text: Long before Puigmania, there was Mannywood.While the former continues on into July, worlds may soon collide as Manny Ramirez signed a minor league contract with the Rangers on Wednesday. The 41-year-old was assigned to Triple-A Round Rock, where he will report today.Click here for the latest MLB Player News, and follow @Nate_Grimm and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter while you're at it.Manny last played in the majors in 2011, appearing in just five games with the Rays. Most recently, Ramirez played for the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. There, he hit .352 with eight home runs and 43 RBI in 49 games."It's a no-risk flyer in a lot of ways," Rangers GM Jon Daniels told the Dallas Morning News. "Our history, we like giving guys second chances. We know on and off the field the good and bad of Manny's career, but we're inclined to give him an opportunity here."What Ramirez has left is still to be determined. The Chinese Professional Baseball League is the premier baseball league in Taiwan, but it's still a long way from Major League Baseball, both figuratively and literally.For his part, Manny seems energized and ready to give it the old 41-year-old-returning-to-college try. And, as Daniels laid out, if he doesn't give it an honest effort and play the right way he'll have been a low-cost gamble that didn't work out.He should be viewed similarly in fantasy. Given all the unknowns about his present-day ability, drive, etc., he's not a must-own but rather a speculative add in AL-only and deeper mixed leagues. If he fizzles out, then no harm, no foul. But if he can recapture some of that previous magic for a few months he'll be a productive member of a fantasy squad.Puig StonewalledIt turns out Yasiel Puig can be stopped after all. It just takes a concrete wall to do it.Puig sustained a bruised left hip and thigh when he ran into the outfield wall while making a catch in Wednesday's game. He stayed in the game but was later removed, and X-rays on the leg came back negative. He's considered day-to-day.Though on different scales, the injury is reminiscent of the one Bryce Harper sustained earlier this season. It comes with the territory for these types of players -- sometimes the line between maximum effort and recklessness gets blurred, and that's when injuries occur. Puig was lucky to escape with some bruises; Harper was less fortunate.With other viable options on the bench -- though there's only one Puig -- there's no reason for the Dodgers to risk further injury by playing him if he's less than 100 percent, so it's likely the 22-year-old will get a day or two off. If you own the Cuban product in a daily league, monitor his situation closely in the coming days.For Whom Heath Bell ToilsThe never-ending hunt for saves saw two familiar faces called on to nail down a win on Wednesday.Heath Bell and Tom Wilhelmsen both recorded saves for their respective teams, and both with little trouble. Bell allowed just a two-out single in closing out the Mets, while Wilhelmsen pitched a perfect 10th inning to lock it down against the Rangers. The saves for Bell and Wilhelmsen were their 15th and 17th, respectively, on the season.Despite the fact that both were given second chances, the two are likely headed in different directions in the coming weeks. Wilhelmsen, after a down June in which he blew three saves while compiling a 10.97 ERA, worked his way back into Mariners manager Eric Wedge's good graces and, barring another meltdown, should have a hold on the job going forward.Bell, on the other hand, seems to be keeping the seat warm until J.J. Putz is ready to go. Putz recently returned from the disabled list, relegating Bell to the eighth inning role in the process, but some issues with arm strength have kept him from being effective in the early going. Bell will receive the save opportunities in the near future, but Putz's presence and his own volatility make it a matter of time before he slides back into a setup role.Both pitchers can be added for the time being, but Wilhelmsen is the one most likely to still have the gig come August.National League Quick Hits: Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said it's "a possibility" Ryan Braun (hand) returns before the All-Star break. He was able to swing a bat for a second straight day on Wednesday ... Matt Holliday (neck) missed his second straight game on Wednesday. The Cardinals are confident the pinched nerve won't keep him sidelined much longer ... Brandon Beachy (elbow) threw an extended bullpen session on Wednesday. He'll likely be cleared to resume his rehab assignment soon ... A.J. Burnett (calf) doesn't think he'll require a rehab assignment. He could start as soon as Sunday or Monday for the Pirates ... Hanley Ramirez went 4-for-5 with a home run. The shortstop is hitting .412/.446/.753 in 28 games ... Matt Carpenter went 3-for-5 and, like Ramirez, fell just a triple short of the cycle. He's currently carrying a .398 on-base percentage ... Ricky Nolasco held the Braves to two runs over seven innings. It could be his final start in a Marlins uniform ... Yovani Gallardo is drawing interest from the Diamondbacks. John Axford, Jim Henderson and Francisco Rodriguez have come up as well ... Matt Harvey, despite evidence to the contrary, is human. The right-hander allowed five runs in a loss on Wednesday. He allowed seven runs in the entire month of April.American League Quick Hits: Max Scherzer won his 13th game on Wednesday, moving to a perfect 13-0 on the year. Can you say AL All-Star Game starting pitcher? ... Alex Gordon left Wednesday's game with a head injury, possibly a concussion. A trip to the disabled list is likely ... Clay Buchholz said he "finally turned a corner" in his recovery from a right shoulder injury. A return shortly after the All-Star break might be on the schedule ... Chris Davis now has 32 home runs and 83 RBI on the year. He could set personal single-season highs in both categories by the All-Star break ... X-rays on Omar Infante's shin came back negative after exiting Wednesday's game following a collision at second base. He's considered day-to-day ... Alexi Ogando (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday. The Rangers are still hoping to have him back before the All-Star break ... Kevin Gausman will remain in the Orioles' bullpen for now. He could be sent to Triple-A Norfolk when Wei-Yin Chen returns from the DL ... Dan Straily will make a spot start in place of Jarrod Parker on Thursday. Parker is still dealing with a right hamstring issue ... Mariners prospect and former No. 2 overall pick Danny Hultzen will be shut down for 10 days due to left rotator cuff irritation. He's made just one start in the last two months due to shoulder issues.Have a happy and safe Fourth, everyone.


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Students will join in a hands-on class starting with learning the basic mosaic tools, substrates, tesserae, adhesives, grouts, and the enjoyment of creating a long-lasting piece of art. Students will design and finish a grouted work.
Add bright colors to your décor, create a special gift, and find out that anyone can do it! No tools are required for the class, but bring your ideas! Bring your beads, buttons, and broken pieces. This class is for any skill level.
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Grinnell College's Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights will host athree-day symposium, Sept. 11-13,* to discuss "Who Should Teach Our Children? Education and Democracy Worldwide."
The Office of the President and the Grinnell College Department of Education are co-sponsoring this symposium. Jean Ketter, professor of education, explains, "We have invited speakers who will provide different perspectives on teacher preparation and alternatives to traditional teacher prep programs. Our goal is to create a critical conversation centered on the current debate about teacher preparation and teacher quality in Iowa, the U.S., and internationally."
To build on that point, Sarah Purcell, director of the Rosenfield Program, said, "The liberal arts have something to contribute to this political debate about teacher certification and quality. This symposium will raise questions that need to be considered in looking at the future of educational systems in an ever-globalizing world. It will also allow students interested in pursuing careers in education to hear the stories and experiences of those in the field."
The three-day * symposium will include the following free, public events to be held in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield '25 Center on the Grinnell campus (unless otherwise noted):
- Tues., Sept. 11, noon *: "Education and Democracy Worldwide," a teaching panel, will feature two members of the Grinnell College faculty, as well as one alumnus. Jean Ketter, professor of education, George Drake, professor emeritus of history, Kesho Scott, associate professor of sociology, and Dan Covino, a 2010 Grinnell graduate and Grinnell High School teacher, will open the symposium. Lunch will be provided.
- Tues., Sept. 11, 4:15 p.m.: Jason Glass, director of the Iowa Department of Education, will discuss "Building a World-Class Education System for Iowa." Under Glass' leadership, the Department of Education has set goals to focus on the values of demonstrating courageous leadership, promoting innovation in education, and acting as a servant to schools and communities in Iowa.
- Tues., Sept. 11, 8 p.m.: Jim Wyckoff, Curry Memorial professor of education and policy, will present "Preparing Effective Teachers." Wyckoff has done extensive research on education policy and directs the Education Policy Ph.D. program and the Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness.
- Wed., Sept. 12, noon: Suzanne M. Wilson, a university distinguished professor, chair of the department of teacher education and director of the College of Education's Center for the Scholarship of Teaching at Michigan State University, will lead a Scholars' Convocation titled "The Wild World of Teacher Preparation: Evolution or Revolution?"
- Wed., Sept. 12, 4:15 p.m.: Helen Claire Sievers, executive director, WorldTeach, will discuss "Teaching in Developing Countries: Why Do It?" WorldTeach partners with governments and other organizations to provide volunteer teachers in developing countries.
- Wed., Sept. 12, 8 p.m.: "Social Justice Starts in the Classroom: Teach For America's Approach to Ending Educational Inequity," led by Lindsey Ciochina, senior managing director of Midwest recruiting at Teach for America.
