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Even after kids, Sparky holds a prime spot in my heart
Sparky. Good ol' Sparky.
You may remember Sparky. I wrote about him numerous times, and while he never reached Marley-level heights in terms of national popularity, he was definitely a big part of my life, and by extension, my column-writing life.
In recent years, as you may have noticed, not too many Sparky-related columns. I'm sure you can guess why: Kids. Kids have a way of usurping dogs in terms of what you're paying attention to.
I mean, we used to go on vacations with the dog, even though he was (and still can be) a snarling, snapping, bossy little jerk. Even went on what we (very seriously) referred to as a "dogcation," which was a long weekend in Alexandria, Va. Why Alexandria? Because it's one of the most dog-friendly cities in America, with dogs welcome everywhere, including restaurants and shops. Please note: This is the sole reason we went to Alexandria. We had no business there, no overpowering desire to see Robert E. Lee's boyhood home. We just went because the dog was allowed to bounce in all these places.
The following is somehow even worse: We went to Thailand, and bordered Sparky at some $40 a night dog hotel where video cameras allowed dog owners to log into a computer to see their pups. So dig it: We're on some side street in Bangkok, taking in the wonders of foreign city, and we'd plop down 80 baht to log in and see Sparky sniffing another dog's butt.
So yeah. We were nuts about the dog. (We were also nuts about using every available dime we had on travelling. Looking forward to doing that again in 25 years or so. Anyway ...)
Anyway, Sparky. He's the forgotten man these days.
We adopted him eight years ago, which means he's at least 9 years old, but he's probably at least 12. He's almost 100 percent deaf, and while he's still got some pep in him, he's usually content to nap on the couch. He doesn't even bark at every squirrel anymore.
He's good with the kids, and they love him, but he's just not the center of the universe anymore. The kids came along, our priorities got completely shifted, and we realized he's ... well, he's just a dog.
And then ... a few weeks ago ...
Kids were asleep, my wife was out, and I was watching TV. Sparky was on the floor, and went to jump up on the couch, just like he's done tens of thousands of times in his life. But this time? He couldn't do it. He tried, but just couldn't get it done. He paced for a few minutes, then lied down on the floor. Lethargic. Breathing heavy. He looked and sounded bad. I couldn't get him to sit up, even when I dangled some treats in front of his nose.
So what did I do?
I started bawling. It just exploded out of me. Didn't see it coming. Wasn't like there was a little teardrop, followed by a lip quiver, followed by soft violin music. Nope. I just started bawling. It seemed like this was the beginning of the end, and I fell apart.
I got down on the floor, laid next to him, patted him, caressed him, tried to make him comfortable. It was, I'm sure, a pitiful sight.
I called my wife, told her to come home. I told her Sparky was dying. I told her I was going to call the vet. I told her I was sure they were going to recommend to put him down, save him the misery.
This was horrible. Just horrible.
And then 20 minutes later Sparky stood up,stretched, walked into the kitchen and ...
And he ate his kibble dinner, told me he wanted to go outside by scratching at the door, went outside, barked at the moon, took a whiz, pranced back in, jumped up on the couch, and went to sleep.
Little bastard.
My wife was home shortly thereafter, and demanded to know what I'm going to do next time she has a stomachache or something.
"Don't pull the plug on me," she said. "Please."
All right fine. So I overreacted. But what's clear enough, though, as a result of this incident: Despite not being the center of my world anymore, Sparky still demands a prime spot in my heart. (Now you can cue the violins.)
And it's also clear there's going to come a day, in the not too distant future, when Sparky will no longer be with us. But he'll always be part of me, part of my family.
Still though: Little bastard for pulling this nonsense. I mean, really. Literally playing dead. Come on.
Jeff Edelstein can be reached at facebook.com/jeffreyedelstein and twitter.com/jeffedelstein.


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When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center.
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As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other.
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The notion of an annual spring clean comes from the time when many of the places that the Trust cares for were family homes. The spring clean happened in May, at the end of the season when open fires were lit and after the sweeping of the chimneys. Footmen were often absent with the family and so the housemaids and estate staff worked through the house from top to bottom.
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NORTH CAROLINA -- To my knowledge as of year 2006: "Horrible" customer service! In year 2004 there was an honest, efficient, and friendly person working there in customer service. I had a good experience in 2004. Persons employed in their workroom were skilled at custom work. I purchased and had several custom made items produced: 4 chaise lounge cushions, 8 chair cushions, a few throw pillows, placemats and TWO 9' umbrellas! Everything went well... However upon my return to do business with this company in 2006 I needed to replace the frames to my umbrellas.
I called and could not reach anyone and since everything went fine in 2004 I went on and ordered 2 umbrellas (though I only needed the frames) online because they were not showing on their website that I could order ONLY the frames for replacement therefore I had to order the complete umbrella. Also, since my original custom order was my fabric not one of theirs.
As a professional decorator I knew I could easily switch the canopy out on them when they arrived, as I said I only needed the frames. (I thought using the same company I had do all of the custom work and originally purchased from, I'd receive great service from... Well I was wrong... Nothing could be further from the truth.)
When they arrived they did not fit. In fact they are not even the same size! They are not 8 ribbed 9' umbrellas! I called and was given the runaround by a NEW person working in customer service! She gave me a very lame excuse,"They had a fire and after the fire they changed companies they were buying umbrellas from." That excuse doesn't make a 6 rib umbrella into 8 rib umbrella! Truly a much smaller size. I ordered a 9' umbrella!! They refused making a return and sending me the right size umbrella, when they were at fault in sending me the wrong size!! She was also curt and said had I ordered over the phone/call-in and not online they may have returned it!
That doesn't make sense, that would not have changed the size I ordered which was 9', and the fact that they sent me the wrong size and refused to return it! I suggest: If you buy from this company or its affiliates, plan to keep your order regardless of their mistakes in sending you the wrong size etc. Obviously they do not care about repeat/return business or keeping good customers, and have no problem lying to customers at the drop of a pin if it suits them.
