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A dramatic vote was taken at yesterday's monthly meeting of the Marine Fisheries Council when a motion to endorse a saltwater fishing license as a means of funding marine fisheries within the Division of Fish & Wildlife was passed unanimously.
The N.J. Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs and the Cape May Party & Charter Boat Association have been on record as supporting this concept, but the Council's motion will probably result in the required legislative action for consideration. The very mention of a saltwater license has always been poison in N.J., but with many of our state's anglers now having to buy a New York or Delaware license, the prospect of reciprocal licenses and sending money to N.J. rather than a neighboring state may make a difference. In addition, we will have to deal with the federal registry next year -- when it will no longer be free unless we have a state license.
Yet, Dr. Pat Donnelly said those concerns weren't the reason for the license proposal. Our marine fisheries are run on a budget of just $380,000, while North Carolina (a state with about as many fishermen) has an $18 million budget, about half of which comes from the recreational license. Donnelly noted that we probably could have had more liberal tautog regulations if we had the personel last year to provide the required statistics to back up our case. The same thing may apply next year with shad and river herring.
There will be a lot more about this in the weeks to come, though there isn't even a bill in the Legislature to put a license dedicated to Marine Fisheries into law. Let the debate begin!

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Last month, Gov. Jon Corzine proposed that the state's unionized employees agree to a wage freeze to help the state get through a recession. Yesterday, he gave a glimpse of what could happen if they don't.
He did so by announcing that the state will require every employee to take a day off without pay in May and June.
Those furloughs would save a mere $35 million in this fiscal year, which ends in June. To put that into perspective, that represents about a thousandth of the expected budget shortfall.
Corzine announced that he expects tax collections and other revenues for the year to end up short by $2.8 billion. Meanwhile, the recession has caused an additional $800 million in increased expenditures in areas like unemployment compensation.
And that was just the beginning of the bad news. The governor said he expects revenues to fall by another billion dollars in fiscal 2010, which begins July 1.
Hence the need for a wage freeze. The unions are resisting that move, as is their right. But if they keep resisting it, wholesale layoffs "might be an option," the governor said.
Here's where it gets interesting, from a tactical perspective. A wage freeze would require union consent, but furloughs are seen as a form of layoff, state Treasurer David Rousseau explained yesterday. And the state has the power to impose layoffs unilaterally.
This means if the unions don't agree to a wage freeze, the governor can achieve effectively the same reductions by forcing furloughs next year. If Corzine wants to play hardball, that's a real knockdown pitch.
But it shouldn't come to that. The public workers need to realize that at the moment they are the envy of the state's private-industry workers -- and ex-workers. Layoffs are occurring by the thousands in the private sector. Just about every one of those facing unemployment would be glad to accept the deal the governor is offering the unions.
That deal could be a lot worse. Many fiscal realists argue that Corzine should cut the work rolls by the thousands, not just to balance the budget but to ease the strain on a pension system that is teetering toward insolvency.
The unions should come to the table and talk about concessions -- while talking is still an option.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:16 AM
Jackson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tom Jaakkola holds his son Wyatt, 2, while fellow Deputy Don Cherry, middle left, tries to get Wyatt to smile at the Sheriff's Office on Friday afternoon. Wyatt was diagnosed with leukemia in October and in a show of support, Deputy Jaakkola's fellow deputies on his shift shaved their heads. (J. Scott Park | Mlive.com)
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Boeing engineer Richard Erwin, along with incumbents, City Councilman Dan Grausz and School Board member Dave Myerson, have announced their intentions to run again for public office along with King County Sheriff John Urquhart.
Erwin will run for Pos. 6 on the Mercer Island City Council, the seat now held by Mike Grady. Islander Benson Wong announced his run for Council last week.
Grausz, who has served on the Council since 1999, will run to retain his seat, Pos. 2.
School Board member Dave Myerson said he will run again for his seat. Urquhart, elected to fill the remaining term of Sheriff Sue Rahr (who resigned last year), will run for re-election.
Islander Richard Erwin announced late last week that he will run for City Council Position #6, currently held by Michael Grady.
Erwin said, "Mercer Island is going through a time of transition on a number of issues during a delicate period in our economy. It requires a City Council that will get maximum value out of every dollar it spends while ensuring that our city services are maintained, our open spaces remain both unspoiled and accessible, and our public infrastructure, where necessary, is renewed. And I look forward to the challenge."
Erwin has been a resident of Mercer Island for 13 years, and a single parent of his daughter, Seneca, for 17 years. An employee with Boeing for over 26 years, he presently provides operational support for critical companywide Internet applications.
Erwin is currently vice-chair of the Mercer Island Design Commission and has served on the East Bellevue Community Council, which focuses on land use issues, for three years. Steve Kasner, the present chair of the Council, said, "Rich understands how communities work and helped make living in ours a much better place."
He has also served on the Thrivent-East King County charitable board for two years.
Island resident and past chair of the Thrivent board, Cindy Martin said, "He was a tireless, dedicated and focused part of our team, bringing his experience, intelligence and ideas to each meeting."
Erwin is against the I-90 tolling plan. "Mercer Island should not be left holding the bag regarding a project gone wrong. A bad precedent is set when we pay for a state-funded road with a federally funded road. A worse precedent is set when we commit Mercer Island to help pay for the Interstate 5 to Montlake approach for the State Route 520 bridge separate from future possible regional transportation strategies."
"The Puget Sound Regional Council, a bipartisan group of municipal and county leaders from throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties, intends to implement a regional transportation plan over the next 30 years. Instead of the existing proposal, the residents of Mercer Island should participate in a regional solution, where all residents of the Puget Sound will be asked to pay a proportionate share of the cost. A first step for this process needs to be an Environmental Impact Statement."
Erwin is a strong supporter of Mercer Island public schools.
"Our children's education is one of the key reasons most of us have come to live here. Overcrowding, however, is affecting the quality of their education and this issue must be addressed without delay. If elected, I will support the School Board in its efforts to resolve this issue."
Erwin also believes the growth of the Town Center benefits the entire Island, but more needs to be done.
"I support Sound Transit's willingness to fund additional commuter parking on Mercer Island," he said. "For too long, Island residents have had to deal with insufficient access to their own community's Park & Ride, and resolving this issue is overdue."
Elliot Newman, former mayor of Mercer Island, has said of Mr. Erwin, "Rich's background and experience in land use-planning and management, and as a member of the Mercer Island Design Commission, provide him with outstanding credentials to serve on the City Council."
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Our Township has a great history and continues to evolve to provide the best small government to our residents. In 1796, the area now known as Sharon Township was part of the U.S. Military District. In 1803, the region of Ohio was granted statehood, and the division of the state into manageable government bodies began. Townships were originally created for two reasons. The first was to bring the services of local government to those who lived in rural areas. The second was to serve as the basic unit of local government. The Township is no longer rural, the small size of government still allows the best form of representation and service to our residents.
Before Franklin County was established, Sharon Township was originally called Liberty Township and the Township extended into Delaware County. On March 4, 1806, the name was changed to Sharon Township, and the Township was officially established with its current boundaries on March 4, 1816.
The Township is currently comprised of the unincorporated areas of the Township, the City of Worthington, and the Village of Riverlea.
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A court-appointed trustee of the bankrupt Double JJ Resort is asking a federal judge permission to conduct an auction sale Oct. 2 of the entire 2,000-acre resort in southern Oceana County.
Trustee Thomas A. Bruinsma is asking U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Jeffrey R. Hughes to allow the auction of all or parts of the resort that includes the Gold Rush indoor water park, Thoroughbred Golf Course, Back Forty Resort, hotel and condominium facilities, air strip and the Ranch -- the original adults-only dude ranch that was established in 1937. He argues that the resort -- with an estimated value of more than $33 million -- will fetch the highest price while it is still "a going concern."
