribution directly to authors?
It seems it's fundamentally
It seems it's fundamentally different only in the limitations of the device.
No Network
The fact that it's not networked in this Era of Connectivity is not something I would understand as a feature.
eInk! eInk!
As far as the less eye strain is concerned, I really feel this is in the eye of the beholder. When I look at the thing, all I think is Eighties Technology -- including the screen.
Less Bulk
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... was walking all day today in my new loeffel randalls (not flats!), got many compliments on the street (well, 2 in total ... but from the girls who were dressed chic/cool, not annoying north face fleece-ugly shoes chatty neighbor) and in the end of the day my feet feel ... good!
why am i so surprised and happy that the shoes i paid $400 for didn't hurt to walk in? (not the most expensive in my closet... but by far more comfortable than many of them)
i have to admit i got more smart with shoes in past year or so... no more super high heels... unwalkable louboutins (have nothing against company, they do have creative designs and red sole is genius idea, but in the recent i see too many kardashians and likes wearing them... louboutins are not for me anymore...
...ok, where was i?:)... comfortable and cool shoes... at the same time! that make your walk confident and your legs/feet more attractive - shoes i enjoy not only to look at, but also to wear
OLLIE OPEN-TOE BOOTIE
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Welcome. Before too much panic ensues I am here to let you know that not all the news is bad. First off, the Atlanta Falcons are a very good team. Matt Ryan is entering his 5th season and is a former number one overall pick. Through his first four years in the league he is 43-21! In a couple of weeks, many will be talking about the Falcons as a serious super bowl contender and that they are just as good as the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers.
Now as I said above there is still some bad news. We just witnessed what a true Super Bowl contender looks like. In this day and age a high powered offense is needed to win. Defense does not win championships. Also, unfortunately for the Chiefs, running backs don’t carry an offense either. The Chiefs are a solid team that could definitely go 11-5 and win the division. The only problem is I won’t be shocked if we go 6-10. More than likely though, the Chiefs will float around the .500 mark and will miss the playoffs. As long as the Chiefs put their faith in Matt Cassel that is all we will ever accomplish. We can compete with the Raiders and Chargers and any other team that doesn’t have a great quarterback. But do we really think in a 4th quarter shoot out that Cassel will out duel Brady, Brees, Manning, Rodgers, or even Robert Griffin??? The answer is no. Mediocrity will be our curse. Sure we can look east and say at least we aren’t the Rams, but they are closer to a franchise saving quarterback than we are. If Bradford pans out then they already have one. If he doesn’t then they will have another top three pick to try and get one. Here’s to another decent, alright, not too bad, not too good, just ok, mediocre season. | http://chiefscommand.com/kansas-city-chiefs/nfl | 2013-05-18T10:21:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
In 2006, when Richard Louv spoke to an audience in Southern California, he inspired Pam Johnson to expand Inside the Outdoors school programs to include family programs. Inside the Outdoors joined the Children and Nature Network and since 2007, our family programs have reached over 500,000 children, parents, teachers, and community members.
In 2008 after attending the Grassroots Gathering, Inside the Outdoors launched our Service-Learning environmental education programs. Students participating in these programs were connecting to nature and learning how to be stewards of the environment.
The drive, determination, and spirit of the young people involved inspired businesses, communities, and many other youth.
The support of the community (and that community includes the Children and Nature Network) inspired young people to believe that they could make a difference.
On December 13, Inside the Outdoors received the 2011 Governor's Award for Environmental and Economic Leadership in the category of "Enhanced Environmental and Economic Leadership." This is California's highest environmental honor. We are excited that we received the award a second time for the sustained impact Inside the Outdoors is having in California. Even more exciting to us is the fact that nature-based environmental education is being recognized as an important component of environmental stewardship.
Thanks to everyone who is a part of Children and Nature Network. Your support makes the work we do in Southern California possible!
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Wow! Congratulations! This is amazing. Well done and keep going!
Terrific work, Lori and well deserved honor. Lori and Inside the Outdoors are wonderful partners of The Children & Nature Network. For those of you who aren't familiar with their work in Orange County, California, you should check it out. jt
Hearty Congratulations Lori, Pam and Inside the Outdoors! Your work has been extremely inspiring to many in the network. Well done and well deserved!
Thanks, Juliet, John, and Suz! We feel so fortunate to be a part of Children and Nature Network.
Juliet Robertson said:
Wow! Congratulations! This is amazing. Well done and keep going!
A well-deserved and amazing honor! You and your group are so inspirational to those you touch, both directly and indirectly. Keep up the good work!!
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This lovely structure took many children to create. It’s not just beautiful – it’s fantastically educational as the children discover just how complex and intricate a real spider web is.
Image source: Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning
And that is a tragedy. When play goes, learning goes. We have over 100 years of solid research that shows that the natural way for young children to learn is through play [PDF, 573KB]. When worksheets, deskwork and standardised testing replace play we are harming children; when we cut or eliminate recess we are harming children; when we give them ever-increasing quantities of homework we are harming children – and the research cited above shows that the harm can be life-long.
And as Marc Armitage says “Play MUST happen BEFORE learning can occur“.
Not “Play is something that can add to the ‘real’ learning that happens in chairs and desks in the classroom”.
Not “Play is a way for children to let off steam between the ‘real’ learning that happens from worksheets and sorting trays”.
Young children need to learn about safe tool use – and the only way they can do that is through using REAL tools. A pretend plastic drill teaches nothing about risk or safe tool use.
Image source: Precious Childhood
These children put enormous thought into building this tower and making sure it was strong and stable enough to be climbed on. Given the opportunity for free play and calculated risks children are natural risk-assessors. Fortunately they have an educator who supports and encourages them in this sort of challenging play.
Image source: Flights of Whimsy
Play MUST happen BEFORE learning can occur.
Because play IS the real learning. And play – real play – is freely chosen and child-led. It is NOT imposed by adults. Adults can support play, they can provide a rich environment for play, they can extend play, they can model ways of playing, but the minute they impose play it stops being PLAY – and it becomes WORK.
That’s why my Child’s Play Music programs focus on child-led play. I give children almost complete freedom to play with my instruments as they like. I provide only the most minimal guidance as to how to play the instruments – just enough to get them started. And then I stand back and let the children explore the instruments.
I deliberately group my drums like this to encourage shared play and learning through modelling. You can see one child only has one drumstick; a few moments later he was using two like the other children.
And they always amaze me. They come up with ways of playing them I would never have thought of. And because I don’t teach them how to play the instruments they teach themselves – because free play is the greatest teaching method for young children.
Note how the girl on the right is observing – then a few seconds later the roles were reversed, and then they played together – a natural duet without any teaching necessary.
My program is definitely play-focused and child-led, but there’s also room for slightly more structured music activities – so long as you keep one thing in mind: FREE PLAY MUST ALWAYS COME FIRST! (Sorry about the ALL CAPS, but it really is that important!)
At first most young children will just play on one note – but very soon they experiment with the whole scale
In my own programs I always begin with totally free, unstructured, child-led play – but that doesn’t mean you can’t scaffold their play by introducing new ideas and techniques. You don’t even have to think of it as ‘teaching’; merely modelling a different playing technique can be more than enough to spark children’s ideas.
This is typical of how most young children first play drums – both sticks hitting together on one drum only
I often play drums with very young children (say 2-5) and their natural tendency is to whack with the two drumsticks as hard as they can, hitting together with both sticks on one drum. Because it’s FUN! But when I play a simple rhythm with alternating sticks or simple patterns of alternating drums the children pick up on it immediately and make it their own.
They may not play exactly what I play, but they take the idea and experiment with it in their own way. And that is the power of play too – because play is the way that children learn, they will take anything and everything they see and hear and experience and make it their own.
I don’t think of this as ‘teaching’ because I’m not saying “hey, if you hit this drum once then that drum twice, and then pause, and then repeat that pattern we can all play Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You!” I could do it, but then it wouldn’t be play, it would be teaching. My moment of joy comes when the child spontaneously discovers the ‘We Will Rock You” rhythm for themselves – and they do, through play, and the look of pride on their face says it all.
Enough about what I do – here’s some more of what Malissa said in a later email:
I am very interested in starting something that has the ability to change minds on how people think about children and their learning. Being able to change the hearts and minds of children and what people think of education is actually one of my passions in being on this earth. I know I am only 20 but there are a lot of things I would really like to accomplish in this world..
Now that is inspiring! “Being able to change the hearts and minds of children and what people think of education is actually one of my passions in being on this earth … I care so much about children and how they are learning and what is going on in their worlds. I want to make a bigger difference”.
Some images from Malissa’s most recent play project – a cardboard box, some dress-ups, and these children are having fun! And that means they are LEARNING! Malissa is making “a bigger difference”!
This child wore this drum on his head so all his friends could play it while he was wearing it – now THAT is creative play! Would you have thought of that? I know I wouldn’t! But this child did through free play!
The shop is now open – would you like to buy some stickers?
Image credits: Malissa Carey
Malissa, you may be only 20, but it’s people like you – young people with passion and fire and determination – who will be changing the world. You and your peers are the next generation of educators. It’s you and others like you who can make sure that play is where it ought to be: at the centre, the core, the living heart of education.
And if you can do it and keep that fire and passion then it’s not just education that will be improved: it’s the lives of the children you will educate. You CAN make a difference and the difference is vital. Because the future of education is not worksheets, more deskwork, less recess, extra homework and standardised testing:
The Future of Education is Play.
This is REAL play! Children will learn far more – FAR MORE – in the natural environment than sitting in a desk. I always say there is nothing you can do inside that you can’t do outside, but there are thousands of things you can ONLY learn by being outside in the real world.
Image source: let the children play
Fantastic post Alec, and if makes others start to either feel as passionately as Malissa or to reawaken theri pride in their role in young childrens lives, so much the better. Thanks for writing such an amazing post, Kierna
You know I meant ‘their’, don’t you?
Well, of course I did – and if you are really worried about a minor spelling error I can edit it for you
Thanks for the positive feedback – it’s been so long since I last blogged that I had lost confidence. I’ve got so many drafts, so many posts I’ve just started and then abandoned. I felt they had merit, but then I got bogged down. I would come back to them and go “No, no, no, this isn’t what I meant! I don’t think they are worth fixing!”
Maybe – just maybe – I was wrong and they are worth going on with. Some time away from them, a fresh eye, some new perspective and perhaps I can fix them. Because I DO think I have stuff worth saying but my perfectionism gets in the way. I’ll never be a Teacher Tom, with a new post every day, but 3 months between blog posts is taking minimalism to ridiculous heights!
Thanks again!
This is a great post, it is so true and so important that we begin to see how much is learned through play. It really is not a past time but the way humans learn. Thank you for a wonderful blog.
Kristi
Thank you, Kristi – I really appreciate your support. Incidentally, while in this post I’m mainly talking about play in early childhood education, I honestly believe that play is the best way for all people, of whatever age, to learn. Play triggers powerful brain chemicals that make learning both easier and more sustained.
I’m not saying adults can’t learn other ways too (I love learning from books, for instance) but when I want to consolidate that learning I do it through play. When I’m learning a new jazz progression I do it from sheet music – but to make it stick I have to play!
I love, love, love this post, Alec! There is so much to be learned through play, things that can not be “taught” by a teacher, but must be “experienced” by the learner instead. I wish every bureaucrat making decisions on educational policy (especially here in the US) could read this post. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if, instead of “pushing down the curriculum” to our younger learners, if we “pushed up play” to elementary children. What if grade school kids (grades K-5 for example) had part of their day for free play and exploration? My guess is we would foster many more inventors and independent thinkers, just for starters!
Thanks for sharing your correspondence to Malissa. It makes me hopeful that we are getting the word out and headed in the right direction in our attitudes towards play based learning! Her enthusiasm is refreshing!
Yes, yes, yes! Play needs to be pushed up – and not just to K-5, but to every part of the education system. Right up to post-doc! And beyond! Imagine if our politicians and bureaucrats spent part of their days in play – what might come of that?
It is happening – Google employees get 20% of their time for play projects. They don’t have to justify them, they don’t even have to make a profit from them – but the profits come, because play works!
I look at my own business – the profits I make don’t come because I’ve got a brilliant business mind; they come because I play with ideas, I play with new ways to present my ideas, I play with new ways to engage my students, I play with new ways to make instruments, I play with new ways to network with my peers.
Many of my play ideas fail – and that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Because the failures gives me new ideas for better ways to play, better ways to make it work. When I stop playing you can nail the lid down, because if I’m not actually dead I might as well be. You Americans came up with a fabulous phrase: “the pursuit of happiness”. Play is what makes me happy
The rest is work.
Thank you for reading it. It was a pleasure to share my passion. It’s just saddening sometimes when I’m over here in America wanting to get out and do my own thing but I’m stuck by the system. I’m hoping to get my ideas out there and help to be an advocate for Early Childhood Education here and across the world. Hopefully one day, they might listen to some of us and realize that what they are requiring us to do isn’t the right thing.
I love contagious passion, and both you and Malissa have it. If people could only put themselves back in their own childish shoes, and realise that we only really learn when we’re interested and self-motivated.
