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Thanksgiving desserts are what I believe most people look forward to most about Thanksgiving. And what would Thanksgiving be without Apple Pie? What would the entire Fall and Winter seasons do without apples? Well, luckily we're not going to find out because I've included a recipe, based on Marie Colbath's Apple Pie that everyone is guaranteed to adore.
But, if you're pressed for time, or just don't feel like baking you can make Pillsbury's forever crowd pleasing Funfetti Brownies. Between the velvety chocolate inside and the colorful funfetti, I don't think anyone will hold them against you.
Whole Wheat Apple Pie Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup bran flakes
- 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon chilled butter, cut into small pieces, divided
- 10 tablespoon ice water
- 8 cups sliced peeled McIntosh apple (about 3 pounds)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, divided
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon all spice
- Cooking spray
- 1 egg white, beaten or 1/8 cup skim milk
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
1. Lightly spoon white and whole wheat flour, bran, turbinado sugar, cinnamon, and salt into their respective measuring cups, level with a knife, and combine (through a whisk) in a large mixing bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup of chilled butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal ( I usually work the mixture with my hands). The mixture should be crumbly and the butter should be broken down into small pea size balls. 2. Sprinkle surface with ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time and toss with a fork until moist and crumbly (do not form a ball). It is important for the dough to be only slightly saturated with the water. Dense and sticky dough yields an unenjoyable chewy crust. 3. Divide the fluffed dough in half. Gently press each half into a 4-inch circle on 2 sheets of overlapping heavy-duty plastic wrap and cover with 2 additional sheets of overlapping plastic wrap. Chill 30 minutes.
5. Pre-heat oven to 425 Degrees. 6. Roll 1 dough half, still covered, into a 12-inch circle. Roll remaining dough half, still covered, into an 11-inch circle. Chill for an additional 30 minutes if the dough is too soft (splitting apart, or difficult to roll or mold). 7. Remove top 2 sheets of plastic wrap from 12-inch dough circle; fit dough, plastic wrap side up, into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate coated with cooking spray, allowing dough to extend over edge. Remove remaining plastic wrap and spoon filling into dough. 8. Remove top 2 sheets of plastic wrap from 11-inch dough circle; place, plastic wrap side up, over filling. Remove the remaining plastic wrap and press edges of dough together. Fold edges under, and flute. Cut 4 (1-inch) slits in top of dough to allow steam to escape. 9. Brush top and edges of dough with egg white or milk and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of turbinado sugar. 10. Place pie on a baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350° (do not remove pie from oven); bake an additional 30 minutes or until golden. Shield pie with foil, if necessary. Cool on a wire rack. Serve Warm.
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Cybex International is analyzing its legal and financial options related to a recent decision against it in a product liability case. However, the company's first step is to file an appeal with the New York State Supreme Court, Art Hicks, president and COO of Cybex, Medway, MA, said in a call with analysts and shareholders Tuesday.
Last week, an appellate court handed down a decision upholding a December 2010 judgment against Cybex in the Barnhard v. Cybex International case in which the plaintiff, Natalie Barnhard, originally was awarded $66 million. In 2004, Barnhard, a physical therapist at Amherst Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Buffalo, NY, was stretching her shoulder using a Cybex leg extension machine. The machine fell over on her, rendering her a quadriplegic. Cybex was deemed 75 percent liable in the case but appealed the decision. The appellate court upheld the original decision last week, but it reduced the award amount to about $44 million.
"The good news is the judgment was reduced by approximately $21 million," Hicks said. "The bad news is that the reduced amount is still an absurdly large amount. And the fact remains that Cybex was not at fault."
Hicks would not comment on whether any settlement discussions had occurred.
"The first priority is appealing to the New York State Supreme Court," Hicks said. "Then, the next step would be to figure out the funding for various options from paying zero to 100 percent of the ultimate judgment. Along the way, settlement is a possibility, but we have nothing to disclose at this time."
When asked whether he thought the plaintiff's lawyers were advising the plaintiff about how detrimental it would be to her receipt of the award if this judgment caused Cybex to file for bankruptcy, Hicks initially would not comment, but he then said, "We hope they realize that it is self-defeating to cause the company any difficulty. And I can only speculate that they've considered these issues."
Hicks would not comment on how much the company would be able to pay in a possible settlement.
"We have significant financial resource at our disposal," Hicks said. "We are working with Citizens Bank. We will look at other financing options, so it is a little too early to say. There's a variety of moving points at this time."
He continued by saying that the state court can choose to hear the case or not hear it. If it does hear the case, it can affirm the original judgment and award or it could reduce it or it could call for a retrial.
"Outside of that, we are looking at different financing options in terms of how much we could come up with and what scenarios and what structure that would be," Hicks said. "But what that would be, it is too early to get into that detail."
Although Cybex has $10 million of insurance coverage to date, the coverage relating to the year involving the Barnhard suit has a little over $2 million left in the policy.
"The policy paid other claims and legal costs relating to this case," Hicks said.
Amherst is liable for 20 percent of the award. Cybex would have to pay its 75 percent and Amherst's 20 percent, then seek reimbursement from Amherst. Because Barnhard was an employee at Amherst at the time of the incident, Amherst's portion is covered by the New York state workers compensation fund, according to Hicks. He said that the fund has significant assets and has signaled that it will be able to cover Amherst's amount.
Since the decision was handed down, Cybex had not had discussions with the NASDAQ Stock Market, which just two days prior to the Barnhard appeal decision had granted Cybex an extension to meet two requirements to continue to be listed on NASDAQ, Hicks said.
"We are still analyzing what the impact of this might be on the NASDAQ requirements," Hicks said.
After Cybex presented a plan earlier this month to NASDAQ on how it would meet the requirements, NASDAQ granted Cybex an extension until Jan. 2, 2012, to meet its requirement to have $10 million minimum in shareholder equity. It also granted Cybex an extension until March 12, 2012, for its stock to remain above $1 for 10 consecutive trading days. If Cybex does not meet both of these requirements, it could be delisted from NASDAQ.
"I can't tell you how upset this makes our entire company. How unfair this is," Hicks said about the court's decision.
He said that John Aglialoro, CEO of Cybex, is meeting with industry leaders and organizations to get them to come together to defend themselves from "frivolous lawsuits and predatory lawyers."
"We get together as an industry, we establish standards to make sure all equipment is safe, we meet these standards, and yet we still get sued on some strange basis," Hicks said. "It is really detrimental to manufacturing, specifically in the United States, but also to business in general. It is very detrimental to try and conduct business in a profitable and safe way."
Hicks said that customers have been supportive and understanding.
"I think this might have been expected by them," Hicks said. "We have assured them that we are honoring our commitments and will continue to do so."


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Siphon Tanks for Dairy Flushing
Editor's note
The printed version of this publication includes illustrations.
