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It doesn't matter what industry you work in. Many of your core business applications continue to run on mainframe and mid-range systems, including IBM, Unisys, Tandem, HP, UNIX, and OpenVMS. After all, these are proven platforms for reliability and availability. But today's security threats, numerous industry regulations (HIPAA, PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, etc.), and your organization's newest security policies are putting new demands on your tried-and-true applications.
The good news is that you don't have to re-architect or rip-and-replace your applications. Using a well-thought-out approach can preserve, and increase the value of, the investment you've already made in legacy applications. Whether you're trying to adhere to an industry regulation or follow standard security practices, the following options can help to ensure that your legacy applications are in compliance:
End-to-end encryption – Encrypting the data moving between users and applications is one of the easiest and most basic steps you can take towards securing application access. Attachmate uses SSL/TLS and Kerberos-based encryption techniques to protect data between clients and servers.
Nonsecure protocol replacement – Widely used protocols such as Telnet and FTP have been deemed as nonsecure because information, notably passwords, is sent in plain text—which makes it susceptible to packet analysis. SSH-based clients and servers provide confidentiality and integrity by allowing data to be exchanged using a secure channel between mainframe, UNIX, Linux, or Windows-based systems.
FIPS 140-2 – One of the most stringent security specifications for encrypting data is the U.S. government's Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). Vendors may be required to validate their cryptographic products against this standard before they can be deployed and used within the federal government. While driven by the U.S. federal government, these requirements have been adopted by companies in other industries, including financial services and health care. The majority of Attachmate mainframe access products have been validated as meeting the FIPS 140-2 standards for its cryptographic products. The list of certified products, along with vendors' stated security policies, can be found at http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/vallists.htm.
PKI and DOD-PKI – Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) helps facilitate secure communications through the use of digital certificates. DOD-PKI is a specification for the configuration and use of PKI as mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense. A number of Attachmate mainframe access products support PKI and DOD-PKI for host and user authentication during Secure Shell and SSL/TLS sessions.
Authorization and authentication – Attachmate mainframe products include an array of authentication and authorization methods, so you can easily pair them with your existing security framework. To verify user or system identity—and block access to private files or systems through nefarious means—support for Kerberos, PKI, SSH, passwords, Active Directory, LDAP, X.509, smart cards, tokens, web portal authentication methods, IBM Express Logon, and RSA SecureID is provided in both Attachmate clients and servers.
Secure file transfer – A variety of secure file transfer mechanisms are available in Attachmate clients and servers. These mechanisms allow you to send files of any size and manage the process from end to end. Whether moving files internally or externally, between users or systems, automated or user-driven, Attachmate provides comprehensive file transfer solutions supporting nearly any type of encryption (SSL, AES, 3DES, and Blowfish) and any platform (IBM z/OS, Windows, UNIX, and Linux).
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John Kass
June 12, 2013
Yes, President Big Brother has been hurt by the National Security Agency domestic spying scandal.
He once campaigned for the White House as a champion of civil liberties, and now he haplessly defends the NSA's secret data mining of the American people, our cellphones, our email and our thoughts even as we type them.
And while sales figures skyrocket for George Orwell's novel "1984," I'd like to ask you to try an experiment.
Try swimming against the current of common wisdom. It won't hurt, I promise.
Certainly, Obama doesn't benefit from the NSA scandal, especially coming after the other scandals involving Benghazi and the IRS targeting conservatives and libertarians for their political and religious beliefs. But there is one group that has been seriously weakened by the revelations about the NSA:
The Republicans.
Not all Republicans, but the establishment GOP, the big-government neoconservative wing that has run the party for decades, framing the debate, playing our fear of terrorism like a musical instrument as its pushes war as policy.
Think of a grinning Karl Rove with Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham on his lap. Those guys. They're the ones hurting.
Because what NSA leaker Edward Snowden has triggered is a debate — I prefer the words "political cage match to the death" — between the neoconservatives on one side and the libertarians and conservatives of the tea party on the other.
The GOP establishment pushed through the Patriot Act under President George W. Bush, using the threat of terror to grow the federal security state into what it's become. And now the establishment is denouncing Snowden as a traitor.
That doesn't sit well with the Republican base.
This animosity undercuts the message that the GOP establishment has been hurling at Obama for months over other issues, namely that unbridled federal power is dangerous.
"The Republican Party goes through this soul-searching at least once in every generation," former Judge Andrew Napolitano said Tuesday on the WLS-AM radio show I co-host with Lauren Cohn. "I'm old enough to remember Barry Goldwater vs. Nelson Rockefeller in the early '60s.
"Now here we are all over again. I don't know whether it's the Chris Christie wing vs. the Rand Paul wing, but it is basically big-government Republican style vs. small-government constitutional style. …The lesson of history is obvious. What do they want to do this time around? Have Democrats Lite in the form of Gov. Christie?
"Or will there be a serious return to small-government transparency and maximum individual liberty under Rand Paul? It's not even a choice at all in light of what the government has done. The IRS, The Associated Press, Fox News, all these violations of civil liberties that seem to be coming down every day."
That debate is necessary for the health of the republic, just as the future ugly debate among Democrats will be necessary. It's coming for the Democrats — not yet, but eventually, when they're in the wilderness like the Republicans are at present.
Right now, the debate is on the right as the 2016 presidential campaign takes shape.
"If you look at polls, you see that in the general public there's been a huge shift," said Julian Sanchez, who studies the intersection of technology and civil liberties for the Cato Institute. "Republicans were overwhelmingly fine with this under Bush and are a lot more disturbed by it now. And we've seen the reverse among self-identified Democrats. A majority used to oppose this and now a thin majority are basically OK with fairly invasive and, frankly, incredibly sweeping forms of surveillance."
Sanchez noted that U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., is now vehemently anti-NSA.