A court hearing on the proposed auction is scheduled for Sept. 11 in Grand Rapids.
The bankruptcy and potential sale of the resort leaves up in the air the future of the ROTHBURY music festival, which in its first year that brought approximately 40,000 music fans to the resort in July. The four-day, camp-in event featured headliner The Dave Matthews Band and more than 75 other artists.
Some interesting facts found in the thousands of pages of legal documents that are part of the Double JJ Resort bankruptcy filed in federal court in Grand Rapids:
• Owner Bob Lipsitz was ordered by the main creditor BankFirst to leave the Double JJ premises as of Aug. 19. The court appointed trustee Thomas A. Bruinsma as of Aug. 4 to oversee the bankruptcy and the resort operations.
• Lipsitz paid himself wages of $170,000 in 2007 from the resort's operating company, OutdoorResources Inc. His wife Joan -- with the largest percentage of ownership of the resort -- was paid $93,000 in 2007 and received unspecified payments of $354,120 from the operating company over the past 12 months.
• The total estimated value of the 2,000-acre resort is approximately $33.3 million, while the resort owes at least $22.3 million.
• The Gold Rush Waterpark has an estimated value of $12.8 million, while the Thoroughbred Golf Club has an appraised value of $2.9 million.
• Double JJ attracted 540,000 guests if August.
• Double JJ operations are delinquent in paying approximately $211,000 in property taxes.
• There are many creditors -- secured and unsecured -- including Muskegon's Steve Franklin of Franklin Contractors, who is owed $455,642 for earth-moving work at the resort.
• There are 13 lawsuits involving the Double JJ Resort Ranch Inc. in both state and federal courts, most of them over financial disputes.
• Double JJ Resort and its five companies involved in the bankruptcy paid an $89,303 retainer to co-counsels Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett of Grand Rapids and Rayman & Stone of Kalamazoo to file the bankruptcy case.
ROTHBURY co-producers AEG Live and Madison House Productions have indicated the environment-themed event was a big success. The promoters left Double JJ in July with every intention of holding a second ROTHBURY next July Fourth weekend. But now the festival's future appears to be at the mercy of the bankruptcy court and any potential new resort owner.
After the dust settles from the Oct. 2 auction sale, Bruinsma and the many creditors will be back in Hughes' court Oct. 3 to settle issues surrounding the resort's current contracts and leases. The ROTHBURY promoters have a contract with current Double JJ owner Bob Lipsitz that will allow them to produce at least two more events if they so choose.
ROTHBURY General Manager Richard Glassgow attended a Grant Township meeting earlier this month where officials provided the township board on public safety issues surrounding the festival. Glassgow said at the time that the financial issues with the resort were a concern, making no commitments as to next year's event, according to published reports.
Madison House Production officials in Boulder, Colo., could not be reached for comment late in the week.
The request to quickly sell the resort, which filed for bankruptcy in mid-July shortly after the music festival, stems from Bruinsma's assessment of the business in consultation with the resort's remaining management team, according to court documents. Double JJ continues to be open for business.
"There are sound business reasons to sell the (entire resort) as a going concern to the highest and best bidder at auction as promptly as possible," Bruinsma wrote the court earlier this week. "(Double JJ's) management believes that the sum of the resort attractions are greater than the value of the resort's individual parts. The trustee believes that the sale of the resort ... may produce the highest and best offer for (its) assets."
To wait on a sale will only increase administrative expenses and might lead to the closing of Double JJ, Bruinsma argued in legal documents. The resort is currently operating at a financial loss and Bruinsma is attempting to secure financing to keep operations going, but such funding has yet to be secured, he told the court.
Lipsitz told the court Aug. 21 that he has not been at the resort since Aug. 14, being removed by Bruinsma's representatives. The main creditor BankFirst of Minneapolis demanded Lipsitz be removed from the resort if it were to continue funding operations, according to court documents.
Court records show that Bruinsma took control of the Double JJ assets as the bankruptcy court trustee Aug. 4.
Double JJ's financial problems stem from a $17.1 million construction loan that came due earlier this year, but Lipsitz was unable to refinance or repay it. The loan was for the construction of the indoor water park and the first phase of a condominium hotel.
"The substantial debt service under the construction loans resulted in a significant strain on the (resort's) cash flow," Bruinsma told the court. "In addition, the worsening economy in the state of Michigan has meant a reduction in discretionary spending by consumers and reduced revenues at the resort."
Bruinsma outlined the Double JJ assets and liabilities in court records. The bankruptcy trustee estimates the value of the resort with all of its property, buildings and equipment is in the range of $33.3 million, court records show. The Double JJ debts are at least $22.3 million, according to Bruinsma's analysis.
Besides the BankFirst construction loan, Double JJ owes Comerica Bank $2.5 million in an outstanding loan. But court records indicate that minority resort owner Walter Wojack may have purchased all of the Comerica debt.
Shelby State Bank's mortgage company is owed another $2.1 million, while Wojack loaned the company an additional $500,000 last November and Great Lakes Energy holds a $98,000 mortgage against the resort, court records show.
As Bruinsma proposes a bidding process for the Oct. 2 auction of the resort, he retains the right to cancel the sale, according to court records. Bruinsma continues to negotiate with the main creditors on issues surrounding the bankruptcy that might delay or cancel the sale, court records indicate.


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SCOTCH PLAINS — On Aug. 13, the owner of a Route 22 business reported being a victim of a burglary after an unknown suspect or suspects entered his business sometime overnight and removed an undetermined amount of cash, police said. Entrance was gained by smashing the front door, police said.
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WEIRTON – The Weirton Medical Center Auxiliary board meeting was held Oct. 9 in the Starvaggi Board Room, with President Sondra Weigel calling the meeting to order.
Nineteen members were in attendance, and they recited the Auxiliary Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Recording Secretary Elda Weekley read the September meeting minutes, which were approved as corrected. Treasurer Paula Billick also gave her report. Administrative Liaison Barbara Coalter reported the "All About Women" health center will soon be open and updates continue on Level 4.
Auxiliary chairmen made the following reports: Phil Troia, clergy; John Patton, coffee cart; Barbara Visnic, gift cart; Jeannie Duffy, gift shop; Paula Billick, payroll deductions and mail; Elda Weekley, publicity; Diana Crago, radiology; Marg DiClemente, skilled care; Beth DiGregorio, surgical desk escorts; Margaret Patton, volunteens; Flo Jonczak, birth certificates; and Grace Lenhart, historian and Remembrance Fund.
Hospitality Chair Joan Hawrot announced the Christmas party will be held Dec. 10 in the medical center cafeteria.
Gift Shop Committee Chair Vivian Weigel reported there will be a 20 percent discount on all sports merchandise Thursday and Friday in the gift shop. There will be a drawing for two sports baskets. Those making purchases of $10 or more will be entered for the large basket and those making purchases of $5 or more, but less than $10, will be entered for the small basket.
Record of Volunteer Hours Chair Sondra Weigel reported 3,564.5 total volunteer hours during the second quarter. The top 10 volunteers for second quarter are: Sondra Weigel, 250; Paula Billick, 171; Elda Weekley, 156; Jeannie Duffy, 140; Barbara Visnic, 107; Marilyn Hinchee, 106; Pat Gurerra, 104; Marg DiClemente, 101; Flo Jonczak, 98.5; and Jenne Fetty, 97.5.
Volunteen total hours for the second quarter was 324, with the top five being Olivia Best, 60; Haley Crews, 38.5; Kayla Bryant, 36; and Kelly Lemasters, 36.
