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Ephemera Bibliography
|This bibliography merely touches the top of the iceberg as far as recording publications on ephemera. It begins with a selection of writings on ephemera in general, paper, and conservation. Following are citations to publications arranged alphabetically by their subjects, Almanacs through Visiting Cards. In addition to this list, please refer to the What Is Ephemera? section of this Web site where other writings have been noted.We encourage you to tell us your favorite ephemera categories and to let us know what we should add to this list of sources!
|General Ephemera
Air Transport Labels
Board Games
Cameo cards
Commercial catalogs
Crate labels
Greeting cards
Lottery tickets
Paper dolls
Playing cards
Rewards of Merit
Sheet music
Street literature
Trade cards
Visiting Cards
Hechtlinger, Adelaide and Wilbur Cross. The Complete book of paper antiques. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
Koppel, Lily. The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal. New York, Harper Collins, 2008.
Lewis, John Noel Claude. Collecting printed ephemera: a background to social habits and social history, to eating and drinking, to travel and heritage, and just for fun. London: Studio Vista, 1976.
Reed, Robert. Paper advertising collectibles: treasures from almanacs to window signs. Norfolk, Va.: Antique Trader Books, 1998.
Rickards, Maurice. This is ephemera: collecting printed throwaways. Brattleboro, Vt.: Gossamer Press, 1977.
Roylance, Dale. Graphic Americana: the art and technique of printed ephemera from abecedaires to zoetropes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1992.
Rickards, Maurice; Michael Twyman, ed. The Encyclopedia of ephemera: a guide to the fragmentary documents of everyday life for the collector, curator and historian. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Herring, Richard. Paper & paper making ancient and modern. London, Eng.: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863.
Hunter, Dard. Papermaking: the history and technique of an ancient craft. New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
Krill, John. English artists paper: Renaissance to Regency. London: Trefoil, 1987.
Leif, Irving P. An International sourcebook of paper history. Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1978.
Weeks, Lyman Horace. A history of paper-manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916. New York: Lockwood Trade Journal Co., 1916.
Ellis, Margaret Holben. The Care of prints and drawings. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and local History, 1987.
Lepeltier, Robert. The Restorer's handbook of drawings and prints. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977.
Reilly, James M. Care and identification of 19th-century photographic prints. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1986.
Rempel, Siegfried. The care of black and white photographic collections: identification processes. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 1980.
Sagraves, Barbara. A preservation guide: saving the past and the present for the future. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1995.
Tuttle, Craig. An Ounce of Preservation: a guide to the care of papers and photographs. Highland City, Fla.: Rainbow Books, 1995.
Weinstein, Robert A. Collection, use, and care of historical photographs. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1977.
Airline Artistry, Don Thomas, 1992.
Air Transport Label Catalog (Vol. 1-6), Don Thomas (editor):
- Volume 1A: Europe (Northern & Western Europe), 1993.
- Volume 1B: Europe (Southern & Eastern Europe), 1993.
- Volume 2: Great Britain/Ireland/Australia/New Zealand, 1991.
- Volume 3A: United States (A thru M)/Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands, 1993.
- Volume 3B: United States (N thru Z)/Canada/Caribbean, 1993.
- Volume 4: Latin America, 1991.
- Volume 5: Africa, 1991.
- Volume 6: Asia, 1991.
En Route: Label Art from the Golden Days of Air Travel, Lynn Johnson/Michael O'Leary, 1993.
Lindbergh and Commercial Aviation, Don Thomas, 1988.
Martin's Air Transport Label Catalog 1934, S.F. Martin, 1934.
Martin's Standard Air Transportation Label Catalog, S.F. Martin, 1937 (1971 reprint).
Nostalgia Artistica, Don Thomas, 1993.
Nostalgia Northamericana, Don Thomas, 1990.
Nostalgia Panamericana, Don Thomas, 1987.
Poster Art of the Airlines, Don Thomas, 1989.
Brigham, Clarence S. "An Account of American Almanacs and their Value for Historical Study." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 35, 1925, pp. 194-209.
Drake, Milton. Almanacs of the United States. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1962.
Sagendorph, Robb. America and her Almanacs. Dublin, NH and Boston: Yankee, 1970.
Bell, R.C. The Boardgame book. Los Angeles: Knapp Press, 1979.
Freitag, Peter J. "The Values of industrial society as expressed by board and card games." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 6, 1993, pp. 21-39.
Goodfellow, Caroline G. A Collector's guide to games and puzzles. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell, 1991.
Kayyem, Marisa. Victorian pleasures: American board and table games of the nineteenth century from the Liman collection. New York: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 1991.
Whitehill, Bruce. Games: American boxed games and their makers, 1822-1992, with values. Radnor, Pa.: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1992.
Coysh, A.W. Collecting Bookmarkers. Newton Abbott, Eng. and Vancouver, Can.: David & Charles, 1974.
Sprake, Austin. Stevengraphs: the reference book on Thomas Stevens' mounted silk woven pictures and silk woven bookmarkers. St. Peter Port, Eng.: A. Sprake & M. Darby, 1968.
Allen, Charles D. American Book-Plates: A Guide to their Study. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1968.
Arellanes, Audrey. Bookplates: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Periodical Literature. 1971.
Berryman, Florence Seville. Early American bookplates. Washington, D.C.: The American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, 1925.
Johnson, Fridolf. A Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present. New York: Dover, 1977.
Lee, Brian North. London Bookplates. London: Bookplate Society, 1985.
Baumgardner, Georgia B. "Vignettes of the Past: American Historical Broadsides through the War of 1812." Printing History. vol. no., 1982, pp. 37-48.
Campbell, H.C. A Century of Ontario Broadsides, 1793-1893. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1965.
Ford, Worthington Chauncey. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1922.
Rickards, Maurice. The Public Notice. Newton Abbott, Eng.: David & Charles, 1973.
Shipton, Clifford K. Some Early Massachusetts Broadsides. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1964.
Gabor, Mark. Art of the Calendar. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976.
Richards, E. G. Mapping time: the calendar and its history. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Cameo cards and Bella Landauer. Schoharie, NY: Ephemera Society of America, 1992.
Allen, Alistair. The history of printed scraps. London: New Cavendish Books, 1983.
Cate, Phillip Dennis. The color revolution: color lithography in France, 1890-1900; with a translation by Margaret Needham of Andrâe Mellerio's 1898 essay La lithographie originale en couleurs. Santa Barbara : P. Smith, 1978.
Marzio, Peter C. The Democratic art : an exhibition on the history of chromolithography in America, 1840-1900. Fort Worth, Tex.: Amon Carter Museum, 1979.
McKinstry, E. Richard. Trade Catalogues at Winterthur: A Guide to the Literature of Merchandising, 1750 to 1980. New York: Garland Press, 1984.
Romaine, Lawrence. Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900. New York: Bowker, 1960.
Schlereth, Thomas J. "Mail-Order Catalogs as Resources in Material Culture Studies." In: Artifacts and the American Past. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, pp. 48-65.
Davis, Alec. Package and print: the development of container and label design. London: Faber & Faber, 1967.
Last, Jay T. "California orange box labels." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 1, 1987, pp. 11-13.
McClelland, Gordon T. and Jay T. Last. Fruit box labels: a collector's guide. Beverly Hills, Cal.: Hillcrest Press, 1983.
Salkin, John and Laurie Gordon. Orange Crate Art. New York: Warner Books, 1976.
Lichten, Frances. Fraktur: the illuminated manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1958.
Moyer, Dennis K. Fraktur writings and folk art drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library collection. Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1998.
Shelley, Donald A. The Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. Allentown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961.
Weiser, Frederick S. "Fraktur." In Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, p. 230-264. New York: Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum by W.W. Norton & Co.,1983.
Chase, Ernest Duadley. The Romance of greeting cards: an historical account of the origin, evolution, and development of the Christmas card, valentine, and other forms of engraved or printed greetings from the earliest days to the present time. Detroit: Tower Books, 1971.