"One of the most astonishing things to me has been seeing Jim Sensenbrenner, who proudly describes himself as the author of the Patriot Act, essentially condemning this bulk acquisition of Internet records and slightly fuzzier PRISM program as an abuse that goes far beyond what he thought he was establishing in the Patriot Act," Sanchez said.
The voices of common Washington consensus, meaning the establishment bipartisan political class, keeps stressing that what the NSA is doing is legal. This argument misses the political point, but it fills airtime.
"Yes, it is legal," said Napolitano of the NSA spying. "Yes, it is legal. And it was enacted by the Congress, but it is profoundly unconstitutional.
"These laws undermine the very reason the Constitution was written, one of which is to guarantee the freedom to exercise your natural rights, among which is the right to be left alone. The laws directly contradict the core American value, the core value that Jefferson wrote in the declaration, that our rights come from our humanity and not the government and so they can't be taken away by a vote of the government."
But will the public recognize this and remember it as the spinners begin whispering about common sense and protection and security?
"They can capture emails of your friends, your children, your spouse, your local librarian and anybody," Napolitano said. "What kind of society wants the government peering over its shoulder all the time? That's East Germany and Stalin Russia. That's not the United States of America."
And that's a difference the establishment GOP had better figure out soon. If it doesn't, it will follow the Whigs into oblivion.
Twitter @John_Kass
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The master of the legal thriller delivers a brilliantly suspenseful novel of deadly secrets, privileged youth, and uncertain justice...Highly entertaining... great characters and a wonderful sense of place. (Chicago Tribune)
Dismas Hardy is finally on top: As a managing partner at his thriving, newly reorganized law firm, he's a rainmaker and fix-it guy for clients leery of taking their chances in a courtroom. Now Hardy's up-and-coming associate, Amy Wu, brings him a high-profile case: Andrew Bartlett, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent San Francisco family, has been arrested for the double slaying of his girlfriend and his English teacher. The D.A. wants to try him as an adult. Determined to get the case into juvenile court and overwhelmed by the mounting evidence against her client, Wu asks Hardy to sit second chair for her in Bartlett's defense.
As the Bartlett case moves swiftly to trial, another series of murders grip the city. An unseen killer seems to be shooting citizens wantonly, and as fear and anxiety build around The Executioner (as he is quickly dubbed in the ensuing media frenzy), Abe Glitsky, the newly promoted deputy chief of the Investigations Bureau, leads the desperate hunt to stop him.
With the city on the verge of panic, Hardy and Glitsky are locked in a race against time-to save a client and to catch a murderer. But nothing is what it seems, and as both men's cases twist and turn to their shocking conclusions, the very foundations of San Francisco's legal system will be shaken to the core.
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Can we be counted on to make sound decisions under uncertainty? Are our judgments always rational? Do we invariably make choices in our best interests, based on a full understanding of trade-offs and probabilities? Are we truly, in short, the homo economicus assumed by many economic models?
Or are we instead a more-flawed species — a creature of bounded rationality, driven by emotions and desires? Is our understanding of probabilities incomplete? Are we susceptible to cognitive biases, and do we confront uncertainty with misleading rules of thumb? Do our decisions, in short, sometimes run counter to our interests?
To those who study behavioral finance, the answers to the sets of questions above are no and yes, respectively. Over the past 30 years, beginning with the seminal work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, the behaviorists have demonstrated that people routinely employ heuristics — rules of thumb, or mental shortcuts — to simplify and, worse, oversimplify decisions under uncertainty. Moreover, they have shown time and again that our choices are frequently skewed by an array of cognitive biases.
Most work to date in behavioral finance has focused on asset pricing and the behavior of investors. But increasingly, attention is being paid to decision-making in the corporate realm. Because of their training and experience, managers might be presumed to be less likely to use mental shortcuts, and less vulnerable to cognitive biases. True or not, consultants in decision analysis have made a good living by showing managers how they fall into decision traps, and professors have delighted in showing their executive MBA students just how flawed their judgment can be.
Over time, the behaviorists have compiled a long list of biases and heuristics. No one can say with certainty which of these inflict the most harm, but financial managers would do well to watch out for five: anchoring and adjustment, framing, optimism, overconfidence, and self-serving bias.
Anchoring and Adjustment
Kahneman and Tversky contended that people frequently form estimates by starting with a given, easily available reference value — which could be arbitrary — and adjusting from that value. An estimate, therefore, would be "anchored" to that value. (Think of auto salespeople starting negotiations at the manufacturer's suggested retail price.)
To demonstrate this heuristic, Dan Ariely, professor of management science at MIT Sloan School of Management, conducted a mock auction with his MBA students. He asked students to write down the last two digits of their Social Security numbers, and then submit bids on such items as bottles of wine and chocolate. The half of the group with higher two-digit numbers bid "between 60 percent and 120 percent more" on the items, says Ariely.
"People don't know how much something is worth to them," he comments. An anchor helps them decide. Once a value is set, people are good at setting relative values, Ariely explains. But "it's very hard to figure out what the fundamental value of something is," he adds, whether it's an accounting system, a company's stock, or a CEO.


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Halloween, oh my, what a fright.
Who wants to fight with ghosts, goblin, ghouls and such?
Boo! Scared? Yes!
No place is safe from snakes, spiders and spooky stuff.
Right now a house seems safe enough.
Trap doors, trick rooms, old books and dead people!
The skeletons chuckle as their bones rattle.
Snakes in long halls and ghosts are coming through the walls.
Boo! I pinch myself; is this a dream?
I see a beam of light. I sprint, I dash! I burst through the door!
I've made it through another Halloween night!
– By Kaleb Jennings, age 14, Munford Middle SchoolCelebrity judge
This year's Ghost Writers winners were picked by Alan Brown, a professor of history at the University of West Alabama. His many books on Southern ghosts include "Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories"and "Ghosts Along the Mississippi River," which was published last month.
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1st place: Madelynn Williams, 9, Saks Elementary
"Nightmare in Your House:" Remember when you were little and you were in bed and it was dark and you suddenly thought you saw something in the corner? "See that pile of clothes over there? It's not really clothes."