Perhaps a more playful attitude to your blogging will help you be less perfectionist, Alec. Sometimes you just have to invite comments and hit PUBLISH. In the whole scheme of things online, your posts are head and shoulders above the crowd in terms of presentation and content, so I don’t think there’s a huge risk of failure happening here! ;D
Thanks – and you are so right about my perfectionism. I will try to take it to heart, and yes, I do have another post close to be ready to publish. It will be very different but I hope it gets a response – this post certainly has!
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Well said! Lovely to see you back with a bang and clatter with this blog post.
Bang and clatter sounds good! It’s THUD I’m always afraid of
Loveliness! In the listening AND the telling!
Thanks Lesley. Without that listening I would never have got round to the telling. I think I need to listen more. Actually, quite a few people have told me that – it’s strange I find writing so daunting since most people who know me will tell you that getting me to stop talking is a major achievement LOL.
This is a terrific blog post Alec!
I LOVE your passion and I LOVE that quote … “Play MUST happen BEFORE learning can occur.”
Donna
Thanks Donna – and thanks also for that quote, because as I know you know I “borrowed” it directly from your own blog post. I SO regret that Marc didn’t get to Perth this time. If he doesn’t make it to Perth on his next visit I afraid I’m going to have to get my Italian relatives to make you all an offer you can’t refuse. Capisce? LOL
Ritual grew up in sacred play; poetry was born in play and nourished on play; music and dancing were pure play…. We have to conclude, therefore, that civilization, in its earliest phases, played. It does not come from play…it arises in and as play, and never leaves it.
Johan Huizing
Dutch historian
1872–1945
Alex, thanks for your blog post. As foundation stage teacher, I retired after largely ignoring those ”teach to test” voices growing ever louder. I was trained in the 70s when play was central to learning without question. Too much teachers play time is spent ticking boxes for people who just don’t ‘get it’.
Educators like you give me hope and make me happy.
Sue – that is a fantastic quote – I may have to steal it for a future post
I know so many teachers and early educators – excellent ones – leaving for the same or related reasons. In child care in Australia (which is where I came from – I have a degree in child care and child development) educators are leaving so fast they can’t train new ones fast enough to keep up with the resignations.
Part of that (a big part) is the appallingly low pay. But the research shows that a close second reason is the ever-increasing demands for “ticking the boxes”. Good educators want to educate – they want to BE with the children providing exciting challenging play environments and scaffolding the children’s learning. Instead they find that they spend most of their time completing pointless documentation, ticking boxes, filling out forms – in short, the point of the profession is now often seen as the production of the evidence of learning (and most of that evidence is entirely spurious), rather than the learning itself.
For good educators this is soul-destroying. They KNOW how to create great learning environments and support children’s learning. But they are not being allowed to implement those programs because to do so means that they don’t have the time to “tick the boxes” – and they know that those “ticked boxes” are worse than meaningless – but ticking the boxes” has become compulsory.
Now I’m not arguing for a total rejection of documentation. But documentation is only useful when it is real and accurate and provides useful information that allows an educator to provide a better program that better serves the needs of the children being educated. 90% of the documentation I see should never have been collected and should be immediately consigned to the recycling bin.
Let me give you one example: small children suffer minor injuries every day. A child falls over and suffers a minor scrape to the knee, for example. All that is really necessary is that the child is comforted, the scrape is cleaned, and possibly a band aid applied. Total time should be 2 to 3 minutes, tops. And in a child care setting such minor injuries happen many times every day.
Under our current regulatory system for each and every one of those injuries the caregiver must fill in a form (by hand) that lists:
1. the child’s name
2. Date of birth
3. Current age of the child
4. The room or group the child belongs in
5.Circumstances leading to the incident (In full written detail)
6. Any product or structures involved (In full written detail)
7. The location the incident occurred (In full written detail)
8. The names of any witnesses to the incident
9. The time of the incident
10. The date of the incident
11. the signature of the witness
12 the date of the completion of the form [although you are instructed to fill in the form as soon as possible you have up to 24 hours to complete the form; failure to complete the form in a timely manner can result in large fines]
13. The nature of the injury sustained (their are 11 options listed, including “Other (please specify). [I can't help noticing that there are two spelling mistakes in the options!!!!]
14. Indicate the location of the injury to the child on a drawing provided on the form.
15. Provide full written details of action taken, including first aid and/or administration of any medication.
16. Were medical personnel contacted: Yes/No
17. If yes, provide full written details
18. Name of person completing this record
19. Signature of person completing this record
20. Time record was made
21. Date record was made
22. Notification of parent/guardian – Time and Date
23. Notification of director/coordinator – Time and Date
24. Notification of Regulatory Authority (if applicable) – Time and Date
25. Parental Acknowledgement (Name and signature and date)
26. Additional notes/follow up
Filling in that form accurately would take me about 15 to 20 minutes, I estimate. For a scraped knee!!!!! And on a bad day an educator might have to fill in 10 or more of these injury forms.
Further, the form must be kept, and stored ‘securely and confidentially” until the child is 25 years old!!!!!!
And that is just one tiny example of the sort of (forgive my language) utter bullshit that educators are dealing with all day, every day, when what they should really be doing is educating children!
Now what I believe should really happen in such a circumstance is simple: the child is comforted, the scrape is cleaned, and possibly a band aid applied. A brief note to that effect should be recorded in a day book: “Billy – scraped knee – scrape cleaned – bandaid applied. Signed Joe Bloggs” and when the parent arrives to collect the child the caregiver should say “Billy skinned his knee again!”
And that should be it. What more is necessary? Now if Billy has broken his arm, or suffered concussion, or any major accident that requires medical treatment then of course a more formal procedure must be in place, and the current form seems perfectly adequate and appropriate. But for skinned knees or a minor bruise, or a scratch the current system is insane!
Nice posted Alec and I too think it’s nice to see you back.
Perth? I got to Perth in August … OK so it was Perth in Tasmania, but Perth it was!
Next year … promise.
Thanks – and I’ll hold you to that. I’ve never been to Perth in Tazzie. I’ve been to Perth in Scotland, but since at the time I was 18 months old I can’t say I remember it well – or at all!
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Awesome post!
My degree is in grades 1-5. My first job offer was in Kindergarten. I was petrified and felt like I was drowning…..but I eventually loved it and rocked it out. (that was last school year). 2 weeks into this school year (after my Kindergarten classroom was fully decorated and organized, after I’d met my Kindergarten students and contacted their parents to say hello, and after 3 months (summer ‘vacation’) of research about Kindergarten) I was moved into Pre-K in a totally different school because my school didn’t have enough Kindergarten students.
I’m lost. I don’t understand the need for play all day. I don’t know how to teach students anything. I don’t know how to accomplish the goals I want accomplished without sitting and teaching. I’d love as many ideas as you can muster. I found out through Pinterest, along with more Pre-K ideas I’ll be trying ASAP! Please help! I have a drowning sensation again and I’m a perfectionist and would love to do great.
Ariel, the best advice I can give you is to check out some of the great play-based blogs. They will help you get a handle on what play does for young children, why it is so valuable and why it’s THE best way for Pre-K children to learn.
Pre-K is very different to the teaching you’ve been doing, so I quite understand your concerns. But the great thing is that with Pre-K you don’t teach by teaching – the children learn by doing through play. Your job isn’t to teach, per se: it’s to provide the environment in which the children will learn for themselves. It’s all about setting up an environment that is stimulating and which offers children constant opportunities for hands-on exploration.
So here are some must-read blogs by people with huge experience in providing stimulating programs:
Teacher Tom
Jennifer at let the children play
Donna and Sherry at Irresistible Ideas for Play Based learning
Lesley at Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Karen Green at Flights of Whimsy
Ayn Colsh at Little Illuminations
Niki Buchan at Precious Childhood
Kierna Corr at Learning for Life
Aunt Annie at Aunt Annie’s Childcare
Denita Dinger at Play Counts
Juliet at I’m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here!
Jeff at Explorations Early Learning, LLC
Christie at Childhood 101
Now this is not an exclusive list – there are hundreds of great early childhood bloggers out there (and thousands of crappy ones!). And the bloggers in this list are very varied – they all have their own take and some of them probably would be very surprised to find themselves in the company of others on this list – but they are all worth reading, they all have great ideas, and they are all HUGELY experienced in working with very young children in play-based programs.
Also they are all on Facebook and I can’t stress enough how wonderful Facebook can be for finding up-to-the-minute ideas. Their blogs give you depth; their Facebook Pages give you instant ideas and feedback. Got a question, or a problem you need help with NOW? Ask on the Facebook Pages and you will be overwhelmed with help and ideas (first port of call for this is definitely Irresistible Ideas For Play Based Learning. Just ask your question and Donna and Sherry will post it up and you will have dozens of responses from their fans within minutes)
I hope this helps you – and enjoy your new career, because I honestly reckon you are going to love working in Pre-K. It’s the most wonderful age to work with, with the added bonus that YOU get to play too!
I stole chunks of this and reposted on my blog – linked to here of course. Thank you SO MUCH for putting this into such succinct words, and for the research links as well.
I’m glad you liked my material, and I’m happy for you to repost it in the way you have.
I appreciate it that you’ve made the links redirect to my post – thanks, not everyone is so generous. Could I ask a small favour? Could you add a specific link to my blog that gives the name of my blog and the post? Just a link that says something like “Source: Child’s Play Music – The Future of Education is Play”. I would really appreciate it! Alec.
Best post ever and love the photos too – especially that little scrolling device. Thanks Alec
Thanks! But the photos are mainly from my fantastic blogging buddies’ blogs, so please visit their blogs to see the awesome stuff they do! You can just click on a photo or the link below the photo and – SHAZAM! Blogging heaven!
But what “little scrolling device” are you referring to? I’ve got nothing special on this blog by way of widgets, and I don’t have any “scrolling device” that I’m aware of. When I read this post I can only scroll the usual ways – with my mousewheel or with the sidebars. Somebody else asked me about this special scrolling device too – but I don’t know what it means! Can you tell me more?
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Apart from all the other great aspects of this post, I think it’s important to highlight how a student from halfway around the world is inspiring you and others because she has been inspired by you. Learning and inspiration can be a cyclical thing as well as ongoing. I think it’s cool that Malissa’s message is borne from an admiration for your work, but that otself is gaining admiration from you and the rest of us.
I tell you what, if Malissa doesn’t make it to work with you Alec then I’ll happily have her join me.
Thanks Greg. You’ve hit the nail on the head – “Learning and inspiration can be a cyclical thing as well as ongoing.”
That cycle is exactly what made me write this post – I inspired Malissa, she inspired me. And from the comments I’ve had it looks like this post has inspired other people. And hopefully, that cycle of inspiration will keep rolling on. Maybe right now someone is writing a post inspired by this one. And that will inspire someone else and …
I would love to join you both! I’m looking to get my ideas and my name out wherever I can. One of my professors at Concordia University saw this blog and told me I should be an advocate for Early Childhood Education all around the world. My passion is Africa, but I’m willing to start wherever the Lord leads me
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Very well stated!! What a great post. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you will join us again!
FYI–My virus software did not want me to visit your blog. Don’t know why.
Thank you – I’m glad you liked it. That’s very worrying about your virus software – this is a safe site, and it’s hosted on wordpress.com which is generally considered the most secure of all the blogging platforms. I had a recent problem on Facebook of a similar nature – people clicking on links to my posts were getting warnings from Facebook about my site! I really can’t think what it can be. I’ve had my site thoroughly checked, including by Google, and there is no malware on my site and obviously the material on the my site is not offensive or dangerous.
I did have it suggested to me on the WordPress forum that someone might have deliberately targeted my site (for reasons unknown) and have maliciously reported me to Google and/or Facebook. I can’t think who would do such a thing or why – it’s not like my material is controversial, and I’m not such a big business that my competitors would do something like that, I’m sure.
All I can do is hope it goes away. Thanks for the heads-up! Alec.
Very exciting to read a blog on play as education, specifically music. This is the direction I have been going with my teaching and now with my Kids. I think music is super important and have been looking for ways to do more.
On a side note, I am also a Concordia graduate, but Concordia TX…
Rebeka, I agree – music is super important. And so is play. Putting them together is a no-brainer IMO. I’m so glad that there are other people out there besides myself who feel the same way, so thanks for your comment!
BTW if you are passionate about music and play I strongly recommend you check out the work of Julie Wylie from New Zealand. She has a website at and her facebook page is at. She is REALLY respected in the music/play/education field and is also a presenter at major conferences and writes solid academic articles as well. | http://childsplaymusic.com.au/2012/09/22/future-of-education-is-play/ | 2013-05-18T10:11:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Just A Day...doo doo doo doo...doo
doo doo doooo.
Today has been quite a boring day. As this is my blog, it is my honour, nay, my duty to pass on information about my blog to you, my twenty million hits a day audience.
Firstly, Data Structures. Lucky us. It's probably the most boring thing that has ever existed (well, certainly now, now that "Scavengers: The second worst thing John Leslie's Done" went off the air). I bet when The Big Bloke Society for Stereotypical AssignmentTMwas looking down on Earth, and thought "How can we stereotypically label people who study computers?", I'll wager they were looking in on a Data Structures lecture, and thought "I know.....nerd! That'll teach the boring bastards". In the end, all I remember was while lecture bloke was ranting on in a semi-senile state about Arrays, I fell asleep. Not good, no, but anybody who has ever studied the fun fun fun world of Data Structures would sympathise with me. Whoever teaches it, whatever form you teach it in, even if you write it across a woman's knockers in felt tip, it would still be boring. Yes, it's essential. Yes, it's 80% exam. Yes, it's pants.