Charles D. Fulhage and Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Several types of flush tanks are commonly used for flushing dairies in Missouri. This publication will discuss siphon tanks and their application to flushing in a dairy operation.
Siphon characteristics
Siphon tanks offer unique design and operational characteristics. Here are several advantages to using the tanks.
A siphon tank can be designed and built to contain any volume of flush water. They are applicable to any width and/or length gutter or flush alley, see Figure 1.
Figure 1
A siphon is used to flush this 20-foot wide dairy holding pen
Flush water rates can be tailored to each operation, provided it is properly designed to deliver that rate of water.
A tank can be placed adjacent to the gutter to be flushed, so it does not block the upper end of the gutter. When the siphon tank is not actually flushing, there is no protrusion above the alley floor to interfere with traffic, see Figure 2.
Figure 2
Siphon tanks can be placed adjacent to the gutter being flushed, so there are no traffic obstructions
Siphon tanks can be constructed of materials that will not deteriorate in the harsh environment. In dairy operations, tank construction materials may include concrete, PVC, stainless steel, see Figure 3, or fiberglass. These materials can be expected to last as long as the facility is used.
Figure 3
Water pressure from the siphon tank raises a steel lid to allow water to flow down the flush alley
Siphon tanks are highly reliable. If properly designed and installed, the tanks operate with little or no maintenance. Because there are no moving parts to wear out, siphon tanks can provide trouble-free operation over a long period of time.
Siphon tanks also have some disadvantages, relative to other types of flushing devices commonly used in dairy operations.
Design and construction are critical for proper operation. Siphons must be precisely designed and accurately installed.
Although siphons are relatively simple hydraulic devices, it may not be immediately apparent to the builder or operator how they work.
Siphons may be difficult to install in existing facilities. Tanks in dairy operations generally involve some excavation and pouring of concrete and are best installed in the construction phase of the facility.
Installation of siphons may be more expensive and time-consuming than with other flush devices, such as rollover tanks.
Practical construction limits the water-pressure head available in siphons, compared to water tower/pipeline-valve systems. This may impose a limit on the discharge rate and the maximum width gutter that can be flushed with a siphon.
Siphons are limited to flushing a single gutter. In some cases it may be possible to flush two gutters at the same time, but design requirements usually limit such applications. In contrast, with a tower/pipeline-valve system, several gutters can be flushed with one or two water towers.
How does a siphon work?
In order to understand how a siphon works, it is necessary to identify the basic components in a siphon tank (Figure 4).
Figure 4
Components in a siphon tank
The tank is sized to discharge the required volume of water for the gutter being flushed. In dairy applications, the tank is usually concrete.
Discharge pipe
The discharge pipe is sized to provide an adequate flow rate of water from the flush tank. The size of the pipe depends primarily on the width of the gutter being flushed and the depth of water, or pressure head, in a full tank. Discharge pipes are usually PVC, stainless steel or fiberglass.
The bell, similar to an inverted barrel, covers the discharge pipe so that air is trapped in the system. Usually, the bell is made of stainless steel, fiberglass or plastic.
Vent hole
The vent hole in the bell allows the inside and outside air pressure to equalize after each flush. This is necessary to ensure reliable operation of the siphon.
Air release. Air is released from under the bell to activate the siphon and complete a flush. Air-release devices include manually operated valves, flexible hoses or automatic trigger tubes.
The trap is a reservoir under the tank that holds air in the system. The trap also provides a flow avenue for the flush water from the discharge pipe to the gutter. In dairy operations, traps are usually made of cast-in-place concrete.
At the beginning of fill, after a flush, water lowers (Figure 5). As the tank fills, water covers the vent hole in the bell and a specific volume of air is trapped under the bell and in the discharge pipe. After the vent hole is covered, the water level under the bell rises at a slower rate than the water level in the tank. The water level in the discharge pipe is pushed downward by air pressure as water rises inside the bell. See Figure 6 for the water level at the end of the fill cycle.
Figure 5
Water levels in a siphon tank at the beginning of a fill cycle following a flush
Figure 6
Water levels in a siphon at the end of the fill cycle
After the tank fills, a flush is started by the operator releasing the pressurized air under the bell through the air-release device. The air-release device remains open until air is purged from the system. As water replaces air in the system, flow begins (Figure 7).
Figure 7
Siphon conditions after the air release device is opened. Air under the bell is displaced with water and the flush flow begins
After flow is established, the water level in the tank continues to drop until air enters the system underneath the bottom edge of the bell and the siphon breaks. Since the vent hole is exposed at this point, air is admitted into the bell until pressure exists inside the bell and conditions are correct for the next fill cycle (Figure 5).
Siphon design
There are several precise dimensions and installation techniques necessary to ensure proper siphon operation (Figure 8):
- Tank depth
- Bell area and bell height
- Discharge pipe diameter
- Vent hole diameter and position
- Height of discharge pipe in tank
- Distance pipe extends into trap under tank
- Depth of trap under tank
Siphons must be designed to flush the required volume of water at the proper rate. Additionally, dimensions must be correct to obtain the proper water levels and air volume in the system when the tank is full (Figure 6). Although siphons can be designed by hand calculations, the large number of input variables is best handled by a computerized design program. Siphons should be designed by individuals familiar with the operation and requirements.
Siphon construction
Siphons used in dairy operations generally use reinforced concrete for the tank and trap underneath. Tanks are usually 4 to 8 feet deep. Discharge pipes may be stainless steel, PVC or fiberglass. Figure 8 is a tank designed to flush an 8.5-foot wide alley in a dairy freestall barn and should not be used for other siphon designs.
Figure 8
The cross-section of a siphon constructed on-site with a concrete tank
Although most siphons are constructed on-site, there are a few commercially available siphons for flushing dairies (Figure 9).
Figure 9
A commercially available siphon tank. (Courtesy of the Farm Co., Uniontown, Kansas)


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The combine is much more than just NFL prospects running fast and jumping high under the eyes of scouts, coaches and GMs. Some of the best action takes place in Indy's back rooms, with make-or-break interviews, agent in-fighting and the real start of free agency
Editor's note: This story, first published in February 2014, explains the mechanics of what NFL teams and prospects will go through during the combine this week in Indianapolis.
The NFL recently held its annual corporate convention at the Super Bowl, a week full of hospitality, over-the-top parties and celebration around the league's main event (there was a game as well). This week the NFL holds its annual football convention at the scouting combine, a week of scouts, coaches and other football operations in team-issued gear populating the streets, restaurants and bars of downtown Indianapolis.