Seddon, Laura. A Gallery of greetings: a guide to the Seddon Collection of greeting cards in Manchester Polytechnic Library. Manchester, Eng.: Manchester Polytechnic Library, 1992.
Stern, Ellen Stock. The Very best from Hallmark: greeting cards through the years. New York: Abrams, 1988.
Landauer, Bella. Some early American lottery items. New York: Privately printed at the Harbor Press, 1928.
Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: an illustrated history of women's magazines. Dublin, Ire.: Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
Edgar, Neal L. A History and Bibliography of American Magazines, 1810-1820. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Garvey, Ellen Gruber. The Adman in the Parlor: magazines and the gendering of consumer culture, 1880s-1910s. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1957-1968.
Pierce, Sally. "Gleason's Pictorial: elevating and celebrating American life." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 5, 1992, pp. 12-24.
Richardson, Lyon N. A History of early American magazines, 1741-1789. New York: Octagon Books, 1966.
White, Cynthia Leslie. Women's Magazines, 1693-1968. London, Eng.: Joseph, 1970.
Wood, James Playsted. Magazines in the United States: their social and economic influence. New York: Ronald Press Co., 1949.
Zuckerman, Mary Ellen. A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Beresiner, Yasha and Colin Narbeth. The Story of Paper Money. Newton Abbott, Eng.: David & Charles, 1973.
Friedberg, Robert and Jack Friedbert. Paper Money of the U.S. New York: Sterling, 1975.
Newman, Eric P. The Early Paper Money of America: An Illustrated, Historical, and Descriptive Compilation of Data … 1686 to the Year 1800. Racine, Wis.: Western Publishing, 1976.
Hamilton, Milton W. The Country printer: New York, State, 1785-1830. New York: Columbia University Press, 1936.
Tebbel, John William. The Compact history of the American newspaper. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963.
Thomas, Isaiah. The History of printing in America: with a biography of printers & an account of newspapers; edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the second edition. New York: Weathervane Books, 1970.
Ackley, Edith Flack. Paper dolls: their history and how to make them. Philadelphia; New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1939.
Ferguson, Barbara Chaney. The paper doll: a collector's guide with prices. Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead, 1982.
Howard, Marian B. Those fascinating paper dolls: an illustrated handbook for collectors. New York : Dover, 1981.
Musser, Cynthia Erfurt. Precious paper dolls. Cumberland, Md.: Hobby House Press, 1985.
Ryan, Edward. Paper soldiers: the illustrated history of printed paper armies of the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries. London, Eng.: Golden Age Editions, 1995.
Wallach, Anne Tolstoi. Paper dolls: how to find, recognize, buy, collect, and sell the cutouts of two centuries. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.
Young, Mary. A Collector's guide to paper dolls. Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, 1984.
Briggs, Asa. A Victorian portrait: Victorian life and values as seen through the work of studio photographers. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
Davies, Thomas L. Shoots: a guide to your family's photographic heritage. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977.
Henisch, Heinz K. The Photographic experience, 1839-1914: images and attitudes. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.
Schnitzspahn, Karen L. An album of animal companions: a collection of turn-of-the century photographs and ephemera. Red Bank, NJ: Coast and Pines Press, 1995.
Shaw, Renata V. A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: selected from the collections of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1980.
University of Minnesota. University Art Museum. American identities: cabinet card portraits, 1870-1910, from the Doan family collection. Minneapolis: The Museum, 1985.
Welling, William. Collectors' guide to nineteenth-century photographs. New York: Macmillan, 1976.
Beal, George. Playing cards and their story. Newton Abbot, Eng.: David & Charles, 1975.
Bruce Museum. Play your cards: the Stuart and Marilyn R. Kaplan playing card collection. Greenwich, Conn.: The Museum, 1996.
Hargrave, Catherine Perry. A History of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming: compiled and illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.
Keller, William B. A Catalogue of the Cary collection of playing cards in the Yale University library. New Haven: The Library, 1981.
Mann, Sylvia. Collecting playing cards. New York: Bell Pub. Co., 1966.
Peabody Institute. Library. The Cardboard court: playing cards through history. Baltimore: The Institute, 1960.
Tilley, Roger. A History of playing cards. New York: C. N. Potter, 1973.
Alderson, Frederick. The Comic postcard in English life. Newton Abbot, Eng.: David & Charles, 1970.
Geary, C.M., ed. Delivering views: distant cultures in early postcards. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.
Hofstra University. Emily Lowe Gallery. Wish you were here: the history of the picture postcard; an exhibition. Hempstead, NY: The Gallery, 1974.
Miller, George. Picture postcards in the United States, 1893-1918. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1976.
Morgan, Hal. Prairie fires and paper moons: the American photographic postcard, 1900-1920. Boston: David R. Godine, 1981.
Rubin, Cynthia Elyce. Larger than life: the American tall-tale postcard, 1905-1915. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990.
Staff, Frank. The picture postcard & its origins. New York: F.A. Praeger, 1966.
Welch, Naomi. American & European postcards of Harrison Fisher, illustrator. La Selva Beach, Cal.: Images of the Past, 1999.
Barnicoat, John. A Concise history of posters. London: Thames & Hudson, 1972.
DeNoon, Christopher. Posters of the WPA. Los Angeles: Wheatley Press in assoc. with the Univ. of Washington Press, 1987.
Fusco, Tony. Posters: identification and price guide. New York: Avon Books, 1994.
Gallo, Max. The poster in history: with an essay on the development of poster art by Carlo Arturo Quintavalle. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1974.
Hutchison, Harold Frederick. The Poster: an illustrated history from 1860. London: Studio Vista, 1968.
Margolin, Victor. The promise and the product: 200 years of American advertising posters. New York: Macmillan; London : Collier-Macmillan, 1979.
Metzl, Ervine. The Poster: its history and its art. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1963.
Rawls, Walton H. Wake up, America!: World War I and the American poster; foreword by Maurice Rickards. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.
Rickards, Maurice. The Rise and fall of the poster. Newton Abbot, Eng.: David & Charles, 1971.
Sainton, Roger. Art Nouveau: posters & graphics. New York: Rizzoli, 1977.
Weill, Alain. The Poster: a worldwide survey and history. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985.
Drepperd, Carl William. Early American advertising art: a collection of wood cut and stereotype illustrations used in American newspaper, almanac and magazine advertising, 1750 to 1850. New York : The Youth Group of Magazines, 1943.
Fowble, E. McSherry. Two centuries of prints in America: a selective catalogue of the Winterthur Museum collection. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1987.
Lewis, Benjamin M. A Guide to engravings in American magazines, 1741-1810. New York: New York Public Library, 1959.
Madigan, Mary Jean, ed. Prints & photographs: understanding, appreciating, collecting. New York: Billboard Publications, 1983.
Rawls, Walton H. The Great book of Currier & Ives' America. New York: Abbeville Press, 1979.
Stokes, I.N. and Daniel C. Haskell. American historical prints: early views of American cities, etc. New York: New York Public Library, 1932.
Wainwright, Nicholas B. Philadelphia in the romantic age of lithography. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1958.
Fenn, Patricia and Alfred P. Malpa. Rewards of Merit : tokens of a child's progress and a teacher's esteem as an enduring aspect of American religious and secular education. [N.p.]: Ephemera Society of America, 1994.
Miller, M. Stephen. From Shaker Lands and Shaker Hands. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2007.
Bonin, Jean M. American life in our piano benches: the art of sheet music; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 21 September-10 November 1985. Madison: The University, 1985.
Dichter, Harry. Early American sheet music, its lure and its lore, 1768-1899…including a directory of early American music publishers. New York: Bowker, 1941.
Jackson, Richard. Popular songs of nineteenth-century America: complete original sheet music for 64 songs. New York: Dover Publications, 1976.
Klamkin, Marian. Old sheet music: a pictorial history. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975.
Landauer, Bella. My city 'tis of thee: New York City on sheet-music covers; selections from the music collection of Bella C. Landauer at the New-York Historical Society. New York: The Society, 1951.
