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15th May 2008
- Link to Why Christianity is false
- Link on External resources on the Resurrection and related matters section to The Empty Tomb Official Companion Web Site of the book with answers to critics.
16th March 2008
- Becoming an atheist. Michael O'Shaughnessy explains the thinking processes that led to his deconversion from devout Catholicism.
- Link to Converts' Corner Where people write in if they have lost their religion (or have been encouraged to come out of the closet) as a result of reading The God Delusion or other Dawkins books. From RichardDawkins.net
18th Oct 2007
- Updated links to Robert Price's "bible Geek" shows: Robert Price has appeared as "the Bible Geek" on The Infidel Guy radio show. The free podcasts are here and you can also find more by searching for "Robert Price" and "bible geek" at YouTube.
23rd May 2007
- Link to The Journey Out …of the fundamentalist wilderness…
9th April 2007
- Victorian hard-core reconverts to Christianity
Prof. Tim Larsen undertook some excellent research on high ranking Victorian members of secular/freethought societies and notable critics of Christianity who nevertheless subsequently became Christians.
From the blurb on the back of Prof. Larsen's book Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England:
"As sceptics, they had read, written about, and lectured on all the latest ideas that served to undermine faith, such as biblical criticism and Darwinism. Nevertheless they went on to judge that faith was more intellectually compelling than doubt and to defend Christian thought in their writings and lectures and in public debates with Secularists."Ed Babinski put Tim Larsen and I in touch. We had some initial emails. Later when Prof. Larsen's book was published I reviewed it and sent my review to Prof. Larsen and he responded appreciatively. Follow this link for details.
- Link to Fraser Valley Ex Christians blog.
- Link to Letters from Leavers
27th November 2006
- Additions to Crazy Stuff from the Bible.
- Link to www.exfundamentalist.blogspot.com - On Leaving Fundamentalist Christianity
In 2005, I finally decided to listen to my rational self and conceded that there may be some truth to my doubts about Christianity. I am now an ex-crhistian, but I don't feel like writing my long deconversion testimony in a single article; Instead, as a therapeutic device, I want to write my thoughts on why I left fundamentalist christianity.
- Link to Former conservative Christian women along with their works that debunk conservative Christianity and/or their conservative Christian experience.
- Link to Out of Christianity
24th August 2006
- Event Announcement:
A weekend intensive for moving beyond religious indoctrination and reclaiming a life of joy, creativity, and connection, led by Marlene Winell, Ph.D., author of Leaving the Fold: a Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion. It will be held from Friday, Oct 13, 7PM to Sunday, Oct 15, 3PM in the Elmwood part of Berkeley, CA.
Authoritarian religious belief systems foster separation from self, others and the world. Recovery requires that these issues be seriously addressed. In addition to discussion, we will use experiential methods including art, guided visualization, movement, and role-play.
For more information, visit Marlene Winell's website at http://www.marlenewinell.net
15th June 2006
- More resources on Bart Ehrman:
- Bart Ehrman: "Misquoting Jesus" (scroll down to the end of the page for the audio interview). This includes Bart's account of his changing beliefs.
- Bart Ehrman's 'Misquoting Jesus' (includes audio interview)
- Bart Ehrman's 'Lost Christianities' (audio interview)
- Resurrection debate with William Lane Craig
- Bart Ehrman With Jon Stewart (video interview)
6th June 2006
- Updated and extended the links to Robert Price's "the Bible Geek" appearances on The Infidel Guy radio show. The free podcasts are at
28th May 2006
- John Stephen Ku was heavily influenced by the arguments of C.S. Lewis until he read C. S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion by the philosopher John Beversluis.
12th May 2006
- Following a comment from a reader that my text was difficult to read on the mottled grey background I have removed the background from the website. If you beg to differ about the readability (or have other stylistic comments) then Thanks.
5th May 2006
- Links to:
- Walk Away from Fundamentalism Support, advice, and community for those who have left or are in the process of leaving fundamentalist Christianity.
- Recovery from the International Churches of Christ (ICC)
- ex-pentecostals.org
- Association of Former Pentecostals Discussion Forums
- Ex-ICC Member's Discussion Forum This forum exists to provide a gathering place for ex-members of the International Churches of Christ, also known as the Boston Movement and the Crossroads Movement. In addition, family and friends of current ICC members are welcome to participate here. Current ICC members are free to read the forum, but are not allowed to post.
25th April 2006
- Bart Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Once he was a fundamentalust Christian, seminarian and graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, but became an agnostic during his studies.
27th March 2006
- Links to:
- Debunking Christianity. This Blog has been created for the express purpose of debunking Evangelical Christianity. We are all ex-Christians. Most of us are ex-ministers, and even ex-apologists for the Christian faith..."
- Dennis Diehl was for 26 years a pastor in the Worldwide Church of God. In his articles Dennis addresses the falacies of Fundamentalism and the negative effect it has on the human spirit.
18th February 2006
A weekend intensive for letting go of religious indoctrination and reclaiming your life, led by Marlene Winell, Ph.D., author of Leaving the Fold: a Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion. It will be held MARCH 3, 7PM until SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 3PM in a lovely house on the beach in Rio Del Mar, California.
The effects of authoritarian religious training can last a long time and run deep, seriously impacting your ability to enjoy life. The process of leaving one's faith often creates intense feelings of confusion, grief, anxiety, and anger. Full recovery can be difficult if the issues are not clear and you feel alone in the struggle.
For more information, visit Marlene Winell's website at http://marlenewinell.net .
20th January 2006
- Link to the Blog Debunking Christianity by John W. Loftus, a former Minister, Christian apologist, student of Dr. William Lane Craig and author of From Minister to Honest Doubter: Why I Changed my Mind.
7th January 2006
- Sacred Deceit by Carlene Cross (due out late 2006). Click here for information.
- My Fundamentalist Education: A Memoir of a Divine Girlhood by Christine Rosen. Book link, audio presentation.
24th November 2005
- Link to Resurrection debate (MP3 file) between Richard Carrier and Frank Turek.
15th September 2005
- Deconversion stories from The Infidel Guy radio show. Note these are mp3 files.
- From Minister to Atheist Joe Holeman (also see below).
- Robin Savage a former preacher's wife.
- Robert Price has appeared "the Bible Geek" on The Infidel Guy radio show at
- Dr. Michael Shermer (the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and the Director of the Skeptics Society) describes his deconversion and his spirituality as an atheist.
13th July 2005
- Richard T. asks what I was seeking as a Christian and how I came to "not find it." He also prompts me to rant about hell and how it makes Christianity a "sunk religion." This and a few other snippets makes for a reasonable addendum to my deconversion story .
1st July 2005
- The Naked Emperor. Wayne Adkins explains his personal journey from Bible college student to atheist.
12th June 2005
- Link to How to Escape Religion forum.
2nd June 2005
- Link to Why I'm Not a Christian by Jon Host.
17th May 2005
- Link to a new book From Minister to Honest Doubter: Why I Changed my Mind by John W. Loftus. John has invited people to comment on his book here.
4th April 2005
- Link to Lives of the Unbelievers.
- Asymmetry of conversion ignored. A link to Why is Antony Flew's "conversion to deism" news, but the testimonies of scholars (and entire seminaries) that left behind formerly conservative bible beliefs, not news? by Ed Babinksi.
4th April 2005
- Link to Fundamentalism and Deconversion webring.
1st April 2005
- Link to Deconversion stories listed at Ebon Musings.
28th March 2005
- Link to "Tell us your story". Deconversion discussions from "Christian Biblical Errancy Debate" forum.
