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The saintly visage of Arthur T. Demoulas hangs over the New England summer like a rock star.
His balding head and five o'clock shadow are plastered on posters and placards, his name scrawled across the back windows of pickups. In song and verse, the demand is the same: Bring back our beloved Artie T.!
In a decades-old family feud, Demoulas, 58, was fired as chief executive officer of the closely held Market Basket supermarket chain by a board controlled by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas. The 25,000 nonunion workers rose up in revolt, holding rallies, halting deliveries and leaving shelves unstocked at the 71 stores after his abrupt departure in June. From warehouse workers to store managers, they've cost the company tens of millions of dollars. As improbable as it seems, they are risking it all for one man.
"We are a family, and they messed with our dad," said Charlene Kalivas, 57, who has worked for Market Basket for 18 years and manages the sandwich shop in one of two Tewksbury locations.
How did a single CEO in an age of stratospheric executive pay, outsourcing and downsizing generate such uncompromising loyalty?
Employees say the pay is good, the benefits generous. One store manager told Bloomberg News she makes $140,000 a year. Her cashiers start at $12 an hour, $4 above the Massachusetts minimum wage, and Christmas bonuses go even to part-timers.
Yet, the money runs a distant second in importance to the intensely personal bond they say Demoulas has fostered with employees during his 11-year reign.
Rosa Pereira, a 28-year veteran and deli manager in North Andover, was out for two weeks — with pay — after her mother died three years ago. Her first day back, the phone rang. It was Demoulas wanting to know how she was.
At the opening of a new store where she was assigned a year before, Demoulas headed straight for her with his hand out.
"Congratulations on our new store," Pereira, 46, remembered him saying with a handshake. "He didn't say 'my store,' he said 'our store.'"
Sean Morse, 44, assistant manager at the Londonderry, New Hampshire, store, said his father died three years ago. Demoulas called him at home to offer his condolences. A short while later, after a store opening, he yelled for Morse from across the parking lot to come meet his wife.
"He introduced us, told her what happened to my father and he remembered the diagnosis," Morse said. "You can call me back in a month, and we'll still be picketing if we have to."
Corporate America often ignores the power of employee loyalty, according to Emily Collins, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge.
Collins speaks from personal experience. In a show of solidarity, she said she hasn't shopped at her local Market Basket since the workers took action.
"I'm rooting for Artie T.," she said.
Founded by Greek immigrants in 1917 as a single food store in Lowell, the company has weathered decades of family squabbling for control of the chain.
The deeply divided, seven-member board is led by Arthur S. Demoulas, whose side of the family owns 50.5 percent of the business. Arthur T.'s side owns 49.5 percent.
Trouble erupted this time around on June 23 when the Arthur S. faction voted to fire Arthur T. and replace him with two co- CEOs, James Gooch and Felicia Thornton.
Warehouse workers and drivers walked off the job, employees organized the first of four rallies attended by thousands, each larger than the last, store shelves emptied and customers announced boycotts, taping receipts from rival grocers to the windows of their hometown Market Baskets. Late last month, eight employees say they were fired for spearheading the protests.
Now the stores are open but quiet as workers continue protest vigils outside. In a statement issued Thursday, the company's new CEOs announced the first reduction in hours since the job action, instructing store managers to adjust "to meet current demand," while emphasizing that no one was being laid off.
Larry Collins, 56, who works 32 hours a week in the kitchen of the Reading store, said he was told tomorrow would be his last shift until further notice. Part-time workers like him were losing all their hours while full-timers at his store were being reduced to 35 hours, he said.
Whether it was called a layoff or not, Collins said he was filing for unemployment benefits.
Market Basket's loss of business is estimated to be on the order of tens of millions of dollars. The company has $4.3 billion in annual sales, according to Supermarket News.
It was ranked earlier this year by readers of Consumer Reports as the sixth-best grocery chain in the U.S. in terms of prices and cleanliness.
The Market Basket board has said it's considering selling the company to an unspecified number of potential buyers.
One is Arthur T. himself, according to a statement issued by the board. Another was identified by the Boston Globe as Brussels-based Delhaize Group, the parent of Hannaford Bros., a rival grocer.
