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Schubert's Bakery is anxiously awaiting its debut on Food Network's "Save My Bakery."
The show stars Chef Kerry Vincent, as she "gives each place a makeover from the inside out," according to Foodnetwork.com.
The show premieres 8 o'clock tonight on Food Network.
I reported in January that the Nazareth bakery had an extensive remodel, but details were sparse, because the shop's owners were under contract not to reveal any information.
A step inside the shop a few weeks ago showed an interior vastly different from the dark wood-paneled walls of the space I remember.
How did the new design go over with the owners? And what advice did Vincent have for the menu? We'll find out tonight.
I'll be watching and blogging the show, so check back after you watch and leave a comment on the makeover.
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Tip: 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Detroit
Probable Starters: DET - G: Rodney Stuckey, Rip Hamilton; F: Tayshaun Prince, Jonas Jerebko; C: Ben Wallace.
MIN - G: Jonny Flynn, Corey Brewer; F: Ryan Gomes, Al Jefferson; C: Kevin Love.
Notes: Not a bad way for the Pistons to open up after the All-Star break, with a terrible Minnesota team at home.
The T-Wolves actually have a pretty major advantage inside -- the Pistons won't be able to do much with Al Jefferson or Kevin Love around the basket one-one-one. The good thing, though, is that other than Ryan Gomes (40 percent), no one on the Wolves shoots the three particularly well and starting guards Corey Brewer and Jonny Flynn shoot a combined 42 percent from the field, making it a little easier for the Pistons to help inside.
I think most fans -- excluding those already in full John Wall mode -- just want to see more passion as the All-Star Break ends. We're all realistic at this point -- certainly no one is expecting playoffs, and I'm not even sure anyone is expecting many wins. But teams can lose while still playing hard. The trade deadline is two days away, and who knows what will happen with the roster before that, but as far as on-court these are the basics I'd like to see before the season ends:
- Rodney Stuckey continues the efficient play with the ball he's shown over the past six games. Stuckey has averaged seven assists and just over one turnover per game during that six-game stretch. If he continues at or near that pace, I'll be pleased with his development. If he slips again and doesn't maintain some consistency, he's still a question mark heading into next season.
- Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva get it going. Villanueva's been injured lately, which partially explains the drastic fall in his production, and Gordon's getting back into game shape after his own injury. Both have had a decent amount of rest now. They were signed because Joe Dumars viewed both as young building blocks who could still improve. Time to prove it.
- Some semblance of chemistry. There have been several times this season where it's appeared these guys just don't enjoy playing with each other very much. Hopefully John Kuester can find a lineup combination or two that's semi-exciting to watch now that everyone's relatively healthy.
Tonight is a winnable game. The Pistons have lost a lot of winnable games of late. This could tell us whether the second half of the season is going to be the same story as the first.
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The Internets are fairly alight with commentary this morning on this weekend's nukes deal with Iran that will keep it (at least for now) from getting its hands on The Bomb. But faster than you could say "Neville Chamberlain" some pundits were already dropping accusations of appeasement.
But was it really? That's the topic of today's installment of The Punditocracy.
Writing in The Daily Beast, Peter Beinart (who's hardly a dove) explains why the interim deal isn't appeasement:
"If Netanyahu and company have no better strategy for preventing an Iranian nuke, why call Obama's deal a Munich-style surrender? Because that's their name for any diplomatic agreement that requires Western compromise. For Netanyahu and his American allies, it's always 1938, because if it's not 1938 and your opponents aren't Neville Chamberlain, then you're not Winston Churchill. And if you're not Churchill, you've got no compelling rationale for wielding power."
At The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol (as one might imagine) has a slightly different perspective on things:
"In light of the Geneva Agreement, I went back to read Winston Churchill's October 5, 1938, speech in the House of Commons on the Munich Agreement."
Even with its inherent risks, The Washington Post says it's worth giving it a go with Iran:
"The AGREEMENT with Iran announced early Sunday in Geneva will cap the expansion of its nuclear infrastructure and lengthen the time Tehran would need for a "breakout" attempt to build a bomb. Though the accord is freighted with risk, it is worthy as an interim step — and preferable to the military action that might otherwise have been deemed necessary."
Here's the take from The New York Times:
"The interim nuclear deal between Iran and the major powers is an important step toward resolving the increasingly dangerous dispute over Iran's progress on production of a nuclear weapon. President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran deserve credit for resisting fierce domestic opposition and a 30-year history of animosity between the two countries to get to this point."
What do you think?
Is this weekend's interim deal an important step forward in normalizing Iran's relations with the west? Or have we just invited a tiger into the living room? Have your say in the comments.


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Thinking It Through
Focus moves to preventing domestic abuse
Not too long ago, a friend of mine traveled out of state to visit old friends. The friends introduced her to their new housemate. Later that weekend, the housemate drove to his ex-boyfriend's house, shot him to death, and then turned the gun on himself.
"He was staying in the same house as us," my friend said. "He said good-bye to us, and then went out and killed someone."
I was disturbed by my friend's proximity to a murderer, but I was also curious about the days and weeks preceding the murder-suicide. Specifically, I wanted to know whether there had been any warning signs. I found it impossible to believe such violence just erupted out of the blue. What had been missed?
Police classified the murder as a domestic violence homicide. Unfortunately, such tragedies are all too common, although I didn't realize how common until I read Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore's recent story about a new domestic violence prevention system being implemented in Schenectady. According to city police Chief Brian Kilcullen, officers get more domestic violence calls than any other type of call.
The new domestic violence prevention system is designed to help police, judges and prosecutors determine which suspects are most likely to try to kill their partners if they're released on bail. One of the things I like about the new system is that it was developed by people who understand domestic violence is a predictable pattern of behavior and can thus be prevented.
On Christmas Eve, a Niskayuna man, 46-year-old Clifford Burns, was charged with stabbing to death his estranged wife, Patricia Burns, 42. Reports indicate he had a history of violence, which should come as no surprise; I would have been surprised if he didn't have a history of violence.
Schenectady's domestic violence program will be modeled on a program in Newburyport, Mass., that was the subject of an article in New Yorker magazine earlier this year. In Newburyport, domestic violence experts developed a "danger assessment" tool to predict which domestic violence cases are most likely to turn deadly. Risk factors include threats of murder, attempts to strangle the victim, a history of substance abuse or unemployment, the perpetrator's access to a gun and escalating physical violence.
The New Yorker article describes a forward-thinking program where a team focused on preventing domestic violence homicides meets monthly to examine and discuss cases.
"As team members went down the list of cases, they looked for changes that might indicate trouble: a victim's attempt to leave, an abuser going off probation or parole, the violation of a restraining order, the loss of a job, an incendiary Facebook post," the article reported from one meeting. "In one case, a man assaulted his partner on the way to his batterers-prevention meeting, and was arrested again. In another, a man who had tried to stab his wife with a fork and then threatened to kill her was arrested and held without bail; he had a history of violating restraining orders and probably would be monitored by G.P.S. upon his release from prison."
Domestic violence is still sometimes dismissed and minimized as a women's issue, and it's true the vast majority of victims — roughly 85 percent — are women. However, the problem is so widespread it should be viewed as an issue that affects the entire community. Children raised in homes where domestic violence occurs are more likely to be violent in adulthood, while the cost to treat victims is high — about $4.1 billion each year for medical and mental health services, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
About 25 percent of women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Nearly three-quarters of Americans know someone who is or has been the victim of domestic violence. That's a lot of people.
What's becoming clearer and clearer is domestic violence homicides are not, as a general rule, inexplicable tragedies no one could ever have seen coming. Rather, they are the culmination of a history of abuse. If we can do a better job of spotting the red flags and warning signs, we can save lives.