27th March 2005
- Link to The Minister Turns Atheist. Joe Holman, a fundamentalist Church of Christ minister for nine years. Amoungst the aims of his website Joe writes that he "wants most of all to let other doubting and hurting religious people (like myself years ago) who are losing their faith know that there is life after religion!"
3rd Febuary 2005
- The Courage to Walk Away: How to Escape From Cults. Includes a big download of deconversion stories (including from "main stream" Christianity) and other resources.
4th January 2005
- Link to Escape Religion by Scott R. Stahlecker and my review of his book "How to Escape Religion Guilt Free"
5th November 2004
- Leaving Christianity - a discussion board in the SF Bay area
10th October 2004
- Updated and repaired Book list.
- Link to Losing my religion: thoughts on leaving Christianity by Paul Wright.
16th August 2004
- Link to Testimonies from exchristian.net
24th July 2004
- Link to Winston Wu describes what it's like to combine Christian fundamentalism with mental health problems and how he recovered from them both.
22nd June 2004
- Dr. Marlene Winell, specialist in recovering from religious indoctrination, author of Leaving the Fold. Hear her talk in this windows media file from Freethought Radio.
23rd May 2004
- Updated some details including links to excerpts and author websites for Books by (and about) ex-Christians.
10th May 2004
- Link to Secular Testimonies. Deconversion stories from SecularLife.org
18th April 2004
- Link to Former Worldwide Church of God - WWCG WebRing
23rd March 2004
- Links to full collection of Ed Babinski's many well-written and helpful sites!Ed Babinski on Biblical Errancywww.skeptical-christian.net
Creationism vs. Evolutionwww.creation-vs-evolution.us
Fundamentalists AnonymousEd on Christian Historywww.christainhistory.com
Christian Satire, Faith, Politicswww.christainfaith.com
Cool Beans Talk for Cool Kidswww.fufu.us (kid's chat & science)
Ed also has a page on the secular web here.
22nd March 2004
- Next reply from J.P. Holding.
18th March 2004
- Next email in discussion with J.P. Holding.
28th February 2004
- Discussion with J.P. Holding. A number of Christians have challenged me to get into a debate or discussion with J.P. Holding. So when the opportunity naturally arose when I was added to a little discussion list he was on I thought I'd see what happens. So here it is, unfolding in real time from now on - future emails will be added as they are sent and received. The subject is almost entirely the resurrection and the tone is increasingly cordial!
25th February 2004
- From Missionary Bible Translator to Agnostic. Kenneth Daniels gently yet powerfully describes his journey, including insights into the depths of his prayer life as he struggled with doubts and the respectful way he dealt with his critics. Captivating, sincere, detailed, and dramatic! Further articles documenting his views and journey are available here.
7th December 2003
- Link to Starting a Fundamentalists Anonymous Support Group in Your Area
30th November 2003
- At From Young Earth Creationist to Evolutionist Edward T. Babinski describes how he was a YEC-evangelical Christian who turned evolutionist and agnostic. Read his account of the events and knowledge which changed his beliefs forever.
Also see ED B's story from the ex-Christian mailing list archives.
21st October 2003
- Link to Fundamentalists Anonymous. The purpose for Fundamentalists Anonymous is to put people in touch with available resources, and testimonies, of individuals who have abandoned fundamentalism, cults, and religious fanaticism. This project (started October 19, 2003) is designed to index every known testimony of De-Conversion from all religions, that exists on the web - including in-depth details (as much as the person feels comfortable with). The site is operated by Ed Babinski the author of Leaving the Fold, which documented the testimonies of over 30 individuals who abandoned fundamentalism and religious fanaticism.
9th October 2003
- Link to Edward T. Babinski - The Damned Say the Damndest Things.
- More emails with Jordan.
2nd October 2003
- More Meetups links
1st October 2003
- International Ex-Catholic Meetups. Arrange meetups with other local Ex-Catholics to discuss leaving the Church and what you believe now.
29th September 2003
- Link to ExCatholic - Leaving Roman Catholicism.
9th September 2003
- Feedback on "Possible Candidates for deflating the Asymmetry of Conversion" also...
- An update to Possible Candidates for deflating the Asymmetry of Conversion.
1st September 2003
- Justin Hughes, a fundamentalist British preacher/pastor, asserts the argument from religious experience, fideism, threats of torture, and how easy it is to answer my questions. He refuses to read my final emails and sums up: I condemn and reject your master and all his works in Jesus name. I leave you to your terrible end, very apt for the evil filth you publish against God.
This is a truly spectacular exchange and I apologise for allowing it to languish unpublished for a year!
27th August 2003
- Geza Vermes - Fellow of the British Academy and Prof. Emeritus of Jewish Studies in the University of Oxford. Vermes was a Priest in the Sion Order but left the Priesthood and the Catholic church after his groundbreaking work on the Dead Sea scrolls, no longer considering himself a Christian.
- Link to Raymond Fontaine - former Priest, now Deist.
- Ray Billington - a former Priest, now atheist.
- Other Possible Candidates for Reinflating the Asymmetry of Conversion (!!) You tell me...
26th August 2003
- Link to Pascal Boyer's online lecture Functional Origins of Religious Concepts: Ontological and Strategic Selection in Evolved Minds in book recommendations.
- Possible Candidates for deflating the Asymmetry of Conversion. You tell me...
25th August 2003
- Updated Asymmetry of Conversion with:
1st August 2003
- Ex-Christian.net open forums. Another huge forum for ex-Christians!
28th July 2003
- Reciprocal link to an intelligent and absorbing analysis: The Rejection of Pascal's Wager - A skeptic's guide to Christianity.
"The Central Thesis: The major claims of Christianity are demonstrably untrue and, on balance, it has brought more harm than good to the world."
20th July 2003
- A few more conundrums.
17th July 2003
- In response to the new bit below, Craig Amanyahu writes to tell me he has refuted my claim that the god portrayed in the bible is evil. I go on to (so I believe) demolish any such theodicy and advise Christians to recognise that they worship not a holy and just God, but the cruel invention of ancient peoples - giving them evidence to know that, confront it, and take a long refreshing shower!
25th May 2003
- The bible god admits he performs evil acts.
6th March 2003
- Ron explains his reasons for leaving Christianity in a letter to a church elder.
- Updated Emails with Jordan.
4th March 2003
- Updated Emails with Jordan.
6th Feb 2003
- Links to:
- Former Creationists. An interesting sideline from Talk Origins. Not all subsequently left Christianity.
- College paper on deconversion.
- Dennis J. Ramsey a member of the Church of the Nazarene for 25 years, felt he was brainwashed and left Christianity to eventually became a self-styled "Akkadian"
4th Feb 2003
- Links to:
- Ex-Christian Sites. A collection from the Montana Freethinkers.
- Belief is not a Choice!
19th Jan 2003
- A Guest Discussion. Some people have guest essays, but I've got a discussion between two others :-)
Ed Babinski and Jordan copied me in on a discussion that Ed initiated regarding their respective deconversions/conversions. Since much intriguing material was discussed about the resurrection and only a shortened version is available on Jordan's website I have obtained both Jordan and Ed's permission to post the full discussion. This will be of particular interest to those following the discussion with Jordan I am having on the resurrection. Particularly interesting is the letter Ed wrote to Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics at Liberty University, Dr. Gary Habermas.
- Also of interest to such readers may be my emails with Jordan on scholarly consensus.
9th Jan 2003
- A few conundrums
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As we move closer to the 2011 Heisman Trophy presentation I thought it would be advantageous to take an early look at the players who are going to get invited to next year's Heisman Trophy presentation.
This list is based on the belief that Trent Richardson, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Matt Barkley and Montee Ball all enter the 2012 NFL Draft.
