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The work and life of a Columbus-born author is getting the film treatment.
Robert Clem, a filmmaker from Mobile, Ala., is working on a movie about Augusta Jane Evans Wilson and her most famous novel, St. Elmo, titled The Passion of Miss Augusta.
Clem said his interest in Wilson began after he discovered he might be related to the author. The more research he did, the more fascinated he became.
The narrative of her life paralleled that of her characters, Clem said. All her women are smart, want to get an education and usually are writers.
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson was born in Columbus in 1835. Though she had little formal education, she was a voracious reader from a young age. She was known for sentimental, domestic novels featuring educated women.
Though her father moved the family to San Antonio, Texas, when Wilson was a child, she finished her most famous work, St. Elmo, in Columbus at El Dorado, the home of her aunt, Mary Howard Jones. The 18th Street home was later renamed St. Elmo, after the novel.
St. Elmo, tells the story of Edna Earle, a beautiful and devout young woman growing up in the South in the 19th century, who falls in love with the cynical St. Elmo Murray. Edna resists his attempted seductions until he reforms and becomes a minister at the novels end.
Published in 1866, St. Elmo had its fair share of critics, especially for the verbose writing style. The year after the novel was published, another author, Charles Webb, wrote a satire on the book called St. Twelmo in which he accused Wilson of teething on a dictionary.
Her writing style is a little clunky now, Clem said. She was trying to educate women.
But the book became a best-seller, inspiring cities across the country to name streets after characters and places in the novel.
Its hard to really imagine how the book was so incredibly popular, Clem said. It hit a cord with the whole country.
For Clem, the allure of the novel comes from the central romance between Edna and St. Elmo. He said the book has its similarities to Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, but Edna has loftier ambitions than Brontes heroine.
Jane Eyre wanted to be a governess. Edna Earle wanted to go to New York and be a career woman, Clem said.
Clem said he was also struck by the similarities between the novel and Wilsons life. Before the Civil War, Augusta Jane Evans was engaged to New York journalist James Reed Spalding. When war broke out, Evans became a staunch Southern patriot. Spalding supported Abraham Lincoln, so they broke off the engagement.
St. Elmo has a happier ending.
She got to have the romance in the novel that she didnt have in real life because of the Civil War, Clem said.
Clems film is part documentary, part literary adaptation. Feminists Nina Baym and Diane Roberts and Victorian scholar Susan Reynolds talk about St. Elmo, while the novel plays out as both a silent film and a Technicolor film set in the 1950s.
Clem said he chose to set parts of his adaptation in the 1950s because of the number of other Southern Gothic novels and plays that were made into movies during that period, like Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Romantic ideas about the South came from those movies, he said, similar to the way post-Civil War novels like St. Elmo, sometimes romanticized the South.
Adapting St. Elmos to the 1950s underscores that link, he said.
Clem hasnt decided on all the locations for the film yet, including whether he will visit the St. Elmo house in Columbus. Hes shot about half of the footage he needs and is trying to raise money to finish the movie through Kickstarter, an online crowdfunding site for creative ideas. Anyone can donate to the project through March 17. When the film is finished, hed like to show it at festivals.
For me its the best project Ive done, he said.
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PLATTSBURGH — Elizabeth Dapo's refrigerator and walls are covered with pictures of the Boston Red Sox.
"I've been a fan of theirs forever," said the 87-year-old Plattsburgh woman, who is all geared up for Game 6 tonight, when her team could win the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals.
First pitch is at 8:07 p.m.
Boston leads the seven-game series 3-2 and returns to Fenway Park, hoping to win the Major League Baseball title in front of hometown fans for the first time since 1918.
The Red Sox became World Series victors on the road in 2004, sweeping the Cardinals in four games. They swept the Colorado Rockies in four games on the road in 2007.
"I just think they're the greatest, especially Big Papi," Dapo said, referring to designated hitter David Ortiz, who is batting a staggering .733 in the series heading into tonight's game.
"They have a group of older players, but they have some young ones who are very good, too," she said. "I think they're going to win it."
Dapo said she has never seen a game at Fenway, and colon cancer prevents her from going to the ballpark now.
But she still gets a charge out of watching her team do well on TV.
She said the Sox were robbed in game 3 when Boston's third baseman Will Middlebrooks fell and his legs got tangled up with the Cardinals' Allen Craig as the first baseman tried to run home on a bad throw from Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
The umpires called obstruction against Middlebrooks, which led to the winning run in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory in the bottom of the ninth.
"That wasn't fair at all," Dapo said. "The players didn't get a fair shake."
But she understands close calls are part of the game.


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PLATTSBURGH — Taylor Maiorca recorded the final kill just inside the Northern Adirondack box as Lake Placid rallied from down a set to win the Section VII Class D volleyball championship at Clinton Community College Saturday.
The Blue Bombers claimed their first sectional title since 1992 in a five-set thriller that saw both teams exchanging long scoring streaks.
Trailing 22-18 in the fourth set, Lake Placid scored seven of the final eight points to force a decisive fifth set. Coach Donna Moody said that rally ignited the spark her team had been missing through the previous sets.
"Once we started scoring those points, our players really started to think that we could pull this off and win it all," Moody said. "With NAC, it's going to be a battle, and you have to come match that intensity. Throughout the season, we showed spurts of what we could do, and it came together toward the end of (Saturday's) match."
In last year's championship match, Northern Adirondack claimed the title in a three-set sweep. This season, Maiorca led the Blue Bombers to victory with 21 points and 16 assists. Brenna Garrett chipped in 16 points, 16 kills and nine assists.
"This is huge for our program," Moody said. "Before the match, we said how there would be no regrets after (Saturday). We were going to leave everything on the floor."
Lake Placid advances to the NYSPHSAA sub-regional round Tuesday in Massena against Section X champion Chateaugay.
Lake Placid 3, Northern Adirondack 2
16-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 25-12
LP- Maiorca, 21 points, 5 aces, 6 kills, 16 assists. Garrett, 16 points, 5 aces, 16 kills, 2 blocks, 9 assists. Santana, 7 points, 2 kills, 2 blocks. Fell, 6 points, 2 aces, 1 kill. Wallace, 6 points, 2 aces, 5 kills, 1 assist. Eaton, 2 points, 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 assist. Megliore, 1 point, 1 ace.
