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Burnout Comes in Three Varieties
As of this month, more than 10 million people in the United States are unemployed, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Given that there are so many people looking for jobs, it's curious that a large percentage of American workers want nothing more than to quit. As of this past December, 1.7% of all employed people left their jobs. That rate has been climbing — albeit slowly — since 2009.
"Burnout syndrome" — that is, the fatigue, cynicism, and professional inefficacy that comes with work-related stress — may play a significant role in this trend.
Some level of stress is an inevitable part of every work experience. But at what point do those stressors become overbearing? What combination of factors makes one individual quit and another endure?
New research suggests that there are at least three different subtypes of burnout, and they each relate to specific detrimental coping strategies. By administering a survey to 429 university workers of various occupations, researchers were able to gather data on the subtypes of burnout and correlate those with employees' coping strategies.
Overall, the results indicated that overload burnout — the frenetic employee who works toward success until exhaustion — is most closely related to emotional venting. These individuals might try to cope with their stress by complaining about the organizational hierarchy at work, feeling as though it imposes limits on their goals and ambitions. That coping strategy, unsurprisingly, seems to lead to a stress overload and a tendency to throw in the towel.
Burnout that stems from boredom and lack of personal development, on the other hand, is most closely associated with an avoidance coping strategy. These under-challenged workers tend to manage stress by distancing themselves from work, a strategy that leads to depersonalization and cynicism — a harbinger for burning out and packing up shop.
The final type of burnout — the worn-out subtype — seems to stem from a coping strategy based on giving up in the face of stress. Even though these individuals want to achieve a certain goal, they lack the motivation to plow through barriers to get to it.
Because it's possible to identify the ineffective coping strategies associated with each type of burnout, it may also be possible to develop targeted and preventative therapies, according to the research article published in PLOS ONE.
Treatments that include emotion regulation, increased cognitive flexibility, and mindfulness may help ward off burnout in susceptible individuals, suggests the research team led by Jesus Montero Marin of the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Organizations that want to keep their employees happy and productive may begin to invest in the fight against burnout by helping employees find accessible, affordable therapies for coping with stress. As some companies know all too well, high turnover can stall progress — especially if the burnout wildfire spreads.
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Lol, psych academics need to widen their perspective:
Of course it is the workers who are at fault, they need only quit complaining and get some therapy, or some meds. (Sarcasm).
The researchers should consider the ultimate causes of burnout, not devise therapeutic regimes to help them cope a little longer.
Alternative solutions are to focus on understanding the cause of poor management (for instance a prevalence of sociopathic individuals in positions of authority), to attempt to illuminate methods to improve the quality of management, to plan projects with attention to real-world goals, estimate levels of effort and risks, reduce exploitive and manipulative practices, and provide greater levels of job-specific training relating to the project in hand. Naaaaaah!
Thanks for the great read. I'd love to see a link to the article on PLOS ONE!
Stan, has a good point, you are possibly looking at the symptoms not the source.
That side both sides of the equation need to be understood e.g. the environment as well as the person. The impact of leadership, the EQ of the leadership, organization culture, vacation package, training, on boarding all could have an impact and drive to burnout, regardless of the personality.
Hi Stan – some of us psych academics are investigating the causes of burnout, and it turns out that these can be quite complex as well, since different people find different workplace experiences stressful to different degrees. Interestingly, a lot of these causes, which can stem from poor management, can be attenuated by the same factors that help workers cope – since managers are also people and can experience burnout too, often with the effects trickling "down" to subordinates…causing the sort of burnout wildfire described above. although I agree with you that we should focus on preventing burnout in workers, not all research can focus on all factors; just because research focuses on coping doesn't necessarily imply blame to the workers – would you toss in the garbage the entire field of positive psychology? All the research is important in uncovering a dynamic and complete model that will help to fix the problem of our current naïveté on the topic. Fixing that problem will help us deal with the burnout problem, wisely, from multiple appropriate angles.
+1 for Stan
Justin, these are valid points — would have been nice if the authors of this piece incorporated them in the introdoction or conclusion. After all, this is not a scientific article, but a report on one, and proper context is important for broarder audience. As it stands, I am hesitant to retweet/forward this despite a great interest in the topic, as it does seem to imply workers' fault and I do not wish to be associated with the message.
Thanks to everybody. I'm discoverying a new world…
I'm burned out after more than 40 years in journalism, writing books, speeches — writing, writing, writing. I no longer work in a newsroom, but at home. At this moment, I'm writing in bed, my new most comfortable office. I'm tired of writing, writing, writing. I want to be a ceramicist. Doesn't time accrued count for burnout, too?
Seen from the limited perspective of the research, which I would be interested in reading more details about, I could see that the researchers could be trying to get underneath the burnout to figure out what the problem with the job is. If people have a bad coping mechanism for a temporarily high stress situation, or this is just an employee's mechanism for dealing with the stress that is virtually any job, then that could perpetuate a cycle of stress, even if the original cause of stress is gone. I'm only thinking this 'cause I'm showing symptoms of two of these conditions, but I like most of my work, the people, the environment, but not all. I'm definitely complaining about the hierarchy, and I'm probably distancing myself from the work, at least part of it. Usually this is the problem with any study, it brings up more questions after answering only one.
Stan nails it, for sure. Now we can take it a step further and go beyond pathologizing people in positions of power (and yes, many seem to be pathological, indeed) and start to look at a pathological culture that creates sickness through consumerism, war, ceaseless economic expansion, shocking inequality, materialism…
Wait! Naaah, there's no pill for that. Keep calm, cope, and carry on.
Many people are working in jobs they do not enjoy simply to meet their financial and family commitments. They are often become trapped by those responsibilities and feel unable to change their work or lifestyle without a huge reduction in their earnings so they carry on growing increasingly unhappy and resentful. Making decisions about the career direction one wishes to take when still uncertain in ones teens can set people on the wrong path. They often choose subjects advised by parents to ensure a secure future which directs people into professions or careers for practical rather than emotional reasons which do not suit their temperament at all. Many practical or creative people end up feeling stifled in a career where earning potential has been placed above personal fulfilment and satisfaction.
I also agree that poor management is a key factor in creating low morale and a lack of prospects in the workplace. Many people are superb at their own job but not temperamentally suited to the pressures placed on them when they are promoted into a management position where they have to motivate and bring out the best in others. There is an art to managing people and some do not possess the perceptiveness, intuition, interpersonal skills or emotional intelligence to handle it. Some find the increased stress levels hard to manage and pass down their insecurity and anxieties to those they manage rather than shoulder it themselves. There should be more training for people being promoted into management roles to ensure that they are suited to managing others or possess the ability to adapt successfully to take on that responsibility. It may be better to promote them in another direction. Sharon Henry. New Leaf Life & Business Coaching.
There is a fourth type of burnout – organizational burnout, which is endemic within organizational culture a dn structures, and a distinct lack of awareness of this phenomenon.
Thought that the first 3 paragraphs of this article weren't very necessary, aside from that, I enjoyed it.