While the 2012 Heisman class won't be considered as elite as this years Heisman class, there will still be plenty of controversy surrounding who gets selected and who doesn't.
As usual, the SEC will dominate the Heisman ballot with at least three finalists coming from that conference, with the other finalists coming from the Big Ten and Big 12.
Who will be in NYC this time next year, awaiting the results of the Heisman trophy? If you're interested in finding that out, then read on.

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Thank you for your interest in the 2012 COMOM.
Please mark your calendar and take an hour on Friday, Sept. 28 or Saturday, Sept. 29 to come see first-hand the positive impact this free dental clinic makes in the lives of Coloradans. COMOM provides an excellent forum for legislators and public officials to meet with a diverse group of constituents, gather input on healthcare policy and recognize those who often get left behind in the healthcare equation.
at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, CO.
We provide VIP event tours to public officials, as well as media opportunities and interaction with patients as desired. We recommend a mid morning tour; however, we are on site from 5am until at least 5pm both days and are happy to accommodate you at any time.
If you plan to attend the event, you can access directions and parking information here. Once you have arrived on site, please call Jennifer Goodrum at 303-999-6553 (cell) to coordinate your event tour. Please check this site prior to traveling to the event for any updates.
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Seeing a growing need for access to basic dental care, the Colorado Dental Association and its dentists organized an annual volunteer program to offer help: the Colorado Mission of Mercy (COMOM). COMOM is a portable, 100-chair dental clinic set up in a large public arena that provides free dental screenings and treatment to children and adults. Through past events, COMOM treated almost 7,000 patients and provided over $4.5 million in free care. Patients from all areas of Colorado attend and benefit from this free clinic.
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If you have constituents that meet the criteria to attend COMOM (see "who should come to COMOM" and "what to expect"), you are welcome inform them about the event. This can be a great constituent service.
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For Dean Souden, executive dean of career education at Lake Michigan College, adding a construction program shouldn't be a question of if but of when -- when the school has the resources and when the economy allows for it.
"We spent the year looking at the community and looking at the future here in terms of what job availability is going to go on, both here in Benton Harbor and in the Niles area, as well," Souden said.
"If you look at what's going on, we predict -- and Michigan Works agrees -- a need for construction skills in the area."
In the possible residential-construction program, LMC would like to include design, carpentry, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and pipe fitting, and the school has met with unions in the area about a pre-apprenticeship program.
The current economy, however, played a part in LMC putting the brakes on the program.
Michigan Works in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties studies the projected demand for labor in the tri-county market, and construction/skilled trades is one of the four industry sectors it focuses on, but the organization is re-evaluting its projections based on the current state of the economy, according to Executive Director Todd Gustafson.
Brian Shultz, construction trades manager for Grand Rapids Community College, also has noticed the effect of the economy on some of GRCC's construction programs. The trades programs -- electrical, plumbing and other apprentice training programs -- have been steadily declining in enrollment for the past two years.
"The apprenticeship program is a little different from most college programs, because when the economy gets sluggish, people tend to come back to school and get retrained, so your enrollment usually goes up," he said.
"But in the trades programs, those people are already working, they're already hired by a company as an apprentice. So if that company loses work, then those people get laid off, and they don't come to school."
Conversely, Shultz said GRCC's green-building and management-supervision programs have been steadily increasing for the last two years. The focus has been on growing those areas, and GRCC just added two new programs in September.
The new green-remodeling program takes older homes in the Grand Rapids area that Habitat for Humanity has acquired and renovates them to a LEED standard. The school also added a green-building practitioner's certification program, "which we've done very, very well with," Shultz said.
Although Lake Michigan College hasn't been able to get the residential-construction program approved, the school did start offering a couple of other programs.
Michigan Works chose LMC to run the Road Construction Apprenticeship Readiness program, which state government developed. The eight-week, 240-hour program will include field trips, essential employment skills, safety training, math, computer classes and more.
At the end, Michigan Works will hold a job fair for the students.
Skills the students learn should be applicable to other areas of construction, as well, said Mike Tucker, director of operations at Michigan Works.
But the residential-construction program is still on the list of programs LMC is considering -- very high on that list, Souden said.
"You can make a bigger and bigger case for it as the economy starts to turn and come back," Souden said. "At LMC, we look very aggressively at what the work force in the region needs."
Souden said the school would not want a problem with available work force to cause problems for projects such as Harbor Shores or nuclear-plant expansions.
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Jersey City Fire Department put out a fire in a two-story home this morning that seemed to have been caused by a faulty surge protector, Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman said.
Firefighters responded to a call at 325 Virginia Ave. at 7:40 a.m. after a surge protector started sparking and caused second-floor bedroom to catch fire, Roman said.
The three tenants, a father and two teenage children were displaced and relocated by the Red Cross, he said.
The father, who said he purchased the power strip at a dollar store, said he saw it spark and at 8:30 a.m. the fire was reported to be under control and the fire department left the scene.


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Brooklyn Brewery Beer Dinner
Whole Foods Market Jacksonville: Events
Friday, September 27, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Join us for a phenomenal five-course meal featuring the beers of Brooklyn Brewery. Each course will be paired with an accompanying beer and guests will learn the history of this award-winning brewery.
Smoked Salmon & Goat Cheese Terrine
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Ginger Snap Tuile
Hop and Barley-Smoked Cornish Game Hen
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Reax: Babri Masjid Verdict
Here's what some of India's lawmakers and activists have to say ahead of the verdict in the Babri Masjid title suit to be delivered by the Allahabad High Court on Sept. 30, after the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to defer the verdict in the 60-year-old dispute centering around the town of Ayodhya in northern Uttar Pradesh state:
Janardan Dwivedi, senior member and spokesman of the ruling Congress party: "I welcome the decision on behalf of the party. The party has always maintained that the solution to the dispute
should be found through talks or the decision of the court should be respected. Everybody should abide by the verdict of the court and maintain communal harmony."
Zafaryab Gilani, member and legal convenor of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board says: "The Supreme Court's decision has paved the way for the final verdict. The contesting parties' stand has been vindicated. The High Court is now free to pronounce its judgment."


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Blessed to Bless, a nonprofit organization based in Bayonne, is holding a donation drive for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
The organization will be collecting food, clothing and hygienic packs at the First Filipino Baptist Church of Bayonne, 65 W. 15th St.
On Nov. 8, early in the morning, the Philippines braced itself for one of the largest typhoons to ever hit land. The death toll from Friday's disaster is 1,774, but officials say it could reach 10,000. The storm left nearly 2,487 injured. At least 800,000 are displaced, the U.N. says.
Melissa Rada, 41, the organizer for the relief effort in Bayonne, said volunteers will be present to help package the donated items.
Rada said they'll be accepting foods that are easy to open: Canned goods, ready to eat food, energy bars, rice and coffee.
They'll be accepting clothes for children and adults, along with hygienic packs including soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, detergent, and sanitary napkins. Blankets, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, tents, tarps, flashlights, batteries, candles, and over the counter medicines like Tylenol and vitamins will be accepted. For babies and toddlers, the organization requests formula milk, diapers of any size, feeding bottles, and baby food.
Rada said Blessed to Bless will be taking donations today from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday from 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For financial donations, Rada requests that checks be made out to 'B2B' and mailed to 65 W. 15th St., Bayonne, NJ 07002. The donations will go toward financing the shipments to Tacloban City and the surrounding areas affected by the typhoon.