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Letters 7.16.08
Cops vs. hip-hop
Re Tom Robbins's article 'Cops Rip Up Rappers' [July 9–15]: This is yet another story about bad cops in NYC. How did he get this story? Was Sean Gardiner on vacation? He's usually the one to rip the cops up in his articles. I'm sure that the "Brothers Venegas" were as polite and calm as they stated in the article—just trying to help a poor vendor, being good citizens. I'm sure that they also attend Mass every Sunday, feed the homeless, and were Boy Scouts back in the day. Give me a break! The writing staff of The Village Voice always portrays the NYPD as either crazy, dirty, or belligerent. Why doesn't someone on staff interview the officers and get their side of the story?
Jenifer Badamo
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Re Nat Hentoff's 'Sovereign Evil: Why Won't the U.N. Act on Its Own Mandate?' [June 4–10], on the situation in Myanmar: Now we see Mr. Hentoff's true colors—he is as much a warmonger as George W. Bush and the leadership of both major parties. Please, Lord, spare us from the "peacekeepers"!
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Re Tony Ortega's 'Scientology's Crushing Defeat' [June 30, villagevoice.com]: Thanks to Ortega and the Voice for this article. The time is long past due for the media to recognize the impact that Larry Wollersheim has had in exposing Scientology and alerting us to the dangers of its oppressive and evil tactics.
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A question about Steve Weinstein's 'The End of Public Sex: Why Isn't Anyone Fucking Anymore?' [Queer Issue, June 18–24]: Do you support the freedom of people to smoke in public places like bars and restaurants? After all, Mayor Bloomberg has made that practice illegal. Or do you believe that smoking is bad and should be banned in public?
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Your new website design is horrible. I've enjoyed your website for years, as I live in a very vanilla little town in British Columbia—but now when I try to read it, everything keeps moving around. I'll start to read something, and it will just flip off the page and go somewhere else. And the ads that keep changing every few seconds are nauseating. Somebody got seriously carried away when they designed it.
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Re Allen Barra's 'The Houses That Ruthlessness Built' [July 9-15]: You've hit the nail on the head. I wanted so much to get excited about this season, in large part because I wanted my beloved Shea to go out in triumph. The new stadium is beautiful, but when I do the math, I'm not sure how many games I'll ever see there. And the Mets have been an important part of my life for almost 50 years. The thing is, it's always been lousy in some way. Look at how cynical and vile and racist the owners were back in the '60s and '70s; look at how the players were robbed and exploited. But aren't we entitled to the beautiful memories we have of seasons in that era? Baseball has always been mythology; it has always existed in the minds of the fans, balanced precariously against a reality created by capitalists as rotten and unfeeling as any in literature. Even so, I hope an article like yours can serve as some kind of resistance to what corporate baseball has become.
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By Tim Nesbitt
The Lion's Share Coffeehouse & Bakery opened its doors on Main Street in Independence earlier this year, thanks to a small "handshake loan" from one of its customers. Around the corner, the Ladies of Liberty Mercantile quilt shop upgraded its wares after receiving a $5,000 loan from a nonprofit organization, called Kiva, which draws its funding from individual donors. Another Kiva loan helped to establish the Melting Pot Candy business in a private home down the road in Dallas, whose owner now hopes to open a storefront nearby.
Every job-creating enterprise needs capital. But, at a time when our economy is awash in capital and short on jobs, entrepreneurs who think small and maybe want to stay small are too often denied the modest funding they need to launch their businesses. Banks remain stingy with loans to small retail establishments. Government programs tend to focus on big projects that promise well-paying jobs. Even the Small Business Administration's microloans have credit requirements than can be daunting for someone who has been laid off or whose credit was tarnished by a health-related bankruptcy. That's why the experience of personalized microlending, although modest in scope, offers an instructive contrast to the conventional lending practices employed by banks and the costs of tax breaks, subsidies and loans favored by governments.
The dollars-per-job stats are telling. The president's Council of Economic Advisers estimates that the cost of job creation from government spending and tax cutting under the 2009 federal stimulus program ranged from $92,000 to $145,000 per job per year. Here in Oregon, the property tax breaks associated with our rural enterprise zones pencil out at $11,000 per job. By contrast, the Kiva loans start at $5,000, involve little paperwork and require no collateral. Kiva charges no interest. Its capital comes from donors in amounts as small as $25. Upon repayment, the average cost of the jobs these microloans create is zero. And lenders often become customers of the businesses they help to finance.
There are dozens of crowdfunded microlenders now operating in the U.S. And crowdfunding will soon extend to equity investments under the federal 2012 Jobs Act. These programs offer ways to bypass Wall Street to free up the capital needed to rebuild our Main Streets.
The benefits and potential abuses of crowdfunding are still much debated. But two things captured my attention about the microloans that helped finance the retail startups in Independence and Dallas. First, they are an exceptionally cheap form of job creation. Second, their return on investment won't show up in dramatic growth potential or in well-paying jobs, but in industrious people working long hours doing what they love and, in the process, restoring the vitality of their downtowns.
Forrest Peck runs a nonprofit called MERIT (MicroEnterprise Resources, Initiatives and Training), which coaches aspiring entrepreneurs on what it takes to start and succeed with a small business in Marion and Polk counties. Peck theorizes that small, niche retailers can revitalize old downtowns and pave the way for larger, higher-growth businesses to locate there. Independence still features an annual hops festival that connects to its early roots, but it also sports a city-owned broadband service, hot-tub manufacturers and an industrial designer -- of skateboards! -- with a global following.
We often cite the one-in-10,000 story of a startup that grows into a job-creating powerhouse, as Tektronix did a generation ago and as Urban Airship did over the past several years with help from Oregon's Self Employment Assistance Program. But that kind of spectacular success may not be the best reason to turn our attention to microlending and the small businesses that benefit from it. Collectively, businesses with fewer than five employees outperformed large businesses in job creation across the U.S. from 2004-2010. And microlending, combined with the guidance that programs like MERIT offer, can provide a practical path out of recession and jobless recovery for thousands of knowledgeable, skilled and industrious Oregonians who would otherwise be forced into idleness and marginalized in their communities.
This is an example of playing to the strengths of our people in a way that is often overlooked by big-picture planners. Small, personal loans and support can re-energize people and rebuild communities, quickly and cost-effectively, one business at a time.
Tim Nesbitt writes on public affairs, has served as an adviser to Govs. Ted Kulongoski and John Kitzhaber, and is past president of the Oregon AFL-CIO. He writes an opinion column for The Oregonian on Tuesdays.


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2007 Hugel Pinot Gris Classic, Alsace, France
Hugel & Fils, located in the picturesque village of Riquewihr, is a marvelous example of Alsatian's excellent producers. Founded in 1672 by Hans Ulrich Hugel, a Swiss national who left his home country during the Thirty Years' War, the winery continues to offer a diverse variety of wines: from inexpensive vintages produced from purchased grapes, to top level dry wines from grapes cultivated in winery's own vineyards.
The 2007 Hugel Pinot Gris Classic is a basic level wine that, nevertheless, has been highly praised by amateur oenophiles and professional wine critics alike. Going for about $18.00 - $20.00, it is, most assuredly, given its superior quality, an absolute bargain. A backbone of sparkling minerality & acidity complement creamy nuances of tangy fruit, all perfectly balanced by 13% alcohol.
Although incredibly quaffable at present, this marvelously food friendly dry white wine will certainly continue to develop length and complexity. Wine guru Robert Parker is undoubtedly correct when he asserts: "This is going to make a terrific table wine over the next 8-10 years." … And Ralph Steadman's artwork on the label is pretty cool as well.
2009 Trimbach Pinot Noir Reserve, Alsace, France
But Trimbach, like other Alsatian wineries, also produces a Pinot Noir. In point of fact, Pinot Noir is the only approved grape for red wine in Alsace… Be that as it may, because the region's climate, except in warmer years, isn't particularly suited to this grape's rather finicky & delicate temperament, during colder growing seasons, Pinot Noir is often morphed into Rosé wines.
However, Trimbach's 2009 Pinot Noir Reserve is a most satisfying example of the winemaker's art overcoming often adverse climatic conditions. The wine is on the lean side (that is, on the light side of medium bodied) but still quite supple and silky. You note hints of strawberry & fresh red cherries, with pleasant undertones of what the French term sous-bois, the refreshing smell of damp undergrowth after an autumn rain. And this particular wine is not matured in barrels (no oak), assuring that the fresh fruit flavors are allowed to shine through.
Priced at about $20.00, give or take, the 2009 Trimbach Pinot Noir Reserve is a comparative bargain. If you enjoy the subtle nuances of a first-rate Pinot Noir, you will certainly want to give this one a try.