While the Super Bowl is the sizzle of league-wide events, the combine is the steak. Let's take a look inside:
The Inspection
It is often a game of attrition for players, under persistent glare from teams. Indeed, their first obligation of the week is to literally stand in front of hundreds of NFL scouts, wearing only compression shorts, as scouts note their musculature and other elements of their frame. The "meat market" aspect of the combine is striking to the uninitiated. Players are commoditized for purchase at different price points in May.
Once dressed, players move in packs wearing shirts and sweats coded by position, such as "DL24" (Defensive Line, #24). After the weigh-in, they are on to medical stations to be poked, prodded, pulled, examined and questioned about past injuries and current recoveries. The repetitive nature of questioning is a theme for the week for the players; they must engage every team as if it is the first time hearing they're hearing the question.
After the medicals come the measurables, the publicly recognizable part of the combine. Players have been in drill-specific training for weeks or even months, at a cost of up to tens of thousands of dollars borne by their agent.
Every combine features an athletic freak or two who leaves scouts running back to their Big Board for revision. I especially remember the 2006 combine, when scouts' collective jaws dropped at two prospects—defensive end Mario Williams and tight end Vernon Davis—for their staggering numbers. As one scout told me, those were workouts "to tell his grandchildren about."
Regarding the debate as to whether teams rely too much (or too little) on combine statistics, my opinion is they should be thrown into the appraisal with everything else—game tape, interviews, research, scouting reports, etc.—to make as comprehensive an evaluation as possible. Simply, the results are another set of metrics to consider, fresh data for the file.
The Interviews
The evenings are reserved for team interviews, with players shuttled from team to team to answer the same questions to different faces and logos. It is part of the endurance contest for prospects, as I often saw them wondering, "Did I already tell this story to these guys or was it to another team?"
Players are well prepared for these sessions, even working with "interview coaches" such as longtime NFL personnel executive Ken Herock. The answers have become largely predictable—every player loves his mother, his coach, his teammates, his university, etc.—with little probative value. My goal was to get players off-script to see them re-focus. Here's an example of a series of questions I would ask:
What do you do when you wake up in the morning?
"Go to class."
What do you do before you go to class?
"Put on my clothes."
"What do you do before you put on your clothes?"
Brush my teeth.
"What do you do before you brush your teeth?"
At this point, the player would usually say, "Huh?" before looking hopefully at the coaches to resume football questions. My point was not to be annoying (although I probably was); rather, it was to search for self-motivators. The player who does 100 pushups or sit-ups right out of bed; the player who squeezes in extra studying in the still of the early morning; the player who organizes and re-organizes his day for maximum efficiency. To me, self-motivation and self-discipline are two of the most appealing qualities in a job applicant, and I tried to ferret that out.
The Agents
On Friday of combine week the NFLPA holds its annual agent meeting; attendance is required for continued certification. The meeting advises agents regarding salary cap specifics, grievance results and updates on NFLPA initiatives. For the most part, agents listen quietly, although there might be an outlier who uses the meeting to challenge another agent (about poaching players) or union chief DeMaurice Smith on the CBA or lack of oversight on cheating agents. Smith, like Gene Upshaw before him, maintains an uneasy co-existence with the agent community and will not hesitate to confront.
Regarding access, I remember when agents could roam (relatively) freely at the players' hotel and team areas. Agents are now forced out of designated areas, and wait patiently to take clients out to meals, give pep talks and protect their new assets from competing agents, who lay in wait.
As to getting a player invited to the combine, agents have little influence, or at least I did. In 1998, I tried in vain to secure an invitation for my client, quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Now sixteen years later, Matthew and I have a nice laugh every year recalling the names of quarterbacks invited ahead of him that year (among them: Jonathan Quinn, John Dutton and Moses Moreno).
The Tampering
Far removed from the workouts, the real business of the combine takes place in conversations between agents and team executives, all gathered in a confined location for the only time of the year. These meetings are most often about existing players on the team, with conversations regarding: 1. Extensions (what players/agents want); 2. Reductions (what teams want); or 3. Cap renegotiations (neutral).
There is also a fourth type of meeting: the uncomfortable one where an agent requests a new or upgraded contract while the team sees no need. These seeds of dissatisfaction are often planted at the Pro Bowl, and the combine is time for "the ask." Agents threaten—directly or indirectly—that if there is no team reaction at the bargaining table, steady drips of offseason discontent will drift from the player to the media and the locker room. Teams have different emotional and financial reactions to these complaints. (I will address this agent/player handbook, and team response, later in the offseason.)
The combine also always has been rife with brazen conversations about pending free agents. Although free agency doesn't begin until mid-March, the combine is considered the unofficial start of the new League Year. I especially remember one year as a Packers executive being particularly frustrated, as I could not schedule a meeting with an agent for one of our pending free agents because he was overscheduled with other teams. (Yes, the player left Green Bay).
As to tampering concerns, there is always built-in cover. All well-known agents represent players on most teams, giving them an excuse for dialogue. Further, team negotiators are careful: in the rare instances I was pursuing potential free agents in Green Bay, I would phrase the question as, "In the event your guy is free next month, what would you be looking for?"
And so the business of football for the next season commences in the cold streets of Indianapolis. Let the games begin.


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Unofficial Opinion 2008-2
Georgia law prohibits the Office of Child Support Services from honoring a request from a custodial parent to disburse any portion of child support monies it receives to a private collection agency.
This responds to your letter inquiring about a recent policy change implemented by the Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Support Services ("OCSS") regarding OCSS's refusal to honor certain change of address requests and deposit account requests made by custodial parents receiving child support enforcement services from OCSS. I am given to understand that OCSS is refusing to recognize change of address or account change requests submitted to it by custodial parents through a private child support collection agency ("PCA") based upon OCSS's interpretation of section 19-11-18(f) of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. You stated that the PCA contracts directly with custodial parents to collect child support amounts those parents are owed. You further observed that the PCA obtains a "limited power of attorney" from those custodial parents it contracts with to change the payment address or direct deposit information "to an address or account agreed to between [the PCA] and the parent." You opined that OCSS's recent policy change appears to be "contrary to Georgia law" and requested that I provide an opinion "as to whether Georgia law prohibits OCSS from recognizing a change of address provided by [a PCA] pursuant to a power of attorney executed by a custodial parent, provided [that] the custodial parent remains identified as the payee of the payments."
For the reasons stated below, I conclude that the interpretation of section 19-11-18(f) of the Official Code of Georgia reached by OCSS is a correct statement of the law and that it would violate the public policy of the State of Georgia for OCSS to disburse child support payments collected by it to a PCA, even if so requested by a custodial parent.