Levy, Lester S. Picture the songs: lithographs from the sheet music of nineteenth-century America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.
Pearsall, Ronald. Victorian sheet music covers. Detroit : Gale Research, 1972.
Collison, Robert Lewis. The Story of street literature: forerunner of the popular press. London, Eng.: Dent, 1973.
Day, Mahlon. New York street cries in rhyme: with a new introduction by Leonard S. Marcus. New York: Dover, 1977.
Gretton, Thomas. Murders and moralities: English catchpenny prints, 1800-1860. London, Eng.: Colonnade Books, 1980.
Shepard, Leslie. The History of street literature: the story of broadside ballads, chapbooks, proclamations, news-sheets, election bills, tracts, pamphlets, cocks, catchpennies and other ephemera. Newton Abbot, Eng.: David and Charles, 1973.
Davis, W. J. Tickets and passes of Great Britain and Ireland: struck or engraved on metal, ivory, etc. for use at theatres, public gardens, shows, exhibitions, clubs, societies, schools and colleges; also truck tickets, colliery checks, railway passes, gambling, lottery and racing tickets, etc. New York: Burt Franklin, 1973.
Moger, Victoria. The Favour of your company: tickets and invitations to London events and places of interest, c.1750 - c.1850. London: The Museum of London in association with The Wynkyn de Worde Society ... and the Sandstone Press, 1980.
Beckman, Thomas. "Japanese influences on American trade card imagery and design." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 5, 1992, pp. 35-49.
Crane, Ben. The Before and after trade card. Schoharie, NY: Ephemera Society of America, 1995.
Devos, Thierry. Chromos, les premières publicités (The First Advertising Cards). Armonia Press. 2007
Dilg, John. "The Advertising trade card: form as an analogue of the content of commerce." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 4, 1991, pp. 1-16.
Heal, Ambrose. London tradesmen's cards of the XVIII century: an account of their origin and use. New York: Dover, 1968.
Helfand, William H. "Trade cards of health professionals." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 1, 1987, pp. 23-27.
Jay, Robert. The trade card in nineteenth-century America. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987.
Landauer, Bella. Early American trade cards from the collection of Bella C. Landauer: with critical notes by Adele Jenny. New York: W.E. Rudge, 1927.
Malpa, Alfred P. "Transportation images on Rewards of Merit." Ephemera Journal, Vol. 7, 1994, pp. 38-47.
Kreider, Katherine. One hundred years of valentines. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 1999.
Lee, Ruth Webb. A History of valentines. New York: Studio Press in association with Crowell, 1952.
Staff, Frank. The Valentine & its origins. New York: Praeger, 1969.
Banfield, Edwin. Visiting cards and cases. Trowbridge, Eng.: Baros Books, 1989.
Darrah, William Culp. Cartes de visite in nineteenth century photography. Gettysburg, Pa.: The Author, 1981.
Longstreet, Abby Buchanan. Good form: cards, their significance and proper uses as governed by the usages of New York society. New York: F. A. Stokes & Brother, 1889.
Schang, F. C. Visiting cards of painters: from the collection of F.C. Schang, with comment by him. New York: Wittenborn Art Books, 1983.


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Series of street project setbacks has city concerned
The city of Beaumont has encountered a few snags in their ongoing road projects, at least one of which could result in a lawsuit against the engineering firm, who did not include sidewalks that were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The original contract bid of more than $6 million for the Seventh Street project approved in April 2013 has jumped by more than half a million dollars. According to the council agenda, the first change order seems to have been the bulk of the contract increase — that of approximately $555,226.75 approved in January of this year after crews discovered numerous unforeseen utility lines and other infrastructure underneath the aging Seventh Street.
In their weekly meeting on Tuesday, June 3, City Council members approved the second change order for the project in the amount of $155,887. According to the council agenda, officials say that change order was needed due to ADA-compliant sidewalks that were never included in the original plans by Bob Shaw Consulting Engineers.
"I understand the first change order was necessitated because there were lines that could not be identified that we ran across," said Ward II Councilman Mike Getz of 7th Street. "But I'd like an explanation on why this change order is necessary from the original contract when I presume we knew at the outset that we were going to have to be ADA compliant with whatever things go out there when we started tearing it up."
City Manager Kyle Hayes pointed out that it was not the contractor's fault that Bob Shaw Consulting Engineers did not include the ADA-compliant sidewalks in the original Seventh Street plans and the city of Beaumont will likely take the issue to the city's legal department.
"It's something I talked to (Public Works Director Patrick Donart) about this morning and I asked him to talk to the city attorney because the question I asked is why wasn't this caught earlier? Who's responsibility was this?" Hayes asked. "At that time, he believes it was the engineering firm that did the work for us. If that's true, I think that's something we ought to pursue or the council ought to consider."
In a later interview, Councilman Getz said council members will likely be holding an executive session on the matter in the coming weeks and will almost certainly file a claim against Bob Shaw Consulting Engineers to recoup some money.
According to Donart, not only did Bob Shaw not include $95,000 worth of replacement concrete for the replacement of commercial driveways on the torn up Seventh Street, but the engineer also "omitted" at least 2,000 linear feet of ADA compliant retaining walls for sidewalks that intersect commercial and residential driveways.
"The largest aspect of that change order was $95,000. The reason for the $95,000 they have in the bid documents for the removal of the driveway. They omitted putting in any item to replace it ... with anything," Donart said. "If you're removing concrete, you should be placing concrete back, and there's just no bid item for the replacement of the commercial driveways. So, the largest aspect of it is to allow for that. That's an error, yes. But some things you end up having to pay for anyway, and that's one we would have to pay for anyway. The second largest one is the $41,400 and that has more to do with the ADA."
Although officials would not directly state a lawsuit was in the works, Donart said all options will be presented to City Council members.
"That'll be something that we discuss in Executive Session," Donart said.
Bob Shaw Consulting Engineers did not respond to The Examiner's request for comment.
Concord and TXDOT
The city is also dealing with a major series of setbacks on the $11 million Concord Road project managed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT). The total cost of the project is approximately $11,361,627 with at least $7.65 million coming from federal transportation dollars and the City of Beaumont's portion of about $3.7 million, according to Donart.
Spokeswoman Sarah Dupre said the setbacks in the project were due mostly to issues with the contractor, Tradeco Infraestructura Inc. She said utilities were not moved along the widened Concord Road until recently.
"We've been told that all the utilities have been moved, but we're still waiting on one letter to confirm that," Dupre said. "We have to have that in the paperwork in writing. Hopefully we'll have that last letter (Wednesday, June 4).
But Donart said it was much more than just utility poles and other infrastructure not having been moved that has slowed the project. At Tuesday's council meeting, Donart said Tradeco fired its entire workforce on the project, at least 200 people.
"Sometimes that's a business decision," Donart said. "One of the things that did happen, one of their project superintendents, he ended up passing away. He had a heart attack on the job, in the job trailer. And other things came to light and from a corporate perspective, they felt like it was better to clean house."
Dupre said Tradeco replaced its entire workforce after discovering improperly installed drainage boxes.
"The contractor did incorrectly install some of the drainage and so that was one reason why we did state that we were unhappy with some of the work they had done," Dupre said. "So after we talked to the contractor about that, that's when they did get a new superintendent and get some new staff."
Despite the mass firings and infrastructure installation flubs, Dupre said Tradeco has promised to complete the project by the contracted completion date of June 2015. If Tradeco goes over that contracted completion date, Dupre said damages could be assessed by TXDOT each day the project continues.
"Now if they go over the amount of contract working days, there will be a damage rate that will be taken away," Dupre said. "A liquidated damage rate of $1,285 will be assessed for every day the contractor exceeds the 364 contract working days. ... Keep in mind these are working days."
All setbacks aside, Dupre said the crews were able to complete some work on the project.
"The contractor has been able to do some work in the meantime," she said. "The new bridge over there behind the Toys-R-Us, they were able to build that without having to worry about utilities and they were able to work on widening some of the roadway."
Donart said Tradeco's new superintendent on the Concord Road project is competent.