Last week, the CEOs issued an ultimatum to workers to resume normal operations or be replaced. Protesters responded with a fourth rally in sweltering summer heat in the parking lot of one of the two Tewksbury stores. About 12,000 workers and customers listened to speeches and chanted "Bring Back Artie T.!"
They ranged in age from 14 to 94-year-old Sal Pilla, a "sacker" or grocery bagger, at the Bellingham location. The D-Day veteran was hired when he was 77.
The broad cross-section risking their necks for the boss — for their mascot they chose a giraffe — is unprecedented in modern American labor history, said MIT Sloan School Professor Thomas Kochan.
Even those with far less seniority than the decades others have amassed said Artie T. has taken good care of them.
Sage Goslin, 18, a part-time cashier in Rochester, New Hampshire, said she fears the $200 Christmas bonus she received last year will be cut under the new management.
Goslin used the money to stock up on essentials like diapers for her infant daughter.
"That bonus doesn't help just me, it helps everyone," she said, citing an older co-worker who bought a pair of much-needed work boots.
Penny Stocki, 53, has been a part-time cashier in Tewksbury for eight years. She said Demoulas's generosity of spirit is contagious. She and co-workers often find themselves making up the difference for a customer who doesn't have enough money to pay the full tab.
Stocki remembers when her son was serving in the military in Afghanistan and Demoulas visited the store.
"He came over to ask about him, and I'm part-time," she recalled. The gesture did more than make her feel good.
"It made me feel like I was part of something important," she said.

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I have traced back through the day, and put up a "lost" poster at work. Nothing.
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From the Bride... Although we now live in Arlington, Virginia, Ben and I decided to get married at the Cator Woolford Gardens because it's right around the corner from where my parents live in Atlanta (we can literally walk there from home in about five minutes!). We both knew we wanted to get married outside, and this little "secret garden" in the middle of the city was the perfect combination of our love for the city and for being in nature. Although we planned our wedding from afar, which was definitely difficult, we were grateful for all of the fabulous local vendors who made things much easier for us.
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The men were all football players at the academy at the time of the alleged assault.


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Does anyone know where in NYC they're filming? Or how to find out? I'm wondering if it's a closed set or if they're in the streets.
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A scene in "The Departed," director Martin Scorsese's film about the Boston mob, will be shot at the former Fore River Shipyard.
When John Dobie, planning manager for shipyard owner Daniel Quirk, spoke to the Forum on Monday, he said that the crew would be coming the next day and setting up for about a week.
"What will be filmed is a night scene which will be shot over the course of four nights," Dobie said.
According to Dobie, although only one scene will be shot at the shipyard, it is a key one.
"They scouted the shipyard to do another scene, but after the cinematographer came, he was so impressed with the size and scale of the place that a decision was made not to film the scene there that they originally wanted to do," Dobie said. "It was decided to do a much more important scene."
Scorsese plans to shoot in seven Boston neighborhoods (South Boston, Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Dorchester, Charlestown, Eastie, and the North End) during six weeks of filming.
"The Departed," scheduled for release next year, stars Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio (reunited with Scorsese since they each received Oscar nominations for "The Aviator"), Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, and Alec Baldwin.
Damon, DiCaprio, Nicholson, and Wahlberg are headed to the Hub to shoot for three weeks this month and return for three weeks in August.
The film reportedly concerns a gangster (Damon) who infiltrates the police force while a cop (DiCaprio) goes underground in the Irish-American mob, both men seeking to find out who has been acting as a mole.
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Shooting began in Boston yesterday on Martin Scorsese's Irish gangster flick ``The Departed,'' with Cambridge homey Matt Damon and Hollywood heavy Alec Baldwin filming a scene near Government Center.
Damon plays a Southie cop who is in bed with an Irish crime lord played by Jack Nicholson in the flick. Baldwin's character is Damon's superior in the organized crime unit.
The two stars and Scorsese spent most of the broiling-hot day - the first day of an expected three-week shoot - on location near Staniford Street. The flick also stars Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg, all of whom are expected to make the scene over the next three weeks.
But the bulk of the filming for ``The Departed'' is being done in New York because that state has enacted tax incentives for filmmakers that Massachusetts still lacks. Yesterday, the Mass. Film Bureau revealed that another big-budget production it had courted was lost.
``Deja Vu,'' starring Denzel Washington, will likely be shot in either Louisiana or Seattle, Robin Dawson said. Although location scouts had toured areas on Cape Cod, the islands and New Bedford, the studio ultimately decided it was too expensive to film here.