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An average Experienced Tractor-Trailer Driver can expect to take home roughly $18.25 per hour. Overall cash earnings for Experienced Tractor-Trailer Drivers stretch from $31K on the lower end to $66K near the top, and the heftiest packages can encompass around $3K from bonuses and $5K from profit sharing. The particular firm and the particular city each impact pay for this group, with the former having the largest influence. The majority of workers are highly satisfied with their job. Although nearly one in four lack health benefits of any kind, a fair number do enjoy medical insurance, and the larger part get dental coverage, too. The figures in this overview were provided by individuals who took PayScale's salary questionnaire.
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Many Experienced Tractor-Trailer Drivers can be found at FedEx Freight, United Rentals Inc., Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), United Parcel Service (UPS), Inc., and J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., firms that are at the top of the field. Employees of United Parcel Service (UPS), Inc. can expect to make the most, with the company offering a median salary of $61K; however, pay is widely dispersed from bottom to top, ranging from $36K to $81K. Other employers shelling out big bucks include Saia Motor Freight Incorporated, FedEx Freight, and Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., where Experienced Tractor-Trailer Drivers typically earn around $59K, $56K, or $56K, respectively.
Lowe's Home Improvement Inc. lags the field greatly in terms of pay, offering a median salary less than half of the top paying employer's rate ($30K). A few other companies with smaller-than-average paychecks include Werner Enterprises, Inc. ($38K), Schneider National Company ($44K), and United Rentals Inc. ($47K).
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For the lowdown on dining in any neighborhood, just go to a busy hair salon.
This is Maria Cella, hair stylist and opinionated dining patron who frequents West Shore eateries.
Down-to-earth Ms. Cella and some of her regular patrons discussed restaurants yesterday at Maria's European Salon & Spa (as her card says) "where you get that personal touch from head to toe." Her business is located at 4114 Victory Blvd., 718-983-9557.
Maria: Travis is the forgotten town. A lot of people were going to Boulder Creek and basically they say the place closed down because of mismanagement. That's what I got from the customers.
Maria says that the West Shore, particularly Travis, can be a tough place for a food business. She said that El Pollo, a Spanish restaurant on Victory Blvd., succeeds because they deliver all over the Island. She felt that Yes! Buffet --- formerly located at the UA movie complex (now LA Fitness) a block a way --- was an asset to the neighborhood, but they shut down. She laments Circles closing and that comedy shows stopped as well. There was a Polish food store across the street: It lasted about two years.
She recalled Millard Fillmore's and a place that opened near the spot that featured dining and dancing. Now she says that Sammy Gashi at San Marino gives Travis residents some night life.
Where else do Maria's customers dine out?
Rita Calabro of Meiers Corners: The Manor House is good. Outback. Charlie Brown's is good (especially) the salad bar....I (dine) out about once a month.
Camera Shy Lady in chair getting a dye touch up: I went to Outback once. It's OK. I like Charlie Brown's, the salad bar. Applebee's I like on Richmond Avenue. Even though it's a younger crowd at Applebee's, I like the atmosphere...Elm Park Inn for steak and seafood.
Maria: I like DaNoi, San Marino...San Marino to me, it was Italian!
Maria says that it is in an unfortunate location, above a gym and accessed with a steep flight of stairs. Still, she loves the entertainment.)
Maria: Saturday nights I get dressed, I go (to San Marino). I stay until three in the morning. At night, they have dancing and European music. I have a blast!...They play Albanian and Turkish music.
T.J. Cella, Maria's daughter: We used to go to the Bronx and Astoria for that....I'd rather go to a Turkish restaurant in Brooklyn instead of going to Applebee's and watching football, baseball and basketball.
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Look what we just got!
An ELF! Or, more specifically, a semi-recumbent bike (well, it's a tricycle, really, with two wheels in front and one in the back) with electric-assist, powered by a solar panel on the roof, and this cute green enclosure to keep the rider out of the elements. The motor helps with getting up hills and maintaining a cruising speed of around 20 mph, while also powering the headlights and turn signals. It's the perfect frankenmobile, a mix between bicycle, car, and electric get-around-town machine.
And it's adorable! If you ask me.
ELFs are made in Durham, North Carolina by Organic Transit, a funky upstart that got a big lift from an awesome Kickstarter response this summer….which is where we first heard about them. Then, the day after we read about ELFs, we happened to see one in the wild on the road, and I instantly thought that is perfect for us. Or, rather, that is perfect for my SuperCoolHusband and his 10 mile ride to work. Not me because I'm usually toting around two kids and shit-ton of their stuff…so we don't fit in an ELF. But he does! And he digs biking!
Here is my thinking:
1- The truck is getting old. And wear and tear from the daily commute is using up its remaining lifespan at a rapid rate. Relegating it to truck-related chores on the weekends (for the most part) will extend it's life by years. An ELF allows us to do that, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than a replacement truck.
2- Gas is only getting more expensive. At current gas prices, and the truck's gas milage, if hubby rides the ELF to work even four days a week, we'll save over $100 a month in gas. Over time, it pays for itself (barring theft or wreck…I'm gambling on not having one of those).
3- Exercise! With all its attendant benefits: life extension, quality of life, stress reduction, better sleep, abs, you know, the whole package. Big plus! Although, with the motor, you can also take it easy on the way in to work (and not get sweaty and gross)…only to pedal like a maniac and get your cardio on the way home. Win-win!
4- Speaking of the motor, biking can be hard. There are some big hills on the commute that are daunting. A motor-assist makes facing those inclines on a daily basis much more doable. Getting to work is hard enough. Exercise is fantastic, but you don't want to have to kill yourself to get it.
4- Actually, we looked pretty seriously at electric bikes a few years ago and finally decided it was just too dangerous. There are sections on the roads required between here and my husband's work that have no shoulder, or fast traffic, or sharp curves, all of which make biking them hazardous. The ELF's design (the enclosure, the wasabi-green color, the turn signals, lights, horn, etc) reduces this danger and put the whole idea of biking to work back on the table.
5- The final, and possibly most important, benefit: not contributing to Global Warming. Huzzah! Because the ELF, when powered by its solar panel and your feet, is a zero-emission vehicle, and it doesn't get any greener than that. Ah, the delightful feeling that comes from being Greener Than Thou….
It took several months for our number to come up on the waiting list, but this week, it did. Our very own ELF, constructed, tested, and ready to come home.
But how? Certainly not via an expensive shipping company.
My fearless husband's solution: "Why don't I just ride it home?"
Huh? What? I mean, we're talking many, many, miles. Hours of riding. We're talking traffic and unfamiliar routes and and and….. Okay, I'm guilty of planning the shit out of everything, while he has traveled the world with this "I'll just wing it" philosophy—it's one of his super-powers. I know this about him. So, if it were anyone else, I'd have probably nixed this idea. But him? Maaaaybe.
The kids and I were designated pit crew and support team. I packed him water bottles and snacks and printed out maps and directions (none of which he ended up needing, haha, me and my over-planning again). All right. Let's do this thing. And by let's, I pretty much meant, him.
I won't lie, there was some polite, um, skepticism, about the "plan" when we got to Organic Transit to pick up the ELF. "Do you have a Plan B?" they asked us. Um…no? He did start to look a little nervous when he was actually sitting in the thing for the first time, being shown where the switches were, how the brakes worked, etc. "Did I really say this was a good idea?"
But he got it going. By now we were calling this his Epic Journey. The kids and I cheered, waved, and jumped up and down as he took off up Foster Street in downtown Durham with his phone, its GPS, and his ability to wing it.
I was so nervous. The kids and I hung out in Durham for a while in case there was a need for emergency extraction. It wasn't until an hour later though, that he called us, checking in, doing fine, taking a break in Chapel Hill.
"Call me more often!" I said. "I was worried!"