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In the rap world, he rakes in more than 50 Cent, Rick Ross and Mac Miller. His record label has had six albums debut within the Billboard Top Ten list. His own album, "Something Else" debuted at number two.
His name is Tech N9ne.
Known for his lightning fast chopper raps and intense lyrics, Tech N9ne is one of the most successful independent artists in the world today - and now he's coming to the midstate for an Oct. 23 show at Chameleon Club.
Tech N9ne has a rigorous touring schedule (he performed at more than 1,000 shows over the last five years), but managed to spare a few minutes before a Columbus, OH gig at the Alrosa Villa, to chat. When he called, you could practically hear his grin in his voice.
You sound very chipper for 2 in the afternoon.
"It's beautiful to wake up and breathe.
"I know what it feels like to be at the bottom with no fans at all and I'm on this tour, being able to afford three tour busses and a couple of diesels. Yes it's raining outside and drizzling and, true, this is the place that Dimebag Darrell [Abbott, founding member of metal band Pantera and Damageplan] got killed... but the fans want to see me and I want to do this. I probably won't go in the place until I go on unless I have to scheisse. You know what scheisse means, right?"
Can't say I do.
"Its a word in Germany that means [poo]. I won't go inside all day unless I have to scheisse."
I'm probably going to have to steal that term you know, to keep everything classy.
"We have this thing called scheisse spray so people don't know that you went.... It's like you take this thing we call scheisse spray and you spray it and it just smells like pineapples."
I saw something like that on YouTube, Poo Pourri...
"Nothings going to touch scheisse spray. Poo Pourri's going to be out of business.
I have to admit, I never thought I'd end up talking poo during an interview.
"They should have told you that when you talk to Tech N9ne it's a real experience."
You're known for your spitfire rapping, do you do tongue twisters or anything before you go onstage?
"I don't do tongue exercises before I go onstage. I do voice exercises though because you can crack if you haven't used your voice all day and you're talking low. Once you get on stage you do voice exercises. The funny thing I do is - you ever seen the movie 'Raising Arizona?' I sing the theme music to the movie to get my voice ready. [he sings the theme song] I do that every night."
When did you know you wanted to be a rapper?
"I was a dancer before I was a rapper. I wanted to be psychiatrist before I was a rapper, so I ended up being a dancer on stage and my fan's psychiatrist - all that I wanted to do when I was younger. My fans say that I saved their lives [with my music] and I still dance on stage when the music hits. And I rap - with rhythm came rhyme."
And I have neither.
[laughing] "It ain't for everybody. There are people on TV who shouldn't be rapping. Some people can't even stay on beat and they have record deals."
How would you say rap music has changed since you started your career?
"It's gone digital - music as a whole. It used to be on records, little 45s and everything and it went to CDs and now CDs are almost out of here. But wherever they have music, we'll be in it."
What about the genre - sound wise or lyrically?
"When people like us think we're doing something different, I'm like 'I'm sure someone did it back in the day.'"
What song do you like most to perform?
"The one that the [fans] really like is 'Einstein.' It's so energetic, it's such an old song from back in 2001. But even the new fans they know it, it's one of my major songs and when it comes on you'll see how crazy the crowd gets. 'Einstein' is just one of a kind."
Let's go back and rewind...
[makes rewind noises]
Did you ever think you would be this successful?
"Yes, yes. They asked Jim Carey the same question - they said 'Are you surprised at the amount of money [you're getting paid]?' and he said, 'No, I have been planning this all my life.' I feel the same way."
It's definitely not the easiest career to pursue.
"It's hard. It's grueling. It's a dirty game. But, if you can endure and you have something you truly believe in, push hard and make it happen. "
One of the great things about your songs is how 'real' they are, they all pull from your own life and your own pain. But the downside to that, I guess, is that you've had to go through that stuff.
"I wouldn't take any of it back. It teaches me. Other people have some of those situations in common and that's how we relate. Thank God for those situations."
I can't imagine what it was like when you lost your friend Brian Dennis [who was shot in 2003].
"I still paint my face in honor of Brian Dennis - the guy who paints my face no, his name is Brian too. That's so crazy. I just realized that. We call him 'Scenario' - nobody ever calls I'm Brian Fraser. One day, he said, 'Do you know my name is Brian just like Bryan Dennis?' and I just went 'Oh, that's right your name is Brian.' All these years [and I didn't notice.]"
That's nice, it's like he's still with you in a way. Do you feel like that's the case?
"All the time. When I'm writing, words pop up in my head and I have to sit next to my Google to see if I'm using them in the right context and I'm always using them in the right context.
"His imagery is still living on. Have you seen the 'Something Else' cover, with the fiery crown and everything? Brian would be so proud because he put the darkness on top of my darkness and he pushed me to always think different and always go the extra mile. He would be so proud. I'm looking at the artwork right now and I'm just watching it and I'm like 'That's Brian.' He used to work at Hallmark and he created the Hallmark cards and he was really good at artwork and, man, he'd be so proud. This is what he taught me: 'Go and bring all your dreams out of you.'"
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Eastern Health president and CEO Vickie Kaminski. — Telegram file photo
Eastern Health announced today that services normally provided by the Recovery Centre at Building 532 in Pleasantville will be temporarily offered from the Waterford Hospital effective Thursday at 3 p.m.
A news release notes the move is a precautionary measure while air quality testing is completed at Building 532 to test for levels of creosote vapour in the building.
"Based on the information we have currently, there is no need to be concerned as the levels of creosote exposure at the building have been low and employees have never been in direct contact with the source of the creosote," Vickie Kaminski, President and CEO of Eastern Health, said.
"However, since it could be early in 2013 before we receive the results of the air quality testing, we have made the prudent decision to relocate our staff and clients."
Individuals needing assistance or access to the Recovery Centre are asked to call 752-4980 for assistance.
Creosote is a substance that was used as a wood preservative on the structural beams, joists and underside of the subfloor of Building 532 when it was first constructed over 50 years ago.
Eastern Health discovered possible exposure to creosote vapour in Building 532 in 2007, after employees reported an odour.
Air quality testing in 2008 and 2009 indicated levels of creosote vapour below the minimal acceptable level for people working out of the building during a normal work day and work week.
Over the last six months, several employees working at the Recovery Centre have developed rashes from an unknown origin. As a result, Eastern Health launched an Occupational Health and Safety Inspection in November. This inspection was conducted by an Industrial Hygienist with Service NL. It was concluded that there was a possibility that exposure to low levels of creosote vapour may be responsible for the rashes.
"Infrastructure Support has also begun work to improve the ventilation system in Building 532, which will further help reduce the smell created by the creosote and exposure to creosote vapour," said George Butt, Vice-President responsible for Infrastructure Support.
"We will continue to do what is necessary to address this issue and ensure that Building 532 is environmentally safe for further use once we have received the results of the air quality testing."
Eastern Health made the decision to move inpatients and staff as a precautionary measure while extensive air quality testing is completed and a toxicology expert is consulted, which could take up to eight weeks. Employees who have presented with rashes have been seen by a dermatologist.
Once Eastern Health receives the results of the air quality testing, it will make a permanent decision on the location of the Recovery Centre.
Other services offered at Building 532 including the Rowan Centre and the Methadone Clinic will continue to be offered at Building 532 as these services are located in a new part of the building where there is no creosote.