The first choice is Louisiana, Dawson said, a state that has enacted tax incentives for filmmakers. Seattle is also in the running because of its proximity to Los Angeles.
``Massachusetts blows everyone else out of the water in terms of locations,'' Dawson said. ``If we had tax incentives, we'd have a great shot at these projects. Louisiana's film business quadrupled the year after they implemented these measures and I think we'd do better than that.''
Leaders in the House and Senate say they hope to have a tax-incentive package on Gov. Mitt Romney's desk before the Legislative summer recess.
``Deja Vu'' is a thriller about an FBI agent, played by Washington, who travels back in time to prevent a murder. But for now, just call it ``The Departed.''
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What was seized in Lanza household
The following are some of the items seized from Nancy and Adam Lanza's 36 Yogananda Street home in Newtown.
More than 1,400 rounds of ammunition, including shotgun shells and numerous boxes of bullets.
An arsenal of guns, including several rifles.
Three Samurai swords, between 13 and 28 inches long.
Ten other knives, including a metal bayonet.
.22-caliber rifle found near of bed of slain mother Nancy Lanza, who was shot in the forehead.
National Rifle Association certificate with Adam Lanza's name on it.
Safe in Adam Lanza's bedroom containing four guns.
Three photographs of a "deceased humans covered with plastic" and what appeared to be blood.
In smashed computer hard drive, Adam Lanza had a 7-foot by 4-foot spreadsheet with 500 names of victims of other mass murders and a detailed description on the kind of weapons used.
Investigators theorize that he wanted to put himself at the top of this infamous list. They aren't sure how much of it may have been Lanza's original work or was downloaded from an Internet site.
Gun scopes.
Military style uniform.
A check in a holiday card to Adam Lanza from his mother for "the purchase of a C183 (firearm).
In the top drawer of a filing cabinet, paper gun targets.
In a duffel bag, ear and eye protection, binoculars, numerous other paper targets.
Seven journals, handwritten notes and drawings believed to be written by Adam Lanza.
Newspaper clippings, personal notes, memoirs, drawings, medical records, bills, invoices, receipts and subscriptions and prescriptions believed to pertain to and/or collected by Adam Lanza.
Detailed records and receipts of firearm and ammunition purchases.
At least three cell phones including an iPhone.
Article on Northern Illinois University school shooting.
Desktop and laptop commuters.
Printed email conversations.
Numerous computer parts including internal and external hard drives and memory cards.
Sony PlayStation 2.
Xbox 360 console.
Numerous video games, including "Call of Duty."
Brother fax machine.
Plastic bag including CD-Rs, handwritten notes regarding the addresses of local gun shops.
Paperback book entitled "Train Your Brain to be Happy."
Book entitled "Look Me in the Eye - My Life with Aspergers."
Book entitled "Born on a Blue Day - Inside the mind of an Autistic Savant."
Adam Lanza's report card from Sandy Hook Elementary School.


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Uniformz: Rumors of MSU "special" gear this weekend?
This site is reporting that MSU may be pumping themselves up and psyching out confused Michigan players by wearing shiny helemts this weekend.
It reminds me that animals and babies are usually attracted to shiny things.
Anyway, real or not?
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As promised, there was no hard copy proceedings at the conference this year, causing spinal columns everywhere to heave a huge sigh of relief. What's even more amazing is that ALL the papers from the conference are online: I downloaded them all last night ! Bill Gasarch has this, and more on why he enjoyed SODA, which apparently disturbed Lance so much he had to snark in the post immediately after :)
p.s the comment linked above points out that Las Vegas was the "first choice" for SODA in 2010, even though Austin was the "realistic second" that ultimately won.


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'Ingenious' new tax
Our Oregon legislators have arrived at a novel approach toward arresting the financial woes of our State. Recently momentum has gathered in support of HB2836, a bill that would add three percent tax to our auto premiums. The money is supposed to be earmarked for State Police — Patrol Divisions. It appears this is a "trickle up" form of economy.
The three percent tax would require additional computer programming on the part of each insurance company operating in Oregon. Special capturing of the premium and tax would have to be in place. Secondly, each insurance accounting department would have to administer the tracking and paying of the tax. More tax forms would be designed by the state. New trust accounts would be established at banks to retain the tax money. New forms would have to be signed by each client informing them of the tax.