In order to address your questions, a brief overview of the structure of the interstate child support enforcement program under which OCSS operates is instructive. Established under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 651-669, the joint federal-state Child Support Enforcement program is charged with locating noncustodial parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining and enforcing orders for support owed by noncustodial parents to their children. Part IV-D of the Social Security Act places responsibility for the program at both federal and state levels, giving the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement primary administrative, regulatory, and technical assistance responsibilities and delegating to state IV-D agencies the daily operational aspects of the program. See 42 U.S.C. § 666, 45 C.F.R. § 301.1. OCSS is
Regarding the various PCA entities operating in the field of child support, it is imperative to note that these are for-profit entities, and they do not provide collection services free of charge or at de minimis cost as does OCSS. Rather, such PCAs operate on a contingency fee basis and may impose additional charges. For example, one such PCA "collects past-due payments on behalf of custodial parents, for a fee of $475 and 34% of any money that the parent or his/her employer receives from the non-custodial parent."
Recently, some PCAs have come under attack for their trade practices, which allegedly include taking anywhere from thirty-four to fifty percent of any support collected even if a government agency collected the support and the PCA did nothing, drafting contracts that cannot be cancelled by the custodial parents, and taking fees from current support payments even if the PCA had contracted to collect arrears payments. See Andrea Simakis, Firm Takes Questionable Fees From Moms, The Plain Dealer, June 30, 2002, at A1; Andrea Simakis, Collections 'Queen' Quit Supportkids in Disgust, The Plain Dealer, July 1, 2002, at A5; Chris Taylor, Mother's Little Helpers, Smart Money, Aug. 2002, at 88. Indeed, the Governor and the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia are currently pursuing litigation against one PCA, alleging that it "unlawfully collects its fees from payments to children that may not be assigned to third parties under Virginia law and deceives employers into sending child support payments withheld from their employee's paychecks directly to" the PCA involved. Supportkids, Inc., supra at *1-2. Some other states have regulated PCA activities through statute. For example, the State of
In some jurisdictions, child support arrearages, as opposed to current child support, belong solely to the individual who provided the support to the child for the time period in which current support was due, usually the custodial parent. Since the arrears debt in those jurisdictions does not belong solely to the child, the custodial parent is free to discharge, negotiate, or assign the debt to a PCA for collection. See, e.g., State v. Sucec, 924 P.2d 882, 885-86 (
"The interpretation of a statute by an administrative agency which has the duty of enforcing or administering it is to be given great weight and deference." Environmental Waste Reductions v. Legal Envtl. Assistance Fund., 216
Agencies provide a high level of expertise and an opportunity for specialization unavailable in the judicial or legislative branches. They are able to use these skills, along with the policy mandate and discretion entrusted to them by the legislature, to make rules and enforce them in fashioning solutions to very complex problems. Thus, their decisions are not to be taken lightly or minimized by the judiciary.
Dep't of Cmty. Health v. Gwinnett Hosp. Sys., 262
Bearing these standards in mind, the statutory code section in question, section 19-11-18(f) of the Official Code of Georgia, provides:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, any child support being held by the Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of Human Resources shall be paid to the custodial parent within 30 days from receipt of same by the enforcement agency.
"The use of plain and unequivocal language in a legislative enactment obviates any necessity for judicial construction, and indeed forbids an interpretation of the meaning of the words employed by the General Assembly." Sawnee Elec. Membership Corp. v.
"It is general contract law in
Nor does it appear that under
When alimony is awarded for the support of minor children, the mother acquires no interest in the funds, and when they are paid to her she is a mere trustee charged with the duty of seeing that they are applied solely for the benefit of the children. She can not consent to a reduction or remission of the alimony, and ordinarily her conduct can not relieve the father of paying the same as directed by the court.
Stewart v. Stewart, 217
In Thomas v. Holt, 209 Ga. 133 (1952), the Georgia Supreme Court combined the "trust" nature of child support with a claim for attorney fees and found:
Where an award is made in favor of a wife for permanent alimony in a final decree, to be paid to her by the husband for the maintenance and support of their minor child who is in the wife's custody, upon receipt of each payment she should use the same solely for the benefit of the child. In the receipt and use of such money, she acts as a trustee or guardian of the minor child…. [T]he mother has no power or authority to make a contract with an attorney at law whereby she agrees to pay him one-half of whatever sums he collects from the father by virtue of the decree. Such an agreement, being contrary to the policy of the law, is void, and a court of equity will not aid the attorney in attempting to require the mother to account to him for payments she has received from the father…or as to any future payments.
Additionally, in Baker the Georgia Court of Appeals, citing authority collected from other states, observed that allowing an "attorney's lien to be asserted against child support would necessarily result in counsel for the custodian taking from the children involved monies the court has determined to be necessary to assure their adequate support." Baker, 185
Moreover, where a PCA's activities intersect child support enforcement activities undertaken by OCSS, because the right to collect support has already been statutorily assigned to OCSS by operation of law under sections 19-11-6 and 19-11-8, a contractual agreement whereby the custodial parent attempts to assign his or her right to child support to any entity other than OCSS would appear to be ineffectual. OCSS is already statutorily subrogated to this right, thus providing nothing for the custodial parent to assign by contract to a third party. Further, the type of contract entered into between a PCA and a custodial parent has been deemed to be a contingency fee arrangement as opposed to a true assignment of rights. See, e.g., Smith v. Child Support Enforcement, 180 B.R. 648 (D.
Having reviewed the federal policy guidance issued by the Federal Office of Child Support Services referred to in your letter as "OCSE Policy Interpretation Question 02-02," I note that while this federal guidance memorandum provides that nothing in federal law precludes states from sending child support payments to a PCA, the aforementioned federal guidance memorandum also noted that "[s]uch practices would be governed by State law" and would be permissible "unless state law provides otherwise." Having determined that section 19-11-18 does indeed provide otherwise, the aforementioned federal guidance is inapposite. Further, I note that there is nothing in the federal guidance that addresses electronic banking transfers. Because Georgia statutory law and binding precedent prohibit the type of collection agreement you asked about, I see no basis upon which to differentiate between payments that are physically mailed or those that are deposited electronically – in either case, the payments belong to the child, and it appears that those payments must be tendered to the custodial parent as the trustee of the child or children.
Based upon the foregoing, and particularly the holdings in Law Office of Tony Center v. Baker, 185 Ga. App. 809 (1988), and Thomas v. Holt, 209 Ga. 133 (1952), I believe that any contract between a child support obligee and a PCA purporting to turn over to the PCA a percentage of child support amounts is subject to attack as being contrary to public policy and would likely be so held.
Given the public policy of this State as expressed above, and according to OCSS the weight and deference it is entitled in interpreting its enabling legislation, it is my unofficial opinion that the policy adopted by OCSS prohibiting the disbursement of child support collections to third parties is lawful and correct, and that Georgia law prohibits the Office of Child Support Services from honoring a request from a custodial parent to disburse any portion of child support monies it receives to a private collection agency.