2nd place: Alex McFry, 16, White Plains High School
"Crash:" The high-school cross-country team is out training in the woods when their route takes them past the site of a 1943 plane crash. It's said to be a haunted place. Maybe that's why the relationship drama takes a sudden ugly turn.
3rd place: Sarah Abdul-Ghani, 10, The Donoho School
"Freaky Thursday:" Home alone. Friends show up at the door, but they don't act quite right. "Is that a decoration for Halloween, or it that blood?" Wait, what was that noise downstairs?
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Most ominous opening: "The clock strikes 10 and I am ready, ready to be 17 for the rest of my life." – Jorge Martinez, 13, Oxford Middle School
Most poetic opening: "I'm sitting on my grave, watching the beautiful silver moon." – Kimberly Brotherton, 12, Oxford Middle School
Creepiest opening: "I woke up and I was lying on a big pile of leaves. I looked all around me, and the first thing I saw was an enormous oak tree that had J H carved into the side of it. The strange thing was, those were my initials." – Alanna Franks, 12, Oxford Middle School
Best haunted spot: "The Ladiga Bike Trail Ghost," by Eden Bussey, 10, Coldwater Elementary
Spookiest line: "With the help of the light from a full Halloween moon, we saw a body rise up from an abandoned emergency room gurney and yell to us, 'Stop where you are!'" – Patrick Foster, 10, Kitty Stone Elementary
Paging Alton Brown: In the story "Devil Worshiper Woods," two boys fall into the clutches of six-armed devils, who fall to arguing over how to cook them. "So many choices … we could roll you in breadcrumbs and bake you, or marinate you and grill you." A little voice from the crowd said, 'I say we do both!' So they got out two bags of breadcrumbs. They first put them in olive oil, then they rolled them in the breadcrumbs. Next, they marinated them. After that, they baked them in a giant pizza oven, and last they put them in another giant cooking thing. It looked like a grill, but it didn't have the metal you put the steak on, it was replaced by sticks." – Emma Norton, 10, Ranburne Elementary
Best title: "Bloody Mary and Candy Man Unite!" – Ameenah Stephens, 11, C.E. Hanna Elementary
Scariest animal: Six-headed wolf, in "Here We Go Again," by Molly Gnagy, 13, The Donoho School.
Best reboot of a classic: "The Headless Horseman's Daughter" (she's a wizard horseman – not headless) – Caitlyn Caraway, 11, White Plains Middle School
Best character: Fred, a pumpkin who is afraid of Halloween. – Breanna Turner, 11, White Plains Middle School
Best sound effect: "I screamed like a girl." – Gavin Burrage, 10, White Plains Middle School
Creepiest description: "The man looked like her father, but paler, but her father had already died." – Kate Porteous, 9, The Donoho School
Best prop: A vase filled with jade flowers, where the white-haired Sebastian keeps the souls that he collects. – Wilnadia Murrell, 15, The Donoho School
Best setting: A haunted prison that's later replaced by a mall. – Allen "A.J." Long, 9, The Donoho School
Best revenge: When James Cobb robs a grave, he is haunted by a the phrase "La mort la haine muadit" – "it was French for cursed, hatred, death." It shows up on signs, on his voice mail message, screaming from his cell phone … – Landon Hardy, 12, White Plains Middle School
Best happy ending: In "Shadow in the Window," the creepy murderer stalking the two young girls is foiled when one of them clangs him over the head with a piece of cast-iron. "Justice was served with a good old-fashioned skillet." – Savannah Goodwin, 13, homeschool
Best ending: "Me and my brother learned to never ever go trick-or-treating without a parent." – Gracie Morgan, 8, White Plains Elementary
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Through partnerships with industry, education and government, Skills Canada – Ontario promotes the skilled trades and technologies as a viable, first choice career options for young people in Ontario. Skills Canada - Ontario creates awareness and provides information to young people, parents and educators about skilled trades and technologies career opportunities through presentations, publications, programs and competitions. By equipping industry with the skilled employees it needs to succeed, Skills Canada - Ontario is also ensuring that Ontario remains competitive in the global marketplace.
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I also used this song once in a while, called TACZANKA.
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Best Spa Ever!! – My experiece at Zen Fusion Spa was Fabulous!! The staff and Lorie take such great care with each concern. I have had all my facials done there and am now working with her on the weight loss laser. I feel like family when I am there. If you need a special treat..along with a flawless face and trim figure..this is the place to be!! Doesn't get much better than that!!!
The only person I trust with my skin! – Lowcountry Aesthetic Center and Zen Fusion Spa has done miracles for my skin. I struggled with acne as a teen and as a result ended up with embarrassing ice pick scars. I have had numerous laser and facial treatments with Lorie. She is just as knowledgeable about skin as any dermatologist or doctor I know. She is the only person I trust with my skin. The results from all of my treatments have been more than satisfying. My acne scars have almost completely disappeared from the laser treatments. Also the Hydrofacial treatment is a must. It offers relaxation with major results. My skin tone is extremely even and smooth now as a result. I have recently moved far away from the area, but I still go back to Lowcountry Aesthetic Center for all my facial treatments, laser and even my eyebrow waxing (best shaping ever). I really don't trust anyone but Lorie with my face. She's the BEST!
Very relaxing and Professional Spa – Lowcountry Aesthetic Center & Zen Fusion Spa is a miracle working business. I have been getting laser lipo there for a few months now (different areas) and it has made a big difference on how my jeans are fitting:) Plus the treatment entails NO pain whatsoever. The staff is so knowledgeable and courteous and the atmosphere is very relaxing. I find myself taking naps during my treatment. I hightly recommend this spa to everyone!
