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Using the Enterprise Value Ratio
In John Bajkowksi's First Cut column in the June 2008 issue of the AAII Journal, he discussed how to use "enterprise value" to locate bargains in the stock market (the article is available online at AAII.com). The enterprise value, or EV, is the value the market places on a firm as a whole.
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John from FL posted over 7 years ago:
Can/would you create custom fields for EV and EBITDA in AAII? If not, could you create custom fields that as closely as possible resemble EV and EBITDA and then discuss how to make adjustments using AAII to calculate them
John Bajkowski from IL posted over 7 years ago:
This the enterprise value calculation in Stock Investor Pro that I have used recently in AAII Journal First Cut articles:
-FC Enterprise Value
[Market Cap Q1]+[Long-term debt Q1]+[Preferred stock Q1]+[Short-term debt Q1]-[Cash Q1]
John from IL posted over 7 years ago:
This the EBITDA custom field calculation from Stock Investor Pro that I have used recently in First Cut articles. Note that this calculation starts with pre-tax income so there is no need to add back taxes:
-FC EBITDA: [Pre-tax income 12m] + IIF(IsFieldNull([Interest expense 12m])=0,0,[Interest expense 12m]) + IIF(IsFieldNull([Depreciation 12M])=0,0,[Depreciation 12M])
John from IL posted over 7 years ago:
Here is the enterprise value to EBITDA ratio calculation custom field. Not that it is checking for positive values for both enterprise value and EBITDA:
- FC EV to EBITDA: IIF([-FC Enterprise Value] > 0, IIF([-FC EBITDA] > 0, [-FC Enterprise Value]/[-FC EBITDA],null),null)
William Fothergill from MA posted over 5 years ago:
You don't indicate the date of the stock's price when calculating Market Cap.
Shouldn't this be the date of the actual earnings release or the date in time for the balance sheet information? Otherwise the EV calculated is not consistent with data presented.
What price dates does Stock Pro use in the EV figures presented?
Thanks, Bill
Ronald Rosenfeld from ME posted over 5 years ago:
With regard to the multiple EV/EBITDA, it seems only about 1/3 of the stocks (3306) in the database have an EBITDA; and fewer (2207) have this ratio calculated. Why are there so few with EBITDA?
Wayne Thorp from IL posted over 5 years ago:
One of the components of EBITDA is depreciation/amortization. More and more, companies are not breaking these items out on the income statement. While they may list these items on the cash flow statement, we choose not to intermingle line items from different financial statements. If a company has not explicitly broken out depreciation/amortization on the INCOME STATEMENT, it is will have an EBITDA figure and, therefore, no EV/EBITDA value. Wayne A. Thorp, CFA, Stock Investor Program Manager


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Training funds available for displaced workers through University of Hawaii Community CollegesUniversity of Hawaiʻi
UH Community Colleges
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges, in cooperation with the State of Hawaiʻi Workforce Investment Board, announces the creation of a special education and training fund targeted for the recently dislocated workers from Aloha Airlines, ATA Airlines, Molokai Properties Limited (Molokai Ranch), NCL America and Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
This fund will provide a one-time only 50 percent discount on the cost of tuition, up to a maximum of $500 per eligible laid-off employee, for those who wish to begin or resume a college education or who wish to obtain new job skills through non-credit instruction.
The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges will pledge $70,000 from its Rapid Response Fund, a fund created last year by the Legislature to meet workforce related high-demand training needs. It is expected that these discounted educational opportunities will provide incentive for these dislocated workers to return to an education program that will lead them to new careers and employment. These funds will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until exhausted. This discount will expire on June 30, 2009.
Participants must be laid-off former employees of Aloha Airlines, ATA Airlines, Molokai Properties Limited, NCL America or the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. All participants will be certified as eligible by the Workforce Investment Board's One-Stop Center in the county where the UH Community Colleges deliver courses.
The UH Community Colleges are comprised of seven campusesfour on Oʻahu (Kapiʻolani CC, Honolulu CC, Leeward CC and Windward CC), and one campus each on Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi. Applications may be obtained at any community college admissions and records office or at any One-Stop Center.
Former employees of Molokai Properties Limited who want to participate must be certified as eligible by the Workforce Development Division's Worksource Molokai. Applications can be obtained at the Maui Community College Molokai Education Center or at Worksource Molokai.
Questions about the program should be directed to Vaughn Baker, Director of Workforce Development in the University of Hawaiʻi Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges, at (808) 956-5145 or via email at email@example.com.

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During a speech earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, told fellow House members that some of the senior citizens in her district made a meal of dog food when their food stamps ran out.
This humans-eat-pet-food story has been around for years. It may be so isolated as to be categorized as urban legend, but the notion that desperate people will take desperate acts has worked its way into the debate over how to cut Social Security costs.
Some Republicans like the idea of using a "chained Consumer Price Index" to compute how much retirees will receive in their Social Security checks each month.
As it stands now, to protect seniors from inflation, the federal government adjusts payments annually based on how much the cost of living has increased that year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics establishes this Consumer Price Index by studying the cost of various goods and services, such as food, medical care, housing, transportation and others.
A "chained CPI" operates on the theory that people who don't have enough money adjust their spending habits. And because they've altered their spending, they don't need as much money.
So if you're so short of cash that you have to buy dog food to eat, then you're going to get even less in your Social Security check than you would have otherwise.
The perversity of the logic is so sublime that Washington has given it a serious reception. Many Republicans want it. The Democrats don't, although President Obama included it in his budget as proof he can compromise.
The AARP says one of six seniors on Social Security lives on income lower than the national poverty level.
In Sarasota and Manatee counties, that would equate to 33,000 recipients.
This is hardly a segment of our society that can afford to make do with less.
A Los Angeles Times story last month reported that the real income of the top 1 percent in America, those making $324,000 or more, had grown 86.1 percent from 1993 to 2012. Everyone else's income had grown 6.6 percent during that time. Three universities — UC Berkeley, the Paris School of Economics and Oxford — compiled the numbers based on IRS stats.
Recovery from the Great Recession produced even more disparate results. Income of the top 1 percent grew 31 percent from 2009-2012. The rest of us showed 0.4 percent growth in income. Other studies have revealed similar findings.
Government isn't supposed to level all inequities, but certainly some of the gap can be explained by tax policies that come down harder on weekly paychecks than on earnings from the stock market, which has been going great guns for a few years.
No wonder economists predict sluggish Christmas sales this year.
"Though the foundation for solid holiday season growth exists, Americans are questioning the stability of our economy, our government and their own finances," National Retail Federation chief executive Matthew Shay told Herald-Tribune reporter Justine Griffin.
Congress may have avoided a national default on debts and ended a government shutdown, but it cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars, rippled around the world and could lead to a downgrading of federal debt, which would make it more expensive to borrow and in the end cost taxpayers in a number of ways.
We may all be eating dog food (well, at least 99 percent of us) if this trend continues. If so, we'd better not let our elected representatives know. It will only give them more bad ideas.
Ernst: Policy would make poor seniors poorer
During a speech earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, told fellow House members that some of the senior citizens in her district made a meal of dog food when their food stamps ran out.