Prepared by:
Mark J. Cicero
Assistant Attorney General


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After spending his first collegiate season at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Josh transfered to Tech prior to the 2008-09 season...was a key member of the team in his first two seasons on the roster, and now figures to be a regular day-to-day player for coach Kenny Doyle's squad. Josh seemed to really take off in 2009-2010 season, with a very impressive singles and doubles record that lead his team to a successful season. He plans on continuing that success into the 2010-2011 season playing one of the top positions for Tennessee Tech. Josh's hard work on the court and determination to prevail has given his teammates a lot of trust in his skills and assurance in his ability to lead them to a conference championship title.
AT TECH -- In Fall 2010 (Senior): Josh completed the fall season making it his best one yet. He showed tremendous improvements in his singles abilities, wrapping up the season with a 10-5 record. He also finished with a 3-4 doubles record with teammates James Crawford and Justin Kirstein. Josh kicked off the season with fire under his belt as he made it to the finals of the UNCG Invitational. The following weekend he competed in the Indiana University Invitational wherehe swept four straight victories to capture the 2nd flight championship. But his biggest win came at the Southern Intercollegiate Championship where he captured a win over 6th seeded Christian Blocker from Miami. Also at the Indiana Invitational, Josh teamed with James Crawford in doubles where the duo won their first two rounds. Josh and James also gained a win over Presbyterian at the Elon Invitational. One of two seniors, Josh has not only stepped up as a player but as a leader for the men's team. His confident, powerful style of play will be tough for any player to compete with in the conference this spring.
In 2009-10 (Junior): Josh had a very successful spring season playing the two position for Tech in singles and one spot in doubles. He had an overall fall and spring record of 17-9 in singles and was paired most of the season with Nick Stafford, who helped him earn a 15-9 overall doubles record. Josh recieved his first career all-conference recognition for his perfect 7-0 record in OVC singles play. He also helped pave the way for the team's second place title with his 5-1 record for OVC doubles matches. His drive and ambition he displayed throughout the year not only earned him his success, but also gained him the honor of the team's Johnny Donnelly Maverick Award. The award recognizes a true TTU sports fan who passed away after a long fought battle with muscular dystrophy. Josh's ability to fire up the team and lead through encouragement and example earned him the honor...Josh began his junior campaign with a solid showing in the fall, posting a 7-5 record in singles play...was 7-4 in doubles matches.
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It's rare for small business to drive headlines, but the Small Business Jobs Act, passed by Congress last week, has brought the sometimes yawn-inducing and often misunderstood sector to the front pages.
Heavy on lending and tax provisions, the legislation has been touted as a means to spur job growth. But the bill is actually a Cash for Clunkers-like Band-Aid for the intertwined scourges of chronic joblessness and stymied growth. While the aid package will help many small businesses, it won't create many jobs because it will benefit more established firms, rather than the young ones that do the bulk of hiring.
As denizens of the little-guy economy already know, capital is the No. 1 concern for startups and small businesses. Raising money is difficult. Business owners can't get loans from the bailed-out, dollar-hoarding banks. And while the $30 billion allocated for Small Business Administration loans is laudable, the loans will be doled out carefully in order to comply with requirements that a lot of small businesses won't come close to meeting.
Like small businesses, banks still are in a holding pattern. Wary of regulatory changes and the cash bottleneck, managers won't make loans to people who are struggling, especially small businesses that don't have enough collateral to secure a loan. "The government can induce the banks to lend money, but it can't make them lend money they don't want to lend," said Robert Litan, vice president of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation.
Even if small firms have, say, inventory or a healthy mortgage with which to secure funds, a loan is a loan is a loan. It needs to be paid back, sometimes within a couple of years (although the terms can be extended). If a small business or startup with little or no profits has no cash or ability to generate revenue in the first year or two, how will it pay the loan back and simultaneously grow the business?
There are small businesses with cash or the ability to generate it, but these often aren't the ones that hire. Recent Kauffman Foundation studies suggest that without startups, there would be no net job growth, and that these firms retain 80 percent of their initial employment up to their fifth year in existence. Startups drive job growth, but often, these high-impact firms rely not on debt-based lending like SBA loans, but rather angel-, VC-, or equity-based funding because lenders generally perceive them as too risky. Google's first outside funder, for example, was not a bank, but Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim.
In many cases, a startup won't be able to get a loan, even though the SBA is guaranteeing 90 percent of it. As a result, the SBA loans will help more mature small businesses that often don't recruit. "There's a disconnect between the rhetoric, which is that small businesses create jobs, and the reality that a small fraction of small businesses create jobs," said Josh Lerner, professor of investment banking at Harvard University and author of Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why the Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship Have Failed—and What To Do About It.
The Small Business Investment Company Program, a federal program founded in 1958 to help start-ups, suffers from the same misstep as the SBA loans. A public-private partnership, the SBIC matches private funds, but these federal investments are structured as debt that has to be paid back. As a result, like bank lending, the program favors not high-risk entities that are more likely to create jobs, but more mature companies that can satisfy reporting requirements and pay off debt. "The goal of the program is to address market failures and fund high-risk companies, but the mechanism actually cuts against doing these kinds of high-risk investments," said Lerner.
Like the bill's lending aspects, the short-term tax provisions are a boon to more mature firms either in a holding pattern or contemplating layoffs. The capital gains exclusion—which eliminates all taxes on profits from assets sold for more than the purchase price—benefits firms with abundant capital. Companies with less than $50 million in gross receipts that can carry tax credits back five years, of course, are firms that actually have existed for at least five years. So do the business equipment and real property write-offs. "There's a serious economic chicken-and-egg thing going on here. The companies that need a tax deduction are the ones that can't use it because they aren't profitable," said Scott Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy think tank in Washington.
The jobs bill would be more effective if it tweaked the federal assistance already in place to help high-growth, job-creating companies. The Small Business Innovation Research Program, which distributes about $12.5 billion in funding annually, often rewards companies that never commercialize. While there are plenty of SBIR success stories, the agency has also battled fraud. But many SBIR recipients simply subsist on government grants, rather than use the awards as a bridge to private equity funding.
As the president said earlier this month, it took years for these economic problems to develop and it will take a lot of time to solve them. But it's hard to imagine that an administration known for its academic sensibility has not considered the flaws in this makeshift solution that many thinkers and problem-solvers have identified. In the meantime, the few-jobs jobs bill will have to do.
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Ricardo, thanks for the reply,would be good if we can hit soon, see if I can give u enough competion. I play a lot of doubles on tue, thursdy in OC, I'm always looking for somebody different to hit with, especially on weekends.Maybe this sat, weather permitting? Lets keep in touch.
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Obituaries February 20, 2013
Richard C. Chase
Richard C. Chase, 80, of Newport died on February 17, 2013, at his home.