I do agree with several of the comments on here. There is an organizational and management factor that plays a role in burnout and morale. It has become more evident since the "austerity" (or downsizing, whichever you prefer to call it) plan came into being To put the onus on the employee who, probably by the way, has been coping with burnout for sometime already is telling him to "suck it up and live with it." That is not a good strategy for anyone. But there is one point also, a manager cannot "motivate" people. Employees do have to find their own internal motivation. It is a two way street. But, many times, it is a bad organizational structure and/or management.
The article is helpful, thank you. Stan is correct that this shouldn't be as much about getting therapy for the faulty employees as fixing management and culture to prevent these reactions in the staff.
So What type would I be if I have gone through nearly every major life stressor in the past year and a half, worked my a** off for a manager who blatantly didn't want me around finished every impossible goal she set for me, was completely isolated from my co-workers, got let go in the probationary period after 9 months anyway, all while I worked retail part time. I then got a new job but now I have to work three jobs to pay bills that I fell behind on and student loans.
I'm still "moving forward" and I haven't quit but I am now incredibly burnt out. No "rest" in sight.
All of these talk about quitting and shutting down. Who has that luxury?
I'm working everyday, no weekends, I'm on a verge of a breakdown nearly everyday but I suck it up like a lot of people do around me. Who are these people that have the luxury of "throwing in the towel"?
I apologize I lost my point in a rant. I know many people working incredibly hard at multiple jobs who are incredibly worn down and burnt out by poor management. Blue collar and white collar.
I see them in tears at their desks, break rooms and bathrooms.
They still get up and do their best everyday.
I don't think many managers care they're killing their workers as long as the work gets done and the burnt out don't always quit due to burn out. Less productive yes, but we're still forcing it through.
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The point of sports
But letter writer B. Boyle ("Coach Kelly's departure") got my attention with his comment about how, now that Chip Kelly has left, the University of Oregon can go back to "putting young people in touch with civilization." Sports are civilized.
The football program has put Oregon on the academic lists of people who want to go to a winning school.
Phil Knight has poured millions of dollars into both Oregon and Stanford, which helps the academics of both schools. People need entertainment, and a good game is hard to beat for the entertainment value it provides.
If it weren't for their sports programs, most schools wouldn't receive nearly the amount of alumni contributions. How many places would we not know about if it weren't for their college or professional sports teams?
Sports are civilized -- and important to many.
Southwest Portland
Police oversight
In his demotion letter to Capt. Todd Wyatt, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese makes a good case for dismissing the errant officer ("Demoted officer fit to serve, chief says," Jan. 24; "Citizens stunned that officer not fired," Jan. 25).
Yet he chooses to provide "close supervision" for Wyatt, after he inappropriately touched female employees and escalated a road-rage incident.
How does that work? The chief ignores the 5-1 recommendation of the Portland Police Review Board to fire the officer because of his "untruthfulness/untrustworthiness."
Why have this review board advise the chief if the recommendation is ignored?
Northeast Portland
A tragic outcome
I followed the story of Brant W. Koller's disappearance from the first alert.
At 69 years old, his dementia was so advanced he was non-verbal and possibly could not respond to his name. Dementia is not always due to advanced age. Koller seems to have had early onset Alzheimer's or another dementia illness that occurs in "younger" older adults.
Was he in a secured environment? Was he supervised at the time he walked out? Was he registered with the Safe Return program?
All of us can learn from this story. Anyone with this level of dementia is unable to make decisions regarding personal safety. Family members, friends and providers should contact the Alzheimer's Association for education and resources.
Finally, I found the brief four-paragraph story in the Jan. 25 Metro section offensive with "Backyard body" as a headline. If this had been a child or younger adult, would Koller have been so anonymous?
Southwest Portland
Coalman is an Alzheimer's researcher and advocate.
School funding and PERS
Regarding "Grading teacher bonuses" (Jan. 25):
Merit pay is based on the faulty assumption that a system of carrots and sticks causes teachers to unleash effort and competence that would otherwise be withheld. Research testifies to the fact that extrinsic motivation through rewards and punishment increases performance mainly on tasks that are routine and standardized. Spot welding and chicken plucking come to mind.
For work that requires complex problem solving and flexible, divergent thinking, such as teaching, such incentives can actually harm performance. There is little evidence, despite many studies in districts around the U.S., that merit pay for teachers directly improves student learning.
Yes, teachers expect to be reasonably compensated. They do work important to the community and deserve to be economically viable. But teachers are intrinsically motivated by their desire to help children learn. Their performance is supported when class sizes are reasonable, curriculum is vigorous and relevant, and when resources such as books and art supplies are available.
Instead of tinkering with yet another distraction, Oregon's governor and Legislature should focus on stable, adequate and equitable funding for schools.
Southwest Portland
Swanson is an education instructor at Portland State University and has 31 years of elementary teaching experience in Oregon.
For those teachers who were offended by having to take the money from the performance bonus program, why not have them pay it right back into the PERS fund? It's a win-win for teachers and taxpayers. Teachers get to preserve their intrinsic value for teaching without feeling guilty for a payout, and the PERS fund will increase, thus reducing the burden on Oregon taxpayers. Of course, this won't help resolve the federal fiscal issues, but that's a problem for another day.
If this idea sounds absurd, then I would suggest it's just as absurd as these same teachers being offended by receiving a bonus, yet are unwilling to help resolve the PERS funding issues.
Do you think the union wanted them to play this bonus thing down a bit?
MIKE McCRACKEN
Man a machine
Regarding "Evolving machines muscle out workers" (Jan. 24): After reading part two of the Associated Press series on jobs and technology, describing how computerized machines are replacing humans in many middle-class jobs, the following thought occurred to me.
If we can start building machines that can wear polo shirts and slacks, golf during workday afternoons, sit on company boards of directors to help inflate the salaries of their peers, and of course, sip cocktails at country clubs, we could start using machines to replace corporate CEOs.
I have the feeling that a large number of Americans would find this to be a pretty desirable use for machines in the labor force.
Southwest Portland

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The Athlete Fund | The Worlds Fund
NENSA is proud to offer two funding programs for New England athletes; the NENSA World Fund and the Athlete Support Fund.
1. Worlds Fund- (Updated Jan 2015)
Started in 2011, NENSA will provide funding support for New England athletes headed to International competitions. New England athletes making the following teams and meeting the NENSA criteria, earn a stipend of up to $200 for the World Jr/U23 Championships, and up to $150 for the U18 Scando trip.
- U23 Worlds, $200 each (800 total payout) - To Top 2 NE males & Top 2 NE females that qualifies and competes.
- Jr Worlds, $200 each (800 total) - To Top 2 NE men & top 2 NE women, that qualifies & competes.
- U18 Scando trip, $150 (300 total) - Top NE male & Top NE female that qualify & compete.
- Up to total of $1000 funding for NE athletes that get selected to the USST OPA cup Trip following the Jr/U23 Worlds.
- 'New England athlete' is defined as declaring EASTERN on their USSA licenses and they must reside in NE at least 6 months out of the year.
2. Athlete Fund
This program was created to provide financial assistance to New England Nordic athletes for training camps and competition trips based on an athlete's financial need and athletic goals.
Athletes who are eligible for NENSA funding include Nordic skiers who are New England residents, and who are not fully funded by their club. (Nordic refers to cross country athletes. At this time biathletes, jumpers, and Nordic combined are not eligible due to limited funds).