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The year is coming to an end, which means everyone is coming up with end of year lists about everything. Sports editor Jon Styf and columnist Tom Musick discuss their lists.
Styf: My Christmas cheer is over, done with. More than a few people have called me Scrooge in the past week. So I'll start with the Heartbreaker of the Year, pretty much the worst softball story ever told. Marengo had a good team this season (You know, like they always do) and held a four-run lead with one out left in the sectional final. Then utter chaos occurred. Three straight singles and the oddest bases-clearing error you could imagine later, they lost, 6-5, and their season abruptly ended. As coach Dwain Nance said afterward, "99 times out of 100 we're going to make the throw there." That play will make the 2011 state champs, who finished No. 2 in 2012, even more hungry to get back to the state finals this year.
Musick: Thanks a lot, Scrooge. One minute, I'm staring at a lovely Christmas tree, and the next minute, I'm thinking about Marengo's utter chaos. I'm also thinking about udder chaos, which would involve a cow, plastic wrap and the rim of a toilet. Anyway. You want a real Scrooge story? How about Derrick Rose and the Bulls, who were supposed to be title contenders but ended up as a hobbled laughingstock?
Styf: Not bad, if we're choosing the bad teams. Speaking of hobbled, my Tiny Tim Award goes to Prairie Ridge football. They stumbled after winning a state title two years ago, then we counted them out of it this year. But they proved a lot of people (including me) wrong by collecting themselves and going on an impressive run to make the playoffs and then win twice in the playoffs. Heck, they had Boylan on the ropes but just couldn't finish them off.
Musick: I remember going to Prairie Ridge's first practice of the season. The Wolves players worked for two-plus hours under the sun and looked exhausted, and then the coaches lined them up for sprints. I tried to hide behind the blocking sled in case one of the coaches confused me for a player. Speaking of football coaches, I'm going to give Vito Andriola of Dundee-Crown the Inspirational Coach And Unprintable Quote Award. Because he did amazing work to lead the once hapless Chargers into the playoffs, and many of his insightful (but profane) quotes could not make it into this newspaper.
Styf: I only hope I can live up to his inspirational and profane abilities here in the newsroom. Speaking of profane, I see a lot of profane things on Twitter. But not from my favorite tweeters of the year, Johnsburg coach Mike Toussaint (@CoachTous) and Woodstock coach Al Baker (@Coach_Al_Baker). I'm always looking for a good tweet (or a bad Tim Tebow joke) to put on the sports front when you are having an off day, joke-wise, and most often they provide.
Musick: I have no off days. I'm perfect, duh. Kind of like Jordan Lynch, who gets my Mr. Perfect award as the most important athlete to grace our state's fine soil since Michael Jordan. Or was it Mike Ditka? OK, so I'm making fun of our constant attention on Lynch, but the truth is that he is a good player and NIU football is a good story. I hope he makes it to the NFL. And I still think I'm right about him being similar to your boy Tebow.
Styf: You can keep needling me about that and remain wrong. Tebow outlifted the linemen, NFL players. He was country strong, or Christian strong or whatever. He's much bigger, he also throws worse. You probably think Jay Cutler and Josh McCown are pretty much the same guy too then, huh? Which brings me to my last and most negative award, Mr. Overrated. You guessed it, that's Mr. Fourth Quarter himself Cutler. He's got a big-money arm, a reality TV star wife and a 10 cent head. Yet the Bears just might mortgage their future for him this offseason. It's like "Moneyball." Every team is trying to buy wins with what they pay each player. I don't think they're getting enough return for their investment to do that.
Musick: I would sign him to a short-term deal, but it's tough to argue your points. Oh, and we forgot something in this chat: The Wait Till Next Year Award. Congratulations, Cubs. You've won it again.


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Two people are dead after an early-morning shooting in Chantilly, Va.
WASHINGTON – Police have identified two people found dead after an early-morning shooting in Chantilly, Va., as a veteran ATF agent and his wife.
Fairfax County Police say in a news release that they were called to a house in the 13400 block of Point Pleasant Drive just after 5 a.m.
They found Paul Parisi, 46, and his wife, Jannine Parisi, 47, dead in the house. Police say two teenage girls were in the house at the time of the shooting, but ran to a neighbor's house and were not injured.
Police say there is no threat to public safety at this time.
"At this point," says county police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell, "we are investigating this as a domestic situation."
A neighbor describes the occupants of the house as "a wonderful family. We socialized with them – just all-around nice people. It's a shame."
Paul Parisi had worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms since 1993. He was a special agent assigned to the Washington Field Division in the arson and explosives group.
His wife, Jannine Parisi was a health and physical education teacher at Franklin Middle School since 2005, according to Fairfax County Public Schools.
Chantilly High School, where one of the couple's children is a senior, sent a note to parents alerting them of the Parisis' deaths. Counselors will be available to students, according to the school.
"The safety and well-being of our students will remain our primary focus and we are prepared to support our students' emotional needs as they arise," the school's statement from Principal Teresa Johnson reads. "I know the Chantilly community shares in the family's loss and grief."
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Love the last item!
The Caddo Oklahoma Star
October 30, 1874
Church Directory
Preaching first Sabbath at 11a.m. by Rev. Allen Wright.
Preaching second Sabbath at 11a.m. by Rev. J. S. Murrow.
Preaching third Sabbath at 11a.m. by Rev. Mr. Collet.
Fourth Sabbath at 11a.m. by Rev. R. J. Hogue, pastor.
Sabbath School every Sabbath at 10a.m., R. P. Jones, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7p.m.
Free seats and cordial invitation to all.
Caddo Lodge No. 3
Regular communications last Tuesday in each month. G. McPherson, W. M., R. P. Jones, Sec'y.
Blue Grange No. 2
Patrons of Husbandry, Organized September 10th, 1874. Regular meetings every Saturday preceding the full moon at 6p.m. visiting patrons cordially invited to attend. Aaron Harlan, Master, Henri Stewart, Sec'y.
Col. Jordan of Little Rock is in town.
Maj. Young will have new goods in soon.
The Choctaw council will likely adjourn Wednesday.
There will be a party at A. A. Conine's next Thursday.
Dr. I. W. Folsom of Atoka called to see us this morning.
Bro. Hogue preached here Sunday at 11 o'clock and at night.
Mr. B. C. Burney, Treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation, was in town yesterday.
Capt. Joshua Hightower, formerly of this place, was in town this week.
Save money and get just what you want by buying at Marchand & Fenlon's.
If you want a fashionable hat go to Dr. Burks'; he has them of all shades and colors.
Coats, pants, and underwear- the best stock in this market at Marchand & Fenlon's.
Marchand & Fenlon's challenge competition in any and all lines of goods in their trade.
We notice some of the nicest barrel salt at Walner & Welch's we have seen for many a day.
Gov. Overton, on his return from the Academy the other day, paid the Star office a long and pleasant visit.
A new and full stock of crockery and queensware just received and always on hand at Marchand & Fenlon's.
The courier line between here and Ft. Sill was discontinued on the 25th inst. by order of Lieut. Gen. Sheridan.
Our friend and neighbor, Frank Fox, has presented us with a genuine brier pipe, with which to while away the lonely hours.
We are authorized to announce the name of John P. Turnbull as a candidate for National Secretary at the election in August , 1875.
W. L. Byrd and August Hopping, Grand Wardens of the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, dropped in on us a few minutes on Wednesday.
Caution!- Before buying clothing, boots, and shoes, hats and caps, or in fact anything for the use of man or woman, go and examine Marchand & Fenlon's stock.
Marchand & Fenlon, having completed large additions to their store and ware rooms now have them stocked full of new goods and are serving customers at greatly reduced rates.
By reference to our advertising columns this week the card of the nelson House, Denison Texas will be seen. This house has a reputation inferior to none in Denison and we trust our friends from this country will give it their patronage.
Yesterday we received a beautiful floral present from Mrs. John P. Turnbull who lives near the mouth of Boggy. It came nicely packed in a box and when we placed it in water, the little flowers revived and looked as fresh and lovely as when first plucked from their parent stem. It is a pleasure to know that we are not forgotten; that somebody cares for us and Mrs. Turnbull may rest assured that she will ever be kindly remembered by the Star.
No country can boast of a better class of merchants than we now have in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and St. Louis, Chicago or any other city will do well to court thier favor. The time is not far distant when the trade of this territory will be a source of incalculable wealth to the city that secures it. Look to your ….. ( tear in paper, can't read)
Mr. John Harf…. (tear in paper, can't read) returned a few days ago from England. John looks like the Old Country had been good to him during his stay here. He speaks of going back again and we think his intention is the return via the Golden Gate and when he reaches the "fast anchored Isle" he will have circumnavigated the globe.
Mr. John Rennie, P. M. at Tishomingo, and James Davison, of Mill Creek, C. N., called in the Star office Saturday. They left Saturday night for Chicago and are going from there on a visit to their old home in Queen Vic's dominions.
Yesterday morning a short time before day, the wind, which had been blowing a perfect tornado from the South the day before, changed and came down on the North with all the fury of a regular Texas Norther.
Gov. Overton, Hon. Osborne Fisher, and Col. J. D. Harris, all of the Chickasaw Nation, passed through town Tuesday on their way to Armstrong Academy.
Dr. W. S. Burks has just received another car load of $2.75 flour. No one need want for biscuits when they can get flour at this price.
Frank Fox has some of the best looking and lightest two horse wagons for sale we have examined in a long while.
New Goods everywhere in town and Caddo presents the liveliest appearance of any place within the "Chinese wall".
Arkansas polled about 105,000 votes in the last election, only 15,000 of which were against the constitution.
Ed Huntley returned a day or two ago from the Ft. Sill country where he has been for the past two months.
Marchand & Fenlon are constantly adding to their stock, thereby always keeping it full and complete.
At Hancock's you can get everything nice in the grocery line.
Dr. Burks has a good assortment of clothing at prices corresponding with the scarcity of money.
Col. Ingalls, U. S. Indian Agent, came in Wednesday night and left yesterday for Armstrong Academy.
Coleman Nelson, attorney general of the Choctaw Nation, went to Sedalia last week on special business for the council.
If speech is silver and silence gold, how much is a dumb man worth? (Danbury News) Yes, and how many pigs of silver would some women be worth?
There are now something near 2,500 troops in the Fort Sill country. General Sheridan seems to be making extensive preparations for fall campaigns against the refractory tribes.
Monday we had the pleasure of meeting Dr. John H. Moore, Capt. G. W. Harkins, Capt. Ben W. Carter, and Mr. Balley of Boggy Depot, all of whom came down to hear Boudinot speak.
The old song of "we haven't any on hand" is played out at Walner & Welch's. Their house is now filled to its utmost capacity with everything their numerous customers may require.
If the Post Master at Little Rock would send all mail matter for the territory down the Cairo and Fulton road, it would reach here some two days earlier than if sent via St. Louis. And we hope some of our friends at Little Rock will call his attention to this fact.
We call the attention of our readers to the card of Wm. L. Byrd of Doaksville. One by one they are coming in and soon all the good business men in the country will advertise in the Star. Then we will be in a situation to set up housekeeping and take care of some pretty little woman!