A bit of an embarrassing "I shouldn't be here" type situation also occurred in our usual block, the good ol' Leccy Engineering block. Now before I relate this tale of mirthful woe, that will have you rolling about on the floor in such a way only previously achieved by alcohol, I must tell you this:-
- One of the lifts, for the past few weeks, has been a bit poo. It's also been on the blink for the past few days, and today was the first day this week that it has been fixed.
- I hardly ever use the lifts, not now on my training programme.
- I got into the dodgier of the two lifts.
- The two main floors I use are the third (leading to the computer labs) and the ground (leading to the bar).
So, 1pm arrived. As it was the end of a long day, I decided that I would forsake my training programme, and go back to the ground floor using the masterful machine work commonly called the lift. I got in, the doors shut.
Nothing.
I waited a few seconds, still nothing. Was the pants lift not working again? Or was I forgetting something?
It actually turned out I was, I forgot to press the button. Oh, snooker loopy nuts are we.Finally, now that you've picked yourselves quite literally off the floor after the fits of laughter you've experience, our last lecture of the day was Software Development. This is turning out to be a deja-vu-stroke-quite-interesting type situation, and there is an added bonus of the project, unlike the Data Structures "Make an unfun text only version of Transport Tycoon in Java, that'd make Chris Sawyer roll in his grave, if he was dead" Assignment, is actually quite interesting. Basically it involves all the people in the lecture (and there are loads, if we all banded together, we could probably start, and win, a war with Lichtenstein or some loser country like that) to basically produce a fully functioning website that would make Mr.Yahoo, Mr. Google and Mr. MSN wet their pants in humbleness. Even theough I am proverbial veteran to this web development mullarkey, there were a bunch of people in there who didn't have a clue, despite one coming from "I know, I'll impress the lecturer by shouting out random acronyms, even if I don't know what I'm on about" school of web development. Anyway, I'm sure that mine will be excellent.
"Aha!" I hear you cry, "What's this 'It might be fantstic, it might be pants' site going to be all about?". Well, in truth, I don't have a bleeding clue. It's being kept a suprise until Friday. Us being pathetic gamblers of Michael Owen calibre, we've already taken bets on what it is going to be. Odds on favourite is German porn. Whatever it is, if somehow this site is fantasitc, and generates so much intrest from industry bigwigs that we can call fuck our degrees, and retire on £20 million and beautiful trophy wives, then you'll hear it here first! (unless if you are in the lecture, in which case you'll hear it here second).
Keep the Faith
Rhys
PS. Four weeks until Feeder. You know you want it.
|EDIT| Due to me spending a long time down the Dovedale (a bar on Penny Lane) yesterday, I forgot to post this. So it's a case of switchy-roony with all "Today"'s to "yesterday"'s type situation. Now don't say I don't make you work for this fine piece of webrature.
The Village Bike
Yesterday, the "Training Programme" (as it's been so eliquently dubbed) continued. Swimming for another hour, followed by about 40 minutes on the exercise bike. However, quite suprisingly, I under-estimated my fitness. I proceeded to go on "Level 1" resistance. However, I hardly broke up a sweat. I did however cycled 16 miles (for all you geographers out there, that's the distance from me in Colwyn Bay to my nearest known website on GeoUrl) and burned off 170 calories (about half a pint). Result! Lance Storm will be quaking in his boots, fearing the king of the swimming pool and now the exercise bike.
I'm having a day off from "Training" today, because I just cannot be arsed.It snowed today as well. That was pretty cool. Not for long though, but long enough for me to get half the antartic shoved down my back. Oh, aren't Computer Scientists just so hillariously funny? I'm sure Bill Gates is not adverse to doing stunts that would make Johnny Knoksville and his mates wince in pain or lighting his farts when he's had a few.
Speaking on Computer Scientists. Apart from being so funny they make people that Dave Gorman bloke seem as funny as cholera, they also must ALL be wearing glasses. Their monitors have such huge text it's unbelievable. That, and beards. You must have a beard. I think it was COMP105: Beard Growth and Tweed Jacket Fashions.
I knew I had to slip on one module.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
No wait, Liverpool wouldn't beat Crystal Palace.
Right, that's my last post for the day, I've spent so much time on this today, and I'm going for some tea.
Keep The Faith
Rhys
Really not much else to say about that. It's not quite 15k or 20g's, but it's a start.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Cryptic Messages
Again, much to the unequivial delights of students of the "long posts? give me short sharp stories" school of blogging, another bitty post, with a few shorter posts compressed into one type situation for your ease of enjoyment.
The weekend in Liverpool (only my third) was good fun. Now, over the weekend I did have a bit of a row with my orangeade bottle wielding mum about last mondays events, which she read on this very site. So that all you reglar readers could be enlightened on the events of saturday, here it is:-
The night began in a bar at 8 O'Clock. After one or five drinks of Jack Daniels and coke, we were quite drunkenly happy. We later went to the guild due to their cheap drinks and rather expensive salad bar. I cannot remember, but shortly before 11 o'clock, we went to the Time Tunnel because it had a late licence and their music is fantastic. We arrived home at 2. After all, we had been drinking since 12, after spending under ten thousand pounds. When at home, we continued drinking before we fell into a deep, drunken sleep. I woke up at least 11 hours later allowing myself a little lie in because it was Sunday. And I was hungover.
Anyway, in all seriousness though, it was an excellent weekend. I had a really good laugh on Saturday (I really didn't drink that much. Honest!), and it didn't end too late.
I think I've become somewhat of a pioneer. No sooner did my swimming escapades hit this blog, that not one, not two, not even three oh no, four people immediately started swimming (in a pool, not just jumped into the nearest puddle or summit). This beats the previous trend-setting record of 3 people who started programming after I released Penalty Prize (the first one, not the one released this summer). Admittedly it's not quite Mahatma Gandhi levels of pioneer work, but Rome wasn't built in a day.
I've remained in the top 5 reader opinions on The Weblog Review for most of the weekend, beating my previous record of six seconds. A very nice review could soon be the order of the day, n'est pas (ooh top appealing to other cultures)?
Finally, I was intrested (no really, I was) reading the beginnings of a blog by Tom Barton, for the pure and simple reason that he went to the same school as me. Top Eirias posse type situation!
Keep The Faith
Rhys
Like A Phoenix from the Flames
A bitty post, with a little bit of an update so you can quite literally keep abreast of what I am up to.
In town was pretty successful, to further advance "The Project" (mentioned above) I had a very healthy baked potato and beans from Spud-U-Like. Excellentay. I also got another Avril Lavigne poster and more importantly........DOOM! Not just Doom, oh no. Doom, Doom 2 and Final Doom. All together in an orgy of CD-ROM related DOS games type situation.Oh, and for those of you who read the title and thought "Hey Rhys, is that title in any way honour to that ex-Take That bloke from Stoke who has just signed a $80 Million contract dispite his latest album being a bit poo". Well I'll answer "No. Silly.". The title is infact reference to this very weblog which in fact has (for a few hours at least before the critical yanks and the very critical Canadians creep onto the site) creeped back up into a respectable third on The Weblog Review's site. Top self-voting!
And finally, a big slap on the wrists goes to either Blogger or Blogspot for the fact that not only is my site (and a few others) slower than a paraplegic tortoise on 56k, but also the appearance of what could only be described as a pop up ad. Either that, or the Uni is watching me on this site.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
And I don't Want to Miss A Thing
Yesterday was actually quite an important day for everybody on this Earth, yet nobody picked up on it. Y'see, yesterday, for the umpteenth time in the history of this planet, was supposed to be the end of the world.
For all those religious types don't go repenting just yet, as it's now th 25th, and I'm still here.
I remember one time when I was actually scared (and really convinced myself) it was the end of the world. The year is 1998, David Beckham became a national hate figure by booting over some Argentinan bloke, students were given a rough time by introducing tuition fees, and the Spice Girls dominated the charts with their blend of manufactured shenanegans, broken only by Boyzone and Aqua (remember them? I'm sure you don't want to). Anyway, there seemed to be a lot of hoo-haa whereby Nostradamus (some old bloke who predicted so much, that some of them were bound to come true) had predicted that the world was going to end on the upcoming Saturday, in an orgy of fire and blood and shite like that.
There was actually quite a bit of press coverage around that time for some reason, and all that (because you always believe everything you read in the press), along with me being a little depressed at the time, meant that I was seriously worried that Saturday was my last day on this plannet.When Saturday came, I was almost resigned to the fact that the world would end. What to do with my last 24 hours. Firstly, I drew 20 quid out of my account (when you are an unworking individual in full time education, with only £2 pocket money a week, it's a lot) and blew it on a couple of WWF videos. "Over The Edge" and, painfully ironic, "Armageddon". However, unbeleiver Dad hijacked the TV, meaning I was unable to watch the videos (at this time we were poor, had one TV, one video, and lived in a cardboard box). Undaunted, I decided to go with my Mum to the local school's Summer Fayre. I'd love to say I blew all my money fighting little kiddies on the bouncy castle, but I didn't. I just sat there and helped mum rake in the money for the local youth club. At 5 o'clock, we packed up and left for my 'last supper'.
This actually was a pretty good meal, classic Fish and Chips and Peas, so that was pretty cool. Nevertheless, 8 o'clock rolled around, meant that there was just 4 hours left of planet Earth. Everybody who I hung around with went out to (I think) the local astroturf for a kickabout. However, what did I do? I spent twenty quid on two videos! I'll be damned if I didn't get to see them (although, looking at the way I lived my life, if it was the end of the world, I'd probably be damned anyway). So I sat down with a couple of beers and ended up watching about half of one video. I finished the beers off, and in a drunken state I fell to sleep on the couch.
Now, the fact that I'm still here sorta gives a bit of an indication that it wasn't the end of the world, I woke up on sunday by Mum, who had very kindly shifted me off into my proper bed (either that or sleepwalked), and had not very kindly decided to hoover at some ungodly hour in the morning.
"uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh" was my rather generic reply.
"What's wrong?" said Mum, oblivious to the 24 hours of utter torture I'd put myself through.
"Drunk too much." I answered. This was the time where my liver was still in it's infancy, and only a couple of cans could test my wellbeing.
"Oh well, it's not the end of the world."
And there you have it, the only time I had actually be frightened that the world was going to end. In heinsight though, I can see (as a predominately scientific individual) that my reasoning behind this 'end of the world' was nonsense. Even when the new milennium, I wasn't at all bothered (as a lot of sane people were convincing themselves that the world was going to end). Never the less, we've got a long time to wait for the next world ending. Apparently note it down in your diaries, as it's sometime in 2450. I can hardly wait.
In other News
If you noticed the distinct lack of swearing in the last post, it's because we have a new reader of this blog (bringing the grand total to err one). My mum! Maybe it is the end of the world.
|EDIT| Added a GeoURL thing to the bottom of the site, but unfortunately I got the latitude and longitute the wrong way round. So instead of saying I was in a North Wales, I said I was somewhere near Nairobi. Oh we're snooker loopy nuts are we.
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Rhys
Going Swimmingly
Since when I was knee high to a grass skirt, I have always shunned exercise. With the exception of Dancing Stage, Snooker and Darts, I have hated all forms of "working out" as it looks more trouble than it's worth. It shows as well, in primary school, people were collecting awards from sporting achievements in the school assembly. Being the arrogent bastard that I am, I was jealous but, being the lazy bastard that I am, I wasn't prepared to do owt about it. The other trade off is that I've got a rather large wasteline. Not massive, and a little unnoticable (due to baggy clothes) but it's there nonetheless. I've always avoided exercise, until now.
Yesterday was the first time I've been swimming since primary school, and the first piece of serious exercise for at least six months (excluding the old snooker and darts). I thought it was time to finally get myself into some sort of respectable shape.
As previously mentioned, the pool is massive. There are three lanes, slow, medium and fast. Despite the fact that I looked like Peter Kay, and noticed the safety risks of all the lifeguards were stationed at the shallow end of a pitiful 0.9 meters, and the fact that half the students in the pool were probably peeing due to the night before's alcohol, I decided to jump in.As it's a massive swimming pool, loads of people use it. One group of people who do are local primary schools, who use it to get their kids upto speed just in case they fall in the Mersey or summit. Anyway, there I was doing length after length with about as much grace as a drowning spider, whereas these kids who probably weren't even born when I started swimming were kicking my proverbial behind after doing length after length.
After two hours of swimming around in circles at a speed that wouldn't make Ian Thorpe loose any sleep, I decided to leave.
Will I do it again? Course I will, the speed and the laughing at by half of Liverpool's under 12 contingent did nothing to hide the fact that it was a good time. However, I'll probably stick to something else, probably ride an exercise bike for a time. The reason's are:-
- They make me sweat (riding them).
- Like everything that is great in this life, I can do it sitting on my arse.
- I can go at my own pace, which is nice, because you could be going slow and people will think "Oh look, there's that Welsh bloke, he's going slow on an exercise bike, he's got it on mountain setting, what a bloke" type situation. It would also be technically correct. It'd be mountain setting, except going downhill.).
Right I'm off, dunno what to do now, just piss about.