Application is made by an athlete's coach. Only in cases where an athlete is not at all connected with a coach, may he/she apply directly. All athletes receiving funds will be recognized on this webpage.
Initial funding was designated by the NENSA Board of Directors, however continued funding of the program will rely on the generosity of NENSA's members through the membership and event registration checkout option of a $2 donation and continued generosity to the NENSA Annual Fund each spring. 100% of this money donated through the $2 option goes to the funding of athletes!
To Submit an Application:
• Via eMail: Application can be filled out and emailed to Amie Smith with Subject "Athlete Fund Application"
• Via Fax: Fax to: 207-688-6505
Funding Application Deadlines
PERIOD ONE -- SUMMER: June 1 through August 30. Applications due by July 15 (For camps or competition beginning before July 15, applications are still welcome.)
PERIOD TWO -- FALL: September 1 through November 30. Applications due by October 15 (For camps or competition beginning before Oct 15, applications are still welcome.)
PERIOD THREE – EARLY WINTER: December 1 through February 28 (or 29). Applications due by January 1 (For camps or competition beginning before January, applications are still welcome.)
PERIOD FOUR – LATE WINTER: March 1 through May 30. Applications due by ONE WEEK PRIOR TO DEPARTURE of New England JN Team, usually very close to March 1.
All decisions on the NENSA Athlete Support Fund are made by majority vote of the Athlete Support Fund Overseers composed of the NENSA Competitive Programs Director, a member of the board of directors, and a NENSA member. Current overseers are Amie Smith, John Ogden, and Graham Taylor.
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Jason Bartley, MWSC, Junior Nationals, March 2016
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|March 2013
|Bill Harmeyer
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|March 2013
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|Mansfield Nordic Club
|March 2013
|Fabian Stocek
|March 2013
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|Cambridge Sports Union
|March 2013
|Hamish Mcewen
|March 2013
|Hadley Moreau
|Cambridge Sports Union
|March 2013
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|Williams Outing Club
|March 2013
|Nate Moreau
|Cambridge Sports Union
|March 2013
|Mackenzie Rizio
|March 2013
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|March 2013
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|March 2013
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|August 2011
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|Fall 2011
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|July 2011
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|August 2011
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|November 2011
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|March 2012
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Dennis John Trimmer, 60, of High Bridge died on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.
He was born on Jan. 16, 1953, in Newton and was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County.
He was the son of Lavinia Oergel Trimmer of Califon and the late Sidney Trimmer.
He was the husband of Deborah Lynn Rochelle Trimmer.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and mother, include two sons, Marshall Post III of Belvidere and Luke Post of Califon; one granddaughter, Nina Post of Califon; three brothers, John Trimmer of Hackettstown, Charles Trimmer of Sayerville and Eric Trimmer of Allentown, Pa. He also leaves behind his Maine Coon cat, Gulliver, named for Dennis and Deb's numerous sailing voyages.
He will be deeply missed by many beloved friends.
Dennis was employed for 40 years at Custom Alloy Corporation in High Bridge, where he was the maintenance projects and training manager. In his professional life, Dennis, known to many as DJ or Trim, was knowledgeable in many disciplines including mechanics, electronics, welding, electrical, machining and manufacturing. He was also involved in hydraulics and pneumatics.
He was an active member and lieutenant of the High Bridge Fire Department and a member of the High Bridge Rescue Squad.
His true passion was sailing and he was an expert at it. He enjoyed sharing his passion with all of those he knew. He was a fine captain.
He always saw the bright side. He was a problem solver, a thinker. He had soft side and understood people.
Services will be held at the Scarponi-Bright Funeral Home, 26 Main St., Lebanon on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Calling hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A memorial service will be at the same location at 3 p.m.


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K-Rod was in the middle of Venezuelan turmoil
Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez eagerly immersed himself in the monotony of Spring Training on Saturday after enduring some very tense weeks at the center of Venezuela's political unrest.
Rodriguez's homeland has been the scene of violent protests over the past month, particularly in the capital of Caracas. He signed a one-year contract with the Brewers on Feb. 7, but his home is in the heart of opposition-controlled territory and for four or five days, Rodriguez said, he could not leave "because they were burning tires and they closed the roads." His security detail, former policemen, eventually devised a strategy to get him out.
Rodriguez acquired a work visa this week, arrived in Phoenix on Friday and reported to camp for the first time on Saturday morning.
"My girl and my two kids are here with me," he said. "Eventually sometime this week, depending on how things go down there, I'm going to fly the rest of [his family]. Right now I've got to settle in here first. But that's definitely what I have in mind. … I don't want to have distractions being on the field and thinking, 'What are they doing? Is everything all right at home?'
"I don't want that distraction. The main thing I want is their safety. That's the most important thing to me."
Considering the circumstances, Rodriguez considers himself lucky to secure a visa the same day he applied. He is already two weeks late, and worried that another two-week delay might have impacted his game readiness for Opening Day on March 31.
"I was a little nervous about it, but thank God everything is in the past now and I can move forward," said Rodriguez, who called the situation at home scary. "Unfortunately, it is. It is. If I said, 'No,' we're lying. I have never seen so many protests, so much division. I hope they can come up with a resolution and everything can get back to peace. … There is nothing impossible in this world. I hope they can sit down, because the only people who are suffering are the Venezuelan people. Nobody else."
Rodriguez said he would have plenty of time to get ready for the season. For more on his return to the Brewers, check the site this afternoon.
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I would say I'm old enough to have seen a huge evolution of cellphones - they're becoming more popular, more commonplace and more technologically advanced.
When I was growing up, cellphones were always getting smaller. It seemed that the newest and best phone to have was the smallest. There was even a phone the size of a pen that came out when I was in high school. I always thought if I had a cell phone that small I'd lose it more often - more often than I misplace my phone now.
Now, it seems that cell phones have taken a 180- degree turn and are getting bigger and bigger.
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My first cell phone was a Nextel Motorola i530 flip phone. It was a tough, two-way flip phone that was marketed as a great phone to use on a construction site. That phone was virtually indestructable and it was a great first phone for a 13-year-old. I eventually moved to a Samsung flip phone that died after a year, then to a Blackberry Pearl that lasted almost two years until it had a glitch that was unfixable. That was when I switched to my first smartphone, a Motorola Droid.
I wasn't excited to have to get a new phone yet again, but I was excited to get one of the newest phones on the market at the time. When I first got the phone, I thought it was a little big, and compared to a Pearl it was. But compared to the phones coming out now, it's small.
I'm not really sure what the attraction to a phone the size of a tablet is, but I know that I definitely don't want one or need one. My current phone is a very banged up Droid 4. I love that it's still a fairly normal size with a physical keyboard, another feature that it seems will disappear soon enough.
Though I do like some things about my Droid 4, it is a little beat up and doesn't really handle the new Android upgrades too well. So it glitches - a lot.
When I heard that Verizon was releasing a new line of Droids I was very excited, until I saw them. There are three of them and two of them are quite large. I held a Galaxy S4 next to them and the Droids were bigger than that phone. The third one is called a mini and has the same surface size as my current phone. But since when is a normal-sized phone called a mini?
I want to know who made the decision that smartphones needed to compete with tablets. I think they should be two separate electronic devices.