He was born June 24, 1932, in Barton, a son of Charles and Josephine (Thompson) Chase. He married Grace Mary Davis, who predeceased him on December 24, 1996.
Mr. Chase was employed by Elmwood Dairy as a delivery man and mechanic for 23 years. He enjoyed hunting, mechanic work, and woodworking. He and his wife traveled to Florida, Ohio, and Long Island, New York, to visit relatives.
He is survived by his children: Gary Chase and his wife, Corlene, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Douglas Chase of Derby; by his grandson Cody Chase; by his stepgrandchildren: Jason, Celeste, Krystal, and Devin Messier, and Corbett Lee; by his brothers and sisters: Robert Chase and his wife, Edith, of Long Island, Larry Chase and his friend, Beverly White, Phyllis Kennison, and Patricia Herman and her husband, Norman, all of Evansville.
He was predeceased by an infant brother and sister.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home at 4670 Darling Hill Road in Newport with the Reverend Richard Whitehill officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 5 p.m. until the hour of the funeral. Spring interment will be in the Brownington Center Cemetery.
Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Vermont Division, Inc., 55 Day Lane, Williston, Vermont 05495.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Barbara Helen Hudson
Barbara Helen Hudson, 86, passed away peacefully at the Union House Nursing Home on February 18, 2013. She was born on June 19, 1925, in Lyndonville, the daughter of the late William Edgar Kellaway and Bertha (Fowler) Kellaway.
She attended graded school in Lyndonville and was a 1943 graduate of Lyndon Institute. She resided for the majority of her life in Manchester Center and Berlin Corners with her late husband of 62 years, Noah Wallace Hudson. They retired in 1998 and moved back to Lyndonville, where they both had a strong sense of community, loyal friends, and family. A devout Episcopalian, she loved her family and lived her life very quietly for them.
Mrs. Hudson was pre-deceased by her brother, Edger William Kellaway. She is survived by her nephew, Peter Kellaway and his wife, Christina, and daughter, Charli, as well as many other nieces, nephews, and cousins throughout Vermont, Quebec, and Ontario.
There will be no calling hours or funeral. There will be a spring internment at Pine Grove Cemetery with a date and time to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Pope Frontier Animal Society. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Lois Morin
Lois Morin, 81, of Jay died on February 12, 2013. She survived her husband, Roger, of 62 years, by 27 days.
She was born on March 29, 1931, in Stamford, Connecticut, the daughter of John and Ruth Spielman. She grew up in Connecticut with her six brothers and two sisters. After high school, she married Roger and started a family. They moved to Vermont in 1969, where they raised their six children.
Mrs. Morin took great pride in her family. It was hard for any visitor to enter her house without being taken through her collection of pictures. One by one, she would take you down the line of all six kids' graduation pictures, and if you had the time it didn't stop there, she would also take you through the pictures of the grand kids and great-grand kids. She loved little kids and adored her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Even in her later years, her face would light up at the sight of a baby and you often heard her say, "Now, who is this little one?" followed by, "Oh, isn't he or she a cutie" and then a little giggle. There is no denying her love of children.
She also loved playing cards of any kind and especially bingo. She took great pride in her winnings no matter who the opponent may have been and was considered by many as an excessively lucky lady. During her 40-plus years in Jay, she was involved with the Jay Volunteer Fire Department bingo and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She and her husband enjoyed their travels throughout the U.S. and Europe, including their many trips with Community Circle.
She is survived by her six children: Jean Janci of Nashville, Tennessee, Donna Morin of Nashville, Kim Starr of Tucson, Arizona, Jo-Ann Chicoine of Suffolk, Virginia, Margaret Hartman and her husband, Bill, of Derby, and Roger (Chip) Morin Jr. of Troy. She had 15 grandchildren: Jennifer Royea, Aaron Janci, Meghan Janci, Carolyn Patenaude, Katie Holt, Amanda Trono, Chad Chicoine, Onalee Hopkins, Ashley Juliano, Lee-Ann Cotner, Mitchell Hartman, Tyler Starr, Nicholas Leithead, Hanna Morin, and Andrew Morin; and 14 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brothers: Robert and his wife, Lois, and Charles and his wife, Sylvia; her sisters-in-law: Patricia and Mary Spielman; her brother-in-law Leo and his wife, Kathe Morin; her brother-in-law Albert Morin and his wife, Kathleen; and by her sisters-in-law: Blanche Sullivan, Carmen Scofield, Patricia Valley and Leni Morin. She was predeceased by her husband Roger; and by her brothers and sisters: Bill, John, Richard, Jean, Evelyn and David.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Vermont Chapter, Martha Richardson, 300 Cornerstone Drive, Suite 128, Williston, Vermont 05495; or to the North Troy American Legion Post #28, Attention Richard Berthiaume, 254 Dominion Avenue, North Troy, Vermont 05859; or to the Jay Volunteer Fire Department, 157 Revoir Flat Road, Jay, Vermont 05859.
A combined graveside service will be held for both Mr. and Mrs. Morin on Saturday, June 15, at 11 a.m. at the St. Ignatius Cemetery in Lowell.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Dale Douglas Paul
Dale Douglas Paul, 66, a retired educator at Missisquoi Valley Union High School, died on February 8, 2013, at the Northwestern Medical Center.
Born in Syracuse, New York, on July 29, 1947, she was the daughter of William Douglas and the late Jeannette (Ernst) Douglas.
She graduated from Syracuse University and advanced training in education at the University of New Hampshire. She was a lifelong educator, who taught in the Jamesville-Dewitt School District in New York, and the Glover Community School and Barton Graded School in Vermont. She moved to St. Albans in 1987 and then taught at Missisquoi Valley Union High School for 15 years. Her special love for literature and learning inspired many of her students, and she also shared her gift for bringing stories to life with her family and friends.
Survivors include her father, William Douglas, of Marcellus, New York; her brother Bruce Douglas and his wife, Betsy, of Syracuse; their sons: Andrew and Alex Douglas; and her cousins Alison Kelly and Grant Alpern of Atlanta, Georgia.
Services will be announced at a later date.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Franklin County Humane Society, 30 Sunset Meadows, St. Albans, Vermont 05478.
Private messages of condolence to the Douglas family are welcome at www.healdfuneralhome.com.
Roger L. Shaffer
Roger L. Shaffer, 74, of Barton died on February 12, 2013, at his home.
He was born on April 12, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Wade and Georgeanna (Kidwell) Shaffer.
He married the former Dale Allen who predeceased him.
Mr. Shaffer was owner of the Hangman Frame Shop in Hardwick. He worked for Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, where he created sets for stage productions. He also worked for the Home Depot in Connecticut. He moved to this area in 1990 where he was very involved with the restoration of the Barton Memorial Building theater. He also created the Branford Festival in Branford, Connecticut. As a young man, he and his first wife, Ursel, traveled cross-country showing the Batik paintings that they created.