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DORR, MI -- A Tuesday evacuation of Dorr Township Hall - initially thought to have a connection with Monday's nearby elementary school evacuation - turned out to be a false alarm.
Michigan State Police Wayland Post troopers were called to the Dorr Township Hall, 4196 18th St., at around noon Tuesday, May 20, on a report of suspicious activity connected to the Dorr Elementary School evacuation about 24 hours earlier.
Related: Bomb team clears suspicious package that led to evacuation at Wayland's Dorr Elementary
State police searched the building – located just a couple blocks from the school – and found nothing unusual, Lt. B.J. Roach said. She did not know how many people were at the Township Hall when police were called to the scene, but said there was a meeting there.
"It was nothing but a false alarm. There were no packages found," she said Tuesday. "Everything is fine."
A man who left a suspicious package at Dorr Elementary forced the Monday evacuation of nearly 500 students and staff before authorities determined it was not an explosive.
Wayland Union Schools Superintendent Norman Taylor said the man's unusual behavior at the school, 4158 18th St., warranted the precaution that sent children to the Dorr Township Hall/Fire Station just before 12:30 p.m. through the end of the school day.
No one was harmed in either situation, police said.
The school resumed as usual on Tuesday.
"It's business as usual," Taylor said. "We're catching up from yesterday."
Roach would not comment on the contents of the package left at the school on Monday; however, she said it was "nothing harmful."
State Police have the same man in custody who they were questioning on Monday in connection to the suspicious activity at the school.
Roach would not comment further on the case as it is under investigation.
Kyle Moroney covers suburban schools and general assignments for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Twitter or Facebook


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Since April, police have opened eight homicide investigations -- two more than the number opened from January through March, according to information from the Mobile Police Department.
Police spokeswoman Ashley Rains said the uptick is not uncommon when warmer weather starts flowing through the Gulf Coast region.
According to a study by Craig A. Anderson, professor and director of Iowa State University's Center for the Study of Violence, "hot temperatures increase aggression by directly increasing feelings of hostility and indirectly increasing aggressive thoughts."
Many of the most recent homicides remained under investigation Tuesday, with detectives working to determine what led to each confrontation.
On May 13, police were called after 23-year-old George Allen Williams was found in the roadway in front of a home on the 1400 block of Next Street. He had been shot at least once in the abdomen, police said.
He was transported to the University of South Alabama Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on May 15.
On May 14, less than 15 hours after police first responded to the shooting of Williams, officers were called back to the home. The body of 39-year-old Clifford Lee West had been found behind the residence.
He had been shot multiple times. Rains said on Tuesday investigators were still looking at a possible connection between the shootings.
On Monday, officers found a man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound in a bullet-riddled car near Interstate 65. Hassan DeWayne Johnson, 20, died later at a local hospital.
His death marked the 14th such investigation by MPD this year, according to homicide information compiled by AL.com.
From April 12 through May 19, eight homicide investigations were opened. Seven of the cases were fatal shootings. The eighth was the stabbing death of 23-year-old Quentavious Cornelius Battiste.
His girlfriend, 23-year-old Shamaya Makeeba Wrice, has since been charged with manslaughter in his death.
From Jan. 6 through March 25, six homicide investigations were opened, including an investigation into the vehicular death of 66-year-old Martha Wingo Hinton. Wingo died in a fast food restaurant parking lot after investigators said 59-year-old Maurice White drunkenly swerved off a nearby roadway on Jan. 8.
White's attorney, Jim Byrd, has since said the accident was caused by a medical emergency.
Of the remaining five cases, two were determined to be self-defense.
Check out a full list of the homicide investigations opened as of Tuesday by MPD:
- Jan. 6: 32-year-old Charles David Busby
- Jan. 8: 66-year-old Martha Wingo Hinton, vehicular homicide
- Jan. 25: 42-year-old John William Walston, determined to be self-defense
- Feb. 16: 23-year-old Dominick Harris, determined to be self-defense
- Feb. 19: 22-year-old Eric Rynard Davis, remains unsolved
- March 25: 53-year-old Maureen Lomax Day
- April 12: 23-year-old Quentavious Cornelius Battiste, manslaughter
- April 26: 35-year-old Tremayne Wesley Thomas, remains unsolved
- April 27: 20-year-old Antonio Crawford
- May 10: 42-year-old Timothy Keith Hunter
- May 11: 20-year-old Zachary Scott Alston
- May 14: 39-year-old Clifford Lee West, remains unsolved
- May 15: 23-year-old George Allen Williams, remains unsolved
- May 19: 20-year-old Hassan DeWayne Johnson, remains unsolved


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The Susquehanna is coming to the boat launch instead of boats going to it. This video was taken tonight at the Campville/Apalachin bridge and boat launch. The river is well over it's banks, and very reminiscent of a couple years ago when I photographed much of the same. Hopefully the rains will stop and the waters can recede soon.
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The man shot on MacArthur Boulevard in Algiers was alert as authorities transported him to a hospital, an New Orleans police official said.
Capt. Heather Kouts of the 4th District said the victim was alert and talking before paramedics took him for treatment.
The shooting was reported around 4:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of MacArthur Boulevard.


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Rudolf Friederick Kurz1818 - 1871
Draftsman, Painter
Born: January 8, 1818, Berne, Switzerland
Died: 1871, Berne, Switzerland
Rudolf Friederich Kurz studied art in Switzerland and Paris before coming to America in 1846 with the dream of drawing and painting the Indians. Traveling along the Mississippi and Upper Missouri Rivers, he lived and worked at fur trading outposts such as Fort Berthold and Fort Union. He came with the goal of drawing Indians but also sketched wild animals of the region, domesticated animals of the forts, and life in the trader camps. When his art supplies ran out in 1852, he returned home to Switzerland where he became a master of design at the cantonal, or regional, school in Berne.
As he observed animals in nature, Kurz made hundreds of small pencil and pen-and-ink drawings, which he considered scientific studies. He recorded in his journal, "Saw, today, a large herd of elks grazing on the hills. With the aid of my telescope I studied for a long while their different postures and movements." He planned on turning the sketches into composed paintings after returning to the studio. However, he never got the chance to fulfill that goal due to illness, and he produced few paintings after returning home to Berne.
(Quote: Kurz, Rudolf Friederich. Journal of Rudolf Friederich Kurz: An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers During the Years 1846 to 1852. Translated by Myrtis Jarrell. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1970, p. 322)