I believe through this new tax additional employees will be hired to administer the taxation. How can this be bad for our economy? Of course, our insurance premiums are already at a point that 25 percent of the drivers on the road in Oregon choose to not have it. Is it possible that our uninsured motorist rates will increase? Why, that means higher premiums. That means increased tax. That means more employees for the state and insurance companies. I can see this is ingenious! Hooray for our legislators!
Charlie Vanden Heuvel
Hood River
Look to trench
The following things have been cited by others, but rarely, and it doesn't seem to be sinking in with we the people. They are fairly simple facts, not angry accusations or unsubstantiated allegations. As Yogi Berra said so famously, "You could look it up."
During Vietnam, George Bush was a draft dodger by any definition of the word. As a businessman he did dubious oil deals with Enron, becoming best friends until very recently with Kenneth Lay, who may turn out to be the biggest white-collar criminal in world history. Later Bush failed with his own companies, Arbusto Energy, Bush Exploration, Spectrum 7 and finally Harken Energy, where he was caught with the goods of insider trading, by selling out for $840,000 shortly before its crash cost investors $2 million. He was not prosecuted by the SEC, whose chairman had clear, close and long-standing connections to Bush's father, who was then president of the United States. Full documents on the matter remain sealed to the public.
Next he drove taxpayer dollars into a baseball stadium which he personally profited from. He was governor of Texas, where he left both the environment and social system worse than he found it, while signing the execution orders of more than 100 men, including the retarded (and many remaining on death row are being discovered innocent by DNA tests.) He was elected president by a court-decided (5-4) technicality, while losing the popular vote — in fact, 154 million eligible voters did not cast a vote for him.
Last but not least, as he himself admits, he's not the brightest bulb on the marquee.
President Bush's alleged strength was that he could bring people together. After two years as president, the country is more politically divided than it has been since Vietnam, and more economically divided than at any time in its history. Not to mention in the worst shape in decades.
These are his credentials for his role as self-appointed ruler of the world. Along with his faith that his God backs his agenda.
And I didn't even mention his one, maybe two drunken driving arrests, before he found his God.
How on earth it can be considered unpatriotic to question the leadership of a man with such credentials, I'll never know. "My president, right or wrong," has never been the American way, because it supports ignorance. What happens if he is terribly, terribly wrong?
Bush supporters say he has character. He has lifted a tyrant off the backs of the Iraqi people, which is a wonderful thing, out of context. But his motives need to be examined, and the costs to the American people need to be challenged.
There is a Mexican proverb, "Entre dicho y hecho, hay un gran trecho." Between the word and the deed lies a big trench.
We're not looking at that trench, and we should be.
Sam Moses
White Salmon
Keep boundaries
I think the citizens of Hood River County would benefit from knowing what the Oregon League of Conservation Voters' website has to say about House Bill 2689, now pending. Understandably, your coverage of a recent local forum reported arguments from the forum's sponsors — the bill's supporters. The counter-arguments need to be heard as well:
"HB 2689 — Allows urban levels of industrial, commercial, or residential development, as well as hotels and motels, in so-called "rural development zones" outside urban growth boundaries. This means that anything from manufacturing plants to destination resorts to subdivisions to Wal-Marts could be built far from population centers and existing infrastructure, thus effectively eliminating the urban growth boundary."
Evidently the bill, as written, would have impacts far in excess of helping jumpstart Hood River County's economic development. Urban Growth Boundaries are one of the most sensible innovations ever to come out of Oregon. Some flexibility in agriculturally related rural development may be appropriate, but growth boundaries should not be subverted to accomplish it.
Sam Lowry
Hood River
Making readers
As the coordinators of the SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) programs at Mid-Valley and Parkdale Elementary Schools, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the wonderful people in our community who have generously shared their time by volunteering with the program this year. The time they invest each week in our community's children is so important and appreciated. It makes a huge difference in the lives of these children. Thank you!