Talented staff, high performance! – Lowcountry Aesthetic Center has by far, some of the most talented and skilled staff. Especially when it comes to skin corrections, renewal via Hydrafacial. (which is the best type of facial I have ever had!) I have had redness, acne, dry skin, those irritating fine crinkly lines, and all of those problems have been kept at bay due to the Hydrafacial. Lorrie is a very skilled skin therapist! Sadly...I have since moved and have notice my skin going blaaaa since lack of the Hydrafacial:( The Acupuncture therapy is also miracle therapy to anyone with pain...anywhere! Amy works through what they call "energy channels" that get blocked in your body and cause diseases. Check out their web page and you can see all that they do. It's my first pick for skin, health, and body shaping:) Lipolaser
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Relaxing Atmosphere and amazing results! – I am a local and I have been to most of the area spas. Zen Fusion has the broadest range of services. Not only that all of the services I have had had been by far the best ever! I won't let anyone but Lorrie wax me. The facials are to die for, massage service is great, and the accupuncture is very therapeutic. My favorite service by far is the lipo laser. If you want to drop inches fast I highly recommend it. Everyone is always very polite and professional. Always an overall great experience!
I loved this spa – This is not exactly the kind of place I'd expected, but that wasn't a bad thing. Upon walking in, I was greeted by the receptionist and the aesthetician I'd booked with. I filled out my paperwork, talked with them, and was in for my appointment within no time. Again, I was pleasantly surprised to find a piece of equipment that was there that they used for my facial. The Hydrafacial was relaxing and VERY effective. I've lived with discoloration and redness for the greater part of my life, and also I've always had acne. The first treatment made a huge difference, and I've had 3 more like it since. Each one just makes it better and better. Every question I had, Lori had an answer, and she even explained every problem and gave me a treatment plan to follow home! The massages are great too! Michele does a great job (If you name isn't Michele, and you read this, I'm sorry). I would and HAVE recommended this spa to my friends.
Not just stress relief, pain relief ! – 'm sort of a massage junkie, plus my back is chronically tight due to my job. I've had Acupuncture recommended to me before by my Chiropractor and Physical Therapist But, I've been apprehensive and truth be told, a little scared. So, I looked around and decided to try them since the Acupuncturist was voted best in the local paper and there is a Doctor on staff. Plus they have this treatment called a Stress Buster that combines massage and acupuncture. I was surprised to find that I could barely even feel most of the needles and the others I wouldn't have even known she put in. I found it really relaxing and my muscles were already looser even before she started massaging me. Also, I've noticed that it has seemed to have a longer lasting effect than when I just get my massage. And, bonus...my stress levels are much better at work! I will be back, thank you Amy!
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What's Your View on the $5 Twilight Concert Fee?
A good idea and long overdue:
Austen Diamond, City Weekly music & listings editor:
Top notch artists ain't cheap
Take a look at this year's lineup. It is effing incredible. These are some of the finest national touring musicians who might have otherwise passed over Salt Lake City and certainly didn't give the series the time of day a decade ago. Sure, a free concert with some washed up '90s act -- like Blues Traveler or Better than Ezra -- would be nice, but far -- very far -- from incredible or eliciting of fist pumps (me at the press conference) and "wows" from music lovers.
If the concerts outgrow Pioneer Park, where would they go?
Each of the several venue relocations took, on average, seven years before it happened, and all were due to construction, but also because attendees said that it was too crowded for the locale. At Pioneer Park, however, people were kvetching about the numbers after the first show: the Modest Mouse debacle of 2010. With the 2011 season-closing Lupe Fiasco performance clocked at 52,000 attendees, where else could the series move? To any place that I could surmise (Usana? Rice-Eccles?), I'd say this to: No, thanks.
Sky-high costs
More and more attendees means more and more costs -- from added security to additional portable toilets -- and who's going to foot the bill? Taxpayers who don't give a shit about music? This minimal fee is an excellent way to keep the series afloat and also keep public funds from being drained on the concertgoers who aren't even there for the concert.
Be gone, riff-raff.
Sure, the free event is about creating a vibrant downtown, and everyone deserves music, but some (thousands) of the attendees were not there for the music, but rather the scene and to be seen. I feel like my grandpa when I think about "those darn hooligans," but I'd rather be comfortable and enjoy myself than navigate through some of SLC's riff-raff.
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Hell, no! Keep the Concerts Free!
Jerre Wroble, City Weekly editor
Free access to art and entertainment such as we have in SLC makes living here a triumph.
The first time I set foot at a Twilight concert, I got that "life is good in the SLC" feeling. Here we were, crammed into what was essentially a mosh pit at the Gallivan Center -- hot, but moving and grooving together, cooling off with a plastic cup full of beer.
Twilight outgrew Gallivan and moved to Pioneer Park, only to attract larger crowds. Why wouldn't they? They've got a kickass concert series and a bunch of music fans who are priced out of Red Butte Gardens and Deer Valley summer concerts. It became such a fine and happy tradition to bring a blanket and balloon and meet friends at Twilight.
The concerts got better and the crowds grew in response to the quality. And now, there's a fly in the ointment: five bucks. It's the opening of the "fee" door, marking the end of an era of free downtown concerts that were a gift to the people and all that. Sure, it's only $5 per concert this year. What about next year, after organizers run their fingers through all those $5 bills? I predict $10, then $20, then $25. And we will have a downtown version of the Red Butte Gardens Concert Series.
And why does anyone think that $5 will deter the "riff-raff"? That amounts to chump change. The scenesters will be there, talking and flinging Frisbees while you're trying to listen intently to your favorite band. Five dollars is not enough but is too much, all the same.
The concerts should remain free, but tickets should be required. They could be picked up in advance from various Downtown Alliance members. Temple Square does it all the time with its Christmas concerts. There should be no admission without a "free" ticket. Keep it free and if "top artists" cost too much, scale it back to what can be afforded. That was the beauty of Twilight. It was pretty damned good music that was free. But we're upping the game in recent years; the ambition of this concert series may be a problem.
With fees, we're kissing the whole marvelous free-concert notion goodbye, because money changes everything.
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Readers, what do you say? Pay or keep it free?