To this day and year 2010, I am still trying to resolve the problem and still cannot use my original umbrella canopies they made because they sent me the wrong size frame when I reordered and will not accept a return, and they have not responded to altering my umbrella canopies so that they will fit what they sent when I reordered. They made my canopies to begin with!! Now in 2010 they claim to have the original 9' frame that came with my original order in 2004. If I want to order and PAY again for new frames it remains at my RISK! They should send me new frames free of charge since they sent me the wrong size when I reordered.
If they make a mistake and send the wrong size again I still have to PAY for it! Even though they did not send me the correct size when I reordered in 2006 and that is why I am in this mess! What's wrong with this picture?!! Where is the INTEGRITY in this business? I am still waiting for a return call. Once it's paid for and they have your money whether the order was right or wrong on their part... They Do NOT Care... BEWARE.
MONTICELLO, INDIANA -- Luckily I only had a problem with my order of sample fabrics. I ordered 6 samples at $1.50 each but only received 4. My invoice listed all 6 so I called the toll free number and left a message. Over 2 weeks I left 3 voicemails and 3 emails asking for someone to call me so I could get the additional 2 samples and place a substantial order. When I called again, I received a message that the mailbox was full. Thank goodness I didn't place my order and I am only out $3.00.
MONTICELLO, INDIANA -- I have been ordering MANY cushions, yearly, both standard and COM from this website since 2004! All of a sudden no calls or emails are being responded to, and as of today, the mailbox is full. Something has happened. Also have tried to find business info with the State of Indiana to no avail.
MONTICELLO, INDIANA -- Very frustrating experience with Summer Living Direct. It appears on their website that you can order stock items or custom. That is not the case. Evidently everything is custom and NON returnable. No one from Summer Living Direct reaches out to confirm your order and validate the non return policy on what appears to be a stock item. They will not work with you on returns or finding a Win win solution.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA -- I am not sure how a company like this stays in business. I purchased replacement cushions for my entire patio set. After receiving no confirmation about order status, I received the items box by box over a period of time. BEWARE - They ship via DHL and will drop off the merchandise on your front porch whether you are home or not.
I received all the items EXCEPT the chaise lounge cushions, which DHL showed delivered. It is not out of the realm of possibilities that they might have been stolen given DHL made no effort to place the boxes in a less conspicuous area on the other drop offs. (And mind you - I have never lost anything I have ordered online.)
When I emailed (about 4 times) and left 2 messages about the issue, never heard back other than them sending me the DHL delivery confirmation. Finally got a hold of a **, who told me to file a complaint with the HOA and have my homeowners insurance cover the lost 160.00. Called my credit card company and disputed the 160.00.
As far as the other cushions went, little larger than promised for the love seat, and smaller than I needed (despite measurements) for the individual chairs. ALSO - NO TIES! Not sure how they expect you to keep the cushions on the chair. Needed to take them to a seamstress to add ties. HORRIBLE customer service, HORRIBLE follow through, HORRIBLE resolution to issue, HORRIBLE experience. Future, I will go to local patio store and have them done there. Might cost me 150.00 more total, but worth not having the hassles.
I have been very frustrated with the customer service. I had two orders with the company. The first order I did not receive all that was on the packing slip, I was missing an umbrella. I called customer service over 30 times trying to get the rest of my order. They would always tell me that they are checking on my order and would call back within the hour. I would never receive call backs. I have emailed them numerous times, never receiving a response back. After 2 months from the time my original order was received, I finally received my umbrella. Their excuse was that it was lost on the shipping dock.
My second order, I ordered 6 cushions and they were the wrong size when I received them. They were 2" shorter than what I had ordered. I sent them back and have not heard anything. It has been over 2 months since I sent them back. I have called daily for the last month and have never received a call back. The cushions that I have received on other orders have been very nice, but their customer service has been enough that I will never order from them again.
ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA -- I ordered replacement cushions from Summer Living Direct on May 8, 2006. My order had special instructions for buttons and extra ties and where to put them. The order was shipped out in the 3.5 weeks as they said it would and took another week for delivery which they said it would take. I received the order on June 9, 2006 and the buttons were the right color and the extra ties (no extra charge) were placed exactly where I wanted them. The cushions are exactly what I wanted. I will be doing business again with Summer Living Direct.


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EI reform and Senate expenses: What's sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander
My first job in the newspaper business was in Grand Falls-Windsor, a central Newfoundland pulp town, in 1989.
It was hard times in the Maritimes, with the collapse of the cod fishery driving many down the road to points west.
The people who stayed had to find ways to get their stamps — bits of paper that showed they had worked for 10 weeks — which qualified them for 42 weeks of unemployment insurance.
Everyone was in on the racket. Fish plant owners would lay someone off after they got their stamps and hire somebody else, so that two fathers in a village could get their pogey that winter, and the province launched all kinds of 10-week make-work projects.
It's easy to shake your head at the waste and foolishness, but there were a lot of hockey sticks under Christmas trees that wouldn't otherwise have been there. The dole took the edge off the worst suffering.
But it's no way to live, hanging on from fishing season to fishing season, collecting stamps and sitting on your backside the rest of the year, and I don't think it's fair to the people who pay into the system across the country.
Because of that, I am in favour of reforming the system, but I was afraid of what would happen when the federal Tories announced EI reforms. If they cut too fast and deep, they risked sucking too much money out of communities that have relied on EI for generations, scooping up all the toys from under the tree like the Grinch, hollowing out eastern communities, which might be good news for Fort McMurray but disastrous for small towns struggling to maintain a tax base.
The measures they have taken have for the most part been sensible if a bit harsh, a nudge toward the Tim Hortons counter to those who have grown too accustomed to cashing cheques paid for by the sweat of others.
The reforms require recipients to actively search for a job, and prevent them from turning down jobs that pay less or are farther away.