NAC- Barnaby, 13 points, 3 aces, 6 assists, 11 digs. Varin, 12 points, 2 aces, 16 kills, 6 digs. Garrand, 8 points, 1 ace, 6 digs. Kerr, 7 points, 1 ace, 9 kills, 5 digs. Pitts, 6 points, 3 aces, 1 kill, 2 blocks, 1 assist, 6 digs. Fountain, 3 points, 1 ace, 1 kill, 20 assists, 6 digs. Fiorino, 2 points, 2 aces, 1 kill, 2 digs. Snide, 1 kill.
Beekmantown Wins Class B
PLATTSBURGH — Michaela Lafountain collected 20 points and dished 29 assists as Beekmantown beat Peru for the Section VII Class B title. The Eagles won 3-0 with scores of 25-10, 25-9, 25-8.
Beekmantown jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first set with help from Grace Kelly's four kills. Kelly finished the day with 14 kills, while outside hitter Hunter Gates registered seven kills and six digs.
"Hunter's consistency was key for us," Beekmantown coach Shana Hileman said. "She was close to errorless at the net, and that was big for us in this match."
The Eagles had several players shine in the match. Jordynne Ales racked up 11 points and 17 digs, while Shannon Ryan posted 10 points, four aces and seven kills. In the second set, Ryan served up back-to-back aces to ensure a win.
Maddie Kaplan paced the Indians with three points, two kills and six digs. Taylor Higgins also had three points and three digs.
Beekmantown returns to the sub-regional round, where it will play Section X winner Malone Tuesday in Massena.
Beekmantown 3, Peru 0
25-10, 25-9, 25-8
Beek- Lafountain, 20 points, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 29 assists, 3 kills, 5 digs. Ales, 11 points, 2 aces, 17 digs. Ryan, 10 points, 4 aces, 1 block, 1 assist, 7 kills, 2 digs. Anderson, 4 points, 2 blocks, 1 assist, 4 kills, 4 digs. Frederick, 3 points, 1 ace, 3 digs. Gates, 2 points, 1 ace, 7 kills, 6 digs. Manor, 1 kill, 1 dig. King, 4 digs. Vicencio, 4 digs. Bailey, 1 dig.
Peru- Kaplan, 3 points, 2 kills, 6 digs, 2 blocks. Higgins, 3 points, 2 aces, 1 kill, 3 digs. Miner, 2 points. Perry, 1 point, 1 dig, 2 assists. Stephney, 1 assist.
AuSable Valley Claims Class C
PLATTSBURGH — AuSable Valley swept Plattsburgh 3-0 to repeat as sectional champion.
The Patriots won with scores of 25-11, 25-8 and a 25-16 final set that was capped off by a Noelle Miller block for match point.
"I can't recall a championship match ending on a block," AuSable Valley coach Sandra Hoey said. "It's unusual, but we'll take it."
The Patriots had no problem taking the first two sets, reeling off six unanswered points midway through the first set. Then in the second, Miller served up four aces as AuSable Valley cruised to a 25-8 win. Her nearly perfect line-drive serve handcuffed the Hornets' receivers.
"I don't really try to serve the ball in any particular way," Miller said, "it just kind of happens."
Plattsburgh also ran into trouble with its own service errors. Still, head coach Shea LaPorte was pleased with her players.
"Maya Browne (10 digs) was thrown in and showed great composure," LaPorte said. "Amanda McMahon stepped up and played well."
The Hornets were led by Deanna LaBarge's six kills and six digs.
AuSable Valley advances to play Potsdam in the sub-regional Tuesday.
AuSable Valley 3, Plattsburgh 0
25-11, 25-8, 25-16
AVCS- Miller, 16 points, 10 kills, 7 digs, 5 aces, 3 blocks. Racette, 8 points, 3 aces, 1 dig, 1 kill. Lincoln, 7 points, 9 digs, 2 aces. Mirissa O'Neill, 6 points, 5 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace, 11 assists. Sheffer, 6 points, 8 kills, 2 aces, 6 assists, 13 digs. Brown, 3 points, 6 kills, 3 digs. Joy, 1 dig, 1 assist. Maloney, 2 digs. Christian, 2 digs.
PHS- LaBarge, 2 points, 6 digs, 6 kills, 1 block. Martin, 2 points, 1 dig, 1 kill. Browne, 1 point, 10 digs. Herkalo, 1 point. McMahon, 4 digs, 1 kill, 1 block. R. Bedard, 3 digs, 3 assists. Bracale, 1 kill, 1 block. Stanley, 4 digs. Coon, 3 digs. J. Bedard, 3 digs. Bushey 1 dig.


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What hand weights may add to your workout, tennis balls work wonders at NeuroFit. An exercise program offered at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls specifically designed for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease or any other neurological disorder. It focuses on stretching and loosening joints, balance and coordination, facial and vocal exercises.
38 year old Kirsten Baloun has MS and has been coming to NeuroFit twice a week for a year and a half. Her symptoms started with double vision when she was 20, but wasn't diagnosed until 12 years later in 2002.
Kirsten says, "I had double vision, balance issues, fatigue, numbness and optic neuritis. I would go blind in one eye for 3 or 4 months and it would be an ongoing pattern of these things so when I finally got diagnosed I was relieved. It was validation because I knew something was wrong."
Kirsten's face went numb in 1997. I asked her if she could feel if someone kissed her on the cheek. She says she can because it's a wide enough area, but she can't feel a pinprick.
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note book, assigned books and sheet music assigned
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Guitar, Piano, Music Theory and Performance is what we do !
My main goal is to present students with simplified arrangements of standard repertoire concentrating on sight-reading and writing composition as well as playing all sorts of variety of music genres. Use of the metronome is needed, and very often the exercises defy the tendency to play by ear or in the position pattern.We will focus 1/2 of the lesson on repertoire and 1/2 the lesson on the technique. I have my students let me know via email what songs they would like to work on for the weeks lesson a few days prior to the lesson, then I cater the technical study during the lesson to help them learn the song we are working on. It has been proven to be very effective and makes the technique and theory are less uninteresting.
Through good vibes we all learn and grow tremendously so with that said come and Jam with me.
Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Drum, Flute, Guitar, Music Performance, Music Recording, Music Theory, Percussion, Piano, Songwriting
Originally from Indiana, David has been teaching music in both the private and public school sectors for 12 years. Getting his start as a drumline instructor with only 4 students, David soon expanded his teaching to include both guitar and piano, which he studied under Frank Puzzulo (of Miles Davis' group) at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Upon graduating Ball State, David moved to Colorado to study jazz and classical music with Dr. Douglas Walter, an accomplished percussionist who is known for his versatility and multiple percussion talents. He also studied piano and guitar in his off time, jamming with several rock and jazz groups both in and out of school.