I can't believe there's even a debate. I was born and raised in SLC, but live in Portland, OR now. $5 is a mere pittance for the quality of entertainment you're getting. For a little perspective, I'm paying 10x's the amount for the same bands here, as I suspect are most of the nation. You're getting A-list entertainment for less than a usual concert ticket "service-fee". Yes, it may open the door for raising the prices in the future, but that's when you start the protest. Until then, feel blessed and enjoy the music.
$5 is a fair price. This was bound to happen. They need a revenue stream to handle all the expenses of a concert series that draws THOUSANDS of people (50,000 for Lupe Fiasco!!!). So get real, You can't have EVERYTHING for free, my Gen-Y friends...
I agree that these summer concerts don't need to be big names, and I don't think an "admission fee" should have a primary goal of really helping fund that. But I have for some time been attracted to a fairly small fee, such as $5, to help deter the seemingly increasing numbers of those who seem to just want to come hang out at the park, talk loudly the entire time, and see and be seen while doing so by clogging the pathways. I've thought that with a very small fee, maybe more of them will choose to do that for free at some other "cool" place. But maybe that small-to-me $5 really isn't enough to deter them from Modest Mouse, while still being unfair to those for whom that $5 is a deterrent, and who have already helped pay for the concert with taxes. So maybe the primary solution really should be to revert to highlighting newer up-and-coming bands with these concerts, so it's again really about coming out to spend a beautiful evening in the park listening to some music, not so much "Wow! Cool!"--and perhaps even discovering something new that you like?....
I miss the days of the free concert at the Gallivan Center. I always went to have a beer, enjoy music, and see friends. I always walked because I lived downtown. It wasn't an "event", it was just something to do on Thursday's.
I don't think the $5.00 fee is really going to help pay for the event nor is it going to deter the "riff raffs." I think the fee is sign of the end of something much more. I agree with Jerre Wroble, next year it will be $7 then $10 and so on...
I liked seeing up and coming artists. Some of the artists that were accustomed to playing smaller venues finally getting a chance to play to a larger crowd. I don't want to see national bands that could sell a reasonable about of tickets at a larger venue such as Red Butte Gardens. Lets save those bands for those venues. Bring back the local and regional talent, these artists are the ones originally caused the stir.
Now the Twilight Concerts series is a "event." Marketers, promoters, vendors, and entrepreneurs make money at "events." Somewhere second or third in that line the music and artist come.
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EA has confirmed that Mass Effect 3 does not accept Mass Effect 2 saves imported from the cloud. Local save files which have been moved across consoles via the cloud are also unusable.
Players hoping to transfer a ME2 save file via the cloud onto a new Xbox to play ME3 must transfer the save file back to the original hard drive, and then transfer it manually onto the new Xbox, either via USB or using a transfer cable. Local save files which have been moved across consoles via the cloud are also unusable. Therefore, players without their original hard drives will encounter some problems, as there is no way to recover your save file.
EA's statement says that it understands "this may be a great setback to those impacted who have been following the Mass Effect franchise over the years. We thank you for your patience."
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i have several dozens games that end with the IPA extension
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3. Use Cyberduck (Mac) or WinSCP (Windows) and connect to your iPod/iPhone. (You can view your iPhone/iPod's IP needed to connect in the Wifi settings.)
and go to /private/var/Mobile and create Documents folder and chmod it 777
5. Go to the /applications (NOT /private/var/mobile/applications, it will not work and cause all your appstore apps to be deleted) . You will notice all your jailbroken apps are there. Copy *APPNAMEHERE*.app to that folder. Chmod *APPNAMEHERE*.app 775.
6. Respring your Springboard or just Restart and it will appear on the iPhone Home Screen.
so i've tried both methods, on this one, I follow instructions, upload the game, i respring and sure enough i see the game icon but when I launch it throws me back out to springboard, so it seems the game won't really launch even though it looks like it might.
has anyone had any luck making the cracked games work?
i'm not sure what else to try and I made sure to chmod the folder and files as said but its a no go
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
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Venue Information
Approx. capacity: 889
The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The Gielgud is owned by the Delfont Mackintosh group and seats just under 900 people on three levels. It was designed by WGR Sprague in a neo-classical style and opened in 1907 as the Hicks Theatre, named after actor-manager and playwright Seymour Hicks. American impresario Charles Frohman took over in 1909 and renamed it the Globe, reopening the theatre with a drama by Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill. It was taken over by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group in the 1980s and refurbished in 1987, it played host to several Ayckbourn premieres and acquired a famous theatre cat, Beerbohm, who on his death in 1995 received a front-page obituary in 'The Stage'. To avoid confusion with Sam Wanamaker's Bankside Shakespeare's Globe project, the theatre's name was changed in honour of the great thespian knight in 1992, and in 2006 Cameron Mackintosh's Delfont Mackintosh Group took ownership and embarked on a further round of refurbishments to both the facade and the interior, which were completed in 2008.
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The National Theatre's highly acclaimed production based on Mark Haddon's award-winning novel
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths while ill equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Curious Incident, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike during its sell-out run at the National's Cottesloe Theatre and set a new record with its NT Live broadcast to worldwide cinemas, being seen by over 40,000 people in the UK alone.
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DAQING, China, Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- QKL Stores Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: QKLS), a leading regional supermarket chain in Northeastern China, today announced the opening of two new hypermarkets.
The Company's 46th new store, situated in Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia, was opened on January 8, 2014. Zhalantun City, with a population of approximately 450,000 residents, is known as the political, economic, culture and medical centers of east Xing'anling area, Inner Mongolia. The hypermarket is located in a new shopping mall in the center of the commercial district of the city, serving about 160,000 potential Chinese customers. This hypermarket occupies approximately 8,500 sq. meters of gross space.
The Company's 47th new store, situated in Jiansanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, was opened on January 16, 2014. Jiansanjiang City, with a population of approximately 200,000 residents, is known as the "big farm land" which has 15 large-sized state-owned farms. The hypermarket is located in the center of the commercial district of the city, serving about 200,000 potential Chinese customers. This hypermarket occupies approximately 10,300 sq. meters of gross space.