- Thurs., Sept. 13, 4:15 p.m.: A post-graduate teaching and service fair on the 2nd floor of the Joe Rosenfield '25 Center will provide an opportunity for students to learn about Teach For America, the Peace Corps, Grinnell's Teaching Certification Program, MAT Programs, and others.
- Thurs., Sept. 13, 5 p.m.: A reception and round-table discussion of insights from the symposium will include Paul Hutchison, assistant professor of education; Deborah Gallagher, University of Northern Iowa; and Kevin Seney, Grinnell High School principal.
For more information about the September education symposium, contact Sarah Purcell, firstname.lastname@example.com, 641-269-3091. Grinnell welcomes and encourages the participation of people with disabilities. Information on parking and accessibility is available on the college website. Accommodation requests may be made to Conference Operations at 641-269-3235 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
* Date and time for "Education and Democracy Worldwide" has changed from Mon., Sept. 10, 4:15 p.m. to Tues., Sept. 11, noon, making the symposium three days instead of four.


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The "middle class" has been very much in the news lately. It loomed large in the last presidential election, and it remains front-and-center in the interminable debates in Washington over the national debt and even the future of the nation.
The "middle class" has been very much in the news lately. It loomed large in the last presidential election, and it remains front-and-center in the interminable debates in Washington over the national debt and even the future of the nation.
Indeed, one is led to believe that as goes the middle class, so goes America. And perhaps that is the case.
A problem arises, however, when we try to identify the middle class, as in the process we get caught up in discussions of income levels, education, jobs, and, of course, values.
By most estimates, the middle class constitutes anywhere from one-half to two-thirds of the American population. But many of these same sources comment on how different the upper- middle class differs from the lower-middle class and even questions whether they belong in the same demographic.
Moreover, although much honored today, popular perceptions of middle-class values have varied throughout American history. We need only look back to the 1960s when middle- class values, seen then as emphasizing conformity and traditional gender roles, were labeled "bourgeois" and shunned by those constituting the counterculture.
Although not necessarily the result of that low point in the history of middle-class values, there is ample evidence to suggest that the size and composition of the nation's middle class has been changing dramatically ever since.
Over the past 40 years, economists and sociologists have pointed out, the divide between the lower- and upper-middle classes has become so great as to situate them as mutually exclusive entities.
The lower middle class, they argue, has been increasingly marked by declining economic circumstances, chronic unemployment, lower educational attainment and dysfunctional family life – comparatively little of which can be seen among the upper-middle class.
One can point to any number of factors leading to this divide, to which needs to be added the even more sobering observation that the troubled lower-middle class is increasingly being populated by those who were once part of the "solid" middle class.
And so too can be seen a troubling correlation, and most would argue a cause and effect, between the above mentioned factors and the decline of what have long been held to be middle-class values.
Among those values – those upon which the nation has been built – are industriousness (whether at work or in school), honesty (including abiding by the law), marriage (including out-of-wedlock births), and religion (not only in church attendance but also by self-identification with any particular religion or religion at all).
All appear to be in a downward – dare we say death – spiral.
It is a sobering thought, to be sure.
Bryan Le Beau is an historian and vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Saint Mary.


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There are questions we get every year at the Newberry Library Book Fair. I answer some of those here. Um, some answers are purely informational and some are really just venting. I think you can guess which are which.
How much does this cost? On books the price is almost always on the upper righthand corner of the first white page. (Books without white pages get trickier.) LPs and videos are marked on the back, with a tiny sticker on the upper righthand corner. Other media are not quite so easy, but always check the available upper righthand corners first.
Where do I pay? Head west on the first floor, keep to the right, and watch for a green velvet rope that leads to a room marked "Checkout". Not venting here: I will just never forget the time I gave directions and the customer exclaimed, "Oh! You mean I pay at Checkout?"
Where's the restroom? We have two sets, one at the west end of the first floor, opposite Checkout, and one at the east end, in the basement. The ones in the basement are larger and newer.
Where are the pay phones? Gone where the good times go, friend. Are you and I the last people in the world without cell phones?
Why does this paperback cost more than the hardcover edition of the very same book? Well, the paperback is in a large format, the same size as the hardback, and it looks crisp and new, whereas the hardback in your hand is lacking its jacket, stamped with somebody's name on three pages, and bears other marks that suggest it has been dropped in a puddle. But I'll gladly mark the hardcover higher for you, if you feel it's unfair to buy it so cheaply.
Can someone help me get all these books to my car? Yes, when available, our volunteers at the Large Order stand can give you a hand. You might have to wait a bit during rush periods (the very end of the day, for example, and frequently at lunch time.)
What happens with the leftover books? A number of not-for-profit organizations come in the day after the Book Fair and carry away whatever they need for their institutional libraries, book giveaway programs, or their own book fairs. In 2008, many books were taken for a library of English language materials in the Sudan. Anything they leave behind is sold to some excellent book dealers who like to buy in bulk. Except in the Collectibles section, we start fresh every year.
You've got lots of books here. Why don't you just sell me a bag and let me pack whatever I want into it for that price? Listen, I suggested something like that to a guy at Tiffany's, and he called Security.


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Smart Parts broadended their patent, and it was revised in January. The patent is very broad. The patent covers ANY paintball marker that has an on/off switch. This means Spyders with electronic triggers, Intimidators, Angels, Matrices, Bushmasters, and anything else with a battery will be in violation of Smart Parts' patent.
On Friday, a judge approved Smart Parts' request to proceed with their lawsuit for patent infringements. On September 3rd, a trial will begin. This is moving very quickly.
As a patent consultant myself, and can not understand how the patent can be granted, as it will impede technology, which is one of the things that a patent can never do.
Smart Parts is rumored to want a million dollar signing fee, and $75 per unit sold for a royalty fee.
I would recommend contacting Smart Parts and expressing your concern.


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Democratic candidates won over La Plata County voters this year, though support of President Barack Obama was more muted than four years ago.
La Plata County voters favored the president by a margin of 57 percent to 41 percent four years ago. This year, 53 percent of voters supported Obama and 44 percent of voters supported Mitt Romney.
Obama had the greatest support in Precinct 1, encompassing the South Side of Durango, where 80 percent of voters supported the president. Precinct 25 in the southeast corner of the county went the strongest for Romney, with 72 percent of voters favoring the Republican candidate.
Only one La Plata County precinct supported Obama in 2008 but favored Romney in 2012. Precinct 29 in the northern Animas Valley supported Obama 54 percent to 45 percent in 2008. In 2012, 47 percent of voters supported Obama and 51 percent supported Romney. No precinct that favored John McCain in 2008 went for Obama in 2012.
The countys Democratic tilt in every other race, from county commissioner to state representative, reverses a rightward drift in 2010 and more closely mirrors how the county voted in 2008.
The county favored Democratic candidate Mike McLachlan for the state House of Representatives by a margin of 54 percent to 46 percent. McLachlan, of Durango, unseated incumbent Rep. J. Paul Brown, of Ignacio.
Sal Pace, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives who was beaten by incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton, won the county by a margin of 49 percent to 46 percent.
In 2008, the county also favored Democrats Mark Udall for Senate and John Salazar for the U.S. House of Representatives by even wider margins.
The countys election of two Democratic county commissioner candidates was a departure from 2010 when Republican Bobby Lieb beat Democrat Bruce Baizel 47 percent to 44 percent.
Democrats with the Obama for America campaign and the county commissioner campaigns put a lot of focus on getting out the vote this year, said Denise Bohemier, chairwoman of the local Democratic party.
Though Michelle Obamas visit to Fort Lewis College in October may not have changed voters minds, it did help generate excitement among the partys base, Bohemier said.
People are really discouraged that elections can be bought, she said. Michelle helped energize people.
Velbeth Jones, chairwoman of La Plata County Republicans, said the party was not anticipating the wave of Democratic favor that swept the county.
I would be lying if I said it wasnt a surprise, Jones said. Naturally, were going to take a look at what weve done, what we could have done better or what we could have done more of. We need to do some brainstorming and really figure it out.
Despite visits by Paul Ryan and Michelle Obama and assertive get-out-the-vote campaigns by both parties, La Plata County voters didnt turn out in the same numbers as 2010 and 2008.
A total of 71 percent of registered voters cast their ballots in this years election, compared with 73 percent in 2010 and 76 percent in 2008.
The way voters cast their ballots changed from four years ago.
This year, 22 percent of voters went to their polling place on Election Day compared to 27 percent four years ago. Instead, more people voted early or mailed in their ballots this year. Three-quarters of people who voted mailed in their ballots or voted early, compared with 71 percent of voters in 2008.