In 2006, David left the college scene with a Masters in Music and moved to Florida where he began his teaching career. In Florida, David taught roughly 70 students, ages 5 to 18, at Wewahitchka High School and Middle School. He was beloved by the town, helping out in the community as a local organist for the Presbyterian Church and as a frequent contributor to Wednesday night worship.
As wonderful as this time was, David gave up the gators and swamps to move back home to Indiana in 2007. Here, he took a job at Kokomo High School and Maple Crest Middle school where he resumed teaching students from 5th graders to seniors in all areas of music, including wind, strings/guitar and percussion. David established the first ever "rock and roll" class at the high school in 2008, a program that started with only 5 students and has ballooned to 38 in this current year! The class consisted of guitars, keyboards, bass and drums, all of which David can teach at a professional level.
Most recently, David graduated with his second Masters in Jazz Performance from DePaul University. He studied primarily with professor Ron Perillo, unquestionably the most innovative piano player in Chicago and with Bob Palmieri, a gifted guitarist. Having now graduated, David is devoting himself full time to teaching private students and looks very much forward to working with you!
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Although David has a laid back personality and approach to life, he takes his job very seriously. He prides himself in not being the kind of teacher who is there simply to entertain and hope the student learns something in the process. Though you will most certainly have a good time, you should only take from him if you really want to become a great musician/player. Having been a highly qualified public school teacher for 5 years, David has more experience than most private teachers you can find. He knows what it takes to achieve greatness and he knows that most students, in the end, respect that more than a half hour "jam session."
David will tailor his curriculum to each student. Every student is expected to have a notebook with staff paper and a pencil at their lesson. Students will also be assigned a book to purchase (in some cases more than one) and he/she will progress through it at a pace appropriate to his or her level.
More than anything, what you will see in David's lessons is his love for music and teaching music. It is truly a special thing to be gifted in this art, and he believes that anyone who is willing to put in the time, the effort and the dedication needed will be rewarded and enriched in the end.
David is also available for online lessons via Skype! He loves taking advantage of this modern technology in his lessons and is happy to take on new students in this format.
*** Studio Equipment ***
He has a fully weighted digital piano, electronic keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, clarinet, flute and various percussion equipment in a room completely devoted to music. Can accommodate seating for parents.
*** Travel Equipment ***
I can bring my own guitar/bass, but any drum lessons or piano lessons would require the student to have the necessary instrument at home.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in non-wind instruments, especially drums, percussion, bass guitar, piano and rock guitar. I consider myself extremely versatile with various styles and genres. Piano lessons are taught on a wonderful, fully weighted 88 key keyboard. I apply several teaching methods to reach as many kids as possible, with a focus on hands-on learning.
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Oboe, Phonics, Piano, Reading
Bonnie started piano at age 4, clarinet by third grade, and oboe in the 8th grade. In High School, she played oboe, bagpipes, and saxophone in the jazz band winning the Best Jazz Soloist Award. She also won the Young Artist Competition and played with the Tampa Symphony. While attending USF, she continued to perform with the Tampa Symphony and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then attended the University of Michigan and received her Master of Music degree and performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and many chamber groups in the area.
In 2003, she created the Pop Oboe series with 4 CDs, a member of the Recording Academy and had her cds on the Grammy Nomination list.
Now in the Orlando area, she is a freelance musician and has performed at Universal, The Museum of Art, The Winter Park Art Festival,and many more.
In 2012, she created a piano curriculum that uses animals to teach note reading and piano. Creating this curriculum makes learning music FUN!
All along the way, she was teaching private music students, Kindermusik and also Homeschooling her three children for 10 years.
Using several curriculum for phonics, and reading, while Homeschooling, is why she is offering this service through Take Lessons.
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FUN and More FUN can be expected with the background of Kindermusik and Homeschooling! Bonnie has learned that students best respond to learning if the environment is FUN and engaging. Through homeschooling and her years of teaching background, your students can expect LOTS of PATIENCE because Bonnie relates to each student and how they learn best on an individual level. Every student has a different way they learn, and Bonnie quickly tunes in to their way of learning.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Oboe, Recorder,Bagpipes (chanter), Flute, Keyboard
Student should have their own instrument
*** Travel Equipment ***
Keyboard for Piano
Student should have their own instrument
*** Specialties ***
Pop, Rock, Classical
"Steven is very professional and extremely helpful. He always has a smile on and is serious about helping you phrase the music. I would highly recommend him to anyone."
"It's been really exciting so far! Jordan has been so helpful, so knowledgeable. I could not have found a better instructor and I'm getting better and better every day."
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The promising nonprofit quarterly, Boom: A Journal of California, aims to bridge academia and journalism, reach beyond California—and stay afloat.
A fairly recent addition to this nonprofit movement is worth examination, first because it has done some good work over the last couple of years, but also because it is breaking ground, in terms of the character of its content and its business model. Boom: A Journal of California is a quarterly founded, in part, with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; it is published by the University of California Press, a nonprofit.
Starting with the coming fall issue, Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor and Pritzker fellow in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Department of History at UCLA, takes over as editor of Boom. Christensen's journalistic and scholarly bona fides include a long career as an in-depth environmental and science writer and a stint as the executive director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, an interdisciplinary effort located at Stanford University that attempts to meld scholarly research and smart journalism.
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U.S. stocks moved higher Friday, capping a weekly gain, as upbeat corporate results outweighed a weaker-than-expected report on first-quarter economic growth.
Need to recover from the holidays? With airfare at its lowest point in a year, now is the best time to get away.
There's still a month to go before the end of the year, but most Americans will let their last remaining vacation days go unused.
A quick scroll through the mail on my smartphone yields attractive offers to stay at a Victorian estate on the California coast, check in at a chic New York boutique hotel for less than $125 per night or escape to Tanzania for a six-night safari.
Hotel room prices, on average, are up 5% over last year, but these destinations are shaping up to look like real deals in late December.
The stock rally now into its third day on Wednesday is certainly a welcome break, given the constant bombardment of bad news coming from Europe. Still, the Continent's credit crisis continues to be a major source of concern for investors.
While Hurricane Irene's impact wasn't nearly as bad as expected, the severe weather still managed to cripple travel all along the East Coast at a time when many families were planning one last getaway before the summer's end.
As the general market continues to bleed due to the delay of the debt ceiling vote, investors turned their attention to stocks that stood out in the sea of red.
As location-based apps go, Foursquare or Gowalla will work just fine if you're looking for the spot where all your buddies are having a beer.