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Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Books are fun;
Nov. 19, board meeting;
Dec. 5-6, Masquerade $5 jewelry;
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The streets of downtown Los Angeles will be packed with action from July 29 through August 1 with the 16th annual Summer X Games event.
Skateboards, bicycles, and motorcycles will flood the thoroughfares between the Staples Center, Nokia Theatre, the Los Angeles Coliseum, and L.A. Live; and tons of heart-pumping, death-defying feats are guaranteed.
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Website menu problem....Tony?
Since you added the extra item to the dropdown menu all the dropdowns are way out of whack. I have to click on start to get the forum dropdown.
My tiny brain easilly gets confused by this. I've lost count of the number of times I've clicked on what I thought was forum and tried to post on the Rutland water and Jeri threads:rolleyes:
I've noticed the same problem with the drop-down menus. It just appeared this week. Please fix it!
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Mine is also messed up. You need a development and acceptance environment for your roll-out process.
Also make sure you test it with linux and the common linux browsers - firefox, opera, konqueror, etc.
Gotta agree. The "Forums" flash menu dropdown doesn't work under Firefox.
If I click on Start of the "Start Windsurfing" flash menu dropdown, I've got the forum dropdown menu.
If I click on the Windsurfing of the "Start Windsurfing" flash menu dropdown, I've got the expected Star Windsurfing dropdown menu working.
Cheers !
When will you fix the top menu?
Hey guys please fix the problem
Hurry up SB!
I still don't understand why Starboard changed their website from their fast & responsive design of about 03, 04, 05. It also had the most popular forum in the industry, provided great fun for many many people, and brought in windsurfers to your website who don't even use Starboard.
I would love to know who made the decision at Starboard and who they commissioned to design this dodgy website. Must be one of the worst web designers in the world.
I think that is unfair matt12. I suppose it is a matter of taste. I quite like it.
Yes, this site takes longer to load but as broadband takes over from dial up, content can be richer. For the internet to move forward new technologies must be embraced and we have to stop pandering to those who wont change from their 800*600 screens and 56k modems.
In 2003 only 22% of home users were on broadband. It's now up to 89%.
I bet in 2003 the site felt slow to most. I certainly remember waiting ages for images to appear.
As for the forums? Yes, they are quieter now but if you go back a couple of years most of the content was junk, people attacking LeeD, spam or just general bitching of other peoples products.
It is a shame that some of the posters from those times no longer post, especially some of the team as there were some very informative posts.
Thanks for fixing it. I know it was just a tiny problem but it was one of those things that was driving me potty.
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A U.S. district court has ruled in favor of a Portales car dealership owner in court action related to a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The ruling allows Alva Carter, owner of Big Valley Auto in Portales, to recoup some or possibly all of his legal expenses.
Carter won a counter-lawsuit in mid-November with a judgment sent down to reimburse him for expenses incurred in his defense. According to court documents, the court found that the claims brought against Big Valley Auto were frivolous, unreasonable or without foundation.
"It's a great deal to win," Carter said. "It shows we were right. I felt the judge saw that there was no truth in what they were saying and kicked it out."
Carter said he spent $185,000 on legal fees and his attorney Linda Hemphill put together the receipts and expenses for reimbursement from the EEOC.
"We won't know how much the court will award for some time," Hemphill said. "Nevertheless, we view it as a significant victory that the judge made the ruling that he made. I thought the judge's decision was excellent and well-reasoned."
Marla Segovia, who alleged she was a victim of harassment, said she had no comment on the district court ruling. Calls placed to EEOC attorney Loretta Medina were not returned.
The federal lawsuit, filed in August of 2003, asked for more than $350,000 in punitive damages. The EEOC alleged Segovia was a victim of harassment from July 2000 to at least September 2001.
The court found that Segovia failed to establish she was the object of harassment because of her gender. The lawsuit claimed Segovia was subjected to gender discrimination and severe harassment resulting in a hostile work environment.
EEOC representatives asked for a new trial, but district court officials denied the request.
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VSA, the international organization on arts and disability and an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, along with CVS Caremark All Kids Can, have announced the 102 students that were selected to be featured in the 2012 All Kids Can CREATE exhibition, "What Inspires Me." All Kids Can CREATE is an annual national program from which artwork submitted by students, ages 5-15, is selected to represent each state and the District of Columbia for a national art exhibition. This year, All Kids Can CREATE invited young people with and without disabilities to submit a piece of artwork under the theme, "What Inspires Me," to encourage youth to reflect on what inspires them and express those inspirations through original art.
Kailee Rafalko of Vienna, 8, a fourth grader at Liberty Elementary School in Great Meadows, was one of the students selected for her artwork, "Peaceful Blossoms." Kailee and her family will attend a special artist reception on Aug. 7 in Washington, D.C.
More than 3,000 students across the country submitted artwork for consideration. Two students from each state and the District of Columbia have been selected to participate in the exhibition. All of the artwork can be viewed at artsonia.com/allkidscancreate.
"CVS Caremark is proud to collaborate with VSA for the fifth year on All Kids Can CREATE, the only visual arts program of its kind that raises awareness in schools and in local communities about the importance of inclusion," said Eileen Howard Boone, senior vice president of Corporate Communications & Community Relations for CVS Caremark. "This program encourages children with and without disabilities to express themselves and fosters creativity, self-esteem and confidence through art and showcases the positive impact arts education can have on children of all abilities."
"We are happy to recognize and support this diverse group of talented young artists," said Betty Siegel, director of VSA and Accessibility at the Kennedy Center. "Programs like this are crucial for promoting inclusive arts education opportunities."
The 2012 All Kids Can CREATE exhibit will be on display at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. from Aug. 1-26.


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Office Depot has the TomTom One Portable GPS System for only $129.99, after this $50 mail-in rebate (through 5/24). Featuring a 3.5" LCD display and voice-prompted navigation, it also comes with maps of the US and Canada pre-loaded on its memory card with millions of points of interest (hotels, gas stations, ATMs, etc.). Delivery is free, as is local in-store pickup where available; sales tax is charged in most states. This is the best deal I've seen in 6 weeks (it was briefly $120 then).No longer available


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A national think tank of taxation takes aim at movie production incentives in place in many states, including Michigan, saying they are "costly and fail to live up to their promises."
Jobs created via movie production incentives are often temporary and go to workers transplanted from other states who have specialized production skills, says the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
"Based on fanciful estimates of economic activity and tax revenue, states are investing in movie production projects with small returns and taking unnecessary risks with taxpayer dollars," William Luther, an adjunct scholar at the Tax Foundation, wrote in his report. "It is unlikely that movie production incentives generate wealth in the long run. Most fail even in the short run. Yet they remain popular."
Even in cases where incentives spur permanent investments in new production facilities, such as has occurred in Michigan, they may "encourage entrepreneurs to act haphazardly" and overbuild, the report states.
And people who seek training to work in the industry "are only employable as long as politicians enact ever larger subsidies for the film industry."
"While broad-based tax competition often benefits consumers and spurs economic growth and development, industry-specific tax competition transfers wealth from the many to the few," Luther concluded. "The MPI (movie production incentives) experience demonstrates that a politically connected industry can grow if the state greatly reduces its taxes, but states should have a tax system that operates as a welcome mat to all industries, not just those politicians have picked."
Michigan is one of 44 states that now offer some form of incentive for producers to bring their production to the state. Twenty-eight states use tax credits, the Tax Foundation reports.
Michigan's incentives, enacted in 2008, include tax credits and a cash rebate. The Tax Foundation report refers to incentives in Michigan and Louisiana as "preposterously generous."