"They hired a very good project manager," Donart said. "Do I think that he can do that if given the resources? Yes. He can do what they're saying they want to have done, provided weather helps them."
Sandy Hodge, owner of Concord Road Window Screens, said workers have not been present on Concord Road since the beginning of the year and is concerned as business has slowed since construction started.
"They never came back after Christmas," she said.
A new bridge sits in front of Hodge's home/business and veers west toward Highway 69, a literal bridge to nowhere but a staging area stacked high with massive, new and once-new drainage boxes. To the right, the existing Concord Road meanders on its usual route toward Highway 105.
If it wasn't for her muddy driveway, Hodge said she wouldn't mind the lack of competent road crews.
"My husband, we have a tractor back there that has a front end loader on it," she said. "He fixed it."
As she looks at a busy existing Concord Road at sundown, Hodge still lamented the lack of work that's been completed.
"Somebody's got to put a fire under them," she said.


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THE MANY IMMIGRANTS who now call Ventura County their home probably all share the belief that a better life for themselves and their families can be found here. They also each have a story of how and why they've come here and what their version of the American dream is.
For one man who has come to Oxnard from Russia, his dream is as big, and nearly impossible, as anyone can imagine … to become the heavyweight champion of the world. It's certainly not the average immigrant's goal but if there's one thing that's certain about Magomed Abdusalamov, a Russian-born Muslim who has knocked out every opponent he's faced in the ring, he is not your average man.
While most boxers come from less-than-desirable neighborhoods and environments, the conditions in the Russian republic that Mago grew up in are almost unfathomable to someone living in the United States.
Abdusalamov, who goes by the nickname Mago, comes from Dagestan, an ethnically diverse republic of Russia where more than 30 different languages are commonly spoken. It's a predominantly Muslim region that, since the late 1990s, has been rife with political and religious conflict. The terrorism that has occurred there, mostly in the form of suicide bombings and assassinations, stands in juxtaposition to the region's gorgeous mountain landscape that borders the Caspian Sea.
An all-smiles Abdusalamov shows off his softer side
while playing with his daughters, Saygibat and Shakhrizat,
in the living room of his home in Oxnard.
If the Western world knows Dagestan for all the wrong reasons, the people of Dagestan pride themselves more on their athletic programs and sports teams. Known throughout Europe for producing focused and fearsome competitors, Dagestan citizens hold successful athletes as national heroes and international representatives of their diverse and often overlooked region.
It was into this culture that Mago was born in Dagestan's capital city of Makhachkala on March 25, 1981. He grew up in a strict Muslim household and was his parents' first male child. Growing up in large family (he has five older sisters and a younger brother), from an early age his hard-disciplining father wisely pushed his son into sports as a way to shelter him from the growing violence and crime in the city.
As Mago laughingly recalls through an interpreter, "When I was young, my father said, 'You can either be a sportsman or a bandit. It is your choice. But if you choose to become a bandit, I will kill you.' That made it a very easy decision for me."
As a boy, Mago exceled in martial arts like taekwondo and muay Thai. As he grew into his large frame during his teenage years, he became an amateur kickboxing champion. It wasn't until a leg injury hampered his training that he decided to take up boxing in his early 20s, a relatively late age for a fighter to start. Though not the most graceful of pugilists, he managed to become the Russian super heavyweight amateur champion in 2005 and 2006, winning most of the tournament's bouts by knockouts. Since boxers use protective headgear at the amateur level to reduce the impact of blows, it was a nearly unheard-of feat.
Clad in a protective body shield, assistant trainer,
Joseph "Hoss" Janik works the mitts with Abdusalamov
at a recent training session.
Mago's punching power caused a stir in the Russian boxing world, and in the process he became a minor sensation back home in sports-crazed Dagestan. Unfortunately, Mago was overshadowed by another heavyweight who had more popularity in mainstream Russia, and he was not invited to compete in international competition.
To add to that disappointment, he lost an Olympic qualifying match in which he fought despite an injury he had received prior to the fight. Frustrated by the complicated politics and point scoring of the amateur level, Mago gave up boxing completely and began looking for work. He also married Bakanay, a young, local Dagestan girl. Local may be an understatement, though, as he grew up literally next door to her, and they had their first child, a daughter named Shakhrizat, shortly thereafter.
The quiet life quickly changed for Mago when Boris Grinberg came into his life. Grinberg, a longtime boxing manager originally from Russia, was on a quest to find a boxer with heavyweight championship potential. When he received a call from a friend in Dagestan who told Grinberg about the hard-hitting former amateur champion, he was intrigued. After watching one training session, Grinberg was convinced he had found the fighter he was looking for. He persuaded Mago to turn professional, where his hard-hitting style would be more appreciated; and in 2008 Mago did just that, fittingly knocking out his first opponent in the first round in Moscow.
It was quickly decided by Grinberg that if Mago was to get the opportunities a professional boxer with true potential deserves, be it in the form of training, exposure or money, America was the place he needed to be.
It was a difficult decision, especially with a wife and young child, neither of whom had ever been outside their native country, but Mago agreed to come to the United States.
Mago and his family first went to Florida in 2009 to train, and he had few fights there, all of which he won by knockout, but he ultimately returned home to Dagestan, feeling he didn't have the right training conditions or living situation.
Team Abdusalamov, from left to right:
Manager Boris Grinberg, Head trainer Danny Garcia, Magomed Abduslamov,
Assistant trainer Danny Garcia Jr., and Assistant trainer Joseph "Hoss" Janik.
It was around that time that Mago's manager, Grinberg, was told by Mago's promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, about a small boxing-crazed city in Southern California called Oxnard, where his most successful fighter, the middleweight champion of the world, Argentina's Sergio Martinez, was living. The influential Lewkowicz suggested that it could be a good fit for Mago as well, and once again the pride of Dagestan, now with a second daughter, Saygibat, moved to a city where he knew no one.
Mago landed in Oxnard in late 2011 and began working with Pablo Sarmiento, the trainer of Sergio Martinez. With Sarmiento in the driver's seat, he won multiple fights but Mago felt that he wasn't getting the one-on-one attention necessary to improve his techniques. Although Mago respected Sarmiento as a trainer, and enjoyed working alongside a world-class fighter like Martinez, he felt lost in the mix and he began to grow disillusioned with his new training situation.
Meanwhile, the transplanted Russian was starting to gain attention from hard-core boxing followers and ranking organizations due to his growing knockout streak. With plans to dramatically increase the quality of Mago's opponents, his manager and promoter knew it was imperative that they find the right team or they risked having Mago lose focus and possibly return home for good.
That's when Danny Garcia of the famed Garcia family stepped into the picture. The Garcias put Oxnard on the boxing map when Danny's father, Eduardo, trained his brother Robert to a world title in the late '90s and, in the process, gave Oxnard its first ever champion.
These days, Robert is one of the most successful trainers in professional boxing, recently winning the trainer of the year award, and his gym in Oxnard is home to current champions and contenders like Oxnard's hard-hitting Brandon Rios and Danny's younger brother, Mikey, who earlier this year, won a featherweight title.
Danny, a former professional fighter himself, is best-known as the trainer who took Victor Ortiz to a welterweight title in 2011, giving Ventura its first world champion. He was also in the corner for Ortiz's controversial fight with pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather.
Garcia, who works mornings as a delivery driver for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Ventura, prefers to work with only one or two fighters at a time, which is an uncommonly small number for an established trainer. Along with his son, assistant trainer Danny Garcia Jr. and strength and conditioning coach Joseph "Hoss" Janik, he agreed to train Mago at Janik's popular boxing and MMA gym, Knuckleheadz, which is located in Ventura.
The one-on-one attention that Garcia and company provided to Mago, and the family vibe at Knuckleheadz, a gym where beginners of all ages work side by side with supportive professionals, was the environment and situation that Mago had been searching for since he first came to America.