Communities in Quebec and Atlantic Canada that rely on seasonal industries are going to suffer, and the government has not rolled out a regional development strategy, as it ought to have, but the changes are, on balance, a step in the right direction.
They went too far, though, when they decided to randomly send inspectors to recipients' homes to check up on them, a pilot project to find EI cheats.
Until now, inspectors have relied on snitches to find fraud artists who are picking up pogey cheques while working under the table or lying on a beach.
Now they are sending a bunch of inspector Clouseaus to knock on doors to make sure recipients are typing up resumes rather than drinking beer.
It is too much. If this government was demonstrating the same kind of vigilance on all expenditures, I might be sympathetic, but that is emphatically not the case.
For all its bluster about counting pennies, this government is a soft touch for gazebos, rinks and snowmobile clubs, sprinkling dollops of politically advantageous pork wherever it seems likely to win votes, exactly like every previous government.
Then there's the infuriating Economic Action Plan ads. The government is blowing tens of millions of your tax dollars telling you how great it is.
And they are not always that vigilant with the money they give to their own.
The extent to which this bunch seemed different from the gang that preceded them on this score was a function of their newness.
As the last government had David Dingwall proclaiming, quite correctly, that he was entitled to his entitlements, we now have Sen. Mike Duffy defending his entitlements, although he acknowledges receiving some entitlements to which he was not, strictly speaking, entitled.
Duffy received a $40,000 residential subsidy because he signed a declaration asserting his primary residence is in Prince Edward Island, although he appears not to have paid taxes, voted or received health care there.
Duffy says the forms and rules are confusing, and I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt, because I like him, but they are not confusing, and collecting that money is exactly the same as filling out EI forms incorrectly.
I would like the government to treat those two sins — filing a fake EI claim and filing a false declaration of primary residence — in exactly the same way.
There should not be one rule for senators and another for fish plant workers, who smell worse but are more honest than a lot of politicians.
If it's OK for Duffy to just pay back the money he received as result of an incorrectly filled out form, then it should also be OK for people who fill out those EI forms incorrectly to just pay the money back.
And neither Duffy nor jobless fish-plant workers should have inspectors popping by their frigging houses unannounced.


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(CNN) - In the final race deemed too close to call, Republican David Rouzer conceded Wednesday after a recount in the race for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District showed incumbent Rep. Mike McIntyre won by a razor-thin margin.
"Now that the recount has been completed and the tally of votes is official, we can move forward satisfied that each vote was counted properly and accurately," Rouzer said in a statement.
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"I have called Congressman McIntyre to congratulate him on a hard-fought victory, and I wish him well as he joins a new Congress that will be dealing with very difficult issues facing our country," Rouzer continued.
Last week, Rouzer called for a recount after the original margin fell below one percent. He also cited a voting machine "irregularity" in Bladen County as a reason for his recount request. The state began the recount process on Monday and finished Wednesday.
Despite facing a newly-drawn district that appeared to have been created to end his career, McIntyre showed strong signs of life in the race and ran a competitive race in the district that skews heavily Republican. He led in fundraising over Rouzer, a state senator, and kept even with ad spending by pro-Republican outside groups and the national Republican Party. Rouzer, however, stayed off the airwaves.
The contest was considered the final unresolved House race from Election Day that could make a difference in the makeup of the 113th Congress. (Another unresolved race in Louisiana will go to a runoff on December 8, but the contest is between two Republicans, guaranteeing a win for the GOP.)
McIntyre's victory gives Democrats a net gain of eight House seats from the November election, and the next Congress will consist of 234 Republicans and 201 Democrats.
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Another one bites the dust! I'm just saying.
A net gain of eight seats for the Dems, this one in a heavily GOP district. I'd call it a good start toward taking back the House in 2014, and those eight probably reduce the number of GOP defectors needed to pass a revenue raising/spending reduction plan acceptable to the Dems.
Just because the votes were counted again doesn't mean it was any more accurate than the first time.
And in two years when the midterm elections happen the Democrats will close the gap even more. Americans are sick and tired of the obstructionists within the House and want action not a freaking stalemate.
Great job well done. Now help us Rep. Mike McIntyre won by a razor-thin margin. 47%er
Hmm . . .Which political party has an unnatural desire for redrawing congressional districts????
Republicans gerrymandered the districts after the 2010 elections, or the House would be Democratic.
If the GOP get in the way of a balanced budget, let's take them out in 2014. We have enough dead weights.
What a mauling the GOP took. Its time they realized that this country have no tolerance for haters.
Now we just need a net gain of 17 House seats.
Thanks, Voters: The Tea Party is finally over.
Shucks 200/ 235 my forecast and lost in a happy way 201 234. Republicans Ru listening despite your gerry mandering you lost. this time around Popularity at the voter count level Electoral, Presidential House and Senate you suck!!
Then you still claim you have mandate cause you have one part of the checks and balances. The process is advise and consent. ( Not dictate based on pure ideology or stupid pledges)
That means that you Republicans need to talk to democrats just as much as you insist they must talk to you. it also always will mean some compromise from both sides to agree and you cannot ignore the presidential leadership that says Taxes must go up on the rich and undermining PPACA or repeal is not part of cost cuts and both will be veteod . Thats enough LEADERSHIP FROM OUR PRESIDENT.. He is not legislator in chief and required to give every bit of detailed legislation demanded that in our system starts in the house, and presenting one sided bills you knew would be rejected borders on criminal neglect of the nations needs at this time.
33 short of an even house
Awwwwww, poor GOP losers.
he should have to pay for the re count not the tax payers
The path towards taking another 17 Republican held House seats [and flipping the Houemust be based on ase Democratic] campaign not against any particular person but rather against the party. The Democrats must run ads NOW defining "what it means to be a Republican" using the centrist themes and GOALS that most voters expect from the Congressmen. The GOP`s actual candidates are sure to violate those guidelines or will be moderate enough to work with Democrats & move the country forward. Attack the collective GOP behavior, not an individual, and do it EARLY.