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How much more evidence is needed to show that the people of Jersey City are being ill-served by those members of the City Council whose strings are being pulled by a City Hall administration that cares little for the taxpayer or well-being of its citizens. This is either an intellectually deficient or a sinister bunch in power.
The latest exhibit for the court of public opinion came last week, when the council approved bonding that would allow the city Parking Authority to buy the building that the agency has been renting at 392-394 Central Ave.
The purchase price was a highly questionable, $4.2 million in a down real estate market. Actions of these of elected officials in providing the agency with a go-ahead to buy this building is tantamount to malfeasance.
These self-appointed masters of investment and property acquisition refused to pay the $500 or so for a new appraisal of the building. Instead, they were content to rely on a year 2000 appraisal when the real estate market was booming. Their ineptitude was so blatant that it is easy to suggest their actions may have been planned.
Among those who approved the funding was Councilwoman Nidia Lopez, who has some trouble filing New Jersey tax returns. Another was Councilman Mariano Vega, who has so badly botched his campaign filings with state ELEC that it is difficult to accurately determine who donated to his war chest in May's municipal race. These are people who should not be making decisions with taxpayers' money.
The ordinance was introduced with a 5-4 vote but bond ordinances need six votes for approval on the second reading. Conveniently, it was Vega -- who once frighteningly chaired the city Tax Enhancement Committee -- changed his vote to yes. The councilman, who faces federal corruption charges and refuses to step down claiming he did nothing wrong, said he was convinced by supporters that this was a good deal for the city. He made this explanation with a straight face.
Downtown Councilman Steve Fulop, Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Councilwoman at large Willie Flood did the right thing by voting against the bond ordinance. Fulop argued for the new appraisal and noted that one of the property owners contributed to the Team (Mayor Jerramiah) Healy slate in this year's election.
Perhaps a review of past real estate deals approved by this City Council is a necessity. This city government cannot be trusted.


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When vegan institution Blossoming Lotus vacated Yoga Pearl for a slightly more granola part of town last year, Prasad stepped in to fill the void. It's pretty much stayed business-as-usual: skinny chicks with neat ponytails mindfully munching on virtuous bowls of plant-based protein and complex carbohydrates. Prices are about on par with the nearby Whole Foods, but the food is infinitely better. The Soul Salad ($8) is satisfying, packed with avocado, slow-roasted tomatoes, black beans and well-seasoned tempeh. Bowls are equally formidable, layering a variety of fresh and cooked green things, stews and sauces on a base of nutty Bhutanese red rice or quinoa. The chili ($8) is insipid, but the African peanut ($9) is a winner, smothered in a warm, gooey, peanut butter stew with a zip of lime juice. The deli case also offers the area's freshest grab-and-go options, holding granola parfait cups ($6) for breakfast and hefty raw and tortilla wraps ($7.50-$9) for lunch. RUTH BROWN.


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CARDIGAN – Zack Cudmore and Jack Munro swung hot bats for Cardigan in a 16-6 win over Bedeque in P.E.I. Peewee AA Baseball League play here recently.
Cudmore went 2-for-2, including a home run, while Munro drove in three runs on the strength of a 2-for-3 batting summary. Marshall Dorsey (1-2) also plated three runs for Cardigan.
Ethan Lawless (1-2, RBI), Zack Trainor (1-2, RBI) and Zack Jones (1-3) were Bedeque's leading offensive performers.
Pitching-wise, Carson Johnston earned the win and Lawless took the loss.


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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely young daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
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For background, watch this news video from Fox 6…
On August 18, 2010, I wrote a blog, "It's so wonderful to see the Franklin Common Council has its priorities in order." Here's an excerpt:
"From jsonline.com:
'The Common Council might allow residents to grow 'natural lawns' - those containing common species of grass and wild flowers native to North America which are designed and purposefully cultivated to exceed 12 inches in height from the ground.'
Here's what they look like. From a video taken on
Now remember, this idea was being proposed in Franklin where, if you want to build a new home, you have to kiss the rings of some ridiculous board that decides if the color of trim on your house is suitable or not.
On August 25, 2010, WUWM's Susan Bence gave an update in an in-depth, informative piece. But I found it very odd that Bence couldn't find a single soul to go on tape that was passionately opposed to natural lawns.
Here's her story complete with link to audio.
The owner of the
I've known Deb Bozewicz for many years and she is a terrific person. Her colleagues (including yours truly) do give her some occasional good-natured teases about her land. Two weeks ago when I saw her last, I asked her what she calls "those weeds." She replied with a huge grin, "It's prairie!"
Her neighbor who we saw in the FOX 6 video, Bob Swendrowski complained to City Hall and in the process showed photos of various Franklin residents and their properties, including one of Alderman Kristen Wilhelm in summer attire washing her car. Swendrowski's purpose was unknown, but he did suggest a solution. What's the solution to everything in Franklin? A tax.
Swendrowski wanted the Common Council to adopt a $100 resdiential fee for anyone growing natural lawns or prairies or vegetation 12 inches or higher. It was quickly dubbed the "Flower Tax."
On September 7, 2010, Alderman Wilhelm sent me the following:
I received my council packet early Saturday for Tuesdays meeting. Here are a few items that may be of interest.
A resident is requesting the Council adopted a yard ordinance requiring a $100 residential fee and a maintenance plan for planting lawn flowers over 12 inches. This all began as a neighbor dispute and is NOT about the City "promoting wildflowers" as reported in the paper.
The PRESENT, EXTENSIVE ORDINANCE CONTROLS WEEDS. Here is a PORTION of what is ALREADY
Full present code here> http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=FR1719
"All noxious weeds shall be kept cut to a height not to exceed 18 inches, and in platted SUBDIVISIONS which have buildings on more than 50% of the lots, noxious weeds shall be kept cut to a height of not to exceed 6 inches."
Our taxes already pay for a "weed commissioner" to enforce the above rules. With major budget issues, staff time would be better spent cutting expenses and on managing drainage and road issues, not creating new problems, fees and turning staff into blossom police. Do we need MORE RULES & FEES?
Go here for Council (voting) members if you want to express keeping the current rules and no to more residential fees and more government control over private residential lots.
Following the Common Council meeting, Alderman Wilhelm followed up:
Dear Residents,
Last night the Franklin Community proved the power in numbers. Due to those who attended and/or took time to voice their opinion to ALL voting members and the Mayor, the requested ordinance requiring a $100 fee and maintenance plan for installing flowers over 12" was defeated by "placing it on file".
I truly enjoyed the many comments but I was not able to respond before the meeting since I also sit on the earlier scheduled Licensing Committee. However, I did read all of them and have selected a FEW LINES (from the many replies) for your reading.
• Wow, you are kidding?
• It should go into the book of dumb laws.
• Let's deal with the root issue here not over govern.
• Before I react, I need to confirm that this is reality….
• Budgets are tight and in this economy to have someone police "flowers" is just stupid.
• To require municipal involvement when neighbors should work issues out together is a waste of staff time.
• The proposed ordinance is prohibitive, expensive both for the individual gardener and for the community (to approve, monitor and enforce).
Your voices made a difference in defeating the poor "flower tax" request and in keeping the present more sensible procedures in place. Good for you, good for government.