Mr. Zhuangyi Wang, Chairman and CEO, said, "Opening new stores in new cities is an important part of our long-term growth strategy. We look forward to playing an integral role in the retail communities of Zhanlantun and Jiansanjiang City by offering their residents a wide range of high-quality grocery products. We are pleased to open our first two stores in this quarter and are encouraged with the schedule of our 2014 store opening plan."
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The National Weather Service issued a coastal flooding statement for western facing shores ahead of expected gale force winds that will begin Tuesday afternoon and continue through Wednesday morning.
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On May 22, Washoe County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 700 block of Renoir Drive in Sun Valley on a report of a 1-year-old boy not breathing. The child was transported to a local hospital where it was determined that he had sustained serious injuries consistent with physical abuse. Deputies learned that the child had been in the care, custody and control of local babysitter Melendrez-Anguiano, who resides in the 7200 block of Leonardo Court. Sheriff's detectives were called out to continue the investigation.
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Obviously for the politicians, the best course of action is to outsource the administration of the US immigration laws to the Mexican Government, maybe through some sort of international commission. Then all the so-called Hispanic and Latino voters would be happy, and the politicians would not have to get involved with this messy issue, as millions more illegal aliens and their "kids" either continue to sneak into the US via the borderline, or overstay border crossing card or temporary visa time limits, and take US jobs.These "open border" Republicans are just trying to secure an unlimited supply of cheap labor for their business constituents and could care less how many illegal aliens are in the country or how many more going along with another amnesty will encourage to come here. The liberal Democrats just want as many illegal aliens as possible to get their noses under the tent, as the liberal Democrats know that they can always out pander the Republicans for those people´s votes in the future, and that in the mean time, by allowing all these illegal alien "kids" to stay here and go to US colleges with government grants and loans, that they will be garnering a huge new group of liberal community activists in the immigrant communities where Republicans never thread.
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UN climate talks 2011: Durban
As world leaders met in Durban, South Africa to discuss efforts to tackle global warming, Friends of the Earth International were there calling on the rich developed countries, which have historically emitted the most greenhouse gases, to agree to urgent and dramatic cuts in their emissions.
Members of the FoEI delegation carry a 'no carbon trading' banner on the streets of Durban during the Global Day of Action. We're calling on developed countries to tackle climate change by urgently making real changes at home.
Carbon offsetting – when developed countries buy carbon credits from developing countries to avoid cutting emissions themselves – has no part to play in a just international agreement to fight climate change.
We believe in climate justice which means emission cuts in developed countries, and money for developing countries to grow cleanly and adapt to the effects of climate change – but it also means a change in our consumption patterns.
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- The silver lining to a terribly dark cloud - the Green Climate Fund and Durban
- Civil society takes action in Durban for a fair agreement
- 3,000 people demand EU leadership at climate talks
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- Profiting from pollution: an introduction to carbon trading
- Fighting climate change on the frontline
- 10,000 people demand climate justice
- Keep corporations out of the Green Climate Fund
- Durban in Brussels: European youth convergence for climate justice
- Exposing climate killers
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About twenty years ago, I stumbled on a documentary called Paradise Lost: the Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. It told the story of the investigation into the murder of three eight year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent conviction of three teenagers, casting doubt on whether the teenagers were guilty of murder or just guilty of wearing black, listening to heavy metal music, and enjoying horror films.
Over the years, the documentary filmmakers who made the original Paradise Lost have produced two other films: Paradise Lost: Revelations and Paradise Lost: Purgatory. These documentaries and other information about the case convinced some high profile people like: Eddie Vedder, Henry Rollins, Johnny Depp, and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to lobby for the release of these teenagers. After a bizarre plea deal, they were released on August 19, 2011 after serving over eighteen years for crimes they possibly didn't commit.
Now, Damien Echols, who was on death row for those eighteen years, tells his story in Life After Death. Watch the documentaries and read his book and decide who you believe.
If I was forced into compiling a list of my favorite film directors, Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom) would be number five or six, perhaps even four given my mood. Regardless, he's one of my go-to directors when I want to laugh, cry (well, not really) and be intellectually moved and artistically impressed. So I was pleased as punch to find out that a new, beautifully conceived book about Anderson and his singular cinematic vision was coming out this winter. The coffee table-sized book is a kitchen-sink assortment of analysis, interviews, and references to those touchstones which have inspired the director. The Wes Anderson Collection is a fan's must-have tome. You can view a Q and A with the author here.
It took me almost a whole year to read through Andrew Solomon's deeply moving book Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity. One reason is because it is so long (over 700 pages) and the other is because it was a little bit popular among Kalamazoo residents so I would have it for three weeks and then return it to fill a hold and get it back several weeks later. I don't think this was a bad way to experience this book. It is so dense and at times emotionally draining, it was good to move slowly and take some time off. Through interviews with parents, Solomon explores the lives of families coping with children with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities; and with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, and who are transgender. The summary in our catalog describes the book as, "elegantly reported by a spectacularly original thinker, Far from the Tree explores themes of generosity, acceptance, and tolerance--all rooted in the insight that love can transcend every prejudice. This crucial and revelatory book expands our definition of what it is to be human." Do not be put off by the size of the book. If you just can't get yourself to take on a project that big, the chapters stand mostly alone so you could pick and choose what you wanted to read. Also, just reading the introduction is highly satisfying, as you encounter more compelling and fascinating ideas than most whole books. In the chapter on transgender children, Solomon mentions a documentary titled Prodigal Sons that was made by one of the subjects of that chapter. I was delighted to see that the library owned a copy and I highly recommend it.
I was born in Washington D.C. four days after JFK was killed. As a result I always felt an affinity for, and curiosity about, Kennedy.