It's amazing what the rethugs will do to get votes. Redistricting, billboards, changing ID rules for voting.
We need to wake up as a Nation regarding our voting rights and stop the rethugs from changing the rules. This is the ONE right we all have regardless of race, creed or being the 98% vs the 2%.
I'm glad we Democrats did so well this election...but it seems the GOP does not understand that they lost. I guess we will have to beat them again in 2014 to try to get the message across...
It's hard when you believe your own lies, republicans...
I live in Brunswick County, NC part of this congressional district and can say that Mr. Rouzer did not stay off the "airwaves". Assuming that means TV adds, I can say without fear of contradiction that more ads were aired by/for him than his opponent. Suggest that the writer of this article get his facts straight for any future articles about this race.
Anybody think CNN might have reported the vote totals or margin of victory?
"Despite facing a newly-drawn district that appeared to have been created to end his career..." The cheaters can't even win at cheating!
That means them the dems only need 24 reasonable Republicans to keep us from going over the cliff. This is getting sweet.


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For whatever reason — more alcohol, fewer fawning montages and less strictness in general — the Golden Globes are looser, funnier and generally better TV than their big brother, the Oscars. Years of Golden Globes shows have seen their fair share of nuttiness, from Elizabeth Taylor's sadly strange yelling of "Glaaaadiator!" in 2001 to the Rat Pack hijacking the show in 1958. Read about more embarrassing moments here.
This year, the big story was Jodie Foster and her sprawling, sort-of coming-out speech upon receiving the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award. Whether from the pressure of being in the spotlight for nearly the entirety of her cognizant life, and/or the added pressures of those pushing her to reveal details of her personal life and the criticisms of her friend, Mel Gibson (whose googly eyed expression took to memesville), Foster chose to use her time at the podium to air her frustrations in a defensive, almost bitter but fiercely real speech.
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I'm still processing what happened — regardless of how blase it may seem when a famous person whom everyone presumes is gay comes out of the closet, it's still a big deal for its ripple effects. Foster's speech didn't make me feel sorry for her, but it did make me like her even more. It's clear she's reached the don't-give-a-fuck stage of her life and career, at age 50, after starring in more than 70 films, directing three and producing several more, and winning two Oscars. Her candidness and awkwardness was a big breath of fresh air during a televised awards show, most of which tend to be rife with unrelenting ass-kissing. Read her entire speech here. See more coming-out speeches here.


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(a) "Applicant" means any person or entity applying for a license.
(b) "Adjusted gross receipts" means the gross receipts of a gaming facility from West Virginia Lottery table games less winnings paid to wagerers in such games.
(c) "Annual average gross receipts of the pari-mutuel racetracks with table games licenses" means the amount obtained by adding the adjusted gross receipts of all West Virginia pari-mutuel racetracks with table games licenses and then dividing that calculation by the number of West Virginia pari-mutuel racetracks with table games licenses.
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(e) "Controlling interest" means:
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(2) For a corporation, an interest of more than five percent of the stock in the corporation; and
(3) For any other entity, an ownership interest of more than five percent in the entity.
(f) "Controlling person" means, with respect to another person, any person directly or indirectly owning or holding a controlling interest in that other person.
(g) "Commission" means the State Lottery Commission created in section four, article twenty-two of this chapter.
(h) "Designated gaming area" means one or more specific floor areas of a licensed gaming facility within which the commission has authorized operation of video lottery terminals or West Virginia Lottery table games, or the operation of both video lottery terminals and West Virginia Lottery table games.
(i) "Director" means the Director of the State Lottery Commission.
(j) "Erasable programmable read-only memory chips" or "EPROM" means the electronic storage medium on which the operation software for all games playable on a video lottery terminal resides and can also be in the form of CD ROM, flash ROM or other new technology medium that the commission may from time to time approve for use in video lottery terminals. All electronic storage media are considered to be property of the State of West Virginia.
(k) "Fringe benefits" means sickness and accident benefits and benefits relating to medical and pension coverage.
(l) "Gaming devices and supplies" mean gaming tables for all West Virginia Lottery table games, roulette wheels, wheels of fortune, video lottery terminals, cards, dice, chips, tokens, markers or any other mechanical, electronic or other device, mechanism or equipment or related supplies utilized in the operation of a West Virginia Lottery table game.
(m) "Gaming facility" means a designated area on the premises of an existing historic resort hotel in which West Virginia Lottery table games are conducted by a gaming licensee.
(n) "Gaming licensee" means the licensed operator of a gaming facility.
(o) "Gross receipts" means the total amount of money exchanged for the purchase of chips, tokens or electronic cards by patrons of a gaming facility reduced by gross terminal income to the extent gross terminal income is included in the amount of money exchanged.
(p) "Gross terminal income", as used in this article and as used in article twenty-two-a of this chapter, means the total amount of cash, vouchers or tokens inserted into the video lottery terminals operated by a licensee, minus promotional credits played, and minus the total value of coins and tokens won by a player and game credits which are cleared from the video lottery terminals in exchange for winning redemption tickets.
(q) "Historic resort hotel" means a resort hotel registered with the United States Department of the Interior as a national historic landmark in its National Registry of Historic Places having not fewer than five hundred guest rooms under common ownership and having substantial recreational guest amenities in addition to the gaming facility.
(r) "Historic Resort Hotel Fund" means the special fund in the State Treasury created in section twenty-two of this article.
(s) "Human Resource Benefit Fund" means the special fund in the State Treasury created in section twenty-two-a of this article.
(t) "Human Resource Benefit Advisory Board" or "board" means the advisory board created in section twenty-two-a of this article.
(u) "License" means a license issued by the commission, including:
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(2) A license to supply gaming devices and supplies to a gaming facility;
(3) A license to be employed in connection with the operation of a gaming facility; or
(4) A license to provide management services under a contract to a gaming facility under this article.
(v) "Licensed gaming facility employee" means any individual licensed to be employed by a gaming licensee in connection with the operation of a gaming facility.