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Kath & Kim star Magda Szubanski comes out
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She made the announcement for Valentine's Day on Australia's Channel 10 and announced she was "1000 per cent" behind gay marriage.
On the subject of Valentine's Day, there were several romance/love-related programmes on BBC children's TV yesterday. CBBC continues to exclude lesbian or gay characters/issues in its drama and comedy programmes, as well as its factual output.
What is a "gay"…. We don't refer to straight people as straights, so why refer to gay people as "gays" and in a supposedly Gay news page too. Pink News writers really need to have a care as to the terminology they use when writing up these stories. A really annoying term often used is "Gay Marriage" which is not what anyone wants …. it's Marriage Equality and nothing else is acceptable. Get a grip pink news and do it right or not at all.
I agree with you. In America it's code to foment hatred among opponents of same-sex civil marriage and I daresay it's having the same implications here in the UK. Sadly, the media has bought into it and many of those who present the news. Sadder that Pink News among others chooses the same terminology and really should know better. We don't refer to marriage for heterosexuals as straight marriage nor does the media. It's just marriage and that's just what it is by expanding it to everyone. That's what true democracies are supposed to do. Everybody treated equally, not separately, without exception.
Agree too. And I'd prefer not to see 'gay marriage' used again by Pink News. Now, I must go; my gay dinner is ready and I've already spent too long today on my gay iPad.
This woman is 50..Where has she been with her revelation til now. No wonder there are so many young gay people struggling with their sexuality, when people like her are so ashamed of being gay that they only come out when threatened with being outed by some rag or other.
Just saying like….
Typical selfish reaction from the militant wing.
….It is the militant wing who won you the pitiful few rights gay people now enjoy. Before the militant wing showed their mettle, you would be considering straight marriage and be terrified of being "found out", so think on before you post such puerile shyt*….
Militant Wing?
You make it sound like some secret illegal gay terrorist group that kicks down your door in the dead of night and redecorates your lounge.
"I was left traumatised when one of them lunged at me with a hair dryer…"
Better late than never, Paddy.
Her celebrity and success sends out a good signal.
@Sister Goodlove….
….."Her celebrity and success sends out a good signal" to who, exactly?.
Do you seriously think that a fifty something, has been second rate actress, even comes up on the radar of any one under the age of 35.
I seriously doubt it. Had she come out when she was somewhat relevant, it would have been a great comfort to her peers who were struggling with their own sexual orientation at the time.
Sneaking about is never a good look and even less so when it is revealed that you are sneaking about because you are ashamed of who you are.
Why does she need to be relevant to anyone under 35, when she's only achieved celebrity in the last six years or so herself? Who'd listen if she's obscure? Even 15 years ago it was tough to get roles if you were openly homosexual. Casting directors are not the most imaginative people in the world.
She's a big star in Australia! Actually quite surprised this got onto PN since I didn't realise she was known over there as well..
….She isn't well known over here and Kath & Kim only ran here on obscure channels late at night as filler when no one was watching 'cept night watchmen and insomniacs. The story was "lifted" from another service as are most of the stories on PN…..
And that makes her less lesbian, how, again?
Not all of us woke up at the mature age of four and thought, OMG, I'm attracted to my own gender.
Accept that it is a short walk for some and a much longer road to travel for others. By demanding a certain way to do things, we are no better than those who condemn people for not living up to a heteronormative standard.
….I have only two words to describe your comment and they are "coward" and "childish"
No, being a childish coward is to hide behind a wall of demands and obvious intolerance for other people's struggles and doubts, pretending to be so very brave.
A bit like the religious nutters, actually. Bigotry and intolerance come in many flavours and those of us who do not live heteronormative lives should be first in line when it comes to discard that kind of behaviour.
Coming out or realising late a non-normative sexuality has not necessarily anything nothing to do with cowardice. It has to do with development. Instead of accusing people of being cowards, we should welcome yet another liberated human being.
Magda, I'm proud of you! It takes courage to come out, to be who you are in the face of societal disapproval.
I didn't feel it was in the slightest bit courageous coming out.
any more than I thought it was courageous that my brothers revealed they were "straight" . Hiding ones sexuality has only one effect and that is to make young gay men think "am i alone in feeling this way ?". It is no wonder there are so many suicides amongst gay teenagers when they see people like this bint demonstrating their cowardice. And another thin, it gives grist to the mill of the bigots when they observe this reticence to declare "this is me and I am gay..deal with it". The more of us there are out there, the less likely we are to be classed as an inconsequential minority to be bullied and denied our rights. No, this woman's reasons for staying in the closet for most of her life were purely selfish; protecting her so called career.
Society disapproves because we demonstrate by this sort of cowardice that we also disapprove…..
You obviously don't live in a world where you could lose your job, get ostracised by your family or get your head kicked in by your peer group for revealing your sexuality.
Not everyone is as fortunate as you, twat.
….that's rich coming from the likes of you…..a career idiot!.
Well done on her coming out, which many of had a feeling she was gay anyway.
As for being a second rate actress, she has been on screen in Australia and NZ for many years and still is hardly makes her irrelevant.
Regardless of what some may think, it is not up to anyone else to dictate how or when someone should come out of the closet, regardless of their celebrity status. You should be applauding her that she has come out rather then being critical that she did not do it sooner.
It's circular – if she had come out sooner, she wouldn't have survived long enough in the entertainment industry to come out now. I'm sure she was out to her friends and family, but if she's going to be another person of note standing up proudly, now is the ideal time to do it.
Whilst I am well read in LGBT rights, plights history and history of activism, I find your taking advantage of this story to air your aggressive responses leaves a nasty taste in the mouth…
Journalistic language is never watertight and perhaps the only way that real change can be made is a unified voice. Swiping on a forum will possibly only perpetuate stereotypes about gay people.
I'm sure Magda coming out will indeed help others think about making this (potentially) life-changing decision.
Really?? not a shock tbh. Glad i'm not the only older lady lately to come out :)
Well done you, and as I said before, not everyone is comfortable in coming out, no matter whether they are a celebrity or regular folk like ourselves.
I am out to a few people at work. I don't hide the fact of being gay, just that I don't feel the need to sit here with a pink banner over my head celebrating my gayness! I work in construction in an office and not yet received any homphobic problems (yet).
Is there a plan to deter anyone over 25 from coming out? Everyone's circumstances and life experiences are different so it follows that some people will come out later than others. Well done to this lady and in Australia particularly it's probably well timed with regard to the marriage issue.
….I don't think anyone is saying she shouldn't come out, at least on this page they haven't.
What I and others are saying is why did she take so long, when doing so a lot earlier could have given support to young people struggling with their orientation and no doubt bullying.
Great that she has finally become true to herself rather than as someone said, conform to hetronormative expectations for ever as many more coward of our brethren feel the need to.
If you have ever been to Australia, despite having the biggest gay partly, it's not as forward thinking when it come to the lifestyle. We can only assume that she never came out sooner because she was in the public eye and as Ray has quite rightly said, the timing is even better now because of the equality issues being discussed in Oz at the moment.
Could someone please post the link to the "Strict Guidelines to be Followed Upon Realising You are Gay." Someone the brochure was missing in my "Gay Membership Package." Specifically I would like to know the absolute allowable time limits between self-awareness and coming out to one's family, then friends, then the world at large. Also, at what specific age is one no longer permitted to come out?
We have, each of us, travelled this journey. For some it has been at an early age and relatively painless and quick, for some it has been a slow and eventful process full of anguish. That we all get there is the important thing, not that we get there all at the same time. That some of us take a longer road should not be criticised but rather welcomed with open arms.
Oops… "Somehow the brochure…"
…and in the mean time young people are ending their lives because they see obviously gay people denying their true self and in doing so demonstrating that "yes we are ashamed of what we are and your life isn't worth living, as is clearly demonstrated by some of the more "timid souls" condemning my comments on this page…….. How very selfish!.
How is she denying herself? She has not lied to you or to me by not publicly revealing her sexuality publicly prior to today.
There are plenty of other 'out' celebrities that young people can look up to.
The comments you are making are in fact selfish in thinking that everyone should be out and proud the some way that you are. Yes, many of us are but there are still those who can't find the courage to do what we have or indeed do not have the support network. How does that make someone ashamed of who they are?
Gay marriage? The STD dating site√ stdster.,.c0m, the gay subscribers increased continually.
Most of them are sexy.
I can't believe people are giving Magda such a hard time. I love her in Kath and Kim and Fast Forward and if she came out at 17 or 50 we should all support her.
I really can't believe the comments on here. People should come out when they are ready WHENEVER that may be. Not a moment before
Couldn't agree more!
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A couple of months ago, the already well-travelled Linda of Broadsheet wrote about all the festivals she planned on attending before the inevitable.
I was thrilled with her list. Yet her interest in my list left me a little perturbed. No festivals immediately flew to mind. Sure, I have plans for the Day of the Dead, but not in Mexico City.
My Day of the Dead plans start a month before: I will review my Spanish at a school in Oaxaca, all the while charming my way into a local family's heart. Once November rolls around, they'll invite me to celebrate with their family and I'll be the surrogate child.
And that's the problem with all my plans. I don't really have destinations in mind. Yes, I want to go to Egypt someday too. I'm certain the pyramids will be nice but I can't wait to bellydance in a sleazy Cairo nightclub on amateur night à la Geraldine Brooks in Nine Parts of Desire. I've even taken a year of bellydance lessons in preparation and I am determined to make a fool of myself in yet another country.
I never had any interest in visiting the Galápagos. I always figured the animals there need some privacy. But now that I know about the magic barrel, it's shot up on my list from 123,749th place to third place. Porn Movie High graduate Kyle MacDonald announced he is going to that magic barrel next week to deliver our letters and take out others that he in turn will hand deliver. One day I'll be doing that too; until then I'll live through MacDonald's travels.
(He extended his deadline to April 5 if you want to send him postcards to be placed in the barrel. More details here. I'm sending mine off tomorrow.)
I've also had plans to walk across Europe, just like Constantin BrâncuÅŸi. And, now that plans for my honeymoon in Antarctica fell through, I am going back to my original wedding plans where bridal party et al ride camels to that seven-day-away oasis in the Tunisian Sahara and back again to the Mediterranean. I'll be heading back to Ethiopia one year before my Yellow Fever vaccination expires and I'll learn Amharic and shoulder dancing.
My magum opus will be Peripatetic Pancakes. Like Garvin Heath and the Tasmanians before him, I too shall wander into the wilderness with 50 pounds of pancake mix and treat out passing hikers.
PS This post ended early because I am being nagged. I can't think of what to write and pretend to listen to the nagging at the same time, as I am not a multitasker. I am going to concentrate on being nagged now. Thank you for reading and good night.
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Pittsfield Community TV
Scheduled today in Pittsfield, Dalton and Richmond on Time Warner Cable Channel 16, except as indicated. For a complete schedule, visit www.pittsfieldtv.org.
7 a.m. Taconic High School 2012 Commencement Exercises. Channel 17. Also at 7 p.m.
7:00 Mayor Bianchi Reports. Guests: Bob Shade, Mike Winston & Police Chief Michael Wynn. Channel 18.
7:30 Pittsfield City Council Meeting. Channel 18.
8:30 Pittsfield High School 2012 Commencement Exercises. Channel 17. Also at 9 p.m.
1 p.m. Veterans History Project Series. Guest: Roger N. Anderson.
4:00 St. Agnes Church Service. Live from Dalton.
N. Berkshire Community TV
Broadcast in North Adams, Adams, Cheshire and Clarksburg on Channels 15, 16 and 17. For a complete schedule, visit www.nbctc.org.
10 a.m. Pittsfield Baptist Church. Channel 15.
1:30 p.m. Clarksburg School Committee Meeting. Channel 16.
7:00 Alzheimer's Walk. Channel 16.
10:00 Shilling Shockers. Channel 15.
Willinet TV
Scheduled today in Williamstown only on Channel 17. For a complete schedule, visit www.willinet.org.
Community Television for the Southern Berkshires
Scheduled today in Great Barring ton, Lee, Lenox, Sheffield and Stockbridge on Time Warner Cable. For a complete schedule, visit www. ctsbtv.org.
9 a.m. Southern Berkshire R.S.D. School Committee Meeting. Channel 17.
10:00 Artists in the Berkshires. Channel 16.
Noon Lenox School Committee Meeting. Channel 17.
1:00 Getting to Know You. Channel 16.
2:30 Great Barrington Select men's Meeting. Channel 18.
5:15 Stockbridge Town Meeting. Channel 18.