As Mago's training camp has become more solidified, his personal life and the bigger question of where he will ultimately call home have become more complicated. Mago and Bakanay ushered in 2013 by welcoming a third daughter, Patimat, to their family on New Year's Day. Having been born in America, she is now the only Abdusalamov who is an American citizen. Currently living in the country on a work visa and with a daughter born in the United States, Mago and his wife now have a much easier path to citizenship.
That, of course, is if Mago and his wife decide to stay in the United States permanently, a decision that's weighed heavily on them in the past few months. Financially, Mago and his family live off a monthly stipend given to him by his manager, but he has yet to make a substantial payday in the ring, and raising a family in Southern California is not easy.
If his boxing career takes off, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars could be in his very near future. But if he loses before he reaches that point, or if he is injured, he could find himself in a difficult situation with little work to be found for a man who can barely speak English. In contrast, if they were to move back to Dagestan, with his popularity there and formal education, lucrative jobs are already waiting.
To top it off, the Russian population in Ventura County, let alone the Russian Muslim population, is small to say the least; and though he has friends he occasionally visits in Los Angeles, he mostly only leaves his home to train in Ventura and to attend a mosque in Oxnard on Fridays. Despite his violent profession, Mago remains a devout Muslim who prays five times a day and has never drunk alcohol or smoked. It's a somewhat lonely and foreign existence for a man who can't walk down the street in his native land without being recognized.
"I am bored sometimes. Lonely sometimes. I am social guy. I miss being with my friends. I miss my parents and brother and sisters but…"
Mago pauses and seems to reflect on his predicament.
"I like this area for my children. It's a family city. Very clean. I do not have to worry about my children and wife living here. They are safe. There are good schools. If I can one day bring my parents and friends here, I would spend my whole life here."
Staying, however, seems to become more of an option on a daily basis. Mago has recently started taking English lessons and has been venturing out more and more. He's gotten a membership at the Ventura YMCA, where he enjoys swimming and lifting weights in a family environment where "people (are) friendly, make me (feel) welcome".
He's also discovered the downfall of many a heavyweight fighter, food, Mexican food to be exact. Mago is quickly turning into a Mexican food connoisseur, devouring burritos like opponents. Luckily, with his extreme training regime and no weight limit in the heavyweight division, it shouldn't be a problem but it is definitely something his strength and conditioning coach, Janik, is keeping a mindful eye on, especially as Mago will soon return to the ring for the first time since September.
It's with his upcoming fight on March 8 in Atlantic City against Victor Bisbal, a former Olympian from Puerto Rico who boasts an impressive 21-1 record, which will be broadcast live on ESPN, that Mago could gain some well-deserved national and local exposure.
If Mago wins in convincing fashion and continues his undefeated knockout streak, which currently stands at 16 fights, it could very well propel him to larger paydays against fellow contenders. Currently ranked the No. 10 heavyweight in the world by two of the sport's major sanctioning bodies and holder of a small title, he's at a pivotal point in his career. Mago could be only a few wins removed from a shot at the heavyweight championship and the financial rewards and stability that come with it. Mago himself is very much aware of this and realizes that 2013 could be his breakout year or the year that breaks him.
"I can feel how close I am. I must keep improving. I want to fight three or four times this year. If I do that and win, I will go up in the rankings and I could have a shot at the world title in 2014."
The usually friendly demeanor of Mago suddenly goes chilly and one is reminded of Ivan Drago, the Russian baddie from the Rocky movies, when he adds, "I will not let myself, my family, my friends, my team, my new home or my country down."
It makes one wonder if there's not more pressure on Mago than he admits, too. Where most fighters have one specific thing they fight for, Mago has an actual list. From normal worries that every young father has about being able to provide for his family to letting down his native Dagestan, a place that has seemed to put all their collective hope into his career, it's a lot for any one man to handle.
After an early-evening training session winds down at Knuckleheadz, which includes the repeated beating of a massive tire with a sledgehammer, Mago, with his white undershirt drenched in sweat and another man's blood from a sparring session, politely goes around the gym shaking everyone's hand. He then squeezes into his car, which seems entirely too small for the big man; and with a huge grin, he says with a thick Russian accent to no one in particular, "I go home to be (with) my family. Family and home (are) happiness."
For now, the home that Mago speaks of is here in Ventura County. And if, one day soon, we get to hear a ring announcer on TV proclaim, "The winner … and new heavyweight champion of the world from Dagestan, Russia, fighting out of Ventura County, California, Magomed 'Mago' Abdusalamov," we will share something with a country and a people halfway around the world, the pride in seeing one of our very own achieve an impossible dream.
Magomed Abdusalamov fights Victor Bisbal on Friday, March 8, on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. He also requests that we inform readers who see him in public to please say hi. He would like to get to know his new neighbors and is eager to try out his favorite new American greeting, the high five.


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Two Chicago-area fans are suing Beyoncé, alleging the singer is partially responsible for a rowdy crowd that "trampled" them at one of her performances last year.
Raquel Castellanos and Gabriella Davidson filed the suit Tuesday against the United Center, Live Nation Entertainment and Beyoncé in Cook County Circuit Court.
The "longtime fans of Beyoncé" said they purchased general admission tickets prior to her Dec. 13 show at the United Center and paid a premium for the right to stand in front of the stage.
The highly anticipated performance, part of the "Mrs. Carter Show," was expected to showcase songs from the singer's newly released album, which was secretly released at midnight the night before her Chicago performance.
The women said they were standing in line at the venue hours before the concert, but as fans gathered and the show neared the "crowd became larger and more dense."
The suit claims that United Center personnel opened a side gate for the awaiting crowd around 7 p.m., at which point the women said fans charged and rushed the opening.
"During the crush of the stampeding crowd, [Castellanos and Davidson] were overwhelmed with fear for their lives, lost consciousness and experienced broken bones and other injuries," the suit stated.
They were eventually transported to a hospital by the Chicago Fire Department following the incident.
The women allege the United Center, Live Nation and Beyoncé did not take appropriate measures to prevent or discourage the teaming crowd from rushing, pushing and running toward the United Center once the gate was opened.
The women are suing for negligence on the part of the United Center, Live Nation and Beyoncé and are seeking an undisclosed amount in damages.
A representative for Live Nation would not comment on the suit, stating they "do not comment on pending litigation." Requests for comment from the United Center have not been returned and representatives for Beyoncé could not be reached.


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Spring has arrived. It's still a bit chilly out, but the sun is out and everyone seems happier and full of hope.
To celebrate Spring arriving I have a gorgeous hamper to give away to one lucky reader.
The hamper has been kindly donated by serenataflowers.com.
The hamper itself is really high quality and I do love the selection of goodies included, especially the natural pear drops. They reminded me of being a wee girl and my mum buying me a quarter of pear drops, which I would then share around the queue when we visited the butchers, bakers and fruit and veg shop. The wine and biscuits were very good too. I still have some chocolate and fudge left to try.
Serenata Flowers have a beautiful array of Spring flowers including my favourite tulips. As well as a huge selection of flowers, Serenata Flowers also deliver plants, wine, chocolates and hampers.
They do a good deal on flowers and chocolates. Order before 10pm and they will be delivered free the next day. It's a great site and the flowers are well priced. They often have special offers on too.
All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me what your favourite flowers are and then enter using the rafflecopter box below.
This giveaway is open to readers with a Mainland UK address only and will close on 4 May 2014.
Good luck everyone and hello Spring!
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Raising minimum wage?
Is it time to raise the minimum wage again?
President Obama thinks so. During his State of the Union address, Obama called for hiking the federal minimum from $7.25 an hour to $9, and then indexing it so that it rises each year with inflation.
The second idea is a good one. The first, not so much.
The minimum wage went up to $7.25 in 2009, less than four years ago. Now Obama is pushing for a 24 percent increase at a time of very low inflation. Some Democrats in Congress want it to go up even more, to $10.10.
- USA Today


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As a fierce, cold land of rippling muscles and town guards who speak like Col. John Matrix, Skyrim has always struck me as a kind of ancestral home for hard rock, much in the same way Iceland is where the Supreme Council of Metal is seated. That makes this rock remix of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim especially appropriate.