Some state lawmakers have argued that the incentives are too generous and need changing. They have called for more transparency and stricter oversight of the program and have proposed changes such as reducing the rebate from its current maximum of 42 percent, capping the total amount rebated each year or eliminating the rebates.
Michigan also offers a 25 percent tax credit for investments in film and digital media facilities.
Proponents say the incentives generate economic activity, create jobs and make Michigan more attractive to the creative class.
An economic-impact study conducted a year ago by Michigan State University's Center for Economic Analysis reported that, in the first eight months, the incentives helped to spur 32 film productions, generating more than $65.4 million in spending and creating more than 2,700 jobs.
Through a multiplier effect, film expenditures generated a total of $93.8 million in state output last year. The study predicts total expenditures will grow 187 percent from 2008 to 2012.
In its 2008 annual report issued last March, the Michigan Film Office reported that the state saw 35 projects completed during the year with total expenditures of $125 million, generating refundable tax credits of $47.9 million.
"Not only are Michigan's aggressive film incentives bringing in new investments to the state they are also laying the foundation for an industry that will support long-term growth," the Michigan Film Office stated in the annual report.
In questioning the wisdom of film incentives, the Tax Foundation says their popularity may wither, "particularly in tough economic times."
Luther suggests that states that want to lure productions should do away with individual incentives through some form of multi-state compact.
"By agreeing to compete exclusively with broad-based tax cuts, for example, states can continue to encourage growth and development without all of the shortcomings associated with industry-specific incentives," he wrote.


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In what is being hailed as a bipartisan effort to right a decades-old wrong, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., have joined with colleagues to push a bill that is expected to give the fishing industry in the U.S. a solid push into the future.
The Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act, or FIRRA as it's known, would ensure that a significant portion of the money collected from tariffs on imported fish or fish products is cycled back into the American fishing industry, in accordance with the 1954 Saltonstall-Kennedy Act.
The 1954 legislation, sponsored by Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy and Republican Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, both of Massachusetts, called for 30 percent of tariffs on imported fish to be used for research and development of the domestic fishing industry. But as imports have climbed along with revenue, Congress has typically allocated a majority of the money to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has came under fire for questionable spending in the past.
In February, Brown blasted NOAA after an Inspector General report revealed that the agency had spent more than $300,000 in fines collected from U.S. fisherman to purchase a luxury boat which was used by agency members for recreation on the ocean with family, friends and alcohol.
A summary of the new legislation provided by Kerry's office stated that in 2010, the government collected $376.6 million in tariffs on imported fish and fish products, which should have set aside $113 million for fishery research and development. In the end, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received $104.6 million, with just $8.4 million going to fishery development.
The Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act would make the collected tariff money available through a competitive grant program where regional committees, authorized by the bill and appointed by the nation's eight fishery management councils, would develop plans to identify priorities for investment in each region.
The committees would use those priorities to evaluate and recommend grants for funding.
The secretary of commerce, who oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, would have final approval of the plans and decisions regarding the grants.
Brown, who is one of several legislators who have called for the firing of NOAA Chief Dr. Jane Lubchenco citing her "indifference" to the fishing industry, said the bill will not only help fisherman but ensure further accountability at NOAA.
"This legislation is a step forward for our fishing communities," Brown said in a statement. "One way to hold Dr. Lubchenco and NOAA accountable for how taxpayer dollars are spent is to make certain we are not diverting funds away from domestic fisheries. This bill is yet another way to put our hardworking fishermen first and help them during these difficult times."
Kerry said the bill is a step toward rebuilding the trust of the nation's fishermen.
"We can't fix our fishing problems if we don't restore trust and you start rebuilding trust by investing in fishing science that's credible and comprehensive and comes from the fishing community itself. Fishermen have been bruised and battered and had their faith shaken in the last years by everything from enforcement abuses to wildly different stock assessments and the great recession itself," Kerry said in a statement. "My bill is a down payment on trust because it returns the use of the Saltonstall-Kennedy funds to our fishermen, as it's bipartisan creators intended. It will help preserve our fishermen's livelihoods, their families' economic security, and help ensure our fishing industry can survive for future generations."
The bill is being celebrated by commercial fishing groups across the country, including those in the Bay State.
John Pappalardo, CEO of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association, said the bill succeeds by placing the "decisions about what fisheries projects to fund in the hands of local fishermen and scientists who bring their regional perspectives and expertise to the issue."
The bill, which was introduced in the Senate on Monday, is also co-sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
A companion bill sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H., is expected to be introduced into the House of Representatives when it returns to session next week.


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Such an extensive amount the day of your wedding will be transient – the cake, the blossoms, the music – yet the photos will live on until the end of time. You deserve it (and your grandchildren!) to do all that you can to make them astonishing. Here's the way to locate your ideal picture taker, as well as how to work with them.
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Around a year prior to your wedding date, begin your inquiry by approaching late couples you know for recs and perusing sites and writes. Take a gander at a couple highlight displays of weddings from every picture taker to get a feeling of their quality and style. In any case, understand that these are their best clasps from different weddings, so once you like somebody, request that see a full wedding or two.
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You can't generally legitimately vet a picture taker by looks alone. When you have a short rundown of individuals whose work you like – and you've decided they're in your value go and are free on your date – attempt to set up an in-individual or video-visit meeting. You ought to feel good with this individual since they'll be shadowing everything you might do on the day of your wedding and connecting with the greater part of your visitors.
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Central Health is advising the public that there will be no pediatrics coverage at James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre in Gander this week, from Tuesday to Friday at 4 p.m.
The service is expected to resume on Friday afternoon.
Pediatric services normally provided at James Paton in Gander will be provided at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor during this time.
For this time period, Central Health said expectant mothers should proceed to Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor unless delivery is imminent.
All health centres throughout the region are prepared for emergency deliveries.
Questions related to the provision of Obstetrics services should be directed to the Obstetrical unit at James Paton in Gander at (709) 256-5607/5608.
Central Health says it apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.


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Voice: Tom Sikes, Midland
In this era of shrinking state budgets, cuts in education and a declining student population, I applaud Bay City Public Schools' decision to expand the gifted and talented program. I am sure that Superintendent Douglas Newcombe will come under fire from those who feel that the money would be better spent elsewhere.
I appreciate the fact that he and the district are taking the "long view" and realize that the future of this area and this state is in the education of the best and brightest of our students. It is a fallacy to think that they will succeed on their own. Unrealized genius is almost a cliche.
These students need to be challenged to excel and we need them to be driven to become the next generation of engineers, doctors and lawyers. We need them to fill the jobs that today we can't even fathom.
The era in which a person could get a good job at a plant or factory and stay there for the rest of their lives is gone. The workers of the future will need to spend their lives educating themselves again and again. We need to start here. Thank you.


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Following over a year of collaborative research with Dartmouth College (USA) and with the support of Microsoft Research Cambridge (United Kingdom), Tecnalia presented a new way of improving the results of web page browsers at SIGIR (the biggest conference on search engines).
Although it is a simple approach, it is one that has never been used until now to achieve this: it involves relying on the content appearing in web page photos to gain a better idea of the subject matter of the web page itself. That way, search engines "will also take a look at" and analyse what is in the photos to decide whether the web pages are of interest to users or not.


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WEDNESDAY marked the filing deadline for the November general election. Belmont County Board of Election officials were inundated with a slew of filings.
I see that as a positive. More people running for office means more people care.
Several races and issues caught my attention.
The mayoral race on the Hilltop where longtime St. Clairsville Mayor Robert Vincenzo is facing opposition from two challengers stirs interest. Former councilman Tim Porter and Randy Mellott, a Saint Club fixture, are both seeking to dethrone Vincenzo.
I have always considered Vincenzo and St. C. synonymous. Two foes will only make it easier for the longtime mayor to retain his seat.