Keep the Faith
Rhys*Regular blog reader but hates to admit it Fl*tcher said to me last night "Now, if you write in your blog that you pulled today, then I'm going to do something." I want to see what that is, being the inquizitive little blighter that I am.
We're On Our Way To The Milennium Stadium
Manchester United 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers. For those of you who didn't see it, Manchester United, with the help of Paul Scholes (2) and R.V.N. Anyway, we're through to the final to meet Liverpool.
To be honest, it'll be a great game, two of the most prestigeous clubs in the country meeting for the world's most un-prestigeous cup competition, in a stadium which is not even in the country of the cup's league. My, the English game is a little fucked.
Predictions for March 2nd (2 days before my 19th! Write it down in your diaries, with a yellow pen, and a blue box around it.)? Well, as far as Liverpool goes, they are struggling for European football after a Bruce and Kieron Dyer season so far. They'll hold back (as usual). Manchester United have nothing to gain except the Worthless Cup. They'll play a very attacking game with R.V.N., Olly, Scholesy and Diego. I can see them sneaking it.
In other News
Due to the catastropic bonding between joining the gym yesterday, and all my lectures have been unfortunately cancelled, I think I may just go swimming for a few hours. I'll grace the poolside with my fat, pale body that is seen nowhere else except, well, wherever you've got a large following of England fans.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Just When I've Bought A Snazzy New Jumper...
Now, one thing that I love about the site is that I distance myself from the news and current affairs. You'll never hear me talk about Iraq, Terrorism and shite like that because, quite frankly, it's a bit boring. However, the British Government anounced that we will have to pay 'top-up' fees to Universities in order to go. Well here's my take on it.
People take money from me. This is bad. I'm unhappy, and when I'm unhappy, I give people Chinese burns.In Much Better News
I have now signed up for a year at the Sports Centre at the University, hopefully to start swimming. Included with my £24 a year signup fee, I also got a free tour of the centre. Included in the sports centre are the following perks and niceities:-
Not sure when I can access it yet, when ever I get put 'on the system' (which sounds a bit dodgy). When I do, it's going to be bye bye to big belly (well, hopefully some of it anyway).
Right, I'm buggering off home. That's your lot today. If you want more of me, well check out here. This is my old blog. Five entries before I got bored. It's stale, it's got a pants layout, it's Livejournal but, what the hell, it's me.
|EDIT| Actually don't bother clicking on that link. It's a bit like one of those tapes of you in the Nactivity play. The more you look at it, the more you cringe. I was young, and I was foolish.
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Rhys
This is not the greatest blog in the world, NO! This is a tribute
Unlike the fish in the mankey fishmongers on the monday market, I am quite literally gutted at my unbeliably unbelivable lack of inclusion at the "Third Annual Weblog Awards". As far as blogs go (cannot be arsed concentrating on all the catagories), they are all (with the exception of C:/PIRILLO.EXE) a bit pants (they all seem a bit corperate). However, I blame that my lack of inclusion isn't due to lack of votes, oh no. It's politics, yep. Politics.
I see that cheeky little bloke from Star Trek is destinctantly noticable from his absece in the final catagory. Are we maybe seeing a shift in popularity of blogs? Could the big players in the game be falling by the wayside? I don't know, and quite frankly, I couldn't care less.
Finally, Scaryduck wasn't voted. Surely the best blog in Britain be there? Oh well, who am I to judge popular culture. Vote for whoever you want.
In other News
I'd like to welcome back the first week of September back to this site, as it's decided to behave itself and not be more annoying than that advert on TV where that bloke says "NEXT TIME YOUR ROOF LEAKS, DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!" (caps only present for effect). University life is okay, although I have a distinct ability of waking up at 4am with no prior reason, which is a bit of a bitch.
Those of you who read the last post and thought "Oooh, I wonder what how funny that guy falling over at West Ham was", well, aren't you in for a treat! Yes, curteosy of Sky Sport's Third Eye, there is a video of it right here labelled "Kevin Phillips Falls over whilst training". Don't I treat you so well? Now imagine seeing that live, and it was like Christmas come early.
Finally, I've found the only use of java ever in the world ever here. Who here would love to do that? (raises hand higher than a man pole vaulting on everest). Only problem is I can see myself being a bit pants at it. Even with my first semester of University Java course behind me.
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Rhys
A First
As a regular blog reader would notice, you have had the honour (or not) of reading firsts (and lasts) that occur for me. You've seen my last day in schooling, my first ever time pulled and first days at university. All those have been proud days, however, last night was a first as well. The first time I've vomitted as a direct result of alcohol.
Now half of you will scream at the sound of this, but I actually don't drink loads. I am quite weak when it comes to alcohol, but last night, I drunk like a thing that drinks a lot. Not beer or lager now, just spirits, Jack Daniels + Coke all night long. I cannot remember much about the actual night, except me re-aquainting myself with my burger and chips lunch, so I cannot really talk about it.
Those of you who don't want me to physically destroy myself via alcohol and food will be pleased to know that I'm heavily considering joining the Liverpool University sports centre. What will I do? I'm probably going to just swim, rather than do any sorts of resistance training (see? I know the lingo. Not just a pretty face me!). The only problam with swimming is that when wearing swimming shorts, I look like Peter Kay in that John Smith's advert*. Yes a pain, but if I didn't, why would I start swimming.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
*For those who don't know, the John Smiths advert goes like this. Canadian bloke with tight trunks does great dive into swimming pool, scores highly. Aussie Bloke does the same. Then Peter Kay (who is a fat funny bloke from Bolton) with fat belly and hawaiian swimming trunks does running bomb into pool, causes massive splash. Gets 10.0 average scores, rises from pool with arms aloft and builders bum. One of the funniest things seen since that time that that bloke ran across the pitch at West Ham, and fell on his arse.
Organised Chaos
Like Anthea Turner before it, my Second Semester timetable is proving to be a bit of a bitch. Not much drop in the amount of lectures I have, and they do seem to be spaced out more (which is a pain, as I have two two hour slots where I have nothing to do). The lectures haven't kicked off yet, just a few introductory courses.
That's if we could find them, that is.
It all seems very last minute, like they took each lecture, wrote it on a piece of paper, stuck it to a dartboard and threw darts at it. Nobody has a clue where to be, and that's just the lecturers. We just seem to be walking around in circles.
Couple that with the fact that we have lectures in the Computer Science block, and that's about a half mile away from our block, and we're going to be a bit scuppered. When we did arrive, we were greeted by this German guy who was grinning with the kind of arrogence we've come to expect from the Germans living in the UK (hey, if you don't believe me, look at Didi Hammann of Liverpool), and sat through a really, really boring Data Structures lecture. It's a wierd sort of lecture. It's like eating with your hands tied behind your back, it's made harder than it actually is. Also, we actually have to take notes in the lecture, rather just getting them on sheets of paper, and underlining the key points. Couple that with my weak wrists, then I'm going to be hurting this semester. I'm so glad I didn't do Computer Science. All in all, I'm a little miserable at the moment, but nothing that a little alcohol and cheesy wotsits wont fix. Roll on Software Development in an hour.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Sticking to the Script
If you would be bothered to read that post that was the size of Wigan, and about as interesting as Wigan, you would notice me talking about Bandwagons, and how with a bit of luck, you can make lots of moolah in short space of time. In any rate, I was thinking that this blog is on the bandwagon of Weblogs.
You see, Blogger recently announced 1 million users. Now, discounting blogs that are no longer updated, but including people hosted on other things like Livejournal, there is quite a lot of people out there who are quite literally writing whatever they feel. With the introduction of templates, people are making all similar blogs. Very few stand out. Those who do, are excellent, and are well known. You've got bloke from Star Trek, Britians Second Best Blog, bloke who appears seemingly on everybody else's blog, bird who writes for that weblog website and bloke who works for the company that makes the blighters . All in all, a mixed bunch. With many blokes, birds and possibly even aliens writing blogs, it can be difficult to stand out. Of course, if you have a little gimmick, it makes it even easier.
Up steps regular reader of this site bloke Max, and not even seen this site, but sure he'll like the traffic generated from this link Chris, what they've done, in a mire of technical experise and some free/expensive/pirated software is digitised they're handwriting into the computer, saved it as a font, and uploaded onto the computer. For thick people, this means is when they write their blog, it's in they're actual writing. I was a little apprehensive, but it is a visual treat. So, why don't I join in?
I don't write much. If I want to write, I use a computer (with the exception of shopping lists, and crap like that). Usually if I write more than a couple of pages, my phenomanally weak wrists for a male who's been through puberty ache like hell. Also, there is one more disconserting fact. The fact that my handwriting is about as legible as a drunk two year old writing on a bus, in the middle of an earthquake:-
Could you imagine this blog written in this scrawl, it'd make even less sense than it does now. Nice try guys, and your blog looks great, but I'll stick to plain old verdana thank you very much.
In other News
Yesterday, I was planning on going back to Liverpool today, however, thanks to a long running punch up between the train drivers and the people who pay their wages, the train drivers are striking. They are running a "Skeleton" (or "We'll be damned if you can actually get anywhere") service. This means that to get to Liverpool I'd need to travel first to Manchester, then back. Also, it's also a bugger trying to get a bus back to my halls, so that my journey will take far to long. Couple that with my lazy boy attitude, I've decided that I cannot be arsed. I (probably) wont miss any lectures, just the D+R pub quiz. F Block will be struggling with the only person with any grasp of sciences missing from the team.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Hopping on the Bandwagons...
WARNING: There are a few links to some of US's Big Businesses. If you are from some Arab nation, or one of those people who just loves Linux, you may like to skip this post. Likewise if you think I'm fantastic, and not a geek at all, as this may destroy your myth. Ta.
Bandwagons are incredibly fickle things, and are seemingly around to lure me on, then the second I do, I either join it too late, or far too early (almost to the point that it doesn't take off). You need luck in this game so that you join a movement as it's just about to explode into mainstream media situation, then leave just as it's about to die, so you are remembered for it.
For example: Look at Steve Moraff. The year is 1995. Musically, a war was fought between the Spice Girls manufactured pop and hardcore Brit Rock from the likes of Oasis and The Priogedy, the war in the former Yugoslavia was just kicking off, and the single biggest reason for William H. Gates III to print money* is released on the world stage. The unsuprisingly titled Microsoft Windows 95. This fact is important, as, with major operating systems, comes majorly operated hype. Although it seems hard to believe today, but Windows 95 revolutioned the world in the way we write documents, play minesweeper, and search for porn.
So where does our cheeky blighter Moraff come in? Well, if you've been down to any Shell Petrol Station and picked up one of those "100 Games for Windows 95", you would be familiar of his work. He releases shareware games that are usually a barrage of multimedia frenzy and end up slowing your computer down to a crawl, before choking up his "Hi. I'm Steve Moraff. Please purchase these games". He was quite good at making copies of Mahjonng (that wierd Chinese tile game that takes ages to set up, which I cannot play for the life of me), that's it. Despite all this, he was very successful.
How? Simply being at the right place, at the right time. Moraff released his first shareware Windows 95-Only disk days before Windows 95 came out, so he got such head start. Soon his software, for lack of better replacements, was all over various "Windows 95 Games" CD's. When mainstream media reared it's ugly head, it saw lots of cheap games, and then the multimedia extravaganza that is Morejohnng. He, with his MIDI Music, 256 Color graphics and lacklusture gameplay impressed millions, he made a bit of cash, just for being at the Multimedia ripple, and riding the whole wave.So why am I telling you this? Well, as previously mentioned, I'm crap at hitting the right time with bandwagons. I've only done it once (with Visual Pinball, where Donkey Kong was featured on some German channel (at it's peak). As for everything else. Quake? Missed it. Blitz? There, but not too big on the scene. Everything else has either been a damp squib, or I've refused to get 'into'. Harry Potter being the prime example for that one.
Anyway I'm pretty sure I've bored you all into a brain haemorrage, so I'll shut up. Like my shirt when it's -20 outside, and I'm drunker than an Irishman, it's just something I want to get off my chest. Plus, next time I stumble into a Moraff game, and Steve comes up on screen with "Hi, I'm Steve Moraff, please purchase these games", I'm not likely to put my foot through the computer scren.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
* I'm quite aware that Windows 3.1 sold more copies than 95, but look at 95 onwards. Every Windows is looked on with baited breath of being the saviour to all computing woes. It never is.
Flickerpiss Breastbum
Oh lordy me. I am literally itching to get programming again in Blitz, as I am chock full to the brim of ideas that I probably have a good bash at making. One which I would love to do is a remake of Sierra's "You Don't Know Jack".
For those of you who have never played it, it is one of those games you either love or hate. Fronted in the UK by Dennis Pennis (although the cheesy US voice in the America's version is infinitely better), it's a gameshow on your computer, where the 'contestants' (you and two mates) battle it out for (fake) cash prizes. It avoids the trap that Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and The Weakest Link, by being absolutely hilarious. If you like Trivia games, or Monty Python/Fawlty Towers style humour, it's well worth getting.
So anyway, why don't I go back to Blitz? Well, like minded Computer Engineers and programmers will know, it can be a bit of a bugger to get motivated. Being naturally lazier than a tranquilized sloth on his day off, I often have trouble motivating myself to start something new. Knowing that also I will need to motivate myself further after Sunday (as I am going back to university for a few weeks), I'll be a bit scuppered. So, until the day when Fat Rich Bloke can offer me large sums of cash to make fantastic game, I'll be struggling to get anything finished, or indeed started.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Give me...all of the bliss, and joy in the world
I'm fastly considering the unemployment way of living. It's great. Wake up at midday, have brekkie, doss about on the internet for a few hours, tea, TV, and update your blog. Now who wouldn't want that?