For those not familiar with it, SMART is a literacy program operated by the Oregon Children's Foundation that serves K-3rd grade students in schools all across the state of Oregon. In our community the program has been active in both Parkdale and Mid-Valley Elementary Schools these past two years. Volunteers from the community donate at least one hour a week and are paired with two students, with whom they read a half hour each. Each student has two volunteers and so benefits from a full hour of one-on-one reading time each week. Mid-Valley Elementary has 51 students in the program and 45 volunteers; Parkdale Elementary has 36 students and 35 volunteers. Statewide, more than 8,000 volunteers read to nearly 12,000 children in 256 public elementary schools in 24 counties. These programs that serve our children so well would not be possible without the dedication of our community volunteers. They are the heart and soul of the program. They understand so well that learning to read allows one to learn for a lifetime of pleasure and enjoyment. Thank you volunteers!
For information about becoming a SMART volunteer next year, contact Linda McMahan at Mid-Valley Elementary School, 541-354-1691, or Jenni Donahue at Parkdale Elementary School 541-352-6255.
Linda McMahan
Mid-Valley SMART Coordinator
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Parkdale SMART Coordinator
Keep sports, music
If football and wrestling bring in revenue, why do they need funds from the school budget? Football and wrestling can support themselves. Football has always been the sacred cow of the athletic department. How many kids go on to play football after graduation? Not all boys play football and no girls play.
Let's support sports that kids will use throughout their lives — golf, swimming, tennis, track, skiing. It's wrong to deny students the opportunity to participate in these sports.
And don't cut the already basic music programs in our schools. These are vital parts of education. My children went through Hood River schools and now my grandchildren are going through the same schools. I support the schools and encourage all you grandparents out there to support school funding.
Jean E. Thompson
Hood River
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The Cooper logo will be visible to both local fans and the wider television audience in Germany via extensive broadcast coverage. Cooper branding will appear on the football club's LED advertising boards at their home ground, the OPEL ARENA – a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, which was opened in 2011.
1. FSV Mainz 05 CEO, Dag Heydecker, said, "The brand values of Mainz 05 and Cooper are a perfect match. Cooper combines tradition with innovation and successful corporate strategy. It's excellent for the club that we could partner with such a professional global company that has a German facility very close to our OPEL ARENA."
Jeff Schumaker, Managing Director, Cooper Tire Europe, said, "Over the last few years we have shown through our association with Arsenal Football Club, in the UK's Premier League, that football sponsorships are one of the best ways of promoting the Cooper name to a mass audience.
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I need help! I had an incident yesterday and I need toresearch my liability under CA law.
I own 2 pit bulls. I want to preface this by saying that I am a very responsible pet owner and I take dog ownership very seriously.
Yesterday my niehgbor's chihuahua crawled through a hole in my fence. My dogs were in my yard and safely penned in. When the chihuahua crawled through my dogs went after it. As soon as I realized what was going on, I went outside and started to break up the fight. The owner of the chi and his son were looking over the fence. The owner instructed his son to climb over the fence and help me. Together we caught my dogs and handed the chi back over the fence to the owner. As the son and I were looking for the hole where the dog got through we realized 2 things. First, my dogs had made a hole in the fence, not large enough for them to get through but large enough for a chi to get through. Second, I realized that my nieghbor, while being a dog owner himself, didn't have a fence put up on his side.
After the incident, I went over and checked on the son and the chi to make sure that everyone was ok. The son had some cuts on his hand but nothing that even remotely resembled a bite of any sort.
My husband and I have mended our fence and given the nieghbor plywood to make a fence on his side.
I don't know if these guys have a case but I don't want to get sued either. Does anyone know where I can research Dog Law in CA?
Do you mean Canada, or California? The laws are probably different.
I have a pit bull too, so I know how you feel. Are these people threatening to sue you, and on what grounds - that your fence is not properly maintained?
If the Chi had any vet bills, you should offer to pay them. If the son got scratched breaking up the fight then he can't really say which dog scratched him - it could have been his own.
I'm sure someone here can tell you what the law would say in this case.
If the dog went on your side, how could they sue you? Especialy since your dogs were in their pen.
~*Life is one big game of fetch*~
I live in California. I don't know if the guy has a case but I keep thinking about robbers that break into people's houses, hurt themselves and then sue the homeowner and win.
The only thing he may have was that our fence wasn't properly maintained but he doesn't even have fence on his side, just leftover trellis scraps.
The chi didn't have any vet bills. There wasn't even a scratch as far as I could see. And they didn't take the son to the doctor.