"What…if I get splattered on the road, are you going to come scrape me up with a spatula?"
"Not helping! Not helping at all!"
But things were going well and he was taking it all in stride. As is his way.
When he next called—the kids and I had already made the drive back to the yurt, me carrying the phone with me wherever I went—he was only a few miles from home! We jumped in the car and drove out to pace him on the final stretch. Here he is, zipping along rural North Carolina back roads, a shot taken out of our car window….
Then we drove back home and waited at the mailboxes to jump and cheer again.
"There it is!" we shouted when the little green ELF appeared over the hill. "Here he comes! Yay!"
It took the better part of the afternoon, but he made it, ELF intact. He was a bit sweaty, but in good cheer, said it had been fun, no problems, drivers on the road had been courteous…and the ELF had been a delightful ride.
The Epic Journey completed!
It was a bit anti-climactic, to be honest.
But it's such a cool little device! The way it works is very snazzy, with its electric motor smoothly kicking in at the touch of a button whenever, and to whatever degree, you want. Plus it keeps the rain off, zips up the hills, and make you smile when you see it. From his face when he pulled up to the yurt, it makes you happy to ride it, too.
An ELF kind of looks like a Fred Flintstone car when you see the pedals bobbing in and out of sight out of the bottom of the enclosure with each rotation. Or maybe like a cute little green edamame, cruising down the street.
I think there could seriously be a velomobile revolution. It just makes sense in so many ways. I hope I still think so in another year or two, haha.


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Randy Weston: Blue Moses
Blue Moses
CTI Masterworks
2011 (1972)
Sony's program of reissues from CTIthe label set up by producer Creed Taylor in the late 1960s, post Impulse!, which he also founded, and post Verve, where he had moved on leaving Impulse!continues with one of the brightest jewels in the CTI vaults.
Like the sixteen discs which Sony have already reissued, pianist and composer Randy Weston's Blue Moses has not previously been released on CD in the US or Europe (though there was a 2006 Japanese issue). Like the 1972 LP, it comes in a gatefold sleeve, with all the original artwork intact, and is remastered from the first-generation, two-track analog tape.
For decades a cult item, Blue Moses is unusual among the many albums Weston has recorded during his long career. On paper, the fusion of his back to the roots, Maghrebi-drenched aesthetic and Taylor's svelte Manhattan sophisticationhere delivered by a twenty-piece, brass-heavy ensemblemight look like a non-starter. In the event, Taylor and Weston pulled it off. Opposites do, sometimes, attract.
By 1972, Weston's approach had evolved from the hard bop style, much influenced by fellow pianist Thelonious Monk, that he had played when he began recording eighteen years earlier. His palette had broadened as it grew to reflect his fascination with African music, and by the late 1960s he had found his own, Africanized voice. (Traces of Monk have, however, continued to be heard in his music. "He was the most original I ever heard," says Weston. "He played like they must have played in Egypt five thousand years ago").
Weston learnt about African music first hand. In the mid-1960ssupported by publishing royalties from widely covered compositions such as "Hi-Fly" and "Saucer Eyes"he left the US and traveled extensively in north and west Africa. In 1968, he settled in Rabat, Morocco, where he ran a nightclub for four years. Blue Moses was made at Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey studio, at the end of the Rabat sojourn. By this time Weston had acquired deep knowledge of Maghrebi styles, and in particular Moroccan gnawaa percussive trance and ritual music originated by black African musicians from the far south of the country.
The album's title track, the 13:25 minute "Ganawa (Blue Moses)," so authentically inhabits gnawa and its unique drum and percussion patterns, thatdespite having Weston majoring on an electric keyboard and fronting a big band (imaginatively arranged by Creed Taylor stalwart Don Sebesky)it still reeks of kif, cumin and mint tea. As on all tracks other than the closing "Marrakesh Blues," Weston cedes the majority of the solo time to trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., concentrating instead on ambiance-rich comping and colorization. Like the listener, maybe Weston was too busy enjoying the arrangementsto which it sounds as though he had contributed substantiallyto focus overlong on soloing.
The track is one of four top-drawer Weston compositions which make up the disc, and was the only one written for the project. Weston had first recorded "Ifrane" with a piano, bass and drums trio in 1965, for an album which did not see release until 1977, when Arista put it out as Berkshire Blues. "A Night In Medina" and the album's other extended workout, the 12:18 minute "Marrakesh Blues," had both been included on the outstanding African Cookbook (Polydor, 1969), made with bassist Henry Texier, drummer Art Taylor, and percussionists Azzedin Niles Weston and Reebop Kwaku Baah (both gnawa adepts).
As does "Ganawa (Blue Moses)," these three tracks resplendently survive their transition to CTI's lush house style, retaining their Moroccan character. Mostly, that character is sunny and hot. "A Night In Medina" is the only tune to introduce a chill. As Weston's liner note puts it: "(The composition) expresses my feeling of peace, but peace tinged with apprehension, during a three a.m. walk in the twisting streets of the Medina, the old city, in Rabat, on a night when the moon was full." The closing passageall rattling percussion, djinn-like bass trombone and otherworldly vocal criescan send a shiver up the spine.
It's a perfect little masterpiece on an altogether outstanding disc.
Tracks: Ifrane; Ganawa (Blue Moses); Night In Medina; Marrakesh Blues.
Personnel: Randy Weston: piano, electric piano; Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Grover Washington Jr.: tenor saxophone; Hubert Laws: flute, alto flute, bass flute, electric flute, piccolo; Romeo Penque: oboe, English horn, clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute; George Marge: English horn, clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute; David Horowitz: Moog; Ron Carter: bass (1, 2, 4); Bill Wood: bass (3); Bill Cobham: drums; Phil Kraus: percussion; Airto Moreira: percussion; Azzedin Weston: percussion; John Frosk: trumpet, flugelhorn; Alan Rubin: trumpet, flugelhorn; Marvin Stamm: trumpet, flugelhorn; James Buffington: French horn; Brooks Tillotson: French horn; Wayne Andre: trombone, baritone horn; Garnett Brown: trombone; Warren Covington: trombone; Paul Faulise: bass trombone; Madame Meddah: vocals.
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Homer: "I'll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon moustache, five o'clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body."
Waitress: "How about I just shove a pig down your throat?"
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Waitress: "I was kidding."
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There was plenty of chatter and even some lament earlier this month when KFC ended its limited time offer on the Double Down.
That's the sodium-laced, fat-laden chicken sandwich featuring chicken as the "bun" and bacon and cheese as the filling.
Mmm! Fat and grease and salt — wickedly delicious and nearly a full day's worth of sodium, to boot.
OK, so I didn't actually eat one.
The Double Downs were only offered in Canada from Oct. 18 to Nov. 14, which only added to the enticement. KFC reports that it sold more than a million of the fat-o'licious sandwiches, calling it "the most successful menu item in KFC Canada history."
Now, to be fair, even KFC acknowledges the Double Down would not be a wise choice as everyday fare.
"Double Down is definitely a big, indulgent, occasional eat," it acknowledged in an oddly worded news release Nov. 15 that used the word "eat" as a noun.
Still, the fast-food chain seems intent on teasing Double Down fans with the promise of a comeback.
"As of today," the news release said, "Canada is officially a Double Down free zone, but the company reports its legend lives on as fans continue to celebrate Double Down online through videos, blogs, Facebook posts, tweets and more."
OK, so I figure anyone who's tweeting about a burger after it's taken off the market should maybe get out a bit more, but you can't blame the company for stoking a desire for Double Downs if it was such a phenomenal money-maker.
Now, there are some who would say such an unhealthy food choice shouldn't be allowed on the market; that fast food is bad for you, period, and should be banned or made more nutritious through legislation.