Now, for those of you who woke up this morning, read my last post, and thought "Hmmm...I wonder how you pronounce that town name?", well whoopie you! I will attempt to spell it phonetically. But first, a few explinations:-
- When you see "Ll"...it's prounced in a wierd way, that can only be heard. If you can imagine pronouncing "THL", then that's pretty bloody close. But not perfect. Willy Welsh and the Welsh Language Family will laugh you out of Cardiff if he hears you say it, but for a non-suspecting English speaker who, frankly, doesn't know any better, then it's okay.
- "Ch" is also a bit freaky. Imagine a cross between hocking up a greenie, and saying "Loch" (as in "Loch Ness"), and you're there.
Now, the moment you've all been waiting for. The bugger of a town name that was surely made to take the piss, Phonetically!
Welsh: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
English (wanting to sound Welsh): Thlan-vire-pothl-gwin-gilth-gol-ger-uwch-chwin-drob-width-thlan-tiss-silly-oh-goh-goh-goch.
English (wanting to sound like a twat): Lan-fire-poof-gwin-gith-gol-ger-ich-win-drob-width-lan-tiss-silly-oh-gore-gore-gorch.
Now for those of you who don't understand it, tough. Try the first phonetic first, then the second (it's slightly easier, as all the "Ll"s are replaced with "L"s. However, walk into Wales and start pronouncing "Ll" like "L", and you will get a kicking).
Let me leave you with this thought: Why is "Phonetically" spelt with a "Ph", when it should really be spelt with an "F"?
Keep the Faith
Rhys
A World Record!
I'll sneak this in and give it the coverage it deserves before Punclox includes it in one of it's infamous link lists. Basically, sometime (fairly recently) a company called hv.com set a world record by registering the world's longest domain. The Welsh town, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com.
For those of you who don't know LLPG (as it's commonly, and sensibly shortened to) is a town on the Isle Of Anglesey, not a million miles away from yours truly. It's a really nice place. Even though it's not the longest website in the world (some file hosted on Geocities took that), it's the longest domain, and that's what really matters.
So, begs the question, can I say that, being Welsh. Now, behind "Do you shag sheep?", "Can you say that place name?" is probably the most common question I get asked for being Welsh. The answer is, quite simply, yes. It's like riding a bike, you do it in bits, and once you are there, you'll never forget. It gives you something to talk about down the pub (when you are REALLY struggling), and it rolls off the tongue easily, despite what anybody says.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Rhys' sexier, better, but still a bit bitty post
Hello! I'm now experiencing the greatest emotion of them all. Twenty-thousand times better than sex (although I'm a bleeding fine one to talk about that) and ten times greater than winning the FA Cup, it is the most wonderful feeling in the world. It's the feeling that, until Sunday, I don't have to do anything. That's right. I call this emotion "Un-Stressed".....for lack of a better name. However, the true experience of "Unstressed" will undoubtably occur when my wrist will stop aching from the "astronomical for an engineering student that types out all his essays" amount of writing I had to carry out.
No jokes please.
For those of you who cannot be arsed reading the previous post, I had an exam today. While I thought that it would be bitchier than a room full of Jerry Springer guests, it was actually nowhere near as bad as I thought it was. Using every drop of my half-shot glass of Wafflability, I should of done okay. Goodie.
After the exams, I did a bit of retail therapy. After selling a couple of items, I had the most unusual thing for a student, money to burn. Not wanting to experience this for much longer, I plumped a visit to gamestation, where I bought a copy of Tobal #1. Unless you've been reading this site religiously since the mid summer (not many people, that is), you will be unaware of the fact that I love it. The only problems are that nobody else does, as it's very ameteurish in it's look (very unlike Square). However, like Square, it's incredibly deep once you get to grips with it. It's full of chain moves etc., and the quest mode is excellent. As previously mentioned, it's looks like a pile of poo, but it's well worth searching out.
Feeder just seems to be getting better and better. It has been announced that "Semi Alright Band" Hell is for Heroes will be supporting them. This makes a change from the usual bands as, usually, I haven't heard of them. These I have (they headlined Liverpool a few months back) heard of. Top notch support type situation there!
Finally, those of you who are interested, I did get a lemonade. It was 7up. It tasted like crap.
Keep the faith
Rhys
Ramblings
Keep the faith Rhys
"Lying out on a sunbed, glass of lemonade to my left, a beautiful tanned brunette girl in a bikini to the right."
I immediately thought "Hmmmm....I want a glass of lemonade". Top marketing of other people's products!
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Rhys
I have a cunning plan....
I have been thinking a lot within the last 24 hours, mostly during that pants film that I refused to watch last night. It was one of those "Oooh, I've been originally banned, that makes me hard and scary" type situation. "The Burning". In all fairness, it wasn't scary, just sick. In any rate, I didn't watch it, and thought about this site a lot (yes, I am sad, sue me), and mainly about the last post I posted, more specifically the bit right at the end, last few paragraphs.
Then, it struck me. With the Know My Brother Project seemingly run it's course (though it will never die) I needed a new project. A new idea to (hopefully) generate intrest in this small corner of the web. I needed a project.
And so, whilst some poor child actor was getting nicely toasted by some even worst actor stroke pyromaniac, the "Write in if Even Remotely Famous Reader" was born!Introduction:
Right, this is either going to be a resounding success or a dismal failure (and the more I think of it, it's leaning towards the latter), and if you are remotely famous, you E-Mail Me saying who you are. Obviously there's going to be people out there who think they are famous when they are not (like someone who was convinced that he was Ben Affleck, despite looking nothing like him), and I will like to have some proof. Though not essential.
So what qualifies as being famous? Well, anything really. If you had a walk in part in Corrie, write in! If you appeared in panto, write in! If you played footie for East Fife, write in! However, some "celebrities" will get more kudos than others. You cannot compare the legend formally known as Timmy Mallett with someone like Jamie Congleton, former Colwyn Bay player who was shite. Currently, there is no way to separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff, but there's nothing we can do about it.
Also, nobody write in saying they are Issac Newton. Cos he's dead.
Keep The Faith
Rhys
I don't want to drag you down, hold you down, because you're a friend
I guess I should mention this, as this gives me something remotely interesting to talk about. February. Thursday 27. Team Wynne, along with my brother, will be going to see the great "Feeder". And I cannot fucking wait.
For One True Voice fans, Feeder are a great practitioner in Indie (or, as Team Wynne would say, good) music. I hope they play a lot of their old stuff, but to be honest, I wouldn't care if it's just the new album. They're great, I'm going, you're jealous!
Team Wynne's brace is currently getting better! I'm still having trouble eating (especially apples, being my current bane) and it still tingles (IT TASTES FUNNY MAM!!! IT REALLY DOES!!) but it doesn't feel like I've given a blowjob to a mountain bike, and had brake cables caught in my teeth.After nearly half a week since first placed the link about the weblog awards, I've finally made my choice. So who did I vote for? Not telling. Here's a clue: it's not that bloke from Star Trek, that's for bloody sure. Despite being the only person in the known blogging universe not to vote for him. Does that make me a pioneer? Yes. Does that make me controversial? Of course. Does it really make any difference? Absolutely not.
Am I bitter? Only time will tell...
|EDITED BIT THAT WAS ADDED ON| Special Congratulations, as he reads this site (I think). Imperial Doughnut, he may not know yet, but there is a (fairly) lengthly piece on it in the latest edition of Web User. Top mainstream media penetration type situation.
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Rhys
Cue Manical Laughter Type Situtation
Every day, somewhere located in the mire of Nigeria Scams, useful e-mails, eirias e-mails, goldfish sex and people selling me crap, there my Daily Comics. Horror of horror, these are actually mailing lists that I actually like being on, as they are usually hillarious. Todays was by far the best ever.
Just thought I'd share that with you all.
Keep the Faith.
Rhys
Scruitiny (Random Thoughts) Keep the faith Rhys
Keep the faith
Rhys
I'm back...and I'm better than ever
Hello everybody. Yes I'm back (not like most of you noticed, or indeed cared) from my absence. So. Where was I? Well, for most of the last week, and indeed technically 2003, I was tucked up in bed in a bad way. When I say "In a bad way" I don't mean "In a bad way, good way" as in hungover or experiencing the kind of orgies that'd put the Romans to shame. Oh no. I'm talking about "in a bad way, bad way", as in a very tempremental stomach (and not as a result of any Indian cuisine, I wouldn't touch the stuff). The good news is now my brace is not bothering me at all (still feels wierd it being there, but beggars cannot be choosers eh?) and I have had plenty of sleep. So I should be ready to rain down my dry sarcastic "wit" (hey, someone else's words, not mine) on the world again.
No. Well. Not for a few days at least. You see, today, indeed as I write this, I am litterally 15 minutes away from beginning a journey that'll take me back to university. There won't be no sob story like last time, but nevertheless, due to lack of internet connection, dodgy version of Frontpage and the reliability of floppy disks akin to David Seaman's saving skills, the chances of me updating over the next few days is a bit hit and miss. Sorry chaps!
Also, I kinda have important exams coming up soon (starting tomorrow in fact). Due to the fact that I have actually done very little revision so far in the subject means I could be in trouble. However, I'm not too heartstoppingly worried, as I think I've got the basic jist of the subject first time around. All in all is that this blog, for the time being, is not my most pressured concern.
Also finally, the weblogs of the year awards are beginning. Despite the fact that the calander year is only 7 days old, someone had the bright idea of starting an awards ceremony. Being the egomaniac that I am. I am encouraging all of you who visit this site to vote for it. Otherwise I'll beat you with a stick.
Keep the faith
Rhys
Help Needed
Six months ago, my hard drive grinded to an unrecovering halt, costing me just over a years worth of
porn important data. Unfortunately, in this digital equivalent of the bastard child of nuclear holocaust and a big foot standing on London, I lost all my Visual Pinball tables. Sure, some of them are easy to find (Donkey Kong is really easy to find, and a few more are on this site). However, despite searching on all major search engines, and looking through countless forums, fansites and download sites, one table remains lost for all eternity.
Sporting Champs.I've tried searching for it online, but no luck. Nothing. Not one iota. To be honest, I can understand why, it was a dire first attempt at a difficult medium. I well and truly crashed and burned, and nobodys now got a copy of it. However, in my opinion, it's an unloved child. Only I can see it's beauty for what it is. I've only had one voice of compliment for it, and even then it was slightly sarcastic. Still, it's gone. Lost for all eternity.
To be honest it's a damn shame. It's very very frustrating working towards something, then releasing it into the public domain, only for a couple of errors, which cannot be avoided, causing the whole shebang to crash down, losing something I've worked hard at, forever.
Anyway, this is where you come in
Should anybody have a copy of this table, please e-mail me with the link to it, or let me know so I can get it.
Thanks in advance
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Brace Yourself!
I have had a number of IM's and e-mails (What? Zero is a number!) asking me about my dental operation. Well, it went well overall. I was quite suprised by it. TV and Movie Dentists always seem to be psychotic when it comes to taking teeth out, and when they out, they hold it proudly aloft over their heads. Mine wasn't. He just calmly got on with it, and the tooth just popped out, and rolled somewhere on the floor. There was only one problem with the whole thing, the brace.
Normally, I don't mind pain. I've had no fractures, no breakages, only bruises and sprains. I'm not too bothered, and don't complain much. However, the first few hours when I wore my brace were hell on earth. While the pain has now eased, it's still uncomfortable, especially when I put it on/take it off and when I'm eating. It sort of put a damper on my New Years Eve celebrations as well.
Oh well, I suppose it'll be worth it.
Keep the Faith
Rhys
Awards for 2002
Happy New Year everybody! We've made it through! (actually, come to think of it, I cannot remember a new years like the one just passed whereby religious nuts haven't forseen 'the end of the world'. That's nice). I'll post a little bit more later about the night, but first, here are the awards for the year. I've shortened it a bit, and removed a few catagories on the advice that some people actually care about these awards, and labelling them 'Sinner of the year' would likely to get me have my teeth broken. Oh well.
Album of the Year: Avril Lavigne - Let Go
As a big Indie Rock fan, people might question my choice, as it's a hybrid of pop and punk. The fact is that this album is the best album from both genre's in a long, long time. An album for me has to be one where I love as many tracks as possible. As far as this album goes, I love nearly all of them. From the very rocky "Sk8er Boi" to the melanconhic "I'm With You", to the pop-undertones of "Mobile", to the almost metallic "Unwanted, this album deserves a place in any decent music fan's collection. People complain that "Complicated", probably the anthem of teenagers the world over, has been overplayed. The reason it has is that it's bloody fantastic. I find very few people who don't like Avril, and those that do need their ears looking at. She's new, she's gorgeous, she's my age, and she's here to stay.
Runners Up: Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to The Head proves that Coldplay are here now, and they want the world. This came a close second place. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry despite panned for being 'more of the same', it's no big deal when 'the same' is so very, very good. Creed - Weathered is this years sleeper album. Not many people will pick it up, but those who do will be in for a treat. Finally, Feeder - Comfort in Sound proves that a band does continue. After the tragic loss of John Boy from the band, nobody knew where Feeder would go from then. They came and released a very different, but a very enjoyable album.