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The greatest awful round of my life
As the Masters Tournament came to an end Sunday in Augusta, Ga., I couldn't help but think of a baseball game I went to years ago.
One Christmas, my family bought me two tickets for a game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
As someone who grew up playing baseball, this was an unbelievable gift, and one I was fortunate enough to enjoy with someone else.
As soon as I saw the tickets, I knew the only person I wanted by my side at that game was my friend Chris, whom I've known since we buddied up on the kindergarten playground.
The two of us always played together on teams well into our teenage years. In fact, as a coach, his father pretty much taught me the game of baseball. I probably should've taken him, only I knew Chris and I would have considerably more devilish fun.
We planned a weekend trip consisting of flying into Washington, D.C., and taking a train up to Boston with a stop on the way to New York City.
I'd never been to New York or Boston. I'd been to Washington, but that was definitely Chris's town considering he spent the previous year in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
You see, while serving overseas in Afghanistan, on April Fool's Day, Chris's Humvee ran over an IED (improvised explosive device). The blast killed the other passengers and left him with a severely injured right leg, which had to be amputated right below the knee, as well as an injured arm after a piece of shrapnel blew through his right elbow.
By all accounts, and from what I saw when visiting Walter Reed for his Purple Heart ceremony a couple of months later, Chris was more than lucky to be alive. I wish I could say the same for his deceased teammates, and I know a day doesn't go by that he doesn't think the same.
Unlike me, who probably would've wallowed in self pity and depression, Chris immediately decided that he wasn't going to let this little setback stop him from doing the things he loves most, including one of the many sports he's always enjoyed playing: golf.
So, when we pulled into New York and emerged from beneath Madison Square Garden, we met up with one of the directors of the Wounded Warrior Project, which happened to be hosting a golf tournament that afternoon out in Long Island.
Although Chris had long been involved in the program, which helps injured service members overcome combat stress through outdoor, rehabilitative retreats (whitewater rafting, fishing, skiing, etc.), this would prove to be my first go 'round.
Being in the presence of so many injured veterans, as well as policemen, firemen and first responders from the World Trade Center — all of whom just wanted to drink some beer, grip it and rip it — was beyond inspiring.
And, actually, being one of the few persons without a disability made me feel kind of guilty. That is, of course, until Chris started beating me.
This was the first time he and I had competed against each other in a sport since college, and believe me when I say it felt as if a day hadn't passed.
Look, I'll be the first to admit I'm not very good at golf. My brother's claim to fame is shooting a 79 at St. Andrews; mine is making it to the green in one at War Memorial after hitting two cart paths.
But Chris and I were always a pretty even match, no matter what the sport. So, after a couple of holes and with him a couple of strokes ahead — sans half a leg and an elbow — my nostalgia flew out the golf cart window and the old competitor took over.
Of course, that didn't last long, because, like I said, I'm flat-out terrible at golf. Besides, by the time we reached the back nine, our main concern had gone from sinking holes to sinking suds, an activity in which we both always will excel, I expect.
We spent the last half of the tournament doing what old friends do best: telling old stories and laughing. We even ditched our scorecards, deciding instead to cruise around the course and interrupt other players' games by haphazardly flying through fairways, laughing all the while.
It was wonderful and just what I missed most about being with my friend.
While I would never compare the hurt I felt from his ordeal to a sliver of what Chris has had to go through, playing golf with my friend, albeit terribly, was very therapeutic for me. I needed that. In some selfish, honest way, I needed to know that I could still go out and play a round with him, and that life was still the same.
Sure, things are not the same. But maybe in a way they're better, because he and everyone around him has a better understanding of how fleeting life can be, and a better appreciation for those in our lives.
So, as I sat on my couch yesterday and watched the world's greatest vie for the coveted Green Jacket, I couldn't help but think of that fateful day, how awfully I played — and yet how much it meant to me.
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Charlie Gocio is the Co-sports editor at The Saline Courier. He can be reached at 315-8228 ext. 257 or email@example.com.