Precinct 5, on the west side of Durango, had the highest proportion of mail-in voters, with 54 percent of voters mailing in their ballots.
La Plata County Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Lee Parker said 2008 was the first year people could sign up to be permanent mail-in voters. More people have opted for it, she said.
It is a more convenient method of voting, she said.


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Local effort to help understand ObamacareBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
October 10. 2013 9:33PM
LONDONDERRY — For people who have questions about Obamacare, there is an alternative to trying to log on to the federal website.
On Thursday, officials from Organizing for Action joined local legislators and volunteers for a public health forum in front of the Mack's Apples farm store.
Kate Corriveau, OFA state coordinator, said the immediate goal is to alleviate any confusion or frustration surrounding the Affordable Care Act.
Plans are in the works to host similar events at Mack's Apples over the next several weekends, Corriveau said.
Windham resident Valerie Ronan, who volunteered at Thursday's event, said she felt it was important to reach out to people.
"I don't think people realize this is now available to them and they can take advantage of this," Ronan said.
Earlier in the day, a local woman approached Ronan to share her personal story. The woman said her health care had been covered through her husband's employer, but just two days ago he was laid off.
"She was very concerned she'd be paying for coverage out of pocket," Ronan recalled. "The fact that her husband is a cancer survivor and has a pre-existing condition added to her worries."
According to state Rep. Lisa Whittemore of Londonderry, many others are expressing similar concerns.
Whittemore, a Democrat, said the Affordable Care Act has already impacted her own family for the better.
Eighteen months after the family's COBRA coverage expired, her husband, Robert, was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
"He'd wanted to wait until his Medicare coverage kicked in," Whittemore said. "But with the Affordable Health Care Act, we were able to get on insurance despite Robert's pre-existing condition. Without it, we would have been in a dire situation."
Corriveau reminded those who have been unable to register for Obamacare online that there's still plenty of time to do so, and she advised folks to keep on trying."Enrollments just began on Oct. 1 and once things slow down a bit, more people will be able to register," Whittemore said.
Those who register and enroll by Dec. 15 will be covered by January 1. But open enrollment will continue through March 31, with those signing up after Dec. 15 to be covered within the following month.
"This is not a sprint, it's a marathon," said Tammy Siekmann, a member of the Londonderry Democratic Party. "We still have plenty of time to get this done and right now, our biggest goal is to encourage younger people to get enrolled."
For those who didn't make it out to Mack's Apples this week, information on the Affordable Care Act and its implications is also available by appointment at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which is serving as the state's navigator organization.
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Despite budget cuts to education over the years, the Sierra Sands Unified School District has its eye on revitalizing part of its infrastructure, according to Burroughs High's assistant principal.
Despite budget cuts to education over the years, the Sierra Sands Unified School District has its eye on revitalizing part of its infrastructure, according to Burroughs High's assistant principal.
"We have this incredible opportunity to modernize Burroughs High School and build an entirely new site – Murray Middle School," Bryan Auld told the Ridgecrest Exchange Club on Thursday.
Auld provided an overview of the construction project for the two SSUSD schools, including a grant awarded by the Defense Department's Office of Economic Adjustment. The $57-million grant was announced in Dec. 2012, with partially matching funding put forth by the school district.
The two schools are on Navy property, Auld said, which was why they qualified for the grants.
"Burroughs and Murray were in such a shape that they qualified to receive federal funding," Auld said. Murray Middle School was fourth on the list of schools and Burroughs was No. 10.
The criteria was based in part on the year the facilities were built, with Murray built in 1945 and the core of Burroughs in 1958, Auld said.
"The plan is to build a new middle school right across from Burroughs," Auld told the Exchange Club.
Auld said geological studies had already been conducted, with one fault located in the vicinity. However, it is not in a place where any structure would be located.
He said initial plans were tentative until everything was approved.
"Things are tentative in the world of education and until you see a shovel turning dirt, nothing is final," Auld said. He said based on current projections, the first signs of construction would begin in early 2014.
SSUSD recently approved the architect for the project.
"For anyone who has general knowledge of construction or general contracting, school construction is painful," Auld said.
He said the construction process would have to go through the California Department of State Architect, which would include inspectors and rigid construction criteria.
Burroughs would receive a modernization of all its most aged facilities, including cafeteria and administrative building. Parts of the sports facilities would receive an upgrade as well in regard to the restrooms and concession stands.
The new designs would be more accessible per the Americans with Disabilities Act, Auld said.
"The moment you do something structural, it has to be ADA compliant," Auld said. However, the District already has a design plan in place in regard for those structures.
The district also had to do a historical analysis to determine if any of Burroughs' buildings qualified as a historical site, which would limit the impact of modernization. Auld said the analysis came up with nothing that would impact construction plans.
With Murray, it would be a new site from the ground up, but the district would have to watch its dollars when designing and building the new facility.
"To build a new school from the ground up with all the bells and whistles would cost $60-$70 million," Auld said.
Both projects would include "workforce protection" measures that would include higher-set windows and set parking lots further away from the buildings per federal guidelines.
Auld said the overall project, as with any school construction projects had to be approached diligently, especially where the Measure A money that funded other district projects.
"You have to watch out for the district's interests," Auld said.
Exchange Club President Andy Anderson asked whether the money would include funding for a pool, especially in light of Sgt. Pinney Pool's uncertain future.
The school district leases Pinney Pool for its aquatic programs, including a top swimming team.
Auld said that a pool was not in the cards as it was a financial downfall.
"We're noticing a lot of schools are actually getting rid of their swimming programs because they cannot afford to keep their pool," Auld said. "There are places where they are doing modernization, started digging a hole for a pool and then filled it up with dirt."
He said however, the district was very interested in watching what happened with Pinney Pool because it would affect the Burroughs swimming program.
Auld overall said that there were challenges to the project but were ones the district were tackling.
"It's really exciting to have this infusion of money but at the same time it has its challenges," he said. "You have to be proactive and be able to predict well in advance what your challenges will be. The leadership at the district level are all talking about that and trying to predict a plan of attack."
(Update: This corrects the print version to reflect that Burroughs was built in 1958, not 1957, that the Exchange Club met on Thursday, not Friday, and to make actual reference to the Department of the State Architect.)


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France's Roma problem (part 2)
As a candidate, François Hollande promised to stop discrimination against Roma people, so why is France's new Socialist government still dismantling squatter camps and deporting Romas to Romania and Bulgaria? Despite measures, EU work restrictions still apply.
Saimir MILE, President of « La Voix des Roms »
Laura SLIMANI, National Secretary for Europe, Young Socialists
Charles GIVADINOVITCH, National Secretary, UMP party
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Baltimore businesses show strong sales tax numbers a year after bypass' opening
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles examining the local economy. The first installment, covering local manufacturing, appeared in the Sept. 30 edition of the Daily Express. The next story in the series will appear in the Oct. 21 edition.
Three-thousand drivers travel the new Highway 63 daily. Some use the bypass to do just that, bypass Kirksville and Baltimore Street traffic, while others are unaware a city of 17,000 exists to the west.
Before the new highway opened in late October 2011, some feared those drivers would take their dollars with them, leaving Kirksville's bustling Baltimore Street to dry up and disappear.
Nearly one year later, Baltimore Street is still busy selling goods, gas and food and its sales tax growth has outpaced the city's growth for the first months of 2012.
The route is functioning as intended and apparently has yet to make a significant impact one way or the other on the city or county economies as local economic indicators show either steady or increasing sales and tax collections.
"[Highway 63] is doing what it's supposed to do," said Missouri Department of Transportation Area Engineer Amy Crawford. "You've got those people that aren't coming to Kirksville, and they don't have to go through town so that the people that are coming to town can get through."
During its design and construction phases, detractors of the new Highway 63 route warned of business closures and failures along Baltimore Street due to drivers bypassing Kirksville and its hotels, restaurants and gas stations to spend their dollars elsewhere.
But neither the city nor the county are seeing such a decline, instead reporting that local economic indicators, such as sales tax figures which reflect how much people are spending, are steady or increasing at the same time as traffic also increases along the bypass.
Looking at gas stations and fast food restaurants along Baltimore Street, two areas expected to see the most impact from the fewer travelers, sales tax collections were up during the first quarter of 2012 compared to 2011 and higher than the city-wide growth.
City Manager Mari Macomber reported that those specific industries along Baltimore Street experienced their best first-quarter in four years, paying nearly $46,000 in sales taxes for the year's first three months. That $46,000 is up compared to 2011's $42,473. That specific region's tax payments have increased by about $4,000 each year since 2009.
"That increase is a good thing," Macomber said. "But we're not sure what it's attributed to, whether people are spending more money or not, or if it's an impact from the new [highway]."
The question is clouded by many variables, including fuel and food prices and other impacting factors like the economy and unemployment, but so far the figures support an optimistic outlook as they hold steadily increase.