San Francisco recently voted in a measure that would see kids' toys banned from fast-food meals that do not meet certain nutritional guidelines, as of December 2011.
"Our effort is really to work with the restaurants and the fast-food industry to create healthier choices," the measure's chief sponsor, Eric Mar, said in a recent Associated Press story by reporter Trevor Hunnicutt.
"What our kids are eating is making them sick, and a lot of it is fast food."
In the Yukon recently, a provincial politician tried to get energy drinks banned for kids under 18.
"We don't know enough about how this chemical concoction in energy drinks is affecting our youth," MLA Darius Elias told The Whitehorse Star.
Other jurisdictions have banned trans fats and raw milk.
In the United States, delicacies like wild beluga caviar have been banned in an attempt to save a threatened species.
But it's one thing to ban the consumption of a food to try to save a dwindling resource and quite another to implement a food ban to try to legislate healthy eating.
Does the government have a role to play in what we eat? Certainly. Creating healthy eating guidelines, like Canada's Food Guide, is a sensible idea.
Is a hospital cafeteria the best place to sell calorie-rich honey crullers and Boston cream doughnuts in a province with an astounding rate of obesity?
Probably not, but surely we all have to take some measure of personal responsibility.
As Rituparna Basu writes in the Nov. 3rd A&T Register, the student newspaper at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University: "Our government should not be making these choices for us under the ostensible goal of doing what is in our 'best' interest. We should be able to decide that for ourselves."
In San Francisco, even the city council was divided on whether the government has a right to determine how fast-food meals are marketed.
According to Mayor Gavin Newsom in the AP story, "Parents, not politicians, should decide what their children eat, especially when it comes to spending their own money."
In the Yukon, the health minister grappled with the same dilemma.
"My concern is: do we draw that line at what may generally be termed 'harmful products?'" Glenn Hart told the Whitehorse Star.
"Where is that line? Do we stop at energy drinks? Do we deal with chocolate? Are we dealing with potato chips? French fries? All of these things have negative impacts when consumed in excess."
Now, I'm not about to create a YouTube requiem for the Double Down. In fact, I suspect the Double Down will be back at KFC before you know it, if the chain can find a way to recapture the magic.
But I will defend your right to chow down on a Double Down if you so choose, even knowing that it isn't the healthiest of options.
Let's face it: fast-food outlets don't force us to go through the drive-thru and sit there salivating as someone shovels grease-soaked, salt-encrusted fries into a paper bag.
Those are choices we make.
And governments have to trust that most of us will make the right choices most of the time and teach our kids to do the same.
Governments are wise to encourage healthy choices and to try to get food manufacturers to voluntarily improve the nutritional quality of their products by say, limiting sodium.
But it is unacceptably paternalistic when they unilaterally decide what it is we shouldn't eat.
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Jason Palmer, BBC News
Scientists have shown off a "cloaking device" that makes objects invisible - to sound waves.
Such acoustic cloaking was proposed theoretically in 2008 but has only this year been put into practice.
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On Sept. 12, Roy Ortiz was driving to work in a flood-ravaged area of Colorado when his vehicle hit part of a washed-out road and then plunged into a creek.
Ortiz could not get out of his vehicle, but was able to find a small air bubble in the back of his car where he reportedly spent two hours before he was rescued.
Now Ortiz has filed an intent to sue Boulder County and first-responders for $500,000 as "preservative measure."
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Stifle more than a few yawns on the drive to work this morning? Can't remember sitting at that red light?
Welcome to the first morning of Daylight Saving Time, where it may take a few days to work out the drowsiness of that missed hour of sleep from Saturday night.
According to the Health News Digest, the first several mornings of Daylight Saving Time can bring with it an increased risk of drowsy driving, a significant factor in wrecks on roads and highways.
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Following the popularity of the mini-series "The Bible" last year on the History Channel, "Son of God," adapted from that, has exceeded expected earnings after opening last weekend across the country.
The movie, which chronicles the life of Christ through the New Testament gospels, grossed $26.5 million in the first weekend, exceeding Boxoffice.com's estimation of $17.1 milliion. It was the country's No. 1 movie as of Tuesday.
By: Jon Mark Beilue on March 6, 2014 - 10:22am - Add new comment
It was 28 years ago this weekend, and I was in Austin for what would be the final games of a storybook season for the Amarillo High boys basketball team.
The 1986 Sandies won the 5A state championship, still only the second state title won by an Amarillo ISD boys basketball team. No other state title in any sport won by an AISD team was as surprsing as the one on March 8, 1986.
In 2014, the Amarillo High boys are at the state tournament for first time since that year, this time in the Class 4A semifinals at 8:30 tonight against Schertz Clemens.
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Some quick Wednesday morning thoughts after Tuesday's primary elections:
U.S. Congress: Mac Thornberry, entrenched in the 13th congressional seat since 1994, will keep it until he decides he doesn't want in any more. The Clarendon Republican had a worthy, organized and smart candidate in Elaine Hays of Amarillo and, for the second time, Dr. Pam Barlow, aveterinarian from Bowie.
Thornberry, as most expected, won comfortably. He tallied 67 percent of the vote (45,097) to Hays' 17 percent (12,438) and Barlow's 11 percent (8,860).
By: Jon Mark Beilue on March 4, 2014 - 10:16am - Add new comment
It was the most controversial time in the six years the Beatles were together in the United States. And it was John Lennon, the edgiest Beatle of them all, who lit the verbal match.
It was 48 years ago today -- March 4, 1966 -- when Lennon, in an interview, dismissed Christianity, the disciples, and said the Fab Four was more popular than Jesus.
Lennon was interviewed by journalist Maureen Cleave in London. At the time, there was upheaval, especially among young adults, about God and Christianity and the relevance of both.
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He's won titles with overwhelming talent and with overachievers. He's won championships with dominant post play and with exceptional guards. He's won with a load of depth, and with not much more than just a handful.
He's won crowns in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and now in this decade -- five decades and 16 state titles.
By: Jon Mark Beilue on February 28, 2014 - 10:50am - Add new comment
Next time you sit down to a hamburger at McDonald's and you feel you've been unfairly wronged because there were not enough napkins with the order, do what a California man did.
File a $1.5 million lawsuit.
In the latest example of stupid lawsuits -- and there are more than a few out there -- Webster Lucas is suing McDonald's because he didn't get enough napkins with his meal.
I'm not making this up. How could you make this up?
By: Jon Mark Beilue on February 27, 2014 - 10:33am - Add new comment
Sure, Alabama football coach Nick Saban has won four national titles in the last 10 years, but has he ever been a question on "Jeopardy!", the longtime brainy quiz show?
Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has -- as of Wednesday. It's got to be a short list of college head football coaches who have had host Alex Trebek announce their names.
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There's one thing an American can never get too much of, and that's more holidays. Therefore, it's incumbent upon all Americans, all baseball-loving Americans, no, all I-want-a-day-off-from-work Americans, to get off their duff and sign this petition.
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GLOVERSVILLE-The city and the union representing the police department, the Police Benevolent Association, have been working under the terms of its previous contract with the city since the pact expired in 2010. The two sides haven't had new contract negotiations since.
"Our contract expired Jan. 1, 2010," Dennis Smith, president of the city PBA said. "The city administration, which is the mayor, has not had any substantive or meaningful negotiations since. That is not to say we haven't had meetings."
He said the PBA has sent dozens of letters requesting negotiations to the city labor attorney but haven't had "any meaningful negotiations" as a result of that.
The city labor attorney, Bryan Goldberger, was unavailable for comment on this story.