The video's purpose is, essentially, the music, and if you want only that, run go get it here. But check out the dual wield swords on the back of the drummer, Paul Attanasio. Rawk!!!! /devil horns
Also credited in this performance: Matthew Pegoli, guitar; Jimit Gandhi, bass. Original music by Jeremy Soule for Bethesda Game Studios.


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"Malleus Maleficarum" is a horror/Halloween/gothic/metal event web flyer. Fits all screen resolutions. Layout is calculated in percents, not in pixels.
- Dark scary design
- 8 vertically scrolling blocks of content
- Sliding panel with information and CSS3 tooltips
- CSS3 transitions
- Google web font Varela Round
- Google API for YouTube embedded video
- Google API for colorised map
- Google Docs based contact form
- Event attendance widget by Polldaddy
Folder includes:
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- Help file in html format (will be updated online in case of necessity)
Tested in all major browsers (latest versions): Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox on Mac and Windows (+ IE8) + iPnone 4s.
Things to note:
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- Available for mobiles
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This is an old page that for some reason, some people are being directed to. The front page of my new Pin Tangle website is here.
People who normally have Pintangle delivered to their inbox will need to re-subscribe here. I am sorry for the inconvenience
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Black Employee Subjected to Hostile Work Environment Because Of His Race, Federal Agency Charged
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it filed a race discrimination lawsuit today against C.G.D. Developers, Inc. for subjecting a black employee to a hostile work environment because of his race, at its facility in Gaffney, S.C. and various worksites where the employee, Joe M. Wheeler, was assigned. CGD is a South Carolina corporation and employed approximately 20 employees at the time of the harassment.
According to the EEOC's complaint, CGD most recently hired Wheeler around June 14, 2007, as a laborer, and he worked for CGD until March 20, 2008. During his employment, Wheeler was subjected to racial harassment on a daily or almost daily basis including being called the "N-word." Wheeler was harassed by two supervisors, including his direct supervisor. Both Wheeler and another former employee of CGD complained to CGD's owner about the harassment, but the harassment continued until Wheeler left the company.
Race discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v.C.G.D. Inc., Civ. No. 7:10-cv-02553 ), in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. In its suit, the EEOC seeks compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief.
"It is shocking that this type of blatant and severe racial harassment is still found in America's workplace," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "An employer violates Title VII and risks facing serious legal consequences if they are aware of racial harassment and allow it to continue," Barnes stated.
The South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (SCHAC) originally investigated Wheeler's charges. SCHAC works with the EEOC in investigating charges of employment discrimination. These charges raise claims under South Carolina law as well as federal laws enforced by the EEOC. Further information about SCHAC is available on its web site at www.state.sc.us/schac.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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… and love is all about sick office decals!
The CanvasPop offices are already a beautiful place to be (but we won't reveal all the details just yet), but it's just gotten even better. Our great friends at Blik (http://www.whatisblik.com) made some great decals for us, with which our internal design team made beautiful cosmetic updates. Check them out below:


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I was looking for Birthday Cakes
Couldn't find what I wanted sooooo....... I made
some lol I decided to make some greyscale
ones so you can color them how ever you like.
I`m working on some other different
cakes and would welcome some suggestions on
what you might like to see. They may not all be
greyscale especially if it`s a type of cake that
usually is a specific color.
Anyway get out your candles and have fun.
Approximately 800x600 pix. pngs
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Friday, October 16, 2009
MHL Greyscale Cakes
I was looking for Birthday Cakes
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Finnish bus company Pohjolan Liikenne has placed a Citea order with VDL Bus & Coach for the 5th time. This latest order consists of 23 Citeas LLE-127 and is a follow-up order to the 5 Citeas LLE-127 and 24 Citeas XLE-145 delivered last year for Espoo, a city near Helsinki. Pohjolan Liikenne has once again chosen the Citea LLE-127 for the 1-2-1 door configuration that simplifies boarding and alighting and ensures optimal passenger flow. The new Citeas will be used on the same lines in Espoo as the Citea LLE-127 delivery last year. Delivery will take place in late November of this year.
Citea LLE-127
The Citea LLE-127, with a length of 12.7 metres, is the longest Citea LLE version. The extended wheelbase provides room for four more seats than the 12-metre version. Compared to similar buses with the same number of seats, the Citea LLE-127 also benefits from the advantages of low total weight: reduced fuel consumption, lower emissions of harmful substances and reduction of maintenance costs, which means lower TCO and more Profit of Ownership.
The low fuel consumption and resulting lower emissions of harmful substances not only make the buses an asset to Pohjolan Liikenne but also to the residents of Espoo. The new Citeas have special underfilm corrosion protection on all the floor elements and XPS side wall insulation material. Pohjolan Liikenne has opted for this because the bus interiors are cleaned with a pressure washer. This way moisture intrusion is minimized, extending the life of the interior.
Pohjolan Liikenne
Pohjolan Liikenne is one of the largest Finnish bus companies. With a fleet of 550 buses and coaches, the company provides local, regional and long-distance services mainly in southern Finland. The annual turnover is € 95 million, and the company employs 1000 people. Pohjolan Liikenne's buses and coaches transport some 30 million passengers a total of 30 million kilometres each year. Pohjolan Liikenne is a subsidiary of VR, the Finnish national railway company.
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By MIKE CHAIKEN
When hard rockers Sevendust roll into Hartford next Tuesday, Bristol rockers In The Red will be one of the openers on the bill.
We caught up with the band's drummer, Marc Charette, via email to talk about the origins of In The Red and their sound.
Observer: First of all, talk to me about the origins of In The Red… you were in a band previously, and I'm sure the other guys were as well. What brought you guys together?
Marc: When last you and I spoke I was playing drums in Civil Drone with my good friend and writing collaborator Gino Burgio (also of Bristol). The beauty of Craigslist had me join forces with my new project rock/metal act In the Red. Formed in 2011, In The Red is a New England metal band with the intent of ripping your face off. In The Red has had the pleasure of opening up for Flyleaf, Drowning Pool, Halestorm, Hinder, Candlebox, Fates Warning, and Buckcherry and (next week) Sevendust. With the acceptance of modern rock and metal into the mainstream music industry, In The Red started to make the heaviest yet radio friendly, melodic songs. After spending countless hours writing the music, numerous trips to the studio for demos, and trying out various musicians, they finally crafted their art into what you see today.
O: What do each of you bring to the table creatively… how does each member help make the band what is in terms of sound, etc.
M: I think each member brings something a little different to the table, Chris Elliot and Pete Rizzo, our bassist and guitarist, respectively, do the majority of the writing and it usually starts with a riff, and with me it is about the groove and feel of song, then A.J. Pelletier puts his twist on the lyrics and tasteful emotional vocals, with well placed melodic screams.
O: You do original music? What inspires the songwriting?
M: Yes, we primarily do original music, with some similar style covers tastefully thrown in with our own spin I think the inspiration comes from never being satisfied and wanting to better ourselves both individually and as a band with each note we play.
O: What are some of the bands that influence you and you admire that help infuse In The Red's sound?
M: I know A.J. and I draw a lot from Sevendust, but we are pretty well versed in our influences— anything from metal, rock, jazz, funk, and, yes, even some '80s metal. Some artists we draw a lot from: Bullet For My Valentine, Chevelle, Trapt, 3 Days Grace, Dream Theater, Breaking Benjamin, just to name a few.
O: You've been opening up for some national acts. What have you learned by watching "the big guys" play?
M: I have got to say, this past year was amazing. We have to give a big shout out to Rusty from the Webster Theater in Hartford, as he played a big role in us getting many of these opportunities. What we have learned is many of these artists we have opened for is that many are down to earth and started right from where we did. So to have a chance to talk shop and share the stage with your idols is amazing and a constant learning environment. Some even give you pointers or (or share with you) what helped them get to the next level. I will also say through my drum endorsements I am able to attend the NAMM (North American Music Merchants) show every year in California , which is a mind boggling experience. To be able to see the latest and newest gear before it is released to the public and to talk to some of the biggest names in music is a amazing thing, one I will never take for granted.