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FLINT, MI -- A cash reward is being offered for information about the suspect in a police chase that left a 62-year-old woman dead.
Crime Stoppers announced Tuesday, July 22, that it would pay up to $1,000 for information of the driver who led a Michigan State Police trooper on a July 3 chase that ended in a crash that killed Jacqueline Nichols.
The trooper attempted to stop the suspect near Stewart Avenue and North Street, but police say the suspect fled north on North Street. The trooper collided with the vehicle Nichols was traveling in at Pierson Road and North Street.
Police say the suspect vehicle is a green or blue Pontiac sedan with a white license plate.
Anyone with information on the crash can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-SPEAK-UP.


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The Color of Sin - Why the Good Guys Wear White
When the Chrysler car company released its new model Dodge Coronet in 1967, the theme of its ad campaign was the "White Hat Special," with some ads featuring the "Dodge Girl" in her signature white Stetson, saying that "Only the good guys could put together a deal like this." These ads didn't need any elaboration. Madison Avenue knew the potential buyers had all been raised on film and TV Westerns, and knew the symbolism of white hats. Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger — cinematic heroes wore white hats, and bad guys wore black. It was all very simple. The colors white and black have carried layers of moral meaning since long before American infatuation with cowboys and automobiles, and some scientists believe that those associations may be automatic and universal and ancient (abstract). [more inside]
Does it float?
Some pig! In September, a Cincinnati artist carved a pig with wings...out of 7,000 pounds of Ivory soap. (It was commissioned by the chamber of commerce for an economic conference.) Now "Sudsie" is being sent on tour to Nicaragua to promote a kids' handwashing campaign.
Clutter Porn: The 2002 Messiest College Apartments Show!
Clutter Porn: The 2002 Messiest College Apartments Show! Do these photographs, not to mention the no-hold-barred 360º tours, make you retch or smile? Are you a Messie or a Cleanie? Would you ever pay a professional organizer to unclutter your home or office? Or are you worried there are deeper issues, such as obsessive compulsive disorder, involved? Never mind if you are. A wonderful essay by Daniel Harris puts our untidy hearts at rest. [first link via Boing Boing]
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Robert J. Carroll, 97, a former city bus driver and security guard, died Monday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton.
Born in Minneapolis, Mr. Carroll moved to Brooklyn, in 1947 and to Annadale in 2002. He settled in Huguenot in 2008.
Mr. Carroll worked for 20 years as a bus driver with the former Manhattan Bronx Transit Operating Authority, which eventually became part of the MTA. He retired in 1974. Afterwards, he worked for three years as a security guard the Greenwich Savings Bank, Manhattan.
Mr. Carroll served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942 to 1947. He was active in various Island organizations. He was a member of the Mount Loretto Senior Center; the Staten Island Blind Society; the VA Blinded Veterans, and a member of the American Legion.
He was an avid New York Mets fan and a parishioner of St. Joseph R.C. Church, Rossville.
"Bob was a kind man who loved his family and was loved by his family," said his grandson, Ira Epstein.
His wife, the former Lillie Freeman, died in 2000. His granddaughter, Melissa Epstein, died in 1989.
Along with his grandson, Ira, also surviving are daughter, Loretta J. Epstein; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter.
The funeral will be Thursday from the John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Eltingville, with mass at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph Church. Burial will be in Forest Green Cemetery, Marlboro Township, N.J.