Beyond Baltimore Street and its traveler-oriented businesses, the entire city is on track to collect a five-year high in sales tax revenue, totaling $1,539,816 as of July. At this time last year, the city had collected about $1.5 million.
But Baltimore Street fast food and gas industries are outpacing the city, having experienced an about 8-percent growth for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. Citywide, sales tax revenues increased about 1.5-percent for that same period.
As sales steadily increase for the city, Adair County is also seeing little negative changes on the year, possibly hinting that fewer residents are traveling out of the county for their shopping or gas needs. In fact, the county is expecting its third straight year of tax growth since its last decline in 2009.
This year so far, the county is about even with last year's sales tax collections, up only about $3,000, a fraction of a percentage point.
While collections are mostly even, Adair County Treasurer Lori Smith said she's unsure of whether that is due to increased sales, increased prices or more local spending. Regardless, the county is on track to collect at least $1.48 million, having projected about $1.4 million in its 2012 preliminary budget this past spring.
"In theory, we thought we'd be down [on the year]," Smith said.
Smith also said she would be closely studying the final quarter of the year, which could show whether Kirksville had become less of a destination location for northeast Missouri's holiday shoppers. Either way, she said, the bypass would likely have little impact on regional shoppers coming to Kirksville for its stores and big-box outlets.
"Those last two months of the year will tell us if people are shopping, that will tell us if people are still coming to Kirksville," Smith said. "They should be, in theory. Anyone coming to shop, the bypass shouldn't change that. But as of now, the bypass is not affecting the county sales tax."
Private industry is seeing little impact with a local fast food chain owner/operator estimating a slight decline in customers and noted some changes in traffic primarily on holiday weekends or other big travel periods.
"Day in, day out there's not much impact," said Bob Gilstrap, owner and operator of the two Kirksville McDonald's locations.
He estimated a 3-percent decline in customers but did not exclusively blame the new highway. He observed that many customers that were skipping the Kirksville locations were being picked up by the Macon McDonalds.
"It's really been more of the summer traffic or the Thanksgiving travel that we'd expect to see the impact," he said. "We'll be anxious to see how we compare with the bypass after it's been opened for a full year."
He said any increases in fast food sales tax collections were likely due to increased sales, with prices steady over the past year.
Fuel prices have also been mostly steady at least year to year, although prices have been extremely volatile from month to month.
In October 2011 when the bypass opened, across the nation a gallon of unleaded regular cost $3.47, compared to current prices of about $3.70 per gallon, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Hy-Vee grocery store and gas station Director Jeff Suchomel said the chain had seen little impact since the bypass' opening, despite its unique location off of Illinois Street, one of the bypass's primary entrance and exit streets.
He said gas sales hinged largely on volatile prices and declined to share the grocery portion's sales numbers, but said his main input on the route has been that there is still a need for directional signage for area restaurants and attractions.
"We're missing the boat by not having signs out there," he said.
While only the first year of the new Highway 63 is nearly over locally, another northeast Missouri community has had the last 15 years to assess what kind of impact its bypass route has had on local businesses.
More than a decade ago, the town of Mexico, Mo., funded and opened a similar bypass route for Highway 54. Previously the highway had funneled through the town of about 11,000, similar to Baltimore Street and its previous duty as the former Highway 63.
Mexico Assistant City Manager Russell Runge noted that the immediate impact of having lighter truck traffic and ensuing development between the town and the bypass route.
"In our community, initially the thinking was it would be a detriment," Runge said. "In reality, in the long run, we have a lot of in-fill in that area [between the bypass and town] that adds to the community."
He said in the 15 years since the two-lane bypass opened, two hotels and a new Wal-Mart Supercenter also opened. He added that Mexico also experienced a burst of growth on its old highway route, including several new strip mall developments and businesses along the original highway.
"Our thoughts are that over the next 50 years, that property between the bypass and the current city limits will be attractive for in-fill with housing and retail," he said.


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I know most of you are thinking that the Chiefs are done in free agency. They're not. They're sitting there with about $6million in cap room remaining WITH Albert on the books. However, if the Chiefs pull off a trade of Albert, not only do they recoup the picks they spent on Alex Smith, but also dump the $9million or so they owe Albert. That leaves them $12m or so after rookies are signed. That's a pretty big number if you're looking for a couple impact players in free agency to fill in at FS, ILB, or provide depth across the board.
So, here's my mock after the first part of free agency. (Note that this mock is what I would do if I'm making the calls and not necessarily what I think Dorsey/Reid will do)
Chiefs trade Albert to Miami for #42 and a conditional pick in 2014
Chiefs trade #1 to NYJ for #9, #13 (via TB for Revis), and #39 (1650 pt difference) The Bucs are desperate for CB help. Don't be shocked if that trade happens. The Jets are desperate for QB help. Don't be shocked if they make a move up the board. Perhaps not all the way up to #1, but they're not going to be content with Mark Sanchez heading into 2013 and the next best option will be a top 5 pick.
1. Jets- Geno Smith --- NYJ is going to do something dramatic to fix their QB position. They'll trade Revis to Tampa for their first round pick and they'll package those picks to KC to trade up for the next best QB option on this year's market. Smith is the largest remaining splash and I don't think this scenario is too far fetched. Sitting at #9, there's no way they can upgrade their QB position by standing still. So, instead of paying the best CB in the league, they'll trade him for an asset that will allow them to address the most important position on the field.
2. Jags- Dion Jordan --- Jags are set at LT with Monroe. They haven't been linked to any of the QB's, so the most versatile defender in this draft makes sense here.
3. Raiders- Dee Millner--- The arrival of Wes Welker and Alex Smith in the division along with departures like Huff from their secondary make this pick a necessity.
4. Eagles- Sharrif Floyd When was the last time you heard of a great LT contributing in a Chip Kelly offense? Philly needs help on the O-line, but I don't think it comes here. Getting the best 4-3 player in the draft helps a ton.
5. Lions- Ezekiel Anzah--- Lost Avril. But they've got Suh, Fairley, and Vanden Bosch on that line and the Lions have been investing heavily on their D-line.
6. Browns- Cordarrelle Patterson--- QUICK! Who were the starting WR's for CLE last season (hint: it wasn't the recently departed Josh Cribbs)
7. Cardinals- Matt Barkley--- He's either 1 or 1a in this QB draft class and the Cardinals have nobody currently in-house to compete at that position of any upgrade over last season.
8. Bills-Ryan Nassib--- Bills want this guy in the worst way. Some mocks have him going #1 overall to the Bills who trade up to get him. I can't imagine a scenario where Nassib isn't wearing a Buffalo on his head next season.
9. CHIEFS- BOTH elite LT's are still on the board here. Chiefs take Joekel. Eagles could take a LT and if that's the case, the Chiefs end up with Fischer instead.
10. Titans-Chance Warmack--- Roos at LT, Levitre as a free agent and now Warmack at the other OG spot and suddenly, the Titans have a very potent OL.
11. Chargers- Eric Fischer--- Sure hit the jackpot with this one, didn't they? Could end up with Lane Johnson instead if Fischer isn't there anymore.
12. Dolphins-Tavon Austin--- opposite Mike Williams will be a nice duo for Tannehill
13. CHIEFS- BPA... is that Lane Johnson for RT, Vacarro for FS, or Lotulelei at DL? BPA in my mind is still Lotulelei. Things went well at his pro day and the heart thing seems to be a minor issue. I know we've got DeVito, but he's not Lotulelei.
39. Matt Elam-S Florida
42. Justin Pugh-OL Syracuse (Right Tackle)
63. Khaseem Greene-LB Rutgers
3b. Tyler Bray-QB-Tennessee
4th-Marcus Lattimore-RB South Carolina
5th-Tyrann Mathieu-DB LSU
6th-Marquise Goodwin- WR Texas
7th-Uzoma Nwachukwu- WR TX A&M
The Chiefs are set on the O-line with Joekel and Pugh on the ends with Stephenson at the swing spot. Solid up the middle with Allen, Hudson, and Asamoah as well.
Chiefs bring in competition at the WR spot with Avery, Goodwin, and Nwachukwu. They also bring in Lattimore who was a projected 1st round pick before his knee injury. The Chiefs have Charles as their featured back and can afford to bring Lattimore back at a slower pace than some other teams could. If he comes back completely right, the Chiefs would essentially have an Adrian Peterson/Jamaal Charles backfield.
Flip over to defense and it's REALLY difficult to find a hole. The D-line boasts 3 top 15 picks. The linebackers have 2 1st round picks and 2 3rd round picks. The defensive backs include 2 1st round picks and 4 2nd round picks. That's not including Tyrann Mathieu who could've been a top 10 pick overall if he played last season. Matt Elam next to Eric Berry is stupid good. There's depth all over that secondary with this personnel.