I guess I am just really nervous because I don't want anything to happen to my dogs. I just want to cover my bases.
Thanks for your help!
I really don't think you have anything to worry about.
I'm sure they know that it's their fault.
But PLEASE just make sure your fence is safe and secure.No holes or anything.Just keep checking for any and have them fixed right away.
Also,just make sure that the neighbour fixes his side properly.Just so it doesn't happen again.
Have a coffee and relaxe
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"Now I know what's meant by 'steering committee,'" the lock tender said with a laugh as the water, rushing through the sluice gates of Erie Canal Lock 32, raised us to his level.
Karin was at the tiller of Seneca, our 42-foot charter boat, and I had my hand on the controls of that loveliest of maneuvering cheats: the bow thruster, which effortlessly moved the bow to port or starboard.
Chuck and Karin Gedge and my wife, Laurel, and I were on our first full day of a weeklong voyage in July on the western end of New York's historic Erie Canal. During our trip, we would cover 90 miles of water through varied and mostly bucolic landscape, all seen in slow motion at about 6 mph. We would visit 10 canal towns, each with something to offer: a museum, a good meal, some historic architecture or simply the embrace of small-town America. And our boat was a self-contained mobile home, offering everything we needed.
By the time we reached Lock 32, we were getting comfortable with Seneca, one of 10 Lockmaster boats offered for charter by Mid-Lakes Navigation Co. We'd picked it up the afternoon before at Mid-Lakes' Macedon Landing, about 20 miles southeast of Rochester, N.Y.
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The spacious kitchen area had a dinette table. Fore and aft cockpits were roofed in canvas against rain or sun, and the forward one was screened. Low and long, the Lockmasters are reminiscent of the packet boats that once carried passengers on the Erie Canal and are akin to the recreational narrowboats that proliferate along thousands of miles of canals in Britain.
Once we settled in, Libby of Mid-Lakes boarded to give us a thorough orientation — two hours' worth — on navigation, maneuvering and the boat's systems. She explained the console (home of the thruster control and throttle) and the procedure for hooking up to shore power.
"Push the tiller in the direction you want the stern to go" was her single most important bit of advice. It's somewhat counterintuitive for those of us used to steering a car (or even a boat) with a wheel. This simple mantra stood us in good stead whenever we found ourselves in a tight spot.
With Libby aboard and me as guinea pig at the tiller, we motored from the dock and headed for Lock 30, just to the east of Macedon Landing, as a trial run. After I "locked" through successfully, made a midstream U-turn and then went back through the lock, Libby pronounced us canal-worthy and hopped off. It was about 6 p.m. when we finally headed west.
We made Fairport, a charming canal village, just in time for cocktails in the aft cockpit and an excellent dinner at Joey B's: rack of lamb with scalloped potatoes for some, veal medallions or sea scallops in a Parmesan cream sauce for others, eaten on a deck overlooking the canal. Like all the villages where we tied up, Fairport has amenities for boaters, in this case water, electric hook-ups, showers and toilets. There was an $11 dockage fee, but the facilities were complimentary elsewhere.
The next morning, we had a leisurely departure just after 9 and immediately encountered a lift bridge, with the span at an angle lower at the northern end than at the southern end.
"It may look like you can get under it," Libby had warned us, "but trust me, you can't."
"Bates Road bridge tender. Bates Road bridge tender," I intoned into the marine radio's handset, feeling rather professional. "This is boat Seneca requesting westbound passage."
"OK, captain," crackled the reply. "Stand by and I'll get the bridge out of your way." Captain! I confess to a
of self-important excitement. Bells rang, the bridge raised majestically, the mid-canal light flipped from red to green, and we were on our way west. By late morning, we reached Pittsford for brunch on the patio of the Village Coal Tower Restaurant, an eatery wrapped around a coal-storage silo from earlier canal and railroad days. Before casting off, we wandered through Pittsford's prosperous downtown, admiring the period architecture.
The lift bridges and locks were the punctuation marks of our journey. Locking through was easy, and we each had our assigned duties. Karin or I at the tiller and thruster would nuzzle Seneca up to one of the lock walls. To hold us in place, Chuck, in the forward cockpit, and Laurel, aft, would grasp (gloves provided) vertical cables or ropes that ran the height of the lock, and up or down we'd go. Then the lock tender opened the gates, and we were on our way.