Deb Bozewicz still has her prairie and her neighbor probably remains unhappy. And
If the issue of natural lawns would be the worst problem
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This year in their annual concert for young people, the Hunterdon Symphony will take the audience on "A Trip Across America." The performance will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. and will feature selections highlighting places and events found in many areas of the country. The concert location is the Clinton Township Middle School, 34 Grayrock Road, Clinton.
The musical journey will include visits to New York, Boston, a Shaker village, a rodeo, and a trip through Arkansas. For part of the program, the orchestra will be joined by the Hunterdon Fiddlers, who are part of the group's Music for Youth program known as Saturday Strings.
The performance will be followed by an "instrument petting zoo" in the lobby, a popular feature of the children's concerts in the past. Members of the Symphony, many of whom are music teachers, will be on hand to guide young people in trying out various instruments. Hunterdon Musical Instrument Corp., in Flemington, is again loaning the instruments that will be available for this hands-on experience.
All tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door of the auditorium before the concert. Advance sales are available through the group's website, HunterdonMusicalArts.org, or the following area merchants (cash or check only): Califon Book Shop, Clinton Book Shop, Teaberry's Tea Room in Flemington, The Book Garden and Minette's Candies in Frenchtown, and This and That on the Corner in Milford. Visit the website for more information. To request an accommodation for a disability, call 908-995-7977. In case of snow, the concert will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9.
In addition to his work with the symphony, Conductor Lawrence Kursar teaches instrumental music at Woodglen School in Lebanon Township and plays French horn with the Crosswinds Trio, Main Street Brass Quintet, and a number of orchestras in the area.
This event is sponsored by Hunterdon Musical Arts, which is funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through funds administered by the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission.


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KALAMAZOO — Bill Griffey was a young assistant still learning the recruiting ropes when he asked Western Michigan University women's track and field head coach Kelly Lycan to take a chance on Irene Cooper.
The senior at Bloomfield Hills Lahser was an average prep shot put and discus thrower who didn't get much attention from the Division I ranks, including Michigan State, where she hoped to land a scholarship."Bill was only in his first or second year," Lycan said by phone Wednesday on his way down to the NCAA Indoor Championships at the University of Arkansas, where Cooper will compete Friday in the weight throw for a second time. "He saw her at a high school meet or something and came back and said, 'Coach, I know I'm still kind of new at this, but you're going to have to take my word on this ... we've got to find a way to come up with some scholarship money for this girl.'"
Lycan glanced at Cooper's distances and wasn't as impressed.
"Her marks weren't very good," he said. "She wasn't even throwing 40 feet in the shot put and her discus was even worse. I'm looking at him like, 'You want me to give this girl scholarship money?' (Griffey) said, 'When you see her, you're going to know what I'm talking about.'"
It took a little longer than that, as Cooper awkwardly struggled to get the feel for the weight and hammer — events introduced to her when she arrived in Kalamazoo.
"I don't think I would have ever thought that (I'd have this kind of success)," Cooper said. "Freshman year I was throwing into the nets every other meet and almost knocking people out. I would have never guessed ..."
She would have never guessed that just a few months later she'd qualify for the USA Jr. Nationals, eventually winning the hammer at the prestigious meet as a sophomore.
Her junior campaign netted a 10th-place finish in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoors last season at Texas A&M — just two spots from all-America honors.
Cooper, the Broncos' record holder in both events, won her first Mid-American Conference title recently at the league's indoor championships, winning the weight throw by six feet (67 feet, 10.5 inches).
"I'm very excited," she said. "I just feel a lot more ready to go and believe in my mind that I will be an All-American. I came so close last year and I just have to believe and have confidence. If I just relax and just put (myself) in that mindset that it's just a normal meet, it should work out."
"She's actually more suited for the hammer throw," Lycan said. "It's more of a speed event. Last year in the first outdoor meet at the Alabama Relays, she hurt her back and it bothered her all season.
"We never really got to see what Irene could do in the hammer. So coach Griffey and I both are having a whole lot of fun and it's really exciting watching her with the weight indoors."


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Archive for the 'Blossom Street' tag
Pepper's Bistro, 601 Main Street Suite D: June 2014 5 comments
8 September 2013:
15 June 2014:
This place, by Yoghut in the Adesso building at the corner of Main & Blossom Streets was apparently a sister operation to Peppers House Of Pizza on Garners Ferry, and continued on several months after that one closed. If it were going to close, I guess the timing is not surprising. This building is right across from USC, and I imagine that anytime school is out is hard on the restaurants in this whole little strip (especially given the problematic parking for non-locals).
(Hat tip to commenter Payne)
Lark, 614 Holly Street: late December 2012 no comments
He rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chain of sound, Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake. For singing till his heaven fills, 'Tis love of earth that he instils, And ever winging up and up, Our valley is his golden cup And he the wine which overflows to lift us with him as he goes. Till lost on his aerial rings In light, and then the fancy sings.
Jasmine Deli & Cafe, 601 Main Street: January 2013 no comments
Jasmine Deli & Cafe was the follow-on operation to Baker Brothers American Deli in the Addesso building at the corner of Main and Blossom. I'm unsure if it was connected with the Jasmine Buffet on Two Notch or not.
At any rate, they have moved out and Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint is moving in.
Master Clearners & Laundry, 1907 & 1908 Blossom Street: October 2012 3 comments
Here is another Master Cleaners location. This one is rather interesting because it comprises two buildings on either side of Blossom Street. The odd location is the drop-off point, and the even location is the actual cleaning, storage and pick-up point. I suppose I have driven past this spot at least once a week for the past decade or so without noticing this!
Currently, it being Five Points, the drop off location has quickly become a de-facto free-parking lot.
The George Rogers Mural Experience / Booker T. Washington School, Blossom Street: 1990s 27 comments
Today's pictures come from commenter Alaska Jill, who says:
Booker T. Washington School/George Rogers Mural: I knew I'd best get
pictures of those while I could, too. These were taken on a chilly
Sunday afternoon in February 1999. The mural of George Rogers was a
Blossom Street landmark and could not be missed.
George Rogers and I were at Carolina together, though to the best of my knowledge, we never crossed paths. What I remember though, is that his winning the Heisman Trophy in 1980 was a big deal. A *really* big deal. Quite possibly a deal that was visible from earth orbit, and influenced local gravitational fields..
It was also somewhat of a surprise. I clearly recall that in the run-up to the award announcement, the Daily Gamecock ran an editorial under the head By George, He hasn't got a chance! enumerating all the reasons why it wasn't going to happen. Not being a sports fan myself, I recall the campus events around John Lennon's death that same year more clearly, but I was certainly aware big events were afoot!
I'm not sure when the murals went up, but they were, as Jill says, landmarks for many years. (The road near the stadium and fairgrounds was renamed for Rogers in the same period). I have the vague memory that the Booker T. Washington building itself was at one time a public high school before the property was taken over by USC. I think both the mural and the building came down while I was living out of town, or at least I have no memory of what happened. Today I can't exactly match where it was on Blossom with what's there now...
George Rogers played pro ball until 1987, and is now retired. Wikipedia doesn't really say anything about him after that. It would not surprise me if he had a car dealership or a real estate business somewhere.