"The mayor has failed to negotiate in a reasonable, timely manner," Smith said. "Nor do we see anything on the horizon to suggest that he is serious about negotiating with our union, and we are the union that has been out of contract for the longest."
"The police have been past due and at this point we will get together in the near future," Mayor Dayton King said. "We just need to have the right proposals to be put together. We have four open contracts, and we are just looking for it to be right between the city and the employees."
The city also is in negotiations with the Gloversville Firefighters Associations, the Teamsters and the Civil Service Employees Association unions.
Every public service union is working under the terms of the previous contract until a new contract is negotiated.
Smith declined to comment on the exact issues the police department will look to address when negotiating for the new contract begins.
"With any contractual negotiations, you look to better your benefit package, you look to better your pay scale, and you look to better your work environment," Smith said. "On the opposite side of that, your employer looks to minimize."
"We have given them some health care options that we would like to see them switch towards," Mayor King said. "We can certainly sit down at any time if they are willing to have some meaningful discussions, but it can't be we need more money and we are not going to change health insurance."
The PBA represents all members of the police department excluding Police Chief Donald VanDeusen.
Smith said the previous contract was a five-year agreement, but the union has recommended, since it is already three years out of contract, to have the next contract be a six- or seven-year deal.
"It gives us three to four working years to be in a valid operating contract because we are three years out and also it gives the city the opportunity to have known expenditures," Smith said. "It gives the city the opportunity to establish a short- and long-term financial plan for the city. Without contracts in place, the city just goes day by day with no short- or longer- term plan whatsoever. A vital key to establishing a long-term sustainable economic plan for the city is to have contracts in place."
"I am all for planning ahead, certainly if we can lock in a long-term contract and plan our expenses I would love to be able to do that," King said. "In some cases, however, we don't know what the insurance rates will change [to]. We had a 14 and 19 percent increase the last couple of years and obviously between health care and pensions those are unknown costs, so I would hate to lock the city in when those cost keep going up. If we lock ourselves into paying that for six or seven years, we want to make sure if the city if going to pay more, the employee pays more as well. We just have to come to an agreement in that aspect."
Smith also emphasized the importance of all city employees to the city, besides just the police department.
"City employees are the heart of the city," Smith said. "Administrations come and go, but it's the people that invest 20 or 30 years in the city that take care of the operation of doing the business for the city. We invest decades of our lives for the city, and the citizens that live here."
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SOUNDOFF:Eliminate Phantom Power for Halloween
By Maribeth Crandell
Halloween is a good time to evict the phantoms in your home or business. Don't think you have phantoms? Look again. Tonight after everyone has left the room and all the lights are off, if you see a subtle green glow in the dark, believe me, you have phantoms.
You may not hear moaning or chains rattle but these little guys can suck your energy as a vampire sucks blood. They haunt our homes and offices drawing power from anyone who pays an electric bill. In fact, anything that uses a remote, a digital read out or has a tiny little light that stays on when the machine is turned off, is a phantom. Most of us have been living with them for years. First it was the TV remote. Then the computer, printer, fax, copy machine, stereo, radio, VCR or DVD player. Each takes just a little bit by themselves, but together, they'll cost you.
Let's just have a look at one machine that is commonly used at work or at home, the computer. A desktop computer that's used during regular office hours and left on all the time can add between $50 and $80 a year on your power bill. If turned off at night, the cost drops closer to $5 annually. You could save $45-$75 a year for just that one piece of equipment. If you work in an office with several computers, multiply that by the number of computers used and you have some substantial savings. And that's just one piece of office equipment. Add printers, copy and fax machines and the phantoms and potential savings add up!
At your office you might have a desk with a computer, printer, shredder and a couple of lamps all vying for position at the same outlet. At home there might be a TV, DVD player or VCR, and stereo in the same competition. To turn them all off at once and evict the phantoms at the same time visit your local hardware store and get a power strip. It's like a magic wand to eliminate the phantom load. You plug it into the wall, plug everything else into the power strip and you only press one switch to turn them all off. No more power sucking phantoms stealing your energy while you sleep.
I recently tagged along as an energy auditor walked through three city buildings with Rich Tyhuis, a department head at Oak Harbor Public Works. Over the years Rich and his crew have taken steps to reduce the city's energy use and power bills. There's a new programmable thermostat at city hall. Florescent lights had been changed from T-12's to more energy efficient T-8's, or T-5's. Occupancy sensors had been installed in some places that switch on when someone enters and turn off when someone leaves. The city has taken many steps toward better energy efficiency over the years. We also found several places we could make improvements. Rebates are available from Puget Sound Energy to support these improvements. We were told that if we couldn't find a specific rebate to boost our efforts, we could work with them on a custom made grant. See the PSE website HYPERLINK "http://www.PSE.com" www.PSE.com for more information.
If you are associated with a school, check out the Cool School Challenge at HYPERLINK "http://www.CoolSchoolChallenge.org" www.CoolSchoolChallenge.org to find out how to conduct an energy audit at your school. There are curriculum guides that tie into the State's Essential Academic Learning Requirements and up-coming workshops for teachers.
Last week Kelly Keilwitz, founder of Whidbey Sun and Wind, gave a presentation on renewable energy as part of our monthly Sustainable Living Seminar Series. The class had the best attendance of any seminar we'd offered all year. Clearly people are interested and in 2009 there will be more rebates and tax incentives to make it more affordable. Still the initial outlay is quite a chunk of change. Perhaps you have thousands of dollars to spend on an array of solar panels on your roof, or you have a large open field by your house that's perfect for a wind turbine. Then by all means, go for the gold! Visit their office in Coupeville or on-line at HYPERLINK "http://www.whidbeysunandwind.com" www.whidbeysunandwind.com
On the other hand, if you're like me, with a modest pay check and rising cost of living, take some small steps first. Cut you energy costs one switch at a time. This Halloween, evict the phantoms.
Maribeth Crandell is the environmental director for the city of Oak Harbor.
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Where birds and their watchers converge | Kitsap Week
By GENE BULLOCK
Casual bird watchers can get a lot of enjoyment from their own backyards, where a variety of birds are within easy view of anyone with a bird feeder and binoculars.
But for more adventurous bird watchers, spring birding is about finding "migrant traps" and places where flyway traffic gets concentrated and funneled through natural restrictions.
Point-No-Point County Park at the tip of the Kitsap Peninsula is one of those special places where migrating birds converge, refuel and rest up for the hazardous crossing over Admiralty Inlet. The point's tidal eddies also create an upwelling of nutrients that attract bait fish and the birds and fish that feed on them.
Migrating flocks of Bonaparte's gulls, Heerman's gulls, common terns, red-necked phalaropes and shorebirds join local populations of pigeon guillemots, rhinoceros auklets and marbled murrelets in these tidal feasts, while bird watchers gorge on a smorgasbord of wildlife viewing opportunities.
Riparian areas like Clear Creek in Silverdale and Fish Park in Poulsbo offer an urban oasis for migrating songbirds, where they can hunker down and wait for favorable travel winds. Many migrate at night when they are less vulnerable to predators. They may nap much of the day, but their dawn chorus is soul-stirring music to those who love nature—and especially to bird watchers. Birders who can recognize a few of the songs relish these morning outbursts as birds boldly announce their identity and whereabouts.
Shorelines along the coastal flyway offer a seasonal bonus to attentive bird watchers. Some critical stopovers along the flyway, like Bowerman's Basin in Aberdeen, host migrating shorebirds by the tens of thousands. Such locations may combine tidal mud flats, rich with embedded marine life, and freshwater streams and estuaries that are prolific nurseries for an incredible variety of marine life. These special places are essential to the survival of many shorebird species; but the pressure to develop them is relentless. Nearby residential and commercial activity is an ever-present threat to healthy habitat.