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Luring the Lurkers
Lurkers are the biggest single disenfranchised group on the Net and the Web. Even though there are far more Lurkers than participants in most websites that permit posting and open discussions, they are invisible, sometimes counted but almost never seen or heard.
E-mail from Lurkers is so jarringly different in tone and content than public topic postings that they seems to exist in a parallel universe. In some ways, they do.
A recent survey by a computer consulting firm in Chicago found that 98 per cent of the visitors to large sites with open forums - from AOL and MSN to sites like Slashdot - never submit ideas or articles and never post opinions or participate in arguments.
In my own case, I get anywhere between 100 and 500 e-mails per column, and I'd guess that 98 per cent of it comes from people who never post in public topics - a stunning statistic in an intensely interactive medium like this one.
As a result, the agenda is often set by the smallest, not the largest, group of Netizens, and so is the tone and style of public discussion. Although the public discussions on Slashdot and other websites are often raucous and hostile, e-mail from Lurkers almost never is. Lurker e-mail can be plenty critical and challenging, but the style and tone of people who communicate one on one is radically different from postings on public forums, often dominated by hostile, frequently anonymous, mostly young, overwhelmingly male messagers. For better or worse, flaming is an adolescent geek rite of passage. It will never go away, and shouldn't. Free sites tolerate even obnoxious speech.
Since writing for Slashdot, I've been counting e-mail. Writing about the difficulties of learning Linux, I got more than 1,000 posts in a single week following two columns about how difficult the process was. The overwhelming majority of these posts - 75 per cent - were from people offering help, advice, experience. During that same week, somewhere between 75 and 100 public posts criticized my writing - length, style and content - suggested I shouldn't be here or should be run off. The difference was jarring.
Many of the Lurkers writing me were people who believed I was under continuous and vicious assault because they read the public postings beneath my columns. When I wrote back to say that the response to my writing on Slashdot was overwhelmingly, and from the first, appreciative and generous, and that reading e-mail here was a treat because it was both nice and smart, many people are incredulous.
"I am amazed to hear that you're not continuously under fire," wrote James, a Dayton, Ohio school teacher and father of two who is trying to prepare a class on the politics of OSS but who is uncomfortable about posting after reading some of the uglier flames. "I would have told my class that they were lynching you there."
The point isn't that my writing is or isn't popular, but that perception is so easily skewed and distorted. Most of the people reading, visiting, coming onto the site are never heard from, while a handful of people who post are seen as presenting a dominant voice that is often quite marginal, if equally valid.
Perhaps the most common introduction to e-mail messages that people like me receive, usually in these exact words is: "I don't always agree with you, and I never post comments publicly?" I see this so often I sometimes think it's a heading. Of course, online columnists, writers and posters don't write for agreement. If everybody agreed with me, nobody would have any reason at all to read me. Online, columnists are conversation-starters, not finishers. They don't need to be right, or even to be convinced that they are, just to believe they are correct at the moment they write, and willing to change their minds if the feedback warrants.
The schism between people who post and those who don't is a significant issue for public websites for all sorts of reasons, ranging from the commercial to free speech.
Obviously people who lurk are less likely to register, join or support sites. If they're not comfortable enough to join in collective discussions, why would they stick around and learn the complexities of Linux?
This enormous disparity between huge numbers of Lurkers and small numbers of public posters skews agendas, distorts arguments, and, worst of all, drives away countless potential contributors. So many Lurkers say in e-mail that they are uncomfortable with the tone and hostility of public forums (this was true on Hotwired from the first) that it increasingly becomes a free speech issue. If government or corporations drove away or silenced as many people as flamers do, Net Libertarians would be rushing to the barricades.
In a culture whose most shared common ideology is the free movement of ideas and information, who exactly fights for or protects the increasingly large numbers of people who are afraid to speak at all?
"I am afraid to post because the incredible arrogance and hostility among some people on sites like this," Julia e-mailed me two weeks ago. "I'd like to learn Linux, but I don't get the feeling that these people would help me. They would jus make me feel stupid." When I told her that I'd received literally hundreds of offers of help from members of Slashdot, including a dozen who invited me to their homes or volunteered to come to mine, she didn't believe me.
Lurkers are often either technologically advanced - "I'm a Webmaster in Austin," wrote Jim, who disagreed with a column I wrote about digital democracy, "and I'm sorry to add to your e-mail, but I just don't have time to trade insults with teenagers," or technologically challenged - "I would never dream of posting this message on Slashdot," "messaged Ann, a Web designer in New York City. "I might say something wrong..."
Newcomers to the Net often e-mail, just to see if anybody's really on the other end, but they wouldn't dream of posting because they feel they don't understand the language or rituals here. Foreigners are reluctant to post publicly, because they don't feel confident enough about their command of English to argue issues. Many women and elderly people often browse sites like this but frequently write that they find much of the content interesting, but have never posted publicly because they don't go online to argue.
Online, Lurkers are a culture all their own. They can cruise from site to site in peaceful anonymity, picking up perspective, information and insight, even though they rarely seem to light permanently.
E-mail from Lurkers is useful and entertaining. It includes personal experience, books and articles read, jokes and recommendations to browse other sites they've lurked. One lurker even guided me a Lurkers anonymous list (he made me promise to keep it a secret) where 200 Lurkers on ICQ chat gather nightly to talk about the sites they've lurked, and the information they've picked up. One of their favorite topics is the verbal violence of online discussions.
It's impossible to generalize about Lurkers, but in the past five years writing for several different websites, I've asked many of them what it would take to get them to come out, stay on a site and publicly post their messages - the lurker posts about digital democracy in the past few weeks were astonishing, and included teachers, academics, voters, public policy geeks, political aides and journalists, most of whom were uncomfortable posting in the open message areas. But their discomfort with public posting is a loss. Their messages shouldn't be stuck in my e-mail queue, but posted publicly so everybody could have read them, talked about them, even argued about them.
About a third of the Lurkers say they just prefer Lurking, that it gives them the best of the Web, which is access to thousands of interesting sites, while by-passing the worst, personal insults and abuse, and what one Web designer called "the raging head-butting of the clueless against the self-righteous. I'll post online when people can disagree without name-calling. Probably not in this life."
One software developer e-mailed last week that "I see that there are many intelligent comments posted on sites like Slashdot, and I feel for the people trying to have rational discussions. But where else in the world would you go out of your way to have anonymous people call you offensive names in public?"
Of the Lurkers who say they would love to post messages on public topics and sites, they almost all say it would take several things to get them to feel comfortable: no anonymous postings, moderated discussions, a ban on personal insults.
"People should take responsibility for their words by putting their name on them," e-mailed Richard H, a graphic designer in Toronto. "If they won't do that, why should I listen to them?"
But efforts to sanitize public discussion areas are complex. Flaming has a tradition and value all it's own. It's a great leveler. Flamers often make thoughtful points even when they don't mean to. They helps prevent a few single voices from dominating sites and discussions as they do in mainstream journalism. If nothing else, public roasting keeps the writer's ego under control. And makes it clear that there are lots of different points of view. If flaming shouldn't be taken too seriously, it shouldn't be dismissed as pointless either.
One of the best things about the Web, as many Lurkers point out, is, in fact, one of the worst - a tolerance for open discussion that makes the Internet the freest culture in the world. For me, this is a fair trade-off.
But that doesn't mean Lurkers can't be lured out.
My own vote? Sites like Slashdot should offer special welcome areas for Lurkers, newcomers and newbies, not to mention immigrants, the elderly, the technically challenged or the shy. I can testify from personal experience that there are hundreds of people on this site who would be happy to help if they were asked, and would warmly greet newcomers.
Established sites like the Well have long provided moderated areas where people can identify themselves, be welcomed, and ask questions about the site, and the different topics and discussion areas. There is no debate or arguments on welcome sites, simply the chance for people to say who they are, why they're here, and what they are interested in, and for the site - usually volunteers -- to help guide them.
The ideal world for truly interactive websites would be for the flamers and head-butters to have at it freely and without restriction, but for the growing numbers of online Lurkers to participate. It's hard to see who would lose in an environment like that.
For Open Source Software sites like this one, this is even more important, since it is in the interest of OSS and free software advocates to spread the message as well as the software that there is a booming new alternative to the greedy and increasingly censorious companies - Microsoft, Disney, AOL - that are seeking to dominate the commercial and cultural life of the Internet. Sooner or later, the Lurkers will light. When they do, it ought to be here, and on places like this, and not on Disney's Go.com.
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Double standard
Since the gay community and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation throw such fits when we feel we have been insulted or slighted (Wanda Sykes starring in a commercial chastising a group of teens using the term "so gay," Blake Shelton coming under fire for anti-gay comments and most recently Brett Ratner resigning as producer of the Oscars for using the word "fag" in what was deemed a derogatory way), I am surprised and ultimately disappointed in the double standard the Dallas Voice borrows to do business their way.
In the article "Driver's Seat" (Dallas Voice, Nov. 11), staff writer Rich Lopez actually quotes Drew Ginsburg as saying "Well, if you buy a SAAB, you're retarded."
First of all, I cannot believe he would use the quote and secondly, and more significantly, I cannot believe that a proofreader or the editor allowed this to go to print.
One would expect a certain level of professionalism, sensitivity, maturity and social responsibility to have prevented this from happening — not to mention human decency.
I hope others speak up about this, if only to raise awareness that the Voice needs to be more responsible and less hypocritical of what they don't approve of, and ultimately take more caution in the future about what goes out the public. This is irresponsible journalism and further proof that Ginsberg is a jerk.
Geoffrey Bruce, via email
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The Race is On: Selection Time [00:32]
America's Best Racing's Preakness Insider takes you around the track on Preakness day at Pimlico Race Course for a flurry of selections for the big race.
Jeff Gordon Crash Turns Into A Massive Brawl [03:31]
With his No. 15 Toyota still smoking, Clint Bowyer sprinted from his car to the garage to confront Jeff Gordon, who dumped him with two laps remaining in Sunday's Advocare 500. Bowyer's team already was involved in a brawl before the driver attempted to run up into Gordon's No. 24 hauler, but was held back by NASCAR officials and other team members. The incident stemmed from contact between Bowyer and Gordon on Lap 305 when the No. 15 slid up into Gordon's No. 24 while both drivers were battling for fifth place. Gordon limped around the track for several laps before taking out Bowyer and collecting Joey Logano directly in front of Brad Keselowski, who took the points lead with his run at Phoenix International Raceway. "We got used up by Clint several times this year, and enough is enough," Gordon's crew chief Alan Gustafson said. "If you're going to mess with the bull, you're going to get the horns. "That's just ridiculous that a champion would act like that," Bowyer's team owner Michael Waltrip said. NASCAR red-flagged the event to clean up the track. After almost 15 minutes, the race resumed.
Wholelottashakin @ The Spa 8 17 12 [02:10]
Joel broke beautifully, had her in good position all the way around the track, made "the move" just right and I thought we had it. Low and behold the inside horse comes outside and kicks by at the last second. This race will do her good and get her ready for her next start. She is now back running and running well, so let's see if we can keep the momentum going! I saw the head on replay and it looked like she was very relaxed and doing everything right. This filly is very professional and will certainly get this condition and move up from here. Close but no cigar! That's OK, we've got a nice turf filly!
Tags: Wholelottashakin, Saratoga, the Spa, Parting Glass Racing, Tom Gallo, Tom Bush, racing, horse racing, thoroughbred horse racing, NYRA, AQU, Belmont, 5th race, 2nd, sport of kings, racing partnerships, Our Rachel, WLS, turf
A jockey is thrown from his horse out of the starting gate and then the loose horse comes around the track and knocks down an older gentleman at the starting gate injuring both of them at the Neshoba County Fair on July 29, 2012
Tags: NESHOBA, COUNTY, FAIR, HORSE, RACING, ACCIDENT, INJURY, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI
RTD 2nd in 9th @ The Spa 7 30 12 [01:47]
RTD ran like he was shot out of a cannon to hold on for 2nd in the 9th race today at The Spa! He broke sharp as he always does, took the overland route about 4 wide around the track and opened up a 3 length lead at the top of the stretch. Unfortunately the 6 horse - taking advantage of the front end speed (21,44,56) - closed to get the win.
Tags: RTD, Ready To Defer, Tom Gallo, Bruce Levine, Gallo, PGR, Parting Glass Racing, racing, thoroughbred, horse, The Spa, Saratoga, Racetrack, horse racing, Belmont, Aqueduct, NYRA, Ramon Dominguez, 2nd, 9th, sport of kings, racecourse


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Department of Sociology
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Welcome to the home page for the Department of Sociology at Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. Sociology is the academic discipline that looks for the patterns of human behavior and seeks to discover the social forces that create these patterns. The discipline provides students with a lens through which to view society in order to uncover the patterns and the social forces which impact people's lives.
To help students gain a greater understanding of society, the people in society, and the interaction between an individual and the larger society, the department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. In addition to the undergraduate curriculum, the department also offers a Master of Arts degree in Sociological Practice.
Sociology studies society and the groups within it and the effect of society and group forces on individual behavior. If you are interested in any career that requires an understanding of why people act the way they do, consider a major in sociology. Writing ability, analytical skill, knowledge of the scientific method, and natural curiosity about human behavior are important traits for success as a sociology major. Students who study sociology are usually interested in current events, societal changes, human behavior, how families are organized the way they are, causes of divorce, crime, how change occurs in society, economics, political systems, or any aspect of society or human behavior.