(Thanks to Alaska Jill).
Gibbes Machinery Company / Gibbes Volkswagen, Southwest Corner of Blossom & Assembly Streets: 1999 37 comments
Commenter Alaska Jill sends in these pictures of Gibbes, saying:
Gibbes Machinery: The sunlit pictures were taken, I believe, in 1998. I used to park at the Gibbes lot as a USC student and knew those buildings were probably not going to be around much longer. Demolition started not long after those photos were taken. One morning in early 1999, we had snow in Columbia. I was a graduate assistant at the journalism school at the time, and had brought my camera with me to get some pictures of Columbia in the snow. From the steps of the Coliseum, I caught a couple pictures of the demolition in progress. An additional picture is taken from the former Gibbes lot.
The old Gibbes space is directly across Blossom Street from the Coliseum -- I'll have to consult some old directories to get the actual address. Right now it's the location of USC's new-ish "wellness center", which frankly sounds like a boondoggle with no educational function to me, but back in the day, Gibbes was there as a representative of the old "manufacturing" look of the Vista area. I never had a clear idea of what the machinery side of the business did, but the car lot was the only Volkswagen dealer in the Columbia area.
After USC got this property, the dealership moved to Broad River Road, just west of the river and either went under or sold out to the current tenant, Wray Mazda Volkswagen.
Take a good look at the second picture above. In the background, you can see The Towers and also the mini-mall building (muraled "Gamecock Clothing") which once held Robo's video arcade, Pappy's and a number of other small, student-oriented businesses. It has since been torn down to put in the
UPDATE 17 December 2011: The building I tag as the "mini-mall" was actually Addams University Bookstore a separate building in the same general area. See the comments.
(Hat tip to Alaska Jill)
American Apparel, 610 Harden Street: Early Feb 2011 13 comments
American Apparel was a clothes store on Harden Street, next to the old Hiller Hardware. I gather that it served the young, hip, crowd, which is, um, not me.
In fact, for years, I didn't even know where the store was, just that it had a series of mildly risque ads on the back page of the local alternative weekly, The Free Times. These were constant fodder for the paper's Rant & Rave feature, as here, for instance.
When I went by on Saturday 5 Feb, there was still music playing from the store's door speakers, and two guys hanging around like they were supposed to be loading stuff out of there but couldn't get inside.
Doing a little googling turns of the surprising (to me) fact that American Apparel (AMEX: APP) is the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States.. They also seem to have had a good bit of financial trouble in their retail arm lately, as detailed in this WSJ piece and this "Open Market" piece (which also has an image of an ad they could never have run in Columbia..)
The company's web site goes even farther with ads -- DEFINITELY NSFW!
(Hat tip to commenter Jennifer)
UPDATE 12 September 2011 -- The follow-on operation, Urban Thread & More is open, and apparently has been at least since 16 April 2011:
Baker Bros American Deli, 601 Main Street Suite A: Spring 2010 10 comments
According to this press release Baker Brothers American Deli came to South Carolina on 29 November 2007, with the opening of the Lexington store. That was to be the first of three stores in the Columbia market. I believe this store, beneath the upscale Adesso condos (themselves built on the site of the former mini-mall housing Pappy's and Robo's Video Arcade) was the second Columbia location. A google search suggests the third store was at 1730 Main Street, but I can't bring that one to mind without driving by.
At any rate, according to the franchaise map here all the South Carolina stores are now gone. The map is actually rather interesting in that persuing a Texas, Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky stragegy seems a bit unusual. Things could apparently be going better though, since apart from Texas (which is the home state and has 12 locations) each other state has only one. I never ate at Baker Bros. From the menu and web site, it seems sort of like another McAlister's Deli, a restaurant I never really warmed up to.
As mentioned by commenter Dave, the next business in this slot looks to be a yogurt operation called Yog Hut. My impression based on peering in the corner entrance is that Yog Hut will not be using the full Baker Bros space though.
UPDATE 21 May 2010: Commenter ChiefDanGeorge says the Yog Hut entrance is a different space, so I've added a picture of the Main Street doors. He also suggests that the Yog Hut opening is stalled.
UPDATE 8 July 2010 -- Well if it was stalled, it's unstalled and open now:
(Hat tip to commenter Mike)
Hiller Hardware, 600 Harden Street: 26 September 2009 15 comments
Although there was another, more old-school Hiller Hardware down somewhere in the Vista, this is the one I knew from my childhood as my mother liked to look at the non-hardware, gifty, stuff from time to time when we were in 5 Points. I always thought the place was pretty cool too because of the hardware (not the gifty stuff!) and because, if memory serves me correctly, they often had junior science experiment type kits for sale as well (I suppose that was gifty under some rubric, but it wasn't painted or ceramic..)
Hiller had its own parking lot, as well as metered spaces in front and on the sides, and it was one of the odder lots in town. There was an entrance on Blossom Street by the store back door, and another entrance on Hilton Street which you would not expect at all. The second entrance comes down a rather steep hill and the whole thing is banked like a racetrack. One of my cousin's boyfriends liked to drive up around the bank at an insane speed when the store was closed. It was pretty scary and I was never tempted to do it myself (I did come in from Hilton a number of times myself at a sane speed). It appears that in later years, the Hilton entrance was roped off.
When I heard the store was closing a few months ago, I went by for the first time in years. It hadn't been too picked over at that point, and I got some light bulbs, WD-40 and dust-off spray. The place was still much as I recalled it with the no-nonsense hardware section and the gifty knick-knack sections living together in harmony.
Why did the store close, well, this State story cites the interminable 5 Points street work and big box stores. I'm pretty sure it was the later.
It's an old story in retail. We say we like mom & pop stores, but we shop where there's acres of parking and the stock is both a bit deeper and a few cents cheaper. I'm no different -- as I said above, it had been years since I was in Hiller but I've been to Home Depot or Lowes probably a hundred times in the same period.
It appears to me from the plywood sheeting over some of the front and side windows, that the store was vandalized (or burglarized) at least twice in its final months, and that is a real shame.
The good part of the Hiller closing (again from The State story above) is that the owners own the lot outright, so they will do OK under the new arrangements. In fact, it appears that the incoming bank will only be leasing the property, so they or their heirs will be able to make other deals in the future as well.
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FENTON, MI -- A tragic discovery is helping a Fenton family begin healing after the loss of their 19-year-old son, Brady Morton, who disappeared from a tubing trip Sunday afternoon, Aug. 17.
After nearly a three-day search, authorities located and pulled the teen's body from the St. Clair River Wednesday afternoon. While it wasn't the ending Larry and Robin Morton hoped for, finding their son's body helped provide closure.
"The first few days were a living hell, because we didn't even know where he was at," Larry Morton said of his son, adding that he and his wife slept inside their son's SUV during the search, hoping for his return.
"Well, we thought we were going to sleep, but that never happened," Larry Morton said.
The St. Clair County Marine Division pulled their son's body from the river Wednesday afternoon after locating it with sonar.
"At least yesterday, we got our boy back," Larry Morton said. "Not the way we wanted, but we got him back."
The teen's death came as a shock to the family, Morton said, because he was "in the water six days out of seven," and was an excellent swimmer.