I was especially moved when my father and I had the chance to visit the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. We went to Dallas together on the last major trip my father took before he died. We watched TV clips of pivotal moments in Kennedy's presidency. We looked out of the window from which the shots were fired, onto the white painted "X" on Elm Street marking the spot where Kennedy was struck dead. Dad told me about how he felt, living in D.C., expecting a new baby to the family, while memorial events for the fallen president were taking place. After the museum, Dad and I went for dinner at a delicious Mexican restaurant nearby. As we were finally leaving downtown, we got a little turned around and drove down a few different streets before finding the exit onto the freeway. I felt chills when I realized-- just as we were clearly headed in the right direction-- that I was driving right over the fatal spot, the painted "X" on Elm Street. As the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy's assassination approaches, you may wish to revisit that time, explore something new about Kennedy's administration or ponder the controversies surrounding his death. We've got so much you can read, view and hear.
August 28th will be the 50th Anniversary of the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." This past weekend, tens of thousands of people marched on Washington, in commemoration of the event.
I looked for information at KPL about the 1963 march and what was happening here in Kalamazoo during that time. I found writings on the history and significance of the March on Washington, biographies of prominent march organizers such as A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin and other civil rights workers, a video recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 October 1963
Local civil-rights events in 1963 included the picketing of the Van Avery drugstore and the October 6 Kalamazoo March for Equal Opportunities. To learn more local events the year ca. 300,000 people were marching in D.C. for jobs and freedom, visit KPL's Local History desk. We have numerous files of newspaper clippings and microfilm access to the 1963 Kalamazoo Gazette.
In 2011, Zach Wahls' speech to the Iowa House Judiciary Committee was posted online and went viral, where it gleaned over 17 million hits on YouTube. For those who'd like to hear more from this promising young activist, you can read his book, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family. Wahls, an Eagle Scout, was raised -- in a home steeped in family values, discussing morals at the dinner table—by two moms. In his book, Wahls breaks down the Boy Scout motto, law, oath and slogan, giving concrete examples of how his family exemplified values in each of those codes and what he learned from the Boy Scouts about living out those values. He also gives a moving account of his mother, Terry's, struggle with MS, and how her illness and triumphs over her condition impacted the whole family. In general, we see a family sharing love and struggles, as all families do. This family's parents ultimately earned the legal right to marry in their home state, partly due to Zach Wahls' inspiring speech on the Iowa legislative floor. The library has other materials by, and/or for, children of gay or lesbian parents, and their parents. If you don't find what you are looking for, please ask!
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After the war, he returned to Jacksonville State, graduating with a bachelor's degree in music education in May 1956. Borden was hired as band and choral director for Piedmont High School in June 1956 by the Piedmont City Board of Education. W. H. Kimbrough was the superintendent at the time.
During his first four years of teaching, he also earned a master's degree in secondary administration. Borden remained band director until May 1975, leaving choral music four or five years earlier.
"I loved the kids and the music," he said. "We just had a good time. It was hard work. It was uphill and downhill, good times and bad times, but I really enjoyed it. I loved the kids and still do like they were my own."
After Borden left the band, he taught social studies in the middle school for 11 years. He retired after 30 years of teaching in 1986. He and his wife, Joy, who also taught, often get invited to many class reunions, but find that over the years more and more of their fellow teachers are unable to attend.
Borden bought his first camera at a young age. He taught himself about photography, just as he taught himself how to play the trumpet. He started his own photography business in 1975. He captured mostly weddings, proms, beauty pageants, church functions and family.
His right hand man was Joy.
"She kept a list of what to do, and I did it," he said.
His photographs have captured many special moments for many people over the years.
After his retirement from teaching, Borden began a new career with Bill Miller Photography, which he continued until 1994. During this time, he took thousands of photographs at schools across the state, often seeing former students.
"Some of them taught at the schools I was at," he remembers. "It was great seeing what all they had accomplished."
Borden no longer works professionally, but continues to enjoy taking photographs of football, basketball, spring flowers and fall scenery.
"I like scenery," he said. "I learned to love photographing it from my experience in South Dakota. I guess that's when I started getting serious about photography. I enjoyed that part of the country. It's a different and beautiful world out there."
Borden said he doesn't climb trees anymore like he did during his hunting days, but he still likes to shoot a gun. He frequently shoots skeet at Owl's Holler in Etowah County.
"I try to keep moving," he said, "because I've heard that once you stop, you stay stopped, and I don't want to stop until I have to."
He reloads all his own ammunition. He shoots pistols, rifles and shotguns.
What Borden looks forward to the most these days are the Friday night football games.
"I'm always on the sidelines taking pictures," he said. "I'm slower than I used to be, but I'm going to keep going as long as I can. I'm in pretty good health for my 81 years, I think. A lot of people tell me how I still look really good, and I say that if I felt that good, then I'd be great."
Borden is a deacon at the First Baptist Church and sings in the choir.
The Bordens have two daughters. Felecia Steward and her husband, Mike, live in Spring Garden. Susan Trammell and her husband, Jimmy, live in Piedmont. The Bordens have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
As Borden ended the interview he said, "I want to thank The Piedmont Journal for giving me the opportunity to reminisce and to thank so many people who have been a part of my life, especially Joy, my wife of 60 years."
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
It's all been speculation and rumor for the last year, but now that the Wall Street Journal has joined the rumor mill, many are saying that Research in Motion will launch its top-secret "BlackPad", or Blackberry tablet, in San Francisco on Monday.
RIM, however, has declined to comment about "rumors and speculation," so as of yet there is no official word on the existence of the near-mythical BlackPad. Despite all that, let's take look at the potential pros and cons, and see if the BlackPad is a likely iPad Killer or simply another piece of hyped hardware.
7-inch Touchscreen
The new, 7-inch screen seems to be where the industry is heading, with the Galaxy Tab and Cisco Cius also sporting same-size, diminutive displays. Apple is also rumored to be resizing its iPad screens for a more compact product. The smaller device can make the tablet more portable for employees, fitting easily into briefcases or handbags. While the BlackPad won't have a cellular carrier, it will be able to use tethering--using a Blackberry phone to gain access--but will also have a broadband connection, likely Wi-Fi, according to the rumors.