The Jets are hell-bent on trading Revis. #13 overall seems like fair value for the best CB in the league if the Buccs are prepared to pay him long-term. The Jets don't need two picks behind all those QB hungry teams ahead of them... they need a QB. While this may seem like a "dream scenario," it's definitely one that doesn't take too much stretching to see it come to fruition. I think it's a trade both teams would happily do.
Oh yeah, and the Chiefs still have another $12m in cap space to address further depth issues on the O-line, D-line, and at LB. Sure hope the Jets fall in love with a QB.


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- Pierre-François VEIL. French attorney for the Shalit family;
- Sabri SAIDAM. Political advisor to the Palestinian President; Deputy Secretary General, Fatah Council - from Ramallah;
- Gil MIHAELY. Columnist, Yedioth Ahronoth;
- Abdel Bari ATWAN. Managing Editor, Al Quds Al Arabi - from London.


text: This is Part 4 in my 10-Part Second-Year Running Back Series. For the Lamar Miller, David Wilson, and Bryce Brown writeups, click here: Miller Link. Wilson Link. Brown Link. Vick Ballard A fifth-round pick out of Mississippi State, Ballard opened his rookie year as the Colts' change-of-pace back behind Donald Brown. When Brown suffered a Week 5 knee injury that required surgery, Ballard took over as Indy's feature runner and never relinquished the role. He went on to rank fourth among all rookies in carries (211) and fifth in rushing yards (814). While offensive line play deserves its share of blame, the run game was Indianapolis' weak link all season. The Colts ranked 22nd in rushing, 25th in yards-per-carry average (3.80), and 30th in 20-plus-yard runs (5). For a piece like this, I think it's important to be completely transparent about any preconceived opinions. I had a somewhat sour taste in my mouth about Ballard once the season ended. I watched him consistently during the year and thought he lacked special qualities as a runner. Ballard failed to demonstrate big-play ability, and gave Indianapolis' rushing attack little juice. I also think it's important to isolate running back performance from line play, which obviously can be difficult when a front five allows frequent penetration. So I didn't hold it against Ballard when J.J. Watt butterknifed through the Indianapolis line and buried him in the backfield. The 2012 Colts' most common O-Line read, from left to right, LT Anthony Castonzo, LG Joe Reitz, C Samson Satele, RG Mike McGlynn, and RT Winston Justice. Only Castonzo and Satele will return as 2013 starters. This was a very weak unit and GM Ryan Grigson knew it. Based on my attempt to isolate Ballard's play from that of his blockers, these were my observations after re-watching and charting his four heaviest workloads of the season. They were Week 7 vs. Cleveland, Week 16 at Kansas City, Week 17 vs. Houston, and the Colts' Wild Card Round loss to Baltimore. All in all, I reviewed 93 Ballard touches. Schematically, it stood out that playcaller Bruce Arians liked to run out of single-back sets with three receivers on the field. The 2012 Colts were not an I-formation team. They rarely used a lead blocker, and when they did it was usually tight end Dwayne Allen. The single-back, three-wide look ("11 personnel") isn't necessarily a running-friendly package. Ballard handled 66 of the 93 touches (71.0 percent) I charted in single-back sets. Since Arians is now in Arizona and Indy will play more two-tight end offense under new coordinator Pep Hamilton, this fact may be more relevant for Rashard Mendenhall than Ballard and Ahmad Bradshaw in forward-thinking terms. Strictly as a runner, Ballard came off as a try-hard back who could get what was blocked but didn't give the Colts a whole lot more. He is an inside grinder with plus vision, capable of identifying cutback lanes and using foot quickness to exploit them. In most cases, a team's usage of a player tells you a lot about the strengths and weaknesses the team perceives in that player. Ballard lacks speed to beat second- and third-level defenders to the corner, so Arians rarely used him on the edge. Of the 89 carries I charted, I noted just eight (9.0 percent) as designed "outside" runs. Ballard received two toss sweeps, and was stuffed for one yard on each. Ballard could add yardage to inside runs if cutback opportunities opened. If not, he wasn't going to turn in chain-moving gains unless the run blocking in front of him was effective. Ballard does run with some wiggle and shiftiness, and can make himself skinny in the hole. He is an athletic-looking, seemingly smart player with grit. Ballard consistently finished runs by driving into defenders and keeping his body north-south. In that respect, he didn't leave much yardage on the field. On the rare occasions Ballard was sprung out into the open, he didn't even try to make defenders miss, ostensibly realizing his own limitations. He was satisfied to simply fall forward. Ultimately, Ballard's run talent is not in the same ballpark as fellow rising second-year backs Lamar Miller, David Wilson, and Bryce Brown. Beyond 290-plus-pound linemen, there aren't many NFL defenders Ballard is capable of out-running. Ballard can't stick his foot in the ground and explode upfield with acceleration. He is a measured, methodical back who relies on vision and patience, and earns playing time by staying reliably assignment sound. As a rookie, Ballard demonstrated an ability to handle significant workloads and perform in a workmanlike manner. Even if his pass protection wasn't consistently stout, the Colts' coaching staff trusted Ballard to perform in those situations and by the end of the season he was being employed as a legitimate every-down running back. Ballard is slippery enough to avoid big blows. He is capable of functioning as a volume runner, but at the same time is volume dependent in the sense that Ballard is a pedestrian talent lacking big-play skills. I think it's pretty clear Ahmad Bradshaw will be the Colts' lead runner so long as his troublesome feet cooperate. Superior in pass pro with more quick-twitch running ability, Bradshaw is an upgrade on Ballard in virtually every area. Ballard looks to me like a player who can operate passably in a temporary spot starter's role, but long term would be best utilized as a No. 2 NFL back.


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It was Thursday June 7, 2012 and I arrived in Ottawa around 5 pm. My goal was the Albert House Inn on Albert Street just before Bronson. At the red light I managed to sneak this photo as I entered Wellington Avenue next to Elgin. I have proof that this second visit was a beautiful sunny day and not a loud thunderstorm like on my first visit.
Getting to the Albert House Inn was not too hard till I got on Albert Street. It is almost to Bronson and right before the Travelodge. There is a little parking space at the front. I had to go around the block and when I came back I got my first and only honk from a local in Ontario or Quebec. HA!
Turning into their driveway is a little tricky for there is a big tree and it is narrow. The parking is in the back and it is tight. Fortunately a guest was just leaving so I got the best spot in the corner by the fence.
There is no entrance in the back to the inn. You go to the front and up the very steep stairs through the front door. Once inside the reception desk is to the right. The attendant was very helpful and I was checked in quickly. She took me to my room on the 4th floor. There is no elevator. The staircases get shorter as you go higher. She offered to help me bring my luggage in. I took her up on it. I also reduced the amount of luggage leaving my big piece in the car. She carried the smaller one and put it in my room for me.
My room was lovely with a big bed, a desk and a separate room for the toilet from the shower (tiny) and sink. There was this very big screen TV in the room perhaps a little too big for the size of the room? They had one of the ductless heating and air-conditioners and I had to adjust it a little so it would not blow on me. I had one window that was normal size and the other was 18 x 18 inches. It had the best view.
Once I was settled in I headed out for dinner. The Bay Street Bistro was just down the block on the other side of the street. I sat outside because it was a lovely warm day in Ottawa. The next day it would be raining. While I was sitting there a large group of teenagers came to the entrance. They had to send them through and by my table into the restaurant. I think there were at least 30 of them. My dinner was delicious and probably the 2nd best dinner on my trip.
As I sat at the Bay Street Bistro, I noticed this cloud reflected in the building across from me.
Breakfast was service in the basement of the Albert House Inn 5 levels down. It is included in the room price. The first day Friday, the room was a little too crowded so I decided to get a cup of coffee and return to my room. I did have breakfast later and it was delicious. They do offer an assortment of food choices which is nice and they will cook you breakfast like pancakes or eggs. Saturday the room was much better and I had a lovely chat with a man who was from British Columbia.
Friday morning came and I had a decision to make.
What archive would I visit? There are more possibilities like cemeteries and church archives than the list below offers but it was what I was considering including a little sightseeing.
1. Library and Archives which was just a couple blocks away this time. I had been there for one day my first visit. I could spend time in their Upper and Lower Canada land records microfilm which I believe is self-serve:
2. The Ottawa Chapter of the Ontario Genealogical Society: http://ogsottawa.on.ca/ They are at 100 Tallwood (near Baseline and Woodroffe).
3. The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa: http://www.bifhsgo.ca/ I have yet to jump the pond (Atlantic Ocean) but this might give me ideas. Also at 100 Tallwood.