(w) "Licensed gaming facility supplier" means a person who is licensed by the commission to engage in the business of supplying gaming devices and gaming supplies to a gaming facility.
(x) "Licensee" means a gaming licensee, a licensed gaming facility supplier or a licensed gaming facility employee.
(y) "Manufacturer" means any person holding a license granted by the commission to engage in the business of designing, building, constructing, assembling or manufacturing video lottery terminals, the electronic computer components of the video lottery terminals, the random number generator of the video lottery terminals, or the cabinet in which it is housed, and whose product is intended for sale, lease or other assignment to a licensed gaming facility in West Virginia and who contracts directly with the licensee for the sale, lease or other assignment to a licensed gaming facility in West Virginia.
(z) "Net terminal income" means gross terminal income minus an amount deducted by the commission to reimburse the commission for its actual cost of administering video lottery at the licensed gaming facility. No deduction for any or all costs and expenses of a licensee related to the operation of video lottery games shall be deducted from gross terminal income.
(aa) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity, regardless of its form, structure or nature.
(bb)"Premises of an existing historic resort hotel" means the historic resort hotel, attachments of the historic resort hotel, and the traditional, immediate grounds of the historic resort hotel.
(cc) "Promotional credits" means credits given by the licensed gaming facility or licensed racetrack to players allowing limited free play of video lottery terminals in total amounts and under conditions approved in advance by the commission.
(dd) "Video lottery game", as used in this article and as used in article twenty-two-a of this chapter, means a commission-approved, -owned and -controlled electronically simulated game of chance which is displayed on a video lottery terminal and which:
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(2) Is initiated by a player's insertion of cash, vouchers or tokens into a video lottery terminal, which causes game play credits to be displayed on the video lottery terminal and, with respect to which, each game play credits entitles a player to choose one or more symbols or numbers or to cause the video lottery terminal to randomly select symbols or numbers;
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(4) Is based upon a computer-generated random selection of winning combinations based totally or predominantly on chance;
(5) Allows a player at any time to simultaneously clear all game play credits and print a redemption ticket entitling the player to receive the cash value of the free plays cleared from the video lottery terminal; and
(ee) "Wager" means a sum of money or thing of value risked on an uncertain occurrence.
(ff) "West Virginia Lottery table game" means any game played with cards, dice or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device or machine for money, credit or any representative of value, including, but not limited to, baccarat, blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, wheel of fortune or any variation of these games similar in design or operation and expressly authorized by rule of the commission, including multiplayer electronic table games, machines and devices, but excluding video lottery, punchboards, faro, numbers tickets, push cards, jar tickets, pull tabs or similar games.


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Krueger charged in the complaint that Williams was in possession of 4,873 videos and pictures of children under the age of 16 either engaging in or simulating or "assisting others to engage in or simulate sexual conduct."
That includes 1,275 videos and 3,598 photographic images.
Each of the 19 counts is a Category B felony, the second most serious class of criminal violations, and each is punishable by up to six years in prison.
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Extremely popular among his first-year medical students, and now exciting audiences across North America with his humor and well-illustrated talks, AiG-US speaker Dr. David Menton spent 34 years teaching at medical school. He now devotes himself full-time to reaching the church (and some secular groups) with the Creation message.
Here is his "creationist testimony."
Entering the Kingdom of God as a Little Child
I was born in Mankato, Minnesota in 1938 and was baptized at a local conservative Lutheran church. Like many people who were baptized and raised by Christian parents, I have no recollection of the precise moment I became a Christian, nor do I recall a time when I was an unbeliever. As Paul said of Timothy, "
from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 3:15).
By the grace of God and through the power of the Holy Spirit, I grew in the knowledge of God's Word during my youth. I was especially blessed by two years of intensive confirmation instruction where I was given a firm foundation in the Scriptures and Christian doctrine. "
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them" (Ecclesiastes 12:1). I came to treasure the Gospel-filled hymns of my church, its abundant offering of the means of grace through the Word and Sacraments, and its beautiful and meaningful liturgy.
Preparation for a Career in Science
As I grew older, I developed a deep interest in science and from the time I was in junior high school I knew that one day I would be a scientist. Most of the toys I requested for gifts on my birthday and at Christmas came from the A. C. Gilbert Company, best known as the maker of the Erector set. Over time I came to possess a Gilbert chemistry set, microscope set, glass blowing set, and mineralogy set. Later an astronomical telescope was added to the inventory of my home laboratory and finally a pair of binoculars for bird watching. I doubt my parents ever heard me complain that there was nothing to do.
I attended public schools rather than our church's Christian day school. This presented less of a problem than I suspect it would today because in those years evolutionary dogma and its social implications had barely found its way into most public schools. Even during my undergraduate college years studying the sciences at Mankato State University I was largely spared the profitless speculations of evolutionists.
After graduating from Mankato State with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry, I spent two years as a research laboratory technician for the department of dermatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. While at Mayo I was invited to pursue a PhD in cell biology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
A Long and Successful Career at Washington University School of Medicine
Following my graduation from Brown in 1966, I accepted a position on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri where I remained in the department of anatomy for 34 years until my retirement in the year 2000. During this time, I taught first year medical students histology (the study of the structure and function of the tissues and organs of the body at the microscopic level) and gross anatomy (the dissection and study of the human body as seen by the unaided eye). Over the years I did research on skin, bone, the kidney, and the placenta.
Under the Shadow of His Wings
I have often been asked how I managed to survive in a high-powered scientific environment where it was uncommon to find a Bible-believing Christian and creationist. There is no doubt that the Lord "
kept me as the apple of His eye, and hid me under the shadow of His wings" (Psalm 17:8). While few of my colleagues shared my views on Christianity and creation, they treated me with respect, and my students considered me to be among their best teachers in the preclinical sciences. How was this possible when we are often told that nothing in biology makes sense without evolution? The fact is that though widely believed, evolution contributes nothing to our understanding of empirical science and thus plays no essential role in biomedical research or education.