The boards of education are always races that draw scrutiny as schools play such an important part in our society. The Bellaire, Bridgeport and Martins Ferry BOE races all feature a unique twist.
In Bellaire, OVAC Executive Secretary/ Treasurer Tom Rataiczak is seeking a spot for the first time on the Big Reds' board. Rat is a retired teacher in the Bellaire district. His experience with Bellaire schools and his leadership skills demonstrated with the OVAC may provide a nice boost to the board.
In Bridgeport, Jerry Moore, a long-time mainstay with the Bulldogs' BOE, is looking to return to the board after losing in the last election.
In Martins Ferry, Nick Stankovich who expertly guided the school district for a decade as superintendent, is tossing his hat into the ring for a school board seat. Stankovich distinguished himself as the district's head man. Such savvy would be a board plus.
The November ballot always contains money requests. The most prominent again is the Bellaire School District. The board of education is bringing back the 1 percent earned-income request and is also placing a 3-mill renewal levy on the same ballot. The Bellaire voters have shot down three straight school requests for new money and the tax will again face tough sledding. It may also impact the renewal levy.
Possibly the most intriguing issue on the ballot is whether Ohio voters will repeal Senate Bill 5. It is Issue 2 and its outcome will speak volumes on the tenure of Gov. John Kasich. One of his Kasich's first moves as the state's new governor was pushing hard for the eventual passage of Senate Bill 5, which was opposed passionately by unions throughout the state.
BUCKEYE LOCAL cannot get it right when it comes to its baseball program.
The school board has opted to fire yet another Panthers' baseball boss. The latest victim was George Laase. A single vote changed Laase's career forever, as he was let go by a 3-2 board vote. That vote came after the district's Athletic Committee recommended Laase be rehired and supportive remarks from Superintendent Mark Miller.
Laase is a baseball junkie and a great ambassador for Buckeye Local, a school from which he graduated. His 41-56 Buckeye mark is no grounds for dismissal when looking at the landscape of Panther sports.
Laase deserved a better fate, as did his predecessor Larry DeLuca. He was also let go as Buckeye diamond coach despite being one of the best baseball minds you will ever find. DeLuca did things the right way and it cost him.
I don't know what the three Buckeye Local board members are looking for in a baseball coach. Two good ones got the short end of the bat. Maybe those three board members can broker a deal with Tony LaRussa.
THE FOREST Hills Community Association is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7 to discuss the fate of the Forest Hills Community Center. The current administration will be resigning Dec. 31, 2011. No new rental reservations will be accepted after that date. The Forest Hills Association has two final events scheduled: a spaghetti dinner on Sept. 25 and Lunch with Santa on Dec. 4.
THE EIGHTH annual OVAC Hall of Fame Induction Banquet unfolds Saturday at WesBanco Arena. Tickets are still available for the gala event at $25 by calling OVAC Executive Secretary/Treasurer Tom Rataiczak at 391-2930. The eighth installment of banquet features another impressive collection of honorees with an endless amount of worthy individuals remaining to receive their call to the hall. Social hour begins at 4:30, dinner at 5:30 and induction at 6:30. For those attending the fete, we strongly urge them to come early and view WesBanco's display of conference memorabilia in the OVAC Museum impressively featured throughout the arena.
BISHOP DONAHUE lost a super principal when Dan Angalich left for Wheeling Jesuit University last month. The Bishops, however, gained an excellent replacement in Tom Wise. He has been a loyal BD soldier for many years, serving in many capacities at the McMechen-based school, including his current post as head boys' basketball coach. We hope Wise continues the impressive enrollment increases the school has experienced during Angalich's tenure.
FOR ONCE it appears the Bellaire Toll Bridge demolition plans are solid ones. With ownership issues settled, there is nothing that should stop a November razing. But seeing is believing.
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- LCRA votes to cut off water to rice farmers
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Environmental and wildlife advocates charge LCRA of imposing unfair and devastating limitations on agriculture and the environment while allowing Central Texas water users an exemption from the same type of water limitations.
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Brown and other environmental and wildlife advocates charge LCRA of imposing unfair and devastating limitations on agriculture and the environment while allowing Central Texas water users an exemption from the same type of water limitations.
"Water is part of the foundation for the basin-wide regional economy, and the fact is there is not enough water at present for all uses and users," said Brown. "However, it is unconscionable to cut off water for food production – which in turn provides vital habitat for millions of migratory birds and supports a multi-million-dollar, natural-resource-based economy – while allowing non-essential uses such as lawn watering, car washing and filling swimming pools to continue. We are all in this together, and we must all conserve our limited resources and seek sensible compromises in water allocation."
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Brown went on to say that in addition, farmers are facing an uncertain future because of the possibility of changing farm legislation.
"Unless there is a dramatic change in the next farm bill, which Congress has yet to pass, no disaster assistance will be available next year. A third year without water for rice will be devastating to the $374-million rice industry in the lower basin, and that will ripple across our regional economy," he added.
But he remains hopeful the TCEQ will hold a higher standard for the importance of food production, especially in Texas, an agricultural leader, and will address the need of both agriculture and the state's environment before taking any action that could damage both industries.
"The state law is clear: You cannot ignore agricultural needs when other alternatives exist. We are hopeful TCEQ will recognize that other alternatives do exist and deny this proposal," he said.
Brown added that he doesn't believe LCRA met the threshold for public health and safety in their request either.
"The suggested level is untenable, and common-sense alternatives proposed by rice farmers provided reasonable compromises for balanced basin-wide solutions," he explained. "Alternatives proposed by some of the board members to reduce a small amount of water in the constant level lakes, such as Lake Austin, and implement greater conservation measures were also ignored."
Voting in favor of an emergency request for drought relief were Chair Timothy Timmerman and directors Thomas Michael Martine, Vernon E. "Buddy" Schrader, Franklin Scott Spears Jr., Jett J. Johnson, John M. Franklin, Raymond A. "Ray" Gill Jr. and Robert "Bobby" Lewis. Voting against the relief were directors John C. Dickerson III, J. Scott Arbuckle, Steve K. Balas, Lori A. Berger, Pamela Jo "PJ" Ellison, Sandra Wright Kibby, and Michael G. McHenry.
Under the drought relief approved Tuesday, if combined storage is equal to or greater than 1.1 million acre-feet on March 1, about 130,000 acre-feet of Highland Lakes water would be available to the four irrigation operations. For every 100,000 acre-feet of combined storage greater than 1.1 million, the amount available to farmers would increase by 24,000 acre-feet. This would be limited to a maximum of about 202,000 acre-feet available to farmers if combined storage is 1.4 million acre-feet or more on March 1.
Water available to farmers is measured downstream, where it is diverted from the river by the irrigation operations in Matagorda, Wharton and Colorado counties. Approximately 20 percent more would need to be sent from the Highland Lakes to make up for losses as the water travels downstream.
LCRA will now forward its request related to water for irrigation to TCEQ, which must approve any changes to the state-approved Water Management Plan used for operating lakes Travis and Buchanan.
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By Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer
The ornate Trenton Saving Fund Society building façade on East State Street has lost a character-defining feature. Recently, most of the building's elaborate security gating disappeared, reportedly pilfered by thieves. Anyone with information on the gates is encouraged to contact the police.
The loss of the TSFS gates is particularly disturbing because of the quality of the ornament and also the highly visible nature of the property. However, the disappearance of the gates is, sadly, just one example of a recent rash of similar property vandalism in Trenton. These thefts can inflict severe damage upon buildings and can create hazardous conditions that affect neighboring properties.