"I had him in the water at 3.5 months old," Morton said. "I would take him to this place where they had what's called a conversation pool. I'd put him in a little seat, and I'd just let him sit in there and splash."
Morton grew up in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico and on Lake Fenton later in his childhood, so his parents enrolled him in swimming lessons to keep him safe near the water.
"We made sure he was able to swim by 3 years old," Morton said. "The last thing we ever thought — We never wanted our boy to drown."
Brady Morton was athletic. He'd been a member of Fenton High School's track, soccer and swim teams, Morton said.
"Nothing was out of his realm. He just wanted to do everything," he said, adding that Brady eventually decided to focus on his love for water skiing.
He was a member of the Silver Lake Water Ski Club for about a decade, and volunteered at least 10 hours a week teaching children to water ski there.
Brady Morton attended the University of Michigan-Flint so he could live at home and keep his job at Phoenix Dental in Fenton, but decided to enroll at Michigan State, where he planned to double-major in finance and economics this fall.
"He already had his apartment in Lansing, and he was supposed to move in tomorrow," Larry Morton said Thursday morning, Aug. 21. "And he was so anxious."
Larry Morton said his son was looking forward to turning 20 Friday, Aug. 29, and living on his own.
"We're never going to totally get over this," he said. "We don't even imagine it."
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To the Editor:
It's about time we woke up and noticed that everything President Barack Obama does puts us further and further into debt and decline.
His green energy is the most expensive energy, requiring billions of dollars in rebates, not to mention failures. The lowest cost electrical energy comes from coal, which accounts for 42 percent of our electricity and millions of jobs. Yet, Obama wants to put coal-fired plants out of business.
Obama has failed miserably in reducing unemployment. He talks of fairness, of helping the middle class, of helping minorities. But he denies them hundreds of thousands of jobs with restrictions on oil and gas companies and by not approving the Keystone XL Pipeline.
National unemployment rates remain above 8 percent, and can be double that for some minorities.
Obama flies Air Force One to New York for a weekend date, and Michele takes her daughters, her mother and cousins for a worldwide vacation — both with expensive security and support entourages. The General Services Administration and the Secret Service emulate the "boss" with lavish partying, also with taxpayers' money.
Obama ignores the law and the Constitution by making appointments without senatorial consent, failing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, and diminishing the role of the Supreme Court.
Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to prosecute allegations of intimidation at the voting booth by the New Black Panther Party, or their posting of a reward for the capture of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case, and statements suggesting that citizens should kill Zimmerman.
Holder stonewalled and misled Congress in its investigation of the Fast and Furious weapons operation.
The administration considered it just "workplace violence" when Nidal Malik Hasan, the mass murder suspect at Fort Hood, Texas, reportedly shouted the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar" during the incident.
The White House's golden-toned orator paints a rosy picture, but it is always in the future. It's like a slug on a leaf. Ahead, all is green and growing, but behind it is a 31⁄2 year trail of slime and destruction which portends the future.
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Trash removal plan working well in Springfield
Here we go again with the trash debate. Bags, Barrels, why not carrier pigeons?
We have an existing procedure and fee that works. The process involves an automated barrel pick-up that is done weekly and neatly. Springfield is a city of apartments, condos, mobile parks, single and multi-family homes; this does not lend easily to a buy-and- throw-bag system. Tenants will not take responsibility for bag purchases and landlords will be met with additional cost and task of purchasing bags.
Also, since we seem to be so concerned about the environment, how may I ask Councilor Timothy Rooke, would the purchase of plastic bags help the planet? Is Rooke working with a company that will produce these bags? Will it go out to bid? Will the bag cost increase with each year of production?
I don't think the citizens of Springfield will be "GLAD" about a pay-as-you-throw bag system.
Springfield has a system that works — a yearly fee that is reasonable, barrels that accommodate a city of multi-dwellings and aid in a neat appearance on trash day. Why do we want a system that involves bags? This will only add to our carbon footprint.
To discard a system that works and impose one where bag production is needed is unnecessary and leads to a variable that will change with each year. My other concern is who will inspect the barrels for bag compliance? The scene is set, trash disposal day in the City of Springfield, dispatch calls to DPW: Multiple violations, trash barrels without bags, the whole street, block, section! Oh no, it is time for the "Trash Bag Commission!
Not only will DPW workers need to inspect each bin prior to disposal for compliance, what will be imposed if bags are not found? Would there be a fine for non-compliance and trash disposal denied? Also, the added hours needed to inspect barrels would be a waste of time and will increase overtime pay for DPW workers! It would be a "HEFTY" bill on taxpayer's backs! Government "WASTE" at its best.
Keep the current barrel system and fee structure. Increase awareness and educate the community regarding the importance of recycling. Start at the elementary schools, engage the children. They will absorb the information and look for ways to contribute and help the planet. Keep it simple, keep it tidy and keep the trash bins and fee structure.
– GIOVANNA CUMMINGS, Springfield
Republican budget a subversive document
Patriots' Day brings to mind Benjamin Franklin comment after leaving the Constitutional Convention. When asked "What kind of government have we got?" his reply was "A Republic ... if you can keep it."
He knew that wealthy interests (embodied today in the financial industry and multinational corporations) would try to subvert the Constitution's stated goal to "promote the general Welfare."
He knew their version of the golden rule: "Whoever has the gold makes all the rules." Investments by wealthy interests in political ads, media outlets, campaign contributions, front groups, think tanks and lobbyists have gained massive tax breaks, loopholes, subsidies, deregulation and bailouts.
One result can be seen in current Republican federal budget proposals. Claiming to reduce the deficit, they propose forcing us all to sacrifice cost-effective guaranteed programs we have paid for with our tax dollars. They'll exchange Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid - in exchange for paying into financial industry products with higher overhead costs, certainly not guaranteed in our time of need.
This privatization of our public programs plus even more tax breaks for the wealthy insures more gold for them to rule. It does not, however, "promote the general welfare."
– EDWARD C. BROWN, Westfield
Proposed budget won't help jobless
Isn't the goal of "transitional assistance" just that – transitional?
Why then is our state Legislature proposing eliminating the very program (Employment Service Programs - Budget line item 4401-1000) that has been successful in transitioning people off DTA support?
Instead of receiving supports from community-based human service organizations, like Human Resources Unlimited (HRU) that assist with job coaching, skills building and job placement leading to self-sufficiency and getting OFF state assistance, there will no longer be a "welfare to work" philosophy.
While past state budgets clearly demonstrate the bottom-line benefit of the ESP programs, Massachusetts residents will now be encouraged to collect welfare checks with no accountability and no hope for their future. Is this the best use of our tax dollars?
Please remember that, while there are always some unmotivated people out there, most of the people on welfare want to work. They want to make a positive change in their lives and their children's futures. Please encourage your legislators not to move backward.
– KATHLEEN M. PLANTE, Director of Development, Human Resources Unlimited, Springfield


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Although it isn't the prettiest printer about, the P4015N is certainly functional and will suit businesses in need of high volume printing.
For a black and white laser printer, the LaserJet P4015N is big, ugly and expensive. However, HP isn't trying to compete against Canon's Laser Shot LBP 3100B and other lower-end mono lasers. The P4015N is designed for businesses that need to perform cheap, fast, good quality and high volume print jobs on a daily basis.