He is survived by his children: Erik Shaffer of Avon, Connecticut, and Wendy Shaffer of New Haven, Connecticut; by his grandchildren: David and Sydney Shaffer; and by his stepchildren: Laurel, Heather and Sam of Connecticut, and Jesse of New York. He is also survived by his former wife, Ursel Shaffer, of Middletown, Connecticut. He was predeceased by a brother, George Shaffer.
Funeral services were held on February 16 in Barton.
Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Barton Memorial Building Restoration and Revitalization Committee, in care of Patsy Tompkins, 19 Village Square, Barton, Vermont 05822.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
John E. Washburn
John E. Washburn, 71, of Newport died on Monday, February 11, 2013, in Burlington.
The son of Jay and Aline Washburn, he was born on December 12, 1941, in San Luis Obispo, California.
Mr. Washburn spent two years of his childhood in Saudi Arabia while his father worked for Saudi Aramco. Boy Scouting was life-forming for Mr. Washburn; he became the first scout in his troop to earn the rank of Eagle Scout and to be inducted into the Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society. As the recipient of several science fair awards during his high school years, he had dreams of attending the California Institute of Technology to study aeronautics or nuclear chemistry. However, while working at Borden Chemical as a chemist during his junior college years, a conversion experience changed the path of his life. Subsequently, he completed his undergraduate studies at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, and went on to graduate from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1970 with a doctor of ministry.
Mr. Washburn thrived on designing creative Christian education for youths and adults. He shared those skills at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tennessee, as an associate professor of Christian education, and on the staff of churches in Oklahoma City, Stillwater Oklahoma, and Shreveport, Louisiana. He was always adventuresome, so when called to serve a church in Alaska, he drove a small U-Haul truck 4,000 miles to Fairbanks. It was there that he took the first steps toward formal ordination; he was ordained in 1987 as an Elder in the United Methodist Church. The Reverend Doctor John Washburn served as the pastor of churches in Anchorage and Sitka, Alaska.
In 1988, he left church ministry to develop software. His business, Software Sharing Ministries, catered to individual needs of churches and church schools.
He met Sheryl Marie Reinke in Sitka, and they were married on July 22, 1988. Adventure and exploring continued as they lived in Tacoma Washington; Sterling, Colorado; Juneau, Alaska; Moscow, Idaho; and Newport.
Everyone who knew Mr. Washburn experienced his disarming whit and sense of humor. He challenged the status quo and had a huge heart for the underdog.
He is survived by his wife Sheryl of Newport: his sister Jeane Avilla of Union City, California; and by his nephews: Jimmie and Johnnie Harrison, also of California. He was predeceased by his parents.
A service celebrating his life was held on February 16 in Newport.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Brendan's Episcopal Church, 4207 Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau, Alaska 99801; or to the charity of one's choice.
"And I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth. Blessed indeed,' says the Spirit, 'that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!'" — Revelation 14:13
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Ruth M. Wright
Ruth M. Wright, 88, of Derby died on February 13, 2013.
She was born in Asbestos, Quebec, on August 6, 1924, to Walter and Sarah Carson McKeage. When she was a small child her mother died, and she went to live with her uncle and aunt Ernest and Nellie Willey of Mt. Vernon Street in Newport. She had two sisters, Barbara and Irene, who predeceased her. She graduated from Newport High School.
She married William F. Wright in 1946. Mr. Wright went into the service shortly after high school and Mrs. Wright went to work for the Bell Telephone switchboard. She spent many years as a telephone operator. She also worked at American Maple where she made great friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright had a daughter, Debra. Mrs. Wright was the greatest mom in the world. Debra married Reginald Judd, and they had a son, Jared, who was Mrs. Wright's pride and joy. Mrs. Wright was also known as Gram Ruth to the many children she took care of through the years.
She was predeceased by her husband, William, in 2000 and her son-in-law Reginald in 2001.
She leaves behind her daughter Deb Judd and grandson Jared and his wife, Jessica Judd, all from Derby; her niece Linda McCauley from Ontario; her nephew Bradley from Massachusetts; her great friend Sherry Labounty from Derby; and Deb and Jim Kinney from Derby Line, who have become part of the family. She will be greatly missed and remembered with never-ending love.
Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, Mrs. Wright would appreciate donations to the Frontier Animal Shelter, 4473 Barton Orleans Road, Orleans, Vermont 05860, or Pets of the Kingdom, care of Vicky Connor, 2907 Shilafoux Road, Brownington, Vermont 05860.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.


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"Oh, the blatherers on the TV, yes," writes Eric Schoeniger, 46, in chapter 19 of his debut novel "The Teahouse by the Tracks," (Createspace.com, 2011), set in the fictional town of Lower Slaughter, based on the real Ambler, PA.
"But not regular people," the excerpt continues. "I sometimes hear people making veiled references to race — you know, kind of talking in code. But no one really 'talks' about it. I mean, I don't think I've ever had a conversation about race with a black person or an Asian or an Indian, someone from India. Now what about you, Paula? Do people ever talk to you about race?"
"No, not really. I don't think people are sure what I am anyway."
The book, written last year at Schoeniger's Lower Gwynedd home, is the story of five strangers who meet one another after unrelated traumas change their lives.
Janet Charbray, the main character of the novel, is a scatterbrained 62-year-old retired fifth grade history teacher who moves to Southeastern Pennsylvania from Plymouth, MA, after her husband dies. That is where on a whim she opens a teahouse called The Teahouse By The Tracks and meets the characters who come to illuminate the story.
There is Ann Firth, the also 60-something recent widow, Charles Grapnel, Janet's landlord and neighbor, Ben Shriver, a shy young man who rents Grapnel's attic, and Paula Pereira, a beautiful young Brazilian who faces deportation. The excerpt above occurs during a dinner party one evening at Grapnel's home. Janet is speaking to Paula.
As the characters meet one another at Charbray's teahouse it comes to be a place of refuge from the troubles and sorrow that have plagued the characters' past and lingers over their uncertain futures. It comes to be the place where they go to talk. A sanctuary for free discussion.
The characters "feel that they can talk more about topics that might not get discussed in the broader community," Schoeniger explained. After she opens the teahouse, Charbray, for example, begins to come into contact with members of different races she had not been exposed to before.
"I had a fairly rough idea of where I wanted the story to go and where I wanted to end up," said Schoeniger about the process of writing the novel. "The rest is sort of improvisation."
After transferring from Bucks County Community College and earning a degree in creative writing from Temple University Ambler in 1987, Schoeniger began to work as a proofreader in Horsham. That is where he met his wife, Jill, also a writer. Schoeniger worked full-time while he studied for his master's degree from Temple, which he earned in 1991, also in creative writing.