One epidemic in Trenton in particular is attracting property vandalism and theft, and exacerbating the resulting effects: vacancy. Could the TSFS gate theft have been prevented if the building were occupied or properly cared for? While an occupied building can be vandalized just as easily as can a vacant one, vacancy decreases the likelihood that the thefts will be noticed and the perpetrators caught.
Trenton needs people to re-occupy and revitalize many of its properties, but in the interim, the city needs a more effective approach to holding property owners accountable. The Trenton Historical Society is working with a coalition of area organizations to help our city leadership improve and enforce ordinances that address abandoned and vacant properties. In communities such as Newark, these ordinances have a proven track record of engaging owners in property upkeep. If implemented and enforced, these tools could work in Trenton, too.
We encourage Trenton residents to help the Trenton Historical Society in this effort by visiting the nonprofit Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey's Neighborhood Toolkit website (hcdnnj.org/neighborhood-toolkit) for more information on what we can all do to save our neighborhoods.
Preventing vandalism in our communities is something we should all be concerned about and take responsibility for. In addition to getting involved, by keeping an active eye on vacant properties in our neighborhoods and reporting thefts or vandalism to the police, we'll be helping to protect our properties, our neighborhoods and our shared communities.
The TSFS façade is looking less ornate these days, and our city is the poorer for it. Help protect our city by supporting responsible property stewardship and being on the lookout for vandalism. Together, we can make a difference.
Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer is a trustee for the Trenton Historical Society.


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Mayor Dave Bing hopes that his former team will be playing in downtown Detroit sometime in the future.
"I think we can get the Pistons downtown," Bing told the Detroit Free Press.
A spokesperson for the mayor told the Detroit News that Bing planned to meet with former Detroit Pistons president Tom Wilson, who now works for Ilitch Holdings, to discuss the possibility that the Pistons could play in downtown Detroit.
"The mayor would love to see the Pistons return to Detroit and has expressed his interest in them doing so," Karen Dumas, group executive over communications for the mayor, told the Detroit News. "While there are no formal plans, we hope the dynamics will lend themselves to this outcome."


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WHO GIVES A SHIT: Do You Think 'The Nets' Is A Stupid Name For A Basketball Team?
Posted by: Erica | Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:00AM
Cause this dude at the NY Daily News certainly does:
"I am, first of all, unaware of another name in professional sports that references an object on that sport's playing field. It would be absurd to call a football team the Endzones or a baseball squad the Outfields..."
"[The Brooklyn Nets] sounds bad, and it means nothing."
I mean, I guess he kinda has a point.
I'm sure it's no surprise that Mr. Ranty McRanterson also came up with a few suggestions for replacement names that he'd like us to all meditate on:
- The Brooklyn Commodores
- The Brooklyn Abolitionists
- The Brooklyn Rhymes
- The Brooklyn Bums
- The Brooklyn Monarchs
- The Brooklyn Knights
- The Brooklyn Eagles
Personally, I don't like any of those. I think the clear choice, nay, the ONLY choice, would have to be The Brooklyn Raccoons.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Hoping to build on the success downtown Huntsville is having with its Arts & Entertainment District, developer Todd Slyman said this week he is excited that the city is considering a similar plan at Village of Providence.
Huntsville City Administrator Rex Reynolds confirmed city leaders have drafted an ordinance that could go before the city council in the coming weeks. They're envisioning a district that will be active from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, but those boundaries are not set in stone, Reynolds said.
Reynolds said open
discussions are taking place between city leaders, the Village of Providence and business owners to determine what type of Arts &
Entertainment District works best for the area.
"We want to talk to the councilman who represents that district and talk to the retail people there to understand what works for their area," he said.
In June, the new Quigley and Meridian Arts & Entertainment District went live, allowing more than 20 participating downtown bars and restaurants to serve alcohol to customers in plastic to-go cups.
Reynolds said the new district has posed some challenges, but the city has been "very pleased with it, the retailers in that area have been very pleased with it and the community, as a whole, is pleased with it."
"The public has done a good job of cleaning up after themselves," he said. "We're not having any problems or crime associated with the Arts & Entertainment District, so we're kind of backing off on the security side of it now."
A similar downtown district went live in Decatur on June 21. Customers can purchase alcohol and take it outside from 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from noon to 1 a.m. Friday through Sunday.
Slyman said he and his brother, David, have been watching the development of the downtown Arts & Entertainment District in Huntsville closely since it went live this summer.
He said the Village of Providence, which has six restaurants and two hotels, is "tailor-made" for an entertainment district.
"If there's a car show or something going on in the park, somebody can go across the street to one of the restaurants, purchase a beverage, walk across the street and enjoy the car show," he said. "We don't expect this to be New Orleans by any means. We envision somebody getting a drink, a bite to eat at one of our restaurants and being able to walk around."
Last month, the Village of Providence announced it would celebrate its 10-year anniversary by taking on a major expansion. This fall, construction will start on the first of 456 homes planned for the west side of Indian Creek.


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Community: Old stadium harbors memories
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a national day of remembrance to honor those who have died in our nations service. Locally, we have Memorial Stadium created to honor the sacrifice of The Greatest Generation. This year, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, is a fitting opportunity to reflect on those times, that generation and this community.
May 3, 1947, the first night baseball game in Oak Harbor was played under the lights at the newly constructed War Memorial Stadium. As reported in the May 8, 1947, edition of the Island County Times, Lyle B. Muzzall, chairman of the school board ... dedicated the Oak Harbor memorial stadium to the boys who came back and those who did not come back from the fight to preserve our way of life. Lyle Muzzalls son, Murray Muzzall, was one of the boys who did not come back.
Murray Muzzall graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1934 as valedictorian of his class and president of the student body. He enlisted in the Army in 1941 and participated in numerous campaigns in the Pacific during the early years of World War II. He was commissioned in 1944 and killed on Mindanao March 24, 1945. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for heroic actions while leading his final assault.
There were at least 128 men and women from North Whidbey who served their nation in various branches of the armed forces during World War II. War Memorial Stadium was a community effort to honor their service. The lighted baseball field and grandstand were built on land donated to the school district in 1911 by the Izett family and shared the grounds with a classic, three story, wooden school building, constructed at the time on the land donation. Circa 1950, a football field was added to the site, completing the original plans for the memorial.
Unfortunately, most of the original Memorial Stadium structure has been demolished. However, the basement of the old school building and the football field remain intact. More importantly, the site remains and should be remembered and honored for its purpose. As you drive by Memorial Stadium on Whidbey Avenue, take the opportunity to remember and honor ... the boys who came back and those who did not come back from the fight to preserve our way of life.
Scott Hornung
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If all goes to plan, I'll be happily ensconced in a beach chair this weekend, some sort of cold beverage at my side and music blasting in my headphones, as I make my way through what I've come to consider both my favorite book of all time and an essential summertime read: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
I've been re-reading Fitzgerald's 1925 classic every summer since I was 18 years old.
This year marks a silver jubilee of sorts, this year, since I'm embarking on my 25th reunion with practical narrator Nick Carraway; golfer Jordan Baker; the rich and thoughtless Daisy and Tom Buchanan and, of course, the tragically romantic Jay Gatsby.
I've traveled the Valley of Ashes with Tom and Nick countless times in my imagination; heard the music floating over the garden wall from one of Gatsby's lavish parties; seen Daisy throw Gatsby's shirts into air as she bursts into impractical tears and, naturally, gazed across the bay with Gatsby at the green light at the end of the Buchanans' dock.
The finer points of Fitzgerald's nearly cinematic prose are as much a part of my psychic landscape as the day my daughter was born or the first daily newspaper story I ever covered (Flag Day, 1993 — helps to have the holiday attached to it).