New People of the Year: F Block + Associates
This is the only personal catagory in this awards batch, as I cannot offend anybody with this. Going to university was hard. It was made harder when, after 8 weeks, I wanted another room, or out of the university. People warned me that this was just part of university life, and wherever you moved, you'd have trouble settling. I moved into F92 on November 5th 2002, not knowing anybody in the block. I was soon put to rest by some of the nicest, down to earth and brilliant people I have met in my entire life. They took me in, and made me feel wanted. They did take the piss out of me, no dobut, but knew when to stop. I can talk to almost everybody in that block about anything. They are brilliant.
Runners Up: R + G Hall's People These helped me out immensly in the first few weeks, and I spent more time in their halls than in mine in the first few weeks. The only reason these finish second is that it's quite a walk to their block. M Block people despite contrary reports, I do have some friends in M Block. These were also very supportive.
Website of the Year: Blitzcoder
Despite being very specialised (you need the software to use this) this website is probably one of the nicest messageboards on the internet. No elitism, no snobbery, and everybody helps everybody else. Should anybody ever get Blitz Basic, then it's the perfect place to start. I was honoured to be voted in the top 30 members earlier this year, despite not actually helping much with the programming side of things. Also special note to the moderators, who are fantastic.
Runners Up: Mainly consisting of blogs Scaryduck for being absolutely the most constant funniest read I have ever come across. Imperial Doughnut for an almost an encyclopedic knowledge on video games (only matched by own), cartoons, and urinals (no shit). Darkside / Lightside. I actually have no idea why I like this site, I just enjoy reading about him. WWE.com for being a massive WWE fan's only free source of WWE video since ITV Digital went bust. And finally, This site, just because it was written by me.
Okay, that's it. I cannot be bothered to do any more.
Keep the Faith
Rhys | http://chompster.blogspot.com/2003_01_01_archive.html | 2013-05-18T10:11:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Half sours: Ba-Tampte vs. Guss, Russ, et al.
Set aside price, set aside supporting your local pickler, set aside nostalgia for the LES of old. On flavor alone, do New York's appetising stores make a better half-sour pickle than what I can but from the local Pathmark?
I ask because I just opened a jar of Ba-Tamptes, and they're great!
Where can I buy Ba Tempte pickles. My daughter loves half sour but I cant find them in Houston anymore
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Tom Thumb in the Kosher refrigerated section carries them at the location in Dallas, which has a kosher market. If your local Randalls has a Kosher department, they might too. They can certainly order them, since Tom Thumb in Dallas does. Randalls would have to use the same distributor, since they are the same company.
I can also tell you that one of the delis in Houston does carry half sour pickles. At the last party my aunt hosted, she had great half sour pickles, and she got all the cold cuts from one of the local delis in Houston.
Remember to be careful that the brine is not cloudy and that the pickles look at least partially bright green as opposed to olive green. There are no preservatives, so apparently they continue to pickle in the jar and may not be good even if the expiration date has not passed. Also, after opening don't leave them too long in fridge before eating them.
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Ba-Tempte half sours are the best. When buying in a supermarket you have to look at the brine in the jar and at the cap. If the brine is cloudy and the cap is puffed up then the pickles are changing. That may sound crazy but I noticed the difference in taste between the clear brine and cloudy brine (Clear being NEW or half sour... GOOD!). If you are near Middletown, NY and want a great Half Sour pickle check out Gary's World Best at the Middletown Flea Market, Sat and Sun. He is the same Pickle Guy that sold at Maybrook Flea Market for 10 or so years.
Matt
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No, that's not crazy!
Several months ago, I came across Ba-Tampte half-sours and was very excited (my family used to make those in the summer - it's really easy, by the way, or so they tell me). I got a jar, but the flavor was weird; I would even say that they tasted spoiled.
I found your post then, and realized that mine were "changed", as you say, because the brine was cloudy.
This week, I got another jar with clear brine, and man oh man what a difference! Another thing to pay attention is the color. The pickles should be grass-green, almost like fresh cucumbers, not yellowy.
Guss' and The Pickle Guys can't be beat (not sure where Russ & Daughters get theirs but on a Saturday they're good in a pinch). However, if you're not gonna get full sour, don't bother with the one exception of my daughter who prefers half sour but that's because her mother is a shiksa (THOUGH i LOVE HER ANYWAY).
I love Ba-Tampte half sours also. And I've wondered if the ones in New York are better. You have Guss's and the Pickle Guys. I don't remember which is the original, but I remember hearing on this forum somewhere that the newer of the 2 uses a pickle from the Sunshine Co. in Jersey. A kosher deli in my area uses these same pickles, and while very good, cannot compare to Ba-Tampte. I'm wondering which is the original New York place, and what the opinions are of them compared to Ba-Tampte. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/343212 | 2013-05-18T10:57:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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French Laundry review- Overall experience
Dinner.
Larry, thanks for your concise review without being *too* concise, y'know what I mean? Not a novel, but enough to give the readers a great idea of your experience.
I really appreciate your review, since I am going to TFL for the first time next week. I pretty much had the same thoughts as you when the available reservation popped up on OT. In these hard economic times, I seriously second guessed making the reservation. But I hit the button, and here we go...!
I was going to post about my dinner there last month, but your post said everything that I wanted to say, except better, especially your description of the service. They answered every question I had, they seemed *excited* to answer all of my questions and to share information about the food with me, they were all friendly and personable, and it really made the dinner into a wonderful experience. Thanks for this great report!
I really loved most of the food (except, interestingly, the main dessert, which I thought was fine but not that interesting), and my favorite dishes were the veal cooked sous vide and the famous oysters and pearls, which I did not expect to like and completely adored.
As Paul Harvey might say, "And that's the rest of the story ... "
I was sitting at a bar near Yountville where some friends of the winemaker were talking about him taking her to French Laundry. Ironically, I was thinking ... that must be one swell guy to take a date to the French Laundry. Just too much of coincidence not to be the same person ... given the same time frame and same occupation. Even at FL, it can't be overrun with winemakers taking dates a few nights ago.
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6640 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
thanks, LarryW. i really enjoyed your review.
years ago, we were in yountville, and didn't know about the french laundry (no sign and no clue). it was mid-afternoon, iirc. we parked in the gravel parking lot and nosed around near the adjacent garden to peer -- where we could -- into the kitchen. it did look like a little place in the french countryside. and the garden was very nice. while it was a mystery, we knew even then that it must be quite special.
and, fwiw, i too love your curse upon the wine snob. ;-).
Larry, this was the most engaging restaurant review I have read in a while. I am glad that you went, and enjoyed your evening, and that you have shared this experience with us. But most of all, I must thank you for your closing phrase, "...I hope she dumps you quickly, embarrassingly, and publicly." It's a keeper, and I'm filing it for future use. I hope you don't mind. | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/601891 | 2013-05-18T10:58:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Homade Chili Sauce, Brea, CA
Best Chili sauce by far, This is old fashioned chili sauce sweet like ketchup, never tried any receipes just use it straight out of the jar like ketchup. Add horseradish and you've got the best cocktail sauce.
Philippes The Original French Dips mustard is wonderful.
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Best bets in Southwark, Waterloo area?
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I like Inshoku's lunchtime bento box with the salted mackerel - good value at 7 pounds.
Ruby murry also on Lower Marsh is ok healthy curries. They use olive oil and free range and organic produce.
The EV on isabella st at lunchtime do a nice salad box with 5 choices for about a fiver.
Mar I Terra on Gambia st is a really good tapas place - love their chicken livers with green leaves and lovely lamb chop.
FYI two of us went to the A&H on a Wednesday at 7p.m. about a month ago and were given a 9:15 target time for a proper table, or we could grab a bar table to eat at if one came free. It was like a zoo, and not really suitable for my mildly disabled guest whom I was taking out for a treat. I'm pleased for them that they'e busy (what recession?), but it was like having a drink on the Northern Line at rush hour! We left them to it, only to discover that Livebait and Meson Don Fellipe were also full. We ended up in the branch of Taz bang opposite A&H and had a perfectly ok mixed grill. Avoid Taz's plonk with the "Musar" name, it's nothing like the real thing.
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Old school Italian (Calabrese chef) at La Barca. Further east, there's curry katsu at Tsuru, and good lunch-y items (usually a roast, pasta etc) at Table (both just south of Tate Modern).
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Also Zucca on Bermondsey St or its sister restaurant The Maltings Cafe (lunchtimes only). For a more upmarket experience, Magdalen on Tooley St (I think).
A little further afield, and lunchtimes only or Thursday evening, I highly recommend Cornercopia in Brixton Village Market. Also good there is Bellantoni's (Italian) and The Islander's Kitchen (homey Filippino). | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/731699 | 2013-05-18T10:44:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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2 Days in NYC - What's can't we miss??
You should say where you will be staying as 2 days is not much time so you can't waste it traveling.
vegetarians -
Hari Krishna temple and restaurant
Jamaican 'Ital' food: Scoops 624 Flatbush Ave, Tofu Ice cream and food store. Buy the food and eat in the park nearby.
Take the #7 elevated train into queens as a kind of amusement park tram ride. Lots of restaurants near stops in queens, not sure about vegeterian.
You should look into posts on pizza.
Probably some vegetarian food cards, look up vendy awards for info.
The west end of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn is lined with Middle Eastern restaurants which have a lot of vegetarian options. I'm fond of the Waterfalls Café at 144 Atlantic Ave., an unpretentious, friendly BYO place with very friendly prices. Syrian cuisine. But maybe it isn't special enough for someone coming into town for such a short time? Your call....
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Spicy and Tasty has excellent vegetarian dishes. their dried bean curd with celery is one of the best single dishes in NYC, their garlic flavored seaweed is nearly as good, the vinegar braised white cabbage, the dry sautéed bitter melon, the rice with egg and scallion (if you eat egg), the potatoes with green chilis.
Hi musicislife102,
Since y'all are vegetarians and want to bop around Queens and/or Brooklyn, you could eat quite well at Wafa's, a family-run Lebanese place on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills (Queens).
They have a good number of deliciously filling meatless options that can be made into platters - tabbouleh, fatoush, okra with tomatoes, onions and spices (even okra haters like this, by the way), the best babaganoush I've ever had, grape leaves stuffed with rice and so on.
Where are you guys coming from? I ask because your profile reveals nada and you might be disappointed with certain types of food recommended here that you can get back home. For example, I always hear that Thai food on the West Coast is absolutely amazing - in both quality and availability.
Ciao,
Glendale is hungry...
While the Redhook ballfields are a convenient stop on a weekend afternoon going out or coming in from Brooklyn, I find the experience there rather watered down. Especially compared to a weekend evening stroll along Roosevelt Ave from Woodside to Corona. If you have the energy, you could spend an afternoon in the Asian corridor of Flushing and finish off along the pan-Latino strip of Roosevelt (all along the 7 train line).
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If you "walk-off" your food crawl indulgences anytime before 8PM, do it with the goal of dessert and coffee at CANELLE Patisserie in the strip mall on 31st Avenue at 76th Street.
Hopefuly they'll have some good choices (like tiramisu or bread pudding) remaining in the case. Better yet, have dessert first and then go the E. Eto reverse route!
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The reason why I suggest doing Flushing first is because I find Flushing tends to be more active and vibrant during the days, while the latino stretch of Roosevelt is exactly the opposite, much more livelier in the evenings/nights, especially on a Friday/Saturday night.
Also, I wouldn't suggest Cannelle Patisserie at the end of the day when they've run out of most of their good stuff. Rather, I would suggest starting there for coffee and pastries and walk the South American corridor of Northern Blvd, and perhaps end of up at Despaña foods for all their free food samples and wine on a Saturday afternoon. (And then take the Q32 bus from Northern/82nd back to Jackson Heights or all the way back to Manhattan).
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Thank you Eric. I too find Red Hook ball fields to be disappointing, perhaps because I live in Jackson Heights or because I grew up in California. I second the 7 train corridor.
Personally, I happen to enjoy the Colombian breakfast breads (buñuelos and pan de bono, etc.), somethng you don't find out West or in many other places. I adore Canelle, but I think that people can more easily find French baked goods. Just a suggestion. But beware the Colombian coffee (café con leche). It's quite weak.....
Why don't you take the B train to Brighton Beach (Brooklyn) and walk along the Boardwalk? Then you can stroll down Brighton Beach Avenue and see all that BB has to offer. For a nice lunch, I'd try this place. Excellent Ukranian dumplings (pelmeni & vareniki)... | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/863710 | 2013-05-18T10:16:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Yesterday I went with some friends for brunch at the newly opened Giovanni Rana restaurant at Chelsea Market.
We had one of the most delicious authentic, simple, true italian meals of the last few months.
We shared a few appetizers and then we ordered the pumpkin ravioli, the ravioli al brasato and the cappelletti al prosciutto. They were all perfect and just really good.
The desserts were even better, a simple tiramisu and a trio of panna cottas, both amazing.
I know it sounds like an advertisement and I can't comment about the secondi (meats, fish, etc) but I honestly just found my new place for an authentic, reasonably priced, good italian fix.
PS they carry what I personally think is the best prosecco from italy: Valdo. Give it a try.