Once you pack your binoculars and field guide and branch out from your own backyard, you realize that bird watching is a lot like fishing. It helps to know where to go and when. For marine birds, it helps to know the tide schedule and how it affects feeding activity. For songbirds, it helps to know some of their songs. It also helps to get an early start, before the birds stop singing and actively feeding. There are few places quieter than a midday forest, when the birds are resting up, and experienced bird watchers have shifted their attention from forest birds to birds feeding on tidal mud flats.
When all else fails, of course, there is nothing like the comfort of sitting at your kitchen window and enjoying spring birds in your own backyard. It's something you can do even when it rains.
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"Ms. Schmitz has been chosen as the poster child for this bad faith prosecution in order to intimidate other legislators similarly situated," her lawyers said in a dismissal motion filed Friday.
Schmitz, 63, faces four counts each of mail fraud and fraud in a nine-count indictment accusing her of taking more than $175,000 from the two-year college system for work she never performed. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of Schmitz's assets to recover college money she's accused of stealing.
In a series of motions filed last week, Schmitz's lawyers contend her case is another example of a political prosecution, arguing that Republican-appointed federal prosecutors accused of targeting former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman also are targeting Schmitz and other Democrats in Alabama.
Schmitz also told the federal court in Birmingham that she doesn't want a jury trial, but would rather a judge decide her fate. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin objected in a court filing last week, saying, "The government believes this matter should be tried to a jury, and therefore does not consent to her request."
The two-year college investigation has resulted in more than a dozen indictments, convictions and guilty pleas, including state criminal charges filed against state Sen. E.B. McClain, D-Midfield, and a guilty plea by former state Rep. Bryant Melton, D-Tuscaloosa.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Get Jimmy Haslam rewrite.
Two weeks ago he was blaming the media for this crazy notion that his organization was toxic and dysfunctional. Tuesday, he walked in and fired his team president, Joe Banner, and his general manager, Mike Lombardi. We can only assume it was for some good reason.
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Haslam will get a lot of credit from those fans who didn't like Banner and considered Lombardi overmatched. There's good reason to be happy Haslam made this change.
Banner overreached in wanting authority over the football operation and his hiring of Lombardi suggested he didn't want a strong GM under him.
The coaching search – make that searches, plural – showed that a strong football coach with other options wasn't coming here either.
Haslam removed that stumbling block. But that's all he did.
He's now directly involved in the decisions of new GM Ray Farmer and head coach Mike Pettine, but what about Haslam suggests this is a fix?
We are talking about an owner here who could be indicted by the end of the month and whose pink-slip list includes the following:
Mike Holmgren.
Tom Heckert.
Pat Shurmur.
Joe Banner.
Mike Lombardi.
Rob Chudzinski.
And, oh yeah, their staffs.
As we saw with Randy Lerner, tearing down is always easier than building.
If you find comfort in thinking Haslam saw what you saw in Banner and Lombardi, well, he's now putting the organization in the hands of Banner's hires – Farmer and Alec Scheiner.
So Banner, Lombardi, bad. Banner's hires, good?
We are told Haslam will be more hands-on. You mean like he was (or wasn't, if you believe him) at Pilot Flying J?
"These are the last of the major changes we're going to make in the organization," said Haslam. "If you want to look at me as a work in progress (as an owner) I guess (that's fair)."
Either Haslam is sure he won't be indicted by the FBI or there could be one more major change to come.
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A LACK of bees may be blamed for the failure of bean crops in Selkirk gardens, writes Sally Gillespie.
Although gardener Richard Lees of The Loan has not yet given up on his broad beans, he says the signs are not good.
"All the plants are fine – they couldn't be better, the flowers are fine, but there are no beans. It's too early to say it's a failure yet, but I don't like the look of it," he told The Wee Paper this week.
The former Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners manager has been gardening for more than 30 years. His bean crops have been a success until last year.
"I couldn't understand it last year – I hardly got a bean, but every year previous to that they had been fine. My neighbour's the same – she was fine up to last year. I think it's to do with pollination."
He fears a downturn in bumble and honey bee numbers may be to blame.
"The bees are scarce this year – in previous years there were plenty. They've gone from being reasonably plentiful to not very many. But it doesn't seem to have affected other crops – everything else is fine, it's just the broad beans."
Mr Lees also grows potatoes, lettuces, beetroot, turnips, leeks as well as flowers. He said: "It's disappointing in that there was never a problem before."
Borders Organic Gardeners chairperson, Sarah Eno said: "There is an alarming decrease in numbers of several bumble bee species."
She thought the wild bees had started late this year and had left the clover blooming in her garden lawn in a bid to draw bees in.
"It's made a difference, it's given them something to come to," she said.
But keeping tabs on the bees in the Borders is difficult. "We don't have good recording data, it's just not done in a systematic way," said Sarah.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) brought out a booklet on bumble bees earlier this summer urging councils not to cut roadside verges or public parks while flowers bloomed in a bid to encourage bumble bees.
The agency said farmers, crofters, foresters and gardeners could all help by leaving areas of wildflowers, particularly thistles, foxgloves, brambles and wild raspberry, or providing nest-boxes.
SNH says bumble bees are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and that in the past 50 years at least eight species of bumble bees have declined significantly and one English species has become extinct. It says Scottish species, such as the Bilberry bumble bee, Moss Carder bee, Red-shanked Carder bee and Great Yellow bumble bee, are vulnerable.
A spokesperson said: "This is mainly due to loss of flower-rich habitats due to increasing intensification of land-use for agriculture, forestry and development."
Willie Robson at the Chain Bridge Honey Farm near Berwick said honey bee numbers could have dropped because fewer people were keeping them. As well as facing colony collapse syndrome, honey bees were threatened by inexperienced beekeepers, and insecticides.
Figures for bumble bees are not yet available for 2008 from the Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre.


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A high-speed chase in Jersey City ended at Kennedy Boulevard and Communipaw Avenue after an SUV slammed into a building and then rammed three police cars that had boxed in the vehicle this morning, authorities said.
Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey was on the scene after the chase ended at about 11:30 and said two people -- a man and a woman -- were detained.
Police said that they had received a report of a possible abduction and a description of the SUV believed to be involved -- a white Ford Expedition -- was broadcast. A cop in an unmarked car spotted an SUV fitting the description in the Journal Square area and began to follow it, and also called for more cars to respond.
Marked cars picked up the low-speed pursuit of the vehicle, whose driver refused to pull over, police said. On Kennedy Boulevard near Lincoln Park, the vehicle made contact with a police car and the driver then took off, initiating the high-speed chase, cops said.
On Kennedy Boulevard at Harrison Avenue, the car jumped the curb, drove on the sidewalk for a few hundred feet and then crashed into a dental office, said a roofer who was working atop a building on Kennedy Boulevard.
"it looked just like a kid playing with cars and throwing them around, like (the video game) Grand Theft Auto."
When the SUV attempted to cut back onto Kennedy Boulevard at Communipaw Avenue, it was boxed in by three police cruisers. The driver of the SUV then crashed into the three cruisers, but could not escape.
Within seconds, it seemed, 10 to 15 more police cars had arrived.
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2 scrambled eggs
6 chicken wings fried in bacon fat
2/3 cup chocolate almond milk
skor bar (I know, I know. It's 25 carbs and grain-free, at least)
2 large sausages with sauteed peppers, onions, spinach, and tomatoes
(Roughly 100 carbs and 2100-2300 calories. And, I'm really going to keep it honest when I log my food here!)