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Gingersnap Pear Trifles Recipe
Crystallized ginger adds both sweetness and spice to this simple trifle. Layer in pears, crumbled cookies and whipped cream, and you have autumn comfort in a dish! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup lemon curd
- 1/2 cup crushed gingersnap cookies
- 1 cup chopped canned pears
- 2 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
- In a small bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form. Fold in lemon curd.
- Layer half of the crumbled cookies, pears and whipped cream in two dessert dishes. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with ginger. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 servings.
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Submission + - Volcano may have killed off new bioluminescent cockroach (mongabay.com)
terrancem writes: A newly discovered light-producing cockroach, Lucihormetica luckae, may have already been driven to extinction by a volcanic eruption in Ecuador. The species, only formally described by scientists this year, hasn't been spotted since the Tungurahua Volcano erupted in July 2010. The new species was notable because it represented the only known case of mimicry by bioluminescence in a land animal. Like a venomless king snake beating its tail to copy the unmistakable warning of a rattlesnake, Lucihormetica luckae's bioluminescent patterns are nearly identical to the poisonous click beetle, with which it shares (or shared) its habitat.


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Submission + - The Ongoing Rift in Forensics (acs.org)
carmendrahl writes: "Despite a 2009 report from the National Academy of Sciences that found the science in crime labs wanting, very little reform of forensic science has taken place. At a session about the Innocence Project, a group that exonerates prisoners with DNA evidence, speakers called on chemists to join the fight for reform. But forensic chemists don't all agree on what needs reforming."