Add weekend getaways to the restaurant deals, yoga classes, cooking lessons and laser treatments Groupon dangles in front of bargain-hungry consumers. The daily deal company is set to roll out travel discounts through a partnership with Expedia.
All work and no play may as well be the American way.
Airfares to England next weekend are sky high, but that doesn't seem to deter many tourists eager to get there in time for the Royal Wedding.
If you're looking to get away this summer, brace yourself: Airfares are likely to be 10% to 15% higher than last year, warns Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com.
U.S. stocks fell on Friday as oil and gold prices spiked and investors awaited news about the pending government shutdown.
Google can have its precious flight data company if it promises to play nice, the Department of Justice said on Friday.
U.S. stocks were headed for a slightly higher open Friday, as oil and gold prices spiked and investors awaited news about the pending government shutdown.
American Airlines patched things up with Expedia, allowing customers to once again shop for American flights on the travel website, the companies said.
American Airlines said Tuesday it is entering into a ticket-selling deal with Priceline.com, after the airline severed a similar deal with Orbitz last month.
A company that provides airfare information to travel agents announced plans to end its relationship with American Airlines Wednesday, the latest move in a heated dispute between the airline and companies that distribute fares.
U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday, with the Dow posting a fresh two-year high for the third day in a row, as investors started to position themselves for the new year.
The online travel site Expedia has removed American Airlines fares and schedules, the latest move in an ongoing legal squabble between travel websites and airlines.
U.S. stocks ended Monday mixed as investors digested a surprise interest rate hike by the Bank of China and a blizzard put a damper on post-holiday retail sales.
Shares of MakeMyTrip Ltd. soared 89% on Thursday as the Indian travel agency made its debut on the U.S. market, in another sign of strength for online travel booking services.
Shares of Priceline were up more than 20% Wednesday after the "Name Your Own Price" travel site announced earnings that blew away analyst expectations.
When Linda Foy checks in for her flight, she's told she has no airline tickets. But wait! Didn't her online travel agent, Expedia, just confirm her flights? And will Expedia now refund the new tickets she must buy?
Lizelle Figueroa calls Expedia to hold her ticket to California. But shortly after that, she's rushed to the hospital, where she spends five weeks.
Nallan Chari's flight is canceled, but his online agency is dragging its feet on a refund. The reason? The airlines involved, including Continental Airlines and Jet Airways, haven't sent the money to the agency yet. How much longer should Chari wait?
It used to be so simple: The price you were quoted for an airline ticket, rental car or cruise used to be the price you actually paid.
If you thought the travel bargains were unbelievable this year, just wait until 2010.
The travel industry wants you back.
The check-in time at the Express By Holiday Inn London-Southwark is 2 p.m., but when Arthur Roach arrived at the hotel just after 11 a.m., he thought it might make an exception.
If you've booked travel online, you may have been there.
Internet travel agency Expedia.com has seen an uptick in bookings to Southern California airports as Michael Jackson fans and funeral goers flock to Los Angeles, California, for Tuesday's funeral.
Frank Santa Maria buys two tickets to Italy on Expedia. But when an agent misspells his wife's name, he must embark on an odyssey to ensure she'll be allowed to use her tickets. Will he be successful?
Megan Gallardo cancels her flight because of a death in the family, and her online agent suggests she may get a refund. But more than a year and countless letters and faxes later, there's no sign of her $303. What gives?
On his return flight from Madrid to San Juan, Jose Morales is forced to buy a one-way ticket because of an error made by Expedia. Now the agency wants him to contact the airline for a refund. Can it do that? And what of its "promise" to take care of any problems that come up?
A trip to Vegas might sound like a gamble, but deep discounts make it a better bet than it's been in years.
The nightly room rate at the Best Eastern Sovietsky Hotel in Moscow is $279. At least that's what the Expedia sales agent promises Ilan Saadia. But the hotel begs to differ when he checks in. It jacks up his rate to $839 a night. Who's right? And who should pay the bill?
Andy Daniel thought he had found a terrific airfare from San Francisco to Miami for Christmas. Instead, he found a terrific disappointment.
Joseph Dunlap runs into a snag when he tries to buy an airline ticket online for his mother. So he calls the online agency, Expedia, and is sold a ticket that costs twice the online rate. Do rates really vary by that much? Well, yes -- and no.
When Albert Lewis tries to book airline tickets through Expedia, his screen freezes and goes black. No worries, says a company representative -- the booking didn't go through. So he makes another one. And then -- surprise! -- he discovers the first one actually went through. Should Expedia refund one of his tickets?
Is your flight about to be canceled?
When Allison Fagerness' flight to Rome is canceled, she's forced to call off her vacation and return home. Her online travel agent, Expedia, promises a refund, but her airline, Alitalia, won't pay. What should she do?
A couple of years ago, online travel-booking sites such as Expedia and Travelocity began issuing service-related manifestos -- the idea being that you could contact them with problems before or during your trip, much like you would a travel agent. But read further, and you'll discover that these are promises to provide good customer service, and aren't built to protect you from the fees and penalties you may incur due to last-minute cancellations.
For years, I've persuaded my family that it's my very important job that causes me to put off booking trips. But the real problem is twofold: I'm often convinced that if I plan too far ahead, something better will come along; and I'm as addicted as an online gambler to last-minute offers.
Travelers treat searching for hotel rates online like a game of roulette: try enough combinations (dates, locations, travel agencies), and you'll score the perfect one. But it's easy to forget that booking a room through an online travel agency means that if you need to change your travel dates or find a better deal, you may pay a penalty, often upward of $25. Add to this the fact that hotels don't reward loyalty points for stays reserved through discount booking sites, and that bargain-basement price doesn't look so appealing. Avoid pitfalls by following these approaches:
I don't know how innkeepers do it.
Our anonymous confessor has been in airline public relations, marketing and customer relations for a decade now.
CNN's Jim Boulden reports surfers and wind surfers can no longer take their equipment on British Airways flights.
Expedia confirms a reservation for one night in a New York hotel. But there's just one problem: the booking doesn't exist. That leaves one unhappy traveler homeless for the night -- and Janice Japa, the person who made the booking, is trying in vain to get her money back.
Expedia Inc. said Monday it was cutting its plan to buy back its own shares by almost 80 percent, blaming a lack of attractive financing available in credit markets.
Beth Zukowski books six airline tickets on AirTran Airways through Expedia. The online agency charges her a booking fee and bills her for flight protection insurance, but fails to buy her tickets. The reason? Her credit card was declined, it says. But her credit card company disputes the story. Now AirTran wants her to pay more than $200 extra to buy new tickets. What should she do?