Today we are hearing threats from some college professors to not matriculate, pass, graduate or recommend anyone who dares to question Darwinism. Professional science organizations, popular science magazines and the news media are becoming more and more strident in their bitter condemnation of creation and creationists. We even hear vigorous denials that an organ as marvelously complex as the human eye shows the slightest evidence of purpose or intelligent design. "
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?" (Psalm 2:1).
Sadly, even many Christian churches and denominations have attempted to make their peace with Darwin lest they appear foolish in the eyes of men. Better we follow the inspired advice of Paul to the Corinthians, "
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." (1 Corinthians 3:18). For this and other reasons, I decided to retire earlier than I had once anticipated so that I might sound a warning and give encouragement to all who would hear.
An Opportunity to Speak for Answers in Genesis
Shortly after retiring from Washington University, I was asked to join Answers in Genesis as a seminar speaker. This great organization has given me the opportunity to speak throughout the United States as well as in many foreign countries. I have developed nearly 20 different computer illustrated talks covering diverse topics from the history of the Scopes trial to the profound implications of evolution for the Christian. I particularly enjoy drawing on my personal experience in the laboratory and employing pictures I have taken with both the light and electron microscope to give laymen a better appreciation of the marvelous complexity of our body.
Whether examining the marvelous complexity of the human eye or something as seemingly simple as a human hair, I seek to show the sovereign and awesome power of our Creator and contrast it with the total inadequacy of man in attempting to explain such things without Him. This was essentially the lesson that God gave to Job (Job 38–42). Let us then join Job in confessing: "
I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You" (Job 42:2).
Profile of an "Evolution Refuter"
- PhD, Cell biology, Brown University
- Former research technician at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Associate Professor of Anatomy at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (1966–2000)
- Elected "Professor of the Year" in 1998 by the Washington University School of Medicine Class of 2000
- Profiled in American Men and Women of Science for almost two decades
- Author of numerous articles in technical journals on bone, wound healing, and skin biomechanics
- President of the Missouri Association for Creation, St Louis, Missouri
To request Dr. Menton as a speaker for your church or college in North America, call 800-350-3232.


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July-August 2013
Volume 101, Number 4
Page 246
"No branch of number theory is more saturated with mystery and elegance than the study of prime numbers," wrote Martin Gardner in his essay "Patterns and Primes." It is therefore no wonder that prime numbers show up in another human endeavor that delves into mysteries in search of patterns and elegance—poetry. As a mathematician and poet, I have long been interested in this confluence.
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes' cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes. Whatever the mode of introduction, the meeting of poetry and primes—"those exasperating, unruly integers that refuse to be divided evenly by any integer except themselves and 1," as Gardner described them—is often an eventful one.
Poetic Mathematics
Gardner often quoted poems in his Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, and he wrote several essays on prime numbers. He could hardly have found a better poem for the subject than British poet Helen Spalding's "Let Us Now Praise Prime Numbers," which he reprinted in the essay "Strong Laws of Small Primes." The poem captures elements that have made primes an object of fascination since the time of Euclid. Spalding (1920–1991) is herself a mysterious figure whose life is difficult to trace after her last publication in The London Magazine in 1961.
Let Us Now Praise Prime Numbers
Let us now praise prime numbers
With our fathers who begat us:
The power, the peculiar glory of prime numbers
Is that nothing begat them,
No ancestors, no factors,
Adams among the multiplied generations.
None can foretell their coming.
Among the ordinal numbers
They do not reserve their seats, arrive unexpected.
Along the lines of cardinals
They rise like surprising pontiffs,
Each absolute, inscrutable, self-elected.
In the beginning where chaos
Ends and zero resolves,
They crowd the foreground prodigal as forest,
But middle distance thins them,
Far distance to infinity
Yields them rare as unreturning comets.
O prime improbable numbers,
Long may formula-hunters
Steam in abstraction, waste to skeleton patience:
Stay non-conformist, nuisance,
Phenomena irreducible
To system, sequence, pattern or explanation.
—Helen Spalding
The poem's first stanza alludes to the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. This theorem states that every positive integer greater than 1 is either a prime number or can be expressed as a unique product of prime numbers. Thus the primes are the building blocks of the integers and, consequently, of the entire real number system. In the second and third stanzas, Spalding suggests how prime numbers appear among the other numbers: Scattered without a discernible pattern, they fan out and occur less frequently as the numbers grow larger. However, despite this reduction in frequency, an infinite number of primes exists. Euclid's proof of the infinitude of prime numbers, circa 300 BCE, is considered to be one of the most elegant proofs in mathematics—a poem in its own right. Michael Szpakowski's Proof, a Short Opera offers a poetic and musical rendition of this proof. The piece can be viewed at www.somedancersandmusicians.com/proof/.
In the poem's final stanza, Spalding touches on one of the deep mysteries associated with prime numbers: our inability to pin them down with a formula. Prime numbers smaller than a given number N can be found through a technique called the Sieve of Eratosthenes—named for Eratosthenes (ca. 276–195 BCE), the Greek mathematician who discovered it. The "sifting" consists of a simple divisibility test and the systematic deletion of all the proper multiples of the prime numbers up to the largest prime smaller than the square root of N. The method works best when N itself is small. For N = 100, for example, the deletion leaves in the sieve the first 25 primes:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97
Since the time of Eratosthenes, many techniques have been invented to "catch" prime numbers, but as yet no formula has been found that covers them all. In particular, it is notoriously difficult to produce very large primes. Neither has a pattern been found to predict their distribution within a given interval of numbers. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute listed seven of the most important open problems in mathematics. The institute offers an award of $1 million to anyone who publishes a solution to one of these Millennium Prize Problems. One problem, the Riemann Hypothesis, formulated by Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010. It is a conjecture about the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. The function, ζ, is defined for complex variables, s, and a value of s for which ζ (s) = 0 is called a zero of zeta. The zeta function was introduced by Leonhard Euler in the early 1800s as a function of a real variable. Riemann extended the function to complex numbers and established a connection between its set of zeros and properties of prime numbers. The Riemann Hypothesis is considered to be the most important open problem in pure mathematics, and its solution would advance our knowledge of the distribution of prime numbers. Tom Apostol's poem, "Where Are the Zeros of Zeta of s?," playfully imparts the excitement generated by the chase after its solution. It begins:
Where are the zeros of zeta of s?