At Least One Built-in Camera
The BlackPad is also suspected to have one or two built-in cameras for easy videoconferencing between offices or locations, which, of course, also could be used for taking photos or recording video for company Websites or Facebook profiles. The iPad, as of yet, has no such thing.
RIM's Street Cred
RIM's business tools are universally respected for businesses, and many IT administrators like its platforms and administrative tools. There's hope that RIM's new tablet will be just as business-friendly, and possibly a real competitor for Apple. Unfortunately, the number of Blackberry devices have dwindled, but RIM still holds the majority of business market share, so it might be able to regain some of its lost customers.
7-inch Touchscreen
Although the 7-inch touchscreen now seems to be de rigueur for new tablets, there still hasn't been a historical demand for such products, and it's unknown if there actually is one. It's still too big for pockets but also could be too small for nearsighted employees. For business purposes, the small screen may also not offer enough room to display software or applications effectively.
Yet-Unnamed Platform
The BlackPad is reportedly using a new platform developed by QNX Software Systems, not the Blackberry 6 operating system. Reports say that RIM will eventually move its handsets to that same unnamed OS, but not much else is known about it. Some say it's likely going to be aimed at enterprise customers with an increased emphasis on corporate and government users.
That means if you're running RIM products now, it's likely you're going to be making a major investment in the next year to get on its newest OS. This could push companies into investing in other platforms like Android or the iPad.
Fewer Apps
One of the surefire problems with the new tablet will be a lack of applications. Apple and Android have hundreds of thousands of apps for their operating systems, making RIM's almost 9,000 apps appear anemic in comparison. Worse, for both the Apple iOS and Android platforms, there are far fewer apps made specifically for tablet displays rather than mobile phones. RIM will have to work hard in the next month to create specific applications for BlackPad use. They had better work quickly.
If the BlackPad is real, then RIM has placed itself in a precarious position of launching a new product and a new operating system without much infrastructure in place. That must change quickly if RIM intends on holding on to its marketshare and creating desire for its latest invention. Otherwise, customers will choose the easier and faster route of a known product while RIM continues to look for a winning strategy.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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LEWISTON – Randy Cyr wasted no time when he learned that the Portland Pirates would play their entire 2013-14 season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.
Surrounded by jerseys and other hockey paraphernalia, Tim Blue, manager for Pedro O'Hara's in Lewiston, talks Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 about his excitement and the potential business increase with the Pirates playing their full season in Lewiston.
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The exterior of Androscoggin Bank Colisse on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
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First, he called his girlfriend, who was equally excited. Then, he reserved season tickets for the same four seats they had when the Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League played at the arena on Birch Street, until 2011.
Cyr said he's more than willing to pay the $1,520 when tickets go on sale Monday. It's a reasonable fee to watch an American Hockey League team in a city where the sport has been a dominant pastime for nearly a century.
"Hockey's been a big part of our lives," Cyr said during his lunch break Friday. "I played as a kid, but not very well. My son played all the way up and through high school. It's a cultural thing. Everybody's kid plays, pretty much."
Cyr, who grew up in Lewiston and lives in nearby Lisbon Falls, is among the many hockey fans and business owners in Lewiston and surrounding towns who see Portland's loss as their gain.
The Pirates had planned to play 13 home games at the Colisee from October through January, while the $34 million renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center was completed.
That turned into the whole season when Pirates managing owner Brian Petrovek announced Thursday that the team would pack up and move to Lewiston because of a stalemate in lease negotiations with the civic center's trustees.
Interest in the Lewiston area is strong, but the move is getting mixed reviews from fans in southern Maine, said Christian Ouellette, a Lewiston native who is an account executive for Pirates' tickets sales at the Colisee.
"We've been getting a bunch of calls," Ouellette said. "A lot of people are excited that we're going to be in Lewiston. Some are saying they're disappointed to have to drive to Lewiston or that they won't be doing it."
Some have turned in their tickets, Ouellette said.
Whether the Pirates will make money in Lewiston remains to be seen. Season tickets for the 3,677-seat Colisee are selling for $10 a game, while season tickets for the 6,733-seat Cumberland County Civic Center sold for $16 to $17 a game, Ouellette said.
"We're fully expecting to fill this building, make it a success and keep it in future years," he said.
City Administrator Ed Barrett said the Pirates had a positive economic impact when they played a few games at the Colisee last season.
"Having them here for the whole season is good for the whole community," Barrett said, noting that the team will attract some people who have yet to see the impact of recent economic development efforts in the city.
Tim Blue, manager of Pedro O'Hara's pub and cantina on Main Street, agreed that Pirates games will light the lamp for many Lewiston businesses.
Behind the bar, a Pirates hockey jersey already hangs among several jerseys that represent various local high school, college and professional teams.
"We sponsored the Pirates when they played a few games here last season," Blue said. "It definitely generated some business for us then and it will again this season."
Blue said the Pirates will find an eager audience in Lewiston, where some kids start skating as soon as they can walk. His 7-year-old twin sons took to the ice when they were 4 -- after their grandfather bought each boy a pair of hockey skates and a helmet for Christmas.
"Once they got skates, we put them in the learn-to-skate program," Blue said. "Last year they played in the Mini-Mites Division and this year they'll be in the Mites Division. They love it."
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Mike Turcotte of Wales discusses his excitement Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 of the Pirates playing a full season at the Colisee in Lewiston
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Christian Ouellette of Lewiston is the account executive for Pirates ticket sales and hopes the excitement of the whole season being played in Lewiston – as well as lower ticket prices for season tickes – will help the Colisee sell out on a nightly basis.
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Randy Cyr of Lisbon Falls is so excited about the Pirates playing a full season at the Colisee in Lewiston that he immediately bought four season tickets.
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