O: You're going to be opening for Sevendust. How does that feel?
M: On Sevendust, first and foremost, they are an amazing band, even more importantly they are some of the nicest, most down to earth people in the world. A.J. and I had the chance to meet them at the Webster last year, and I have actually had the privilege on meeting them several times. Each time, they make you feel like you are part of the family. So to be under the same roof as them making music is a thrill hard to put in words.
O: What does the future hold for In The Red?
M: We just released a new EP "From the Bottom," which has been played on Radio 104 quite a bit, so we are going to play a bunch of huge shows over the next few months, and I am sure we'll get back in the studio in the near future. I know another video is in the works as well.
O: Anything else you want to share?
M: We have a few people and sponsors we would like to thank. First of all our family and friends, (especially my family because practice is at our house) for supporting us, also, I have a few personal thank yous to my wife and kids, and the drum companies that endorse me— Tomer and Iki from Soultone Cymbals, and Jeff from Silver Foxx percusion. Thank you so much for all your support. Also my teachers Jay Wood, Chris Lyons, and my biggest idol of all my brother Brian Charette, also an amazing talent. Lastly, with the help of A.J. Pelletier screaming out the sickest melodies, Chris Elliott and Marc Charette crushing the killer beats and laying the foundation, and Pete Rizzo shredding the guitar, In The Red will surely accomplish what they intend to do. Also, my good friend Gino and I have some lost Civil Drone recordings that hopefully will get released soon.
In The Red opens for Sevendust at the Webster Theater in Hartford on Tuesday, May 6. For more information, go to WebsterTheater.com or www.intheredmusic.com. For more on Marc, go to www.soultonecymbals.com/artist/marc-charette and to catch the new video by In The Red, go to http://youtu.be/PcbANH0uyE0 (music video).


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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Is Privatization Bad for your Health?
Thing is, as the comments pointed out, the whole argument that privatization increases consumption is quite likely a flawed one, based on questionable methodology: "retail purchase" is a reliable substitute for "consumption." That sounds okay, till you consider how many Pennsylvanians cross the Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey borders to buy caselots of booze. Look, if my DAD did it, I know plenty of other Pennsylvanians are doing it. Hell, I'm in Kentucky right now, and I have four bottles of bourbon that I can't get in PA in the car (Old Fitz BiB, Heaven Hill 6 Year Old BiB, and Charter 101 (the 4th is a surprise for someone, but trust me: it's not available in PA!); I'm planning on giving them all away before I return to PA, though...).
It doesn't even pass the "straight face test," to use a popular Washington phrase. If consumption in these newly privatized states and provinces were really up by 48%...where's the corresponding increase in alcohol-related problems? Because there is none. We're being sold a sack of crap again.
3 comments:
- Greg said...
I think you're being a little too hard on this study, Lew. Of course you're right that some people cross borders, but not enough to affect sales that dramatically.
It makes perfect sense that making something more accessible would increase sales. Ending prohibition doubled the number of drinkers, decriminalizing marijuana would mean more pot smokers, and taking alcohol sales out of the PLCB's hands would sell more booze. That's part of the point.
I think you hit on it perfectly though when you note that a rise in use does not mean a rise in abuse, though. All it necessarily means is a rise in tax revenue, which is a good thing.
- June 21, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV said...
If the consumption in these states is up 48% as alleged, can anyone track a similar increase in production or distribution to match these numbers? Shouldn't Diageo, AB-InBev, etc. be doing at least 25% better in these states? Or can they document a drop in "consumption" in the adjoining states--not in percentages, but in units being sold?
- June 21, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Jon Geeting said...
I think the study makes sense, but it's still no reason not to privatize.
Everybody agrees that the state store system makes booze more expensive than the true market price. So if you privatize, alcohol will be cheaper on net. When stuff gets more expensive, people buy less of it, and when it gets cheaper, they buy more of it. So it's perfectly reasonable to expect consumption to increase.
Now, the alcohol industry is not making most of its money from guys like me that have a beer or two every day. They're making most of their profits from the problem drinkers who drink a case every day. And if the price goes down, that's going to get way worse.
That's why I'm for market prices, but higher taxes to keep the price constant. A straight gallonage tax based on alcohol content would be the best option in my view.
- June 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM


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Following allegations that James stepped out on his Oscar-winning wife with a tattooed temptress, reps for the couple said gossip site TMZ erroneously reported that the couple had reached out to "several high-end divorce lawyers."
"Neither she nor her representatives have contacted or shopped around for divorce lawyers," Bullock's rep said in a statement to People on Tuesday. A spokesman for James also said TMZ's report was false.
And contrary to another online report, Bullock did not meet with Hollywood producers over the weekend to discuss a project where she would play Meryl Streep's daughter, her rep also told People.
After cheating allegations against Bullock's bad boy hubby hit the web last week, Bullock canceled appearances at two high-profile European premieres for "The Blind Side" and went into seclusion.
But the American sweetheart received a public show of support Tuesday from actress Betty White, her co-star on "The Proposal," and who Bullock presented a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award to last January.
"We're all deeply, deeply saddened," White told "Entertainment Tonight." "At such a high point in her life, it's tough, but I think the less other people have to say about it and let her work it out ... the better."
Meanwhile, Bullock's husband James was spotted back at work this week at his So-Cal motorcycle shop.
In a vaguely worded statement last Thursday, James conceded "poor judgment" and apologized to Bullock and his children for causing them "pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension." He also asserted the "vast majority of the allegations reported are untrue and unfounded."
While the unfolding Hollywood sex scandal has tarnished James' reputation, it has undoubtedly raised the profile of tattoo model and stripper Michelle "Bombshell" McGee.
Still, the inked-up other woman has dealt with fallout of her own. McGee faces a renewed custody fight from her ex and was fired from her "Angry White Girl" modeling gig after a photo surfaced showing her wearing a Nazi armband and licking a dagger, the New York Daily News reported.


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Veterans find their niche -- and run with it
A soldier, a sailor and a Marine.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan might have left Rachel Gutierrez, Joe Femenia and Mervin Roxas embittered or even suicidal as they have countless other veterans.
The wars could have killed them: Gutierrez, an Army sergeant, was nearly shot by one of her own soldiers in Baghdad; Femenia, a Navy SEAL, went on missions in both wars; Roxas, a lance corporal, was caught in a roadside bomb blast on the Iraqi border with Syria.
They instead embody narratives that are seldom discussed. Each — like many of the 2.6 million who served in the wars — did not wind up on the deficit side of war's ledger.
Rather, they reinvented themselves. They built on their warrior foundation even as they left it behind.
They entered a postwar phase of life and say they are thriving: The former GI runs a consulting firm and organizing community service; the ex-Navy SEAL has a lead position on Wall Street; and the Marine veteran is rising in the ranks of the Easter Seals organization.
Far from the scandal over delays at the Department of Veterans Affairs in treating thousands of former servicemembers, Gutierrez, Femenia and Roxas live life on their own terms.
"We are portrayed as this damaged generation of veterans," says Gutierrez, 32, who lives near Phoenix. "We're not liabilities to this nation. We're assets."
Here are three stories you might otherwise never hear:
Gutierrez emerged from the growing cauldron of Iraq violence in 2005 to become a businesswoman, leaving the Army to form a corporation with her husband, Edward.
She was all of 23. But Gutierrez had gained a year of experience in a very dangerous place as a non-commissioned officer and human resources specialist assisting in disseminating identification badges for U.S. military personnel and defense contractors.
Growing up in a Detroit suburb, she had enlisted in the Army at 17 as much to flee a decrepit, drug-ridden neighborhood as to find a new future. "I wanted to get out," Gutierrez says.
Gutierrez went to war in 2004, leaving in her mother's care a daughter born out of wedlock. Interacting with contractors, she paid attention to the buildup of military manpower and infrastructure and grew comfortable communicating with people of different cultures, becoming adept at negotiation. "I was connected with a lot of people," she says.