4. The Ottawa Archives for the city of Ottawa are also at 100 Tallwood in Ottawa. http://ottawa.ca/en/liveculture/archives
5. The Ottawa Public Library, Cornwall Room http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/overview I could have studied their city directories for the other side of the family in search of Brown descendants.
6. The Sir Carleton Branch of the UEL Association of Canada at 1547 Merivale Rd., Nepeau, Ontario.
7. The Outaouais Regional Centre http://www.craoutaouais.ca/of the Bibliothèque et Archive Nationales Due Québec or as it is written on their website: Centre Régional D'Archives De L'Outaouais (CRAO) I have found that if I Google: Outaouais Centre BAnQ it takes me to the main Bibliothéque et Archives Nationales Du Quebec website.
8. Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais (SGO): http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/
I decided to go to the Centre Régional D'Archives De L'Outaouais in Gatineau and the Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais. Fortunately these two entities are at the same location and in the same room.
It was not too hard to drive over to Gatineau. I found my way by going around the block and north on Bay Street to Wellington to the Portage Bridge. Construction made it a little confusing as to the lane I was supposed to use. Once across the bridge you go under this very large building which I think is the government offices and proceeded north along the Blvd. Maisonneuve which turned into Blvd. Fournier and a little later on it became Gréber. There was a blockage of construction and I was forced to turn right onto Blvd. Maloney and Blvd. de la Gappe was one street over to the north. I believe I turned on Blvd. de "l'Hópital and right onto Blvd. de la Gappe. I went east on de la Gappe till it ran out and turned left. There are sign posts pointing the way.
According to one website the building is called the Maison de la Culture de Gatineau.
I had a little trouble online trying to find this archive but I can guarantee it is at this location. If I recall there were several addresses for it and that is why it was confusing because I believe it moved. The address: 855 boulevard de la Gappe, Gatineau (Québec) J8T 8H9, 819-568-8798 or 1 -800-363-9028. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Time: 8 to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
The Centre Régional D'Archives De L'Outaouais (CRAO) is in the last building on Blvd. de la Cité to the left. In other words, you go around the building to the north side.
There is a parking lot but you do have to park in certain rows (in the center) and obtain a permit if longer than 90 minutes (signs). The SGO website has the form so you could download and fill it out to be ready.
When you enter the building do not go straight ahead or you will come to the public library for Gatineau-Bowater.
The Archive is upstairs on the 2nd floor. So go through the doors from the parking lot and turn left. Proceed up the staircase or take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Once on the 2nd floor go right and then left down the hallway. Look for the two big yellow doors with the Room 211 sign. There is a sign on the wall in the hallway but it is a bit confusing. Go right. The reader board in the lobby is confusing, go to the 2nd floor.
This is when you need to make a decision. To talk to the volunteer of the Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais or not. It depends on whether you have French Canadian lineage or have English ancestors who settled in Quebec. My interests were anything to do with Pontiac County, Quebec.
Apparently the man behind the large counter area did not speak English and he did have a sort of frightened look on his face when the lady who was helping me from the administrative offices took me to the Room 211. I was confused as to where to go. She was very nice but also spoke little English.
I was introduced to a volunteer for the genealogical society who had been seated at the desk in front of the big counter area.
He started by telling me he did his "genealogy online and why was I there?" When I mentioned obtaining deeds he said "why?" I tried to talk to him but he just would not listen. He didn't realize that my McDonald booklet was for the archive so he left it on the desk. When I approached the 2nd volunteer who had taken over later in the day. I discovered this miscommunication and explained it was for the archive, he assured me it would be given to their president. This means it was given to the society not the actual archive. Since they share the space I am hopeful it will be available for access by all who use the facility?
How to use this facility to the best of my ability.
1. Go here first. It gives and overview description of what is at this archive and their partner the SGO:
2. Study the database Pistard at BAnQ for what is at the Outaouais centre. I do not know if the SGO's collection is on this database. http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple
3. Study the website links for CRAO and SGO which I gave above.
4. Get your parking permit and make sure your car is parked correctly if you will be there longer than 90 minutes.
5. Get a locker because you can't take your computer case into the research room. The lockers are in a small room outside the two big yellow doors of Room 211. Do not loose your locker key.
6. As them to give you a tour of the centre. I didn't do this and regret it.
7. There are finding aids in the facility and they are located on the top of cabinets.
8. There are BAnQ brochures and I took even the French versions because they didn't have any English out. Again I should have asked if they had English versions somewhere.
- Guide du chercheur: A square-shaped brochure has the facilities map in back.
- Le guide de l'abonnement
- Les services à distance
- Bibliothéque et Archives Nationales du Québec
- Les collections partimoniales et les fonds d'archives
- This one was in English: Guide to subscriptions
What follows is a map of the Outaouais Facility that is a little out of date but close to what was there.
You can only access the centre through the two big yellow doors at the bottom left of the map which is blue. The locker room is labeled M. It is outside in the hallway.
Everything else is inside this centre – the blue area. Bathrooms in the hallway outside of the centre.
- F is the audiovisual. The door to the right is a hallway door to other offices?
- E is the periodicals and magazines
- A is slightly different and more circular now and has computers as well.
- This maps does not show the desk for the SGO. It is right before the black strip in the corner beyond A on the bottom of the map.
- C is the stacks of books. SGO's collection is there and then the Archives is too but apparently they are in different locations in these stacks. I was not clear about that.
- D is where the family histories are. The first row facing into the center of the room. Also if memory serves they house the cemetery books?
- B is the computers and desks. I don't remember the two tables between B and K.
- Tables to sit at are over by the windows at the top a good 7 big tables.
- G is a conference room
- H is Cabinets de Travail??
- I Table lumineuse??
- K is the maps and plans and table for consulting them
- L is where the one and only copier is located. Have change. I don't remember a copy card function.
- J is the big microfilm and microfiche room with cabinets holding newspapers and more.
- The big lime green area behind a big counter which is represented by the black strip in an L shape. In that is where the individual sits. I believe he is the archivist or an assistant? The other desks in the back I do not know what they are about.
The SGO 2nd volunteer was very nice and pleasant. He tried to help me find notary records on the stacks but he was not able to. So that meant I had to wait for the archivist who had left and didn't return for a very long time.
When he did I asked him about notaries. He did not speak English very well but I had written down what I wanted. I figured he could read English. He read my notes and was off to his desk to obtained a copy of an index of Notaries. It was a copy of a very large index book but only looked like it was the pages for this area. I will talk about this in a future post.
As I was copying a researcher was stacking books by the copier. She spoke to me in French and I said I was almost done and she immediately apologized and said she didn't realize I didn't speak it. She was very nice and I was tempted to ask her about the centre.
I studied their family histories in the D area and didn't find anything on McDonald or is various spellings.
My visit was not the best but at least I had a visual idea of the archive and I could go from there. I was tired and my level of patience was gone. However, I do think that this centre needs to work on their customer service.
I headed back the way I came and found a McDonald's on Maisonnneuve. I ordered my lunch and the young lady who served me said something to me in French that I interpreted as "enjoy." It was not Bon Appetit. I read the Ottawa paper in English while I listened to French radio and TV. I was happy.
I targeted the Parc Jacques-Cartier on Rue Laurier to see if I couldn't get a picture of Ottawa from that side of the river. I was right I could see Ottawa from their parking lot.
Another view a little more to the east. The weather had improved.
I returned to the Albert Street Inn, parked the car and headed to my room on the 4th floor. HA! I was back out on the street in no time to go for a walk and find some dinner. I really needed a good glass of wine. The Bay Bistro was a possibility but it was still a little damp from the day's rain and I wanted to explore Ottawa one more time. I headed for Slater Street part of which is a mall area. I featured it in one of my posts of Ottawa.
I had not intended to go all the way to D'Arcy McGee's but I did. So I decided to have my last dinner in Ottawa at this establishment and hoped that the rain would not send us scrambling. At first it was very cold and I thought I should go inside but all of a sudden the wind stopped and I was fine.
On the way back I went over to Wellington and walked along enjoying the Parliament buildings. This following picture is taken at that time.
This picture was taken several weeks ago when I visited Ottawa the first time. The building on the right has scaffolding. By the time I returned to Ottawa it was all the way to the top. See the photo from D'Arcy McGees above.
Saturday June 9, 2012 was my last day in Canada for now. It was time to checkout, pack up and head to the airport.
I did try to go to the Ottawa Chapter of the OGS but the building was closed for regular maintenance. Well, I had changed my plans so you can expect this type of problem. I was not that disappointed. See the picture above for 100 Tallwood.
So I spent most of my time at Digby's Restaurant on Bank St. below Heron waiting, relaxing and reading my NookColor. (It is now closed) The waitress was okay with my dithering and around 1:30 pm I paid my bill and headed to the Ottawa Airport via the Airport Parkway and started remembering leaving the airport my first day.