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I don't think I've seen any mention of Ai Fiori so far. That's my favorite to date. Scarpetta is also excellent and I liked my one trip to Babbo but it was a few years ago.
I like Crispo fine as a mid-priced Italian restaurant that's dependable and has some decent wine and good grappas, but it is not in a comparable category. I go there now and then to enjoy myself with friends or relatives, but I wouldn't go there for a really special occasion. Similarly, I like Inoteca as a place to go to (usually late at night) for a good snack or meal with my girlfriend, before or after hitting some bars on the Lower East Side. I could imagine going there for someone's birthday, but their food, while nearly always quite good, does not have the level of complexity or the "wow" factor a great dish at a place like Ai Fiori or Scarpetta has.
There are restaurants that are excellent for what they are. I don't have the money to eat out at expensive restaurants every day, even if I wanted to (and I don't think I'd want to). But there's a reason they are more expensive, in these cases.
Perla
Osterini Morini
Maialino
Torrisi
Del Posto
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Of the two, I've only been to Del Posto and can only speak to that restaurant. For "upscale/refined" you can't do much better than Del Posto. Absolutely beautiful space with wonderful service. You get what you pay for. I've been to Del Posto 5 or six times: for dinner, for the prix fixe lunch and for Easter afternoon dinner. Each time I have been blown away by the food. I am not putting down Scarpetta at all, as I have not been there. It is on my short list though and hope to get there soon.
Babbo
Da Andrea
Bar Pitti
Da Silvano
Osteria Morini
In order of preference:
Del Posto
Perla
dell'anima
Scarpetta
'inoteca
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I'll be there Saturday night too. I simply love the way they do food. It is a loud, noisy place but well worth every penny because it is not over the top -- it is reasonable and really good Italian food. It is not an upscale dining venue. It is more for a youthful crowd (not that I am!!)
If you decide not to cancel, try their Hanger steak and brussel sprouts. Yum! | http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/876635 | 2013-05-18T10:35:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Every author should have a Facebook Author Page. It’s a way to interact with fans without letting them see the high school pictures of you that Aunt Thelma posts and discussions with your nephews. The best way to migrate people to the Author Page is to make merchandise and content available to readers that is not available on the friend page.
There are a number of add-ons and tabs that can be added to the author page in Facebook. They are boxes that will show up as part of your newsfeed for the page or they are additional tabs that show up at the top of the page as well. One of these that is easy to use is GoodReads. GoodReads.com is a site that catalogues your library as well as what you’re reading now. You can review books, tell others what you are reading and discuss books in general.
GoodReads also has a wonderful giveaway program. You can run contests from the site and specify how many copies you want to give away and how long you want the contest to run. GoodReads does maintain control of the information of their participants, so you can’t add all of these people to your mailing list when you’re done, but you can encourage them to go to your site and join. The program is limited to paper books at the moment, but there is some talk of opening it to e-books as well.
They also include a widget that can be shown on your website or other pages that is a click-through to the giveaway as well. This gets the word out to more people about the contest. It’s a very easy way to have someone else manage giveaways for you.
Since I write biographies as well, I use GoodReads to tell my readers what particular book by the subject I’m reading now. When I recently wrote my biography of Erle Stanley Gardner, all of my readers could see which book I was reading by Gardner and towards the end, I had a contest where the person who guessed when I would finish all the books won some books by Gardner and by me. partner and two dogs.
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Thanks for stopping by Jeff.
Anything Jeff writes becomes a teaching tool. I created a Goodreads account but had not used it well. Thanks for the ideas.
Elaine Orr | http://chrisredddingauthor.blogspot.com/2012/03/facebook-and-goodreads-and-social-media.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Bookmark printing service for the Go Free Range Printer platform
I've spent the last couple of days creating a simple service for the Printer platform. This service allows you to print a bookmark (in the traditional sense) for the book you're reading. Although it's probably of most use to those people with their own printers, you can definitely have a play with generating your own bookmarks (and see a printed example) over on the Printer bookmarks app on Heroku.
The idea of a book-specific bookmark, on which I can record when I start and finish along with some reading notes, appeals to me. I can actually imagine that a custom bookmark printing service like this might be useful outside of this little experiment with the Printer platform.
Developing this little bookmark application (source on github) allowed me to use the Printer platform in anger, which was great as I'd only really been following James A's impressive work from the sidelines.
Building the bookmark service
The rest of this post is a fairly high level view of how I approached the development of this little service. Hopefully I'll convey how simple it is to build your own Printer service.
I started by looking at the example Printer Mail, Printer Paint and Printer Weather apps. While these services are geared toward sending content (from a person in the case of mail and paint, and from a machine in the case of weather) to another person's printer, I think the bookmark service is most useful for someone wanting to print to their own printer. This made my life a little easier as it meant I didn't need to worry about storing printer details in my app: I could rely on the user entering their printer address at the time they wanted to print the bookmark.
The first thing I did was create a simple html bookmark (see 7652ba) that I could preview using the Printer API (you can think of the Printer API as something like Google Cloud Print for receipt printers). Once happy that the preview looked OK I moved on to making the bookmark dynamic based on a supplied Amazon URL (see 3f5377). The addition of some tests allowed me to refactor the code in preparation for the simple Sinatra web interface (see a75e4a). Once able to view the bookmarks in a browser I wanted them to look a little closer to how they'd look once printed. Fortunately, I was able to borrow the template from the Printer Mail app to do just that (see 0ba536). I had the app deployed to Heroku by this time so I was "done" in the most simple of senses: I could use the publicly accessible bookmark preview (e.g. bookmark for The Da Vinci Code) to print to the Go Free Range Printer backend. After that, apart from making it easier to print (see d84b75) and preview (see 617d24) bookmarks, the remainder of the changes were mainly aesthetic. Pretty simple, huh.
For more information about the Printer platform and how to get involved, checkout any or all of the introductory blog post, the Printer wiki and the Printer platform. For more information about building these sort of content applications see Building Content Services on the wiki. | http://chrisroos.co.uk/blog/2012-04-12-bookmark-printing-service-for-the-go-free-range-printer-platform | 2013-05-18T10:12:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Aug
Bye Bye Chelsea.
It’s hard to believe that just a year ago I moved into my first studio apartment in Manhattan. For those that know me, the first two months of living and adjusting to the poorly kept and slightly chaotic space led to quite an accumulation of stories and tales, ones that will live on long after I continue my travels beyond the Hudson River. In honor of one era ending and the beginning of yet another brand new adventure, I’ve compiled a list of my infamous love/hate relationship with D3.
Here’s to the memories… at least some of my favorites.
1. Discovering a dead mouse, amongst other things, the day I moved in. Discovering a live one in the months that followed. I will never forget the night I woke up to him crawling up my window, right next to my bed. Way to invade my personal space Mickey.
2. Building, painting, and decorating a 13’ x 8’ space and making it feel like home. I particularly loved painting the vines that surrounded my archway, and finding ways to make storage items look pretty. Thank God for Pier One, the Container Store, Target, Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond. It truly takes a village.
3. Waking up every morning to the big tree outside my window. Especially when I woke up early enough to catch the morning light… a golden glow that illuminated the fire escape as the sun came up. It was a rare moment of peace.
4. Living in a fourth floor walk-up. Great for the ass, a nightmare when moving. Or when you would get to the bottom of the steps and realize you forgot something upstairs.
5. Grey Dog. And Grey Dog chocolate chips cookies. Right. Next. Door.
6. Daily walks to Hudson River Park, laying out and lunching in the circle park, and regular trips to Red Mango.
7. My writing desk. A place where I sat staring blankly at times… and typing madly and furiously at other times. It was my jumping off point to many ideas, pieces, and aspirations… I hope the next time I come back to it, I will be sitting down to write from an even more inspired and successful place.
8. The kitchen. I must address the kitchen, with it’s gaping hole in the ceiling and 50 year old confectioners oven (which I insisted be removed for health reasons- I’m pretty sure it had a gas leak). My kitchen window faced my chain-smoking neighbors apartment, and each puff she took would blow directly into the 2x4’ space, filling my nose with the stale scent each time I went to get a glass of water. It had two little white doors that opened to about 4 tiles, a sink, a mini-fridge (that broke the last month I lived there) and a stove top. I made many delicious egg white omelettes in that little cell. It was the most “New York” thing about that place… hands down.
9. The musical serenade from my next door neighbor. I always knew what kind of mood he was in… For example, in the first few months he was going through a break up. I deducted this (the slick detective that I am) because his daily playlist consisted of three Justin Timberlake songs: “What Goes Around Comes Around,” “Cry Me a River,” and “Another Song All Over Again.” After about a month of this, he moved on to Judy Garland. Just one particular song. Also on repeat. Then came the rebound phase. The soundtrack to that? Lady Gaga. Obviously. Last I heard he was blasted techno dance music at 8am. Glad to see he’s moved on.
10. The neighborhood. What a wonderful spot to immerse yourself in and learn to navigate the city. I spent many nights walking home from the LES and Greenwich Village, taking in the quiet moments on the city streets, discovering architecture, and spending quality time with my iPod. I could be at a venue in 10 minutes, BK in 15 minutes, uptown in 20 minutes, and Jersey in a half hour. You just can’t beat that.
The memories. For better or worse, that apartment took me through one of the biggest transitional years of my life. If those walls could talk, they would spill stories of love, friendship, fighting, tears, laughter, frustration, hope, sleepless nights, wonderful nights, sleepovers, music, dressing up, dressing down, and so much more.
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Vermilion team takes Class E championship
ALLIANCE — Get ’em on … get ’em over … get ’em in.
Veteran manager Mark Stavole and his Vermilion Zone Expedited team followed those steps en route to a 14-11 victory over the Crestwood Lookouts to capture the Class E (ages 15-18) Hot Stove state championship at Butler-Rodman Park on Sunday.
Two other Lorain County teams — the Wellington Reapers in Class EE (ages 15-16) and the North Ridgeville Rockers (ages 9-10) — lost one-run decisions in their bids for state titles.
“This championship is awesome and something that we’ve wanted for a long time,” said Stavole, whose boys were runners-up last year. “We have a beautiful team, getting our players from all over Lorain County.
“This win cost me a trip to Ponderosa as opposed to a trip to McDonald’s. My wallet’s deflated after this.”
Class E Final Four most valuable player Bobby Oberg and teammate Tyler Old hit home runs in the top of the first inning to get things rolling for Zone Expedited.
Oberg added a run-scoring triple in the second, while Old singled Oberg home and Brandon Foor’s double scored Old.
The Lookouts nibbled at Vermilion’s lead and got as close as 8-7 after four innings. Baserunning blunders in the top of the fourth prevented Vermilion from increasing its lead.
Vermilion (24-1) added four runs in the fifth when it took advantage of three Crestwood errors. Tom Knight and Bryce Henry had RBI singles in the seventh as Vermilion finished the game with 22 hits. The Lookouts added a pair of runs in the sixth and seventh to make things interesting.
“We knew that we couldn’t expect Crestwood to die after our early scoring,” said Stavole. “It really was nice to see us stay up and keep our heads in the game.”
Oberg, Vermilion’s center fielder and a sophomore-to-be at Lorain County Community College, was 4-for-8 during the Final Four. He scored four runs, had two home runs and collected four RBIs as Zone Expedited claimed Vermilion’s first state championship since Vermilion Americut won the Class F title three years ago.
“A real key to this game was that we kept ourselves going,” said Oberg, whose putout closed the win. “Our hitting helped overcome our sporadic defensive play and base-running. It helped that we put our hits together when we did.
“This win definitely is a relief for all of us. Our big innings helped us beat a very tough team.”
Oberg finished with a single in addition to his home run, triple and three RBIs, Mark Grife had three singles and three RBIs and Old wound up with his homer, four singles and three RBIs. Foor had a single, a double and two RBIs, Knight contributed three singles and two RBIs, Henry had two singles and Eric Feliciano added a single and a double.
Class EE
Wellington’s Reapers gave the defending champion Kenmore Cardinals all that they could handle before falling 4-3.
The Reapers led 1-0 after the first inning and 3-1 after the third before the Cardinals rallied for their third straight Hot Stove championship — the Cardinals have a 79-2 record over that three-year span.
Aaron “Bubba” Grimmett drove in Wellington’s first run when he grounded into a double play with nobody out in the bottom of the first.
Kenmore tied it with a run in the top of the second before the Reapers strung three hits together to score two runs with one out in the third. Donovan Moroney doubled home Nate Joppeck and Grimmett.
Kenmore got its second run in the fourth and a tying run in the sixth.
In the seventh, pinch runner Beau Anderson scored the game-winner off Ryan Harris’ single to center field.
Kenmore reliever Dustin Burns retired the Reapers in order in the bottom of the seventh, including a pair of strikeouts, to squelch the Reapers’ hopes of becoming the first Wellington team to win a state championship.
“It’s not the same story today,” said Reapers (23-3) manager Kevin Phillips in reference to Saturday’s 6-3 semifinal win over Alliance American Legion. “We’re from a lot smaller town but played our hearts out.
“The ball didn’t drop our way. We thought we had the championship, but they came back on us.”
Moroney had a double and two RBIs, while leadoff batter Kenny Natterer had a double. Joppeck had two singles, Grimmett finished with a single and one RBI and Austen Gray contributed a single.