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Chatlog 2013-03-14
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14:03:29 <olyerickson> http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/Meetings:Telecon20130314 14:03:31 <Zakim> + +1.301.943.aadd 14:04:20 <bhyland> zakim, aadd is mike_pendleton 14:04:20 <Zakim> +mike_pendleton; got it 14:04:25 <bhyland> zakim, who is on the call? 14:04:25 <Zakim> On the phone I see bhyland, PhilA, HadleyBeeman, boris (muted), gatemezi, olyerickson, BenediktKaempgen, martinA, mike_pendleton 14:04:31 <Zakim> +??P28 14:04:35 <olyerickson> ha ha 14:04:44 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, ??P28 is me 14:04:44 <Zakim> +JoaoPauloAlmeida; got it 14:05:29 <PhilA> scribe: PhilA 14:05:58 <PhilA> chair: Bernadette 14:06:21 <PhilA> agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-gld-wg/2013Mar/0130.html 14:06:23 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, mute me 14:06:23 <Zakim> JoaoPauloAlmeida should now be muted 14:06:36 <bhyland> Last week's minutes: http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/meeting/2013-03-07 14:06:44 <BenediktKaempgen> +1 14:06:47 <HadleyBeeman> +1 14:07:11 <gatemezi> +1 14:07:14 <olyerickson> Woot! 14:07:16 <PhilA> bhyland: key things were the resolutions to go to LC for DCAT and QB 14:07:36 <PhilA> bhyland: Anyone from the DCAT call on Friday want to comment? 14:07:51 <HadleyBeeman> DCAT breakout session minutes: http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/meeting/2013-03-078 14:07:53 <bhyland> q? 14:08:30 <HadleyBeeman> s / http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/meeting/2013-03-078 / http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/meeting/2013-03-078 14:08:47 <HadleyBeeman> www.w3.org/2011/gld/meeting/2013-03-08 14:08:48 <PhilA> PhilA: We got through a lot of things quickly and efficiently 14:09:15 <PhilA> QB LCWD is at http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/ 14:09:37 <PhilA> DCAT LCWD is at http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/ 14:10:03 <PhilA> bhyland: Discusses new PubRules about LCWD and FPWD... 14:10:27 <PhilA> ... there was some discussion about parts being automated from Mercurial 14:11:09 <PhilA> HadleyBeeman: In going through everything, I was looking for the announcement for getting ORG to Last Call. I can't find it - we didn't announce to W3C Chairs that we'd done this 14:11:17 <PhilA> bhyland: This is on you PhilA 14:11:23 <PhilA> PhilA: Yes, I rememebr doing this 14:11:42 <PhilA> HadleyBeeman: Need to send something to W3C Chairs about QB and DCAT 14:11:54 <PhilA> HadleyBeeman: I need to state what our dependencies are 14:11:58 <gatemezi> q+ 14:12:09 <PhilA> We can't hear you HadleyBeeman 14:12:21 <bhyland> So this was a step we missed back in October ... 14:12:53 <PhilA> HadleyBeeman: We missed this step in October, we need to do it now. I need to know what dependencies we have. There were discussions with PROV 14:13:04 <olyerickson> yes 14:13:30 <PhilA> Charter http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/charter 14:14:09 <MariosMeimaris> MariosMeimaris has joined #gld 14:14:47 <PhilA> HadleyBeeman: We need to explicitly put it in the e-mail to the other chairs those chairs listed in the charter 14:14:57 <Zakim> +[IPcaller] 14:15:13 <MariosMeimaris> zakim, IPcaller is me 14:15:13 <Zakim> +MariosMeimaris; got it 14:16:04 <Zakim> -gatemezi 14:16:09 <olyerickson> But we only MUST notify the LISTED dependencies, is that correct? 14:16:16 <PhilA> PhilA: Offers advice on others to write to (OKFN, Jeanne etc.) 14:16:27 <PhilA> bhyland: LC closing date is 8th April 14:16:34 <HadleyBeeman> Yes, Olyerickson. 14:16:40 <olyerickson> k, thx 14:16:48 <HadleyBeeman> Though its in our interest to notify others too, because we want lots of comments :) 14:16:55 <Zakim> + +33.4.93.00.aaee 14:17:03 <danbri> danbri has joined #gld 14:17:14 <gatemezi> Question regarding DCAT vocab, what about the updateed file of the vocab? 14:17:26 <bhyland> zakim, who is on the call? 14:17:26 <Zakim> On the phone I see bhyland, PhilA, HadleyBeeman, boris (muted), olyerickson, BenediktKaempgen, martinA, mike_pendleton, JoaoPauloAlmeida (muted), MariosMeimaris, +33.4.93.00.aaee 14:17:29 <PhilA> bhyland: Congrats to editors and people who worked to get the vocabs out of the door 14:17:42 <bhyland> zakim, aaee is gatemezi 14:17:42 <Zakim> +gatemezi; got it 14:18:04 <PhilA> topic: Glossary 14:18:14 <PhilA> bhyland: Agreed that it will be a Note 14:18:17 <boris> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gld/raw-file/default/glossary/index.html 14:18:18 <olyerickson> YES to glossary 14:18:23 <PhilA> ... thanks to Ghislain for his help 14:18:33 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, unmute me 14:18:33 <Zakim> JoaoPauloAlmeida should no longer be muted 14:18:40 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> +q 14:18:41 <bhyland> q? 14:18:44 <PhilA> bhyland: I'll add 5 start linked data. We're up to 115 terms 14:18:48 <PhilA> ack gatemezi 14:18:59 <PhilA> ack JoaoPauloAlmeida 14:19:07 <olyerickson> One minor issues: "conneg" is a common synonym to Content Negotiation (but is not listed) 14:19:21 <PhilA> JoaoPauloAlmeida: The issue I mentioned about closed world assumptions - it still looks wrong to me 14:19:35 <PhilA> bhyland: I'll look at that - and pass the wording past you 14:19:39 <Zakim> -JoaoPauloAlmeida 14:20:20 <Zakim> +??P6 14:20:28 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> my call always drop after a while… sorry about that. 14:20:29 <olyerickson> Q 14:20:36 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, ??P6 is me 14:20:36 <Zakim> +JoaoPauloAlmeida; got it 14:20:39 <PhilA> bhyland: conneg, got it. I can take it from the linked data book unless you have an alternative olyerickson 14:21:15 <PhilA> olyerickson: My point was that you have content negotiation - and the wording is fine. It's just the term 'conneg' that needs to be in there, perhaps referring to conent negotiation 14:21:21 <PhilA> bhyland: Got it, thanks olyerickson 14:21:35 <PhilA> rrsagent, make logs public 14:22:09 <PhilA> bhyland: V grateful to Ghislain for putting in the links/references 14:22:18 <bhyland> Request- Make Linked Data Glossary a Working NOte 14:22:41 <olyerickson> As long as the W3C wonks are happy, I'm happy with it being a "WG Note" 14:22:52 <PhilA> bhyland: PROPOSED RESOLUTION That the Glossary be published as a Working Group Note 14:22:54 <HadleyBeeman> Definition of a working group note: http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#WGNote 14:23:29 <bhyland> PhilA: All Working Group Notes are subject to revision. Publishing this version doesn't stop us from later updating it. 14:23:46 <bhyland> … there is no last call period. People are welcome to comment & editors will update it. 14:24:15 <bhyland> By reference, the PROV Group did a heap of Notes, see http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-prov-overview-20130312/ 14:24:22 <PhilA> bhyland: I saw a lot of Notes from the PROV WG 14:24:36 <PhilA> bhyland: PROPOSED RESOLUTION That the Glossary be published as a Working Group Note 14:24:36 <olyerickson> They also don't have lives... ;) 14:24:39 <bhyland> +1 14:24:41 <boris> +1 to publish it as WG Note 14:24:46 <gatemezi> +1 14:24:49 <martinA> +1 14:24:51 <BenediktKaempgen> +1 (if @@TODO is done) 14:24:52 <PhilA> RESOLUTION That the Glossary be published as a Working Group Note 14:25:01 <PhilA> RESOLUTION: That the Glossary be published as a Working Group Note 14:26:11 <PhilA> topic: Best Practices document 14:26:15 <bhyland> See https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gld/raw-file/default/bp/index.html 14:26:33 <PhilA> bhyland: There was a lot of work done a year ago nad it's lain dormant since then. 14:26:56 <PhilA> bhyland: I want to tidy up some of the language etc. and there's more that needs to be added 14:27:07 <PhilA> ... I'm hoping I can make it more readable 14:27:33 <PhilA> ... if this WG doesn't move it to FPWD soon then we won't be on a firm footing to get this through the rec track 14:27:40 <PhilA> ... which I'm keen to do 14:28:03 <PhilA> ... it's up to the WG to decide what it wants to do and what it wants to achieve 14:28:24 <PhilA> ... lengthy mail from Dave Reynolds about procurement (suggesting it shouldn't be there) 14:28:40 <bhyland> q? 14:28:41 <PhilA> ... procuremetn may be a topic for a CG or similar 14:29:32 <bhyland> See the timeline summary chart for our group: http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/Main_Page 14:29:38 <PhilA> bhyland: When Hadley joined, she worked back and said, right, the docs we hope to be CR by the end of May, need to be at stage X by date Y 14:30:02 <PhilA> ... if things don't make FPWD today and then to LC at the end of March we won't make it 14:30:42 <PhilA> bhyland: FPWD means we as a group feel good enough about the doc that it should be released to the public 14:30:46 <PhilA> ... it's not last call 14:31:02 <PhilA> ... if we don't get it in the pipeline it won't come out the other end 14:31:24 <PhilA> ... arguing over the doc can then be used as part of the extension discussion 14:32:12 <bhyland> PhilA: Promised URI wording but fine to see the current BP doc move to FPWD status today. 14:32:28 <boris> zakim, unmute me 14:32:28 <Zakim> boris should no longer be muted 14:32:33 <boris> q+ 14:32:43 <olyerickson> "Policy" is a pretty strong word 14:32:44 <PhilA> http://philarcher.org/diary/2013/uripersistence/ 14:33:06 <olyerickson> Q+ 14:33:31 <PhilA> action: PhilA to make good on promises to add wording to URI persistence section etc. 14:33:31 <trackbot> Created ACTION-104 - Make good on promises to add wording to URI persistence section etc. [on Phil Archer - due 2013-03-21]. 14:33:52 <PhilA> Mike_Pendleton: What you;re saying makes sense - let's do it 14:34:15 <PhilA> boris: I just wanted to say that yes, we can push it to FPWD and we can get some feedback from the community 14:34:25 <PhilA> boris: And thank you Bernadette for your recent changes 14:34:54 <PhilA> bhyland: I didn't want people not to recognise it, but I cut some stuff out where people had asked questions but not offered answers 14:35:02 <PhilA> bhyland: Happy to put stauff back in 14:35:03 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Shouldn't the title of the document be: Best Practices for Publishing *Government� *Linked� Data? 14:35:19 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:23 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:28 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:30 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:33 <PhilA> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: That the Best Practices document be prepared and published as a first public working draft 14:35:38 <Zakim> -JoaoPauloAlmeida 14:35:45 <boris> zakim, ack boris 14:35:45 <Zakim> I see olyerickson on the speaker queue 14:35:46 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:49 <olyerickson> Q? 14:35:54 <PhilA> ack olyerickson 14:35:56 <Zakim> +??P0 14:36:07 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, ??P0 is me 14:36:07 <Zakim> +JoaoPauloAlmeida; got it 14:36:11 <PhilA> olyerickson: There were a couple of questions I had around persistent URIs 14:36:26 <PhilA> ... do we really mean *policy* or do we mean something a little less formal? 14:36:38 <PhilA> ... I'm not sure we need *policy* 14:36:39 <PhilA> q+ 14:36:49 <bhyland> q+ 14:36:56 <PhilA> olyerickson: I've got some wording on persistent IDs that I wrote for a different project 14:37:04 <PhilA> I'll send that to you back channel that might be useful 14:38:57 <olyerickson> ack]\ 14:38:59 <olyerickson> ack 14:39:00 <bhyland> q? 14:39:06 <bhyland> ack PhilA 14:39:40 <olyerickson> phila: People meeting at a pub can have a "policy" 14:40:56 <bhyland> I offer to explain what I mean by use of the word "policy" 14:41:41 <PhilA> bhyland: I can suggest that there's a URI policy within an organisation, and everyone will tailor their policy to their needs 14:42:02 <PhilA> ... e.g. NCBO has a different policy to Astra Zeneca for example 14:42:11 <PhilA> ... I'd say you need one, they're good and here's why they matter 14:42:41 <PhilA> ... purlz suffers from the name being a project and an acronym 14:43:07 <PhilA> ... really just want to flag to include 'this is why they matter' 14:43:19 <PhilA> ... want to include that Purls are useful for governments 14:43:22 <gatemezi> gatemezi has joined #gld 14:43:33 <PhilA> ... then URI design principles are more like edicts 14:43:50 <olyerickson> k 14:44:03 <olyerickson> decrapulate 14:44:28 <olyerickson> +1 to hg hate 14:44:38 <PhilA> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: That the Best Practices document be prepared and published as a first public working draft 14:44:43 <HadleyBeeman> +1 14:44:46 <gatemezi> +1 14:44:48 <bhyland> +1 14:44:53 <PhilA> RESOLUTION: That the Best Practices document be prepared and published as a first public working draft 14:45:04 <boris> +1 14:45:07 <martinA> +1 14:45:34 <olyerickson> Spring skiing is pretty icy and fast ;) 14:46:14 <Zakim> -boris 14:46:26 <bhyland> PhilA: I think you can go to first LC directly. 14:47:00 <bhyland> PhilA: I prefer to see Tuesday's release be deemed FPWD, followed by LC if ready by end of March 14:47:16 <Zakim> +boris 14:47:19 <PhilA> All agreed 14:48:26 <HadleyBeeman> To confirm: FPWD to be published Tuesday; Last call transition discussion next week and (hopefully) last call publication on the 26th. (For Best Practice) 14:48:33 <PhilA> bhyland: So, we have the glossary through and the BP doc 14:48:47 <olyerickson> ???? 14:49:43 <PhilA> topic: Future meeting agendas 14:50:21 <HadleyBeeman> i will 14:50:55 <bhyland> Anyone available to formally review the BP doc in FPWD state 14:51:11 <olyerickson> I'm not sure what the "ask" is...for BP reviewers? 14:51:19 <PhilA> PhilA: I suggest we ask Michael Hausenblas 14:51:21 <Zakim> -JoaoPauloAlmeida 14:51:23 <MariosMeimaris> i can do it as well 14:51:43 <PhilA> bhyland: and some from the GLD. We need people who are not editors 14:51:53 <bhyland> Suggested MichaelH but there should others in the GLD WG 14:52:09 <HadleyBeeman> PhilA will review the parts he's not writing 14:52:09 <PhilA> PhilA: I'll review that which I'm not writing 14:52:21 <bhyland> Agreed - MichaelH, Marios, Hadley, Phil, MikeP 14:52:21 <PhilA> bhyland: and you Mike_Pendleton? 14:52:30 <Mike_Pendleton> yes 14:52:34 <olyerickson> I will look at Phila's P-URI stuff and the URI design stuff (which is changed from what I contributed) 14:52:58 <Zakim> +??P0 14:53:00 <PhilA> bhyland: It's not that long and not that techie 14:53:02 <JoaoPauloAlmeida> Zakim, ??P0 is me 14:53:02 <Zakim> +JoaoPauloAlmeida; got it 14:53:09 <PhilA> topic: Face to face meeting 14:53:33 <PhilA> bhyland: Did anyone get anything accepted at the European data Forum 14:53:34 <bhyland> q? 14:53:38 <bhyland> ack bhyland 14:53:38 <boris> I think Ghislain 14:53:49 <gatemezi> http://2013.data-forum.eu/program 14:53:52 <PhilA> gatemezi: I had something accepted 14:54:34 <boris> Open Data Session 14:54:39 <Zakim> -olyerickson 14:54:58 <olyerickson> olyerickson has left #gld 14:56:20 <PhilA> bhyland: Thanks for the pointer 14:56:50 <PhilA> bhyland: I'm going to send round updates on the community directory 14:57:16 <PhilA> ... we're putting quite a bit of effort into getting the distributed model for that 14:57:34 <PhilA> ... people will be able to publish their own .ttl files and we'll pick them up without then having to login etc. 14:57:37 <bhyland> q? 14:57:48 <PhilA> bhyland: I'd like to have that done by the time of he EDF 14:58:02 <bhyland> q? 14:58:50 <PhilA> http://www.w3.org/2013/02/vrc.html 14:58:58 <bhyland> Topic: Brief about Vocabulary group 14:59:07 <BenediktKaempgen> For your information: Germany has now published a government data portal. It has been presented at CEBIT. Check it out at: https://www.govdata.de/ (so far only in German, unfortunately) 14:59:54 <BenediktKaempgen> sorry, wrong topic, thought it to be announcements. 15:00:01 <bhyland> PhilA: Taking Vocabularies our of Rec Track process in WG's 15:00:04 <danbri> danbri has joined #gld 15:00:07 <PhilA> http://www.w3.org/2013/04/odw/ 15:00:39 <bhyland> Topic: Open Data on the Web 15:00:54 <bhyland> Jim King is the headliner, the Adobe PDF spec inventor. Cool. 15:01:30 <bhyland> Everyone else who submitted & is accepted will get 5 or 10 minutes. 15:01:41 <bhyland> … everyone welcome to come along. 15:01:42 <fadmaa> fadmaa has joined #gld 15:01:47 <Zakim> + +3539149aaff # SPECIAL MARKER FOR CHATSYNC. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE OR BELOW. SRCLINESUSED=00000282