G. F. B. Riemann has made a good guess;
They're all on the critical line, saith he,
And their density's one over 2pi log t.
This statement of Riemann's has been like a trigger
And many good men, with vim and with vigor,
Have attempted to find, with mathematical rigor,
What happens to zeta as mod t gets bigger.
—Tom Apostol, from "Where Are the Zeros of Zeta of s?"
Many other questions about prime numbers remain unanswered. Some of these problems and their partial solutions, as well as the spell cast by primes on the mathematicians who study them, have also made their way into poetry.
Prime Culture
Prime numbers have applications in computational fields, including cryptography and statistics, as well as in many scientific domains, such as engineering and physics. They also offer what Richard Crandall and Carl B. Pomerance call, in their 2005 book Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective, "cultural connections." These cultural connections manifest themselves in poetry in a variety of ways.
The concept of primality is employed in poems as a metaphor for the intoxicating mysteries of life and human behavior. An example of this phenomenon is found in "Prime Numbers," by Jim Mele.
Prime Numbers
Prime numbers,
I remember them
like drinks
following complicated folk laws.
Out in California
a friend visits a pebble
beach, indivisible
in this uncertain life.
—Jim Mele
The depth of the cultural connection between primes and poetry becomes more apparent when we examine the inclusion of specific prime numbers in poems. The affinity between numbers and words has roots in the invention of alphabetic writing by the Phoenicians in the 2nd millennium BCE, When numbers came to be denoted by letters of the alphabet. In ancient poetry, especially in the domain of magic, mysticism and divination, every word acquired the number value of the sum of its letters and every number attained the symbolic values of one or more words in whose spelling it appeared. Historian of mathematics David Eugene Smith notes that 3 and 7 "were chief among mystic numbers in all times and among all people." This, he proposes, is because "3 and 7 are the first prime numbers—odd, unfactorable, unconnected with any common radix, possessed of various peculiar properties." In other words, 3 and 7 acquired a special importance precisely because of their primality. Vestiges of such significance, combined with layers of cultural, sociological and historical meaning, allow prime numbers to evoke powerful images and emotions, both personal and collective. Poems featuring the prime number 7 exemplify this effect. Perhaps most notably, 7 appears in key religious texts. It shows up in the first poem of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, as well as in the New Testament, the Koran, and others. Seven also appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh —one of the earliest known works of literature, dated around 2,000 BCE. The contemporary poems "Reasons for Numbers," by Lisel Mueller, and "How I Won the Raffle," by Dannie Abse, reflect the layers of history and mystery that the number 7 carried with it into the present; both are excerpted below:
Because luck
is always odd
and the division
of history
into lean and fat
—Liesel Mueller, from "Reasons for Numbers"
I chose 7 because those ten men used to dance
around the new grave seven times.
Also because of the pyramids of Egypt;
the hanging gardens of Babylon;
Diana's Temple at Ephesus;
the great statue of Zeus at Athens;
the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus;
the Colossus of Rhodes;
and the lighthouse of Alexandria.
—Dannie Abse, from "How I Won the Raffle"
An even earlier poem features 7 as a lucky number. Langston Hughes's "Addition [1]" employs the form of a math problem to comment on the addition of "love" to "luck."
Lewis Carroll's classic poem, The Hunting of the Snark, mentions 7 in company of other numbers for an amusing mathematical effect. Do the math!
"Taking Three as the subject to reason about—
A convenient number to state—
We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out
By One Thousand diminished by Eight.
"The result we proceed to divide, as you see,
By Nine Hundred and Ninety and Two:
Then subtract Seventeen, and the answer must be
Exactly and perfectly true.
—Lewis Carroll, from The Hunting of the Snark
Aesthetics and Structure
Poems rarely call on prime numbers for their visual appeal. A notable exception is William Carlos Williams's imagist poem, "The Great Figure."
The Great Figure
Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city.
—Williams Carlos Williams
Williams's poem makes clear the aesthetic quality of the figure 5 he describes. American artist Charles Demuth's painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold was inspired by it. A series of multimedia works based on the poem are available at the website Poems that Go (poemsthatgo.com).
More often, numbers contribute to the structure of a poem. Poetry's musicality depends not only on words but also on quantifiable structural elements, and formal poetry relies on counting: metrical feet, rhyme words, line length, number of lines in a stanza, number of stanzas in the poem and more. A certain amount of mathematical calculation, either formal or intuitive, is involved in free verse as well. And some nontraditional poetic structures and procedures rely explicitly on the mathematical properties of prime numbers.
One such technique employs the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. To construct a poem using this theorem, you decide on the length of the poem and then number the poem's lines consecutively from bottom to top, starting at 2. Then choose a word that stands for multiplication and a word that stands for exponentiation. The next step is to write the lines marked by prime numbers. Each line numbered with a prime is a building block of the other lines, much like the prime numbers build the positive integers. The first poem written with this structure was Carl Andre's poem "On the Sadness." My poem, "13 January 2009," was also made using this approach. The form does not require the writer to note the mathematics that undergirds it, but in this instance the notation is part of the poem.
13 January 2009
12=22 x3 Anuk is dying for Anuk is dying in the
white of winter
11 The coldest month
10=2x5 Anuk is dying in the falling snow
9=32 The white of winter for Anuk is dying
8=23 Anuk is dying for the white of winter
7 The drift of time
6=2x3 Anuk is dying in the white of winter
5 The falling snow
4=22 Anuk is dying for Anuk is dying
3 The white of winter
2 Anuk is dying
1 .