Class H
North Ridgeville’s Rockers also couldn’t hold onto an early lead as they dropped a 10-9 decision to the Alliance Christopher Columbus Yankees.
Shayne Erny tripled home Logan Armaro for North Ridgeville’s first run in the top of the first. Ben Rankin reached on an error in the second and scored before the Yankees utilized three singles, a double and an error to score five runs.
North Ridgeville’s (25-1) Matt Hatcher doubled but was left stranded in the third inning.
Rankin hit a solo home run in the fourth, making it a 5-4 game. The Yankees had a single, a double and a triple and scored once in the bottom of the inning.
Erny’s double drove home Hatcher in the top of the fifth before the Rockers exploded for four runs in the sixth to take an 8-6 lead.
David Dowell’s bases-clearing triple was the big hit in the North Ridgeville sixth. He also scored when the Yankees threw the ball away in an attempt to get him out when he thought of trotting home.
Three errors and some wild pitches enabled Alliance to score four runs in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead.
Dante Redwood’s double plated a ninth Rockers run in the seventh before a ground ball to Alliance’s first baseman put a halt to the rally.
“This was a tough game to lose,” said Rockers manager Will Dowell, whose team had hoped to become the first one out of the North Ridgeville charter to win a state title since the North Ridgeville Royals won the Class H state championship in 1998.
“It was good game by both teams.
“We had two tough innings defensively and ran out of innings to catch them. It’s horrible that all of our errors and mental mistakes led to their runs. We had our opportunities but couldn’t capitalize when we needed to.”
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
CLASS E (ages 15-18)
Vermilion Zone Expedited 14, Crestwood Lookouts 11
CLASS EE (ages 15-16)
Kenmore Cardinals 4, Wellington Reapers 3
CLASS F (ages 13-14)
Alliance William Penn 5, Firestone Park Sox 0
CLASS G (ages 11-12)
Ellet Yankees 5, Alliance Trap’s Sports 0
CLASS H (ages 9-10)
Alliance Christopher Columbus Yankees 10, North Ridgeville Rockers 9
TOM MAHL / CHRONICLE
Vermilion’s Bobby Oberg (14) leaps toward home plate after hitting a two-run home run in the top of the first inning during Zone Expedited’s 14-11 win. Vermilion captured the Class E state title.
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It’s a Saturday morning with the promise of a beautiful day to come, and I’m putting off taking down the holiday décor by taking photos of yours truly ~ George.
Yes, I know I have a lot to do today. There’s the two Christmas trees to take down, and everything else around the house . . . there’s grocery shopping (which I loathe) . . . and the laundry. But I just don’t want to begin it all yet.
These images aren’t great. I had the ISO upped way too high which made the whites almost completely blown out. I corrected it as much as I could in PS with an action from Florabella called ‘Highlight Protection’, and then I processed the images using an action from Red Leaf Studios called ‘Ceres’, which is one of my favorites.
I was sitting on the front porch in the morning sunshine enjoying my lovely cup of coffee and my husband let George out the door. George was carrying snowy owl and he wanted to play fetch.
I went back into the house to get the camera because he looked photogenic.
And I told him to ‘stay’.
I love it when dogs do what you tell them to do, and this one does 99% of the time.
There is no trick in training them other than consistency, and when he was a puppy, I made sure I was consistent. To this day, George will heel for me (yet he never does it for my husband, who is not using the right command). The command is heel.
I regularly practice heel with George just to keep it fresh in his memory.
This is one of those oops that I kinda like. Doggie bokeh, eh?
I do believe I need to get moving and get my a** in gear.
So I’ll leave you now with a wish for a beautiful weekend, my friends.
I’m so glad you stopped by today ~
And thank you for all of your sweet comments from my previous post, one I nearly took down several times after hitting ‘publish’ because I thought I was making fun of someone. I cope with humor.
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Good morning Kate. Have a great weekend. That George is such a handsome fella! Carla
My husband does not does not give commands to our dogs properly either... his first reaction is to yell in frustration... ugh. It's going to be a wonderful day, with or without commands. LOL
Lots of camera practice and you are doing great. My assignment from a friend is to work with white balance settings and practice shooting RAW. So that is some of what I am going to do this weekend.
I also do not like grocery shopping. Such a chore.
Just found your site via Pioneer Woman. When I saw you border collie my first thought was, "was she here taking photos of MAX?"
Mas, my border collie is a spitting image to yours. Great Photo by the way.
Ok, now I have to get mine in gear too but I'm so glad I got to share George first.
Happy weekend!
HEEL!
oooo, it must be still be "special time" for us...another post with just George and your words...and yes, this time I read the words!!! Have the best day you can have...if you don't shop, you don't eat!!! or something like that!
It is easy to see how George adores you, Kate! I would gladly do your grocery shopping for you. That is one of my favorite things to do!
It is a very mild day (for January) here. Looks like it will be a nice day.
Have a good one there! xoxo
It'a like he knew you needed to sit and enjoy the sunshine, so he bought out snowy owl to remind you of the snow that is to come and can do laundry and grocery shop then.
And right back atcha...It's a beautiful morning here on the Coast of Oregon.....we've been enjoying pretty awesome weather since July.
George is so beautiful and I love his toys.
Have a wonderful weekend.
I still have a tree up with about half the ornaments still on it...I just can't get motivated. Ah, George, one of my favorite subjects...My husband calls Layla using all the smoochy smooch noises, clicks with his tongue, pats on the leg, etc. I say, "Layla, Come." She comes to me every time. Consistency and simplicity are the key. Dogs don't overthink things like we humans do; it's one of the reasons I love mine so much :)
I hope you achieved everything on your list today! I didn't yesterday so my today (my Sunday) is going to be jam packed!!!
Wonderful photos ! George is such a handsome guy ! Miggy is my best photo subject she loves the camera and showing off for it ! Today is also a wonderful mild sunny day with the odd cloud , almost all our snow is gone lotd of green now ! Miggy send kises to George .Hope you all have a wonderful weekend !
Knew I lurved ya so much for a reason...that humor-coping thing. Well, that's one of the reasons anyway ;>} Been married meself for nigh on 24 years and I give most the credit for that to humor. Think one of us would'a killed the other by now without it...
"Hi George!"....ooooh, he's looking so handsome in that winter light!
Oh I so wish I could meet him and you for real - he is lovely! Have a nice weekend!
George is so handsome, and impressively obedient too!
hi george....you are such a good boy listening to your momma. i used to listen to mine, but now i'm deaf. i try to read her lips, but sheesh, that shit is hard to do.
most of the time now, i do what i want and she seems to go along with it alright, but the other day, all hell broke loose when i pooped on the floor. you see, i was ticked that she left me alone. i hate that. but then i heard her on the phone with my doctor saying she wanted the separation anxiety meds again and now i've been behaving.
i hate those damn pills.
the 15th is my birthday. i'll be 15. but between me and you, i think i'm still pretty damn sexy. granted, the loss of hearing totally sucks, but at least i still have my looks :)
he is just so handsome.
i am the dog trainer in the house, too, and my husband totally spoils our dog.
i got the tree down today, that is as far as i got. i am feeling lazy, and totally okay with that.
George is as smart as he looks!
George looks like he is laughing at you.
He has such a sweetness about him.
I have a Shetland Sheepdog that loves to fetch. He got a stuffed chipmunk for Christmas. This toy has spooked me way to many times since he got it, the thing is so life like. I have jumped seeing it sitting on the couch or hanging out of my dogs mouth. I wish the darn thing had purple fur! :)
Loved the "doggie bokah"!!
Sara
You know it way funner to take photos of pets than it is to do work around the house! :) Hope you got all the xmas stuff down and even got a nice glass of wine at the end of the day!
Love your sweet pup! A happy way to start the day!
George steals my heart every time! Love Love Love the doggie bokeh!
I enjoy your photos of George so much! Thanks for sharing!
Ahhh heck--what would we do without our Georgie pictures? Those eyes--those beautiful eyes!
I would have rather taken pics of George too!
Oh that George .. he's laffing at your a** joke
He's such a handsome fella your sweet George. And I thought I saw a panda in the doggie bokeh one. xo ~Lili | http://chroniclesofacountrygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/perfectly-beautiful-saturday-morning.html | 2013-05-18T11:02:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
A lot of sports cars made its way to the SUV category and now Lamborghini is joining as well. This is the Lamborghini Urus, named after a Spanish Bull breed and this is the first attempt by Lamborghini at creating a SUV.
It is brilliant as a start, I have a lot of things I’d like to point out but I’ll stick to my main point, it’s a bit too sedan-ish, maybe it needs a vertical stretch from every angle. Though it is a new car, it is still Lamborghini, beautiful headlights and signature bumpers makes this car a welcome addition. As if design is not enough, Urus is planned to have a 600 horsepower engine that is incredible for a SUV.
Overall, the basic design is great and it is is a bold move by Lamborghini and SUV’s nowadays are a win win. | http://chuknum.com/2012/04/23/vehicles-lamborghini-urus-concept/ | 2013-05-18T10:52:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Have you ever been to one? Thoughts?
Check out their video wall too, which I honestly thought was pretty neat.
Have you ever been to one? Thoughts?
Check out their video wall too, which I honestly thought was pretty neat.
[...] Microsoft Store and Their Video Wall Posted by John Saddington on Oct 3, 2010I visited the Microsoft Store in San Diego and I really liked the wall-to-wall video screen technology they were using.I think that’s [...]
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I have not been in a Microsoft store yet, but here where I live, in Minneapolis, it’s going to be interesting to see the Microsoft store open up at the Mall of America. They chose a location smack across the “street” from the Apple Store. Looking out the Apple Store, you’ll see Microsoft. Looking out Microsoft Store, you’ll see Apple. I go to the Mall of America regularly so I was thinking of doing some observation of people walking in both stores and seeing their reactions to the products, people, etc.
Didn’t know Microsoft had stores. I live in Seattle Washington and wouldn’t know where to tell folks to go other than the headquarters. I don’t think it looks like an Apple store. I think it looks like my local library.
I wouldn’t go to a Microsoft store to buy their products. I’d go to Fry’s, Best Buy or online at Amazon.com.
We have an HP store near us that looks exactly like the Apple store 3 doors down. Learn from the best!
a microsoft store seems like a departure from their strategy to me. But so does the spicy chicken sandwich from Cfa…
Really Microsoft? Can’t you do something new on your own and not keep trying to copy Apple? Guess not!
uh, yeah looks like the Gateway store i bought my first laptop from… in 2001… and also like the Sony store in some of the major malls… Apple did copy the best.
Sam, I was thinking the exact same thing. Computer stores didn’t start with Apple, and both the Gateway and Sony stores were very nice and “friendly” stores.
Sadly (or maybe not) There is NOT a Microsoft Store in Seattle
Thankfully we have at 5 apple stores within 40 miles of my house. | http://churchm.ag/the-microsoft-store-looks-oddly-familiar/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Julian Borger, the diplomatic editor of the Guardian, published a story on Nov. 9 titled “Iran’s strike on US drone demonstrates the fragility of uneasy peace“.
Borger’s piece provided analysis on an incident earlier in the week in which two Iranian jet fighters fired at a US Predator drone which was carrying out a classified surveillance mission 16 miles off the Iranian shore.
While other analysts echoed Borger’s broader theme that the episode highlighted the risks that encounters between American and Iranian forces could quickly escalate into a military confrontation, you get a glimpse into Borger’s unique angle by reading the strap line:
Western officials warn that minority elements on both sides have vested interest in triggering ‘spoiler’ incident that leads to war
So, who are the “minority elements” hoping for an incident which triggers a war?
Borger writes the.” [emphasis added]
While we’ll never know which Western officials he’s referring to, perhaps he’d like to ask them how Israel could have anything to do with decisions by the United States military to deploy surveillance drones over the Persian Gulf, or anywhere else in the world.
Even if you accept the premise that Israel has a “vested interest” in a US war with Iran, Borger’s suggestion relating to this latest incident seems to rest on nothing more than the classic non-sequitur: Who benefits?
America’s political leaders and US security agencies are the only parties dictating US security policy, so if there are “elements” hoping to provoke a confrontation with the regime in Tehran Mr. Borger may wish to look to Washington, D.C., and not Jerusalem, for answers.
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In the 1950′s conspiracy theorists of the Borger ilk, feared “reds under the bed”, today the conspiracy theorists like Borger fear “Israelis under the bed”, meaning they think that Israel dictates US and world policies !!?? Are they living in their own dream world? Or simply anti-Semites? | http://cifwatch.com/2012/11/10/guardians-julian-borger-warns-of-minority-elements-provoking-us-iran-war/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Make no mistake about it, Todd Akin is the Republican Party. As is Paul Ryan and his long record of opposition to reproductive choice for women.
When it comes to economic issues the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson are the Republican Party.
The values of the 1 percent are the Republican Party, as is the real Mitt Romney, who is the tribune of the 1 percent.
Grover Norquist, Rush Limbaugh, Rick Perry and the tea party, all of whom want us to scrap the federal government and embrace once again the Articles of Confederation, are the Republican Party. The paranoid leaders of the NRA, fanatical in their opposition to checks on mass-murder weapons, are the Republican Party.
The Taliban-like Evangelicals who demand that their religious views dominate the public square are the Republican Party.
No matter how they try to run away from who they are and what they really stand for, this is the Republican Party of 2012.
Gerald E. Kerns
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