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It's going to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period ever. There will be 25 million people taking to the skies and over 38 million hitting the highways.
When a major storm hits the Caribbean, most airlines and hotels eventually wind up waiving the usual restrictions so that customers can change or cancel their plans free of charge. But because policies have traditionally been announced on a case-by-case basis -- and at the last minute -- you had little choice but to wait and cross your fingers. Now, after two brutal hurricane seasons, a few airlines and tour operators have taken steps to ease travelers' concerns.
It's nearly August and if you haven't planned your summer vacation yet, you're not alone: 64% of leisure travelers plan at least one of their getaways within two weeks of taking the trip and 26% plan all their vacations at the last minute, according to a poll by the Travel Industry Association.
Hotels.com -- to pick just one major booking engine -- says it allows customers to search among and make reservations at "more than 25,000 properties worldwide." Sounds impressive, until you realize the United States alone has more than 47,000 hotels with at least 20 rooms.
The 6% real estate commission has been under assault awhile, but the hits just keep coming - and are getting more sophisticated. Three Internet upstarts are the latest to take a shot.
When it comes to taking vacation days, a third of U.S. workers apparently aren't members of the clean-plate club.
As long-distance revenues plummet and customers disconnect phone lines in favor of cell phones and VOIP, DSL has provided burgeoning broadband revenues for local phone companies. But could DSL be slowing down? Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik notes that, according to research by investment bank UBS, fewer households are signing up for DSL as a percentage of homes where the service is available. That has AT&T, for one, scrambling to provide other options, including satellite broadband, high-speed fixed wireless connections, and fiber-optic lines. The new initiatives could help AT&T serve another 11.5 million households, the company estimates.
Long days and a light dusting of pollen are sure signs that summer vacation is just around the corner. With hotel rates on the rise, you can find the best deals if you use the right strategies.
Airfares are up and there are fewer seats up for grabs. And if that isn't enough, airlines are padding their fares with some extra "gotchas".
Say "goodbye" to appraisers -- and possibly real estate agents. At least that's the promise of Zillow.com, launched Wednesday, which is headed by the founder of Internet travel company Expedia.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Google. Yahoo! eBay. Amazon. You know what all these Internet giants do.
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Had a bad trip? It could have been a delayed flight, a cruise from hell, a hotel room in need of an exterminator...whatever the complaint, we hear you.
Does anyone actually take vacations anymore? Pack up the wife, Alice, and the kids, go to the Grand Canyon, get lost, meet an Indian boy named Jimmy?
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WHAT'S THAT CREAKING NOISE? The days are dark and cold, and everything and everybody seems worn down--that's the sound of midwinter.
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Robert and Jan Tyree proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Melissa Tyree, to Joshua Leon Roberts, son of Mardie and Denise Roberts of Grove Oak.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Peggy Brantley and the late Jordan "Jurd" Brantley of Farmerville, La. She is also the granddaughter of the late Alvin and Myrtle Tyree of Jasper.
Kelly is a 1998 graduate of Walker High School and received her bachelor of science degree in elementary and middle school education with honors (magna cum laude) in 2003 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
She is currently employed by the Walker County Board of Education at Valley Junior High, where she has taught for 10 years.
Josh is the grandson of Peggy LaMunyon and the late Marcus LaMunyon of Grove Oak Grove, Ala. He is also the grandson of Moselle Roberts and the late Leon Roberts of Fort Payne, Ala.
Josh is a 1999 graduate of Fyffe High School and a 2004 graduate of Auburn University where he received his bachelor of science degree in forestry.
He is currently employed as the vegetation management supervisor for Riviera Utilities in Foley, Ala.
The wedding will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, at The Sonnet House in Leeds, Ala.


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Review: Moto X is the Android smartphone no one needs
The much-ballyhooed smartphone from Google's hardware unit brings little that's worthwhile to the mixFollow @MobileGalen
An Apple-inspired innovation the Moto X claims to bring to the table is also a dud. There's a Chrome browser extension you can download to your PC, Mac, or Chromebook that shows your Moto X's text messages and voicemails. Apple's iMessage service on Macs and iOS devices makes it easy to have a texting conversation across devices, and this is an attempt to replicate that. But because Motorola's version works only in the Chrome browser -- and only when the required extension is also running -- it lacks the ease of Apple's approach, which works all the time because it's an OS-level service. Leaving Chrome and its Motorola window open all the time to not use the Moto X is more hassle than it's worth.
Likewise, the lock-screen indicator for messages requires a gesture to see the message summaries, sort of like Windows 8. Apple's iOS just shows you the messages so that you don't have to fool around with the phone.
Compared to other Android smartphones, the Moto X brings little to the table. The big addition is the always-on voice command capability. The battery actually lasts more than a day -- not a given in Android devices. The Moto X is the first device to use the Motorola X8 module, which includes a dedicated motion processor, similar in concept to the M8 chip in Apple's iPhone 5s, but there was no obvious benefit in my usage to having the X8 compared to having a Qualcomm or other ARM chip in competing devices. The Camera app also has a nice selection wheel for setting the flash, HDR, and other attributes. That's not a lot to make a purported flagship device a flagship. (The camera itself takes adequate photos, but not great ones; the Moto X is another case where big megapixel ratings -- 10, here -- don't translate into superior-quality images. UPDATE 9/23/13: A software update appears to fix some of the quality issues, but so far is available only for T-Mobile customers.)
The Moto X adopts the Miracast wireless display protocol that debuted in the Google Nexus 4. If TV makers adopt this standard, Android will have a worthy competitor to Apple's AirPlay, but so far they have not. In the meantime, you can use an MHL video-out cable.
A Samsung Galaxy S 4 has a much broader array of software, some of it half-baked. And the HTC One is a much more elegant smartphone, with a very nice-looking, readable user interface. Both the Galaxy S 4 and HTC One have nice cases, whereas the Moto X's is pedestrian at best. Its curved back makes it awkward to use when on a tabletop or other surface, as you can easily rock it. The Moto X also has an unfortunate tendency to slide out of my palm -- something about its case material makes it slick when nestled in skin. (My editor had the same experience.) The main competitors don't have these issues.
The vaunted customization is limited to choosing a case color or design. That's a gimmick, not a feature -- and it's available only for Moto X smartphones tied to the AT&T network. As for being made in the United States, the truth is that it is assembled domestically, with parts made mostly elsewhere. It's great to bring manufacturing jobs back to the States, but there's less to the patriotic appeal than many buyers will believe.