—Sarah Glaz
Here the word in stands for multiplication, and the word for stands for exponentiation. The poem is generated from the prime numbered lines—2, 3, 5, 7, and 11, which are written first—as follows: Factor each nonprime line number into a product of powers of distinct primes. For example, 12 = 22 x 3. The primes appearing in the number 12, arranged in increasing order, are 2 and 3. Line 2 is: Anuk is dying, and line 3 is: The white of winter. To construct line 12, replace the number 2 with line 2, the number 3 with line 3, multiplication with in and exponentiation with for. This makes line 12: Anuk is dying for Anuk is dying in the white of winter. The same procedure is used to generate each line of the poem. When the poem is read aloud, the echo created by the repetition of prime-numbered lines evokes an elegiac mood.
Another method involves the aesthetic manipulation of very large primes. Jason Earls's concrete prime poem, "Lighght Prime" (shown below) is based on Aram Saroyan's poem, "Lighght." (The history of this poem, which engendered considerable controversy when it was first published, is worth looking up.)
Earls used zeroes and ones to create a visual representation of the poem. The word "lighght" appears in the interior of a rectangular array of digits, all of which are 0s and 1s. Taking the digits of this rectangular array and placing them in the same order on a straight line creates a long number. Multiplying this number by 101280, and then subtracting 1, yields a very large prime number. Verifying that this number is indeed prime involves the use of a computer program. Earls's book, The Lowbrow Experimental Mathematician, includes additional information on this poetic form and more concrete prime poems.
Yet another technique for constructing poems involves the prime number 7. This method, called the n + 7 algorithm, was invented by the Oulipian poet Jean Lescure. The literary movement known as Oulipo—Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle (Workshop of Potential Literature)—was founded by Raymond Queneau in 1960. Its members invented constraints that generate literature; many of these constraints are mathematical. The n + 7 algorithm replaces each noun in a given poem with the seventh noun that follows in a specified dictionary. Mathematically, the procedure is a function on the set of nouns—one that "translates" each noun by 7 units. The results are often amusing. Computer programs make it easy to run this algorithm on longer texts, and to do so using numbers other than 7. You can try out the procedure using a dictionary or at www.spoonbill.org/n+7/.
Whether they are invoked as lucky numbers, employed as generative constraints, or just lauded in all their unruliness, primes in poetry lend both elegance and unpredictability. This dual nature—both exemplar and irritant—is familiar to poetry lovers. "Stay non-conformist, nuisance," Spalding urges the primes. It's a directive that the best poems often follow as well.
An earlier version of this essay appeared as "The Poetry of Prime Numbers" in the
Proceedings of Bridges Coimbra
, 2011, pp. 17–24. For permission to reprint their poems, we are thankful to Jim Mele and Jason Earls. "Addition [1]" is from
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes,
by Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad with David Roessel, associate editor, copyright 1994 by the estate of Langston Hughes. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. "The Great Figure," from
The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams,
vol. 1, 1909–1939, by William Carlos Williams, is copyright 1938 by New Directions Publishing and is reprinted by permission.
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- Glaz, S. 2010. "Poetry inspired by mathematics." Proceedings of Bridges Pécs , 35–42.
- Glaz, S. 2011. "13 January 2009." Recursive Angel , May–June.
- Glaz, S., and J. Growney, eds. 2008. Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics. London: CRC Press/AK Peters.
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The town of Stip is sometimes referred to as the Macedonian Manchester. For decades it has been the centre of the country's textile industry. With 48,000 inhabitants it is the largest town in eastern Macedonia. The area is known all over the country for its pizza-like pastry, pastrmajlija.
Thanks to the rapid development of the clothing sector in recent years, Stip has gone from large scale unemployment to labour shortages. A bright spot in Macedonia's generally sluggish economy, Stip can be seen as a model for the development of a thriving private sector.
Stip already became a hub of regional trade in the 19th century, while it was still under Ottoman rule. Trade with Thessalonica, in which the town's Jewish community played an active role, contributed to growth. From 1797, when its population is thought to have been between 3,000 and 4,000, Stip grew rapidly, reaching 20,900 inhabitants by 1899. The town was ethnically diverse at the time, home to 10,900 Macedonians, 8,700 Turks, 800 Jews and 500 Roma (CRPM).
The 20th century changed Stip's multiethnic character. During the Second World War, while the town was under Bulgarian occupation, almost the entire Jewish population was deported to the Treblinka concentration camp. Today, only a single Jewish family remains in Stip (CRPM). Several thousand Turks left the town during the 1950s when socialist Yugoslavia reached an agreement on emigration of Turks (in practice, often also Albanians) to Turkey. According to the census of 2002, 87 percent of Stip's inhabitants are now ethnic-Macedonians. There are still 1,272 Turks, 2,195 Roma and 2,074 Vlachs.
Stip's post-war industrialisation left its mark on the town's appearance. Most of the houses and apartment buildings date back to the early Socialist era (1950-1975), though there is some evidence of the town's older history, including a 14th century monastery overlooked by a medieval fortress on Isar hill. The old Ottoman covered bazaar, the Bezisten, stands next to Stip's largest hotel, the socialist-era "Oaza" (Oasis). The huge textile factories, "Makedonka" and "Astibo", the core of Stip's industry for decades, both went bankrupt in the early 2000s, but have not disappeared from view. Makedonka ceased operating in 2002:
"Today the compound is falling apart, the railway gate is locked, already rusted. The maintenance has been poor in the last ten years and one can see that many windows are broken, parts of the walls are deteriorating and the grass in the park has been growing wild for some time. There is a bulk of old machinery, rusted from the rains and the time that has passed, scattered around the compound. An old flag of the factory remains, continually blown around by the wind that is so strong in the Stip area."
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The decline of the town's largest enterprises caused many to lose their jobs. In 2002 the local employment office registered 11,700 unemployed.
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