The P4015N's size is immediately striking — at 450mm deep, it certainly won't fit on shallower desks. The printer is also quite tall. The P4015N does manage to put some of its size to good use though. Its specialty print tray can hold up to 100 sheets of paper and the main paper tray offers 500-sheet capacity. The top output tray can also hold up to 500 sheets at a time, so printing off that debut novel while you're at work is slightly easier.
A key aspect of any business-bound laser printer is its running costs, and here the P4015N excels. Using HP's high-yield toner printouts cost an average 1.8c per page, which is cheaper than low-end mono lasers and makes the initial price point much easier to handle.
The P4015N can connect locally through USB 2.0 or over a network using its Ethernet port. There's no wireless option, but we're not surprised — despite it's proliferation in homes, Wi-Fi isn't as popular among businesses. Sadly, the P4015N lacks an automatic duplex unit, an important feature for any business.
Printer configuration is somewhat convoluted when using the onboard control panel, but all the same administration functions can be accessed through the printer's embedded Web server. Users can configure and maintain the printer's security settings, as well as configure the printer to periodically send status reports to a nominated email address.
There are several job storage functions available, so users can easily reprint documents without having to reinitiate the job from a computer. The P4015N's 'personal jobs' feature secures a job, making it available for print only once the right PIN is entered. Similar functionality can be seen in even basic multifunctions, but it's particularly well implemented here; it's an invaluable feature for a network printer.
Although the P4015N certainly isn't a quiet machine, it is definitely speedy. HP suggests the printer is capable of 50 pages per minute, but we managed to produce even faster speeds during our standardised testing. We averaged 54.5ppm over all four quality settings. The only problem we had is that the computer we used couldn't actually keep up with the printer, forcing the P4015N to pause every few pages. We only encountered this issue over USB 1.1, so it won't be a problem for those connecting over USB 2.0 or Ethernet.
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Casey Coleman Designated For Assignment: When the Cubs signed right handed pitcher Scott Feldman to a one year deal on Tuesday, the one piece of the puzzle that had not been announced was who would be removed from the 40 man roster to make room for Feldman. The two most likely candidates were RHP Casey Coleman and 3B Ian Stewart. Today we found out that it was Coleman. Coleman gained favor near the end of 2010 season, when he had a lucky stretch of several starts where he posted an ERA just over 4 despite walking nearly as many players as he struck out. He never found similar success again in the Majors, either as a starter or reliever. However, it's fairly unlikely that Coleman will be leaving the Cubs' system, as most doubt anyone else would be willing to pick up Coleman and give him a 40 man spot.
The curiosity with this is that the Cubs have to decide whether or not to tender Ian Stewart by the end of the day on Friday. While I doubt the Cubs are going to be willing to pay the $2.5 million or so Stewart would get in arbitration, this would indicate to me that the Cubs are at least talking to Stewart about bringing him back at a discounted rate. If that's the case, I'm sure there will be much gnashing of teeth across the internet.
Kyuji Fyujikawa News: For those of you who don't recall, Fyujikawa is the Japanese relief pitcher who is coming over as a true free agent this offseason, and the Cubs have been rumored to be pursuing him for a couple of weeks now. Fyujikawa has apparently indicated that his top choices are either the Angels or the Cubs. This is actually a pickup I'd be a little confused by, because Fyujikawa doesn't look like he is going to be a bargain. And I kind of doubt Fyujikawa is looking to go somewhere to be traded midseason. I'd rather have the Cubs put that money towards a solid center fielder this offseason, or another starting pitcher.
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WALTHAM – The Boston Celtics bench came under fire for their play against the New York Knicks in the opening round.
They routinely surrendered leads, Glen Davis had 10 total points before going off for 14 in Game 4, and Jeff Green, the centerpiece of the Kendrick Perkins trade, was basically a non-factor.
But the Celtics feel that that unit is what gives them an advantage against likely Eastern Conference semifinal opponent Miami.
"I feel that our bench is way stronger than theirs, we're way deeper than them," sixth man Glen Davis said. "We just got to make sure we use our depth."
It's not even necessarily a matter of using that depth. It's making sure that those who hit the floor provide productive minutes and meet expectations.
It was the bench who was at the center of nearly allowing the New York Knicks to steal Game 4 after allowing them to get within four points after leading by as many as 23, which put into focus the liability the unit was throughout the series.
In all, the Celtics held a two-point advantage over the Knicks when a unit other than the starting five was on the floor against New York.
But what's done is done and the bench says they learned from those mistakes and are ready to move forward.
"Can't worry about the past, you just got to play," Davis said. "That's the mentality that we're trying to take. We'll get it going and make that push."
The key behind that is getting valuable practice time.
The days leading up to the Knicks was the first opportunity that coach Doc Rivers had to slow things down and get newcomers Green, Nenad Krstic and Sasha Pavlovic acclimated to way they do things.
Now, with at least a week off prior to round two's tentative Sunday start date, those guys now have a chance to become comfortable in what they are doing for the first time this season.
"It's like a mini-training camp for those guys," Rivers said, "it really is."
Davis, who finished fourth in Sixth Man of the Year voting, has emerged into a leadership role with the second unit and says that it's going to take patience for the the group to get to where they need to be, but each day they inch a little closer.
"I'm the only one that really plays with the starters so it's up to me to bring that energy to those guys," Davis said. "I've been here for four years now, and I'm still maturing. It takes a while to get used to Doc's system."
The Celtics are going to need that process to be accelerated, particularly in the case of Green.
They were hoping that the hybrid forward would be further along than he is at this juncture, and another series where he averages 6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game is not going to be acceptable against a team like the Heat.
The team needs him to start contributing the way they imagined he would when they dealt for him, and expect him to emerge as an able LeBron James stopper in the series -- or at least serve as somewhat of a speed bump in that regard.
"Jeff's going to be fine," Rivers said. "We were happy with some of the things he did and think he'll keep getting better."
Davis isn't worried about that, though. He has a feeling that the Celtics will be just fine.
"We have confidence in ourselves and feel like we're better than (Miami)," Davis said.


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St. Paul, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) -- The Minnesota Department of Commerce says that it hasn't been this hot in 100 years and with a record heat wave on its way, officials are offering tips to save money and energy.
The Commerce Department's Division of Energy Resources is hoping to help people make informed decisions about their energy use, particularly as air conditioning units across the state are working overtime to keep homes and businesses cool.
- Switch energy use from high-cost to low-cost periods. Energy costs are usually higher on hot summer days, so try to run appliances in the evening when costs are usually lower.
- Use a programmable thermostat or ask your utility if they can automatically adjust your energy use during high cost periods.
- Tune up your air conditioner.
- Keep cool air inside.
- Use fans.
- Air dry dishes and clothes. (reduce your electricity use)
- Conserve power. (turn off devices when you are done using them)
- Use CFLs and LED lighting. Replace old inefficient lights with compact fluorescent light bulbs or light-emitting diodes. These bulbs will use one-third of the energy.
- Stay safe and check on elderly/vulnerable neighbors.
- Disconnection during extreme heat conditions. Consumers should know that a utility may not disconnect electrical service without the consent of the customer in an county.