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I have to say that, all in all, this album will put a lot of other recent metal albums to shame. In spite of the clear changes in the total sound of the band, the whole disc seems to surpass the "national average" of metal. The music is slower as a lot of people have noticed. And it does lack some of the two guitar runs of previous albums. I have to attribute that to the guitarist change up. I don't care how good 2 guitarists are, they have to aclimate to each other's styles to really get into tune.
As a CoB release, it's only a B. As a metal disc held against all others of the last few years, its certainly A+ meterial. The bands effective use of keyboards versus and in concert with the guitars makes for a Dream Theater meets Cannibal Corpse experience. They don't use a rediculous amount of layers and the overall sound isn't confusing or overwhelming like many bands trying to mix guitar and keyboard solos in equal parts. As for this being a "sell out" album, I can't agree. I can only say that the album reflects the changing enviroment of the band. Precious few bands remain the same forever. Some changes are for the better. Some are for the worse. I guess we'll have to see what happens for CoB to really decide if this album is a turning point or simply a necessary evil of meeting contract requirements or allowing for the adjustment of old to new.
I can't tell you to buy this album or not. Even my friend who I share 99% of my likes and dislakes with will disagree with my tastes on something that seems to be just what he likes. I dont' know you. Take my review and the reviews of others together with a grain of salt and remember that you're the only one that knows what you like.


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Stonington — Police have identifed a Stonington High School student who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train near the Palmer Street crossing in Pawcatuck Friday night as Megan Briggs, 18, of Liberty Street.
Police released her identity this morning saying that they received a call at 9:19 p.m., that a train had struck something on the tracks. Stonington and Amtrak police responded and found that she had been struck and was dead.
Her body was taken to the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Police Capt. Jerry Desmond said this morning that the incident remains under investigation.
On Saturday afternoon, Stonington schools' Assistant Superintendent Nikki Gullickson sent a message to parents of Stonington High students notifying them that a student had died, but she did not name the student.
She said the family and close friends of the girl were being contacted by school officials, and that counseling services would be available to students on Monday. She asked students to respect the family's need for confidentiality.
On Saturday, Briggs' friends and classmates had taken to Facebook and Twitter to post their rememberances of her.
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Inclusive Design Advisor: Understanding the Design Practice Before Developing Inclusivity Tools
Emilene Zitkus, Patrick Langdon, and P. John Clarkson
Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2013, pp. 127 - 143
This paper describes an exploratory study investigating ways to accommodate inclusive design techniques and tools within industrial design practices. The approach of our research is that by making only small changes in design features, designers end up with more inclusive products.
Our research group examined how to enable designers to make design decisions toward more accessible products by observing and interviewing 20 experienced industrial designers. We also designed an inclusive design advisor tool that provided suggestions that designers could use to make more inclusively designed products. We asked the designers about their opinions of available inclusive design techniques and tools and their tendency to use those techniques and tools. We then presented our designers with the interactive design advisor tool built in Google SketchUp. Although the tool was in the very early stages of development, it exemplified an interactive way to supply designers with information about inclusivity. Through using the tool, designers were encouraged to talk about pros and cons of the tool. We also asked the designers to provide more detailed information about their current practices. The results confirm that tools, such as guidelines, user testing, and physical simulations, all have limitations that restrict their adoption by designers. Also, inclusive design advisors, such as the tool developed in Google SketchUp, could be accepted by the design community if the tool is tailored for each design domain and the tools that they use. Additionally, the designers highlighted that they would consider inclusivity if it is part of the design requirements. Moreover, they underlined the need for supplying inclusivity information to clients—who commission the project and who own the final product.
Tips for Usability Practitioners
We described an exploratory study investigating the industrial design practice in order to accommodate inclusive design techniques and tools. The following tips are recommended for those who may conduct exploratory studies with designers in industry:
- Take advantage of being in industrial settings. You may experience some challenges, for example, difficulties in planning activities and defining dates because the demands of the field and clients most often define those parameters. However, the value of working in the field rather than in a controlled, academic environment could provide very accurate and illuminating information.
- Provide designers with an interactive example of what you are proposing, even if it is in a very early stage of development. Although our tool was intended to exemplify an interactive way to supply designers with information about inclusivity, the tool also prompted valuable discussion among the designers about inclusivity.
- Present your findings to the participants to garner more feedback and comments. In the case of this research, the feedback sessions strengthen our relationship with the design consultancies and corrected misunderstandings that clarified and confirmed some of the results related to the design process.
- Use the media or tools that participants are familiar with. An example from this study would be using 2-D software (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Corel Draw) for graphic designers and packaging designers and using 3-D software (ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Rhinoceros, and Alias) for product designers and some packaging designers.
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A Calhoun County man convicted of capital murder will learn this week if he will face execution. Defense attorneys for Nicholas Daniel Smith will call their final witnesses Tuesday.
This is the sentencing phase of Smith's trial. The same jurors convicted him last week of the April 2011 kidnapping and murder of 29-year-old Kevin Thompson.
Thompson's mother, Frances Curry, asked the jury Monday to sentence her son's killer to death. She told jurors, "if you take a life when no one is doing anything to you, you must give your life."
Curry quoted the Bible and said "thou shalt not kill, and if you murder, your life should be taken away." She said Nicholas Smith's actions were not an accident and could not be called a bad decision, but that he made a conscious choice to kill her son.
Thompson's sister, Rena Curry, also asked for the death penalty, and said "my Bible says an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. He took away my best friend, my brother."
Thompson was a teacher at Wellborn Elementary School, and jurors heard from one of the other teachers at the school and the parent of one of Thompson's former students. They talked about what a positive influence Thompson was to people at school.
Investigators found Thompson's body off the side of Highway 278 in Cherokee County on April 23, 2011, three days after he went missing. He was kidnapped, robbed, wrapped in duct tape, and killed with a knife.
Prosecutors charged three men with capital murder, and 24-year-old Nicholas Smith was the first to go to trial. The jury convicted him July 2.
Smith's mother also testified Monday, and most of the questions for her dealt with her history of drug use and her admitted lack of parenting skills. Cassandra Smith said she never asked her son about the murder case but wanted to forgive and be there for him. Attorneys did not ask her opinion of her son's possible sentences.
Another defense witness was Arleen Pollard, the sister of Nicholas Smith's biological father, Arthur. Pollard testified that giving Smith the death penalty is the easy way out. She said smith should have to live with what he did, and hopefully share his story with other inmates so they can learn from what he did wrong.