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Weirton budget talks continue
WEIRTON – The possibility of decreasing services or increasing fees was again a major point of discussion Thursday as city officials held the second workshop to prepare a 2014-15 fiscal budget to present at City Council's meeting Monday.
The mayor, city manager, city finance director, members of City Council and several department heads voiced their opinions and concerns regarding the budget and surrounding time constraints. In order to be advertised and sent to Charleston on time, the budget must be approved by City Council by March 14.
City Manager Valerie Means and City Finance Manager Thomas Maher outlined some of the cuts that were made in the prospective budget since the last meeting, including the removal of all non-exempt overtime for municipal employees, a $10,000 cut from code enforcement, the removal of allotted funding toward the now defunct Honeywell energy saving project and several other reductions. Although the budget is balanced as it stands, there is no room to meet the requests of various city departments in the upcoming year.
"The way I see it, that means we are already in debt, so we need to take action on this now," Ward 7 Councilman Terry Weigel said.
Unless new revenue is generated the city will face a deficit this time next year, according to Means.
Mayor George Kondik, Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh and Ward 4 Councilman George Ash Sr. reiterated their respective opinions from the previous workshop.
Kondik stood by the suggestion of a cable excise tax, or franchise fee, which he said could bring in an estimated $500,000 in revenue per year. He opposed the idea of implementing an across-the-board business and operations tax because he believes it will "hurt the entire business community."
Marsh also opposed the B and O tax idea, favoring the cable franchise fee because it gives residents an option. He mentioned that talks should be initiated with state representatives regarding tax structures and how they fund municipalities, because the framework in place now is out of date. Much of it was established in the '20s and '30s, Marsh said.
Ash repeated several times he is strongly against raising service fees at all, including the proposed cable franchise fee. He suggested sending the budget in as it stands for now to meet the deadline and making more revisions after the fact.
Ward 5 Councilman George Gaughenbaugh asked if some sort of hybrid between the B and O and the excise tax would be possible.
Ward 6 Councilman David Dalrymple reminded those present that the city already has a B and O tax specifically for manufacturing, and the revenue generated from that has not necessarily reached expectations. He questioned how much more effective another B and O on retail could be. Dalrymple also is against the cable franchise fee. He proposed alternatively forming a committee that would include some council members, local residents and business owners to get a clearer picture of the public opinion.
"If we are really at this point, down to the bare bones here, then it should be up to the citizens to choose which services they want to be cut and which services they are willing to pay for," Dalrymple said.
Means commented that it was a good idea, but reminded everyone present about the ticking clock and the urgency of the situation.
City Council will vote on the proposed budget at its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Municipal Building. Further revisions are expected to be made subsequently.


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It seems appropriate on this occasion, then, to revisit the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson:
"What object of our lives can we propose so important [as establishing a State university]? What interest of our own which ought not to be postponed to this? Health, time, labor -- on what in the single life which nature has given us, can these be better bestowed than on this immortal boon to our country? The exertions and the mortifications are temporary, the benefit eternal." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 1821.
Thomas Jefferson's vision of a people's institution anticipates extending educational opportunity "to the people" but it was the Morrill Act of 1862 that expanded and democratized higher education and made colleges and universities instruments to advance the nation's well-being.
And so, we read and appreciate the vision of Justin Morrill:
"The land-grant colleges were founded on the idea that a higher and broader education should be placed in every State… where advanced civilization unfolds its comforts, and where a much larger number of the people need wider educational advantages, and impatiently await their possession… .It would be a mistake to suppose it was intended that every student should become either a farmer or a mechanic when the design /of the land-grant college/ comprehended not only instruction for those who may hold the plow or follow a trade, but such instruction as any person might need—with "all the world all before them where to choose."—Vermont Senator Justin Smith Morrill, speaking at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1887, 25 years after passage, by the United States Congress, of the Morrill Act in 1862.
A grant was made and the rest is history. Rutgers is, now--58,000 students strong--a university on the banks of the Raritan in New Brunswick, in Piscataway, in Newark and in Camden, and, it occupies a place in the hearts and minds of its many accomplished graduates.
Happy 245th Birthday Rutgers!


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Which Joe gave his name to 'sloppy joes'? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
[postpositive when used with a numeral] Of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions.'a temperature of less than 25° Celsius'
- 'Biological records show that insect species are appearing six days earlier on average for each degree Celsius rise in temperature.'
- 'Water exposed to atmospheric pressure boils at approximately 100 degrees Celsius.'
- 'Instead of a global temperature rise of 2.1 degrees Celsius occurring by 2094, it will be postponed to 2100.'
- 'Temperatures throughout the region hovered around the minus five degrees Celsius range for most of the two week storm.'
- 'So far, studies show that platform level air temperatures will very rarely be above 20 degrees Celsius or lower than freezing.'
- 'I have personally been to both in the midst of winter and enjoyed temperatures around the 20 degrees Celsius mark.'
- 'For an hour and a half in the oppressive, dry 35 Celsius degree heat of the day we traveled across the valley and hiked up to the top of Graveyard pass.'
- 'They even use Celsius temperatures, which nobody understands.'
- 'The debut of summer saw temperatures entering the 30 degrees Celsius range.'
- 'Without greenhouse gases the earth's average surface temperature would be about 35° Celsius cooler.'
- 'They are most comfortable in water about 25 degrees Celsius, or slightly higher for breeding.'
- 'It was two o'clock in the afternoon and thirty-two degrees Celsius outside with the humidity at 88%.'
- 'Citizens experienced the heat of summer as the temperature rocketed to 34 Celsius degrees last Sunday.'
- 'Swindon Council's highways department was on red alert as temperatures plunged to 5 degrees Celsius overnight.'
- 'The ship's diving team took the opportunity to progress continuation training in the pristine 31 degrees Celsius waters around the port.'
- 'The Kelvin scale uses Celsius units, the main difference being that zero on the Kelvin scale is absolute.'
- 'It is better to pre-treat and pre-soak heavily soiled clothing and use a warm wash, of around 50 Celsius degrees, to conserve energy.'
- 'Transfer the meat to a 200 degree Celsius oven for 10 minutes and stand for a further 5 minutes before serving.'
- 'Without these greenhouse gases the earth's average surface temperature would be about 33 degrees Celsius cooler.'
- 'The dampness and high temperature of about 25 degrees Celsius provides the best conditions for mould to grow and reproduce.'
The Celsius scale of temperature.
- 'The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are based on two fixed points, the Kelvin and Rankine scales are based on one.'
- 'The confusion arises due to the other common temperatures scale, the Celsius scale (based on the old Centigrade scale).'
- 'I have similar problems with temperature - cold temperatures work best in Celsius, hot in Fahrenheit.'
- 'The other features on the front are three buttons for setting the temperature and fan speed alarms, changing from Celsius to Fahrenheit and resetting the alarms.'
- 'Most of our temperatures will be presented in Celsius, but you can grab a Celsius to Fahrenheit converter here.'
- 'If you did the bloody thing your IQ and the temperature right now in Celsius are about one and the same.'
- 'The Celsius temperature scale (°C) was developed by Anders Celsius in 1742.'
- 'But whether you calculate in Fahrenheit or Celsius, the overall winner is usually selected by a matter of shades and degrees.'
- 'But I've never, ever learned to intuit Celsius as a way to express temperature.'
- 'Likewise, we can measure temperatures on the Celsius or Fahrenheit scales.'
- 'The kelvin (K) temperature scale is an extension of the degree Celsius scale down to absolute zero, a hypothetical temperature characterized by a complete absence of heat energy.'
- 'My cheat for C to F is to take the temperature in Celsius, double it and add it to 30.'
Celsius rather than centigrade is the standard accepted term when giving temperatures: use 25° Celsius rather than 25° centigrade
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The title of the show is "Bright Young Thing 2," and it features up-and-coming vocalist Erika Clement and pianist Josh Smith.
That pair will be joined by trombonist Melissa Gardiner and an eight-piece big band as they tackle songs from the 1930s to 1960s in the nightclub setting of Twist Ultra Lounge and Dance, 252 W. Genesee St., Syracuse.
The show starts at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Admission is $15.
(And, yes, Clement did preside over the first Bright Young Thing last May, and a cool version of "Blame It On My Youth" is posted from YouTube above to show why there's a second version this year.)