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Birdman wrote:My current distro is Slackware 10.1 with a 2.4 kernel. I really need to move to 2.6 and was hoping Slackware 11 would be here with a default 2.6 kernel before I had to go through a fresh install.
Birdman wrote:Rhakios - Is a 32 bit install on an AMD 64 a better option for the time being until things improve?
Birdman wrote:Thanks for the feedback.
Nordle, I have compiled the odd kernel in the past. I haven't done a major upgrade however (2.4 to 2.6) because I understand that there are several other changes required. I think I would feel OK about 2.6.x to 2.6.y but I am startin g from 2.4. I have done a bit more homework and note that the Slackware intaller does not offer the option of the sata.i kernel but it is available on the install disk! Just need to know that it is there
Birdman wrote:The motherboard is a 755A01-6EKRS. It is supplied by Novatech, and from what I can glean is a Foxconn.
I wish we had had this dialogue prior to the order
Some bloke wrote:I'm using Slackware 10.1 (2.4.29 kernel) an Adaptec 1210sa sata interface (same SIL3112 chipset as the A7N8X mb) and two Maxtor 200gb drives. This is what I had to do:
run Install with sata.i image,
when configuring lilo choose expert and insert the command:
append = "root/dev/sda1"
when it asks for extra options. This "append" tells Linux Loader where to find the root partition. of course adjust your dev as appropriate.
nordle wrote:Slackware 10.1 is 100% 2.6 ready, you dont have to do a thing differently other than compile your own kernel with a new .config (ie use make mrproper).
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Summer is Here! Central Library will close at 6 pm on Thursdays and will be closed Sundays until September. Enjoy!
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As a librarian, I love it when a patron recommends a book they found particularly interesting. At the recent Oshtemo Library Book Group, we were discussing The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls. One of the ladies in the group commented that it reminded her of The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio: How my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less – a book the group had done several years ago.
This book, published in 2001 and authored by one of the woman's 10 kids is a great read! It tells the story of the hardscrabble life this family led in the 1950's and 60's, and the story of how their mother entered and won many of the contests offered by companies for jingles, advertising slogans or poems. The book was also made into a movie, which KPL also owns.
It's a story of optimism, and luck in the face of circumstances that might turn others to despair. The author does not look for pity, but in fact is proud that she and all her brothers and sisters have turned out to be happy, productive members of society. And the story of how her mother won so many contests – often just in the nick of time – makes for a really fun book!
Posted by Martha Lohrstorfer at 01/23/2009 10:29:18 AM
Books for: Kids, Teens & Tweens


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NYUMBANI, Kenya (AP) — There are no middle-aged adults in the Kenyan village of Nyumbani. They all died years ago. Only the young and old live here.
The 938 children here all saw their parents die. The 97 grandparents saw their middle-aged children die. But put together, the bookend generations take care of one another.
UNAIDS says that as of 2011 an estimated 23.5 million people living with HIV resided in sub-Saharan Africa, representing 69 percent of the global HIV burden. Eastern and southern Africa are the hardest-hit regions.
Saturday is World AIDS Day.
Nyumbani is currently planting tens of thousands of trees for the fourth straight year in the hopes that the village will soon harvest the hardwood and become self-sustaining.


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I saved the information in my cell phone, never payed attention to the memo file in the cell phone , Unlike many people I don't play with my cell phone, I never send a Bluetooth so far ,not install the software of Telephone bank. I don't like to meet people who are playing with the cell phone, or put the headset into the ears.
listen to music 4 hours per day, So many channels, so little worth watching, sitting in front of the mirror non stop. How much is the life span, the walk of life have been changed. The corruption increased because money is not divided correctly, people who live high life and dog life both been corrupted; the poetry of survival is not made up of consolations. This is the present belles-lettres. Where are the aesthetic qualities? The values are faked , everyone should keep up with the joneses if he wants to survive
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On Saturday, Dec. 8, at 12:30 p.m., Bill Sigalis and Susan Nest will present, "Two for Christmas," a dramatic presentation of two holiday stories, "A Child's Christmas in Wales," by Dylan thomas, and "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote.
The holiday reading will be held at Beaman Library and is free, appropriate for ages 10 and older.
For more information, or to register, call (508) 835-3711.
Also at Beaman Library, on Friday, Dec. 7, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., there will be "The Amazing Race: Doomsday Edition" program for teens, grades 6 through 12. Come as a team of three, or on your own to test your survival skills as you complete challenges to escape each disaster scenario.
The program plays off the prediction from the Mayan calendar that the world will end on Dec. 21.
Sign up by calling (508) 835-3711. Limited to 20 participants.
For those children looking to contact St. Nick, until Dec. 20, stop by to write a quick note to Santa on the library's special paper and put it in the authentic Santa mailbox for direct delivery to the North Pole in time for Christmas.
While at the library, make a car, which the library will send to a senior in town, wishing them a happy holiday season.
Food pantry donations will be accepted in the children's room through the end of December. Any nonperishable items will be accepted and delivered to the local food pantry.


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Cabrera 6
Phillips 4
Votto 3
Gomes 7
Heisey 8
Bruce 9
Hanigan 2
Janish 5
Bailey 1
vs. LHP Manny Parra
I'm not sure what to think. It's certainly interesting for an off-day lineup (a day where some players get a day off, not the team)
Also, it's our 1st day game in 1st place.
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SHERMAN, TX - Sherman police say a man wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon turned himself in to police Thursday afternoon.
Police say 25-year-old Steven Foust broke into a home in the 1400 block of N. Ricketts Monday.
Sgt. D.M. Hampton said the resident was home, and tried to hold Foust down while he waited for police to arrive. However, Foust was able to break free, he said.
Hampton said Foust threw a chair at the resident, and tried to stab him with a knife.
He said Foust escaped on a bicycle.
"They tried to search for him, in the areas that they knew that he might be staying - at his residence or anywhere he might work, or friends - and was unable to locate him. So obviously he is on the run," Hampton said.
Police say Foust and the resident of the home know each other. Hampton said Foust and the resident's son ride to work together.