In Spencerport, we docked across the canal from the Galley Restaurant, with signs that read, "Attention boaters! Heading east? Last stop for 3 hours! Home of the world famous 'Galleyweck,'" "beef on weck" being a variety of steak sandwich indigenous to western New York.
We resisted and dined aboard, and while Laurel and Karin were tuning up dinner — a bacon, tomato, green bean and avocado salad — a band in a nearby park was tuning up as well. About 6:30, the music, mostly in the country and pop vein, early Beatles and the like, started up, and Laurel and I danced on the park's lawn. We had been tipped off about the Sunday night music by a passenger's entry in the dog-eared, water-stained composition-book log we found aboard (from 2000 to 2002, oddly, but still useful).
The canal, which stretches nearly 400 miles from Buffalo on Lake Erie's shore to the Hudson River at Albany, was the brainchild of New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton. Though initially derided as Clinton's Folly when it opened in 1825, it changed transportation patterns, populated upstate New York and helped make New York City the country's greatest seaport.
Before long, however, railroads began to provide fierce competition, and throughout the 19th century the Erie Canal was enlarged and improved to meet it. Between 1905 and 1918, the canal was dramatically altered and largely rerouted to accommodate much larger vessels, then renamed the New York State Barge Canal. After the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, commercial traffic plummeted, and the Erie Canal regained its original name and became primarily recreational.
The next morning, Karin and Laurel took two bikes off Seneca's roof and rode west for seven miles on the Canalway Trail System. As we navigated west, Chuck and I spied them from time to time, red and blue dots amid the greenery, pedaling along the wildflower-bordered path. At Adams Basin, they dismounted and perched on the elevated pedestrian walkway, waving to us as we slid underneath. Then at Brockport we heaved the bikes back on the roof before walking to Seaward
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From there the days and miles spun on, a lovely routine of alternating views — dockside homes, some grand and some modest, deep rock cuts, marinas, towns redolent of the era when the canal brought them to life, woods, fields and a path often populated by walkers or bikers.
At Lockport, the end of our westering, we were hoisted through two huge locks (a boost of just less than 50 feet ) and tied up to visit the original five-lock staircase through which water still flows, the small canal museum, the Erie Canal Discovery Center and the First Presbyterian Church across the street, which boasts original Tiffany glass windows, and to take a fine lunch alfresco at Shamus Restaurant. Then we began to retrace our route.
The Medina Railroad Museum, in Medina, housed in a vast freight house that once belonged to the New York Central, had walls lined with train memorabilia and, in its center, a wonderful model railroad layout, beautifully scenic with cars and locomotives beyond counting. We ducked briefly up to Rochester, a pleasant detour on the Genesee River, then continued east, churning on past Macedon with the idea of going as far east as time would allow.
We finally ran out of hours and turned back at Palmyra. For our last night, we tied up on the wall just below Lock 29, a peaceful, grassy spot with fields stretching north. Chuck grilled steaks and we ate them as a last cabin cruiser locked through eastbound and the lock tender signed off for the night. The sun was gone, and the yellow streaks on the slick pool below the lock turned orange, red and finally silver gray.
Other than a short, chilly run to Macedon Landing the next morning, that was it for our canal adventure. Because I can't say it better, I'll cede the last word to someone named Carol, who had written in the log book that "this trip has surely strengthened our bond with special friends. We didn't miss the telephone, computer, microwave or car. We wouldn't even have known what day it was except for the S, M, T, W, etc. on our pill cases."


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During Jared Allens rookie year, the Chiefs showed the defensive end a highlight tape of the late Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith at their best stalking, sacking and stripping quarterbacks.
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"You need to attend because the community cannot support you if they don't know what you do," she said.
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"Needless to say, I'm resting today. Thank you all for your support and understanding. The last 10 months of pain are hard for me to wrap my head around. I'm sure it's difficult for you all to understand too. Let's just pray I'm on the mend. I'll see you all on the road very soon."
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• Successfully leveraging a multinational presence. Along with high expectations for M2M success in Russia, VimpelCom is looking to leverage key geographic assets that local competitors cannot match. These assets include VimpelCom's operator presence in 18 countries across three continents, and its participation in the Jasper Wireless/multi-operator M2M alliance that establishes reciprocal global roaming agreements.
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