I followed the signs to the car rental return. They don't have those gates with the big teeth on the ground. I turned in the Dodge Caliber at Hertz and was told I had done 2117 miles. This was a record. No wonder I was tired. HA!
At ticketing I had to adjust the weight of my large luggage bag it was 57 lbs. and she refused to accept it. So I put some things in the smaller one and adjusted it and I made it but it meant I had to carry some items with me and that was going to be tiring. Usually I ship things back home saving me this problem but I was a little afraid it was going to cost a lot.
The next hurdle was customs. No problem I was through in a snap. I had made a list of the things I had purchased so I had something to work with. Security was also easy and I was soon at the gate. It is not that far to the gates at the Ottawa Airport.
The plane was not full from Ottawa to Chicago. As we took off I said "Good Bye" to Ontario and looked forward to getting home to my kitties. In Chicago they changed the gate 4 times and once from C to B for my flight to Seattle. My sister picked me up at the airport and I walked in the door at 12 midnight.
Home Sweet Home! I think I was homesick this trip!


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Daisuke Matsuzaka (4.06, 108 ERA+) / Brandon McCarthy (5.82, 77 ERA+)
Lugo, SS
Youkilis, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Drew, RF
Lowell, 3B
Varitek, C
Crisp, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Lugo, SS
Youkilis, 1B
Ortiz, DH
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Drew, RF
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Pedroia, 2B
McCarthy shut us down in '05, then we routinely decimated him last year in relief.
Poor Brandon. As a flyball pitcher at the Cell, he must've been thrilled to hear he was traded. Then Ken Williams told him Texas, and he reverted to the fetal position.
One good theory for Matsuzaka's early control issues was his attempt to avoid homers at all cost, and so he nibbled too much. If there's any place, including Coors, where this will be challenged it's Arlington.
Damn McCarthyism.
tim said...
Damn McCarthyism.
That has to be the quote of the day sir!!!!
As for McCarthy, he has been pretty good this month (4 starts), almost as good as Daisuke in his last 3 starts. Should be an interesting game.
Tim, have you no decency? :)
I always thought the Rangers quit exhuming McCarthy.
Tim, have you no decency? :)
I was a pre-teen McCarthyist :P
(good tune by canadian anti-sexism, anti-racism, anti-human rights violations, anti-imperialism, anti-fascism, anti-capitalism but pro vegan, animal rights and feminism favorites, propagandhi)
just saw the lineup, dont see why its not:
idea behind it:
-leadoff hitter gets on so #2 hitter bunts him up (if i was in the NL i would want my pitcher in the #2 hole)
-youk is red hot, so he should be in the 5 hole
-drew is struggling so he should be dropped to #8 till he finds his swing
Best Propagandhi line ever: "By the way I stole this riff..."
Tim, the fact that you've used the words "punk" and "oi" had me suspecting you were some kind of punk rocker.... nice.
hahaha, another propagandhi fan. glorious.
I don't know the music but I love the name.
l-girl...read a couple of your posts on the wmtc site...seems very propagandhish :P
argh, when the hell is this damn game gonna start. damn you CDT
seems very propagandhish
Yes indeedy. Love the agit-propa, love the Gandhi.
No one got the REM line, I guess.
Roger Clemens will make a third and likely final Minor League start as he works toward duty in the Yankees rotation, tuning up on Monday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ...
Following the start on Monday, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner would have his fifth day align for Saturday against the Red Sox, a start that is presently lined up for Mike Mussina.
Because the Yankees have their top three starters -- Chien-Ming Wang, Mussina and Andy Pettitte -- set to pitch against the American League East-leading Red Sox, manager Joe Torre said it remains possible that Clemens could miss the Boston series entirely and make his debut against the White Sox in Chicago. ...
"[Clemens is] a guy who understands the process," Cashman said.
I think Cashman was misquoted.
"Clemens is a coward."
damn weather...63% pop in arlington.
No one got the REM line, I guess.
i knew it was a reference of some sort if that counts...:P
I wish I had saved the link but I'm sure that about 10 days ago one of the white, bearded, middle-aged sportswriters in the Toronto Star predicted that Fat Billy would avoid Boston because "that's what he does", or words to that effect. FB did not win over that demographic during his stay in TO.
I thought Dallas-Ft. Worth was in the arid badlands.
Globe at 8:15:
Game is a long way from starting
By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff
ARLINGTON, Tx - Well looks like a long night at the ballyard. The Rangers just announced this game won't start anytime before 8:30 p.m. central time. The current band of showers is expected to be around for at least the next hour. At that point they'll make another evaluation of the situation.
*huff* it better start. it just better.
Boomer pitched well the other night.
Yanks down 3-2, Clippard out of the game after 4.
bah humbug...to hell with this, im goin out for some eats!
No one got the REM line, I guess.
I didn't see it. Of course I got it, once I saw it.
I'm surprised no one else did.
5-2 Angels! DeSalvo doesn't have it....
2nd and 3rd no out.
Vizcaino walks in a run. 6-2, still loaded.
Fucking Hillenbrand double play, end of inning
Damon drops it!
9-3 Angels!!!!
Looks like Sox will start around 10, though it is still raining a bit in Texas.
Looks like Clippard's number may not be retired after all.
Noodle arm can't get Vlad out. 10-3 Angels!
10-3. MFY fans must be loving this.
We shouldn't bitch about Lugo/Crisp at 1-2. Figgins (.133/.189/.187 in 75 AB) is leading off the Angels.
The only good that Texas ever served in its corrupt, hollow existence was that they could have baseball games without any freaking rain. What the hell is this?
Let's go SheAAA!
Bah. Send Seabiscuit to the glue factory.
apropos of nothing: Anyone else INCREDIBLY amused that the Phillies fan in the Dick's Sporting Goods commercial (that's played during every MLB.tv break) who says "it's about friendship" is filmed a)from a distance, and b)alone?
you get commercials during breaks? all i get is the baseball pac-man screen or the pong screen.
a few years ago, mlb would sometimes forget to switch off the feed between innings and i would sit there PRAYING that don and jerry would say something off color.
but they were careful, i guess. i remember jerry saying someone's bag of chinese food smelled like shit -- i think was as risque as it got.
ok underway. whew. i was getting sick of watching boogie nights..
dice walks lofton (after no walks in his last 2 starts) and serves up a nice single to young.
then gets a 6U-3 DP. let's get sosa.
cano gets a 3-run double with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th.
ana up 10-6. c'mon angels.
mlb.tv doesn't have commercials--except for the Dick's Sporting Goods one.
10-6 after 8. Finish them, Angels. Was anyone else pissed at Dice for walking Lofton, then giving up an 0-2 hit? But he did his usual, allowing runners but getting out of it...
Whoops--I see you covered the bottom of the first.
Loaded, no out! Come on, Cap'n!
Walking in Texas ...
Manny: bbbcfb
Drew: bcbbb
Lowell: bfbbb
Walking, Texas Ranger?
my pop cuture references are almost as old as chb's.
tek sac fly to lofton; 1-0.
walk to coco; 4 walks but he still has a NO HITTER!!!!
Pedroia!! 2-run single to rcf on McCarthy's 37th pitch of the inning. 3-0.
sosa making wily mo look like willie mays.
Crowd fooled Orsillo.
Yanks lost.
Watching on gameday how did Pderoia get thrown out?
4 runs, 1 hit.
McCarthy's pitches: 19-46 = 65
^^he does that alot lately.
theeee yankees lose.
Holy crap, McCarthy went Ankiel there for a moment.
gameday is also showing Youks ball over the fence?
Bottom of 9th for NYY:
CI called out on strikes.
Shemp called out on strikes.
Slappy out 6-3.
Lugo popped down the RF line, Sosa came in and dropped the ball. Then threw to SS at second for the force.
Thanks..so it was boneheaded on Ped's part?
Not at all. Easy pop for Sosa, Pedroia has to stay by first.
But it clanked off Sammy's iron glove. Pedroia had no chance.
not boneheaded - it was basically an infield fly type situation, but down the RF line so the rule was not in effect.
redsock - I've been getting a couple different "commercial" breaks this year. For a while it was just the Pacman (same game every time, I noticed) and then recently I've started getting the Dick's commercial and then Pong. Tonight I'm just getting Pong, except for the first couple breaks. I do love when they forget to cut away or are late on the cut, though... Don and Jerry chatting "off the record" is fantastic.
and sosa had to come in a bit, it wasn't very deep.
pitching change for rangers: wes littleton.
McCarthy's line: 2-1-4-4-1, 66 pitches to 11 batters.
fucking a. dice-k leaving the game. why??
OK , Thank You
what the fuck is going on?
On the closeup of Sosa, you could see he dropped it, it landed right near him, he picked it up, looked in toward the infield and paused, like he had all day to get the ball to second. In other words, Pedroia had no chance. Nothing he could do.