But oddly unlike those events, whose details are indelibly etched on my memory, I still find something new every time I come back to "Gatsby" — whether it's a new shade of meaning in an interaction between the characters or a fresh laugh at the list of implausibly named people who made their way through the doors of Gatsby's West Egg mansion (Webster Civet, anyone?).
I'm only about 40 pages into my re-reading so far (at 175 or so pages, the book just flies by — though the denouement after Gatsby is gunned down by a deranged George Wilson always seems to take a little longer than is absolutely necessary), but this year I've been thinking a fair bit about the economics that give the book its underpinning.
Maybe it's all the talk about income inequality that's informed our domestic debate this year - and the vogue in some circles for French economist Thomas Piketty's new book "Capital in the 21st Century."
And maybe it's because we're in the middle of a political season where a fabulously wealthy guy is trying to unseat a governor that he says doesn't represent the interests of working Pennsylvanians.
Or maybe it's a little of all of that. But given that backdrop, it's worth considering the economic climate — The Roaring 20s — that shaped Fitzgerald and provided him with such rich fodder for his work and how it stacks up to our own. There are some parallels.
Fitzgerald spent a lot of his life hanging around very rich people. They included the American expats Gerald and Sara Murphy, who set up their own little colony in the south of France during the 1920s.
And if you've ever read Ernest Hemingway's Paris memoir "A Moveable Feast," you know how acidly Papa viewed Fitzgerald's journeys among the very wealthy.
In fact, Hemingway did much the same — consorting with movie stars, bullfighters and big game hunters — but the irony appears to have eluded him. Or, more likely, Hemingway just denied it.
Fitzgerald's short stories and novels were almost singularly obsessed with the lives of the rich and beautiful. And for a writer, Fitzgerald made a decent chunk of change during his working life. And he was as profligate with it as his characters.
In "Gatsby", Nick is described as a struggling bond salesman who's just trying to make ends meet. That description flies, even if, as he admits, he comes from a prominent and wealthy Midwestern family and was the product of a Yale education.
It's funny, by the way, that the school's name is never mentioned. Nick merely says he went to "New Haven." You're just supposed to know what he means.
And when he rolls into his cottage at West Egg, we already know that his father has agreed to finance him for a year. But we also know he's paying $80 a month for his "cardboard bungalow." The cost of a Finnish housekeeper, who "mutters Finnish wisdom to herself" is never disclosed.
But I got to wondering, what did $80 a month buy you in 1922, the year in which Gatsby is set?
Turns out it's quite a bit.
Adjusted for inflation, the $80 a month that Nick pays for his West Egg bungalow comes out to $1,134 in 2014 dollars. That's about what a decent apartment will run you these days. And when you consider that the average wage was $991, or about $12,930 in modern dollars, it's still out of reach .
Gatsby's place next door, the ridiculous mansion that rented, as Nick notes, for about $10,000 a season? That's $141.870 in 2014 dollars.
That might be within the grasp of a bootlegger like Gatsby. But it'd be as unreachable as a summer in the Hamptons is now for the average cubicle-dweller.
And it's pretty clear that the Buchanans are ridiculously wealthy — even within the context of the very rich people who populate "Gatsby's" pages
We learn pretty early on that dim-bulb, though nonetheless cruel, Tom Buchnan is the owner of "string" of polo ponies that he'd brought down from suburban Chicago with him.
We also know that both Daisy, and the younger Jordan Baker, are both former debutantes — a title that'll get you a blank stare in all but the rarest of circles these days.
So, at its heart, "Gatsby" was a story of love of love and loss among the 1 percenters. Its characters inhabited a world that was as alien from the concerns of working Americans at the time as an afternoon with the people you find these in "Vows" at the back of The New York Times Sunday Styles section.
And if you just nodded knowingly - but unironically — at that last reference, then it's likely you can claim a direct lineage to Fitzgerald's target audience at the time.
And it's weird to think that, despite its fame and ubiquity now, "Gatsby" was something of a critical and commercial flop, signaling the start of a long decline for the author. Gatsby only sold about 20,000 copies, but Scribners kept the book continuously in print.
A reviewer for The New York Herald Tribune referred to the novel as a "literary lemon meringue," that was a "purely ephemeral phenomenon." The New York Times was a little more kind, calling the book a "mystical, glamourous story of today."
Still, the book enjoyed a resurgence during World War II. And its inclusion on high school and college reading lists guaranteed its place in the canon.
So why, after 89 years, does Fitzgerald's slender novel still resonate?
As Nick notes in the book's opening paragraph, it's a question "I've been turning over in my mind ever since" I read it as an impressionable undergraduate in the spring of 1989.
For starters, Fitzgerald knew how to turn a phrase and set a scene. There are whole swaths of "Gatsby" that are among some of the most vivid in American literature; from the gambler Meyer Wolfshiem's insistence that the young Gatsby was an "Oggsford man," to Jordan's explanation of why she hates careless drivers ("That's why I like you," she tells a slowly bewitched Nick, who she decides isn't one).
Despite his personal flaws and shortcomings — and there were some big ones — Fitzgerald was a master literary craftsmen. And there are lessons in his writing that have informed my own work as a journalist.
And given our own obsession with celebrity, which had its beginnings in the 1920s and the rise of Hollywood that followed shortly thereafter, that's another reason that "Gatsby" endures.
Then, as now, the antics of the foolish and wealthy are a funhouse mirror we hold up to ourselves, to maybe console ourselves that we're somehow better, despite our obvious foibles.
For me though, it's the universality of the love story — and the great tragedy that underlies it.
When you strip away the "frosted wedding cake of a ceiling" at the Buchanans' house. Or when you dance past the "brightly colored moths" who infested Gatsby's garden, man or woman, the chances are good that we've all had a Daisy in our past — some unrepeatable love that we'd give anything to recreate, even for just a moment.
In the recesses of our memory, there's a green light that shines at the end of a dock.
For some of us, it's brighter than others. And some of us might even emulate Gatsby's example and try to reach out for it until, as Fitzgerald unforgettably says, we become "boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
John L. Micek is PennLive's Opinion Editor. Readers may e-mail him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @ByJohnLMicek.


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Stunning win on Opening Day
That Reds penchant for the drama didn't disappear after an off-season. Ramon Hernandez brought it all back, and then, some with a stunning three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. It gave the Reds a 7-6 win.
Cincinnati came into the ninth down 6-3 against Brewers closer John Axford. A fun conclusion for the Reds and their 42,398 fans at GABP…but not a well-played game overall.
*The Reds were 1-for-10 RISP with 10 LOB. They were 0-for-9 before Hernandez came through.
*Edinson Volquez was rocked for three homers, including two in a row to start the game. Carlos Gomez hit the second one and it sailed 429 feet into the upper deck of right field. Not a cheapie by any stretch.
*Jonny Gomes made an error fielding Ryan Braun's two-out single. It put Braun on 2B and a Jordan Smith balk later put runners on second and third. A possibly tough insurance run scored on Casey McGehee single.
*The Reds were resilent, give them credit. They did not pack it in on a freezing cold day.
*Brandon Phillips' nifty slide step to avoid McGehee's tag saved a rally. McGehee should have just thrown to first base and that game likely doesn't end like it did. Scott Rolen hustled hard to beat the throw to first base, as well. Asked to describe his speed, Rolen dryly replied "Electric."
*Credit the Reds bullpen, especially Sam LeCure and winning pitcher Logan Ondrusek for keeping Milwaukee in check.
*Gomes nearly won the game himself with a long screamer of a fly to center field. It went for a sac fly but put Hernandez in position to win the game.
*Check out this photo gallery from the game.
*The last Reds walk-off home run on Opening Day came from the bat of Joe Randa on 4/7/2005 vs. the Mets in a 7-6 win.