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A Morris woman was cited for a two-vehicle crash on Division Street Wednesday, Nov. 14.
According to Morris Police Department records, the crash took place near the entrance for Culver's, at 1919 Division Street. According to the report, the crash occurred when a 2011 Ford Fiesta driven by Shaina L. Walker, 21, of 709 Price Street, exited the parking lot to turn southbound on Division Street and struck the rear quarter panel of a 2006 Chevrolet Impala driven by Joseph A. Mugnolo, 23, of Diamond, who had also exited at the same parking lot.
Walker said she did not see Mugnolo. Her vehicle had damage to the front passenger side, quarter pane, and undercarriage, while Mugnolo had damage to his driver's side rear area, quarter panel and tire area.
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OSWEGO, NY (June 4, 2014) – Oswego Speedway is proud to join the Oswego Bicycle Rodeo presented by the Oswego County Traffic Safety Board, to be held on Friday, June 6 from 5-8 p.m. at the East Fire Station in Oswego.
The Oswego Bicycle Rodeo is a safety initiative emphasizing the use of helmets, while teaching kids how to stay safe on their bikes. The Oswego County Traffic Board, Oswego Fire and Police Departments are working together to manage the event, which will see young participants guided through a cone course at a slow pace in a safe, controlled environment to help teach bicycle safety.
Participants must bring their own bike, and free helmets will be given away to those in need.
The event will be held rain or shine.
While bicycle safety will be the key initiative of the Rodeo, there will also be several activities taking place.
Oswego Speedway will be a prime focus of the evening with the LaGraf's Pub Oswego Speedway Supermodified simulator on hand as well as the race cars of Supermodified driver Tim Snyder and Small Block Super driver Camden Proud.
Joining the display will be the Oswego Speedway Burritt Motors Chevrolet Silverado Pace Truck.
The Speedway and Chris Nelson's State Farm Insurance are also sponsoring a chance for anyone under the age of 18, who completes the safety course, to win one of three brand new TREK bicycles.
Murdocks will be on hand to provide free bike check-ups and there will also be Karate demonstrations by Performance Fitness and face painting for the kids.
For more information on the Oswego Bicycle Rodeo contact Paul Conzone at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 315-343-2161.
The ISMA Supermodified season kicks-off on Saturday at Oswego Speedway presented by Shea Concrete and North Country Home Builders.
Grandstand gates will open at 3 p.m. on June 7 with ISMA time trials set for 5 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m.
Once again in 2014, kids 16 & under will be admitted free of charge with a paid adult with active military also admitted free with I.D.
For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online at www.oswegospeedway.com, follow on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway, or like on Facebook at facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway.
About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the "Indy of the East," as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.
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text: Currently my older sister is living in my house. She's in a program that helps her get back into society after being in prison for the better part of the last decade for fraud and other money related crimes. Anyway, she's asked if she can adopt two kittens from the humane society and I said yes because I probably would eventually have brought in a cat or two because I just bought my house and I have no pet restrictions now because I don't rent. One is going to be named Lily, a sweet dilute torti. The other is a hyper exotic-looking black and white beast of a boy cat I can't wait to get pictures of. He's going to be "mine" although I told my sister its her cat because when she can move to her own place she isn't going to split them up so they're both hers. The boy needs a name though. My sister, for some reason, doesn't like his current name of Pillsbury because she says it should be a fat cat with that name. We've already got the typical suggestions of Oreo and Sylvester and other black and white things and neither of us care for. I like exotic names, but she picks more simple/typical pet names. So we need people to throw some names at us. Are you up for the challenge?


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Rhokkoh's Frozen Yogurt owner Tom Myers has become a key force behind a turnaround happening downtown.
DAYTONA BEACH — A few years ago, the northern end of Beach Street had deteriorated into something less than glorious.
Vacant car dealerships with broken windows and chipped paint compounded the blight of the area and attracted homeless people.
Old buildings that had seen better days as mom and pop shops stood empty, and Manatee Island was a regular hangout of transients dedicated to beer drinking.
Now a new dog park has opened in the center of the island just south of the Main Street bridge, the car dealerships have been demolished and new businesses are starting to sprout in the area across from the News-Journal Center.
The creator of one of those new businesses, Rhokkoh's Frozen Yogurt owner Tom Myers, has become a key force behind the turnaround happening downtown.
In the 14 months his yogurt shop has been open, Myers pushed for the dog park, a new city law that cracks down on panhandling and another new measure that allows dogs in outdoor dining areas of Daytona Beach restaurants.
He didn't do any of it alone, but some of it might have never happened if he hadn't moved from Oklahoma to Daytona Beach two years ago.
"He's been a very good addition to the downtown area, and he along with Tia Cori's Tacos has started a new section of downtown," said Reed Berger, the city's redevelopment director. "It was hitting the skids a few years ago."
Myers' story is not one of a longtime entrepreneur who has spent his adult life running businesses. When he was growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, he remembers wanting to be a garbage man.
"I thought it was cool when I was little," he snickered, noting he never did pursue professional trash pickup.
After graduating high school in Oklahoma, the 53-year-old said he studied communications technology and eventually went to work for AT&T. He first worked as a technician and advanced over the years to management positions.
His job settled into setting up phone systems, computers, cash registers and cameras for new businesses. That position required a lot of travel, and in 2006 he found himself on business in Daytona Beach.
"It just seemed like a nice place to live with its long, flat beaches," said Myers, who regularly travels the beach now on a bike that has a flag on the back advertising Rhokkoh's.
The good impressions of Daytona Beach stayed with Myers after his 2006 visit, and when he and his wife were ready for something new in 2009, they bought a house on the beachside and moved here in August 2010.
"We decided we'd make a change in our life," Myers said. "Corporate life was pretty stressful. We decided to live near the beach and simplify our life."
They arrived unsure about what they would do to pay the bills. As they were figuring out their next move, they occasionally had friends visiting from Oklahoma, and usually the friends would ask at some point to go out for frozen yogurt.
"There was nowhere to go," Myers said. "They were surprised the yogurt craze hadn't hit Florida."
Myers and his wife, Mary, realized there was an unclaimed business niche and decided to grab it.
Around the same time they met Glenna Doyle, the owner of a salon and spa on Magnolia Avenue. Doyle lives a block away from them in their neighborhood, and they got to be friends.
Doyle has had her business downtown for 23 years, and she talked up the riverfront. She didn't have to twist their arms too hard.
"I liked the view," Myers said. "I came from the corporate world and people were so stressed. I wanted to develop something relaxing, healthy and cheerful — a business that brightens up your day."
In keeping with that happy, mellow vibe, Myers puts magazines on his tables for people to peruse, and he has a Ms. Pac-Man machine.
Myers said he's been happy in the building he rents from downtown resident Jack White, a Daytona Beach developer who specializes in urban redevelopment. But he saw room for improvement in the neighborhood, and has spent the past year doing something about it.
After opening at the corner of Beach and Bay streets in August 2011, Myers said he started seeing aggressive panhandlers bothering his customers.
"People were eating out of trash cans, bumming for money, " he said. "I lost regular customers. I told the city if this keeps up, I'm going to be out of business."
He and other Beach Street business owners asked city commissioners to crack down with a tougher panhandling law, and late last year commissioners did just that.
Now when he sees homeless people lingering near his business at 200 N. Beach St., he asks them to cross the street if they're being boisterous or bothering anyone.
He said he jumped in and helped recently when 12 transients settled in at Tia Cori's sidewalk caf� one recent morning and were screaming drunk and arguing with staff by the time the lunch crowd poured in.
"I flagged down a bike cop and they took care of it," Myers said. "We've let them know they can't disrespect our businesses and community."
His next push will be trying to convince city officials to put cash donation boxes downtown so people can help the area's needy with food and shelter without being aggressively panhandled. He might also suggest allowing musicians to perform in front of Beach Street businesses.
"I think Daytona Beach is a beautiful town and Beach Street is one of the most beautiful streets," he said. "We just don't utilize it. We need to do things differently than we did in the past."
Myers, a dog lover who keeps his two dogs on the sidewalk outside his shop, was successful in his efforts that recently made Daytona Beach the first Volusia County city to allow dogs in outdoor dining areas of restaurants that secure proper permits.
He also was victorious in his efforts to get the dog park opened a little more than a week ago. He's also talked about allowing Turkey Run car show fans who usually wind up on the beachside over Thanksgiving weekend to gather downtown.
He said he's just trying to help the downtown evolve into something better.
"I'm hoping we can get everybody working together and making this street what it should be," he said. "I could have gone to Miami or somewhere like that. I came in here knowing it would be a blockbuster."
Berger said Myers has done little things, such as encouraging people who work downtown to leave prime parking spots for customers, and bigger things that have helped revitalize Beach Street.
"He has invested a significant amount of money to fix up that building and he's made it unique," Berger said. "We're very happy to see the changes it has brought to that area. He's really tried to energize some of this fellow merchants to make things better."