Defense attorneys planned to call Smith's brother, Colby, to the stand Monday afternoon but he disappeared from the courthouse shortly before it was his turn to testify. Testimony will continue Tuesday morning.
Tyrone Thompson and Jovon Gaston also face capital murder charges in the killing of Kevin Thompson. They are awaiting prosecution, and District Attorney Brian McVeigh said the next trial will be in about six months, with the third planned for six months later.
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This season, Limbaugh saw his team fall one game short of the College World Series, but personally he struggled while getting adjusted to the college game.
"It was a good year as far as the team went," Limbaugh said. "We got to our first Regional and we played really well. We made it to the Regional final and we ended up getting beat by Florida State."
Limbaugh earned the mid-week starting job for the Bulldogs in the beginning of the year. Limbaugh started four games for Samford this season and came out the bullpen for a few games. He ended the season with a 1-1 record.
"The year started off good for me," Limbaugh said. "I won the mid-week job and got four starts for the bat. Then things really didn't go as planned. I kind of struggled and I ended up losing the job. I came out the bullpen for two more appearances, so I ended up pitching about 15 innings. It was a kind of tough year personally."
During his stellar career at Childersburg, Limbaugh was able to cover power hitters with his pitches. That wasn't the case for him at Samford.
"It is a big transition going from high school to Division I baseball," Limbaugh said.
"A lot of the small things are a lot different. The hitters were a lot better. In high school, I could throw it by people, but in college you really have to hit your spots. It doesn't matter how hard you throw it they still can hit it. Overall, it was a very good year for the team, and I really enjoy it at Samford. I am looking forward to having a good three years after this one."
The Bulldogs historic season was capped off by having seven players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft earlier this month.
Limbaugh said he took something from the senior pitchers in his first season.
"Josh Martin was a walk-on at Samford and, he ended up being a 10th-round selection," Limbaugh said.
"He is an example of what hard work can do. The other guys just worked hard, they knew what their ultimate goal was and did what it took to get there. They woke up everyday with the desire to go out and play the game. They worked hard to get to that level and did the work they had to do to be that good."
Limbaugh said he is going to have to work and improve in different areas of his games if he going to have a productive sophomore season.
"My fastball— I was really wasn't able to hit the spots with it," Limbaugh said. "In high school, if I missed a spot they still probably wouldn't have squared up that good. At this level, if you miss a spot they are going to hit a long way. My curve ball wasn't that good. I wasn't quite ready and I don't have the stuff at this level right."
As a student, Limbaugh was pleased with the way things went for him in the classroom.
"I am majoring in education, and hopefully I am going to become a coach and a teacher," Limbaugh said. "School went good for me. I finished up my first semester with 3.5 (GPA) and in the second semester I finished with a 3.3. School went pretty good."


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The Arizona Wildcats have announced the 2015 coaching staff, and Shelley Duncan is returning to the program
Tyger Talley took a no-hitter into the 7th inning in the final game of 2014 for the Arizona Wildcats
The Wildcats were able to pull it together and pick up a win against Arizona State on Sunday behind great relief pitching.
Something that Andy Lopez had never seen before gave ASU the go-ahead run against Arizona on Friday night.
Kevin Newman drove in the game-winning run on a chopper to third base, and that wasn't even close to the weirdest thing happening on Sunday.
James Farris allowed a grand slam in the 8th inning to give Utah their first conference win of the season
Arizona once again could not hit with runners on base, which led to losing the weekend series to Washington State.
The Arizona Wildcats have seemingly turned things around as they took down Washington St. 12-1 on Friday.
Arizona outfielder Joseph Maggi has been suspended indefinitely, and junior pitcher Tyler Crawford is very ill, having lost 17 pounds the last ten days
The Arizona Wildcats got their bats hot and arms lined up heading into its first conference series vs. Washington St. this weekend.
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Inspector criticises student home plans (From thisisoxfordshire)
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Inspector criticises student home plans
10:00am Thursday 20th September 2012 in News
A PLANNING inspector has delivered a major blow to city council plans to control the spread of shared and student housing in Oxford.
Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University have both bitterly opposed "a housing tax" introduced by the council, to make them contribute to social housing as the price of being allowed to build new student accommodation.
The council policy adds significantly to the cost of student homes, with a "social housing charge" of £140 per square metre, plus a five per cent administration charge.
But now planning inspector Shelagh Bussey has expressed concerns, warning the council that she found the policy "ineffective" and "unsound".
In her note to the inquiry, she was equally critical of the policy to control the spread and locations of houses of multi-occupation (HMOs).
The city council will today be given an opportunity to change her mind when the issue goes before an inquiry into the city's sites and housing plans and policies at the Town Hall.
But the inspector issued the statement after hearing evidence about the city's affordable homes policies last week.
Lawyers acting for university colleges had warned that the "housing" tax was legally flawed and would deter development of purpose-built student homes.
The council claimed that the charge was necessary to deter developers from building student accommodation instead of family homes. But the inspector said in her statement: "I consider that the policy is ineffective and therefore unsound because its implementation strategy is not robust.
"It has not been demonstrated how the required contribution to affordable housing would in all cases be clearly related to the development proposed, especially in respect of sites specifically allocated in the plan for student accommodation."
Turning to the council's policy of only allowing homes to be turned into multi-occupied houses in stretches of streets where the number of HMOs do not exceed 20 per cent, the inspector said: "Insufficient evidence has been presented to indicate that the policy is likely to have the intended positive outcome."
Her statement was published on the city council's website on Monday. But the council's head of city development, Michael Crofton-Briggs, remained confident the inspector's concerns would be answered today.
He said: "The council has been requested to carry out further work. She has put these points to us and we shall respond to them. We will be seeking to persuade the inspector that these policies are sound."
The two-week inquiry will end tomorrow.
TEMPLE Cowley Pools' allocation for housing development represents a "failure" of Oxford City Council's planning policy.
That's what a hearing into the city council's plans to earmark more than 60 sites across Oxford for development heard yesterday.
As part of the sites and housing plan, the pools are set aside for residential development and they will be replaced by a new £9.2m facility in Blackbird Leys.
But some people have objected to the plans to close Temple Cowley Pools.
At the hearing, Judith Chipchase, of Oxfordshire
Green Party, told the planning inspector the pools should not have been earmarked for development.
She said: "This proposal is a failure of planning policy because the community has opposed it.
"They were very concerned because this is a community facility and they will not have one in the area [if it is developed]."