There were risks, such as daily mortar attacks. During one convoy preparation, a U.S. soldier accidentally discharged a machine gun, the rounds passing close to Gutierrez. She and others were sent an e-mail — her address found on a cellphone acquired by insurgents — a video showing a captured friend, a Nepalese soldier, being executed.
When she mustered out in the fall of 2005 after five years of service and began studying interior design in college, Gutierrez and her husband went into business and contracted to, among other things, design and build a bowling alley at Camp Victory near Baghdad for U.S. troops.
Gutierrez went on to obtain her MBA. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had physical ailments from her service, so she obtained a 60% disability rating from the VA.
She and her husband, parents of a boy, separated. After graduate school, she formed her own consulting firm, Version2, and took a fellowship in 2012 with a non-profit group called The Mission Continues. The Missouri-based organization offers a pathway for veterans to perform community service.
"The Mission Continues was so attractive to me because it was these veterans who found a unit again and were part of a family again. And I missed that," says Gutierrez, who lives in Phoenix with her 14-year-old daughter, Alexis La Duke, and 5-year-old son, Ace.
Under the fellowship, she helped raise $14,000 to renovate and upgrade a living facility for at-risk and homeless female veterans, bonding with several who had served in her war.
Last year, The Mission Continues named her "platoon leader" for a group of more than 100 veterans who perform community work in Phoenix. Their latest effort in March was raising $13,000 to renovate a transitional living facility for male veterans.
The work has galvanized Gutierrez, instilling a sense of purpose and easing her transition from war. She says she's intrigued with creating a non-profit business designed to serve people.
"I've always had a passion for helping others," she says, "but I didn't realize, until reflecting later, that I love it, and I need it. I need it to survive."
There were instincts, reactive skills, creative ways of thinking that Joe Femenia honed as a Navy SEAL team leader and that needed an outlet of expression in life after combat. The answer he found: Wall Street.
"It's very exciting because you're taking risks," says the 37-year-old former Navy lieutenant. "You're talking to people. You're driving change and ideas."
He is a managing director at Goldman Sachs, head of U.S. leveraged loan trading.
A native of the Bronx who grew up on the campus of New York state's Maritime College where his father was an engineering professor, Femenia found a future of service in uniform a comfortable idea for a young swimming athlete.
It was after Femenia was accepted in 1994 into the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., that he became intrigued with the SEALs, drawn to their informal command structure that encourages creative thought and a free-flowing exchange of ideas.
"I felt I was part of a really elite organization that did great things for our country," says Femenia, who joined the commandos after graduating in 1998.
He would be part of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and two combat deployments to Afghanistan, conducting reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines.
Nearing the end of a seven-year, active-duty commitment in 2005, Femenia was ready to return home, but he had a quandary: finding a career "I think will offer me a mental challenge, daily stimulation and excitement," he recalls.
Between deployments, he applied and was accepted into Columbia Business School, where a retired executive mentored him about the adrenalin-fueled world of trading over-the-counter corporate debt.
"You're taking risk. But it's an art, not a science," says Femenia, who joined Goldman Sachs as an associate after obtaining his MBA in 2007.
He found his duties as a trader at Goldman a natural fit. He might be called on to create in a single day a market for clients seeking to buy or sell corporate debt. The risk at times was using Goldman Sachs capital to buy that debt at an acceptable price while not losing money on a subsequent sale.
Transitioning from the battlefield to the fast pace of the trading floor offered personal fulfillment, says Femenia, who lives with his wife and two young sons in Connecticut.
"I'm obviously very proud of my background (as a Navy SEAL), but it's sort of something I did in the past," he says. "My benchmark now is not that I was a SEAL, it's how I perform at work and as a husband and dad."
Femenia says he wants to help his brethren make that same transition. He helped build a Goldman Sachs program that recruits, trains and employs veterans.
"These young men and women have just tremendous skill sets," Femenia says. "They're smart. They have integrity. They're risk-takers. They're disciplined. They can work as a team. Those are things that are so important to corporate America."
Mervin Roxas says it was only after he helped others fit into the world he found after coming home from war that he managed to fit in himself.
The Philippine native immigrated to Orange County, Calif., with his family at 13 and joined the Marines after the 9/11 terror attacks. Twice he went to war, during the Iraq invasion in 2003 and a year later serving on the border with Syria as the Iraqi insurgency intensified.
It was there on July 5, 2004, as Roxas manned a machine gun mounted on the roof of an unarmored Humvee returning to base after a patrol, that a roadside bomb exploded.
He was riding in the rear of the open-backed Humvee with six other Marines, three sitting on each side behind Roxas.
The explosion was to the left, killing all three Marines sitting behind Roxas on that side. Each was a lance corporal and 21, just like him: Michael Torres of El Paso; John Vangyzen of Bristol, Mass.; and Dallas Kerns of Mountain Grove, Mo.
The force tore at Roxas, ripping his arm off at the shoulder, shattering his jaw, punching a hole through his right cheek and leaving him momentarily unconscious.
A year would follow of convalescence and marking time until his medical discharge from the military came through. Three more years elapsed as he tried to plot a future while taking history courses at California State University-Fullerton.
His dream of becoming a police officer was gone. "I had to kind of go back to the drawing board and look at other options," says Roxas, 32.
One day, he came across a jobs booth for Easter Seals, the non-profit organization devoted to helping those with autism and other disabilities.
Roxas was intrigued. "They serve people with disabilities and get to do all these cool things with them," he says. He was hired in 2008 while still attending college and taught life and social skills to one severely disabled, non-verbal client and to another suffering from moderate autism.
Roxas worked with them for two years, helping to plan their week, guiding them through fulfilling tasks such as working at a library or helping at a homeless shelter.
Roxas says he loved it. "It was a way for me to serve again," he says.
He began seeing parallels between their experience and his own.
"A lot of people just kind of write them off as, 'Oh, they're disabled. They really can't do much.' But then when they're actually out there helping other people, it's pretty cool," he says. "It kept me from being bitter ... at the world."
Easter Seals took notice. Roxas was promoted to program assistant in charge of daily site operations. In 2012, he took over supervision of more than 60 life skills coaches.
He graduated from Cal State and got married. He and his wife, Maribeth, have a 10-month-old son, Gideon.
Roxas has been asked to assist in Easter Seals' effort to help transitioning veterans learn the lessons he's acquired.
"For someone who went in really young and basically formed who they are as men in the military fashion; and then to spend several years in that mode; and then all of a sudden, you get that discharge paper, and you're a civilian — there's really no manual for that and how to do that," he says.
A key principle is simply allowing yourself to come home, Roxas says.
"We don't have to be victims all the time," he says. "We don't have to be recipients all the time. A lot of times, we can serve other people. I made peace with the fact that most of the work that needs to be done, I had to do. ... Good stuff snowballs after that."


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The Strategist and the Web Revisited: An Updated Guide to Internet Resources
Authored by LTC James Kievit, Dr. Steven Metz.
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Every day of the "Information Age" makes more material available via the Internet. Yet simply "surfing the 'Net'," while perhaps enjoyable as recreation, is ill-suited for rapidly locating valid, salient information. This is particularly true for analysts or military professionals seeking to develop strategy, to research national security issues, or to provide policy advice. With the original edition of this essay in February 1996, James Kievit and Steven Metz began an effort to construct guideposts for strategic thinkers and practitioners to follow when travelling the "information superhighway." That such a "travel guide" is valuable is amply demonstrated by the rapidity with which SSI's stock of the original The Strategist and the Web has been exhausted. Accordingly, the authors have "revisited" the Web and updated this guide for planners and researchers interested in the practice, problems, and policies of contemporary national security and military strategy. As with the first version of this essay, the authors conclude that the Internet still is not "a solution to the analyst's need for relevant, timely information," but they remain convinced that individuals and organizations must prepare themselves for the day when "an analyst's collection of Internet 'bookmarks' will be nearly as valuable as a rolodex of personal contacts is now."
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