Flo: "Shift THIS!"
There was another "commercial break" on mlb.tv--the different hazy scenes of ballparks. May have only been preseason. But yeah, the Pac-Man thing ad pong and that shelf are all stupid...
And I have heard secret Remy talking a few times. I love that they let that stuff get by.
Nice job, Papi and Manny!
FSN showed him walking slowly to the dugout, right hand on his hip the whole way, head down.
WTF are you hearing? I'm muted.
they just said he's going to the clubhouse, but noone is warming..so..i dunno.
aw, fuckin a, manny.
you weren't going to third anyway.
*THAT* was a bonehead move. Manny!
i think they showed dice on the bench, getting dirt cleaned out of his spikes.
All four East teams lost tonight.
yeah he's coming back in. dunno wth that was about. maybe he had to go to the loo ;)
Oh, I didn't mean I'm hearing Remy stuff tonight. The mlb.tv stuff I heard was from before I moved to Boston. I still use it for Yanks. But I'm, uh, using someone else's, so it's not like I'm paying for it....
ah, he's wincing a little off the mound tho.
Dice seems okay!
Three innings, 45 pitches. Or 1 fewer than McCarthy threw in the second inning.
DO and RemCanine are saying Dice is sick to his stomach.
Horrible camerawork by NESN as usual.
I feel like the whole team just walked into a poppy field.
c'mon dice! someone get him some alka-seltzer? thx.
Glad it's not his arm.
Tito, he's sick. Do something. I hope sean isn't watching this game.
And has Dice ever got to a ball hit back up the middle? No, because he doesn't follow through, hence doesn't end up in fielding position.
what is this mother's day. wth are you doing rangers? D;
okay, NOW can we pull him? :( Poor guy.
i hate this guy's delivery.
Second and third, none out before. No runs. I never know how I last through 162 of these every year.
the game is still ours.
Barrett for Youk.
whooo! fair ball. ties game.
Tie. Thank you poppy. I mean Papi.
Now that I've got you all here--doesn't Teixeira look like Anthony Keidis, singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Matsuzaka obviously sick, and Francona both lets him start, and lets him continue. What is the sense in that?
yeahh!!!6-5! wow that was a weird kick off the pitcher..
Thank you second base bag. And Manny. Ahhhh, the lead again.
Maybe Drew will get motivated on Monday when he sees the home crowd cheering WAY more for the visiting right fielder than for him.
Leaving work at midnight. Home at 12:30. At this rate, I'll see the last 3 innings at home.
Jere, wouldn't you like to make $15m a year to play at replacement level and still get "mental health days"? That would be excellent.
The one good thing Drew has done is get off to a good start to avoid the relentless booing he'd be getting by now if he'd started the year playing the way he is now... but that will catch up with him if he doesn't et his ass in gear--soon.
Thank you, Corky McBigHead.
Note to anyone sitting in right field in Texas the next few days--bring a major league baseball to the park and mark it with a black S.
The rent-a-cop is in play! Woohoo!
nice, 2 runs in :) 8-5
Nice hustle by Coco to get a double out of a grounder to second, and nice sac by Dustin.
Fly out makes it 9-5, Lugo.
I'll take a solid single to right, too! Nice! 9-5, what a way to make a whatever.
Another crazy walking lead SB for Lugo. Now a single makes it 10-5....
There it is. 10-5. Bigger lead than we had before. I was never worried:)
me either ;)
What a messed up game.
Apropos of nothing. Frankie Francisco was a monster in MVP 2005, and was always available for a marginal AAA prospect. Easiest way to replace Timlin, who... kinda sucked.
This is a crazy game. This is the type of game that leads people to use the word "microcosm."
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Did you hear the already injured Phil Hughes rolled an ankle? The curse of the "RIP Red Sox 2006 Season" gravestone t-shirts continuuuuues.
poor jd. damn..
Where the hell is Jesus, JD?
"...he's a mascot."
I love DO and Jerry.
jere, thanks for reminding me, I meant to post this earlier - The Frontal Cortex had a fun post today about the Yankees and the "Winner's Curse" (note: not an actual curse) that I enjoyed. Interestingly, this phenomenon is also mentioned on a site titled Joy of Economics. Weird. :)
The Yanks shouldn't feel so bad--they're only 7.5 back in the wild card, with five teams ahead of them.
Redsock was spot on with that "seeing the last three innings starting at 12:30 ET" thing.
Do any more of our pitchers wanna walk Lofton? Terrible job...
Come on Tanya Donnely.
Teixeira? Keidis? Anyone?
If Lowell keeps the glove on Lofton, he may be out, as he slipped off the bag, and the ump was looking closely.
You walk Lofton, he scores. Terrible.
love tanya donelly.
Kristin Hersh is better! Should we get out our swords again?
I can't believe I missed the first six innings, an AK lookalike and a Propaghandi conversation...anything else I need to know?
And a Belly ref...unbelieveable...ps. saw up tonya Donnelly's skirt at the old 9:30 club in DC in '95, and man, that chick hates underwear...
May 1, 2005: Jere first compares Teixeira and Keidis side by side.
Ps. RKO just led back from commercial with "Nearly Lost You" by the Screaming Trees. Has there ever been a better fat-guy front man than Mark Lanegan?
Nice job, Lowell.
Oh, yeah, they love that song--and so do I. What a voice on that Lannegan.
Tey also played Gift by Sugar recently--two innings in a row!
Sosa's lookin' up at 600 like matty at a Belly show.
"Gift" was the first song I ever crowd surfed to...or was it "Gee Angel"? One of the two for sure...either way, "More or Less" by Screaming Trees is my ultimate "having sex with your ex so you'll be depressed for a week afterwards" song...and nice catch, Lowell...
Nice job, Mighty Oak-a-Jeemer.
Yeah, he's saying, "Damn, how do I get that?"
Matty, just so you know, you're missing a Foxwoods commercial.
If I miss a Marty's RV comm, then let me know, they're the only ones I really miss...Lincoln Mercury of Raynam!
The 600 club has a mandatory underwear rule, though.
Haven't seen Marty's in a good while. Or the classic LM of R. But, I think that one's only in the southern NESN territory. I mainly get Foxwoods, and Subaru--feel the freedom! And of course, Empiire. Today! Although not today, ironically.
I love how Castig just described Eric Gagne as "That French-Canadian from Montreal..." Nice to hear an announcer put the sort of necessary disdain on those words that they deserve outside of the NHL...
JD Drew--trying to become the first man to have a negative batting average.
I was gonna say, Don't piss off the Canadians, on this blog. But I guess Montreal is like, the "other" Canada or whatever.
Two things...first, I like that the whole world is turning against JD- predicted it a long time ago...second, I think the Feed the tree coochy talk scared everyone else away...maybe even Allen...
I think I scared 'em away before you came by.....
Take your hat off, boy, when you're talkin' to Allan....
I really hated that tune.
Nope, I'm still here. I ain't scared.
JD Drew--trying to become the first man to have a negative batting average.
very funny. Love it.
Well, you know, baby's playing dead in the cellar...
I'd like to see both the Sox and the anti-Yanks win 10-6 tonight.
The Smear in for the ninth?
Brother Pap, lead us in the closing hymn...
Wow...no afghan wigs fans, despite the fact the the other Lanegan is playing in the Twilight Singers now...
High heat. He's on tonight.
Thought I just tied all the post nirvana seattle talk together with that...
Dice gets a weird win.
RKO just said that New England/Boston has become a "great country music area"...
And that's the ballgame, kids.
Local time 10:27pm... thank god I live on the West Coast!
TJ by RKO. That dude from Afghan Whigs hosted 120 with Donal Logue one night. That's about all I know about that band.
Good night Jackie! Good night Matty! Good night Jonboy!
Good night, Sean. Good night, Allan. Good night dietcokegirl. Good night, San Fran.
I drive home, Sox are busy scoring 4 runs. I walked in as Lopez came in, so yeah ... I saw 3 innings + one batter.
Has there ever been a better fat-guy front man than Mark Lanegan?
D. Boon.
And who the F is playing Sugar??? Man, Copper Blue and Beaster are fuckin' great. Love Bob Mould. NDR and Flip Your Wig -- youth in VT!
Anyway, this was kind of like spring training for the west coast games. Last out at 1:25 Sock Time.
10.5 on the MFY, 11 on Tor, 11.5 on Bal, and 13 on TB.
And who the F is playing Sugar???
Me, of course. All the time.
I missed the game thread, and of course I fell asleep in the 3rd (west coast game behaviour for the old and feeble), but I'm singing my favourite song again...
Choose your own power chords or DIY ethos as the case may be.
Not sure if you saw this post by Jayson Stark on overrated players be sure to check out numbers 2 and 4.
11 game lead, fools!