Mark Jaggard, of Oxford City Council, said: "Temple Cowley Pools is not fit for purpose.
Oxford is very lucky in having a lot of swimming pool provision."
Sport England did not object to the proposal because the pools would be replaced with a facility in Blackbird Leys.
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10:13am Thu 20 Sep 12
bart-on simpson says...
By the way, Judith Chipchase ran for our local council, came last, and now represents the local community. Democracy.
10:38am Thu 20 Sep 12
EMBOX1 says...
As for democracy....pah. Hasn't existed for a long time in the UK. Two-and-a-half parties who always win doesn't equal democracy. Might as well not vote at all.
1:41pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Andrew:Oxford says...
Ousting Labour from Oxford was a fundamental component of the SaveTCP campaign and was an outright failure. The first attempt at blocking it in the courts was also failure, as was Parish Green status for a small corner of BBL park.
By the time the second court case comes round in December, it will be around 6-7 years since members of the SaveTCP group succesfully campaigned to prevent a mid-life refurbishment of TCP and at least 6 months beyond the expected life-expiry of the pool.
I'd hope the council have the sense to close and drain the pools by mid November.
1:42pm Thu 20 Sep 12
PopGoesTheWeazel says...
1:59pm Thu 20 Sep 12
jamiek says...
!!!!!! At least Dick Turpan wore a mask!!!
3:08pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Christine Hovis says...
The place is beyond its use by date.
4:03pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Andrew:Oxford says...
4:04pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Andrew:Oxford says...
4:38pm Thu 20 Sep 12
bart-on simpson says...
6:44pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Myron Blatz says...
8:22pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Andrew:Oxford says...
Myron Blatz wrote:Don't forget, members of the SaveTCP group actively campaigned to prevent a comprehensive refurbishment of Temple Cowley Pools.
What needs closing down and replacing is Labour-led City Council - it has cost council tax payers hundeds of thousands in lost Court cases and legal fees. as for Temple Cowley pool, the place has become useless at least in part due to decades of poor maintaining - but has a much more central location for the people of Oxford than does Blackbird Leys. So why wasn't the same investment put into the Temple Cowley site? Answer = political, to pump yet more resources and attention into one of Labour's largest council estates and vote catchment areas, where the Party's MP also resides.
The full story was published in the Oxford Mail in May 2006.
9:24pm Thu 20 Sep 12
ger elttil OX2 0EJ says...
1:33am Fri 21 Sep 12
Myron Blatz says...
7:15am Fri 21 Sep 12
Andrew:Oxford says...
I'm not convinced that residential accommodation is best suited for that site, a redevelopment of it, the corner buildings and Cowley Centre with a move of County hall to Cowley would probably be better.
On the current County Hall site, why not build new student halls?
1:42pm Sun 23 Sep 12
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5:17pm Wed 26 Sep 12
ger elttil OX2 0EJ says...
SaveTCP wrote:I would do but it seems that you delete any posts on your site that do not concur with your "version"
Get the real story here: http://bit.ly/SdT9eP
4:03am Fri 28 Sep 12
Yoosef says...
Almost all the disrepairs of TCP are super-structural and superficial and mainly result from several years of neglect and lack of proper service and maintenance.
The existing BBL Gym does not even have a Steam Room or any windows! It is dark dim and gloomy and underused. The few times I have used it I couldn't wait to finish and leave.
Spending £13M of taxpayers money to build a new pool next to this red herring looser of a Gym is a most foolish idea I have ever heard. It will result in under-use (except by 2-3 nights a week by the likes of Swimming Club) hence further waste of tax payers' money.
5:42pm Fri 28 Sep 12
gavin2012 says...
An example is their year long refusal to repair the Gym AC Coil which only costs a few hundred pounds. Instead for several months the Council and Fusion have put dirty heavy duty fans on the Gym floor recycling dusty, sweaty and dirty Gym air back into the lungs of the users while they work out.
In this way the Council have also failed in their obligation to the tax paying local community members who have been short changed by not getting the standard healthy services that all other centres provide.
Also in this way the local community have felt they are being pressured to give up their TCP Gym and travel further and use the dim and dull BBL Gym which does not even have any windows or a Steam Room. It was designed more like a converted warehouse or garage rather than a Gym.
10:51pm Fri 28 Sep 12
gavin2012 says...
10:29pm Fri 12 Oct 12
AmandaJP says...
Andrew:Oxford wrote:Seriously Andrew, which councillor are you? - strangely nobody voted Labour in, in relation to Temple Cowley or even Temple Cowley alone???; they voted in the hope that the party would work democratically for the greater good! The blocking has only be a failure since Labour have a majority and are evidently unclear what true democracy means and because quite frankly they are bullies....have you actually seen (and understood) all the quotes and figures. I can assure you Labour have not been entirely transparent in this diagreement. They are just doing what they want to do, regardless of what their constituents want.....
If the community truly did oppose the closure of the truly dreadful TCP, they wouldn't have voted for the incumbant political party. Ousting Labour from Oxford was a fundamental component of the SaveTCP campaign and was an outright failure. The first attempt at blocking it in the courts was also failure, as was Parish Green status for a small corner of BBL park. By the time the second court case comes round in December, it will be around 6-7 years since members of the SaveTCP group succesfully campaigned to prevent a mid-life refurbishment of TCP and at least 6 months beyond the expected life-expiry of the pool. I'd hope the council have the sense to close and drain the pools by mid November.
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Dozens of renters were left looking for a place to live after the extended stay Atlanta motel they called home was shut down on Friday.
The head of the Fulton County Health Department says the Extend-A-Lodge on Frederick Drive was a health hazard. Police say it was a safety hazard.
Many of the motel's residents were outraged by the orders to leave by 5 p.m.
"There's nothing wrong. There's nothing wrong with them at all," said one woman. "You just beat on our door and get us out of the sleep and beat on the door saying we have to leave."
The head of code enforcement for Fulton's police department says they revoked the motel's tourist permit because inspectors found mold, non-working smoke detectors and other violations last week. They also said that they were concerned about the number of calls to 911 about criminal activity at the motel.
"I'm not prepared to speak on the numbers of calls of service, but, yes, there have been high volume calls of service," said Wayne Wright of the Fulton Police Department.
Karen Smith says she paid $195 a week to leave at the motel. She said that she has to be at work at 10 a.m. on Saturday and has no idea how to resolve her unexpected homelessness before then.
Fulton County authorities spent the day offering housing relocation assistance to the families forced to leave the extended stay facility. Police say citations may be issued after their investigation of the motel is complete.
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