In 1988, with college loans to pay off, he started as a copyeditor for "Digital Age" magazine an information-technology oriented zine, before working his way up to editor-in-chief. He stayed with that publication until 1997. In 1995, he founded "eNT", a monthly trade journal that covered Microsoft technologies.
"My wife, Jill, and I married while I was in grad school," he said. "I was already making progress in my career as a magazine editor, so I stuck with that for essentially the next 12 years. But I always sensed that I would return to creative writing, and by about 2005 or so I was spending more and more of my free time writing creatively.
"I had always wanted to be a writer, and always expected that I would write, but for some reason it never occurred to me that you could actually make a living as a poet or a novelist."
After working for four years as the director of editorial services at Unisys, in 2000 Schoeniger left full-time corporate work to pursue professional freelance writing. During the past decade, he has written more than 100 feature articles, special sections, white papers, case studies and brochures. He has also written scripts for more than 50 marketing videos and more than 100 software demos.
For example, there is his 2004 article, "Transatlantic 100," written for "UK & USA" magazine, published by the British-American Business Council, that looks at trade between the U.S. and the United Kingdom
"The relationship between the U.S. and the United Kingdom will remain the centerpiece of the transatlantic market," he concludes the piece with, using a quote from one of his sources.
While today he continues to write articles and perform writing, consulting and custom publishing services, since 2005, Schoeniger has revamped a once dormant desire to write in the creative form.
In grad school, Schoeniger focused on poetry but these days writes more short fiction or novels. In addition to "The Teahouse by the Tracks," Schoeniger has written two middle-grade children's novels.
After unsuccessful attempts to publish his children's novels and "The Teahouse by the Tracks," Schoeniger opted to self-publish his debut novel through createspace.com, an Amazon.com affiliate. It was released Oct. 26.
"I think most writers and artists of any kind struggle with confidence," said Schoeniger about believing in one's abilities as a writer. "On the one hand, you must believe in your talents, or you wouldn't keep trying to exercise them. On the other hand, it can be very difficult to get published, and that certainly undermines your confidence. I suspect that many of the writers who are successful are simply those who keep plugging away at it."
"The Teahouse by the Tracks" is available online at Amazon.com (ISBN: 0615529607) as well as for the Kindle. For more information about Eric Schoeniger visit www.ericschoeniger.com, email email@example.com, or call 215-641-1949.


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Anthony Argiro, 51, of Mohegan Lake, the owner of A.S. Fine Foods gourmet Italian deli in Thornwood, died Saturday, April 15, surrounded by his family.
Argiro was born on July 8, 1965, to Cosmo and Nancy (Sorbara) Argiro in Brooklyn.
Argio enjoyed his customers and many were like family. In his spare time, he enjoyed bowling, had a passion for cooking and was an avid Met's fan.
He is survived by his wife Jacqueline; his two children: Stephen and Kristina of Mohegan Lake; his parents Cosmo and Nancy Argiro; his two brothers Gino (Catherine) Argiro of Yorktown; and Michael (Maria) Argiro of Rockaway; his sister Marie (John) Castronovo of Manalapan, N.J., and several nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday April 19 and Thursday 20 at Cargain Funeral Homes Inc, 418 Route 6, Mahopac.
A mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:15 a.m. Friday April 21, at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 1377 E. Main St, Shrub Oak, with an entombment to follow at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 101 Mill Street, Putnam Valley.
In lieu of flowers, Anthony's family requests donations to the ALS Association in his memory.
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March 8
On International Women's Day, AMARC joins forces with UNESCO for Women Make the News
The World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) is joining forces with UNESCO and the Global Alliance on Media and Gender for the Women Make the News 2015 initiative. Under the theme ''Yes we must! Reaching Gender Equality in the Media by 2030'', this initiative aims to push forward the involvement of women in all spheres of media, from the pen, to the microphone to higher management.
All around the world, community radios are a privileged place where women can make their voices heard, find a space for discussion, empowerment and emancipation. These radios are vectors of education, culture, knowledge sharing and development. Through them, women can enforce their role as major social actors.
"On March 8, we celebrate women's contribution to the struggle for freedom of expression and the right to communicate. We also seize the opportunity to repeat that too many women still suffer from discriminations in the media field and that we must work toward an equal representation on the airwaves", said Maria Pía Matta, AMARC's President.
Throughout its projects and as part of its mission, AMARC defends gender equality and reinforces the importance of the role played by women in the field of communication and media. Launched at the beginning of 2015, ''On the road to Beijing+20'', an international audio series produced by AMARC, in collaboration with UN Women celebrates the voices of women around the world, highlights important issues related to women and shares stories supporting a universal cause. Through these programs, AMARC wishes to empower women journalist, commentator, and journalist and give them air time. Another important tool towards achieving gender equality in the radio stations is the Gender Policy for Community Radio (GP4CR) which was developed by AMARC-WIN Asia Pacific and adopted by the World General Assembly of AMARC in 2010 in La Plata, Argentina. It is available in multiple languages.
On March 8, AMARC calls on all its members, partners and friends to continue to push towards gender equality and to pledge for equal air-time for women. Together, let's achieve gender equality in the media by 2030!
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Sioux Falls Pool Passes Are Here. Family Fun That Won't Leave You Swimming in Debt.
Have you purchased your electronic season swim pass? Avoid the rush and come in now. We have convenient hours and multiple locations:
- Now to July 25: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Park Office, 100 East Sixth Street (closed May 26 and July 4).
- May 19 to July 25: Monday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m., Kenny Anderson, Kuehn, and Morningside Community Centers.
- May 24, 25, 31 and June 1, 7, 8: Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kuehn and Morningside Community Centers.
To purchase a new season swim pass, all family members on the pass must have their photos taken at a community center or at the Park Office.
Important: Key fobs will be issued upon registration, but photos must be taken before the fob is activated and admission into the pools is allowed.
Renew full-price passes online. Save your key fobs each year as renewals will automatically reactivate them. Key fob replacements are $5 each.
The cost for a season swim pass is $70 for a family, $45 for an adult (ages 16–54), $30 for a senior (ages 55 and older), and $15 for a child (ages 2–15). A transferable punch pass worth $36 for only $30 is also available.
Free and reduced-income passes are available for qualified families. For qualifications and requirements, check out our website at www.siouxfalls.org/parks/aquatics or call 605-367-8222.
Weather permitting, aquatic facilities are scheduled to open on Friday, May 23, 2014.
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As Ford Motor Co.'s luxury brand has fallen far behind German, U.S. and Japanese rivals -- Lincoln's U.S. sales have slipped 3 percent through the first 10 months this year in a market that has grown 8 percent -- it is targeting segments in which it can quickly establish a presence. The MKC goes on sale in the United States in late spring or early summer 2014.


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