*Hernandez is the fifth Reds player to collect four hits on Opening Day.
*The Reds are now 4-9-1 in their last 14 openers. The tie, incidentally came vs. MIL in 2000, after an official game was called because of rain.
*The last time a team hit two home runs to begin a season was the Reds on April 7, 1969 vs. the Dodgers. Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan each went deep against Don Drysdale at
Riverfront Stadium. Crosley Field.
*Cincinnati hadn't won an Opening Day game since 2007, so it was the first in the tenure of Dusty Baker and Walt Jocketty.
"We don't want to win it like that. We got lucky enough we got the win today. To me, it's amazing. This is one of the best opening days I've ever had in my career. I'm so happy that I helped my team and my team won a ballgame." — Ramon Hernandez
"They were getting some hits with runners in scoring position and we weren't. If you keep putting them out there, sooner or later something good is going to happen. The key is opporutunies. If you don't have opportunities, you don't have much of a chance." — Dusty Baker
"We ended the season on a walk-off last year to clinch the division and start it that way this year. We kind of struggled to put together productive innings today. We got some base runners and weren't able to capitalize and get them across. I think it's a huge shot in the arm for us to start the year. It's always great to win the first one and in that fashion, it's even more special." — Drew Stubbs, who hit a homer in the fourth inning.
"I think I was a little bit excited in the first inning. After that, I calmed down and threw my pitches." — Edinson Volquez
"Obviously, my opinion doesn't really matter. But if my first inclination was that he was not out of the baseline, I would have made sure I kept going towards him a little bit more than I did instead of also trying to make a throw. In hindsight, I wish I had just come through and made a thtow to first and not even worried about him." — Brewers 3B Casey McGehee on the non-tag of Phillips in the ninth.
"I got away with one in the at-bat before with Gomes. This time I paid for it." — John Axford, who gave up the game-ending homer to Hernandez.
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For nearly 30 years, Saginaw leaders have remained powerless, shackled by an agreement between the Michigan State Housing Development Authority and a low-income housing development company that owns two prominent buildings at East Genesee and South Washington.
The agreement recently fizzled, and Saginaw planners are reaching for a stake in future of the 120-unit Bancroft Building at 107 S. Washington and the 30-unit Eddy Place at 100 N. Washington, which act as the structural welcoming committee to downtown.
Nearly 70 government officials, business leaders and preservationists squeezed into the Great Lakes Crossroad meeting room at 234 S. Water in Saginaw on Tuesday to discuss what Saginaw Development Director Odail Thorns calls "progress" in the area.
Since 1982, the apartments have housed low-income, government-subsidized tenants.
Because of the Bancroft-Eddy apartments, the section of town is perceived as high-crime and unsafe, says Jim Hill, 58, a developer from Saginaw Township
who owns several nearby buildings.
Hill, already a believer, sees great potential — especially with an anticipated influx of young people resulting from a planned Central Michigan University College of Medicine campus, scheduled to open in 2015, he said.
The Saginaw campus would have two buildings, one at Hoyt adjacent to St. Mary's of Michigan hospital and the other on Irving near Covenant HealthCare.
Redesignating the purpose of the Bancroft-Eddy apartments "will open up development in the downtown area," said Hill, owner of 212 S. Washington; and 212, 214 and 216 Franklin.
"That has been the No. 1 stumbling block over the years," he said. "The Bancroft has just been a thorn in our sides."
Hill believes downtown is safe. He said his loft and commercial tenants — Erika's Flowers, 214 Federal, and Cardinal Valley Coffee, 212 S. Washington — "love it there."
"I've never seen a city so hard on itself as the city of Saginaw," Hill said.
"Other cities have lots of civic pride. We haven't a vast amount of it."
You're not going to get "raped and pillaged" downtown, Hill said.
"Open your eyes," he said. "Have you ever been to Detroit, have you ever
been to New York, have you ever been to Chicago? These are everyday occurrences. These people don't pay attention to them."
In Saginaw, he said, "people look for an excuse ... not to support the city."
We "want to have it come across as an upbeat safe place to walk" and "have people of all walks of life, but we want a better income mix," Thorns said.
"I would love to see a condominium development, with beautiful shops and so forth located under it ... but also to look at some commercial complex that has office space, shops and ... have the walkability element," the development leader said. "Let's not close it off to some form of housing. We want to be open to all types of development that make the downtown attractive."
Thorns said its the city's role is to facilitate the communication between interested developers and the state, as well as ensuring the 150 residents of the buildings receive relocation assistance.
Tenants received notification of the state's intent to vacate the buildings by November 2012.
Officials are scheduling tenant meetings within the next two weeks, said Donna McMillan, the director of asset management for the housing authority.
She said the state plans to issue qualifying residents Section 8 "choice vouchers" which allow them to live at any state-qualified, low-income-designated rental property.
The program pays the difference of rent above 30 percent of the individual's income.
Beth Ernat, the city's part-time Downtown Development Authority's executive director, called the turnout at Tuesday's meeting "fantastic." She said further meetings with stakeholders and the public are forthcoming.
"We're on an upbeat mode, and I think we're making progress," Thorns said, "The breakthrough with the medical thing, I think with activity at the Temple Theatre and The Dow Event Center, I think that we're coming back to life."
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LANSING - Michigan is one of the few states decreasing its prison population during an economic downturn, the director of the Department of Corrections said.
Patricia Caruso said that while Michigan is having financial problems, there is a silver lining because opportunity sometimes comes from crisis.
Caruso used declining economic conditions about six years ago as an example that forced the department to look at different corrections practices.
Corrections is continuously trying to do better as an active participant in making communities safer and "not just by locking up as many people as we can forever," Caruso said.
Meanwhile, a Michigan State University sociologist warns that improving the prison system is not enough because more fundamental changes in society are needed.
Caruso said the length of time served has no effect on the recidivism rate because research and data have disproved the assumption that locking people up for long periods has a significant impact on crime.
"We are trying to be part of the basic piece of corrections - getting people out and keeping them out," Caruso said. "Even if we won the equivalent of the lottery, we would still do this.
"This is no more about budget or saving money. It's about the right thing to do and the right way to do corrections."
Caruso has announced that $76 million is being cut from the department budget this year. Even after those cuts, she said the department will increase its funding of education and job training because investing money now will save money in the long term.
"Most states are facing serious budget deficits," said Susan Urahn, managing director of the Pew Center on the States. "Every single one of them should be making smart investments in community corrections that will help them cut costs and improve outcomes."
A March 3 Pew Center national report on prisons made suggestions for reducing the number of inmates. They include "swift and certain sanctions" for offenders who break the rules of their release, incentives for offenders to succeed and more use of supervision technology such as electronic monitoring.
The center is a nonprofit research organization based in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.
The Pew report said when strong community supervision programs for lower-risk, non-violent offender programs are done correctly, they cost significantly less than incarceration and could cut recidivism by as much as 30 percent.
Carl Taylor, a MSU sociology professor, said around half of Michigan inmates are not violent criminals. He said there are other ways to deal with them.
The current prison system will not work so Michigan needs to consider overall reform starting with education, Taylor said.
"We are educating people wrong, in my opinion," he said.
The root causes of why so many people go to prison hasn't been adequately looked at, Taylor said.
For example, he cited the large number of children in Detroit and Flint who are not in school and said there are different ways to educate children in poorer cities compared to more affluent suburbs.
"These kids are not in school, they're ignorant, they aren't learning anything and they are just running amuck," Taylor said. "That's the first step to prison."
He said another crucial component is looking at families and asking, "Who is raising these kids?" and "What is going on here?" because so many children aren't in school and get in trouble.
"Even if they don't get in trouble, they are going to become non-citizens," Taylor said.