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I'm having this idea. Haven't worked it out completely, but … here's the main part.First, let's go back to earlier in the year and look at this post: Beta Culture: Seeing the Brackets. (Its illo is just to the right here.)This is a sister post to that one, and to me clarifies and expands what I was really getting at back then. So:A great deal of what we humans do in day-to-day living is creating stories to live by.Some of them might be stories of personal identity – Faithful Bel … [Read more...]
Beta Culture: The Poison of Stories
Earth Day 2015: Thoughts Like Falling Leaves
[This is a repost of a piece I did several years ago, slightly edited for 2015. This essay is also part of the conceptual force driving my thoughts on the need for Beta Culture.]Leaf OneCon games and sleight-of-hand magic work because, one, we humans only have so much attention to spare at any one moment, and two, they direct that attention deliberately in one direction. If you look at where the finger points, you miss … well, everything else.Like the movie teen backing through a d … [Read more...]
Rumination on Death, and Love, and Life
Three years and a bit later, I don't dwell on the death of my Cowboy Dad all the time. When I do dwell on him, I can have these surges of sorrow, missing him with painful intensity. But it's not all the time now.The loss of him is kind of fading into the background of my daily life. He's passing into a sort of history in my mind. And I hate that. But I'm sort of okay with it too.I've said many times: "When you lose someone you truly love, it should break you forever." That's the … [Read more...]
Beta Culture: Being Grownups on Planet Earth
For most of the years I knew him, I unconsciously thought of my Cowboy Dad as "the grownup" in my life. Since he died, I've realized there were several side-effects of thinking that. One is that I cheated him out of all the years of ME being a grownup, so that we could be ... well, friendly equals, fellow MEN together. The other is that I cheated myself out of all those years of me being a grownup. All the endeavors and relationships in my life were approached in some degree of a child … [Read more...]
A Short, Short Post on the Idea of Souls
I kinda wonder how broadly the idea of ensoulment affects what we consider is acceptable to think and do. For instance, it occurs to me that war and the death penalty are easier to contemplate in a social matrix of soul-belief. Sure you're killing people's BODIES, but you're not affecting their real selves.Likewise I wonder if our rather casual approach to drug use is somehow a result of that same idea. If you think your brain is YOU, that any change or damage to it is a direct assault on … [Read more...]
Beta Culture: 'Yeah, We're Fucked.' Now What?
I'll tell you about one of my sort-of-hidden motivations behind my thoughts about the necessity of Beta Culture.I've told this anecdote at least once here, but I'll repeat it: I was in New York City a few years back, specifically to meet PZ Myers at a Seed Magazine event, and I got to meet a climatologist at the same time. Drink in hand, and jokingly, one of the first things I said was "Tell me the truth. Are we fucked?" Dead seriously, he replied "Yeah. We're fucked."Some years before … [Read more...]


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Nets coach Avery Johnson told reporters today that point guard Deron Williams will start Friday's game against the Raptors.
"Deron Williams sat out of practice yesterday and he went through all of the non-contact portion today," Johnson said on a conference call from London, where the Nets face the Toronto Raptors Friday and Saturday at the O2 Arena. "We anticipate he will play in the game tomorrow. His hand situation has not significantly improved, but he is going to start and play tomorrow."
Williams has a strained tendon in his right wrist, a lingering injury initially incurred Jan. 26 against the San Antonio Spurs when Williams still played for the Utah Jazz. Monday, in Williams' Nets debut at the Prudential Center, Williams suffered a bone bruise in his left hand.
Speaking on a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Williams said the injury to his right wrist requires almost a month off to heal, time he does not have as he tries to make an impression with his new team.
"They just traded for me. I don't think they traded for me to sit out," Williams said.
Johnson said his team "couldn't afford" to lose Williams for three to four weeks as he recuperates, even though they're almost assured of missing the playoffs. The Nets, 17-43, are 10 games behind the Indiana Pacers for the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference.
"I think right now, for us, we'd like to get through the London trip, get through the first couple games at home when we return, then we'll re-evaluate that at that point," Johnson said of the possibility of shutting Williams down. General manager Billy King, "I and Deron will be on same page with this decision -- and Tim Walsh, our trainer, hasn't discussed at length this option."
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Backup point guard Jordan Farmar could return from an ankle injury in time to face the Raptors Friday. Johnson said Farmar has recovered to the point that he will be a game-time decision to play.
On Feb. 28, Johnson said he expected Farmar to miss at least a week -- and likely more -- with an ankle injury. The hope was that he would return for Saturday's game against the Raptors at the earliest. But after participating in the non-contact portion of practice Wednesday and "most of practice" today, the timetable has been pushed up.
"We anticipated Jordan being out 7-10 days based on initial examination," Johnson said today. "Jordan has made a pretty fast recovery."


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GREENWICH TWP. — The township cuncil promoted three police officers Monday, including Ptl. Stacey Mangine, who is now Greenwich's first female sergeant.
Mayor George Shivery swore in Mangine as patrol sergeant, Detective Kevin Villanova as detective sergeant and Investigator Louis Damminger to detective.
Mangine graduated from the police academy in 2000 and worked part time for Greenwich Township until 2002 when she was hired as the township's first female full time officer.
"She's a very good patrol officer and knows how to handle herself very well on the job," Chief Joseph Giordano said of Mangine. "She's been a life-long Gibbstown resident and has an impeccable record."
As patrol sergeant, Mangine will now serve as a shift supervisor, running four-person squads.
For her, the fact that she is female never factors into her job.
"I don't differentiate myself that much as a female," Mangine said. "I've always been treated fairly by all the guys here. No one ever made me feel any different than any of the guys."
Mangine leads the township's community policing unit, which includes being a liaison to the township's two schools — where she often visits to talk to the students — runs the township's annual National Night Out program and talks with the township's senior citizens groups.
"She's wonderful with people and that's part of a police officer's job," Shivery said. "She's one of the best officers I've seen in my 11 years here."
In addition to the promotions, Greenwich Township also swore in Gary Grimes as a Class II Special Law Enforcement Officer (SLEO).


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Talk about a HOT party. Diddy was just celebrating his new album, Last Train to Paris, in typical Diddy fashion - a BALLER hotel penthouse packed with models.
The whole thing streaming live, too ... until things went awry.
As the camera cut to comedian Kevin Hart in a bathroom, a model lounges in the tub behind him, surrounded by candles. You know where this is going.
Bringing back images of Kramer and his Cuban cigar on Seinfeld, her hair catches on fire. Live on UStream! Hey, at least there was water nearby ...


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|Tue Feb 23 15:32:28 1993
shorter contest definately favor better operators, higher CW speeds, better equipment, etc. but longer contest do not favor the converse, as illustrated by Novice Roundup which extends over 9 days but is limited to 30 hrs op. the key is to have enough going on so everyone is happy, or at least suffering the same disadvantage. the comments certianly suggest an interest in a 24 hr contest, so why not make it more interesting - and difficult at the same time. for example, limit operation to 6 hours in any single band. now you have to where the rest of the world is operating, and when. No if you want a run of JA's, it is not enough for the band to open between you; they may be using the time to pick up multipliers elsewhere. i am sure those with more insight could explain this better, but does this illustrate a new type of contest. also, single band operation would limit one to six hours total. thus awards would be more numerous perhaps. Alan N2ALE/6
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